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roosters93
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The Thing (1982) - My kind of horror film. The kind that never actually gets scary.
Great mood and Kurt Russell is boss as always.
Great mood and Kurt Russell is boss as always.
Expendable.
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Naked - Only one of the few Leigh movies I've seen. Thewlis is just fantastic, really loved it.
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind & The Castle in the Sky - Sorry, just not a Miyazki fan and anime in general. There are moments of beauty in his films, but the script is just so terrible as are most of the characters in his films. I could see loving these films as a kid, but watching them for the first time, I'll never understand the adoration.
Act of Valor - Blech. One really good action scene, but the non-actors was a terrible idea. Most of the acting is so, so bad. If you thought Sam Worthington was bland in Avatar, etc, just wait for this one. The audience I was with loved it though. I think it hits theaters the end of February.
Unauthorized: The Harvey Weinstein Project - Tells you absolutely nothing you don't already know about Weinstein but entertaining portrait of the producer nonetheless.
What the fuck? Way to throw away any opinion you ever had on any movie or TV show down the drain. You can never, ever say you can multitask very well, since you'll never know all of the bits you missed.
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind & The Castle in the Sky - Sorry, just not a Miyazki fan and anime in general. There are moments of beauty in his films, but the script is just so terrible as are most of the characters in his films. I could see loving these films as a kid, but watching them for the first time, I'll never understand the adoration.
Act of Valor - Blech. One really good action scene, but the non-actors was a terrible idea. Most of the acting is so, so bad. If you thought Sam Worthington was bland in Avatar, etc, just wait for this one. The audience I was with loved it though. I think it hits theaters the end of February.
Unauthorized: The Harvey Weinstein Project - Tells you absolutely nothing you don't already know about Weinstein but entertaining portrait of the producer nonetheless.
What the fuck? Way to throw away any opinion you ever had on any movie or TV show down the drain. You can never, ever say you can multitask very well, since you'll never know all of the bits you missed.
beelzebozo
Jealous Bastard
yeah, i know, i know. all the people who surround me socially--my girl, my best friend, and so on--they were extremely touched by it. there were parts of it that worked for me, but i was pretty disconnected from the meditative shots of nature and volcanoes, and thought anything with sean penn was weaker than weak. the strongest part of the film for me was definitely the time spent around the dad, and it's clearly meant to be the film's anchor, but it wasn't strong enough to heave the mighty weight of the things that surrounded it. i respect the effort and the idea, but feel it could have been much better by separating the wheat from the chaff.
i would take THIS BOY'S LIFE over TREE OF LIFE a hundred times over, as far as dealing with a complicated father relationship in small town life goes. they're obviously not one-to-one, but the feeling of being boxed in and torn between parental figures--one a nurturing mother and the other an intimidating and punitive father--is there.
anyway, i realize i could be the outlier on this subject. i just didn't experience it as the emotional rollercoaster others did. i found it, as i say, somewhat ponderous and not really breaking any new ground whatsoever.
wow. that is awesome. maybe ill setup a second tv and watch two movies at once
Watched Godfather p.3, rewatched the new world (blu ray, finally) and watched Zodiac.
GF III was by far the weakest of the trilogy, but i gotta say.. i really don't care that much for any of them.
I can see why they are so loved, but they didn't do much for me.
Didn't connect with the characters (most of them, anyway) and some of the acting felt really weird and staged.
It still was an enjoyable ride, because the films have a great scope and huge attention to details, but still, it's not gonna be a trilogy that i'll "never forget" or anything.
The New World is still awesome, it was my favorite movie ever, and it's still up there (although i don't know if right at the top); the only two problems i have with it, is that some of the voice over is a bit corny and repetitive, at times (nothing against VO in general, mind you) and Colin Farrel's face.
I think he's perfect to represent how pathetic Smith is in the movie, but his face, i can't stand it, i just realized.
And that's too bad, since i've ordered the BD of Alexander.
The ending [of tnw] chokes me up every time.
Oh, and Zodiac, ah it was a great and fun ride, admittedly, i was a bit underwhelmed by
, but still an extremely satisfying movie to watch.
One thing though: the film seems
what's the deal with that?
