yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Off-topic] s8freak:
+1 agreed Archer I loved all 6 of the Star Wars since I'm old enough to have seen the originals in the theaters and I agree on the Tron movies LOL.

I guess I'm a sucker for fun films I don't have to know how Captain Jack Sparrow got eaten by the Kraken then find out he's still alive.

I go to movies to be entertained and spend time with my lovely wife. Isn't that what movies are for? Entertainment?

"And on that bombshell it's time to end the show!"

Sent from my G900A powered by Pyrana Rom
[Off-topic] Stuart Little:
Just watched Horrible bosses 2 and it's for sure a more dumb and funnier than Dumb & Dumber 1.

Haven't seen the new one yet but i'm very excited!

Android & iOS T.T.P. Desk Support Member.

For main operating system support contact:

Mail: danielbinck@icloud.com

Google+/Hangouts: binkdaniel@gmail.com
[Off-topic] Tijmen:
Your avatar reminds me of how much I like Stuart Little as a kid, now I'm torn if I should watch it again or keep the sentiment intact....
[Off-topic] Stuart Little:
Haha, You should keep it intact because i most cases childhood films will disappoint us.

Back in the 90ths was it great for our child mind

Android & iOS Support Member of the T.T.P. Desk.

For main operating system support contact:

Mail: danielbinck@icloud.com

Google+/Hangouts: binkdaniel@gmail.com
[Off-topic] ShapesBlue:
Lol your funny man your not even old enough to be considered a 90s kid

From my CM11 S3
[Off-topic] s8freak:
LOL that's funny right there

"And on that bombshell it's time to end the show!"

Sent from my G900A powered by Pyrana Rom
[Off-topic] MissionImprobable:
Interstellar. Amazing. See it, especially if you like to use your brain. I see some in this thread have had at it already, but even some of the stretches are plausible simply for how little we know of certain elements of space travel.

And for argument's sake

Spoiler content hidden.

Anyway, I think a lot of people have forgotten how to just enjoy movies, as evidenced by the nerd rage over the new Star Wars trailer. Have fun, people, we only get one life.
[Off-topic] ShadowLea:
Spoiler content hidden.
[Off-topic] Stuart Little:
Hehe you got it! :p #troll

Android & iOS T.T.P. Desk Support Member.

For main operating system support contact:

Mail: danielbinck@icloud.com

Google+/Hangouts: binkdaniel@gmail.com
[Off-topic] MissionImprobable:
Again, that is why I spoke to the books that I did. I do find it a little presumptuous for anyone to try and speak as an authority on future states of humanity. Theory is well and good, but between technology, genetics, parallel universes, string theory, and any and everything else out there, to state it as impossible is ridiculous to me.

I'm a former physics major, now doing engineering, I've gobbled up what I can from research, to video, to seeing Kaku speak in person, and I know that even those at the forefront of science don't know it all. A few hundred years ago the earth was flat and we were the center of the universe; to circumnavigate was deemed impossible. I will say that even Degrasse Tyson found most of what was presented to be sound, and to what he said may be up in the air, he simply said that hey, it's science fiction, enjoy it.

I've been sending this from my phone when I have a minute, so apologies if any of this is terse or lacking. You said in an earlier post that for whatever reason you can't enjoy science fiction for what it is, so I guess that can't be helped. It's all relative though. We don't have free will, so in the long run we will see what we see as we see it with no way around it, if we're talking from a scientific perspective. Just glad that I get to enjoy some things for what they are. Nerd raging over things that cannot be proven just seems a short path to aneurysm to me =p Maybe I'll delve into this more when I get home, but I find your proposition of complete impossibility unsound, and worst of all, boring. No one ever accomplished something great by saying it can't be done and leaving it at that.

You're entitled to your criticism, I just don't share your opinion that the possible artistic and relativistic license of the film in any way detracts from it. It is amazing. I haven't seen too many films recently where the entire audience is silent for stretches, enraptured by what is to come. That's perspective, anyway.
[Off-topic] ShadowLea:
I can. I'm an avid Star Wars fan (to a level where I can actually speak Mando'a, some would consider that unhealthy.), and I also adored Serenity and more recently Guardians of the Galaxy.

Why is that different? Simple. Because they're not pretending to be accurate. Not at one point in those films does the science enter the story. So I don't bring it in there. Sure, sound in space bothers me, but these films aren't about science, so I ignore it.

