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Circle 2/10
Its on netlfix and a friend suggested it to me saying he thought i'd like it. I never even finished it. The only good part was Julie Benz from Dexter. The premise is a bunch of people stuck in a room together and on a time interval a person dies (a very boring a lame death) one at a time. And they try to figure out whats going on. Within 30 mins the movie tackles racism, ageism, homophobia, .bla bla bla. It was like a college student film, a bad one.
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Chinatown 10/10
Sphere - 7/10
Nice. I plan on watching this next week.
Me too. Can't wait to see it.
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Saw Zootopia last night and thought it was really enjoyable with some really funny parts.
Interstellar 6/10
You're losing me Nolan.
The Forrest - 4/10 - Ehhh......
The Green Room - 7.5/10 - Slick little gritty movie. Predictable but enjoyable. Had some nice unexpected gore.
THE FINEST HOURS. A Great cast lots of heart courage and intensity give a 8 very cool story.
:yess: :goodpost: :exactly:
I still haven't sat through all of Interstellar.
I cared more about the robots in Interstellar than I did for the entire human race. That's a big problem in a movie about human extinction. Plus I felt like he was trolling Batman fans by using Lazarus so much. Mr I'm too realistic to have Al Ghul use Lazarus pits, but yet in this movie we hear the word like 5 times.
Did you read the book?
Marvel's Civil War - 8/10
Rounders - 8.8/10
Being a card player myself, i really dug this one. Great watch.
The Purge: Anarchy - 61/100.
Me neither lol.
Sicario - 8/10
A very wholesome family story, involving an FBI and CIA joint-operation to take down the leader of a Mexican drug cartel. Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Emily Blunt, and a guest appearance from Shane from The Walking Dead - with the Zombie make-up still fresh on his face from Season 2. Recommended especially for young kids and elderly church-goers!!
CRIMINAL. Kevin Costner , Gary Oldman and Ryan Reynolds switches memory with Costner and best way to describe this is bourne ultimatium with a mad dog Costner ha ha pure action moves fast give a 8.
Jungle Book -
Boringly beautiful/10
Back To The Future -- 8.5 /10
First proper viewing in years - an absolute classic. Gonna watch the sequels this week too, when I get time.
Don't forget to play the 2011 game after watching the trilogy- it's fantastic!
Pretentious ****, to make poser intellectuals feel smarter.
No 10/10 OMGODZ?
Yeah, as a fan of Rogers I'm disappointed. Too much Stark and co.
I liked it, really enjoyed the science aspects of it. Don't think I'm a poser intellectual.
You seem really angry over a movie.
I can't rate Sphere as a movie. The book is all kinds of the awesome. I have only seen the movie once and was thoroughly disappointed by it. Samuel L. Jackson was a good casting choice. I can't remember any of the other cast apart from Dustin Hoffman. He was an alright choice I guess. I highly recommend the book. I haven't read all of Crichton's stuff but I haven't ever read a "bad" book. Sphere is one of the better ones.
I liked Interstellar more upon my second viewing. I picked it up on Bluray for $4 on Black Friday last year. My son opened the case shortly after and cracked the disc in half. I'm in no rush to replace it but if I see it for $4 again I'd probably add it to the collection once more.
While Interstellar is a popcorn version of 2001 in its sentimentality, it did the science stuff much much better than 2001.
You could tell Kubrick didn't quite get what A.C. Clarke wanted to depict, and went instead for an acid trip :slap while Nolan perfectly understood Thorne's work.
Ugh, try reading Congo, horrible book.
I agree. Congo was horrible, both the book and the film.
I can't argue with that. Both science fiction movie with entirely different strengths. I wouldn't hold Interstellar up to 2001, but it is groundbreaking in the fact that it gets so much of the science right, even if there are a couple of times it panders to the audience.
I hated the book so much that I didn't bother with the movie. It's rare that I actually regret reading a novel, but I actually felt dumber after reading Congo.
Even when pandering to the audience, you still got the occasional idiot "why is this science dude explaining to this other science dude why wormholes are spheres? Hurrrrrr" :lol
If interstellar was much colder in its approach, leaving the love stuff entirely implict for the audience to figure out, and had better dialogue, it would be as good as 2001. But 2001 is still better in that regard, and a couple others, and has a bigger scope.
But all and all I'll stick to the A.C. Clarke books. Haven't read the entire book by Thorne though.
But he wasn't a scientist, he was an engineer and pilot. Scientist does not equal Engineer.
And the story wasnt about the science.
That's the point :slap
I know, just saying. I didnt have this experience since I watched it at home. I thought the movie was fine.
Oh I wasn't face palming at you, I was face palming at those people saying that. :lol
For the love of all that's holy, can we NOT do the whole Interstellar discussion again?
You mean you don't want to read Post after post with people complaining about soundproofing in boardrooms?
:lol I'm not interested in rehashing everyone's "expert" opinions about anything that has to do with that film.
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We will NOT kneel before Zod.
So to continue the discussion about Interstellar...
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I didnt participate in any Interstellar discussion but I did like it.
Personally, I thought it was the worst movie I ever watched in a while, and freakin' Hans Zimmer fell asleep on his bagpipes throughout the action sequences. "Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrppppppppppppppp".
For the last time, it was an organ! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEE
It was the only thing keeping me awake at one point.[emoji38]
Kek no it was definitely "brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrpppppp". Get ur ears checked m8.
Then cue the Matt Damon explosion scene :lol. I actually think the movie would've been more palatable if it weren't so long. I felt like sitting through it alone, was such a chore.
hahaha I loved the soundtrack! and I hate metthew mcnuahey or however you spell it, and I thought the scene of him leaving his daughter was one of the more emotional scenes ive seen in a while. That girl should be in more movies
Okay, i take back what I said since its the OG Zod.
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I'm not angry over a film I have zero investment in. I watched it and moved on. My anger is at the majority of the viewers come off like they got a PHD from it.
Yeah, stupid pseudo-intellectuals, I got my Phd from Donnie Darko.
Ha ha :lol INTERSTELLAR argument lol :lol i hated it like the damn jodie foster Contact movie.
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Ha ha[emoji38]INTERSTELLAR argument lol[emoji38]i hated it like the damn jodie foster Contact movie.
Lol, that's the other movie I was trying to remember when I was thinking about where I'd seen this movie before. Interstellar is Signs meets Contact.
I think Signs is Shammy's best movie. Never saw Contact.
Predator - 9/10
Either Khev or Gaspar are gonna hunt you down for not giving it 10/10.
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Predator - 9/10I agree with the 9/10 rating. Only because there are movies I've seen that I think are better than Predator, so it can't possibly be rated higher than them.
:lol it's ok, it's a good 9.
I think I gave it an 8.5 or something. Because of what Xenoburger said.
Interstellar - 10/10
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DON'T MESS WITH ME SORRIDOSU-KUN!!!
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Sorridosu... SENPAI!
Love Nolan, hated interstellar.
interstellar was a good watch, but I'd take 2001 over it. Every.single.time.
I agree with the 9/10 rating. Only because there are movies I've seen that I think are better than Predator, so it can't possibly be rated higher than them.
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I almost gave it a 9.5, and as much as I love the entire film I think Dutch vs. Predator alone wasn't as fun as Dutch's Team vs. Predator. I'm not saying I'm displeased with the third act, just I didn't have as much fun with it... maybe it's because Dutch had no one to interact with. But the film couldn't have gone a different route from what it did and work.
Yeah, I took that into account too. It's a solid 9... :monkey3
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Funny. I, on the other hand, think that Kubrick is grossly overrated. Great director no doubt, intelligent and with an extraordinary visual talent...but the poor guy could not recognize a human emotion even if you were to hit his face with it repeatedly :D
Saboteur - 7.5/10
Shadow of a Doubt - 7/10
Rope 8.5/10
North by Northwest - 9/10
Marnie - 6.5/10
Oh and...
Interstellar 9/10 and 2001 5/10
Kubrick might be overrated, but 2001 isn't.
I think that's what makes 2001 so good, I would've loved to see Interstellar having that coldnes, sci-fi tends to be that cold, good sci-fi that is.