GF III was by far the weakest of the trilogy, but i gotta say.. i really don't care that much for any of them.
I can see why they are so loved, but they didn't do much for me.
Didn't connect with the characters (most of them, anyway) and some of the acting felt really weird and staged.
It still was an enjoyable ride, because the films have a great scope and huge attention to details, but still, it's not gonna be a trilogy that i'll "never forget" or anything.
The New World is still awesome, it was my favorite movie ever, and it's still up there (although i don't know if right at the top); the only two problems i have with it, is that some of the voice over is a bit corny and repetitive, at times (nothing against VO in general, mind you) and Colin Farrel's face.
I think he's perfect to represent how pathetic Smith is in the movie, but his face, i can't stand it, i just realized.
And that's too bad, since i've ordered the BD of Alexander.
The ending [of tnw] chokes me up every time.
Oh, and Zodiac, ah it was a great and fun ride, admittedly, i was a bit underwhelmed by
the lake scene, because of GAF's huge hype
One thing though: the film seems
biased, towards pointing at Leigh as the Zodiac, though every practical evidence discarded this (at the end says that the dna test was negative),
Water for Elephants
Why does Robert Pattinson smile every single time the camera is one him?
Something terrible just happened...*Smiles*
Something good just happened...*Smiles*
Nothing important is going on...*Smiles*
Camera just happens to be on you...*Smiles*
The actual story was cliched but entertaining, and some of the supporting cast was surprisingly good. If there is any reason to watch this movies, it has to be Rosie the elephant.
So fucking adorable!
Why does Robert Pattinson smile every single time the camera is one him?
Something terrible just happened...*Smiles*
Something good just happened...*Smiles*
Nothing important is going on...*Smiles*
Camera just happens to be on you...*Smiles*
The actual story was cliched but entertaining, and some of the supporting cast was surprisingly good. If there is any reason to watch this movies, it has to be Rosie the elephant.
So fucking adorable!
Expendable.
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Incendies? Yeah, people seem to adore that film and I don't get it.
TheKaeptain
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They really do this? Fucking weirdos.
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream (2005)
Documentary that focuses on six cult low-budget films that had runs in midnight theatres throughout the 70s, and the effect that they had on how films are both watched and made. The films it focused on were Night of the Living Dead, El Topo, The Harder They Come, Pink Flamingos, The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Eraserhead. It mainly consisted of interviews with the directors but definitely worth a watch if you're interested in any of those films, or if you just want to look into the midnight movie scene that was created in the 70s. It was decent Sunday afternoon viewing.
It's made me want to watch a lot of B-movies actually.
Documentary that focuses on six cult low-budget films that had runs in midnight theatres throughout the 70s, and the effect that they had on how films are both watched and made. The films it focused on were Night of the Living Dead, El Topo, The Harder They Come, Pink Flamingos, The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Eraserhead. It mainly consisted of interviews with the directors but definitely worth a watch if you're interested in any of those films, or if you just want to look into the midnight movie scene that was created in the 70s. It was decent Sunday afternoon viewing.
It's made me want to watch a lot of B-movies actually.
Max Armstrong
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Don't know if you were talking about me, but I do watch a lot of 30's-40's stuff. Never saw the remake of The Thing though, but saw the Howard Hawk's one.
Also wtf at people watching movies at 1.5 speed, I don't even get the point other than they want to check more movies on ICM, in that case harrsionfordwhogivesashit.gif
No no, Incendies i still have to see.
Incendiary it's this one.
Incendies is from the same director of Polytechnique, so i'm actually positive about that, it's in the queue.
BobsRevenge
I do not avoid women, GAF, but I do deny them my essence.
The first half is the point. The point of the movie is clinical depression. The second half examines clinical depression by imposing the feeling of it on the characters who don't suffer from the affliction.
The second half could've been an entire film unto itself, but Lars Von Trier was making an artistic expression of his personality. He tried to explain it by showing you the abrasive reality that is hard to sympathize with. Then he used the cosmic act of a planet crashing into a planet to illustrate why Dunst acts like she does.
The first half is the reality. The second half is the sympathy. It is a movie structured for you to understand what clinical depression might feel like.
