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Well, that's disappointing. I was certain there was some reason the Karate Kid deserved special mention and I was mystified as to what it could be. I thought maybe he's a real-life superhero with a secret identity.

I didn't find Loki all that interesting. He wasn't particularly menacing and I feel like we've seen that character in a million movies. He was supposed to be "silver-tongued," but we never really saw that. His deviousness was so ... amateurish, I guess is the word.

Stane, I thought, was much more cunning and menacing. The scene with Pepper in Stark's office was full of tension, he had some other excellent and memorable moments (TONY STARK BUILT THIS IN A CAVE! WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS!) and a good villainous look. Loki was quite forgettable compared Obadiah (and, to be honest, I thought Stane was one of the weaker comic-book movie villains — neither Stane, nor Loki have anything on Doctor Octopus, Green Goblin, The Joker or Magneto).

 

That's the thing with Loki. He doesn't seem menacing at all. Yet he still managed to get himself exactly where he wanted to be -- on the throne of Asgard. Couldn't keep it, but then again, Stane didn't exactly fare well in the end, either.

 

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Eh ... Loki just wasn't very memorable to me. I mean, he got to the throne of Asgard because it was written that way. And the way he did it just wasn't very ... devious. He froze the Gatekeeper and brought over the frost giants. Big deal. His superpowers to accomplish that task weren't even very impressive. Hell, he even talked about the "secret passages" to Asgard, but didn't use them. He was just kind of meh.

Stane, meanwhile, orchestrated the freeze-out of Stark, wiped out the terrorists and took their weapon, used Tony's own tech against him to acquire the mini-arc reactor and made a beast of a weapon. I just think he had a little more "evil genius" in him than Loki. Loki wasn't sophisticated. He wasn't menacing. He just wasn't memorable.

 

Bridesmaids .

Meh - It had its moments for sure - Airplane, dress fitting - but I felt it dragged and dragged at certain parts. Enjoyed the cast tho.

 

Unstoppable. Good action and stunts, but the constant updates from the media got tiresome.

 

Agree with ALL this. Those scenes stick out for me as well.
Jon Hamm did a great job playing the fuckbuddy douchebag.

 

The Green Hornet.

I want Kato's coffee maker.

 

Rosemary's Baby. Excellent film.

 

I posted this on the 2011 Oscars thread and was roundly shouted down for not having seen "The King's Speech" yet.

Well, I saw it last night and everything I wrote above holds true among my criticisms. I actually fell asleep just before the big speech and I NEVER fall asleep during a movie I've never seen before.

I'll admit, the exteriors were beautifully shot. Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush both put in excellent performances.

But this film lacked any amount of drama and, frankly, I never cared whether the King would get over his stammer. And good God, the endless parade of wide-angle closeups was every bit as annoying as I thought it would be. It's one thing to establish a visual theme, but to use the same shot 600 times in a movie is ridiculous.

Crash Davis would have called it pretentious, overrated crap. I and wouldn't disagree.

 

I continue to catch up on some of the Best Picture nominees since they're all arriving on DVD now. Watched "Black Swan" last night and HO. LY. SHIT. That was one messed up ballet movie.

Absolutely great. I loved it from the opening performance through the final crazy act by Portman. Cinematography was excellent and the score was pitch perfect throughout.

And, yeah, seeing Mila Kunis bury her face between Natalie Portman's legs didn't hurt.

Portman really was fantastic and deserving of the Oscar. What an amazing performance. She really did seem almost like a naive 12-year-old until her "metamorphosis."

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I'm glad they didn't pull something ridiculous like having her wake up in the hospital and smiling a hopeful smile that signaled everything will be alright. As the movie ended, I said, if she actually dies here, it's a great movie, if they have her live, I'm going to be pissed. They ended it perfectly. Great movie.

 

Thinking over the Best Picture nominees I saw from 2010, I think I would have gone in this order:
Black Swan
127 Hours
The Fighter (the top three are all very close, and all had some of the best performances I've seen in a while)
Inception (loved the movie, but I think I expected it to be a little more mindbending than it was based on buzz)
Winter's Bone (bleak, filled with excellent acting and very believable)
The King's Speech (see my post at the top of the page)
The Social Network (really, either of the last two could tie for the worst)

Haven't seen:
Toy Story 3
True Grit
The Kids Are Alright

 

Actually, Loki orchestrated the attempt by the frost giants to take back their casket at the beginning of the movie. Then he used that to manipulate Thor into attacking them and getting himself banished to Earth.

So, basically, he got Thor out of his way so he could take the throne once Odin went into the Odinsleep.