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Extra Sauce
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The Watch: I think the critics were wrong on this one. The movie is not a homerun, but you can tell it's written by Evan Goldberg & Seth Rogen and the cast is pretty top notch with Jonah Hill stealing the show. If you liked Pineapple Express and would like a similarly-toned movie with aliens instead of drug dealers and repressed suburban males instead of stoners, check this one out.
Blake'sGrave
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Just watched The Birds for the first time ever, and fuck me it was good.
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Synecdoche, New York -
I enjoyed this film, it was certainly bleak and quite the mind trip!
Good performances as well.
3.5/5
I enjoyed this film, it was certainly bleak and quite the mind trip!
Good performances as well.
3.5/5
Rhomega Beta
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Arthur Christmas. A cute movie dealing with old fashioned vs. new fashioned, or put another way, magic vs. technology. I enjoyed it, but I don't see it as a Christmas classic.
I really enjoyed Hitchcock
I really enjoyed The Hobbit
I probably should give more of my thoughts on the movies I watch, I probably watch top 10 most movies in this thread but give the least thought on them.
even though they it focused entirely on Psycho
I really enjoyed The Hobbit
even though peter jackson was blowing me decided to quit half way so he can make it into 2/3 parts you going to get raped dragon!
I probably should give more of my thoughts on the movies I watch, I probably watch top 10 most movies in this thread but give the least thought on them.
I think The Birds is my least favorite of the 'big' Hitchcock movies and I think only Hitchcock himself is what makes this movie work; Besides the class of his typical direction I didn't care much for it.
fierrotlepou
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Toy Story 3 is superior to Toy Story 2 because of one thing and one thing only: Jessie. She's annoying. Incredibly annoying.
Charles Foster Kane
Rosebud
My thought exactly. It's an interesting watch if you're seeing most of his filmography, but I see it as his weakest big movie.
It's great and I love it, but it's almost a remake/reboot.
i was able to see a movie while in india!
watched:
the hobbit (48fps) * it lacks the pacing and scope of the lotr, and has a bunch of faceless aimless characters. maybe its because this is the only book i've read from the series, but there isn't much going on in the movie that couldn't have taken 45 minutes max. tedious and boring.
48fps isn't awful, but it's not very purposely used - 3d looks better, but the 3d is ill-used at best, not much depth or interesting compositions. i suspect a good director might find use for it - maybe by shooting at 48 and clocking down - but it's not a b/w to color leap much less a silent/sound leap.
really bummed about not having movies to watch. though i've been checking up on my reading and uh persona 4.
i should be trying to watching all these bollywood movies for icm, but christ they are like 4 hours long
watched:
the hobbit (48fps) * it lacks the pacing and scope of the lotr, and has a bunch of faceless aimless characters. maybe its because this is the only book i've read from the series, but there isn't much going on in the movie that couldn't have taken 45 minutes max. tedious and boring.
48fps isn't awful, but it's not very purposely used - 3d looks better, but the 3d is ill-used at best, not much depth or interesting compositions. i suspect a good director might find use for it - maybe by shooting at 48 and clocking down - but it's not a b/w to color leap much less a silent/sound leap.
really bummed about not having movies to watch. though i've been checking up on my reading and uh persona 4.
i should be trying to watching all these bollywood movies for icm, but christ they are like 4 hours long
Funny story about this when I flew from India. Back in my hometown, my family and I had bought tickets to see Tomorrow Never Dies. But after having bought the tickets, they wouldn't let us in because I was under age (even in the company of two adults and I was probably around 11 so it should've been okay). So that night was pretty much ruined. But later on a flight to India, they showed it anyway as the in-flight movie so I got to see it for free.
where in india do you live?
the theater was really nice, assigned seating, nice snacks. most people were polite.
Illithid Dude
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I'm watching Rashomon right now. So far, so good!
Top 5 movies of all time for me. Love that film.
Frustrated_Grunt
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Watched The Hobbit
8/10
Was a bit more sillier than the original Lord of the Rings movies, which kind of threw me off. Lots of exposition at the beginning, with the explanation of what the dwarves were fighting and why, but it really picks up in the second half. The riddle scene was probably the best scene in the movie. Looking forward to the next two films.
So good you're browsing GAF at the same time.
Catch-22 - Euhhh. I kinda enjoyed it, but the book is much better and it was totally different then I pictured it.
Oslo, 31. august - Very good character driven drama, which uses the pitfalls of drug-addiction drama to its advantage. Highly recommended.
Che sau AKA Motorway - Not nearly enough awesome chases, and the rest was cliche, boring and not particularly well made.
