I saw "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" last weekend and it's awesome. That's official.
The movie is pretty funny and has a very nice plot all wrapped into one movie, with, excellent performances. Val Kilmer is an actor that should never be missed (Unless the movies are: Batman Forever, Alexander, Red Planet, and The Saint).
Re: Recently watched
Posted by Crono on Wed Sep 27th at 6:04am 2006
Posted by Crono on Wed Sep 27th at 6:04am 2006
Blame it on Microsoft, God does.
Re: Recently watched
Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Wed Sep 27th at 6:20am 2006
Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Wed Sep 27th at 6:20am 2006
Hahah The Saint. I thought I remembered that movie being good so I rented it... and I just had to laugh the entire time.
Re: Recently watched
Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Wed Oct 4th at 2:09am 2006
Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Wed Oct 4th at 2:09am 2006
I just watched the liberal documentary "Outfoxed." Basically its about how super conservative and skewed Fox News is... and it's really disgusting how they have the audacity to claim to be "fair and balanced."
Bill O'Reilly is the biggest lying bully on television. He invited a son of a 9/11 victim on his show and then when this guest said he didn't support the Iraq war O'Reilly told him to shut up and that his father would be ashamed of him and he hoped his mother wasn't watching, and then kicked him out of the studio. What a prick. Given the opportunity I'd give O'Reilly a swift kick in the nuts.
Bill O'Reilly is the biggest lying bully on television. He invited a son of a 9/11 victim on his show and then when this guest said he didn't support the Iraq war O'Reilly told him to shut up and that his father would be ashamed of him and he hoped his mother wasn't watching, and then kicked him out of the studio. What a prick. Given the opportunity I'd give O'Reilly a swift kick in the nuts.
Re: Recently watched
Posted by Gorbachev on Wed Oct 4th at 2:48am 2006
I love that movie, perhaps moreso because I can relate completely having been there and being in essentially the same sorts of situations I know the feelings. Even if I hadn't, I know I would have enjoyed it, it's a good movie that isn't of the norm.
I recently finished watching the UK version of The Office and just need to watch the Christmas specials, I loved every episode. I am also halfway through Firefly and have maybe 8 episodes left of the entire X-men animated series to go.
Posted by Gorbachev on Wed Oct 4th at 2:48am 2006
? quote:
I love that movie, perhaps moreso because I can relate completely having been there and being in essentially the same sorts of situations I know the feelings. Even if I hadn't, I know I would have enjoyed it, it's a good movie that isn't of the norm.
I recently finished watching the UK version of The Office and just need to watch the Christmas specials, I loved every episode. I am also halfway through Firefly and have maybe 8 episodes left of the entire X-men animated series to go.
Re: Recently watched
Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Wed Oct 4th at 3:56am 2006
Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Wed Oct 4th at 3:56am 2006
Here's Outfoxed on videogoogle: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6737097743434902428&q=outfoxed
Re: Recently watched
Posted by Cassius on Wed Oct 4th at 5:26am 2006
Hated it. Not only is it unsettling to see Lee wax commercial, but the plot seemed a throwtogether of leads that didn't follow through. Nazism? Private negotiators-for-hire? The end arrives, and with it the revelation of their admittedly clever method for making out with the diamonds. My reaction: "That's nice. Can we tie up the plot's other sixty thousand ends?"
Posted by Cassius on Wed Oct 4th at 5:26am 2006
? quoting Baron von Snickers
Inside Man - Really good movie IMO, keeps you guessing until everything falls into place in the end. Really satisfying ending.
Re: Recently watched
Posted by Dark Tree on Wed Oct 4th at 6:16am 2006
Please announce the possibility spoilers before stating them, even if it seems like everyone should know anyway.
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Posted by Dark Tree on Wed Oct 4th at 6:16am 2006
? quoting Cassius
Hated it. Not only is it unsettling to see Lee wax commercial, but the
plot seemed a throwtogether of leads that didn't follow through.
Nazism? Private negotiators-for-hire? The end arrives, and with it the
revelation of their admittedly clever method for...[omitted]...
Please announce the possibility spoilers before stating them, even if it seems like everyone should know anyway.
