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[NAD is still special.]

Originally Posted by spaffe

Mallrats

Watched it last night and I don't understand why it is so praised by many on this forum -- I would place it in the same movie category as American Pie and its ilk. While seeing it I was really hoping that the two annoying guys in main roles would not get their girlsfriends back, that I would be spared a sappy and cliché romantic ending and that Jay would talk as much as Silent Bob, since he is not funny in the least; but alas, I was disappointed.

Sure, they're all loosers which I guess is supposed to be funny, but I think was sad rather than comedic. I also got the feeling that the first 2/3 of the movie had nothing to do with the last third more than them loosing their girlfriends, making the whole film rather chopped up. :|

Awesome! I'm a huge Kevin Smith fan but Mallrats BLOWS. Terrible movie with one awesome character, Brody. Kevin Smith has actually publicly apologized for Mallrats. Repeatedly.

[lurch70]

watched the original OMEN last night ... this still holds up as a great movie.

[J.]

the only kevin smith movie worth watching is Clerks

Mallrats and Chasing Amy are OK. Strike Back and Dogma are piss poor

[lurch70]

another interesting article about Netflix ...

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/07/te...=1&oref=slogin

here is an excerpt from it ... you might have to register to see the article in the link above

BETWEEN "The Godfather" and "The Godfather: Part II," Francis Ford Coppola made a movie called "The Conversation." It stars Gene Hackman as a paranoid wiretapper in Watergate-era San Francisco, and the cast includes Robert Duvall, a young Harrison Ford, the woman who played Shirley in "Laverne & Shirley" and the guy who played Fredo Corleone in "The Godfather."

The movie was nominated for best picture in 1975, and Mr. Coppola has actually called it the finest film he has ever made. After watching it this week, I wouldn't go that far, but it is certainly better than nearly anything at the multiplex right now.

Yet "The Conversation" was on its way to the movie graveyard just a few years ago. Since video stores have room for only a few thousands titles, some didn't carry it, and it was slowly being buried under the ever growing pile of newer films at other stores. It would have been easy a decade ago to imagine a time when few people would ever watch "The Conversation" again.

Then came Netflix. The Internet company with the red envelopes stocks just about all of the 60,000 movies, television shows and how-to videos that are available on DVD (and that aren't pornography). Just as important, for the sake of "The Conversation," Netflix lets users rate movies on a one- to five-star scale and make online recommendations to their friends.

The company's servers also sift through the one billion ratings in its system to tell you which movies that you might like, based on which ones you have already liked.

The result is a vast movie meritocracy that gives a film a second or third life simply because — get this — it's good. Last year, "The Conversation" (average rating: four stars) was the 13th-most-watched movie from the early 1970's on Netflix.

Its return from oblivion is a nice illustration of a brainteaser I have been giving my friends since I visited Netflix in Silicon Valley last month. Out of the 60,000 titles in Netflix's inventory, I ask, how many do you think are rented at least once on a typical day?

The most common answers have been around 1,000, which sounds reasonable enough. Americans tend to flock to the same small group of movies, just as they flock to the same candy bars and cars, right?

Well, the actual answer is 35,000 to 40,000. That's right: every day, almost two of every three movies ever put onto DVD are rented by a Netflix customer. "Americans' tastes are really broad," says Reed Hastings, Netflix's chief executive. So, while the studios spend their energy promoting bland blockbusters aimed at everyone, Netflix has been catering to what people really want — and helping to keep Hollywood profitable in the process.

[J.]

da vinci code

eh, very basic like the book. acting was not good

[dorian gray]

Originally Posted by J.

the only kevin smith movie worth watching is Clerks

Mallrats and Chasing Amy are OK. Strike Back and Dogma are piss poor

Im with you here, J. Although Ima gonna go ahead and say that Smith completely sucks and Clerks is just 100% cursing and silly jokes. Funny the first time but the second time, you're like, "I must have a low IQ for watching this again".

Dogma was so bad, I couldn't stand it. Was like getting my teeth pulled.

[dorian gray]

Speaking of Netshitz, I can't wait till my sub @ gameznflix is over with so i can switch back. i miss actually watching movies.

[Mormagil]

that article sounds awesome, lurch. so does the movie; gene hackman + robert duvall + harrison ford could only be great

[Impudent]

Originally Posted by lurch70

watched the original OMEN last night ... this still holds up as a great movie.

I saw the new one yesterday. It was alright. I need to go back and see the originals.

Watched a movie called "Satanic" tonight. Pretty stupid B-grade horror with bad acting. It always pisses me off when people mix up pentagrams and Wiccan stars. The worst part about it was that they got it right at some moments, but at others fucked it up.

[NAD is still special.]

Dogma fucking rules, tools.

[Krigloch the Furious]

Originally Posted by NADatar

Dogma fucking rules, tools.

I liked it. I like most of his movies.