Nobles Couch

**the4thnobleman** · April 19, 2009

Pile up and sit a spell. I spose its time I did a thread on this stuff as well. Mini reviews more than anything. Also, I cant vouch for spoilers. Sometimes a movie can be spoiled and it still work. Read at your own risk.

The Midnight Meat Train - On the recommendation of a 4chan gif, I saw this flick. It was interesting. It follows a character trying to make it as a photographer. He gets his reality check when some big-name gallery person informs him his images are dead and doesn't give them a second glance. So he sets out for a grittier, more-real outlook on things. The guy that plays Juggernaut from the Xmen movie is the main guy you see and the point of me seeing this film. Quite possibly his best role in his acting career, which doesn't say much since he doesn't really say much of anything the entire duration of the movie. Either way there are a handful of twists and its worth watching, so long as you like your standard blood & guts. Not a date movie.

Juno - I personally was very disappointed with the flick. I honestly hate that I feel this way too, because the witty remarks and general humor is right up my alley. Very dry, very witty, and mostly dark humor all around. The trouble with this is everyone seems to share the same sort of humor, so lines come off as being WAY too scripted. Duh, yes....its a movie, but dammit it shouldn't be this obvious unless its by Mel Brooks or one of those god-awful spoof movies of the past decade. I think its a movie I just didn't "get" but can understand the appeal of. Watch it with your pregnant girlfriend and it will likely become more enjoyable I suppose?

Marley & Me - This is the entire reason I did this thread. I didn't nor do I intend to read the book, so don't even bother telling me it was better. Don't care. This movie did something no other movie made me do. This brought real emotion out of me. Scary movies don't make me scream. Comedies make me laugh I spose, but that is somewhat the point. Action and Suspense movies don't really make me anticipate anything or sit on the edge of my seat. Movies to me have always been about entertaining me. This one changed my outlook on just what I can walk away with from a movie. And im almost guilty to say it because it has Owen Wilson in it, perma-broken nose and all. The movie follows the couple of Anniston and Wilson. Freshly married, moved in together, and happy we just all follow their lives. Eventually they get to a point where they'd like to get a family pet, and as such they discovered the other lead played by Marley the Lab. Marley is on "clearance", and it drives a good portion of the movie as to how. Worst dog ever. Turner and Hootch? Beethoven? Cujo?....nothing on this dog. Ok, so Marley isn't a killer. Who cares?

The dog can EAT anything else it wants, including an answering machine and a phone. A person would just require a bit too long and a jump in movie rating to R before that were to happen. They soon after have their first baby, second baby, third baby.....life gets hectic. Stress is overwhelming. It becomes apparent that there has to be some sort of conflict and at about middle way through the movie for me I get something. Wilson is miserable. The wife is miserable. The kids are just sort of there. The job sucks. But Marley is happy to see everyone. Marley loves, regardless of situation. And having watched this dog "grow up" you now have an emotional investment yourself. Dog owners likely will immediately catch glimpses of their own animal in Marley. The story progresses and as you might expect, tragedy strikes.

The initial trouble made me feel worried. But, this is a movie. Why should I feel worried? I don't know, but I worry on. Then its setting in. Marley is getting old. Not old enough, but you sort of see where the rest of the movie goes from that point. It's heartbreaking nearing the end. By the time you get to the scene that got me, you can likely pick out some of the exact moments the eyes water and stream down my own face. I ain't too proud to cry, but i've always felt like a movie just couldn't possibly do that to me. I was wrong, and after it all i'm actually happy to say that.

The entire thing ended up being about how easy it is for your pets to love you unconditionally. Your pet doesn't care what you do or did, so long as you love it....it too will love you. Your pet doesn't judge you and is always happy to see you. If they aren't happy to see you, they aren't your pet...they are someone elses. The movie offers closure to those who were either too young to say goodbye to a pet, or missed the opportunity to do so. Be ready to laugh, but be ready to cry as well. I recommend this ONLY if you are a pet person of any kind.

**OUTOFCONTROL** · April 19, 2009

Vinnie Jones is BadAss. he doesnt have to say anything to be cool. ive wanted to see that movie since i seen the preview on the saw 5 dvd. most lionsgate produced movies seem to be pretty cool.

i also didnt really care for Juno. even though its a "cult" flick. i guess i had my hopes to high when i watched it. it was ok for seeing it once. but i dont think id ever watch it again.

**FatBastard** · April 19, 2009

Juno was... yeah. I had high hopes for the movie, given that Ellen Page is a decent actress (she kicked some serious ass in Hard Candy), and it initially looked like it was going to be something other than a romantic drama circling around a teen pregnancy. Too bad it's Ms. Page in a movie that tried so hard to be quirky and indie that it killed itself in the process. Honest to blog, I just drank a gallon of arsenic-laced Sunny D to try forgetting I watched the movie.

**Craig** · April 19, 2009

Vinnie Jone's best role o.0 he is in a fairly decent amount of movies. I'd have to go out and say he was far better in lock stock and two smoking barrels. I mean midnight meat train was ok, and his role was good but best ah i just cant see it.

**Sociopath** · April 20, 2009

Nobles couch... fuck it

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**Eli** · April 20, 2009

Must see marley and me!

**freespace21** · April 20, 2009

Originally Posted by the4thnobleman

The Midnight Meat Train

is it me, or does this sound like a bad porn movie title?

i'm afraid to admit i liked Juno. i thought the lols it had were worth it. maybe i missed out on it feeling like a movie because i'm not enough of a connoisseur. plus i tend to like happy endings.

i know, i'm such a loser.:duhduh:

anyway, nobles if you like dry, dark humor, i suggest you try Harold and Maude if you haven't seen it. i really like that. and it's quite literally laugh out loud funny.

**Eli** · April 20, 2009

Steve, if you liked Juno, check out Smart people with Dennis Quaid and Ellen Page, and I believe Reese Witherspoon was in it as well.

Very dry, funny humor.

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Steve, if you liked Juno, check out Smart people with Dennis Quaid and Ellen Page, and I believe Reese Witherspoon was in it as well.

Very dry, funny humor.