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I've seen Spectre three times now. It is my favorite Bond movie of all time. From Casino Royale to Spectre, you have a complete story arc for the character. This is one of the best looking movies that I have seen in a while, maybe since Interstellar, which shouldn't be a shock because it was shot by the same cinematographer, Hoyte Van Hoytema. The set pieces were great, in particular the opening scene in Mexico which was made to look all like one continious shot and the car chase in Rome. And I am a sucker for large scale globetrotting movies. I think Spectre is getting mixed reviews for two main reasons, the first is that people wanted Skyfall 2.0, Spectre is the complete opposite, where Skyfall is Bond at his lowest point and a rather dark film, Spectre shows Bond at the top of his game and is a very light and enjoyable film and is very much a love story. My second reason is that Spectre is not a spy movie, it is an adventure film rather than a spy film, having seen the film thre times now, each time I was very much reminded of Raiders of the Lost Ark, a lot of the same beats are there. Dare I say that theyre the same movie... just kidding. My only real complaint is that it really underused Christoph Waltz as Oberhauser, but remember that Spectre was conceived as being the first part of a two part story that concludes in Bond 25 and Waltz is suppoused to play a much bigger role there. Another reason why I liked it so much is that it reminded me of On Her Majesty's Secret Service which has been until recently my favorite film in the series (its also the best book alongside Casino Royale in my opinion), I imagine that is where they are going to go in Bond 25, but the major scene in that story's climax has already been done in Casino Royale. Spectre also had the best kind of ending that a movie could have, it concluded the story of James Bond that began in Casino Royale but it leaves enough to the imagination that it can continue on in your head.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Nov 9, 2015 -> 09:37 PM) Seems every time there is a big college rape story it unravels and it's ultimately bulls***. Duke, Occidental, UVA and I am sure I am missing more. It's sad.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/r...facebook_151109 As a member of the organization and as a human being, I hope that they get to the bottom of what happened with 'Jackie' if she was indeed assaulted and I hope that justice comes if something did happen. As someone who has crossed paths with the people mentioned in the article multiple times and I feel terrible for the damage that the article has done to their lives both personally and professionally. As someone who is a member of the fraternity and someone who had to deal with multiple sexual assault cases within Greek life when I was a liaison for both Campus Programs and the Dean's Office at UIC, this issue always bothered me.

The first report at Reddit is posted. It was written by myself and is about Will Benson. Here is the link: https://www.reddit.com/r/MLBDraft/comments/...ll_benson_1bof/

QUOTE (WhiteSoxLifer @ Nov 6, 2015 -> 01:10 PM) If the #WhiteSox don't sign any free agents with a qualifying offer they'd have 3 picks in the top 50-55 players in the 2016 draft. https://twitter.com/CSNHayes/status/662707171218612224 I hope not they need to make up for last year. I don't think that they're in a position to deal prospects YET and that they need all the picks they can get. Unless a player that fills both a long term and short term needs comes across the table and is interested in signing with the Sox, I would hope not.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 5, 2015 -> 01:30 PM) I'm not sure that dude saw any movie at all, let alone Star Wars. I don't know if he's being for real or not but I do know that the movie was screened, I thought it was quite the concidence that after my friend who works on the Paramount lot told me that there was a screening that someone post this. http://variety.com/2015/film/news/new-trai...raq-1201632414/ My aunt Rita did the make up and costumes on this movie, hopefully people check it out.

There was a screening of The Force Awakens today, apparently picture is about to be locked. Someone wrote this, https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/3r...oming_out_next/ Potential Spoilers, although its pretty spoiler free

QUOTE (LDF @ Nov 4, 2015 -> 08:36 AM) you know.... i want you to truly believe me... i usually don't hate no one on this site.... except for those closet scrubs fans. but now i hate you.... i am a huge james bond fan. I am too, I've been rewatching all the films leading up to Spectre. Love the books as well. Favroite films are: Thunderball, Goldfinger, GoldenEye, ***On Her Majesty's Secret Service***, Casino Royale, and Skyfall.

Smart move by the Sox.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Nov 3, 2015 -> 04:29 PM) I've said it before, but if not for the Sox being completely bereft of positional talent, there is a great rationale for moving him. Enlighten me, because I don't get why you would trade a lead off man when there are so few of them in the game today. Unless you're getting a massive haul of prospects back and rebuilding, I don't see the logic.

