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$7 Popcorn : A Life in Movies Blogathon

Tue, 10 May 2011 23:46:33 +0000

I agree with what you're saying 100%, Fletch. Trainspotting has done nothing to be deserving of being in that sentence.

$7 Popcorn : You are tearing me apart, Lisa!

Thu, 3 Feb 2011 20:13:24 +0000

There was a guy sitting in front of my friends who was getting VERY upset with the crowd. I think he came in expecting to really sit and watch a movie while everyone else was there to drink and yell at the screen. He probably came away disappointed.

$7 Popcorn : You are tearing me apart, Lisa!

Tue, 1 Feb 2011 19:28:11 +0000

If it's playing in a theater near you, go. It's worth sitting through again just for that experience. After we saw the movie, we went to our favorite karaoke bar downtown, since it was only half a mile away. While there, someone announced that it was their friend Lisa's birthday. This lead to me, very loudly, shouting 'You are tearing me apart, Lisa!'. I never though I'd use a phrase like that outside of the theater. As for Plan 9, yeah, The Room is much worse. Have you SEEN Death Bed: The Bed That Eats though? It's a tough call between it and The Room.

$7 Popcorn : 5 years and I\'m still here

Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:47:03 +0000

Thanks!

$7 Popcorn : So...that was Centurion

Sat, 18 Dec 2010 00:15:37 +0000

I did see The Descent 2. In fact, I traded reviews on it with 1416andcounting.com! http://www.7dollarpopcorn.com/2010/06/1570-descen... Is the one that Caitlin wrote and http://1416andcounting.com/?p=2356#content is the one I wrote. There was also a follow up here: http://www.7dollarpopcorn.com/2010/06/end-of-desc... Frankly, I really enjoyed the second one. I thought it was just what a sequel should be, a little more over the top, while still maintaining what made the first one great. I was never crazy about the ending, but you can't win em all as they say.

$7 Popcorn : Halloween!

Sun, 14 Nov 2010 07:40:38 +0000

I think I need to keep the spoiler alert picture for when I post spoilers. I find it hilarious.

$7 Popcorn : Movie Sketch or What the Hell Was I Thinking? I Can\'t Draw!

Fri, 12 Nov 2010 21:56:16 +0000

You're telling me! ;) I meant every word. I like what you're doing.

$7 Popcorn : Remaking The Thin Man

Thu, 28 Oct 2010 14:04:13 +0000

It's not a lack of creativity, at least I don't think. There's so much money at stake in a major motion picture that the studios do tend to try to play it safe. And that's fine. And it's possible that a movie can be remade well. For example, many people (myself included) consider the 1941's The Maltese Falcon to be a great movie, but it was a remake of a film done in 1931 (later re-edited and re-released in 1936). John Carpenter's The Thing was a remake of The Thing from Another World.

$7 Popcorn : Remaking The Thin Man

Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:57:49 +0000

The restrictions I placed weren't completely arbitrary. I went with American actors mostly because the characters are American. The age ranges I chose were based on the ages of Powell and Loy when the played the roles.

$7 Popcorn : Way off topic, kind of, but BEER!

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 23:12:51 +0000

It's the waiting game now. It's so hard to be sure right now when I have no experience to compare it to.

$7 Popcorn : I swear it seemed like a good idea at the time.

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 06:09:34 +0000

I know it's terrible. I wouldn't have believed you if you'd said otherwise!

$7 Popcorn : I swear it seemed like a good idea at the time.

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 06:09:15 +0000

Thanks.

$7 Popcorn : Scott Pilgrim vs The World is the best movie I\'ve seen in the theater this year*!

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 00:45:04 +0000

Agreed.

$7 Popcorn : Song of the Day - Jenny by The Mountain Goats

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:40:04 +0000

Nice

$7 Popcorn : The end of The Descent & The Descent 2

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:39:39 +0000

I think it does have it's own merits. Obviously it lifts a lot from the original by design. It sets up a much larger cave system, and it establishes that others know about the caves and what's inside. Could it stand alone? No. Not a chance, but it's not designed to. It's built to continue from the first and bridge into the upcoming third. I think it's hard to judge this one until the third one is completed.

$7 Popcorn : The end of The Descent & The Descent 2

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 02:16:45 +0000

I don't think my personal enjoyment of D2 was because of my fond memories of the first. I remember watching and enjoying the first, but it's been years since I watched it and had to actually pop it in to remember how it ended. I honestly enjoyed this movie on it's own merits (minus the last 2 minutes). A movie sequel is generally going to be what you enjoyed about the original, but upping the ante. This did that. Maybe too well. It WAS very much like the first. I, apparently, didn't mind that as much as you.

$7 Popcorn : Movie Magic

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 04:25:57 +0000

No. I'm supposed to have been hit by a car, but we haven't shot that yet.

$7 Popcorn : Mel Gibson might just be a world class dbag

Fri, 2 Jul 2010 16:02:49 +0000

Luckily for me, I've never been a huge fan of Gibson's movies. Braveheart was good, but if I never see it again, I'm cool with that.

$7 Popcorn : Let Me In, maybe not.

Fri, 2 Jul 2010 02:30:06 +0000

There is nothing in that trailer that makes me think that this version will be equal, let alone superior, to the original

$7 Popcorn : #1570: The Descent

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:43:09 +0000

Thank you SO much Caitlin! Great review and next time, you pick the movie (assuming you'd want to do this again)!