Escape to the Movies: No Strings Attached
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Huh, I was expecting you to completely orgasm about Anne Hathaway being the new Catwoman during the end credits, but ah well.
I wasn't expecting this movie to be terrible, considering I fucking love Natalie Portman and it's rated R meaning she'll probably be completely nude at some point, but it's still not my cup of tea. Well, at least it's nice to know that it's half-way decent.
I wasn't expecting this movie to be terrible, considering I fucking love Natalie Portman and it's rated R meaning she'll probably be completely nude at some point, but it's still not my cup of tea. Well, at least it's nice to know that it's half-way decent.
So according to MovieBob: Mastering rocketry and learning how DNA works means the hardwired neural connections that come with sex are now easily bypassed?
Bob's really working on taking his "condescending douchbag" side to a whole other level.
Bob's really working on taking his "condescending douchbag" side to a whole other level.
ha wow suprised you gave that thumbs up at the end, and you dont mind ashton, but i will agree on both of those, rom-coms can be decent, and this one looked alright.
btw i loved evolution and dude wheres my car, so we agree on those at least
btw i loved evolution and dude wheres my car, so we agree on those at least
Okay, Bob, do you just have pictures of Fox News contributors and stock images in your "douchebag" folder? Glenn Beck is actually really coherent and clever most of the time and occasionally says something crazy (which is often enough for people who don't actually watch him to assume he's crazy 24/7), but Bill O'Reiley or however you spell it?? He's probably the most calm, most level-headed guy you'll ever see comment on the news.
I've never once seen either of them talk about "open-sex is liberal propaganda!", and unless you have proof they have, you're just putting words into their mouth.
It's not that I really, really want to defend anyone on the news or don't want them to be criticized, I just really really want to defend YOU Bob, because I love your stuff, you're very interesting, well-spoken and smart most of the time, but then every once and a while you say something that's just... weird. (Hey, just like Glenn Beck!)
I've never once seen either of them talk about "open-sex is liberal propaganda!", and unless you have proof they have, you're just putting words into their mouth.
It's not that I really, really want to defend anyone on the news or don't want them to be criticized, I just really really want to defend YOU Bob, because I love your stuff, you're very interesting, well-spoken and smart most of the time, but then every once and a while you say something that's just... weird. (Hey, just like Glenn Beck!)
Maybe these recent movies aren't rom-coms but sex-coms. I mean they still try to be all lovey-dovey at parts, but really this and Love and Other Drugs were heavily sexual, and Bob, who doesn't seem to care for rom-coms is fine with, even likes these. So maybe our society that kind of throws love around tries to associate these films with romance, when really they're sex-based. Then because they're not so sugar-coated we accept them a little more.
[Edit] I know it's before X-Men, but I'm not sure where it falls according to Wolverine. Very few things seem good or even interesting about this movie anymore.
God did not forbid... thus it shall be! *Lightening strikes killing the souls of many fans*Ashoten said:
[Edit] I know it's before X-Men, but I'm not sure where it falls according to Wolverine. Very few things seem good or even interesting about this movie anymore.
I completely understand why the people who didn't like it generally really didn't like it. Before I saw it, I expected it to be the worst and stupidest thing I'd ever seen or ever would see, based on the trailers, reviews, and what I'd heard from a few people who'd seen it. I was very surprised to find that I was only half right. It absolutely remains one of the stupidest movies I've seen to date, but that's what made it fun/funny for me. It's so ridiculous and so stupid and so nonsensical that I couldn't help laughing at it (and sometimes even laughing with it). It's obviously not to everyone's tastes, but I'm the kind of person who likes watching the type of stuff that used to end up on MST3k without the MST3k commentary so I can laugh/poke fun at it with my friends.carnkhan4 said:
I can't help but notice that it took you FOUR MINUTES to get around to telling us whether or not the movie was worth seeing.
