Movies You've Seen Recently |OT| JULY 2014
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I can't possibly put into words how I felt leaving the theater as Boyhood finished, so I'll just use this familiar image:
I recommend it to anyone who has grown up, so...everyone that's at least 18.
Most hyped I've been to see a movie in awhile. Have to wait till August 8th but at least it is coming near me.
lazybones18
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BaronLundi
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Shame
I really enjoy McQueen's directing and Fassbender is an amazing actor. But this was just not that interesting. It started out pretty well with the clever outlining of the rituals and scenes with Carey Mulligan were fantastic. Other than that, there is not much too say as none of the interactions between the main character and others (which barely exist, besides his "date") are treated both in a shallow and heavy handed way. And the parts about the protagonist alone are sloppy (that music...). I don't really know what the movie (and title) are supposed to mean. 3/5 (OK).
I really enjoy McQueen's directing and Fassbender is an amazing actor. But this was just not that interesting. It started out pretty well with the clever outlining of the rituals and scenes with Carey Mulligan were fantastic. Other than that, there is not much too say as none of the interactions between the main character and others (which barely exist, besides his "date") are treated both in a shallow and heavy handed way. And the parts about the protagonist alone are sloppy (that music...). I don't really know what the movie (and title) are supposed to mean. 3/5 (OK).
Messofanego
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Boyhood
Now this is an epic. Funny how this and the new Transformers share the same runtime length (166min). Inspiring and insightful. Glad I went into this blind. It's kind of the ultimate coming-of-age movie. Left a big smile on me. It's about nothing and everything (life paths, roles, confusion, milestones vs spontaneity, and loads more). Not worth much, but never looked at my watch. Great payoffs and ending. Very cute nod at the end of the last frame (
). Go into this without knowing anything, trust me. The temporal surprises are a delight. The time skips are fantastic, and having the same actors is more beneficial in noticing little physical details (styles, hair colours) along with being consistently invested compared to a movie like Place Beyond the Pines where you have to recalibrate after each chronological transition.
Wasn't expecting all those millennial pop culture references.
I deeply connected to it because our family has lived in different countries/cities and I've been through many schools/friends, often not being able to say goodbye. I haven't had the "parade of drunken assholes" but we've been through some changes and have come out the better. Yeah, so it deserves all the hype.
Now this is an epic. Funny how this and the new Transformers share the same runtime length (166min). Inspiring and insightful. Glad I went into this blind. It's kind of the ultimate coming-of-age movie. Left a big smile on me. It's about nothing and everything (life paths, roles, confusion, milestones vs spontaneity, and loads more). Not worth much, but never looked at my watch. Great payoffs and ending. Very cute nod at the end of the last frame (
Mason looks at the camera and us to share the confusion of where life might go and the moments that'll come
Wasn't expecting all those millennial pop culture references.
I deeply connected to it because our family has lived in different countries/cities and I've been through many schools/friends, often not being able to say goodbye. I haven't had the "parade of drunken assholes" but we've been through some changes and have come out the better. Yeah, so it deserves all the hype.
Boyhood (or the unofficial biopic of Hayden Christensen)
It was a great cinematic experience. Watching the age transitions occurring in real time with the story gave it a very strong emotional weight. Mason could have used a little bit more characterisation as at times in the film he barely spoke and it felt as though he was more of a passive observer of the events. Don't go in expecting to see a film from a narrative structure of the "first time" a young boy experiences things in life as they grow up. Instead it forgoes those events and chooses to focus more on brief sections which culminate in a mediative arcs. As expected the acting is very naturalistic and feels very real akin to the Before trilogy. I also enjoyed the many nostalgic references from the early 00s. One of this years best so far.
Only Lovers Left Alive
I totally loved the atmosphere and the coolness it oozed. Very enjoyable and tightly paced. The costumes and cinematography were top notch and gave it a distinct feel.
I concur.