So, like, let that sink in. Lars Von Trier's method of making the reality of how deep his depression can go understandable to people who don't deal with it was to present a planet crashing into a planet and destroying all life. It's not a movie that everyone is going to like, but it is a movie that everyone should understand.
TheKaeptain
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haha, i watched the silent french movies for a class in x1.5. it actually made them much more enjoyable
haha, i watched the silent french movies for a class in x1.5. it actually made them much more enjoyable
I watched Benny Hill in x0.5, chase sequences were dope.
You guys can say and think this all you want, but yes, I can multitask. Besides I don't do it all the time, only when I am very bored already. So I dont think it would have changed my opinion on The Tree Of Life.
This is exactly how I felt.
Count Dookkake
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Count Dookkake
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"Agree to disagree" is for losers.
And this thread is for people who watch movies.
Your opinion is no longer of any use.
British Monsoon
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Even if you can multi-task while watching films, you're pretty much invalidating your own opinion by admitting it.
"Here's my views on something I didn't devote my full attention to".
"Here's my views on something I didn't devote my full attention to".
AgentChris
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Attack the Block is really good? I'll get that on blu-ray then.
Bunch of Movie Nazis in here. If I ever post my opinion about a movie in here, which I rarely do anyway, I will start it off with a percentage of how much attention it was given lol.
Anyway, how is that movie by the director of Hero? I think its called Noodle Shop?
I wouldn't say it's really good at all, it's pretty much the opposite actually.
Care to explain? A few people here have recommended it and I was going to buy the blu soon.
British Monsoon
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I thought it was entertaining and good fun, great special effects given the budget. Nothing spectacular though.
+1. I did not care for Attack the Block at all. Thought the movie itself was very mediocre and I hated the group of protagonists, but the latter is personal I guess.
Fallout-NL
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It's fun for a single viewing. And the effects are well done, better than what most SF come up with on bigger budgets. But the film itself... didn't really like it that much and I hated the characters for about 85% of the time.
It's a really fun movie. A good combination of horror and comedy, with a little social commentary mixed in. Not going to change the world as some reviews might claim, but it's enjoyable.
Nothing about it did it for me. If you've seen Kidulthood and thought it would be better with dudes in fluffy suits jumping around then I'm sure you'll love it. Problem is the monsters aren't threatening, the cast are all wankers and the jokes would have been funny 10 years ago. It's like a typical invasion movie but with brups instead of small-town Americans.
BaronLundi
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The long goodbye (Robert Altman)
First viewing. Just fantastic. Wicked song too (it'd better be, considering).
Seeing a totally unexpected moustached Schwarzenegger was just icing on the cake. Which I wouldn't have noticed if I was checking my mail, doing my laundry, texting my mates, or looking for porn while watching.
Which is but a fancy way of saying you don't mind screwing up several things at the same time.
First viewing. Just fantastic. Wicked song too (it'd better be, considering).
Seeing a totally unexpected moustached Schwarzenegger was just icing on the cake. Which I wouldn't have noticed if I was checking my mail, doing my laundry, texting my mates, or looking for porn while watching.
Which is but a fancy way of saying you don't mind screwing up several things at the same time.
the girl with the dragon tattoo (2011)
fincher's version is clearly better than the 2008 one, but still somewhat of a disappointment.
there's little depth to most of the seemingly important characters, but minor details from the book are given more room. the film's core relationship is just suddenly there and only because the two main characters say so. it exists only through brief exposition. the movie doesn't sell us on it.
it's an uneven and fractured film. even at 2 hours and 40 minutes it seems to never have time to tell a story, but instead hastily jumps from one plot point to the next without actually connecting the dots. the pacing is off. a lot of time is spent with details of a case we're never made to care about. much of the investigation is simply going through the motions of fairly cliched film detective work, with little emotional context or impact.
