I saw Cedar Rapids last night, and it was cute. Although I expected more -- this is why I kind of hate going to see movies based on good reviews, because my expectations get too high!
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Jesse - Feb 27, 2011 8:42:04 am PST #13351 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
-t - Feb 27, 2011 8:46:49 am PST #13352 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I haven't seen 3 yet, so I can't comment on that one.
I haven't seen 3 yet, either, but I heard it was better than 2. I don't remember where I heard that, though, could be my fevered brain making up opinions out of whole cloth.
smonster - Feb 27, 2011 8:50:28 am PST #13353 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
I own 3, bought it when my local video store closed. Just haven't watched it yet.
le nubian - Feb 27, 2011 10:06:43 am PST #13354 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Okay, you all were absolutely right: 2 was not that good, but I am not disappointed I watched it because I got to see Stratham take out >10 attackers with a bigass lead pipe and that was more than I was expecting from the movie!
I am now watching Death Race. I have not seen so many marginal action movies in a row in like 10 years.
smonster - Feb 27, 2011 10:36:41 am PST #13355 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Wait till you see the bus/motor oil fight scene in 1. Truly a thing of beauty.
§ ita § - Feb 27, 2011 1:44:45 pm PST #13356 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Transporter is one of those where random rescued woman falls in immediate lust for her rescuer and sex ensues?
Well, her rescuer is Jason Statham, so it makes complete sense.
And smonster is not lying about the oil. Total pandering, and brilliantly done.
Dana - Feb 27, 2011 3:21:13 pm PST #13357 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
I have no real memories of the so-called "plot" of the Transporter movies. Totally remember the oil fight, though.
§ ita § - Feb 27, 2011 3:22:38 pm PST #13358 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Transporter 1: Mystery package
Transporter 2: Injecting thingy
Dana - Feb 27, 2011 3:23:05 pm PST #13359 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
That still doesn't really make a dent. It's fine, though. I don't need to remember the plots.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 27, 2011 4:43:20 pm PST #13360 of 30000
You have to remember that being a 5-time Olympic medalist means Hilary Knight has been playing hockey at an elite level at least 16 years. It's impossible for her to be a teenage girl less than 16 years old, thus the President's complete lack of interest.
I thought Statham's character didn't actually get it on with the rescued woman until the third movie? I remember reading a complaint from someone disappointed that the character's sexuality had been left ambivalent (well, in the sense that it wasn't touched on at all) for two movies before the filmmakers noticed and decided to demonstrate his straightness.
Though I do think it plausible that someone wouldn't necessarily stop in the midst of frenetic chase and fight scenes to make out with a potential love interest. Shoot 'Em Up's contrary approach proved one of its bigger WTF moments to me.