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  • Meta Ridley
    Confirmed User
    • Sep 2003
    • 3433

    #1

    Hollywood - STFU about low sales. Try making good movies first.

    This is just a sample of the utter shit that's playing nearby.

    The Honeymooners
    Bewitched
    Mr. & Mrs. Smith
    Herbie: Fully Loaded
    Madagascar
    The Longest Yard
    The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D
    Monster-in-Law
    The Perfect Man

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  • Alex
    So Fucking Banned (YEA!!)
    • Jun 2004
    • 10963

    #2
    Land of The Dead = GREAT.
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    Me!
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    • escorpio
      doesn't fuck around.
      • Oct 2002
      • 23486

      #3
      remakes = shit
      Unvaxxed, still alive.

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      • cool1
        sex is good
        • Sep 2001
        • 24939

        #4
        Some remakes turn out great, but those truly suck

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        • tony299
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          • Aug 2002
          • 57021

          #5
          a fuckin men stop catering to 18yr old boys.

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          • escorpio
            doesn't fuck around.
            • Oct 2002
            • 23486

            #6
            movies based on old T.V. shows = shit
            Unvaxxed, still alive.

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            • FilthyRob
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              • Feb 2004
              • 6741

              #7
              Originally posted by Alex
              Land of The Dead = GREAT.
              I agree 100%
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              • MickeyG
                Confirmed User
                • May 2004
                • 4134

                #8
                u want me to go pay $20 to sit in a crowded theatre while people talk and their cell phones ring? fuck that, I'll stay home and watch dvd's on my big screen.

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                • QuaWee
                  Confirmed User
                  • Jul 2004
                  • 5791

                  #9
                  Land of the Dead is a great movie, I am gonna catch Longest Yard when it comes to video
                  i luv mainstream

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                  • QuaWee
                    Confirmed User
                    • Jul 2004
                    • 5791

                    #10
                    i usually catch the matinee, I refuse to play $9 to see a fucking movie
                    i luv mainstream

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                    • Manowar
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                      • Dec 2003
                      • 71528

                      #11
                      longest yard rips off mean machine, which rips off the original longest yard

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                      • Brujah
                        Beer Money Baron
                        • Jan 2001
                        • 22157

                        #12
                        Improve the theater experience. Or, put Pay Per View in every home and fuck the theaters that won't reinvest, expand, repair, etc. No one wants to sit next to stank jaba the hut two feet from the screen with your shoes sticking to the floor and one corner of the chair bent. DVD sales are setting records. Take a hint.

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                        • candyflip
                          Carpe Visio
                          • Jul 2002
                          • 43073

                          #13
                          Originally posted by Manowar
                          longest yard rips off mean machine, which rips off the original longest yard
                          It's a remake of the movie by the same title. Mean Machine was the name of the team...IN BOTH MOVIES

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                          • Manowar
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                            • Dec 2003
                            • 71528

                            #14
                            Originally posted by candyflip
                            It's a remake of the movie by the same title. Mean Machine was the name of the team...IN BOTH MOVIES
                            I see

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                            • Drake
                              Hello world!
                              • Mar 2003
                              • 12508

                              #15
                              Too expensive to go to a theatre. You pay $50 for the ticket food and drinks for one person.

                              You're paying more today for movies than in the past and the movies are worse now than in the past.

                              I'll pick it up on DVD and watch it in the comfort of my home thank you. Movies today aren't worth anything more.

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                              • Atticus
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                                • Dec 2004
                                • 1051

                                #16
                                Originally posted by Mike33
                                Too expensive to go to a theatre. You pay $50 for the ticket food and drinks for one person.

                                You're paying more today for movies than in the past and the movies are worse now than in the past.

                                I'll pick it up on DVD and watch it in the comfort of my home thank you. Movies today aren't worth anything more.
                                What the fuck are you eating and drinking? 5 combos?

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                                • eroswebmaster
                                  March 1st, 2003
                                  • Jul 2001
                                  • 20295

                                  #17
                                  Originally posted by Mike33
                                  Too expensive to go to a theatre. You pay $50 for the ticket food and drinks for one person.