But if a film asks me to consider the perfectly accurate science at one moment, and then seconds later tells me to forget about all of it and completely disregards science in the next scene, I just can't help but be bothered by that. My brain doesn't have an off switch that can be flipped every time something doesn't make sense.

If that makes any sense at all.

I guess I'm just once again the exact opposite of the herd. Where everyone else just wants to shut down and enjoy the plot without thinking, I want the mental stimulation. If I wanted to brainlessly stare at moving figures, I'd go sit on a bench in the city centre.

The film would've been perfectly fine and I wouldn't care at all if they just hadn't asked me to believe their credibility at one point, and disregard it the next..

(Yea, phones don't exactly allow for fully writing things the way you want to. I write all this from my phone, I know the feeling xD)
[Off-topic] s8freak:
+1

"And on that bombshell it's time to end the show!"

Sent from my G900A powered by Pyrana Rom

---------- Post added at 06:36 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:28 PM ----------

I love to go and watch people at a city center or a boardwalk at the beach. I find people watching fascinating. I don't consider myself part of a herd nor am I in any sense of the word a nerd in spite of my love for android LOL my wife would disagree there.

I love a good movie and the Hobbit series or Star Wars or even the end Bourne series to me are very entertaining and good movies. However, what I deem good movies only matters to myself and my wife.

Isn't this all just a matter of opinion anyway? I saw Guardians of the Galaxy I actually got tired of "I am Groot" it was a decent movie in spite of that.

Opinions are like elbows everyone has them.

Now pardon me while I watch Oceans 11,12,13 again.

"And on that bombshell it's time to end the show!"

Sent from my G900A powered by Pyrana Rom
[Off-topic] roofrider:
Haven't watched Interstellar yet, so cant comment on it, but i see your point.

Is there any scientifically accurate true sci-fi (and not fictional science) movie of sorts that gives you the mental stimulation you wish for? Or is present day science hindering the creation of one such movie, or is it turning them into something like Interstellar or run-of-the-mill sci-fi with more fiction and less science?

Well, I've not watched Serenity either, but have seen Moon, Sunshine, Gattaca, Dark City and maybe a couple of more.
[Off-topic] ShadowLea:
There are no truly scientifically accurate Scifi films, no. Mainly because Hollywood fears people wouldn't want to watch it, because 90% doesn't like to think whilst being entertained. Admittedly, probably true.

I'm not asking them to explain everything. Au contraire. The best form would be where the science is accurate but never explained. It makes us nerds happy, and the others aren't forced to hear about it.

Hollywood very heavily affects how people see things. (like exploding bodies in space. Uh, no.) If all films had dead silence in space, for instance, viewers would learn to know that to be normal. Instead of needing it explained to them.

They usually slap in a simple overused paper sheet explanation of wormholes and bending space to get from A to B (1st year highschool physics, but alas), one person (always a scientist) using a difficult term, the main character (non-scientist) telling them to speak English, and another simple quick explanation, and call it scientific.

There are a lot of very interesting things they can explore, but producers prefers to play it safe. Not surprising in the age of endless remakes and sequels. There is no room for original ideas anymore.

Mostly they're also limited by their own lack of open-mindedness. Things always have to be recognisable and familiar. Cliché. Even transdimentional conversations inside a completely unknown segment of physics had to be boiled down to 'love', family and a child's bedroom. It could have been so much more. Aliens are always bipedal in Hollywood. Just look at the Navi in Avatar. Despite an entirely different planet, they still have to look human.

Another problem is that a great many physics concepts go directly against the word of religion, and in a country where everything is 'God', that means nobody brave enough to try. And nobody is willing to invest money into it.

At least there's literature. I love reading. :)

I've always wondered why they never made a film out of Greg Bear's Moving Mars. If done right it would be an exceptional film.
[Off-topic] roofrider:
Will look into Moving Mars.

Setting aside Hollywood's desire to please the mainstream audience, what I really wonder about is, if science will allow for an extraordinary science/space/scifi film to be created without allowing the directors some amount creative freedom. Guess it all depends on how effectively they use this freedom to be realistic and not really enter the realm of fiction and fantasy.

IIRC, Gravity was lauded for being scientifically accurate to an extent, but like many, I found the movie boring. But major props to its creators for excellent use of CGI and technology to make the movie visually brilliant.

Well, as for Avatar or any decent movie with aliens in it, I consider them science fantasy :p

But I do enjoy watching them, they are good entertainment.
[Off-topic] Lt_Columbo_87:
Did you see first trailer for Terminator Genisys ?