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Re: Recently watched
Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Wed Oct 4th at 2:35pm 2006
Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Wed Oct 4th at 2:35pm 2006
Yeah, I thought Inside Man was just alright. The ending didn't have me doing backflips, and overall... bank heists bore me.
That's one of the reasons I really didn't like Killing Zoe.
That's one of the reasons I really didn't like Killing Zoe.
Re: Recently watched
Posted by reaper47 on Wed Oct 4th at 3:34pm 2006
Posted by reaper47 on Wed Oct 4th at 3:34pm 2006
Watched THX 1138
I was interested in seeing this film but didn't expect all that much from Mr Binks. That's probably the main reason I enjoyed it. Very weird and slow in a good way. I think I saw the CGI-enhanced version but didn't feel like the new effects could have had a bad influence on the over-all style. Unfourtunaltely I missed some parts and now I'm planning on seeing it again in a quieter and more relaxed atmosphere. Quite surprisingly good.
I was interested in seeing this film but didn't expect all that much from Mr Binks. That's probably the main reason I enjoyed it. Very weird and slow in a good way. I think I saw the CGI-enhanced version but didn't feel like the new effects could have had a bad influence on the over-all style. Unfourtunaltely I missed some parts and now I'm planning on seeing it again in a quieter and more relaxed atmosphere. Quite surprisingly good.
Re: Recently watched
Posted by Gorbachev on Wed Oct 4th at 11:39pm 2006
My sisters had the uh, hilarious insight to rent this movie a day after I was on the receiving end of a real bank robbery about 2-3 weeks ago. I didn't watch it (and I wasn't the teller that was directly robbed) but I made a crack that I could have pointed out the factual errors.
Posted by Gorbachev on Wed Oct 4th at 11:39pm 2006
? quote:
Yeah, I thought Inside Man was just alright. The ending didn't have me doing backflips, and overall... bank heists bore me.
That's one of the reasons I really didn't like Killing Zoe.
That's one of the reasons I really didn't like Killing Zoe.
My sisters had the uh, hilarious insight to rent this movie a day after I was on the receiving end of a real bank robbery about 2-3 weeks ago. I didn't watch it (and I wasn't the teller that was directly robbed) but I made a crack that I could have pointed out the factual errors.
Re: Recently watched
Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Thu Oct 5th at 12:20am 2006
Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Thu Oct 5th at 12:20am 2006
Inside Man or Killing Zoe?
And you work at a bank that was stuck up?
And you work at a bank that was stuck up?
Re: Recently watched
Posted by Gorbachev on Thu Oct 5th at 3:04am 2006
Posted by Gorbachev on Thu Oct 5th at 3:04am 2006
Inside Man.
And yes.
And yes.
Re: Recently watched
Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Thu Oct 5th at 3:13am 2006
Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Thu Oct 5th at 3:13am 2006
Well holy s**t man, do go on!
What happened? What did you do? Did you pull a silly face like in Snatch when the s**t went down?
What happened? What did you do? Did you pull a silly face like in Snatch when the s**t went down?
Re: Recently watched
Posted by Gorbachev on Thu Oct 5th at 4:25am 2006
Posted by Gorbachev on Thu Oct 5th at 4:25am 2006
Hah, really long crazy story that isn't as good without the hand gestures.
It's actually an even crazier than a "standard" robbery where it's quiet and the person is in and out quickly. It had been a slow week leading up to it and at the time there were only two other people in the branch. (I work at the main branch in the downtown core, so we get all types.) Now one was a regular non-customer coming for foreign exchange and while the other one who happened to be beside the teller who got robbed was an off-duty police officer.
This guy had come in and looked pretty sketch from the start (I saw him when I was more in the back doing other things and thought to myself that he looked out of place. He had already gone to the teller who was the eventual victim and I was facing the other way at my wicket, and I smelled a waft of fresh 2nd hand smoke...which is not normal, some customers smell pretty rough but this was just strange and I just knew something was up.
FYI he was a really nasty hobo-esque guy who was probably about 5' 6" and looked burly, but I didn't see him that much. He had a huge can of bear mace (but during it we didn't know what it was because it was partially concealed.)
