World War Z......big mistake!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

at the recommendation of a friend we watched World War Z with Brad Pitt......it was the most disgusting, boring, zombie, trash we have ever seen.

If you see the first 15 minutes you have seen the whole movie....that is if you can make it that far in this mindless zombie blodfest.

It does not even qualify being called a bad science fiction or horror movie.

One has to wonder about a super star like Brad Pitts thinking when they accept a trash move role. Is his career so limited already?

btk

We also watched it. Was not impressed. Didn't realize that zombies would be the theme. But, it's money in the bank for him.

Every now and then on a rainy day we watch one of our pay for view movies..........like you, we've really been disappointed in mostly all of them. They are NOT made for our age , that's for sure.

Yesterday we saw one about the end of the world at James Franco's house , I think in the Hollywood Hills..........or Hollywood. Lots of young "stars" were in it, portraying themselves..........of course, lots of foul language.........LOTS OF SINK HOLES........they were all smoking drugs and using other drugs, for sure...........not John Wayne !! Cinema has sunk to a new low. But, it's not our generation crowding into the theatres to see this. We have Direct TV and you really cannot tell prior to ordering the movie exactly what it is going to be.

But, I "hear you" loud and clear............where are all the good comedies of long ago?

We do plan to watch the one with Tom Hanks as Captain Phillips. Captain Phillips lives in our state of Vermont. That movie looks good....for sure. Also, the one with George Clooney and Sandra Bullock?

I think she's in it. ""GRAVITY""

Saw Gravity yesterday and it was really good, made you feel like you were in space with them!

I didn't like the book too much, either. How many different zombie attacks can you read about? I never finished it.

Love The Walking Dead....Hated World War Z! BTW, Walking Dead returns Sunday night on AMC :)

wish there were more Redboxs in the area...I don't mind spending $1.20 for a movie that turns out bad but comcast wants $5.99 for pay per view?

I thought that WWZ was less gory than most Zombie movies.

I kind of liked it.

I rent from Netflix so it is not that expensive. $16.00 for 3 DVDs at a time with two day turnaround.

Z

Warm Bodies is funny. Also a zombie movie.
 

It seemed like a very different take on zombies with them moving so fast. It was just OK for me. I liked the more original Warm Bodies which is also about zombies. Warm Bodies also seems to have a parable.

I am a big fan of The Walking Dead and it seems like this movie is creating a huge demand for zombie related entertainment.

Redbox is only $1.20 a night and they also often have two-for-one deals as well as 25 or 50 cents off the DVDs. About 50% of the time, I do not even watch all the movie and wait to get it some other night.

I watch a lot of movies either from HBO, Cinemax, Showtime, Starz, or renting from Red Box or going to the theater. I would be lost if I didn't know anything about the movie beforehand. My home page is IMDb (Internet Movie Data Base) You can type in any movie title and learn all about it, read hundreds of reviews, etc. Also Rotten Tomatoes is a website dedicated to reviews from fans and professionals. There's no reason to rent a film and not know what's it's about with these two websites. There is also many others out there but these are the two I use mostly.

This month we've rented from Red Box 'Side Effects, Flight, The Call, Oblivion', watched on TV 'Lincoln, Life of Pi, Hitchcock, Trouble with the Curve', and watched at the theater 'Blue Jasmine, Prisoners' and Gravity in 3D'. All were pretty good, several were outstanding and I had a pretty good idea of what each one was about. Once you have those websites it's not hard to do a little research.

We recorded W.D.......but then noticed we recorded the reruns......so now are recording the premier, etc.

Our favorite is HOMELAND...........plus AMAZING RACE.

Thanks. I am familiar with IMDb as my husband's brother is an actor. Actually lives in West Hollywood.
I also have a cousin who is an actor. Ditto. I've looked at all of their "work" on that site.

Usually, it's a boring rainy day and I say to my husband, "Let's rent a movie" and then without the research, he just scrolls down on the Direct TV screen.......of the movies available........without listening to or reading the explanations..........we also just watched one with Robert DiNero who normally would be one of my favorite actors..........and it was just so so. We get all of the other free movie channels as well. Rarely watch them.

We should take your advice.......but these movies aren't really planned out. Just happen.

We are movie buffs......and now, at our age, enjoy watching them from our reclining chairs.
Some do put us to sleep. So, we are literally paying for a "nap". Others are good.

The Numbers.com
 

I use these resources quite a bit too. You might want to check out the-Numbers.com. Especially if you are good at predicting box office takes for the weekend. The guru on there also gives out reviews of recently released DVDs. http://www.the-numbers.com/interacti...hp?newsID=8573

Turner Movie Classics
 

I used to do most of my movie watching on TMC - then Comcast removed it from the channel line-up that I was paying for. It would have cost nearly double just to add the one station I wanted. I miss the classics.

You probably meant TCM (Turner Classic Movies), the sister channel of TBS and TNT. We have Directv and those channels are in the basic package and in fact TCM is now in Hi-Definition (HD). The TMC you mentioned is short for 'The Movie Channel' which is a premium movie channel and is normally an extra charge even on Directv.

Ditto. We get them also; have Direct TV....

A question my husband keeps wondering.......how often do you lose your satellite during the summer thunderstorms???? Talking about Direct TV.

A few evenings ago, some strong storms rolled into our area and we lost our satellite for maybe half an hour. This has been a rare occurrence since we signed on with Direct TV over two years ago........leaving Comcast.

We like Direct TV for many reasons, but he thinks that in Florida we should switch back to Comcast "cable".....rather than the "satellite".

Any good reasons for one or the other? The few times ours went out, it always seems to correct itself.......

Thanks in advance.

P.S. Sometimes we can retrieve the "signal" by going from High Def down to the regular version of the channel....

It seems to me self-evident in many cases where a TV series or movie is doomed to fail. World War Z is such a movie and never would I pay to go see it. In fact there hasn't been a movie tat has drawn my interest in a very long time.

As for TV series there are some that need to be watched a few times to determine their viability. I was hesitant about Low Winter Sun but watched it first season only to conclude that is too dark for me

Risky the fact that some label me wimpy I do find many foreign films more interesting mainly because they appear more down to earth

Too many American movies are just plain vulgar, shallow and or depend on special effects to get them through. I especially dislike movies that are made to send a political message. I want movies to entertain me not spread the story tellers politics. While I watch and like Homeland I suspect I am the only who noticed that the background photos in its opening displaying credits intentionally omit George W. who more than any other president featured established national security policy concerning terrorists.

Gravity was severely criticized by many people familiar with space travel.

Gravity was just a mess. It wasn't believable, it wasn't accurate, and most of all it wasn't engaging No wonder Clooney filmed his brief scenes and got out of town. I really wanted to see this picture, mostly to see the relationship between George and Sandra. Well, there wasn't any - they might have been strangers in a supermarket.