Let me guess: they did NOT interject a dose of reality by having any of the characters groped by or thrown up upon by drunken revelers in the crowd?
What? I'm not allowed to hit people? Wesley: Not people capable of genocide. Angel: Those are exactly the types of people I should be allowed to hit!
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Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 08, 2016 6:08:09 am PDT #29902 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Dana - Apr 09, 2016 2:35:32 pm PDT #29903 of 30000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
All that needs to be said about After Earth is that Will Smith's character is named "Cypher Raige." Excuse me, " General Cypher Raige."
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 09, 2016 4:53:51 pm PDT #29904 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
"Starring Jaden Smith" was all I needed to know to take a hard pass.
Steph L. - Apr 09, 2016 7:54:06 pm PDT #29905 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Okay, we got Kingsman from the library, and I have to say, it was really fucking entertaining. My only real problem with it was Jack Davenport's criminal lack of screen time.
Tom Scola - Apr 11, 2016 5:22:28 pm PDT #29906 of 30000
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Check it out before it gets pulled: The Force Awakens syncs up with Dark Side of the Moon: [link]
megan walker - Apr 11, 2016 8:03:03 pm PDT #29907 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Just got back from a screening of Green Room at the new Alamo Drafthouse here in SF. I didn't think it had the depth of Blue Ruin but it was an entertaining (albeit rough) ride.
P.M. Marc - Apr 14, 2016 7:53:47 am PDT #29908 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
So I don't keep spamming Facebook, anyone want to complain about Trainwreck with me?
Lee - Apr 14, 2016 8:26:09 am PDT #29909 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I WILL!
ETA: Where should we start?
Polter-Cow - Apr 14, 2016 8:30:42 am PDT #29910 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Trainwreck: Amy Schumer bravely plays a character named...Amy, who has no last name, maybe it's Schumer, who knows. I am only slightly aware of Schumer as a comedian, so I have no idea how closely this character is modeled after her or her persona, but THIS Amy writes for a fashion magazine, and she is the titular trainwreck. She drinks, she gets high, she sleeps around—a habit she learned from her father, who inculcated her with the idea that monogamy is not cool, although her sister managed to make it work. But now she meets Bill Hader, and he's the sweetest guy, and can they make this monogamy thing work, who knows, who cares. I just could not get into this movie, like for two hours I could see the movie trying to be funny and compelling and everything bounced off of me except for John Cena as a musclebound lug who has trouble with dirty talk and insult talk and LeBron James as a concerned friend. Also there's an intervention scene later that's pretty great. But I never laughed out loud, only gave the occasional chuckle, and I guess I'm not Schumer's target audience; I've enjoyed Judd Apatow's work in the past. There's a lot of "awkward relationship humor" that some people maybe relate to a lot but did nothing for me. Amy tries to work through her relationship issues and her life issues and it's okay I guess. The movie eschews the usual rom-com tropes for the most part until the end. B-/B
Lee - Apr 14, 2016 8:42:48 am PDT #29911 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Everytime I watch something Amy Schumer related I think that I will like her more than I do, since I do appreciate the bawdy, but mostly I just find her at least borderline racist and just not very funny.