Having said that, I can't watch 2001 very often, I'd rather read the book.
How does that make him overrated?
Sorridosu...
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Short version? If we can agree that filmmaking is an art, it should be capable of engaging you both on an intellectual and emotional level. Kubrick fails again and again through his movies when it comes to the second part.
Which is fine: there are people out there capable of loving an emotionally dead film like Barry Lyndon...but in my opinion if your movie only works on an intellectual level you would be better writing an essay.
Fear is a human emotion, and The Shining was brimming with it.
That is what makes 2001 so good when HAL experiences fear as an A.I., truly something special at that time.
True. What an extraordinary film it is, but not one I can watch often. I once met Keir Dullea, unfortunately it was before I'd ever seen 2001, I would have loved to ask him about Kubrick.
Did you ever see the online doc that theorizes the monolith as being the movie screen? I had never looked at it like that, but I think I'd need to watch it again to speak intelligently about it.
The Color of Money - 10/10
Great film. One of my favorites.
I haven't read that one yet. I only buy them if they're $0.50 at Goodwill and haven't come across that one.
I personally love the Congo film and am not ashamed to admit it. It is probably the most hated movie that I love nearly every aspect of. I must have been the perfect age when it was released.
I did forget I never finished "Lost World: Jurrasic Park." That book was utter garbage and went nowhere for 3/4 of the narrative. I also didn't finish Andromeda Strain. I found that one to have a fascinating concept but thought it was pretty boring in its prose compared to his later works.
Congo is pretty meh.
The only part I liked was with Bruce Campbell. :lol
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He's pretty much wearing his Evil Dead outfit with a darker shirt.
I completely forgot Campbell was in that movie. Seriously. All I remember is that it was one of the worst movies I'd ever seen that was actually released in theaters. And the gorillas.
Tim Curry too. The only actor worth a damn in it.
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I remember going to see it just because Curry was in it.
I'll never forget seeing Charlie's Angels in the theater because when Tim Curry got killed the girl next to me said, "aww, poor Tim Curry."
10 CLOVERFIELD LANE. John Goodman. A Crazy ride keeps you guessing til the end give a 8.
I don't remember what I originally rated it, but I'll give a 6.5/10 for a second viewing. I think it's the cgi that ruins it for me.
Thanks man, I'll check it out! :duff
Not a bad movie. I enjoyed it. 7/10
I was really skeptical about the game when it first came out- I mean, how do you make a good BTFF game anyway? Turns out they finally cracked the code! The first episode is free on PS3, there's also a remaster on PS4 and you can even get them on your Apple devices.
Neverending Story - 10/10
Timeless classic for all ages.
My PS3 isn't hooked up to the net.. if it's available on disc, I'll track it down at some point.
Ted 2: 6/10
Some funny parts.
Copland - 7.8/10
Pretty good. Stallone, DeNiro, Keitel, Liotta, the T-1000 Robert Patrick, fun seeing them all together.
Looking forward to seeing that.
Captain America: Civil War - 84/100.
Captain America - Civil war: 10/10
Fantastic movie! Was deep enough to be interesting.
Lots of action with a few new characters. I will see
it again soon.
I can't in good faith give it a 10 because nothing is perfect but 9 /10 easily....best cbm to date.
Captain America Civil War 7/10 pretty much posted my review in the thread. need to sleep on it though, great fun.
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Captain America Civil War 6.5/10 I went in wanting to love the film but I cant, it was good I thought Cap 2 was better. I dont know Ill have to have a few days to sort it out .
Was the entire film for me :lol
Casino - 9.5/10
Glad to see that you and I agree with the philosophy of "nothing is perfect". :hi5:
In my opinion, there's always room for improving everything. In this case here, you'll never find me giving any movie a 10/10. Even a movie I thoroughly enjoyed.
There are a few films I think of as "Perfect". Empire Strikes Back (not special edition) and Fellowhip of the Ring are two of them, that might even include Raging Bull. A movie being perfect is me saying there is no way I can think of to improve this film.
Civil War - still 10/10
Man from U.N.C.L.E.: 7/10
I thought this movie was fun as hell.
I can't agree with this one. In Dr. Strangelove, A Clockwork Orange, and particularly the Shining, he showed a great ability to effectively convey a range of complex emotions. Of course, his technical acumen saturated the films he worked on, but within that there was still fear, angst, paranoia, fury, love and compassion.
Dammit, don't you people know how to use ****ing spoiler tags???? YOU RUINED IT!!!
I saw it for the first time about a year back, and really enjoyed it as well. Seems like it had a bad reputation, but that's probably just because Stallone plays against type. Solid movie.
I thought it was pretty good too
Civil War - 8.8/10
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Best Cap movie
Possibly best MCU movie to date
Saw VII - 4/10
Some twists abound, but the series has definitely gotten predictable and old.
Unfortunately, that turdtacular series is making a return soon...
If you Saw one, you Saw them all.
Saw Civil War last night. 9/10
Ant-Man and Spiderman were awesome. So were Falcon and WS.
Brokeback Mountain 7/10
The Edge 7.5/10
What about the classics? Are there any movies you'd rate 10/10? Just wondering. For me no modern movie will be a full 10/10 because of CGI. I hate it.
Civil War: 8/10
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Horse teeth, to be exact. :lol
Whoa, whoa, whoa. CP's got a real hate-on for Daisy. :lol
Cap 3: Civil War 9.5/10
While most are out seeing Civil War I'll wait for rental and enjoy myself a nice viewing of.....
How does a English person have such perfect teeth?
Unforgiven 8.1/10
Let me guess, that .1 was for seeing a guy get shot on the s*itter?
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But whose going to improve it? Who even knows what to improve most of the time? Usually, for me, if a film is good enough for a 9 it's good enough for a 10. I'll hold back a point if I do have a clear idea what wasn't quite right. Otherwise I'm not going to hold back a point 'just because'.
Just talking generally by the way. This isn't a reaction to any particular score anyone gave any film.
In my opinion, there's always room for improving everything.
I look at life, movies, relationships etc....all the same way. Works in progress no matter how good can always be better.
Jaws and Empire are perfect films for me. I have no issue giving films 10 out of 10. It means they have achieved classic status. Meaning I have seen them many times and they are still great, perfect or not. I have to consider how much a film entertains me when I do my rating also. Basically a film does not have to be perfectly made if it is perfectly entertaining. However Jaws And Empire do both perfectly.
Yeah, I was speaking mainly of the films that have stood the test of time and never really get old - those are the ones I happily dish out 10s to. A brand new film, maybe I'd give a 10 if I enjoyed it tremendously but with the caveat that if the film doesn't stand up to repeat viewings my score would reduce over time.
Marvel's Civil War (2nd viewing) - still 8/10
Civil War - 98/100
I take a point away for just the Pepper portion. Still have no idea how she's fitting in this. Seems like they tossed her name in there for no reason. Seems pointless imo.
Other point is for how the recruiting point was very quick. No actual reasoning for each person.
Saving Private Ryan - 9.6/10
One of my top 3 favorite Speilberg movies.
1. Raiders of the lost Ark
2. Jaws
3. Saving Private Ryan
Terrific, terrific comic book movie. This is how it's done.
As for giving movies 10, like JAWS, there are a smattering of movies I've seen that are so well done, I consider them just as perfectly executed as I could ask for, across the board. Any flaws are so minor that they're hardly worth mentioning. They are movies that make you appreciate the human condition more having watched them. Jaws, Citizen Kane, Casablanca, Double Indemnity, North by Northwest, Dr. Strangelove, the Godfather (1 and 2), Alien, Raiders, Raising Arizona, Miller's Crossing, Terminator, Back to the Future, Ghostbusters, Die Hard, Big Lebowski, A History of Violence, these are some that, on a given day, I might rank as a 10. But there aren't going to be too many of these for me. I'm not sure any comic book movie I've seen warrants this (unless you count Violence), even the Nolan films (which are the best out there IMO).
Still haven't watched the Big Lebowski yet, don't know why.