I like it :D

here is: [YOUTUBE]t_77GeNEzFQ[/YOUTUBE]
[Off-topic] MissionImprobable:
The one moment in Interstellar that made me jump was made possible by the fact that they did for the most part keep things realistic, i.e., there was no noise in vacuum. Any sound was only experienced by those in the ship/station/etc where there was air to carry the sound.

As to the black holes, etc, it's all theory right now. It's all changing theory right now. If Kaku's equation is proven right then it's quite possible that energy itself is the fourth dimension, and understanding and application of his equation would allow travel between universes and translation of dimension. That's a huge part of why I could enjoy a film like this: we know things, but we truly still understand so very little that a well-done movie can be accurate where possible but still have a lot of license in the areas of the unknown.

Gravity became very enjoyable as it went along, but the start of the film was utterly boring. It tried to go overboard with its scientific accuracy and suffered as a result of it. That said, is a story really good when those telling it get so lost in the minutia of trying to get every little detail perfectly right that it become dry? 2001 had to take license in some ways because there's so much that we simply don't know, but it's a great movie regardless.

I'm sticking to my guns that Interstellar is one, an amazing film, and two, as accurate as it can be where it needs to be. They didn't throw black hole theory out the window with the film, they simply took liberties where they could and placed plausible, even if only vaguely plausible, plot points.

Again, my main point is that it has not been the scientific community or movie critics that have had issue either with this film or the new Star Wars trailer in terms of realism--and Maker only knows why they're trying to pick apart Star Wars that has very rarely claimed to try to be 100% accurate in its approach--but armchair researchers. It's all well and good to put ideas out there, but to blast these films for supposed inaccuracies of a scientific nature when one isn't an expert in the field or even willing or able to site sources backing up those claims is just daft. On another forum I'm on someone used a video of a medieval "expert" with two long swords glued together trying to prove that double-bladed lightsabers were impractical as evidence as to why the sabers in the newest film are impractical. What? Just, no. Why that is a horrid argument is an entire discussion itself. Worse than that though, it just sucks the fun out of a thing. It's a movie, not a documentary; be entertained and have fun. I cannot site anything off-hand in Interstellar that was inaccurate in regards to the theories it presented, there were no wtf moments where it all fell apart, and the scientists of the world have not taken umbrage with it either, so that's good enough for me.

---------- Post added at 10:55 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:45 AM ----------

Watched the full trailer now that it's up. Not sure what to think just yet =p
[Off-topic] SOADNICK:
When I read this, a single movie came to my mind, Disaster Movie (2008) "tt1213644" (imdb).

This movie is clearly a DISASTER, 90 minutes of my life wasted. I remember a scene where a girl was dancing for about 1 minute, and within this single minute, she magically "changed" her shoes about 5-6 times, switching between barefoot, sportshoes and high heels. I had held this in a screenshot, but I can't find it now.

Just.DonT.Watch.This."movie".
[Off-topic] StormMcCloud:
It was definitely different that's for sure. I personally wouldn't list it under "That was a really good movie" because I didn't really find it to be a good movie per se, but it wasn't bad either. It was just kind of like, huh what the f***.
[Off-topic] husam666:
Gran Torino, i like the unexpected ending, nice movie
[Off-topic] Sempiternum:
Just saw "the teenage mutant ninja turtles". EW.

I hate everything in that movie
[Off-topic] Android_Monsters:
Wolf of Wallstreet finally on Netflix:
[Off-topic] Tijmen:
Yup, I didn't expect to like it that much and just now looking up his IMDB I think I'll be watching some more movies he has directed. I still haven't come round to seeing Invictus and Letters From Iwo Jima looks interesting as well. American Sniper looks like it will be great too:

[YOUTUBE]99k3u9ay1gs[/YOUTUBE]

I mostly agree, but the parts with just the five of them (Splinter and the 4 turtles) were pretty cool.

And I'm really glad I went to see Interstellar in IMAX, wow what a movie.
[Off-topic] vj_dustin:
I don't know if it's been released worldwide just yet, but in India, the Hobbit : The battle of the five armies released this friday and I finally saw it yesterday.

The movie was exceptionally good and all the characters were given equal importance (I was worried that having so many lead characters might neglect some).

As always the storyline was perfect and the ending was well suited to pave way for LOTR 1.