"soon you'll know us all too well, with my apologies", henrik vanger says about his family at one point. but it's a lie. we barely get to know them. hell, we don't even get to see most of the family members, and the ones we do see have very little of relevance to say or very little to say period - they are not given much screen time.
still, the acting is superb for the most part, even if it's all very distant and calculated. the themes may be bleak, the content brutal, but the resulting movie is harmless. there is no emotional hook, no punch, not even a climax or a satisfying mystery. the most curious part is how it all just slowly winds down in a somewhat pointlessly elaborate epilogue, without leaving much of an impression. but then, maybe the source material wasn't all that great to begin with...
fincher's version is clearly better than the 2008 one, but still somewhat of a disappointment.
there's little depth to most of the seemingly important characters, but minor details from the book are given more room. the film's core relationship is just suddenly there and only because the two main characters say so. it exists only through brief exposition. the movie doesn't sell us on it.
it's an uneven and fractured film. even at 2 hours and 40 minutes it seems to never have time to tell a story, but instead hastily jumps from one plot point to the next without actually connecting the dots. the pacing is off. a lot of time is spent with details of a case we're never made to care about. much of the investigation is simply going through the motions of fairly cliched film detective work, with little emotional context or impact.
"soon you'll know us all too well, with my apologies", henrik vanger says about his family at one point. but it's a lie. we barely get to know them. hell, we don't even get to see most of the family members, and the ones we do see have very little of relevance to say or very little to say period - they are not given much screen time.
still, the acting is superb for the most part, even if it's all very distant and calculated. the themes may be bleak, the content brutal, but the resulting movie is harmless. there is no emotional hook, no punch, not even a climax or a satisfying mystery. the most curious part is how it all just slowly winds down in a somewhat pointlessly elaborate epilogue, without leaving much of an impression. but then, maybe the source material wasn't all that great to begin with...
Yay, watched some good movies!
SUPER
Totally surprised by this, expected something dumb, got a dark and grotesque super hero movie. Really shows the madness that should lie within every comic book hero and villain. Enjoyed it a lot. (Edit: Man everyone was god damn nuts in this)
TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY
Very good stuff. Clever, great performances, looked superb. I wasn't confused by the story but I did think it wrapped up rather quickly, I'm thinking about going to it again to catch up on stuff I've missed and see if that helps it. Even with that I was glued to the screen every minute.
CITIZEN KANE
Still quite good, but like last time I'm having a hard time completely understanding Kane as a character and what motivates him.
POLICE ACADEMY
Had to rewatch the first movie when I heard there's a reboot on the way, it's a favorite from the past. Yeah...
Up next: Gladiator, Kingdom of Heaven, Children of Men
SUPER
Totally surprised by this, expected something dumb, got a dark and grotesque super hero movie. Really shows the madness that should lie within every comic book hero and villain. Enjoyed it a lot. (Edit: Man everyone was god damn nuts in this)
TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY
Very good stuff. Clever, great performances, looked superb. I wasn't confused by the story but I did think it wrapped up rather quickly, I'm thinking about going to it again to catch up on stuff I've missed and see if that helps it. Even with that I was glued to the screen every minute.
CITIZEN KANE
Still quite good, but like last time I'm having a hard time completely understanding Kane as a character and what motivates him.
POLICE ACADEMY
Had to rewatch the first movie when I heard there's a reboot on the way, it's a favorite from the past. Yeah...
Up next: Gladiator, Kingdom of Heaven, Children of Men
TheKaeptain
Banned
35mm screening of Duck Soup. Amazing. It's so fucking nuts I couldn't stop laughing.
Anguish: Eheheh, very cool
horror, though i've always wondered
Threads: Although not technically flawless, i think this raughness played in its favour, making some scenes really stand out as very powerful
.
Some logical steps were cloudy to me, but it's still a very good attempt at something realistic and gutwrenching.
The Ascent: easily the best of the three, an amazing photography and some powerful performances.
It gets REALLY awesome, around an hour in.
meta
how effective subliminal messages in films really are.
Threads: Although not technically flawless, i think this raughness played in its favour, making some scenes really stand out as very powerful
dat hospital scene
Some logical steps were cloudy to me, but it's still a very good attempt at something realistic and gutwrenching.
The Ascent: easily the best of the three, an amazing photography and some powerful performances.
It gets REALLY awesome, around an hour in.
SCULLIBUNDO
Banned
In for a treat.
Absolutely brilliant. I love black comedies, and this was truly something else. The casting was excellent. When Mozart first appeared on screen I said to myself "what a bad choice", but after 5 minutes I ate my words. I watched this with a friend who has zero interest in classical music, and he was glues to the screen all the way. We were shocked to learn that we had just watched a 3 hour movie. It truly went by fast.