                                  .
                                  LOL busllshit.

                                  They are expensive but no where near that here in Vegas..where you at?

                                  I take a family of 4 to the matinee and it costs me $50 and that includes tickets, popcorn large drinks and candy.
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                                  • $5 submissions
                                    I help you SUCCEED
                                    • Nov 2003
                                    • 32189

                                    #18
                                    You forgot "Dukes of Hazard" (sp?)

                                    Originally posted by Meta Ridley
                                    This is just a sample of the utter shit that's playing nearby.

                                    The Honeymooners
                                    Bewitched
                                    Mr. & Mrs. Smith
                                    Herbie: Fully Loaded
                                    Madagascar
                                    The Longest Yard
                                    The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D
                                    Monster-in-Law
                                    The Perfect Man

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                                    • Drake
                                      Hello world!
                                      • Mar 2003
                                      • 12508

                                      #19
                                      Originally posted by eroswebmaster
                                      LOL busllshit.

                                      They are expensive but no where near that here in Vegas..where you at?

                                      I take a family of 4 to the matinee and it costs me $50 and that includes tickets, popcorn large drinks and candy.

                                      Guys, I go to the 'Elite' threatre and don't do mantinees. Shhh

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                                      • eroswebmaster
                                        March 1st, 2003
                                        • Jul 2001
                                        • 20295

                                        #20
                                        Originally posted by Mike33
                                        Guys, I go to the 'Elite' threatre and don't do mantinees. Shhh
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                                        • Alex
                                          So Fucking Banned (YEA!!)
                                          • Jun 2004
                                          • 10963

                                          #21
                                          Originally posted by Mike33
                                          Too expensive to go to a theatre. You pay $50 for the ticket food and drinks for one person.

                                          You're paying more today for movies than in the past and the movies are worse now than in the past.

                                          I'll pick it up on DVD and watch it in the comfort of my home thank you. Movies today aren't worth anything more.
                                          Maybe if you are a fat fuck who needs pizza, hot dogs, popcorn, large soda to enjoy a movie.

                                          Other wise its $9 to get in and maybe $4 for a soda with refills.
                                          Care about me?
                                          Who?
                                          Me!
                                          Who?

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                                          • SykkBoy2
                                            Jesus loves bacon
                                            • Feb 2001
                                            • 19969

                                            #22
                                            Originally posted by $5 submissions
                                            You forgot "Dukes of Hazard" (sp?)
                                            no way
                                            that's being done by the Broken Lizard guys, so that means it's going to rule...

                                            normally it would = shit though
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                                            • Barefootsies
                                              Choice is an Illusion
                                              • Feb 2005
                                              • 42635

                                              #23
                                              Originally posted by Mike33
                                              Too expensive to go to a theatre. You pay $50 for the ticket food and drinks for one person.

                                              You're paying more today for movies than in the past and the movies are worse now than in the past.

                                              I'll pick it up on DVD and watch it in the comfort of my home thank you. Movies today aren't worth anything more.
                                              Improve the theater experience.
                                              I'd have to agree it's the theatre experience more than the price, although I've never spent $50 on just me. I however, do not like paying for the experience to get annoyed. People and cell phone, screaming children, people talking, loud mouth assholes screaming through the whole thing.

                                              Other wise its $9 to get in and maybe $4 for a soda with refills.
                                              I prefer to go wit da ladies $20 total
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                                              • Peaches
                                                Old broad
                                                • Oct 2002
                                                • 13933

                                                #24
                                                Summer movies are always going to cater to kids (same with Christmas movies).

                                                DVD sales/rentals aren't hurting so it's obviously not the quality of the movies that's in question. IMHO, DVD (VHS/HBO/etc) is what's really hurting the movie industry. Who wants to pay $10+ over priced food and drink when most of us have big TV's we can watch the same movies on in the privacy of our homes?

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                                                • Alex
                                                  So Fucking Banned (YEA!!)
                                                  • Jun 2004
                                                  • 10963

                                                  #25
                                                  Originally posted by Barefootsies
                                                  I'd have to agree it's the theatre experience more than the price, although I've never spent $50 on just me. I however, do not like paying for the experience to get annoyed. People and cell phone, screaming children, people talking, loud mouth assholes screaming through the whole thing.