Anyway, he verbally prompted the teller, who proceeded to give as little as possible but enough to satisfy him, and put it up on the table and while he was shifting around with it she ran over to me (first non-standard part) I was still facing the other way and she shook my arm that there was a robbery. Now I wasn't the only one who had noticed the odd guy because the receptionist and the other teller who normally is beside me had alerted the guard because they were also suspicious (the teller was walking outside for a break and said that he had still been smoking just as he walked in which is where the smell had come from as well as he had an empty-ish backpack.)
Anyway, because we had signalled to the guard he was coming over, now most guards would never do anything (and 2nd non-standard part is that he DID) he's a bigger guy and actually will stick up for us unlike most of the usual decrepid old guards you see around. He came up behind the guy and did a crazy full-nelson/bearhug and started tussling with the guy. There was crap flying everywhere (papers, bus pass and what looked to be the trigger for the mace thus rendering his weapon disabled).
At this point the scuffle starts falling over into the back area where the banking officers' offices are and stops right at the door of the first one and behind a huge pillar so I can't really see but I can hear what's going on. (Interestingly/conveniently enough one of my best friends was in the branch on the other side with another one of those officers opening up an investment I had recommended and saw the action on that side).
Back to my side: The off-duty cop who was a tall blond woman all of a sudden whips out her badge and shows us and then books it around the corner to help the guard. My bud said that they basically kneed him in the back and tied him up (not sure with what) and he was still struggling like crazy.
Meanwhile we were phoning the police and quite literally within 1 min. there was a train of cop car, ghost car, 2 cop cars, a paddy wagon and from what I overheard another car around the corner parked in the middle across 2 lanes of one of the busiest streets downtown with the engine still going and the lights on. I think it had been a combination of them being fairly close as well as recent hightened awareness due to some serial robbers lately.
So the police run to get in but we had locked the doors (the other teller who was going on her break was near them and locked them which is standard to protect any people from walking in) and they almost pulled the doors off so we let them in and the one cop went and moved the guard/off-duty and stepped on the robber's neck and put his gun a few inches above his head and he FINALLY stopped struggling then. (and from what I saw after it looked like someone had stomped the guy's glasses in the struggle.)
We ended up getting police taped in behind where we were standing. Myself and one of the other guys finished up the transaction for the foreign exchange lady + the off-duty cop and they were let out. Around then the scene had attracted enough attention that there were people looking in the front windows 3 faces high...it was all steamed up and it was like being in a fishbowl (our whole front is windowed, probably 40-50ft x 15ft high of window/glass doors).
After it had calmed down a bit and most of the people were not spectating anymore there were still idiots trying to get in while there was prominent police presence + police tape. Haha. At this point the direct people involved were doing statements, brief counselling, etc. Apparently some other people in nearby buildings had either watched out their windows or run up to the rooftops to see what was going down.
So yeah, that's the story, I'm probably forgetting a few things but that's the jist of it. I wasn't scared during it, but I had a crazy adrenaline/shock rush for quite a while during and after. Got in contact with my friend, went and bought myself a nice CD and went for beef-dip and a beer and headed home to tell the story.
It's actually an even crazier than a "standard" robbery where it's quiet and the person is in and out quickly. It had been a slow week leading up to it and at the time there were only two other people in the branch. (I work at the main branch in the downtown core, so we get all types.) Now one was a regular non-customer coming for foreign exchange and while the other one who happened to be beside the teller who got robbed was an off-duty police officer.
This guy had come in and looked pretty sketch from the start (I saw him when I was more in the back doing other things and thought to myself that he looked out of place. He had already gone to the teller who was the eventual victim and I was facing the other way at my wicket, and I smelled a waft of fresh 2nd hand smoke...which is not normal, some customers smell pretty rough but this was just strange and I just knew something was up.
FYI he was a really nasty hobo-esque guy who was probably about 5' 6" and looked burly, but I didn't see him that much. He had a huge can of bear mace (but during it we didn't know what it was because it was partially concealed.)
Anyway, he verbally prompted the teller, who proceeded to give as little as possible but enough to satisfy him, and put it up on the table and while he was shifting around with it she ran over to me (first non-standard part) I was still facing the other way and she shook my arm that there was a robbery. Now I wasn't the only one who had noticed the odd guy because the receptionist and the other teller who normally is beside me had alerted the guard because they were also suspicious (the teller was walking outside for a break and said that he had still been smoking just as he walked in which is where the smell had come from as well as he had an empty-ish backpack.)