The battles were amazing, the cgi was commendable, the ending was satisfactory.

Without giving out much, I'll just say that even though she had a cameo in the movie, Lady Galadriel's character was highly impressive. You haven't seen her the way she was shown, ever! So that surprise change was really awesome!

Definitely watch Hobbit 3 in the theaters, it is well worth the money spent!!
[Off-topic] s8freak:
Releasing here in Fresno California the 17th and oh yeah I can't wait!!!!!
[Off-topic] ShadowLea:
I just watched Total Recall. Well... It was.. amusing.

I wish I could. We sort of got banned after last year. :laugh:

(If there was anyone suffering last year from 5 idiots in hysterical fits of laughter, I do apologize. We'd done a Sherlock marathon the morning before, and then went to see The Hobbit 2 out of boredom. Three were tipsy, one was on a sugarrush and I was sleep deprived and running on 12 litres of caffeine. As you can imagine, it didn't go well. :laugh::laugh::laugh:)
[Off-topic] s8freak:
I thought the original Total Recall with Arnold Schwarzenegger was great. I read the book first a long time ago and saw the movie right afterwards it's one of the few movies I've ever seen that was as close to the book.
[Off-topic] vj_dustin:
Well worth the fun, I hope.

And I guess you were banned from a single multiplex. Surely someone else would allow you :silly:
[Off-topic] Android_Monsters:
Saw Stoker last night on Cinemax. Definitely worth watching.

I love the LOTR story.

I'm going to try to get banned from the theater this year.
[Off-topic] Stuart Little:
I saw LOTR/ The Hobbit 3 last weekend in iMax 3D it was amazing!

It was also the first time in years that i've been imax 3D.

Got my cinema gold card a month ago and now i can go to unlimited movies.

Sent from my i9100 running gingerbread.
[Off-topic] ShadowLea:
Ohhh yes, completely worth it!:laugh::laugh::laugh:

They're all part of the same chain of cinema's. And I've worked there. So.. Problematic.

Of course I could just dye my hair, slap on some different make up and clothes and use one of my pairs of coloured contacts... And I have been meaning to try my latest learned accent... Yes, this could work.:cool:

The original was good. (In spite of my dislike of Schwarzenegger as an actor)

The modern remake I watched.. Not so much.
[Off-topic] mangesh modhave:
i want poll some movies like

action

comedy

horror
[Off-topic] Dirk:
I loved Stoker. Park Chan-Wook's English language debut.

Recommendations?

Action - Man On Fire

Comedy - Tucker and Dale vs. Evil

Horror - Cabin In The Woods
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Gone Girl - Not my favourite Fincher movie but i liked it a lot. The performances were good and so was the story. I'd rank it below The Game, Fight Club, Zodiac and Se7en but certainly above Benjamin Button. Sadly i don't think people will be watching this repeatedly for years to come like they have with his better movies. Still, it's a good watch and deserves at least one viewing. 8/10
[Off-topic] s8freak:
It's a Napoleon Dynamite type of morning I believe.

"All we know is... He's called the Stig!"

Sent from my Sexy Bacon Rockin Red Cobalt A0001
[Off-topic] husam666:
gosh!

I just finished Gangster Squad... it's a meh-ish movie. Could be better...
[Off-topic] simonbigwave:
Just finished watching two low budget movies. Had a very low expectation before watching....and perhaps because of that....ended up enjoying them . 6/10 for me. worth a watch if nothing else on for sure.

Tusk (by Kevin Smith/Horror w Michael Parks, Justin Long and Johnny Depp)

The Last Showing (Thriller/Psycho movie written and directed by Phil Hawkins)
[Off-topic] Android_Monsters:
Watching Maze Runner. It seems to be the first movie in a trilogy. Thinking about reading the books. Fun to watch so far.

http://m.imdb.com/title/tt1790864/
[Off-topic] tw1n5nak35:
Wadup film club, whats good? I finally was able to finish

Redline

Atlantis 2: Milo's Retrun *currently watching*
[Off-topic] Dirk:
The Equalizer - The last time Denzel Washington teamed up with Antoine Fuqua it resulted in the great movie Training Day. This movie was not great. It was a huge cliche from beginning to end. Denzel is good to watch as always though, but your time would be better spent watching Tony Scott's Man On Fire, which is a far superior movie in every way. 6/10
[Off-topic] tw1n5nak35:
Finally finished watching :