                                                  I prefer to go wit da ladies $20 total
                                                  I pay $25 when i pay for 2 people.
                                                  $20-$25
                                                  Care about me?
                                                  Who?
                                                  Me!
                                                  Who?

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                                                  • Mako
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                                                    • Jul 2004
                                                    • 1986

                                                    #26
                                                    Agree on everything. I don't go to movies very much anymore, because some asshat always brings his fucking screaming kids into an adult PG-13 show simply because babysitters are making $10 an hour now and he can't afford it. That or you get the obligatory punk-teenager confrontation when you say "you want to stop kicking my seat guy?" only to have him and his four other 130lb friends then escalate it to the point where you have to go to jail for beating them down, or change seats.

                                                    It just sucks, lol.

                                                    Plus home theaters are getting so good now that the sound from my home system (I'm an HT geek) is far superior to most of the state-of-the-art theaters that have been built within the last few years, much to my neighbor's chagrin. Why should I pay $10 to get a lower-quality experience?

                                                    And it doesn't help that soild movies of late like say "Crash" failed, while the mediocre/generic comedy The Longest Yard will easily hit $200M. It does make me hopeful though when I see a movie like Batman Begins do well, we need more action films of that sort, and LESS like "National Treasure" or "Sahara" or the countless other cookie cutter films that were released this year.
                                                    Last edited by Mako; 06-27-2005, 12:19 PM.

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                                                    • pornguy
                                                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                      • Mar 2003
                                                      • 62910

                                                      #27
                                                      they are making the movies longer, and they want to make us believe that by doing that we are getting more movie for our money.
                                                      In reality we are getting more shit for our money.
                                                      There's a lot of crappy movies out there nowadays. I don't know what Hollywood is thinking!
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                                                      • Atticus
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                                                        • Dec 2004
                                                        • 1051

                                                        #28
                                                        Originally posted by Mako
                                                        Agree on everything. I don't go to movies very much anymore, because some asshat always brings his fucking screaming kids into an adult PG-13 show simply because babysitters are making $10 an hour now and he can't afford it. That or you get the obligatory punk-teenager confrontation when you say "you want to stop kicking my seat guy?" only to have him and his four other 130lb friends then escalate it to the point where you have to go to jail for beating them down, or change seats.

                                                        It just sucks, lol.

                                                        Plus home theaters are getting so good now that the sound from my home system (I'm an HT geek) is far superior to most of the state-of-the-art theaters that have been built within the last few years, much to my neighbor's chagrin. Why should I pay $10 to get a lower-quality experience?

                                                        And it doesn't help that soild movies of late like say "Crash" failed, while the mediocre/generic comedy The Longest Yard will easily hit $200M. It does make me hopeful though when I see a movie like Batman Begins do well, we need more action films of that sort, and LESS like "National Treasure" or "Sahara" or the countless other cookie cutter films that were released this year.
                                                        Crash was a huge success. Already grossed $60 Mil and only cost $8 Mil to produce. Hollywood will always cater to 16 - 25 year old men. Thats who goes to the movies multiple times a month. Adults have more things to do, kids to raise, jobs to keep etc so they go to less movies so Hollywodd makes less for them and when they do, they promote it less. As someone said earlier, its not the quality of the movie that is the problem, (people are still renting and buying DVD's) its the improved technology that allows you to gte the theater experience at home. Now the only thing they have going for them to get people to see the movie in the theater is the early release date.

                                                        On a related note, you could change the words Hollywod to "The Adult Internet Industry" and movies to "sites" in the title of this thread and its completely true.

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                                                        • canplayer
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                                                          • Oct 2004
                                                          • 557

                                                          #29
                                                          Originally posted by Alex
                                                          Land of The Dead = GREAT.