Kara, I count A History of Violence as a comic book movie, just like Sin City or Ghost World
Mr. Brooks 7/10
Charlie Wilson's War 8/10
Civil War 9/10
Ant-Man: 8/10
Still high on my MCU list
Fantastic 4 ROTSS: 6/10
I still like the lighthearted nature of it. But it is a bit cringey :lol
Fant4stic: 5/10
First time watching it. Yeah, it's not good, but I didn't think it was nearly as bad as people made it out to be. I decided to watch it out of curiosity and to maybe have a good laugh, but I was let down.
Civil War - 8/10
Witchboard - 4/10
Smokey Bites the Dust - 3/10
Battle Beyond the Stars - 7/10
The Warrior and the Sorceress - 6/10
Habemus Papam: 7/10
An entertaining, if short and kinda straight-forward flick.
Behind Enemy Lines - 7/10
The Fly II - 3/10
I hold the 1986 film above all other sci-fi films, and to see it get this absolutely terrible sequel gives me a sad. What's even more heartbreaking to me, FOX turned down Cronenberg's script for a sequel sidebar film.
Civil War - 8/10 I'd probably give it a higher score the second time I see it.
Predator - 9.1/10
Jaws - 10/10
Life Of Pi Excellent movie. I only had it on
because I was checking out what was going to be on FX
today, and it had just started. I expected to be bored, but
it was rather engaging, and visually appealing. The ending
was beautiful, but a bit sad.
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The 5th Wave - 5/10
Yeah, there never seem to be any happy movies about resorting to cannibalism.
Avengers - 2012
Excellent. I hadn't seen it in a year and a half.
I'd even forgotten some bits in it. Still love it as much
as I did when I first saw it in the theater.
Good to see that movie still get some love. One of my favorite movie experiences and I've enjoyed Avengers just as much each time I've seen it. Also, I think the musical score is a bit underrated.
FF reboot... Yikes
Think the cast worked just poorly done, doctor doom was awful
For a few Dollars more - 9.7/10
I've only seen it once and I don't remember it that well. Do you like it better than A Fistful of Dollars?
Very good list. :hi5:
I would make it a top 5 and add:
4. Schindler's List
5. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
I just saw it 2 days ago, and it's really not that bad. Casting certainly wasn't fitting of the characters, and Doom was too schizo; but I don't think it was horrible. It's a twist thats very realistic at this point in reality, but having kids, well that just didn't do it for me. They should have been older.
I still need to get around to watching that dumpster fire.
The first two films were a decent attempt I think. They were a little hokey and had a weird air to it, but I didn't hate them. I would of liked to see Galactus in the third film.
Its on HBO. Just because it isn't too bad for me, doesn't mean I was gonna drop actual money on it. :lol
Seeing Spidey done well in the MCU, I think it'd be great to see them in the MCU,more as cameos rather than an actual film.
I think it starts out good but then completely turns to ****.
I like it a little more than Fistful, Clint and Sergio's Spaghetti Westerns are some of my favorite films.
1. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
2. For a Few Dollars More
3. A Fistful Of Dollars
Love them all almost equally but if I had to rank em' that'd be it.
Agreed! Although I dig Close Encounters just a little more than Schindler's List. I actually watched Schindler's for the first time about a month ago, loved it.
Torn Curtain - 8.5/10
Gotta love dat crazy editing, pacing, awkward dialogue & tin foil Doom-leganger.
What I am still stunned by is that literally the whole movie was about them building the ****ing gate. We see small moments after a time jump, mind you; and we don't even see their powers. Then the Doom confrontation doesn't happen until the last 15 minutes, pretty much.
Civil War 8 or 9/10, can't decide.
So many good feels! Lulled a bit for me in the beginning and the ****ing shaky cam, but oh man when it got good, it never let up. Loved this movie. Have to see it again with the wife.
Eastwood's career has to be the most spectacular Hollywood career ever. It amazes me to think how it's evolved over decades and there's been so much success, with very little failure.
Of the spaghetti westerns I'd say Fistful is my favorite but I'll have to watch Few Dollars More again to be certain. I love his American westerns just as much, maybe even more.
been meaning to check that one out for some time, Paul Newman is one of my top 5 Favorite actors
Clint does have one of the most impressive Filmography records as an actor and director, I have 21 of his films in my DVD/BluRay collection, 9 of which are westerns.
Captain America Civil War a 10 one of marvels best to date imo. Love new spidey! Not just another marvel movie cant wait for X-men!
It was a first time watch for me and really enjoyed it.
Topaz - 7/10
Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid - 10/10
Taking Shelter - 83/100
Quite an interesting film, I would have like something more aside from a rather ambiguous ending, but still an emotional one for me. Definitely gonna go and buy the physical copy.
Fantastic movie. Love the special effects. Great lines.
I enjoy quoting this movie. Still a great watch 25 years later.
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Captain America Civil War 9/10
Predator 2 - 6.5/10
Kyofu densetsu: Kaiki! Furankenshutain (Monster of Frankenstein) - 7/10 - Pretty good early 80's toon adaption of Frankenstein.
Deadpool - 6.75/10
It was decent, but way overrated IMO. Some funny moments, but not as funny as I expected. I think the love for this movie is a product of some weird groupthink. I don't think the sequel will work for the audience as well as this seemed to, only so many 4th wall breaking, "clever" comments they can make before the jokes get a little old. Jokes seemed pretty obvious and predictable to me, feel like I could have written this movie, and that's not a compliment.
I almost blind bought it, but got a code to watch it on Cinemanow in my email for free, glad I saved some money.
I liked it, just think its really overrated.
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You nailed it, incredibly overrated, half of the dialogue is retarded, and the plot is stupid.
But it's DP so it's ok, the other half of the dialogue is pretty good, and the action is great.
It was a weird meme phenomenon of people pretending to be deadpool fans, the movie itself catering to the lowest common denominator of DP "fans", and a great marketing campaign.
I also like it, because it's deadpool, but that **** is a 6 for me, a 6.5 if I'm in a good mood.
Pulp Fiction - 10/10
Point Break - 8.4/10
Utah! Get me two!
Cool Hand Luke - 10/10
Cool Hand Luke deserves a 10 just for the car wash scene alone.
Those are some nice.. Headlights
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Self/Less, starring Ben Kingsley.
I didn't like it. It wasn't fun or interesting, IMO.
I turned it off about halfway through.
The Equalizer: 6/10
With Denzel. I had some nitpicks, but overall an okay super ex-military killing machine revenge movie in the vein of Taken and John Wick.
Enemy: ???/10
Honestly... I don't what the hell I just watched. I've scoured for theories, but they range from "it's all a metaphor" to "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"... I mean, it's wel acted, well directed and really unsettling, but... again, I don't know what the **** I just got done watching...
Great movie. :duff
Good points. I liked the fight scenes and the interaction with Colossus and Negasonic but the villain was weak and the origin story could've been more succinct.
The Boy - 61/100.
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Check out Chris stuckman's analyst of the film, it'll make more sense then lol
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Yep. Her method of washing windows without using her hands was ingenious.
You did better than me, I think I turned it off after 30 minutes.
Managed to make it through F4, wasn't the abomination of Cinema I came to expect, nothing special either. The first hour was ok, the last half hour was pretty bad.
So, this rating seems appropriate...
Fantastic 4 - 4/10
I think diminished expectations plus lack of exposure to the comic book (or caring about it) go a long way. Doom looked pretty bad though, and the end battle was tedious and made little sense. I didn't totally hate it though, but I'm not likely to ever watch it again.
Well, I did scour Reddit (for all of, like, 5 minutes), and I did find a cool little explaination:
-The real person is Adam, who's a boring teacher, so he creates a "dupe" that is an actor, has a hot affair, etc, etc.
-When his mother tells him to drop acting because of his respectable job, she's talking about his teaching one.
-When his wife asks him how was school, she didn't find out that the "dupe" came home, she's just asking the "real" one, about his day at work, but decides to drop it when he doesn't respond, as she knows he's kinda... not all there.
-The movie is told not in a chronological order, with the car-crash happening before the movie's events, and that's where the scar comes from.
-The final shot with the spider retreating, is his wife understanding that he's "fallen down the rabbit hole" again, and kinda being afraid of him, hence why he looks relieved in a way.