Atlantis Milo's Return

Dreamgirls *currently watching*
[Off-topic] ShapesBlue:
Good to know about The Equalizer, I was seriously thinking about getting that movie. Watched the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie yesterday, it wasn't as bad as everyone said it was. Not as great as the 90s versions but not bad either

From my S3 running BlissStalk
[Off-topic] Archer:
I was pleasantly surprised by Gone Girl, to find myself enjoying a role played by Ben Affleck. I've not seen him play anything good other than Daredev..... Ahhhahahaha no - I can't even bring myself to type it :D

I had no idea what to expect, other than the basic premise of the story, and I really enjoyed it. Was it the best movie ever? No, certainly not. But would I recommend it? Yes, definitely.

Besides, Rosamund Pike. That is all.

I also watched The Equalizer recently. I enjoyed it a lot more than I expected, but that was probably more due to relief that they hadn't actually taken anything other than the title and protagonist's name from the original. Other than that, it's hard to not like a film with Denzel Washington in it. He was cold in this, like really cold. He made the fight scenes look so "matter of fact", and that just made them all the darker. As always, a top performance by Denzel, but the film wasn't anything special. If you like action films then you'll at least half like it.

There shall be lots of film watching over Christmas. I've got a few lined up already. Just need to get the beers in and get my feet up.
[Off-topic] husam666:
Redirected: 8/10 recommend it. English humour is the best, it'll also make you hate east Europe if you already don't :p
[Off-topic] vj_dustin:
I don't know about you guys, but Entourage is one of my Top 10 TV shows!

So this is HUGE for me, at least!

[YOUTUBE]Vz2HyCgUWh4[/YOUTUBE]
[Off-topic] confed:
I never actively seeked out the show but if I stumbled across it, I never turned it off. Trailer looks pretty good. With the following it already has, it should make a ton of movie and still have people disappointed to some extent. I'll probably see it in the theaters. Looks like it will be good.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Merry Christmas dudes. Enjoy your movies this festive season!
[Off-topic] Android_Monsters:
Magic in the Moonlight. Good one to watch with your sweetie snuggled up by the fire:

http://m.imdb.com/title/tt2870756/
[Off-topic] Karakoram2:
Blended will get the job done, too:
[Off-topic] tw1n5nak35:
Ohhh yeah, I'm a HUGE Entourage Fan. It's been too long since the end of season 8. We at least get a movie for next summer and hopefully after that. I'm watching the following films:

Redline

Atlantis Milo's Return

The Interview

DreamGirls *currently watching*
[Off-topic] ShadowLea:
Oh good grief. If I have to watch one more Christmas related film, I am going to reconsider my promise not to commit a homicide.
[Off-topic] tw1n5nak35:
Hahaha, Xmas is over, it was yesterday. You don't have to watch any more :D

Just finished watching:

DreamGirls

Flight *currently watching*
[Off-topic] Karakoram2:
I did Deck the Halls for my last hurrah.

Having more fun with Haunter:

http://m.imdb.com/title/tt2345567/

It's on Netflix.
[Off-topic] ShadowLea:
Were it so easy...

This week every channel will be doing reruns of all the Christmas specials, films and other such rubbish. And my family insists on watching every single one of them, again. Ugh.

At least the music has stopped.
[Off-topic] tw1n5nak35:
Dang, so you watched all the Christmas specials, than your family decided to watch them all over again? Sorry, you must exhausted from all the holiday Cheer, it's ok, it will be another 360 ish days or so till next Xmas :D
[Off-topic] lundqvist/:
leon the professional, absolute favorite
[Off-topic] Tijmen:
I watched The Equalizer for Christmas, Taken meets Sherlock Holmes sounded like a perfect Christmas movie and it did not disappoint.
[Off-topic] tw1n5nak35:
Had a pretty good set this weekend. Will be watching a whole lot more on my last week of vacation.

Flight

GrandMaster

Girls Guns and Gambling

Hit and Run *currently watching*
[Off-topic] Wiwee:
I really liked The Equalizer
[Off-topic] simonbigwave:
Just finished watching Starry Eyes. Low budget but highly watchable horror movie. not as bad as i expected. i give it a 6.5/10 (almost a 7)
[Off-topic] tw1n5nak35:
Just finished watching:

Hit and Run

Jaded

Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons *currently watching*
[Off-topic] MissionImprobable:
If you're in the mood for some comedy, I definitely recommend About Time

Very fun.

Has anyone seen The Gambler yet?