                                                          the whole story was pretty weak, and the ending was extremely bad. If it wasn't for the nice graphics the movie would have sucked. DOD had a great story to it, so this was very disappointing. But Mr. Smith was pretty bad, I couldn't keep my eyes open.
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                                                          • Thurbs
                                                            The Thrilla in Manila
                                                            • Sep 2004
                                                            • 4785

                                                            #30
                                                            yes, Hollywood is hurting for ideas.

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                                                            • Mako
                                                              Confirmed User
                                                              • Jul 2004
                                                              • 1986

                                                              #31
                                                              Originally posted by Atticus
                                                              Crash was a huge success. Already grossed $60 Mil and only cost $8 Mil to produce. Hollywood will always cater to 16 - 25 year old men. Thats who goes to the movies multiple times a month. Adults have more things to do, kids to raise, jobs to keep etc so they go to less movies so Hollywodd makes less for them and when they do, they promote it less. As someone said earlier, its not the quality of the movie that is the problem, (people are still renting and buying DVD's) its the improved technology that allows you to gte the theater experience at home. Now the only thing they have going for them to get people to see the movie in the theater is the early release date.

                                                              On a related note, you could change the words Hollywod to "The Adult Internet Industry" and movies to "sites" in the title of this thread and its completely true.
                                                              You are correct, good post.

                                                              The $8M cost on Crash was incorrect however, it doesn't include any of the marketing cost the studio endures to promote the film (television ads, radio spots, print ads, billboards, etc). Still, even if you triple the cost to say a more realistic $25M, it still nearly passed the golden rule, which is that a film needs to gross "three times its cost in dollars in order to turn a profit". That puts Crash at needing around $75M to put it at that mark.

                                                              Also, DVD sales aren't factored into those figures, studios don't like to talk about the massive profits they're realizing from the disc sales, so it's likely good to go.

                                                              Regardless, the truth is that movies are an art form, and it's taking more and more "TGP" type movies (garbage) to find those "SEO" levels of quality (Crash) lol.

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                                                              • Atticus
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                                                                • Dec 2004
                                                                • 1051

                                                                #32
                                                                Originally posted by Mako
                                                                Regardless, the truth is that movies are an art form, and it's taking more and more "TGP" type movies (garbage) to find those "SEO" levels of quality (Crash) lol.

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                                                                • reynold
                                                                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                  • Oct 2002
                                                                  • 51271

                                                                  #33
                                                                  have you guys already watched "Batman Begins"?

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                                                                  • tungsten
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                                                                    • Mar 2004
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                                                                    #34
                                                                    longest yard was good but i didnt see the original
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                                                                    • AlienQ - BANNED FOR LIFE
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                                                                      • Mar 2003
                                                                      • 30307

                                                                      #35
                                                                      Adult Video makers are actually making better movies these days than the ones comming out of "Mainstream" Hollywood.

                                                                      Sad but true.

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                                                                      • reynold
                                                                        Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                        • Oct 2002
                                                                        • 51271

                                                                        #36
                                                                        The movies are not bad at all.
                                                                        Crisis is just being felt even at the movie industry..

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                                                                        • BiggleJones
                                                                          Confirmed User
                                                                          • Dec 2002
                                                                          • 2276

                                                                          #37
                                                                          Originally posted by Alex
                                                                          Land of The Dead = GREAT.
                                                                          I saw it the other night and Im sad to say that it was Poo

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                                                                          • bDok
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                                                                            • Feb 2005
                                                                            • 1917

                                                                            #38
                                                                            Originally posted by Meta Ridley
                                                                            This is just a sample of the utter shit that's playing nearby.

                                                                            The Honeymooners
                                                                            Bewitched
                                                                            Mr. & Mrs. Smith
                                                                            Herbie: Fully Loaded
                                                                            Madagascar
                                                                            The Longest Yard
                                                                            The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D
                                                                            Monster-in-Law
                                                                            The Perfect Man


                                                                            read something along these lines...

                                                                            maybe it's the shit that's out and people are sick of seeing crap. Come out with something worth seeing at the movies and you will see better numbers.