I don't rate movies, but this is easily 10/10 for me. Highly recommended.
YES. Don't know if you're into reading imdb trivia, but there's some nice details in there.
Harakiri- God this movie is tense and much more brutal than I thought it was going to be. Loved how they slowly revealed the ends Motome was at. When I first saw him and what he was trying to do I felt the same way the Iyi clan did, but became very sympathetic (obviously) when his story is told.
13 Assassins remake- Having not seen the original I really enjoyed this one too. I imagine the
were a Miike addition? Exactly his kind of style. Very cool last battle scene but I do have a question.
Gonna keep going with these Samurai flicks and check out The Loyal 47 Ronin, Lady Snowblood and maybe Samurai Rebellion.
13 Assassins remake- Having not seen the original I really enjoyed this one too. I imagine the
family being arrowed to death and the limbless woman
Is the vagabond they meet in the forest supposed to be a wood spirit? It's obviously an homage to Kikuchiyo from Seven Samurai but he survived after that gut and neck stab soooo.
Gonna keep going with these Samurai flicks and check out The Loyal 47 Ronin, Lady Snowblood and maybe Samurai Rebellion.
awesome!
watched:
The Hopeless Ones (Szegénylegények) **** if you liked the ascent, you'll like this one though it covers a lot of the same ground and ideas as that film, but from a more populist pov.really stark and beautiful b/w photography.
I think he's fairly complex, which is what makes him interesting, but if you want a short answer, what motivates him is love. He wants everyone to love him, and when they don't because he's an ego-maniacal prick, he tries to buy it. His parents were the last people to truly love him unconditionally.
Also on Amadeus, one of my absolute favorites, and I credit it with getting me in to Mozart's music and then from there on to other classical music. His Requiem is still my favorite piece of music ever, and that might not be so if it weren't for that scene. Love to own it on Blu but from what I understand it was one of the early rush jobs when the format was new and looks like shit. Hopefully something better will come along.
Just watched an indie film called Kaboom (2010). It was interesting enough for the first 30 mins and seemed to be about college students awakening sexually and then it went to holy shit territory. Probably a lot better/weirder if your mind is in an altered state when watching.
I didn't really care for it after that initial 30 mins and didn't link the trailer because it shows too much and to experience it properly you need to be in the dark.
I didn't really care for it after that initial 30 mins and didn't link the trailer because it shows too much and to experience it properly you need to be in the dark.
How has it been disappointing? Are you saying that you're watching I Saw the Devil instead of something on Netflix because the movies you've watched on there haven't been your thing or what?
Also, regardless of what you think of the Oscars themselves, I'm kinda curious what the foreign film shortlist is gonna look like. Guess the announcement is on Tuesday. The film everyone knows about is obviously Iran's A SEPARATION, but films like Turkey's ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA and Hungary's THE TURIN HORSE are festival darlings. And then there's the whole to do made of Belgium opting for BULLHEAD instead of THE KID WITH A BIKE.
Just for shits and giggles, here's my prediction of the shortlist of 9 that goes out on Tuesday:
Belgium: Bullhead
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Belvedere
Finland: Le Havre
France: Declaration of War
Germany: Pina
Hungary: The Turin Horse
Iran: A Separation
Lebanon: Where Do We Go Now?
Turkey: Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Also, regardless of what you think of the Oscars themselves, I'm kinda curious what the foreign film shortlist is gonna look like. Guess the announcement is on Tuesday. The film everyone knows about is obviously Iran's A SEPARATION, but films like Turkey's ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA and Hungary's THE TURIN HORSE are festival darlings. And then there's the whole to do made of Belgium opting for BULLHEAD instead of THE KID WITH A BIKE.
Just for shits and giggles, here's my prediction of the shortlist of 9 that goes out on Tuesday:
Belgium: Bullhead
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Belvedere
Finland: Le Havre
France: Declaration of War
Germany: Pina
Hungary: The Turin Horse
Iran: A Separation
Lebanon: Where Do We Go Now?
Turkey: Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
AgentChris
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Have you seen The Man From Nowhere? You should watch it, Won Bin is amazing.
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