Essential Coli-members what's the last thing you watched?
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I've been watching Hollywood epics lately for some reason
Lawrence of Arabia: Some amazing shots and scope, visual quality is
, Peter O'Toole is delightful as Lawrence, Omar Shariff, Obi Won, Tony Quinn are also great. One of the finest "going native" stories put to film. I watched this a few weeks ago and coincidentally watched The Spy Who Loved Me a few days ago after not having seen it in a few years and 
when they played part of the score as Bond was in the desert. It's so fukking long, though. And worse, it FEELS long. Compared to:
Ben-Hur: Ben Hur (1959):
The sea battle
the chariot race
the picture quality
the score
Heston looking like the least Jewish man to ever live and doing his typical overacting
the shocking gore and violence
Jesus
Somehow this is only like 5 minutes shorter than LOA yet feels half as long.
Spartacus: Shocking violence, absurd scale of scenes with literally thousands of extras, Kirk Douglas' jawline, slave rebellions, the oyster/snail speech
Gladiator:
Just shyttier versions of Spartacus and Ben Hur mixed with drunk ass Ridley doing shytty color grading and random slow motion like a DC movie.
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Marauders: The male pattern baldness trio of Elliot Stabler, Batista, and Bruce Willis was hard to pass up. HBO Go lists it as action, but it's closer to a thriller, and would be a great Redbox surprise. I'm consistently amazed and fascinated at how little effort Bruce Willis puts into his work. It almost seems like he puts extreme amounts of effort into putting in no effort. He mumbles/whispers all of his lines, he has absolutely zero inflection of any kind, his face never moves, and if someone told me he was reading his lines off camera I'd believe them. And this goes for everything he's been in for about 10 years.
Lawrence of Arabia: Some amazing shots and scope, visual quality is
, Peter O'Toole is delightful as Lawrence, Omar Shariff, Obi Won, Tony Quinn are also great. One of the finest "going native" stories put to film. I watched this a few weeks ago and coincidentally watched The Spy Who Loved Me a few days ago after not having seen it in a few years and when they played part of the score as Bond was in the desert. It's so fukking long, though. And worse, it FEELS long. Compared to:Ben-Hur: Ben Hur (1959):
The sea battle
the chariot race
the picture quality
the score
Heston looking like the least Jewish man to ever live and doing his typical overacting
the shocking gore and violence
Jesus
Somehow this is only like 5 minutes shorter than LOA yet feels half as long.
Spartacus: Shocking violence, absurd scale of scenes with literally thousands of extras, Kirk Douglas' jawline, slave rebellions, the oyster/snail speech
Gladiator:
Just shyttier versions of Spartacus and Ben Hur mixed with drunk ass Ridley doing shytty color grading and random slow motion like a DC movie. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Marauders: The male pattern baldness trio of Elliot Stabler, Batista, and Bruce Willis was hard to pass up. HBO Go lists it as action, but it's closer to a thriller, and would be a great Redbox surprise. I'm consistently amazed and fascinated at how little effort Bruce Willis puts into his work. It almost seems like he puts extreme amounts of effort into putting in no effort. He mumbles/whispers all of his lines, he has absolutely zero inflection of any kind, his face never moves, and if someone told me he was reading his lines off camera I'd believe them. And this goes for everything he's been in for about 10 years.
Cartier Murphy
Apathy’s a Tragedy & Boredom is a Crime
they got a new season of Hap and Leonard out!
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I've been binge watching Homeland...I'm wrapping up season 4. Outside of season 1 this has been the most interesting so far.
Ricky Church
Stole Timberlake's Spaceship-Coupe
Jurassic World (2015)
Ricky Church
Stole Timberlake's Spaceship-Coupe
Thor (2011)
Ricky Church
Stole Timberlake's Spaceship-Coupe
Thor: The Dark World (2013)
Poetical Poltergeist
Precise and cold hearted
First time?
First time seeing this
"Told you I'm never going back in"
Well better late than never.