Anyway, because we had signalled to the guard he was coming over, now most guards would never do anything (and 2nd non-standard part is that he DID) he's a bigger guy and actually will stick up for us unlike most of the usual decrepid old guards you see around. He came up behind the guy and did a crazy full-nelson/bearhug and started tussling with the guy. There was crap flying everywhere (papers, bus pass and what looked to be the trigger for the mace thus rendering his weapon disabled).
At this point the scuffle starts falling over into the back area where the banking officers' offices are and stops right at the door of the first one and behind a huge pillar so I can't really see but I can hear what's going on. (Interestingly/conveniently enough one of my best friends was in the branch on the other side with another one of those officers opening up an investment I had recommended and saw the action on that side).
Back to my side: The off-duty cop who was a tall blond woman all of a sudden whips out her badge and shows us and then books it around the corner to help the guard. My bud said that they basically kneed him in the back and tied him up (not sure with what) and he was still struggling like crazy.
Meanwhile we were phoning the police and quite literally within 1 min. there was a train of cop car, ghost car, 2 cop cars, a paddy wagon and from what I overheard another car around the corner parked in the middle across 2 lanes of one of the busiest streets downtown with the engine still going and the lights on. I think it had been a combination of them being fairly close as well as recent hightened awareness due to some serial robbers lately.
So the police run to get in but we had locked the doors (the other teller who was going on her break was near them and locked them which is standard to protect any people from walking in) and they almost pulled the doors off so we let them in and the one cop went and moved the guard/off-duty and stepped on the robber's neck and put his gun a few inches above his head and he FINALLY stopped struggling then. (and from what I saw after it looked like someone had stomped the guy's glasses in the struggle.)
We ended up getting police taped in behind where we were standing. Myself and one of the other guys finished up the transaction for the foreign exchange lady + the off-duty cop and they were let out. Around then the scene had attracted enough attention that there were people looking in the front windows 3 faces high...it was all steamed up and it was like being in a fishbowl (our whole front is windowed, probably 40-50ft x 15ft high of window/glass doors).
After it had calmed down a bit and most of the people were not spectating anymore there were still idiots trying to get in while there was prominent police presence + police tape. Haha. At this point the direct people involved were doing statements, brief counselling, etc. Apparently some other people in nearby buildings had either watched out their windows or run up to the rooftops to see what was going down.
So yeah, that's the story, I'm probably forgetting a few things but that's the jist of it. I wasn't scared during it, but I had a crazy adrenaline/shock rush for quite a while during and after. Got in contact with my friend, went and bought myself a nice CD and went for beef-dip and a beer and headed home to tell the story.
Re: Recently watched
Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Thu Oct 5th at 4:33am 2006
Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Thu Oct 5th at 4:33am 2006
That's an awesome story. I'm really glad all he had was mace and a not a gun. Glad no one got hurt.
Re: Recently watched
Posted by Gorbachev on Thu Oct 5th at 4:35am 2006
Posted by Gorbachev on Thu Oct 5th at 4:35am 2006
P.S. I know there are probably crazy grammar and tense contradictions in there, but trying to edit that thing sucks as this thread seems to take ages to load/upload to.
Re: Recently watched
Posted by Cassius on Sun Oct 8th at 5:22am 2006
Posted by Cassius on Sun Oct 8th at 5:22am 2006
The Departed is the best movie of the new millenium thus far.
Re: Recently watched
Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Sun Oct 8th at 11:37am 2006
Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Sun Oct 8th at 11:37am 2006
Truly? I was planning on catching it next weekend when I road trip out of the cow pastures and into Boston.
Re: Recently watched
Posted by French Toast on Sun Oct 8th at 2:14pm 2006
Is that the one with Jack Nicholson and Matt Damon? If so... I wanna see it...
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Posted by French Toast on Sun Oct 8th at 2:14pm 2006
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The Departed is the best movie of the new millenium thus far.
Is that the one with Jack Nicholson and Matt Damon? If so... I wanna see it...
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