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Morning successfully tackled. Onto ST...Movies in the last week: The Ruins...D.

Posted by Mel Profit (aka Mel Profit) Jul 6 '09, 08:37

The first hour is maybe an A but the rest of it is lazy righting. They didn't even bother to explain anything. He's the thing they are afraid of and trying to get away from...and then...The End.

There's no 2nd act.

"Gone Baby Gone". A

A really good movie. I enjoyed that Amy Madigan's accent was so good that A)Ben Affleck asked her what part of Boston she was from B) a security gahd assumed she was a groupie and wouldn't let her on set because the accent was that good...and it was.

Also..."Top Gun" and "Crimson Tide" both still A.

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God, The Ruins was awful. And I liked the book well enough. -- nm - Callisto Jul 6, 08:43 1
- I loved the book and ultimately returned the movie unwatched because I've heard such bad things about it -- nm - decline Jul 6, 08:59
I liked the ruins because (spoils) - Loyola Jul 6, 08:39 22
- I loathed it for...(spoilers) - Mel Profit Jul 6, 08:43 21
  - I don't know, I didn't reallt care about that for some reason, although I see your point. I saw it as more a story of survival between those (spoils) - Loyola Jul 6, 08:49 2
    - and oddly...this never bothered me in Cloverfield. - Mel Profit Jul 6, 08:50 1
      - Me too apparently :) -- nm - Loyola Jul 6, 08:51
  - M. Night took it upon himself to explain it in his movie. -- nm - Mop (235 lbs) Jul 6, 08:47 4
    - this might be a killing blow to my complaint given how badly received The Happening was. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 6, 08:53 3
      - I think it's easy to get hung up on storytelling "rules" - if it works use it. - Reagen Jul 6, 08:58 2
        
        I agree that M. Night, by the sounds of it, shouldn't be following the rules for "The Happening" if he's so unskilled a story teller... - Mel Profit Jul 6, 09:06
        
        "We find out the killer suffers from multipler personality disorder. So he's really the cop and the girl! All of them! Isn't that crazy?!" -- nm - Don Homer Jul 6, 09:00
  - I don't really agree. Unexplained evil is kind of a staple in horror writing. -- nm - Reagen Jul 6, 08:46 1
    - Right. Makes me think of the end of Gordie's story in Stand by Me. - Don Homer Jul 6, 08:49
  - I disagree that everything needs to be explained. Sometimes you just have to accept something in the movie for what it is; how/why it happened isn't - Don Homer Jul 6, 08:46 6
    - Oh look...a friendly flying shark with a monkey rider...who's wearing a dress and Nixon mask... - Mel Profit Jul 6, 08:48 5
      - *takes notes* -- nm - David Lynch Jul 6, 08:54 1
        
        make the monkey a midget...who speaks gibberish. - Mel Profit Jul 6, 09:07
      - If that was the bad guy, I would hope they don't explain it. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 6, 08:49 2
        
        Heh -- nm - con_carne Jul 6, 08:53
        
        Does Point Break 2 really need any explanation? -- nm - Roger More Jul 6, 08:51
  - IIRC the book didn't either -- nm - Beaker Jul 6, 08:45 3
    - it didn't. But that sort of added more creepiness to it. - Callisto Jul 6, 08:46 2
      - I did enjoy the creepy though. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 6, 08:49
      - I've yet to see the movie but liked the book well enough -- nm - Beaker Jul 6, 08:47
I first saw GBG with my mother - she thought the accents were "over the top". - kelly Jul 6, 08:38 13
- you guys just hang out with a better class of people than me! - Mel Profit Jul 6, 08:40 12
  - I swear, I hear folks like that sitting next to me at Fenway!! :) -- nm - kelly Jul 6, 08:41 7
    - The bleachers are like another world. - Mel Profit Jul 6, 08:46
    - you go to baseball games? - TFox Jul 6, 08:43 3
      - Umm... - kelly Jul 6, 08:44 2
        
        Stop combating my sick burns with silly things like facts. It's unbecoming of a lady. -- nm - TFox Jul 6, 08:45 1
        
        ...burn? Oh, *that's* what that was? Huh. -- nm - kelly Jul 6, 08:50
    - Drunk CQ doesn't count. -- nm - (500) Days of Dano Jul 6, 08:42 1
      - snoring has an accent? - Mel Profit Jul 6, 08:45
  - any clips on youtube? I want to hear. -- nm - loosilu Jul 6, 08:41 3
    - Here are the first five minutes. -- (link) - (500) Days of Dano Jul 6, 08:47 [youtube]
    - not sure. We can look tonight. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 6, 08:44 1
      - I found a couple. Have definitely heard accents that strong many times. -- nm - loosilu Jul 6, 08:45

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