That, or the spiders are aliens and it's an Invasion-type movie...
Well, I'm not much for horror so I did think about that when it started getting too "nuts", but I stuck with it. Am I glad? Eh, honestly, I don't know. It's a weird film. I've seen other "slow moving" flicks as well, but that was... "different", in a way.
Deadpool - 8/10 Jokes are a little forced "a la Ted"...just crude to be crude. I did however really like it.
Unfriended: 7/10
The Forest - 63/100. Too many jump-scares and the ending is awful but the setting is ominous and the legend is creepy as hell.
Treasure of The Sierra Madre (1948) - 10/10
300 - 8/10 I gave it an extra point because Lena Headey's bewbs.
Jungle Book - 8.5/10 **** you! Disney! For making me feel again!
God dammit, may be the best movie I've seen this year.
Disney needs to buy the rights for Avatar.
Civil War 2nd viewing: still 8/10
Agent Carter S1 - 9/10
Desamo
Civil war 9/10.
Man, I really want to see that one. I've noticed a few party poopers in here bagging it, but what's new huh. :lol
I've noticed a few party poopers in here bagging it, but what's new huh. lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhXz60f0HLU
Right on cue, bravo.
Breach - 8/10
The Terminator - 10/10
Jurassic World - Flaming bag of dog ****/10
Paper Towns - 7/10
Deadpool - better than expected! More hits than misses for me. Well done, Ryan Reynolds. I knew you were good for something.
Iron Man 3 - 3/10
1 for cool Extremis FX
1 for cool finale
1 for Trevor
Ouija - 7/10
Even if you didn't like it, you have to at least give it 1 more point for the nerd rage lolz.
Red State - 4/10
Captain America:Civil War - 8/10
Really enjoyed this, Ant-Man was awesome! Scarlet Witch seemed like she should have been able to handle them all by herself.
My Daughter kept asking where Quicksilver was, after the movie I "reminded" her that he dies in AOU. She got quite angry and told me that I was wrong. I think she is confusing him with X-Men's QS. Anyway, best to just avoid the topic with her from here on out.
GOTG is still my favorite Marvel movie, but this one is a clear second.
Enjoyable odd-couple crime action movie with a few solid set pieces/10
Great introduction to the genre for Idris Elba.
Really? Why?
It was a pretty darn good movie, made me almost cry like 3 times, better villain than either Zemo or Luthor :lol
The villain was great. I bagged it because of the protagonist, I almost cried when he survived.
It's a decent film, but for me it was a case of its constituent parts being much greater than the whole. All of the characters were beautifully portrayed and rendered, but as a chase movie I found it meh.
Is that a Gary Marshall film?
I think he also did Independence Day, The 6th Day and Terminator 2: Judgement Day
I thought the protagonist was outstanding considering it was a child actor with nothing but green screen surrounding him.
I don't know if I'd call it a chase movie since nobody was actually chasing Mowgli :lol
Are you making a concession for the performance, or you thought it was outstanding in its own right? Green screen or not, I just didn't like this Mowgli - in which case the premise of the movie fell flat for me.
OK, maybe not a chase movie. How about "self-discovery and evasion" movie. Either way, I thought the '67 movie was the better take on it.
I don't know if it's a concession, the vast majority of child actors do suck big time, and he not only doesn't suck, he gave a pretty good performance, not only that, with nothing but green screen... Sounds to me like the opposite of a concession :lol
I haven't seen the 67 movie, and I haven't seen the cartoon movie in ages either, hell I haven't even read the original story (which I've been meaning to for a while), so maybe it struck me a lot fresher than it is, but in its own right I think it's a very good movie both artistically and technically.
I wanted Dr. Ryan Stone to die at the end of Gravity too :lol
Throne of blood - 9/10
In preparation to see Macbeth
I actually liked it when I saw it in the theater, now I know the 3D had a major influence in that. I quickly grew tired of that movie, I watched it a second time on video and wished I had never bought it.
Foxcatcher 6/10
Jacob's Ladder - 7/10
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Maybe it was a digit or two too high. I only gave it a watch since it inspired the Silent Hill games.
I haven't watched it in a long time, but I quite enjoyed it, really freaky stuff. I don't think your rating is too high.
Yeah it's a great film, I think RIDDICK was poking the Pliss to go in the other direction just quietly. :lol
I just thought it was so frigging weird, that I wasn't sure what to rate it honestly. Although, I saw the ending coming after a few lines of dialogue came about about half way through.
Your more on the ball than me, I was caught by surprise by the ending.
The things the Chiropractor said gave it away. With all the flashbacks to Vietnam, I put it together when they weren't showing the conclusion of those events.
I just thought it was so frigging weird, that I wasn't sure what to rate it honestly.
Give Eraserhead a watch then (if you haven't already). :lol
Now that I think of it, I'm sure I had to at least suspect what was going on, at least until his son came for him and it was laid pretty bare. It's been 25 years for me, so my memory on the matter may not be the most reliable.
I should give it a watch since the Misses has seen it.
I'd say for the first hour, I was pretty perplexed at what the hell was happening. I definitely can see where the Silent Hill series got their ideas.
Special Correspondents - 5/10
Thor 2 - 3/10
1 for Loki
1 for Frigga
0,5 for Volstagg
0,5 for Evans' cameo
I definitely can see where the Silent Hill series got their ideas.
It was never a secret. :lol
"The film has many settings in common with Silent Hill, such as the hospital and subway. In the first game, Harry Mason dies and everything was just a hallucination in the "bad ending". In the second game, James Sunderland shares the initials of Jacob Singer and his jacket is very similar to Jacob's U.S. Army jacket. There is also a "Lyne House Key" which refers to Adrian Lyne, director of Jacob's Ladder. In the third game, Heather Mason must find the Bergen Street platform. There is a scene of Jacob, strapped to a gurney, going down a nightmarish hospital hall that is reminiscent of the scene in which James is wheeled through a hall on a gurney in Brookhaven Hospital. In the texture files, the same poster Jacob Singer sees in the subway can be found. Among other things, the "twitch" that many monsters do with their heads, one example being Valtiel, was inspired by the film. The hospital scene in the movie depicts a bicycle's wheel turning by itself, similar to a wheelchair seen in Brookhaven's basement by Heather or the wheelchair Harry sees in the alley in the first game. A few moments later, a humanoid is seen in a sort of frame/box, which has also been seen in the series, such as the corpses in Pyramid Head's lair in the Labyrinth, and around bosses such as Mary and Abstract Daddy."
I'd put Silent Hill 2 up against any horror/psychological work and bet it would win. It's subject matter is one of a kind, disturbing, very subtle with meanings, and done extremely well. It could of been so embarrassing if it wasn't done with the utmost care.
Huh, forgot about that^ But then I've only seen it once.
Disney needs to buy the rights for DC Comics
Fixed*
Dexter season 4 - 4.5/5
Season 4 was great, and it's a shame it quickly turned into poop shortly there after.
Once is too many times. :lol
It's such a throwaway movie with nothing to offer. They should've just made the end credit scene with the collector and released it on the internet.
I'd put Silent Hill 2 up against any horror/psychological work and bet it would win.
:lecture :duff
It was the best thing about this film during my first viewing! :yess:
They should've just made the end credit scene with the collector and released it on the internet.
I also screamed during Benicio the Collector post credit scene. :lol
If I was a stinky pleb, sure :lol
Did the show really go down hill or is it possible that season 4 was so good, that the next 2 or 3 seasons don't live up to season 4's greatness and as a result people feel the show became "bad"?
S3 was pretty meh compared to S2 so I walked away from the series at that point. Is S4 better than S3?
You didn't see the entire show yet? If you hadn't, strap in :lol
I think the seasons progressively drop off after S4. Most people would agree with that. The decisions in S8 are so disjointed and nonsensical, especially the ending. There's much embarrassment to behold in that season, believe me.
S3 is pretty meh. ****ing Jimmy Smits? :rotfl
S4 is the most solid season next to S2, and S2 is my favorite.
I'll give it a watch then. Cheers!
Yeah definitely give it a shot. Lithgow is ****ing nuts.