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                                                                            • Spunky
                                                                              I need a beer
                                                                              • Jun 2002
                                                                              • 133978

                                                                              #39
                                                                              No shit..they are running out of ideas and just throwing out pure crap

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                                                                              • tony299
                                                                                lurker
                                                                                • Aug 2002
                                                                                • 57021

                                                                                #40
                                                                                I think the price of home theatres coming down, it doesnt pay to go to the movies. For the price for my wife and i to go to a movie i can buy it when it comes out on dvd and its mine forever.also i live in atlanta and for some reason black people feel the need to talk in the movies

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                                                                                • Screaming
                                                                                  I can change this!!!!!
                                                                                  • Feb 2004
                                                                                  • 18972

                                                                                  #41
                                                                                  i still love to go to the movies sometimes and i thought monster in law was funny as hell, i am a woman which i sure is the main reason but still

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                                                                                  • Pleasurepays
                                                                                    BANNED - SUPPORTING TUBES
                                                                                    • Aug 2002
                                                                                    • 11913

                                                                                    #42
                                                                                    i love movies and i love going to the theater but i go less and less now because it seems to be getting so rediculously expensive that i just feel like i am being raped. tickets for me and my wife, popcorn, a coke and a bottle of water is about 30.00. its not that i object to paying 30.00 - i object to feeling like i am getting fucked.

                                                                                    movies are total shit this year. it seems to get worse every year.

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                                                                                    • Drake
                                                                                      Hello world!
                                                                                      • Mar 2003
                                                                                      • 12508

                                                                                      #43
                                                                                      There are still good movies but so much more trash. It all comes down to if you're willing to risk spending at least $20 and 2 hours of your time on something that's likely going to be garbage.

                                                                                      Theaters have tried to create a better experience. Better seats, mega sized theatres, better sound, basically making the theatre a entertainment center. But that's not enough if the movies aren't any good with the added problem of inconsiderate viewers who will talk during the picture.

                                                                                      It's much more cost effective and many times a better experience to buy the dvd, have it forever, and be able to watch it without interruptions. The fact that people are more likely to buy dvds and people buy a lot of dvds, the movie industry is still making their money.

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                                                                                      • Pornwolf
                                                                                        Drunk and Unruly
                                                                                        • Jan 2002
                                                                                        • 22712

                                                                                        #44
                                                                                        The longest yard was better than Mean Machine.
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                                                                                        • CybermedAndy
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                                                                                          • Jul 2004
                                                                                          • 4170

                                                                                          #45
                                                                                          Originally posted by Meta Ridley
                                                                                          This is just a sample of the utter shit that's playing nearby.

                                                                                          The Honeymooners
                                                                                          Bewitched
                                                                                          Mr. & Mrs. Smith
                                                                                          Herbie: Fully Loaded
                                                                                          Madagascar
                                                                                          The Longest Yard
                                                                                          The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D
                                                                                          Monster-in-Law
                                                                                          The Perfect Man

                                                                                          Could not agree more. We need more movies like:

                                                                                          Memento
                                                                                          Sin City
                                                                                          Kill Bill
                                                                                          Mystic River
                                                                                          Sideways
                                                                                          Closer



                                                                                          Only problem being that the vast majority of North American movie going public doesn't want to be challenged even a little by movies- they want mindless crap. Thats why movies like Little Nicky and Monster-in-law make millions.
                                                                                          Last edited by CybermedAndy; 06-27-2005, 10:00 PM.

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                                                                                          • Sparks
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                                                                                            • Nov 2004
                                                                                            • 2466

                                                                                            #46
                                                                                            Mr and Mrs Smith was AWESOME

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                                                                                            • Mako
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                                                                                              • Jul 2004
                                                                                              • 1986

                                                                                              #47
                                                                                              Originally posted by AngelDollarsAndy
                                                                                              Could not agree more. We need more movies like:

                                                                                              Memento
                                                                                              Sin City
                                                                                              Kill Bill
                                                                                              Mystic River
                                                                                              Sideways
                                                                                              Closer
                                                                                              Every movie on your list is a good one. Even Kill Bill, which is more comic book fodder than Sin City was lol, is a good movie.

                                                                                              The director of Momento helmed Batman Begins by the way, Chris Nolan. And that's why that movie is so sharp compared to the circus farce the previous three were...

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