Posts by ambertinker41

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David Anderson72 said:Will there be a dedicated thread for future El Clasicos?

Alex Cook said:If you ask me, we really need a whole separate thread just for the Super Cup...

You just have to read, honestly... this internet generation is something else.

Since the *LIVE* thread for Calcia turned out to be such a successful test, when can we expect them to apply that same logic to Premier Broadcasting so they can finally clear out that jungle? 🍿

Yeah, it’s a blast—an action movie with zero filler. I don't want to overanalyze this since everyone's already said their piece, but I found it weird how much of a total amateur that Russian agent was; he was basically like Sipowicz from NYPD Blue, just completely out of his league. 🤷 Still, compared to the first one, it's the best entry in the franchise.

It didn't quite hit the level of the Bourne series for me, but it definitely set a high bar for the upcoming Bourne and Taken sequels coming out in a few months.

You can find it through some side routes ☕, and honestly, I was looking forward to it too, but I’m not feeling it. Keira Knightley is pretty irritating at the start, and there's a lack of context regarding the who, what, and where. I also realized I wasn't particularly well-versed in Jung / Freud, so I ended up doing some light reading online (Wikipedia FTW) just to wrap my head around things. Then again, that's on me, not a flaw in the movie itself. Personally, I didn't find anything to keep me glued to the screen; it's a bit of a slog despite the brilliant Michael Fassbender, and while Viggo Mortensen is fine, he acts like he barely wanted to show up to the set that day. I will say, though, I appreciated certain details, like how Jung's taste for luxury comes through in specific moments.

I think a lot of people are going to walk away disappointed by this one, especially compared to those who actually enjoy it.

wearyowl29 said:The movie is decent enough, except for the female lead—she’s totally unlikable and comes off as just plain gritty. As far as the writing goes, I found it a bit hard to swallow, especially when they start digging into financial records from fifty years ago. Maybe—and I highly doubt this—but perhaps there's some rule out there requiring those documents to be kept for half a century, though I don't think that would fly here in the States.

I agree with the bolded part, and honestly, the whole finance thing works if you take what rustywalker42 said into account.

I liked the movie; it wasn't boring, and if anyone is looking for a modern crime thriller, I'd definitely recommend this one. 🤷
I haven't read the books and have zero intention of doing so, but I watched the film because a friend told me it was way too slow. 😁

The real question is how they’re going to squeeze that 25-minute format into a movie that's sitting around 100 minutes. Part of what makes the series work is how easy it is to binge, and I really don't want them turning this into a joke. At the same time, I'm dying for more scenes where Johnny Drama creates a massive problem out of thin air or Ari just loses his mind at Lloyd.😁

Aside from LOTR, that trilogy is my absolute favorite. They're actually filming the Bourne Legacy without Damon / Greengrass right now—kind of like a spin-off. It’s hitting theaters next summer, and Edward Norton is playing the villain. The director is Tony Gilroy, who was one of the writers on all the previous films in the series.

Richard Wilson4 said:After seeing the Romans wearing uniforms they would've ditched centuries ago despite the setting being the 5th century, I can only imagine how "realistic" this whole thing is.

Honestly, I’ve never cared enough about historical minutiae to obsess over them, so I have no clue what kind of pajamas a Roman should be wearing in any specific century.
My focus was strictly on the plot and the acting. Even Americans tend to be pretty biased against certain groups—you'd think they were from another continent—but again, I'm not an expert here, so I won't go claiming it's a flaw when I don't actually know better.

Boring and slimy. You've got this irritating lead who's the son of some disgraced general, so nobody respects him—except he quickly earns his stripes because he’s somehow "better and more honorable" than everyone else, blah blah blah... typical mob boss tropes in the military. The story isn't exactly groundbreaking, though the scenes where the Roman Legion fights in formation are decent. You shouldn't expect much from this (or movies like it), but man, this is genuinely bad. I have no idea how they managed to convince Donald Sutherland to be in this.

This movie is an absolute train wreck, especially if you're into stuff like Transformers or the actual comics. It’s pathetic and naive, with zero traces of realism—and just because a movie is Sci-Fi doesn't mean you can abandon logic entirely. The first part actually holds your interest, setting up a story that just falls apart immediately.
Sieg hail deserves 🤦x10. Honestly, having characters speak English with a German accent felt stupid, especially since they nailed it in the new X-Men (even with some pronunciation flaws, it was way better than Schwarzenegger's English.). To make things even more absurd, after the Norwegians speak Norwegian, the SS shows up and starts talking English like characters out of some cheap sitcom.

On the bright side, the gorgeous Hayley Atwell looks phenomenal, and the 3D isn't a total disaster, though I have no idea what its purpose is other than making you pay $3.25 more for a ticket. Hugo Weaving is great, and they did a solid job with Evans' look before he transforms into Captain America.
I went in expecting this to be bad, but it actually managed to surprise me. A total blockbuster through and through.

Amanda Evans2 said:I caught a screening yesterday, and honestly, I wish I hadn't. It was incredibly poor—lacking any substance, completely devoid of fun, and most importantly, it wasn't even remotely funny.

The first one actually held its own, but this is just absolute garbage.

I actually thought the first one was funny, but I really don't get what people find hilarious about this. It’s predictable as hell.

Looks old school to me. 🤷

I'm actually feeling pretty good about the new Milanov.

Check out this website selling some vintage Juventus kits.

Robert Jones18 said:I'm pretty sure Juventus used pink jerseys back when they first started up.🤷

Yeah, that's actually the very first photo ever taken of the Juventus squad.

That Milan jersey looks pretty sharp.

Dana Long3 said:👋🤣

Still, I think they could've done a much better job with the design, and this pink shade isn't even all that great.
Early 20th-century jersey

Look, pink is actually a pretty nice color. 😁 But if this is how it ends up looking, it’s going to be even uglier than those "Team Italy white" kits.

Those Old School designs are cool though; they should probably drop something like that for the club's 115th anniversary.

Dana Long3 said:WTF! What's the deal with this black star 😕

The third one goes up in a year.