It was a great cinematic experience. Watching the age transitions occurring in real time with the story gave it a very strong emotional weight. Mason could have used a little bit more characterisation as at times in the film he barely spoke and it felt as though he was more of a passive observer of the events. Don't go in expecting to see a film from a narrative structure of the "first time" a young boy experiences things in life as they grow up. Instead it forgoes those events and chooses to focus more on brief sections which culminate in a mediative arcs. As expected the acting is very naturalistic and feels very real akin to the Before trilogy. I also enjoyed the many nostalgic references from the early 00s. One of this years best so far.
Only Lovers Left Alive
I totally loved the atmosphere and the coolness it oozed. Very enjoyable and tightly paced. The costumes and cinematography were top notch and gave it a distinct feel.
I concur.
Secret Fawful
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The Game
Was scared that this was the source of that shitty meme, but thankfully it wasn't. It was really stylish, well directed, and neat, but am I the only one who thought the premise was kind of nonsense the way it was portrayed?
Was scared that this was the source of that shitty meme, but thankfully it wasn't. It was really stylish, well directed, and neat, but am I the only one who thought the premise was kind of nonsense the way it was portrayed?
Where will you watch it? It's not getting a Pathé wide release afaik. Are other cinema chains getting it?
Well my city only has a shitty Utopolis who only seem to care about blockbusters so I kind of always go to Amsterdam for movies. Mostly Pathé City for films like Boyhood. Or Pathé Arena for the IMAX goodness.
TheKaeptain
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What meme?
Messofanego
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Heh, didn't know other people here were seeing Boyhood at the same time. Yeah, don't miss out on it, good stuff.
I was thinking more Nick Stahl.
I was thinking more Nick Stahl.
ViewtifulJC
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My mom was interested in Boyhood, but she doesn't really like strong language, how much cursing is there in the film?
Also, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes? Big thumbs up, my favorite summer blockbuster of the year
Also, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes? Big thumbs up, my favorite summer blockbuster of the year
Fancy Clown
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Heh, didn't know other people here were seeing Boyhood at the same time. Yeah, don't miss out on it, good stuff.
I was thinking more Nick Stahl.
Nick Stahl crossed with Buscemi is what I see.
Secret Fawful
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http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-game
I never looked into it except to respond to you, because I didn't care where it came from, but because Fight Club created a meme, I just sort of assumed The Game came from The Game.
How does it compare to the first one? I liked that one, but this seems far more dramatic and big in scope, from the trailers, whereas the first one focused a lot on Caesar's development.
ViewtifulJC
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It's definitely bigger, but it actually takes a lot of time out to develop the tense relationships between the humans and the apes, and Caesar gets a lion's share of the screentime. If anything, Gary Oldman is the one "major" character who gets shortsighted by the structure of the film(that and there are no female characters of note, sorry femmeworth), but you don't have to worry about them losing a focus on the characters. Serkis and Kobbell in combination with WETA gave some very strong performances, I felt.
Although there is plenty of ape-on-horse-with-dual-machine-guns action! I liked the first well enough, but I definitely felt this one was more accomplished across the board.
Transformers Age of Extinction
I saw 20 minutes of the first one, skipped out on the next two, and never had an affinity for the series as a kid. I went because it was free. It's dumb as fuck. As dumb as Amazing Spiderman 2, but not as enjoyably dumb because it goes on forever. Bad acting, extremely strange dialogue and deliveries, weird camera shots that linger too long, extras looking directly into the camera, women in heels looking like their knees were about to explode, a few shots where I swear they just left the actual green screen in. TRANSFORMIUM.
Really bad. Skirts the line of so bad it's good and so bad it's bad.
I saw 20 minutes of the first one, skipped out on the next two, and never had an affinity for the series as a kid. I went because it was free. It's dumb as fuck. As dumb as Amazing Spiderman 2, but not as enjoyably dumb because it goes on forever. Bad acting, extremely strange dialogue and deliveries, weird camera shots that linger too long, extras looking directly into the camera, women in heels looking like their knees were about to explode, a few shots where I swear they just left the actual green screen in. TRANSFORMIUM.
Really bad. Skirts the line of so bad it's good and so bad it's bad.
Rest
All these years later I still chuckle at what a fucking moron that guy is.
No with Gael Bernal was interesting. It nook a look at the ad campaign run at the time Pinochet was deposed in Chile. It has a tape camera look and a 4:3 aspect ratio so that it looks like a TV documentary from the 80's. I do recommend it.
The Sessions. Pretty cool movie about a polio survivor with no practical use of his body learning how to have sex. Also, Helen Hunt is naked the entire time. The cover made a big deal about William H. Macy, but his character doesn't really do much. Moon Bloodgood's character is more what the cover implied Macy's character would be. All in all very good.
The Sessions. Pretty cool movie about a polio survivor with no practical use of his body learning how to have sex. Also, Helen Hunt is naked the entire time. The cover made a big deal about William H. Macy, but his character doesn't really do much. Moon Bloodgood's character is more what the cover implied Macy's character would be. All in all very good.
Just got back from Transformers: Age of Extinction.
Holy shit, hands down the worst movie I've ever seen. The amount of pure cringe-worthy and "...really. REALLY? WHO THOUGHT THAT SHOULD MAKE THE CUT??" moments was unbearable. And it was almost 3 fucking hours long. Jesus H...
Only redeeming part was the gorgeous female lead. Other than that it was a total shit-show, and I actually kind of liked the first one!
Holy shit, hands down the worst movie I've ever seen. The amount of pure cringe-worthy and "...really. REALLY? WHO THOUGHT THAT SHOULD MAKE THE CUT??" moments was unbearable. And it was almost 3 fucking hours long. Jesus H...
Only redeeming part was the gorgeous female lead. Other than that it was a total shit-show, and I actually kind of liked the first one!
SCULLIBUNDO
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Discotheque
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Xmen is still my goat but yeah this was pretty good, better than the first
Yes, those bits are highlights.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orxrkiPhCQM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wI6OX8BkL0
Favourite scenes of the film
PassiveObserver
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The Place Beyond the Pines was unexpectedly good. It was a total curveball. I liked both lead's performances, though the third act was a bit flabby. While I didn't like it as much as Blue Valentine, it's one of my favorite movies I've seen (not released) this year.
BaronLundi
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I probably should've said : that use of the music.
My problem is not with the music itself (it's ok) but it's overly emotional tone added up to an already inelegant final scene makes it terribly hammy.
SCULLIBUNDO
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Shame being compared to the incomparable cheese-fest that is Platoon is something I never thought I'd see. Kudos.
Discotheque
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That scene with the platoon music in Seinfeld lmao
Messofanego
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Jodorowsky's Dune
Why did I watch this? Why?! I had only seen the Moebius documentary (still alive so he was shown) before and thought foolishly it had covered most of it. A metaphysical, surreal, spiritual sci-fi to offset the cold and calculated influence since 2001. The frustration of the greatest movie never made!
Nicolas Winding Refn puts it so well:
"What if the first film of that nature had been Dune and not Star Wars. Would the whole megabucks blockbuster structure have been altered?"
"It was billed up to be the greatest achievement in science fiction...and it just evaporated into a billion small black pieces of space."
More details keep on being shown. Storyboards become animated. All the amazing art, production design, props, music, actors (Orson Welles, Mick Jagger) that could have transpired on the screen.
How can Alejandro be so happy? Then it makes sense later on. He had those many years after the failure to get back up. How this "greatest movie never made" became so influential for future sci fi movies like Alien, Star Wars, Blade Runner, Contact, The Matrix, Flash Gordon, Masters of the Universe, and Prometheus. I feel like Altered States, Chronicles of Riddick, Terry Gilliam movies, or The Fountain should have been mentioned too. Some Japanese animation like Angel's Egg or Paprika. Or even American animation like Heavy metal. The influence is obvious from those movies now. No Man's Sky is now influenced by Chris Foss/Moebius/etc old sci fi book covers, which is going to be amazing to traverse in a videogame.
Truly an inspirational man he is. Had no idea he is 84, his energy is of a man in his 50s. I would buy Incal and Metabarons (if I had $1000) just to see those images on paper and eventually see The Dance of Reality.
In this market, as an epic animated movie it could be done as he suggests. When Hollywood movies now have budgets of $200 million, it can be done. Hell, I hope the Wachowskis are doing it already. There are still some ambitious sci-fi films being made.
Actually, the most fantastic sci fi comic book I've ever read was The Compleat Moonshadow, that was pretty surreal and in line with the vibe of this movie.
Messofanego
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The strong language is actually incorporated into the story, and mostly comes from Ethan Hawke's character as the kids force him to pay for whenever he swears. I think she'll be fine.
i barely watch movies and there's a lot i've missed. i've got my netflix and i'm going to catch up...
12 Angry Men - I didn't find the plot to be very convincing; there were a lot of "really? really?" moments for me. But the acting was top notch.
Fargo - Really, really good movie. Buscemi was awesome in it, I have a very weird boner for Marge. Would watch many times again.
13 Assassins - It was ok, I was expecting and hoping for some really badass scenes but they never came. I'm not into samurai movies but if I was I could see it being really good. Would not watch again.
Edge of Tomorrow - One of my favorite movies ever; it was just really really well executed. Can't wait to watch again.
12 Angry Men - I didn't find the plot to be very convincing; there were a lot of "really? really?" moments for me. But the acting was top notch.
Fargo - Really, really good movie. Buscemi was awesome in it, I have a very weird boner for Marge. Would watch many times again.
13 Assassins - It was ok, I was expecting and hoping for some really badass scenes but they never came. I'm not into samurai movies but if I was I could see it being really good. Would not watch again.
Edge of Tomorrow - One of my favorite movies ever; it was just really really well executed. Can't wait to watch again.
That's good to read, as that was my main fear for this one.
Not even saying that the first was a masterpiece of anything, but for a summer blockbuster, it felt strangely well thought out and well paced.
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Flashpoint: Fantastic action movie, i can't believe it took me this long to see it.
Some derp plot points, some laughable moments, but you gotta be ready for that when you watch a "self-serious" martial arts movie.
Fantastic pacing, very creative fights and action scenes, they even throw a guy in the air and shoot him with a sniper rifle, mid-air, Halo style.
Killzone: Flashpoint's idiot brother; the fights are good, but everything else crosses the line of the tolerable, into the laughable pretty soon into the movie.
And they really gotta stop doing these dirtbag cops, expecting you to feel bad for them, when they get what's coming to them.
The finale though is masterclass humor (although i don't think it was trying to be funny) really laughed out loud there.
Sammo in also pretty ballin' with the mullet in this movie.
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Messo, frankly i have this feeling Jodorowsky's Dune is even better as the "best movie never made".
It has all the right ingredients to feed the imagination (all the major, big names) in a way that i don't think reality could ever match.
Not saying it wouldn't have been great, but this way it seems like the perfect, eternal tease.
Escape Goat
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I just watched the Evil Dead remake. I'm not sure what I was expecting. I have only myself to blame.
Delta Assault
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Practical effects were pretty sick though
ViewtifulJC
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Escape Goat
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I suppose.
I analyzed the movie with a team of cheerleaders and determined this was not the scariest movie ever.
jeeze the '62 Cape Fear is pretty excellent. Love how Thompson uses perspective, where we see a lot but aren't sure who is seeing what. Perfect way to keep the tension up. Plus he opts for the dutch angle at just the right moments. And obviously Mitchum is amazing, an ugly terrifying monster.
it's not bad at all. Bit of a slog in the beginning but the climax gets so psychotic that it's undeniable and Levy's awesome.
Femmeworth
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Swoon likes it, can't be that bad.
Escape Goat
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I did like that they finally did what Sam Raimis investor for the original evil dead recommended. And that was to throw as much blood on the screen as he could.
gosh you rate 2 movies and now you are free to fire shots.
Femmeworth
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I wasn't taking a shot. Jesus. I know how I come off but... *sigh*
plasmawave
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Rise of the Planet of the Apes.
I'm super late on this, but am I the only one who think the spelling should be Ceasar and not Caesar? I don't know, it makes more sense to me that way.
The movie was pretty good.
I'm super late on this, but am I the only one who think the spelling should be Ceasar and not Caesar? I don't know, it makes more sense to me that way.
The movie was pretty good.
you're gonna have to take that up with the ancient romans
plasmawave
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No wonder they fell.
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