I'm stepping into a larger world My time here will be infrequent for a bit Brunch with PTA & The Nolan clan Expect details by years end. - Will McCrabb (@McCrabb_Will) Will McCrabb works in hollywood during work as a cinematopher (camera unit) and in post production, on top of that he is in the know of a lot of stuff. If you love movies, I really sugges that you follow him on Twitter. Basically, the first official details about the Nolan film will be announced before the Hollywood shutdown and PTA will announce his next feature at that time as well. We also might get the title to the Nolan film because there is a Warner Brothers investors meeting coming this month. And maybe some news regarding Justice Leauge, someone reported that each film (Part 1 & Part 2) is going to have a budget of 250M and that production starts next month.

QUOTE (Brian @ Nov 3, 2015 -> 01:43 PM) How did Sicario get 93% on RT? So boring and incoherent. In a year of great movies, that is easily the best film of the year.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Nov 2, 2015 -> 05:22 PM) Yeah, this certainly changes his market a bit. He'll get stung pretty good by the compensation attached but there will surely be a team who has a scouting department in love with Wieters out there. Hopefully not the Sox, I want them to have all the draft picks that they can get their hands on especially after loosing their second and third round picks last year.

Brandon Hyde/Bo Porter #2016

I would resign Albers, let Beckham walk, give Shark the QO and wait on Soto, since I do like Brantly.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Nov 2, 2015 -> 06:43 PM) That rule has already been cast aside, Maul, Palpatine and Dooku already existed at once in the prequels No. During the events of Episode 1, Dooku was for lack of a better term a free agent, he left the Jedi Order after his meeting with Sifo Dyas and a disguised Sidious. So that means the only Sith were Sidious and Maul. After Obi Wan 'kills' Maul, there was only 1 Sith Lord. Yes, Maul does come back but not as Sith but as a Dark Jedi. Ventress and the Inquisutors are not Sith, but Dark Jedi as well. The Rule of Two was always in tact.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Nov 2, 2015 -> 05:27 PM) I dont recall them being able to sense the force in Sith lords Jar Jar couldn't be a Sith because him being one would violate the Rule of Two. Theory disproved

Nicole Kidman is joining Wonder Woman. Everything about that movie sounds amazing

Our first report will be on Will Benson, over at Reddit. It will be posted after the world series

At the festival office last night people got together and we screen a ton of prints (film reel + projector) and we watched a couple reels of Greed. That was very cool.

QUOTE (LDF @ Oct 30, 2015 -> 02:22 AM) mine 1. Exorcist 2. Omen 1 and 2 3. Rosemary baby 4. Halloween 1979 5. Sixth sense - i really don't know | Ring 6. Child play | Annabelle [plus any from the Gwen files] 7. Nightmare on Elm street | Insidious 8. Seven | Grudge [the japanese version] 9. Shutter [japanese version] 10. Conjuring | Christopher Columbus [the most scariest part is when they saw land, which was north america ..... ] I thought about the Conjuring but I've never seen or heard someone consider Se7en to be a horror film.

QUOTE (LDF @ Oct 29, 2015 -> 11:34 PM) this has been done..... well many, many yrs ago. i think even before the sox WS. so since then many movies have been release since then, maybe changing the lineup. name your 10 scariest movies of all times with 1 the scariest and 10 the least. this is for Halloween tribute. Just my personal top ten, not in any particular order. Halloween Insidious Alien The Shining The Exorcist It Follows The Babadook The Omen Sinister Oculus

Andy Weir, author of "The Martian", when asked if he's a Cubs fan due to the main character's fandom: "No I'm not. I just thought that would be just the thing to make Mark's pathetic situation more pathetic."

QUOTE (Brian @ Oct 29, 2015 -> 04:08 PM) We've talked about the legend of The Room on here before. I don't get a kick out of awful movies for the sake of it so I never tried it. Probably never will. You got to check out Birddemic.

QUOTE (DrunkBomber @ Oct 29, 2015 -> 03:34 PM) This is a thread to discuss and review movies, not to try to impress people with information that nobody cares about. Have you noticed nobody positively engages you when you post that stuff? Post it in the catch all thread or something. I'm really going to reconsider my time here. Speaking of movie news. James Franco's movie about the making of The Room, called The Diaster Artist, where he plays Tommy Wiseau starts filling this December. If you have not seen The Room, I suggest you check it out. Its really the worst movie I have ever seen, it makes Birdemic and Troll 2 look like Citizen Kane. I know that they play at the Music Box regularly, so check out at the theater if you can.