I'd also suggest you watch the rest of the show, just for the lulz. There's like laugh out loud awfulness in S8, especially the finale.
Well, I saw the first 3 seasons when they came out, then I stopped...skipped season 4 and 5 for some reason, and saw season 6 and I saw the very last episode of the show too. So I went back and saw season 4 and I'm currently watching 5.
Yeah, season 4 is better, imo. John Lithgow was a really good villain and made that season better than 3.
Only thing I remember from S5 is Johnny Lee Miller from Trainspotting is in it :lol


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native informant & other stories
Ramzi M. Salti
Published 1994 by Three Continents Press in Colorado Springs, CO .
Arab countries -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
Other titles The native informant and other stories
Statement by Ramzi M. Salti.
LC Classifications PS3569.A46228 N38 1994
Pagination viii, 101 p. ;
It has several uniquely structured French-to-English short stories that are saturated with over simple, easy-to-digest dialogues and daily used phrases, so you can seamlessly learn the language, even as you drive towards work! In the stories within, you will see people speaking to each other, going through daily life situations, and using. Bulger's defiant insistence that he wasn't an informant – directly refuted by sworn testimony, countless judicial findings, and extensive records showing that from to he was an.
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The Native Informant & Other Stories is a collection of six short stories dealing with "unmentionable" aspects of Arab life in parts of the Arab world and in the West. Inspired by such modern writers as Alifa Rifaat, Nawal al-Sadawi, and Youssef Idris - authors who have, despite immeasurable odds, managed to emphasize subjects ranging from 5/5(3).
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In his book Islamophobia: The Ideological Campaign Against Muslims, the author Stephen Sheehi described Sultan as a "self-promoting charlatan and 'native voice,'" who had "sailed into the mainstream media on hateful winds released from the Islamophobic Pandora's box that had been opened by the media's hunger for horror stories by.
A native informant is someone from a particular race or place who is seen as an expert on it simply by virtue of belonging to it. Rented Negroes are native informants. So are the black people who appear in sentences like "I have a black friend who says ".
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Books by these "native voices" -- including Ayaan Hirsi Ali's "Infidel," Azar Nafisi's "Reading Lolita" in Tehran, and Irshad Mandji's "Faith Without Fear" -- have flown off the shelves in post-9/11 America despite being roundly rebuffed by leading feminist academics such as Columbia University's Lila Native informant & other stories book and Yale's Leila Ahmed.
"The Native Informant & Other Stories" is a collection of six short stories dealing with "unmentionable" aspects of Arab life in parts of the Arab world and in the : Lecturer at Stanford University.
In other words, although Galland treated Hanna Diyab as a native informant, his stories do not necessarily reflect a pristine Arab tradition. Growing up in Syria, Diyab may well have heard and/or read European tales. This should be little surprise given the ebb and flow of cross-cultural currents across the medieval Mediterranean.
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In other words, it's a large, rich, heterogeneous book. Old Indian legends. Notes: Contains 14 Native American folktales. Author: Zitkala-Sa Published: Publisher: Ginn and Company, Boston, London. At its heart, her book is about making visible what so many other books have sought to hide away or, all too often, flat-out deny—this being the genocidal nature of the policies imposed on the.
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AL-MARIA My mom is a white American woman who has, over the course of my life, gone back and forth between sneering at feminism and identifying as a. I n one of the first photographs Hal Fischer composed for Gay Semiotics, we see two sets of male buttocks, each clad in high-cut, form-fitting Levi's.
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In the book A Magical Journey by Castaneda's now deceased ex-wife Margaret Runyan (), she, writing of his paper, states Professor Meighan recalled: "His informant knew a great deal about Datura, which was a drug used in initiating ceremonies by some California groups, but had presumed by me and I think most other anthropologists.
So in one of his earlier stories, "I took extreme pains for my book to not be a native informant. says that Older's video prompted her and other industry people to think more about the.
The collection of folktales from North America consists of six books with stories: 50 Native American folktales, 60 US folktales and 26 Canadian folktales. Native. Yet another kind of "good Muslim" is the native informant who has left Islam entirely.
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List of Painters
Painters Category A
Artur Nacht-Samborski
Personal Details:
9 October 1974 Warsaw
palish painter
Warsaw,Gdansk, Lviv ghetto,Paris
Work Period
Early Days Of Artur Nacht-Samborski:
Artur Nacht-Samborski (born Arthur Nacht born. May 26, 1898 in Krakow, died. Oct. 9, 1974, Warsaw), Polish painter, long-time educator. .He was a mysterious painter, one who residue underrated despite indubitably being an outstanding artist worthy of recognition. In 1993, the National Museum in Warsaw has received from the Charlotte-Nacht Wachs, sister and heiress Artur Nacht-Samborski (1898-1974), the deposit works.
Artur Nacht-Samborski Carriers:
Artur Nacht-Samborski, a literary magazine in 1977 no. 9 and no. 10 George Stajuda. Paintings Arthur Nacht-Samborski District Museum in Product. The exhibition is accompanied album, "Artur Nacht-Samborski. Memory theme "developed in Polish and English, contains articles discussing. 12 Jan 2010. The exhibition 'Artur Nacht-Samborski. Memory theme "can be seen in art galleries on the street 20 to 31 January 2010. Artur Nacht Samborski-touch-display abstract in aTAK Gallery,
He studied painting techniques briefly between 1918 and 1921 at Krakow's Academy of Fine Arts under Jozef Mehoffer and Wojciech Weiss. In his leisutre time he was an amateur boxer and had a career that spanned several matches. He discarded his studies and spent the next several years (1921-24) in Berlin and Vienna
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PENNSYLVANIA'S ELIZABETHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL WINS 2019 TBF/FLW HIGH SCHOOL FISHING WORLD FINALS ON PICKWICK LAKE
FLORENCE, Ala. (June 24, 2019) – Pennsylvania's Elizabethtown High School duo of Anthony Cicero IV and Dakota Snyder, both of Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, caught three bass weighing in at 16 pounds, 6 ounces to win the 2019 TBF Student Angler Federation High School Fishing World Finals on Pickwick Lake. Edging their closest competitors by 1 pound, 9 ounces, the Elizabethtown High School duo won their choice of scholarship offers from Bethel University (Tennessee), Simpson University (California) or Kentucky Christian University.
Snyder said he plans on joining the United States Marines after his upcoming senior year, while Cicero says the victory will have a life-changing impact on his future.
"I might go to college now since we won," Cicero said. "At first, I wasn't sure if I'd go, but I might go now."
While many of their competitors opted for Pickwick's traditional offshore ledge game, the winning anglers quickly determined that their best opportunities would be found shallower. Working in the Mulberry Creek area, upriver from Kroger Island, Cicero and Snyder focused on shallow grass with wood and caught fish from 8 inches of water to five feet. They had plenty of area at their disposal, but ended up sealing the deal on a single piece of cover.
"We were fishing this stump where we had caught a couple in practice and we caught our three best fish there today and ended it all," Cicero said.
Anchoring their limit was a 7-pound, 7-ounce largemouth that earned Big Bass honors for the day.
Bladed jigs produced all of the winners' fish. They mixed up their presentations between a Z-Man ChatterBait Jack Hammer and a Phenix Vibrator Jig. Both wore green pumpkin Lake Fork Live Magic Shad trailers.
"In the morning, we would burn it right above the grass and later in the day we would slow roll it to get it down deeper in the grass," Cicero said.
