Not seen it but I can confirm it is 141mins in length/duration.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3659388/

WAR PIGS
 

This may have been just a "mug's eyeful", but when I saw the DVD I had to grab it quick. Looks like a sort of re-vamped "Dirty Dozen"... that's OK by me so long as it's good.

Dolph Lundgren, Luke Goss and Mickey Rourke... how can it not be?

Going to see The Martian tonight. 2 hours and 22 minutes. Good grief. :O:

I will be seeing The Martian on Tuesday night....please, no spoilers....

I read the book but that's beside the point. :O: :timeout:

It is in Mars! Ooopss, sorry!

:har:

It was.:O:

Pretty good movie. I liked it. :yeah:

Will see, probably, next week. The night session here is in 3D and I am not found of that.

Last night saw Mission Impossible 5, not bad. In some aspects quite good with the occasional super-spy stuns. I found the story more appealing that the first movie...:hmmm:

Watched "War Pigs"... it was good (no Martians in it). Some genuine hardware, plus great effects, sound and atmosphere. A great old-style war film, not taking itself at all seriously.

http://i.imgur.com/6kFCDD5.jpg "When can we see a western?"

No popcorn fer me BBY!
 

I SAW THE MARTIAN

I absolutely loved it. Left some things out from the book, but they hit all the main points. Excellent movie. Go see it NOW. I demand of you.

I'll see it if and when I want to... :D

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The author of the book was interviewed on a local news program and said he was very satisfied with the film; he acknowledged large portions of the book were left out, but noted if they had been left in, the movie would have been of an unwatchable length...


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Almost 2.5 hours? Yikes. Hopefully the soundtrack will let me nap a bit. :D

I think that is why some of these movies have such loud soundtracks. :03:

Oh well, 2.5 hours for the woman I love. That ain't bad. :yep:

I agree. It's been a bit since I finished the book...maybe a month-month and a half, but the only things I really noticed was the explanations of how and why he does certain things. The movie hit all of the main events minus one or two (not giving spoilers).

I recommend reading the book though, it's very science-y.

Right, finally sat through Interstellar.. and.. I still don't get the fuzz.

I mean, it wasn't bad, just kinda average. The ending wasn't a big surprise to me, but I liked it. Much of the rest of the movie I felt was wasted, because the idea of people going out to find new places to live on another planets is a great one.. yet most of the movie took place on Earth.

I know, I know, they had to show the daughter too to make the story make sense at the end, but I think she got too much attention.


Also, started watching the British series "Black Mirror". Only have seen the first two episodes, but especially the 2nd ep was great. 1st one was good too, but not that "futuristic".

I watched the Martian last night. It was pretty good.

Yeah, it was about 2.5 hours long so if you can, watch it at one of those new theaters with the comfortable seats! One of the metrics I use for evaluating movies is how many times did I look at my watch during the movie. This one was not bad at about 10. :up:

I thought Mat Damon was pretty good in this role. Actually, I thought that all the actors did a good job. Too often in these types of movies, some/most of the characters are written kinda over the top. In this movie everyone was depicted as being professional.

It was refreshing that there were no "bad guys" in this movie. I liked that a lot. The conflict was man against nature and they stuck with that plot. To me there have been too many movies where the plot has been ruined because the director felt that there had to be a bad guy (political/military/Science). In this movie, every character acted pretty reasonable even when they made mistakes.

In these types of movies, the fictionalization of science is usually my downfall. Unlike The Frau, I have a hard time just sitting back and enjoying the fiction. :nope:

Overall, they did a good job of keeping the fictionalization of science under control. It was not until the end of the movie that they started having storytelling problems. Orbital Dynamics is a buzz killer in many science fiction stories. The math and physics get in the way a lot! Given all that, the director did probably the best job they could and still tell the story.

The movie did a good job with the CGI. It was not over done, nor did the director include any gratuitous CGI "effects for the sake of effects" that, unfortunately is too common these days.

While I don't think I will ever want to see it again, I felt I got my money's worth and that is saying a lot in the context of Hollywood movies.

I would give this movie a good solid B grade. Definitely well above average. But then the bar with Hollywood movies ain't that high. :)

As for the coming attractions?

What in the name of all that is sacred, holy and dear to our hearts are they doing to the story of Moby Dick? :wah::wah::wah: