Movies You've Seen Recently |OT| Dec 2014
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Well, it won an Oscar for best original screenplay. It was later made into a musical though, maybe that's what's confusing you.
Tempesta di Fuoco
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I am watching Batman Forever for the first time since I was a kid.
It is probably the most entertaining superhero movie ever. I understand the hate it gets, especially from those who wanted the darker, Tim Burton styled Batman movies.
But it's like everything is on acid in this movie, including the people who made it. Weird ass music, weird ass camera angles, weird ass writing, people being batshit crazy and talking in weird ways for no reason, and more. Even the lights did acid before they started filming.
I fucking love this movie. It is not a good movie, but goddamn, it is so fucking entertaining.
Even though the Tim Burton and Christopher Nolan movies are way better, Batman Forever is infinitely more rewatchable.
It is probably the most entertaining superhero movie ever. I understand the hate it gets, especially from those who wanted the darker, Tim Burton styled Batman movies.
But it's like everything is on acid in this movie, including the people who made it. Weird ass music, weird ass camera angles, weird ass writing, people being batshit crazy and talking in weird ways for no reason, and more. Even the lights did acid before they started filming.
I fucking love this movie. It is not a good movie, but goddamn, it is so fucking entertaining.
Even though the Tim Burton and Christopher Nolan movies are way better, Batman Forever is infinitely more rewatchable.
Infernostew
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Shit, it really is the perfect film to adapt. Really seemed like it was from the theater stage first.
Just watched Dumb and Dumber to. Fuck is bad, so bad it taints the old film. My mate fell asleep after 30mins, the first time he has fallen asleep in the cinema. I didn't laugh once, all it was just shit jokes and shit script. They even recycled some jokes from the first one and managed to mess them up. It is probably the worst film I have seen.
Messofanego
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Was hoping Farrelly bros might suddenly be good again.
Jim Carrey is really bad in it as well, he trys far too hard to be funny. I wish I had never gone and seen it. I won't be able to watch the first one for ages due to it.
YesNOnoNOYes
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Aaaaaaah, another who has seen predestination!
It was a nice little watch. Surprising.
Fallout-NL
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Still the best '00s film in my opinion. It is absolutely perfect. I remember emerging from the theater in a daze (that stuck with me for a couple of days), absolutely awestruck by what I had just witnessed. There is something about that film.
More than 11 years ago now. Time flies.
Sell that to me you son of a bitch.
I'm catching a double feature tomorrow. Inherent Vice and Babadook. We'll see how that goes.
Vampirolol
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It's strange how I tend to like every critically acclaimed movie and yet I can't see what's great about "Lost in Translastion", photography aside.
Androidsleeps
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The White Ribbon
I didn't think I'd like this movie, but I did. Lots of kids and all of them do a great job.
For a multiple of reasons, this film reminds me of Dogville, which I liked more, but still, this film is beautifully shot and successfully depicts the atmosphere of the era, especially the choice of making it in black and white.
8/10
freeofgreed
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Just saw a film called Coherence, it's a really good sci fi thriller that was thoroughly entertaining. It's about a group of people who come together for a dinner one night as a comet is passing over which causes strange things to occur. I won't go any further then that as the movie is highly dependent on you not knowing what's going on, but I highly recommend it to anyone whose a fan of Sci FI, horror, thrillers, and
to go check it out.
Quantum Mechanics
Messofanego
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I'm sure there are loads of critically acclaimed movies you won't care much for. It's a cute love story about two in crisis with a great soundtrack though. Bill Murray is great and at the time stood out as a leading role when not being in a Wes Anderson movie.
It's not just a movie, it's a feeling maaaaaan. Seriously though, it just puts me in a certain place and I think it's as perfect as a movie can get. I also think it gets better on a rewatch and it might be my most watched movie ever.
Vampirolol
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Death Metalist
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"I'm not the hero. I'm the guy in the crowd making fun of the hero's shirt; that's who I am."
I thought this was an alright movie especially considering the trend in comedies these days that are too vulgar for their own good, I enjoyed my time with the film and that's probably because due to the western setting that I love. I don't know if the Unrated version is better than the theatrical or not because that's what I watched and it adds a whooping 19 minutes to the film so I don't know if it made the film better or not. It also has quite a few beautiful shots which I didn't expect from a movie such as this one.
The things I liked most about the film though is Charlize Theron and Seth Macfarlane's chemistry which I thought was fantastic and the cameo's are pretty awesome, lots of them. I recommend it(the unrated version) if you're looking for a live action Family Guy episode set in the Wild Wild West with cameo's up the ass. It's the type of movie that keeps on throwing out the jokes but not all of them are sure hits.
past week:
Inherent Vice - 4/5 After realizing PTA films often fade in quality over time for me, I've been pleased to find this to improve the more I think about it. Certainly what I enjoy most owes to PynchonI understand the dialogue is 90+% lifted word-for-word, and that plus the carefully crafted message on runaway capitalism co-opting counterculture and how the most vital but least celebrated heroes are those who find ways to divorce themselves from economic systems entirely were what I enjoyed most. PTA's contribution is shocking in its lack of showiness for a guy revered for virtuoso tracking shots. A lot of the time he stays out of the way, scenes will just be two shots slowly pushing in and in. still it does take deftness to know exactly when to stand off to the side and when to get in the middle and emphasize the foggy stoner perspective with a visual gag or dream-logic edit. Anderson's funniest. Maybe its best effect has been sending me on a Can kick, replaying Future Days and Soundtracks and catching up on Unlimited Edition
Happy Christmas - 3/5 Just like Drinking Buddies Swanberg really has a grasp on average normal relationships and dialogue. While that film was aimless, mostly interested in hanging out and drinking, it did all hang on ideas of dishonesty in romance. Happy Christmas lacks that, no axel on which this turns. Cast is charming enough to make that just fine, Kendrick and Lynskey and Dunham writing erotic fiction and shooting the shit is well worth putting on a screen. Also felt Swanberg's visuals in here, so limited to interiors, were efficient in focusing everything towards that hangout spirit.
Why Don't You Play In Hell? - 4/5 A Sono movie, so the question isn't really whether it's tonally scattershot and self-obsessedly eccentric but if it is those things in a pleasing way. turns out (mostly unlike Tokyo Tribe) it is. First two acts are funny, convoluted farce that doesn't seem to be going much of anywhere. Then the finale arrives to give every disparate character and condition a task and unite them towards a celebration of the psychotic, suicidal act that is making a movie. Making a movie is going to fucking kill you, but who caresit's worth it. Lost in all the violence and hyperactivity it's helpful to keep the exact translation of the title in mind, which our introduction speaker clued us in on: If you're already in hell, why not play?
Stranger by the Lake - 3/5 I didn't find the thriller elements of this to work very well, despite the evident formal rigor. It's best as a steamy romance drama, examining the different desires humans have and how pursuing any one of them isn't unnatural but pursuing just one is sociopathic.
A Brief History of Time - 4/5 Rosenbaum: "alternation between Morris's usual talking-head approach for the biography and Hawking's computer-generated voice and various kinds of illustrations to recount most of the theory creates a dialectic that the film profits from stylistically." Pretty much exactly thatthe talking heads plus the shapes, the handwriting, the academic type, the blinking screen and artificial voice. Combined and sprinkled with humorous asides it avoids slipping into genius-overcomes-odds pablum, instead acting as a depiction both of Hawking as a savant and of the academic community overall as a bunch of peculiar dreamers.
The Triplets of Belleville - ≤2.5/5 Mostly found the grossness of this movie, well, gross. not oddly beautiful or anything. Caricatures, some of them super racist, trying for Tati and landing on something like fucked up Farrelly Bros. excellent music
Inherent Vice - 4/5 After realizing PTA films often fade in quality over time for me, I've been pleased to find this to improve the more I think about it. Certainly what I enjoy most owes to PynchonI understand the dialogue is 90+% lifted word-for-word, and that plus the carefully crafted message on runaway capitalism co-opting counterculture and how the most vital but least celebrated heroes are those who find ways to divorce themselves from economic systems entirely were what I enjoyed most. PTA's contribution is shocking in its lack of showiness for a guy revered for virtuoso tracking shots. A lot of the time he stays out of the way, scenes will just be two shots slowly pushing in and in. still it does take deftness to know exactly when to stand off to the side and when to get in the middle and emphasize the foggy stoner perspective with a visual gag or dream-logic edit. Anderson's funniest. Maybe its best effect has been sending me on a Can kick, replaying Future Days and Soundtracks and catching up on Unlimited Edition
Happy Christmas - 3/5 Just like Drinking Buddies Swanberg really has a grasp on average normal relationships and dialogue. While that film was aimless, mostly interested in hanging out and drinking, it did all hang on ideas of dishonesty in romance. Happy Christmas lacks that, no axel on which this turns. Cast is charming enough to make that just fine, Kendrick and Lynskey and Dunham writing erotic fiction and shooting the shit is well worth putting on a screen. Also felt Swanberg's visuals in here, so limited to interiors, were efficient in focusing everything towards that hangout spirit.
Why Don't You Play In Hell? - 4/5 A Sono movie, so the question isn't really whether it's tonally scattershot and self-obsessedly eccentric but if it is those things in a pleasing way. turns out (mostly unlike Tokyo Tribe) it is. First two acts are funny, convoluted farce that doesn't seem to be going much of anywhere. Then the finale arrives to give every disparate character and condition a task and unite them towards a celebration of the psychotic, suicidal act that is making a movie. Making a movie is going to fucking kill you, but who caresit's worth it. Lost in all the violence and hyperactivity it's helpful to keep the exact translation of the title in mind, which our introduction speaker clued us in on: If you're already in hell, why not play?
Stranger by the Lake - 3/5 I didn't find the thriller elements of this to work very well, despite the evident formal rigor. It's best as a steamy romance drama, examining the different desires humans have and how pursuing any one of them isn't unnatural but pursuing just one is sociopathic.
A Brief History of Time - 4/5 Rosenbaum: "alternation between Morris's usual talking-head approach for the biography and Hawking's computer-generated voice and various kinds of illustrations to recount most of the theory creates a dialectic that the film profits from stylistically." Pretty much exactly thatthe talking heads plus the shapes, the handwriting, the academic type, the blinking screen and artificial voice. Combined and sprinkled with humorous asides it avoids slipping into genius-overcomes-odds pablum, instead acting as a depiction both of Hawking as a savant and of the academic community overall as a bunch of peculiar dreamers.
The Triplets of Belleville - ≤2.5/5 Mostly found the grossness of this movie, well, gross. not oddly beautiful or anything. Caricatures, some of them super racist, trying for Tati and landing on something like fucked up Farrelly Bros. excellent music
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a lot of my threads involve me fucking up somehow. Perhaps I'm a moron?
Well, after so much hype and an admittedly cool concept and solid performances from the leads, I've come to the conclusion that The BabadooK kind of sucked. Slightly tense, never really "scary" and a horrendous and bizarre ending, I don't get how this is on so many best-of lists right now
Totally Meh.
6/10
Totally Meh.
6/10
Infernostew
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That's exactly how I feel about it. Gaf tends to overhype mediocre horror films.
YesNOnoNOYes
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The Outcast - Nicholas Cage, Hayden Christensen
HOT MESS. It began in the Crusader's era, and then it goes to Ancient China, then my brain sort of turned off where the princess and the prince needed Anakin's help at the inn. And he walked off, all cool, but then he came back for the gold. Then there was Nicholas Cage as Liam Neeson but it didn't quite work. And then I was ???????
HOT MESS. It began in the Crusader's era, and then it goes to Ancient China, then my brain sort of turned off where the princess and the prince needed Anakin's help at the inn. And he walked off, all cool, but then he came back for the gold. Then there was Nicholas Cage as Liam Neeson but it didn't quite work. And then I was ???????
The Ruling Class
Might be the most British film I've ever seen. The first half was kind of a slog to get through, I didn't find the Jesus-y bits funny at all, but the second half is way more interesting. I think I prefer sarcastic-serious O'Toole to overly flamboyant O'Toole.
The Thomas Crown Affair
The evil James Bond movie. Loved McQueen's hilariously over-the-top laugh.
Unbroken and The Imitation Game
These two, along with The Theory of Everything, are all cut from the same biopic cloth: strong central performance, interesting story (if rote script) and solid supporting cast, but by-the-numbers direction means it's never really as effective as it deserve to be.
Might be the most British film I've ever seen. The first half was kind of a slog to get through, I didn't find the Jesus-y bits funny at all, but the second half is way more interesting. I think I prefer sarcastic-serious O'Toole to overly flamboyant O'Toole.
The Thomas Crown Affair
The evil James Bond movie. Loved McQueen's hilariously over-the-top laugh.
Unbroken and The Imitation Game
These two, along with The Theory of Everything, are all cut from the same biopic cloth: strong central performance, interesting story (if rote script) and solid supporting cast, but by-the-numbers direction means it's never really as effective as it deserve to be.
I was ??????? right at the trailer.
John Wick has lots of guns and fights and every character actor in the world and I liked it
Comparisons to To are apt, revenge blowout that also covers the divide between personal and professional in a sort of universe-next-door with its own language and codes. Comparisons to The Raid 2, however, have so far seemed to be used to put down that film-- Wick is definitely more graceful and less obsessed with its violence, has as much or more "to say". and yet I still think the fights in The Raid 2 are better.
Comparisons to To are apt, revenge blowout that also covers the divide between personal and professional in a sort of universe-next-door with its own language and codes. Comparisons to The Raid 2, however, have so far seemed to be used to put down that film-- Wick is definitely more graceful and less obsessed with its violence, has as much or more "to say". and yet I still think the fights in The Raid 2 are better.
nah. Babadook is hyped everywhere. William Friedkin and dozens of film critics aren't on gaf. Nothing productive to come by making the old "gaf always does this" argument. There is a discussion to be had about The Babadook's possibly blunt to the point of numbness thematic focus, admittedly. I understand why many feel that way, the film is so fixated on metaphorical grief that it can feel narrow-minded, but I found the way it so thoroughly covered the stages satisfying
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Inside Llewyn Davis: I'd heard really good things and wanted to see it, so I got it from the library among others.
Overall, it's a pretty solid movie, but I didn't like it as much as most seem to. The main character was an asshole and tough to root for,
Star Trek: Into Darkness: A rather solid sequel to a very good reboot. I quite enjoyed it.
Overall, it's a pretty solid movie, but I didn't like it as much as most seem to. The main character was an asshole and tough to root for,
and the way he treated cats really pissed me off.
Star Trek: Into Darkness: A rather solid sequel to a very good reboot. I quite enjoyed it.
Infernostew
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I didn't say it was only hyped on gaf. I know that it'll see a ton of action on horror sites top 10 lists but that may say something about the state of modern horror than anything. I know the "gaf always does this" thing is a bit lame but when it comes to modern horror films there's a pattern, at least for me. This, Excision, Willow Creek, and Oculus were all recent horror films that have been complete disappointments to me and they all got insane amount of hype from here. I love horror films but I couldn't get into these titles one bit... I dunno, maybe it's just me.
Duel; it's been years since I watched this for the first time, and I couldn't miss the HD version; as one of Spielberg's earliest efforts it's already mindblowingly good. Tight, focused, full of suspense and pure terror, technically superb, it's already got the director's style and skills in a lot of recognizable touches; bold crane shots, tracking shots, perfect storytelling, camera placements, pacing, editing. 90 minutes of amazing worksmanship
Still Life is a beautiful little gem of a movie, with an original plot, narrated with great levity and elegance, and two superb lead actors: Eddie Marsan and Joanne Froggatt
Up in the air is another great flick, one of the best in recent American cinema; smart dialogue, good pacing, a fantastioc performance from Clooney and a bold ending that you wouldn't expect from such a movie; that already tells ya how good is this compared to the usual trite dramedies
Still Life is a beautiful little gem of a movie, with an original plot, narrated with great levity and elegance, and two superb lead actors: Eddie Marsan and Joanne Froggatt
Up in the air is another great flick, one of the best in recent American cinema; smart dialogue, good pacing, a fantastioc performance from Clooney and a bold ending that you wouldn't expect from such a movie; that already tells ya how good is this compared to the usual trite dramedies
Excision was an awesome dark comedy.
Something doesn't either have to be the most amazing thing put to film, or trash, i guess that's the major issue.
Good luck getting Hourglass out of your head ever again.
I had never heard of Clan of Xymox before that film, and I was pretty surprised to find out that they were an actual 80s band. Those songs are intense.
I think there's still plenty of worthwhile horrorEvil Dead remake, You're Next, Sightseers, Berberian Sound Studio jump to mind for me from the past couple years, and as long as directors like Marina de Van, Ben Wheatley, Rob Zombie (who I haven't seen but is supposedly interesting), Ti West (alternate westerns and horror movies man, do it) and Barrett/Wingard keep working with or adjacent the genre I think horror'll be fine.
I agree on Oculus though. disappointment. thought it'd turn out like The Conjuring or Sinister, which weren't great but were fun surefire scares at the least so their hype wasn't wrong.
Also I do kinda think horror's been left in the lurch because of how mid-budget movies can't be made any more.
I just found a great little indie theater in Akron, OH and went up there on Sunday night for Die Hard. I've seen this movie a million times but never on the big screen and I loved it. I loved the theater too, and I'm sure I'll be back a lot in the future.
I saw the trailer for Whiplash and I really want to see that, along with Babadook. I'm looking to catch Foxcatcher next month when this theater shows it. There was a place in Cleveland that was showing it this past Friday but I didn't feel like driving an hour and a half to see that and then going an hour to see Die Hard a day or two later.
Also, I'm probably going to watch Rambo for the first time on Monday.
I saw the trailer for Whiplash and I really want to see that, along with Babadook. I'm looking to catch Foxcatcher next month when this theater shows it. There was a place in Cleveland that was showing it this past Friday but I didn't feel like driving an hour and a half to see that and then going an hour to see Die Hard a day or two later.
Also, I'm probably going to watch Rambo for the first time on Monday.
Equalizer - Contrived kill em all flick, the storyline was garbage, the motivations behind Bob's actions were a little ludicrous. Chloe Grace Moretz does a decent job in the beginning, but she drops the stand offish screw you attitude towards the end, the transition in her personality was so escalated beyond belief, it was too predictable. To me it's another version of Taken.
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The Family Man - Ehhhhh...
AwesomeSauce
MagsMoonshine
Téa Leoni tho...
graffix13
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Finally watched Lone Survivor last night.
It was pretty good. Very intense. I just can't put it in the 'great' category, probably mainly because of Mark Wahlberg. Sorry the guy is just a terrible actor and very one dimensional IMO. Especially the part where
Other than Marky Mark, the movie was good and showing the soldiers involved at the end was a great touch. I am so thankful for the men and women serving my country and Americans should thank the soldiers every time they have the opportunity.
It was pretty good. Very intense. I just can't put it in the 'great' category, probably mainly because of Mark Wahlberg. Sorry the guy is just a terrible actor and very one dimensional IMO. Especially the part where
he is holding the grenade in the Afghan village and threatening to blow everyone up. All I could hear was "say hello to your mother for me".
Other than Marky Mark, the movie was good and showing the soldiers involved at the end was a great touch. I am so thankful for the men and women serving my country and Americans should thank the soldiers every time they have the opportunity.
The Lair of the White Worm - 3.5/5 what the fuck. Like a Corman b-horror adaptation (this is taken from a Stoker tale) interspersed with Jodorowsky insanity. Orphaned sisters, who've taken over the B&B their parents ran before mysteriously disappearing nearby, get friendly with a boarder who's doing an archaeology project in their yard. He discovers a serpentine skull, pagan symbols, ancient coins. Then they go to a party celebrating a local holiday, where the ancestors of an eccentric and rich young lord (hugh grant) supposedly killed the local dragon by cutting it in half. There's a folk rock song explaining the tale. The archaeologist and one of the sisters see a mysterious car on their walk back home—the rarely-seen Lady Sylvia Marsh. From there? Femdom fetishization, dildos, hermaphrodites, dick jokes, religious fuckery, nightmare sequences filmed on video with terrible effects, nuns, venom puns, castration. This is my first Ken Russell film (The Devils, Altered States been on the watchlist for a long while) and if his others have half the insanity I'll be pleased.
ViewtifulJC
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read that as "The Lair of the White Woman"
I was like "show me the way breh"
I was like "show me the way breh"
freeofgreed
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Just finished watching Twelve Monkeys and it wasn't the type of movie I was expecting at all. I liked the concept but I really wasn't too keen on the execution. This along with True Romance have Brad Pitt's most unorthodox roles and it was cool seeing him play a character he'd probably never play today.
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