The top 10 teams at the TBF Student Angler Federation High School Fishing World Finals on Pickwick Lake finished:
1st: Elizabethtown High School, Elizabethtown, Pa. – Anthony Cicero IV and Dakota Snyder, both of Elizabethtown, Pa., three bass, 16-6
2nd: Gardendale High School, Gardendale, Ala. – Griffin Phillips and Fletcher Phillips, both of Mount Olive, Ala., three bass, 14-13
3rd: Lawrence County High School, Lawrenceburg, Tenn. – Will Daniels and Kade Suratt, both of Lawrenceburg, Tenn., three bass, 13-3
4th: Lawrence County High School, Lawrenceburg, Tenn. – J.D. Bedford, Lawrenceburg, Tenn., and Walker Brown, Loretto, Tenn., three bass, 12-10
5th: Hamburg High School, Hamburg, Ark. – Austin Fleming, Hamburg, Ark., and Ben Brockwell, Crossett, Ark., three bass, 12-5
6th: North Augusta High School, North Augusta, S.C. – Dustin Williamson, Aiken, S.C., and Nathan Boatwright, Warrenville, S.C., three bass, 12-2
7th: Corner High School, Dora, Ala. – Ethan Franklin, Empire, Ala., and Hayden McCarty, Dora, Ala., three bass, 12-0
8th: Marshall County High School, Benton, Ky. – Tristan Barrett, Benton, Ky., and Harlan Thomas, Gilbertsville, Ky., three bass, 11-6
9th: McCracken County High School, Paducah, Ky. – Sarah Morehead and Hunter Valerius, both of Paducah, Ky., three bass, 10-12
10th: Mount Bethel Christian Academy, Marietta, Ga. – Brooks Anderson and David Britt, both of Marietta, Ga., three bass, 10-8
Complete results from the event, along with the weigh-ins, can be found at HighSchoolFishing.org.
The 2019 TBF/FLW High School Fishing World Finals on Pickwick Lake, open to any High School Fishing team across the country, was a four-day event that saw a field of 389 teams compete. The World Finals field was cut to just 31 for day four and the weights were zeroed with the winner determined by heaviest final-day weight. The largest High School Fishing Open event in the country lived up to the hype crushing records in attendance, number of contenders and participating states.
The 2019 TBF/FLW High School Fishing World Finals on Pickwick Lake was hosted by the Florence/Lauderdale Tourism Bureau.
For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow FLW/TBF High School Fishing on FLW's social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.
About FLW
FLW is the world's largest tournament-fishing organization, providing anglers of all skill levels the opportunity to compete for millions in prize money in 2019 across five tournament circuits. Headquartered in Benton, Kentucky, with offices in Minneapolis, FLW and their partners conduct more than 290 bass-fishing tournaments annually around the world, including the United States, Canada, China, Italy, South Korea, Mexico, Namibia, Portugal, South Africa, Spain and Zimbabwe. FLW tournament fishing can be seen on the Emmy-nominated "FLW" television show while FLW Bass Fishing magazine delivers cutting-edge tips from top pros. For more information visit FLWFishing.com and follow FLW at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.


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Oh come on, this has to be a joke. What's your source for this story? "The Onion?"
On a completely unrelated note, congrats on the blurb in the latest issue of "Newsweek." Very impressive. Still waiting for them to mention Mistress Cleo's International House of Escorts.
I have never used Pepsi as a cocktail mixer and probably never will. "Bartender, uh yes, a Jack & Pep, please."
Correct, Sir Steve. Adrants rated a mention in their Blog Watch feature near the front of the magazine -- something about offering a "snark"-free take on the ad industry. I love your site, but let's face it: It's infested with snark -- which is probably why I love it. Mad props to you, good sir.
Well, bear in mind that Newsweek is also the same publication that ran an inflammatory story about guards at Guantanamo (sorry, I know I spelled that wrong) flushing the Koran down the toilet that was later proven to be false. Hopefully, their mischaracterization of your fine site as being free of snark won't cause any riots.
You can pimp all you want for Charlotte, but it'll never get you laid. And to think, you were hot for her when she was 16! Tsk-tsk.
does a day goes by that she is NOT in the news----she just had her second single "Call My Name" come out and in video from her debue 'pop' album "Tissues and Issues", and is doing well. Her boyfriend, Gavin Hensen,a professional rugby player, just came out with a controversial book on his life so far, and had some not-so-flattering comments about the mangement of the English Lions's recent loss to the New Zealand All-Blacks.
The only problem I see with CC is that she is very proven�ial, and doesn't like to stray far from her hometown of Cardiff, Wales (and her bf, too) She is already a millionaire, so she has none of the "drive" that spurs on our pop singers. But if anyone can do this, she can. You guys made a good bet if all goes as planned. Hopefully, we will see her early next year if she decides to come over to tour and promote the new album.
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GREGG DOYEL
Doyel: Why the Pacers could — and should — draft Romeo Langford
2019 NBA Draft: 7 p.m. Thursday, ESPN
INDIANAPOLIS – What if the fairy tale didn't end, after all? Romeo Langford, I'm talking about. His story. And not his basketball story, which of course hasn't ended. But his basketball story right here in Indiana. The fairy tale.
What if it's not over?
What if he ends up with the Indiana Pacers? And what if he's the solution to their problem?
It could happen, all of it. The 2019 NBA Draft is Thursday, and the Pacers have the No. 18 overall draft pick, and back in October this whole thing would have looked ridiculous. Romeo to the Pacers? Romeo going 18th overall? Impossible.
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Before the fairy tale took a wrong turn, before the thumb injury and the shooting issues, before the Indiana Hoosiers failed to make the 2019 NCAA tournament and some IndyStar writer was suggesting he return for his sophomore season – fine, it was me – Romeo was a lock for the draft lottery. And to be clear, he still could go in the lottery. Not nearly as early as he was projected back in October, when he was seen as a top-five pick, but he could go in the top 13. He could be gone when the Pacers are on the clock at No. 18.
But he could be there. His stock has been falling for months, most of it through no fault of his own.
Which brings me to the second part: What if he ends up with the Indiana Pacers … and is the solution to their perimeter problem?
What a story that would be. For Romeo, for the Pacers, for our basketball state. For us. Imagine: Romeo Langford, beloved New Albany legend, the missing piece to the Pacers' puzzle.
More:Doyel: Romeo Langford ruthless on the court, gracious off it
Hey, it could happen. All of it. As I was saying earlier, Romeo Langford's draft stock has been falling for reasons beyond his control. That thumb injury of his, it was serious enough to require surgery. But he played anyway, played through it, never took even one game off until a back ailment arose in the Big Ten Tournament and sidelined him for the NIT.
In fact, the next game after he suffered the thumb injury in practice – a torn ligament – was the Hoosiers' highest-profile date on the schedule. Nov. 27, at Duke. National television. Dozens of NBA scouts at Cameron Indoor Stadium to watch Zion Williamson and R.J. Barrett and Cam Reddish and, yes, to watch Romeo Langford.
And it didn't go well. Not for Romeo, and not for IU. The Hoosiers lost 90-69, and Romeo? Perhaps his worst game of the season: 3-for-15 from the floor, 0-for-4 on 3-pointers. His slide on draft boards, it started right there. And it kept going as the season rolled along and Romeo's 3-point shot never came around (27.2%), and his scoring average dipped from 18.5 ppg entering the Duke game to 16.5 ppg for the season.
The thumb surgery has prevented Romeo from working out for NBA teams as the draft approaches, which makes his recovery, his future, all the more unknown. But he still has that elite NBA body, 6-6 and 215 pounds of fast-twitching, high-flying muscle. He still has those long arms, those quick feet, that ability to defend multiple positions. He still can get to the rim when he decides to do it. He still can finish.
What if he can still shoot?
Romeo could shoot in high school. What, you thought he dunked his way to 3,002 points at New Albany? No sir. Romeo was a 3-point sniper as well.
At his best, and Romeo played near his best all the time in those days – before the thumb injury – Romeo was ridiculous. One time he went 8-for-12 on 3-pointers, scoring 46 points on just 24 shots. That was the 2016 semistate game against Southport. Romeo was a sophomore.
What, he forgot how to shoot?
No chance. No telling how much better he'll shoot in the NBA than he shot at IU, but this could happen. He still could be the player – the future NBA star – we've foreseen since his sophomore season at New Albany. Nothing that happened as a junior or a senior swayed that projection. Only what happened at IU, after he injured his thumb in late November and made the decision to play through it, playing for four months with a wrap on his thumb and a secret in his heart: His thumb needed surgery.
