Thursday Movie Picks #93: Astronauts

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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is Astronauts

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Turns out I haven't seen a lot of astronaut movies including last year's The Martian and the other big ones from recent years that I have seen: Gravity and Interstellar I couldn't really stand them. Still I managed I to find 3 that I actually enjoy.

Moon (2009)
The premise of this one is just so interesting. Without spoiling anything it follows an astronaut doing a lone stint on the moon. After getting into an accident, he realizes he isn't alone. If you haven't seen this, I recommend it.
 
Sunshine (2007) 
A bunch of astronauts are on a mission to reignite the dying sun. Several things go wrong but when they encounter a space ship from a previously failed mission you just know things will get worst and it's just scarry. The score for this one stood out too.

Armageddon (1998)
I haven't seen this one for soo long. I wonder how I'd find it now. Even then I found it cheesy; remember how all the newly recruited misfit astronauts were introduced in a spectacular fashion. Cheesy but fun. 

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Thursday Movie Picks #92: Fish Out of Water Movies

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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is Fish Out of Water Movies

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This week's theme is surprisingly easy for me. I've picked all of these titles for other weeks before, but they are all such a good fit for today and they are such fun movies too.

Mean Girls (2004)
Cady has never been to school, had not been socialized with kids her own age much and doesn't seem to be in touch with pop culture so she is totally a fish out of water in high school.
 
Enchanted (2007) 
A princess from an animated fairy tale world is banished to New York by an evil queen. What does she know of the real world where woodland creatures don't help you do your chores? 

Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)
A street kid is recruited to join a training program where he will compete for a spot in an elite spy organization against other trainees most of whom are rich upper class brats.

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Thursday Movie Picks #91: So-Bad-It's-Good

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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is  So-Bad-It's-Good (Suggested by Daniel)

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This week's topic is suggested by Daniel at Dancin' Dan On Film.
I'd like to think that that movies I like are actually good so this was a tough list to come up with.

Batman & Robin (1997)
I've never been a fan of Batman but for some reason as kid I loved Batman & Robin, which is now probably the worst rated Batman movie on IMDB. I suppose I liked it then because it had two young characters, Robin and Batgirl and as a kid that appealed to me. Now I look upon it with nostalgia; yes it's bad, it's cheesy but still fun unlike the oh-so-serious Dark Knight trilogy.

Twilight (2008)
I actually do like the Twilight movie, the first one at least, still. It's not great of course, there were a few things I think it did well, but the bad bits made it a fun watch: like the cheesy lines, the horrible wigs, the general awkwardness and the constipated look Edward had in the science lab scene were fun to make fun of. Then there were the Kristen Stewart's quirks, I think it was her tucking her hair and biting her lip, which would make fun drinking games.


Con Air (1997)
I had picked this once recently before. Everything that happens in this is pretty much dumb but also cheesy fun. This one fits right it today. I mean just look at Cage's stance in the poster.

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Thursday Movie Picks #90: Heist Movies

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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is  Heist Movies

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We had a Bank Robbery theme last year so I'm going to exclude bank heists today. I feel like I've seen quite a number of non-bank heist movies but I just can remember them at all or don't remember enough of their plot to consider some them. Still I found three that I enjoyed.

Trance (2013)
A fine arts auctioneer is mixed up with some shady characters and when he loses a painting they're trying to rob, he has to recover his memories through hypnosis. I like this one. Unreliable narrator and hypnosis made this quite a twisty mystery movie as we try to figure out what is real and what isn't.

Plunkett & Macleane (1999)
Johnny Lee Miller and Robert Carlyle play 18th century men who robbed the rich. They go about in such a charming manner they became known as the Gentlemen Highwaymen. Love this one, very funny and just a fun action comedy.

The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
Another art heist. Of the three this is my most recent watch.  Now I'm curious about the original which has slightly better rating on IMDB.

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Thursday Movie Picks #89: Music Biopic

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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is Music Biopic

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Challenging theme for me this week. I don't usually watch biopics, historical figure biopics maybe...but music biopics, not so much. Here are three quite random picks

Jersey Boys (2014)
I feel like there was a lot of news about the Jersey Boys movie when it was in production but when it finally got released, it seemed to just came and went quietly. I just didn't really enjoy the movie at all. I thought the guys who played the Four Seasons were boring so I couldn't get invested in their stories. I know the movie is based on the stage musical and some of them were reprising their roles, they may have had stage presence but maybe not so much screen presence. The best part of the movie for me was just the end when everyone was just walking and singing in the street.

Nowhere Boy (2009)
John Lennon biopic that follows his teenage years before The Beatles. Out of the three today, this is the only one I like. I thought it was interesting as a biopic, focusing only the beginning of his musical career. Which is sort of a pity because we didn't get to hear any of The Beatles music but we certainly got plenty of other music that probably influenced and inspired Lennon.   

La Vie en Rose (2007)
This is quite well loved wasn't it? Marion Cotillard won an Oscar and everything. It's been a long time since I've seen it but I remember not liking it all. Just so dreary and boring.

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Thursday Movie Picks #88: Intersecting Stories

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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is Intersecting Stories (e.g Crash)

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Hey so I just realized today that last week's scheduled post for you to enter your links didn't go up because I accidentally scheduled it as this week's date instead. Oops. I hope you still had fun coming up with your picks. 

This week Intersecting Stories I'm picking the movies I didn't enjoy.

Babel (2006)
This movie was so dreary. I remember wanting it to just end so that we get to the part where it all connects, which now I can't even remember what exactly connects them all.

Cloud Atlas (2012)
I don't get what it's trying to say. That part of us gets passed down or reincarnated to future descendants? I just feel there's got to be more that link up all the stories right because other than all the effects and makeup it just didn't get very deep. Maybe the book was more effective?

Valentine's Day (2010) / New Year's Eve (2011)
I'm just going to lump these movies together because they're both bad and I feel like they're both trying to do what Love Actually did. Love Actually was earnest, sweet, funny and at the same time can be heartbreaking; this was not. These were more like spot-the-star movies. None of the segments were memorable.

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Thursday Movie Picks #86: Storms/Adverse Weather

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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is Storms/Adverse Weather

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This week's topic is suggested by Daniel at Dancin' Dan On Film.

Something came up and I will not be able to participate this week and the next as well. I will still have an inlinkz widget posted so you can all post your links. Thanks all.

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