I mean, I get that you had other stuff you wanted to say - stuff that for some purposes is more important than whether or not it was good - but I still think you could at least have given us the recommendation and THEN gone on to your objections (a la Yahtzee's Bioshock review).
I mean, I get that you had other stuff you wanted to say - stuff that for some purposes is more important than whether or not it was good - but I still think you could at least have given us the recommendation and THEN gone on to your objections (a la Yahtzee's Bioshock review).
HOLY SHIT! And here I am now thinking Ashton Kutcher should have played Anakin Skywalker in the Star Wars prequels.
But then I thought, not even Clark Gable and Vivian Leigh could improve Lucas' horrendous script. But I digress...
But then I thought, not even Clark Gable and Vivian Leigh could improve Lucas' horrendous script. But I digress...
"Can a Romance free sexual relationship work without jealousy, feelings blah blah blah
YES!"
Well to be fair bob, it works for some people and then again for others it doesn't.
I had a friend who tells me "So today I'm meeting a new friend, with benefits" I'm like. "I don't know how you can do that man". A year later she's his fiance.
As for me, it's not a morality thing. I'm just too possessive. Gotta be honest with myself. I'd get the ugly feelings.
That said, I hate these movies for all the reasons you pointed out. Perfect people, upscale world. That's not real love. Best love story ever filmed, Rocky 1. Two messed up poor people can fall in love? I hear rumors that it does happen.
YES!"
Well to be fair bob, it works for some people and then again for others it doesn't.
I had a friend who tells me "So today I'm meeting a new friend, with benefits" I'm like. "I don't know how you can do that man". A year later she's his fiance.
As for me, it's not a morality thing. I'm just too possessive. Gotta be honest with myself. I'd get the ugly feelings.
That said, I hate these movies for all the reasons you pointed out. Perfect people, upscale world. That's not real love. Best love story ever filmed, Rocky 1. Two messed up poor people can fall in love? I hear rumors that it does happen.
Movie execs for the mainstream will aways lag behind.
The current "edgy" thing now is Polyamory as far as I'm aware. At least almost every bisexual is wanting to try a committed "foursome" relationship, or having one boyfriend and one girlfriend at least once.
The current "edgy" thing now is Polyamory as far as I'm aware. At least almost every bisexual is wanting to try a committed "foursome" relationship, or having one boyfriend and one girlfriend at least once.
MovieBob, I've always enjoyed your reviews, but after seeing you give a nod to both Evolution and Peanut Butter and Banana, well, your smack is so fresh, Dawg.
I'm actually interested in how well Ludacris does in this movie. In most of his stuff I've seen (which is by no means most of his stuff) he actually looks like he can act, I'm curious how he'd do in this.
They're calling it a "prequel" for now, i.e. this is supposed to be the "origin" of the Magneto and Professor X seen in the previous films - hence why the "First Class" of X-Men are all "second-string" characters from the books instead of more well-known ones like Cyclops or Storm, who wouldn't have been born yet. So far there only seems to be one continuity problem: Beast, seen at the rear of the image, is here already blue and furry - but he was "normal" in a cameo in the first film supposedly taking place 30 years later.Canid117 said:
Fans of the films who don't necessarily know the original material may wish to note that the "buff"-ish guy at the rear of the right lineup is Cyclops's brother, Havok, and that the blue girl is indeed a younger Mystique. The creepy red-looking guy up the back right is Azazel, whose role in this is unknown but in the comics is an OLD (as in Old Testament old) super-mutant - who may or may not "actually" be a literal DEMON - and the father of Mystique's son, Nightcrawler.
The brunette woman in gray is Moira McTaggart, the lady doctor Xavier was teleconferencing with in the third film. January Jones (the blonde in the lingerie everyone pretty-much notice first in the pic) is Emma Frost, aka The White Queen - that was supposedly HER as the girl who turned into diamonds in "Origins: Wolverine," but this film and the rest of the series is supposed to be pretending that that one didn't happen.