What happens next is a crapshoot, starting with where Romeo is drafted. Projected to go in the mid-teens, will he be available at No. 18? No, according to Romeo and his agent, who have decided not to visit with teams that low in the draft pecking order. That includes the Pacers, who met with Romeo at the NBA Draft Combine in Chicago but have been rebuffed in their efforts to get him into their facility in recent weeks.
That suggests a team in the lottery, or drafting just outside the lottery, has given Romeo a guarantee: If you're available, we're taking you. One team enamored with Romeo is the San Antonio Spurs – they love what the analytics say about him – but the Spurs are picking 19th, one spot after the Pacers.
It's conjecture, all of it, but so is this. And it's much more fun: According to the latest mock draft by Yahoo.com, Romeo is sitting there when the Pacers are up with the 18th pick – and the Pacers take him. Would be crazy, right?
The fairy tale factor is enormous. The Pacers have three foundational pieces in Victor Oladipo, Myles Turner and Domantas Sabonis, but it's not enough. They've tried spackling the holes with quality veterans and a strong team culture, and while that has led to back-to-back 48-victory seasons – that 48-34 record this past season happening despite Oladipo's season-ending injury in the 47th game – the talent gap between the Pacers and the Eastern Conference elite is obvious. The Pacers need another scorer, another star, and they need him on the perimeter.
And there's Romeo Langford and his surgically repaired thumb, slipping in the draft, sliding toward the possibility of the Pacers and the fairy-tale finish:
Happily ever after.
Find Star columnist Gregg Doyel on Twitter at @GreggDoyelStar or at www.facebook.com/gregg.doyel.
Doyel: Why the Pacers could — and should — draft Romeo Langford Despite an unpredictable NBA Draft coming up, Pacers ready to pounce at No. 18 Why a trade makes the most sense for the Pacers ahead of the NBA draft Former UK guard Tyler Herro wants to showcase all-around ability in the NBA What Pacers fans need to watch in NBA free agency


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Question of Jonathan (07.15.2015): From where are there the most sunken ships?
A: This is undoubtedly the Cape Horn, a true marine cemetery where the sea is disassembled by icebergs, storms, and giant waves!
Cape Horn is a tip (part of land jutting into the sea) situated at the tip of South America. It was a crucial point for long crossings of trade routes between Europe and Asia.
Today the Panama Canal allows cargo vessels to avoid Cape Horn.
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UK Army soldiers start Operation Herrick XVIII deployment
British Army soldiers from the 2nd Battalion the Royal Regiment of Scotland (2 SCOTS) have embarked on their scheduled deployment, as part of Operation Herrick XVIII in Afghanistan.
Scheduled to be deployed throughout March, approximately 350 SCOTS personnel will serve as part of the 1st Mechanized Brigade-commanded Task Force Helmand, to advice and train the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) in Nad 'Ali, Nahr-e Saraj and Lashkar Gah provinces.
Additional tasks will include assistance to higher authorities during the training of new Afghan police officers at the Lashkar Gah Training Centre (LTC), to help support ANSF's mission to bring security and stability in the country.
2 SCOTS commanding officer lieutenant colonel Robin Lindsay said the provision of assistance and advice to Afghan police, now responsible for security in most of the country, as 'a very valuable and worthwhile task'.
"2 SCOTS will be building on the good work of our predecessors and our focus is now on ensuring that the institutions of the Afghan police are further strengthened through effective training."
"2 SCOTS will be building on the good work of our predecessors and our focus is now on ensuring that the institutions of the Afghan police are further strengthened through effective training," Lindsay said.
In order to ensure readiness to work with Afghan police over the next six months, 2 SCOTS troops have completed a comprehensive nine-month training programme, involving cultural training and conflict resolution.
Meanwhile, the Royal Navy's 847 Naval Air Squadron has already been deployed to safeguard troop movements in and around Helmand province in Afghanistan.
The squadron is using Lynx multi-role helicopters to provide cover to the Royal Air Force's (RAF) Chinook helicopters during troop transport in the battlefield.
Deployment of UK units for Operation Herrick represents the country's overall contribution to the Nato-led International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) in Afghanistan.
Image: Soldiers from 2 SCOTS are deploying as part of Task Force Helmand, Afghanistan. Photo: Crown copyright.
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Mayor Zimmer announces comprehensive parks bonding proposal
Office of the Mayor announces:
MAYOR ZIMMER PROPOSES BONDING TO PURCHASE NEW PARKS
At a community meeting on parks and open space held on Monday evening, Mayor Dawn Zimmer announced her intention to request that the Council approve a bond ordinance for the acquisition of land for the creation of new parks as designated in Hoboken's Master Plan.
"It is important that we acquire this park space now before we lose any more land to development," said Mayor Dawn Zimmer. "After a year and a half of belt-tightening, gimmick-free budgets, and responsible fiscal management, we are now out of state fiscal supervision and on strong financial footing to make this investment in our City's future. In addition, we are very well positioned to sell the Hoboken University Medical Center, maintain the acute care services currently provided by the hospital, and release the City from its $52 bond guarantee. And now is the time to take advantage of the downturn in the real estate market so we can change our City for the better forever."
The bond funding would go towards purchasing land designated in Hoboken's Master Plan as park space. The Open Space Trust Fund would go towards funding the cost of the bond.
Mayor Zimmer is calling on the community to get involved in designing new parks by joining the "Friends of Parks" initiative and with a letter-writing campaign to lobby the DEP for expedited permit approvals for the construction of Sinatra Park.
"Our engineer estimates it can take a year or more to get the proper environmental permits from the DEP, but I have met with them and stressed that we need this park open as soon as possible," said Mayor Zimmer. "If our community gets involved and writes letters, I think we can demonstrate the need for an expedited approval process."
Four "Friends of Parks" groups are being launched for residents to help create and program new park space: Friends of 1600 Park & Hoboken Cove, Friends of the Southwest Park, Friends of Sinatra Park, and Friends of Pier A & Pier C.
Residents can email friendsofparks@hobokennj.org to join a group and may email sinatrapark@hobokennj.org or visit http://hobokennj.org/openspace to request information on the letter-writing campaign. Residents can download and customize sample letters to the DEP from the City website.
Mayor Zimmer also provided residents with an update on nearly a dozen ongoing open space projects, including 1600 Park/Hoboken Cove and Sinatra Park. The City is moving forward with the original design for reconstructing Frank Sinatra Park. However, given concerns about the waterfront and Sinatra Drive, the community was asked to provide their feedback on a possible alternative design that rebuilds the field completely on land.
Update on Hoboken's Open Space Projects
Cost-saving efforts
· The City is close to securing nearly $2 million in funding for Sinatra Park from Hudson County, the Federal Government, and Green Acres.
· The Zimmer Administration saved more than $1.1 million in grant funds that was nearly lost by restarting the stalled process for remediation of 1600 Park and Hoboken Cove.
· The City applied for $200,000 in funding from the US Soccer Foundation for a field at 1600 Park.
· The City applied for remediation grant funding for the park next to the Boys and Girls Club.
· The City applied for soil testing grant funding for the "Project Play" project at Church Square Park.
· A possible alternate design for Sinatra Park would significantly reduce the cost to rebuild the park.
Sinatra Field and Castle Point Park
City engineers have completed geotechnical and ground penetrating radar studies at Frank Sinatra Park and have met with the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to review and discuss plans. The Administration is presenting two potential alternative plans for the park and soliciting input from the community. One concept would significantly reduce the time frame and cost to rebuild the park by moving the soccer field completely onto land instead of partially constructing over water.
In parallel with conducting the necessary geotechnical studies, the Administration has been working to secure grants to fund the reconstruction of the park and reduce the cost to taxpayers. Funding cannot be secured retroactively after the park has already been built.
City engineers also recently completed geotechnical studies for the collapsed walkway section of Castle Point Park. Engineers have proposed creating a sheet metal bulkhead around the walkway and filling it in with lightweight concrete. The City engineer is working to acquire the appropriate permits from the DEP.
1600 Park/Hoboken Cove
Environmental cleanup of 1600 Park is complete, and the City is awaiting approval from the DEP that the remediation is satisfactory. Remediation has been contracted out for Hoboken Cove, which includes more extensive remediation than 1600 Park. Concurrent with the environmental remediation of Hoboken Cove, the City will develop designs for both parks. A Request for Proposals which was due by October 13 was issued for a firm to design both properties "as a comprehensive, cohesive park." Proposals were received from 18 firms. The proposals were reviewed internally, and five of the firms were interviewed. The top three firms have been submitted to the Quality of Life subcommittee for consideration.
The design process is expected to be a 4 to 6 month process, including the preparation of bid documents for the construction work. Ideally, construction will begin in Spring 2011 with completion early next fall. Any grass fields that may be constructed may need adequate time for seed/sod to take and therefore may not be immediately usable.
To complete the design and development phase, the City has a $1 million Green Acres grant for Hoboken Cove and $237,000 of Hudson County open space funds is available toward the construction of the boathouse. An additional $1 million Green Acres grant will go to fund 1600 Park, along with a $700,000 Green Acres loan which may be forgivable and approximately $200,000 remaining from a Hudson County open space grant.
Church Square Park
The City has applied for a grant from the EPA to conduct soil testing, and a response is expected in the spring. Working with the City Council, the Administration has held several community meetings to discuss the project. The Administration thanks Project Play for all of their hard work both advocating and fundraising for upgrading the park facilities.
The Administration is moving forward with plans to replace park equipment at the park adjacent to the Boys and Girls Club. Soil and ground water testing has been completed and submitted to the DEP for review and comment. The City has applied for a grant from the EPA to conduct remediation of the park, and a response is expected in the spring. An application for playground equipment was submitted to KABOOM, and public meetings have been held at the site.
Southwest Park
In August 2009, the City submitted an application for Green Acres funding for acquiring land for a Southwest park. A redevelopment study is ongoing which is expected to be completed at the end of January, and if the area is designated an area if need of redevelopment, a public visioning process will occur to determine which public amenities, such as a park, are desired in the area. Concurrently, the City will continue to pursue grant funding toward the acquisition of portions of the park area. A Subregional Transportation Study of the area is expected to make recommendations about issues including the potential rerouting of Paterson Plank Road, after which the Planning Board and City Council would begin the public process to consider the matter. The Zimmer Administration has been in contact with the Trust for Public Land and accepted their recent offer of assistance to acquire the land.
Henkel/Cognis Site
The Administration, working with the Trust for Public Land, has been in discussions and negotiations for the last year to acquire a large area of land, known as the Henkel site, for a park. The property is owned by Cognis. The City currently has $3 million in funding to acquire the site, and the Administration has applied for additional Green Acres funding. The City was close to an agreement to purchase the site, but because Cognis is now being bought out by another entity, discussions were delayed until the closing of the purchase, scheduled for the end of the year. The Trust for Public Land has been in communication with the company acquiring the Henkel site, and they are very receptive to working with City.
14th Street Viaduct
Thanks to collaboration with Hudson County and a public community process, the replacement of the 14th Street Viaduct will include a beautiful space beneath the structure with a dog run, playground, active recreation court, and multi-purpose space. The Zimmer Administration thanks those involved in the community meetings and the stakeholder process. Plans are available on the city website:
http://www.hobokennj.org/news/design-for-under-bridge-plan-for-14th-street-viaduct
Hoboken Housing Authority field
The Administration has been in ongoing discussions since last year with the Hoboken Housing Authority for a shared services agreement for use of the field. The challenge is the need for funding for returfing the field.
Maxwell Place
The City is in the process of accepting a deed to Block E - the peninsula and pier along the waterfront. The second reading on the ordinance to accept the deed is scheduled to be held on December 15th.
Pier C
The Administration worked to secure approval from the City's insurance company and state inspectors for a partial opening of Pier C. The park was opened to the public on November 12th. Some additional work on the playground areas is required to comply with the state's safety inspection.
Posted by SmartyJones at Monday, December 06, 2010
Hoboken Parks and Open Space Public Meeting|Mayor Dawn Zimmer on park plans 2010|
Parks and Open Space Meeting tonight with Mayor Zimmer @ 7:00 - LIVE!
If you can't make the public meeting tonight, MSV will be covering it live. It will also be available for viewing online as part of the public record for Hoboken.
During the 7:00-9:00 internet broadcast, please no phone calls, text or email. Should you have a problem there may be a temporary issue - just reload this page.
MSV is pushing technology limits to do this live! Enjoy.
Talking Ed Note: Mayor Zimmer spoke to an audience of about 100 residents discussing a multi-faceted approach to a number of areas in Hoboken (the release detailing this is above this story).
In the first 30 seconds there's a little glitch in audio but after that it's cleared up and the broadcast is fine.
After the mayor spoke, various Directors were on hand to answer questions on detailed proposals and plans. A key feature of where things go depends on the public's input and the mayor emphasized that component.
Sinatra Field has two options as engineers are continuing to work through the issues along with the big process of obtaining DEP approval. One option is to keep the field where it is at higher cost, the other is to move it closer to the road and bring down the costs.
The Hoboken Journal put up some shots of sketches showing each.
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Reminder: Tonight the scheduled discussion on parks and open space
City of Hoboken announces:
REMINDER: MAYOR ZIMMER INVITES RESIDENTS TO COMMUNITY MEETING ON PARKS AND OPEN SPACE
Mayor Dawn Zimmer will host a public meeting on Monday, December 6th to discuss parks and open space issues with the community. The meeting will take place at the first floor gymnasium at the Rue School, 301 Garden Street, from 7pm to 9pm.
Topics will include an update on planning for 1600 Park and Hoboken Cove, the reconstruction of the soccer field at Sinatra Park, and a discussion on other open space issues of concern to the community.
Link: http://www.hobokennj.org/news/reminder-mayor-zimmer-invites-residents-to-community-meeting-on-parks-and-open-space/
Peter Cunningham: Reminders on this week's agenda items
Councilman Peter Cunningham sent out this communication:
I hope that everyone is enjoying the holiday's and getting into the spirit.
To help diversify your holiday shopping activities in Hoboken, please find the time to attend a couple of meetings this week of high importance.
On Monday, December 6th from 7pm to 9pm, the Mayor will host a community meeting to discuss parks and open space issues. This has been on the agenda for two weeks now, and we certainly hope that you have it scheduled. There will be important updates on planning 1600 Park and Hoboken Cove, Sinatra Park soccer field reconstruction and a discussion on other open space issues of concern to the community.
The Location is at the Rue Building (301 Garden St, Hoboken) from 7 to 9pm. http://www.hobokennj.org/news/mayor-zimmer-invites-residents-to-community-meeting-on-parks-and-open-space/
On Wednesday, December 8th and Thursday, December 9th, the City will be holding meetings to discuss Western Edge Redevelopment. These meetings are structured community workshop meetings to provide additional feedback on the outstanding plans with the intent to modify them in some fashion. The most recent version of the plan is available on the City website: http://www.hobokennj.org/departments/community-development/redevelopment/.
The two meetings are scheduled to ensure that there's ample opportunity to participate.
The location Wednesday is the Wallace School gymnasium (NOT the Elks Club as originally advertised), 1100 Willow Avenue, and Thursday location is at the Hoboken Public Library, 500 Park Avenue.
Thanks for your attention and please pass this around to friends, family and neighbors. Please let me know if you have any questions, as I would be glad to help.
Thanks and shop Hoboken for the Holidays!!
Peter Cunningham
Councilman Peter Cunningham|
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'Hidden agenda in Syria to show itself after Bilderberg meeting'
From: RussiaToday | Jun 12, 2011
Tensions are peaking in Syria, government troops have stormed the rebel northern border town of Jisr Al-Shugour with tanks and military helicopters. The army has entered the city in order to "cleanse it" from rebellious armed groups, which killed at least 120 police officers last week. Meanwhile, Britain and France are still pushing for a UN resolution, condemning the brutal crackdown against anti-government activists in Syria. Russia, which opposes any attempts to intervene in the Syrian conflict, said it won't back the move.
BTFD !!
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From Bloomberg:
Greece had its credit rating cut by three levels to CCC by Standard & Poor's and the rating company said the nation is "increasingly likely to restructure its debt."
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The Wall St Rat Pack will love this one.........
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