British Monsoon
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Logan's Run - 3/5 - love the imaginative premise and 70's futuristic setting. Michael York is good in the lead role, but the story starts to unravel badly in the final third. Still, a fun and campy science-fiction film I found perfectly suited to a lazy Sunday.
Messofanego
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Genuinely good bollywood movies are hard to come by, and I was grown up on them.
Do Bigha Zamin (1953), I think won something at Cannes.
Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959), Sholay (1975), Salaam Bombay! (1988),Lagaan (2001), Swades (2004), Peepli Live (2010) or Udaan (2010).
Maybe it's nostalgia, but I love Dil Se (1998) probably for its amazing cinematography (and songs that made A R Rahman a household name). Watch on youtube.
Rock of Ages Didn't know it was a musical, so bad. Tom Cruise was ok though. Been watching bad movies every sunday recently, this movie ranks in the middle of them I think. Not as good as Space Jam and The Expendables 2, but better than Super mario bros, Iron Sky and the awful, awful, awful Jack and Jill (NEVER watch that movie).
Poimandres
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Shivers is one of the few Cronenberg films I hadn't seen yet. It was pretty interesting, but definitely low budget and pretty messy technically. I guess that's to be expected for a debut. The themes revolving around parasites, controlled behaviour and fleshy exploits are favourites for Cronenberg. I got some chuckles out of a few of the attacks, but I think this kind of stuff was better executed in his later films (especially his 80s stuff).
Count Dookkake
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I'm hungry... hungry for love!
Poimandres
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Hahaha yes! At the end of the day, doesn't seem like possession is such a bad thing.
Aah, no I live in Sweden, I was just there with my family for two weeks back in the day. It's just that I get a bit giddy thinking about how things turned out
Charles Foster Kane
Rosebud
We already had this year's. Maybe next year.
I am interested. I've watched some film I've loved a lot recently.
SCULLIBUNDO
Banned
I'll post my top 10 at the end of Feb, once I've seen the ones I've been most anticipating.
cajolejuice makes the yearly top ten thread, but it's for individual years not all-time. I don't know if he's doing it again, but it normally happens late January I believe
Flight
Really good. Starts out with some great action sequences, then turns into an addiction drama. Chilling though. Denzel really pulls this role off. He's probably one of my favorite actors, in training day i was intimidated and scared of this dude. Here I'm ashamed by looking at this guy who can't stop drinking.
Zemekis really takes this movie down to the wire, and i enjoy the focus on the human drama, of the hero who can do it all, even while high on coke.
This movie above all seemed so true to me. So many times i was cringing because of this dude. So many times i wanted to look away from this train wreck. Yet you can't and it's all fascinating to watch.
4/5 stars
Really good. Starts out with some great action sequences, then turns into an addiction drama. Chilling though. Denzel really pulls this role off. He's probably one of my favorite actors, in training day i was intimidated and scared of this dude. Here I'm ashamed by looking at this guy who can't stop drinking.
Zemekis really takes this movie down to the wire, and i enjoy the focus on the human drama, of the hero who can do it all, even while high on coke.
This movie above all seemed so true to me. So many times i was cringing because of this dude. So many times i wanted to look away from this train wreck. Yet you can't and it's all fascinating to watch.
4/5 stars
Dragoon En Regalia
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Nosferatu (Murnau)
I can accept slow pacing for silent films in general, but there comes a time when a director has put in too many bed-time shots; in Nosferatu's case, I don't need to see Mr. Hutter waning and waxing that much. This just felt ridiculous and distracted me from the true horrors lying within Count Orlok's castle and, well, the baddy himself. I know that this movie's aged darn well, but I think Murnau could have handled the pacing in sequences regarding the Hutter's relationship and their daily routine.
All gripes aside, I stared in awe at the final moments, knowing full and well that Mrs. Hutter might not escape alive. It's a great treasure of Gothic expressionism, and I'm glad that enough copies survived for restorers to bring it back out into the world. What more can I say that hasn't already been said? Max Schreck embodies a supernatural force beyond explanation, yet understandably fatal around those it antagonizes. Murnau's wonderful location shots evoke fantasy without going overboard; certain shots felt more conservative than I expected, though the shadow-attack stuff looked real neat. Ultimately, the film transcends its spooky scenario and presents themes like evil-as-plague, the ignorance of Western European middle-class citizens, and even maternity, all in a stylized form. I certainly feel an unearthly terror behind Count Orlok that works both because of its physical dangers and philosophical implications.
So yeah. Joe Bob sez check it out!
****
Cutter's Way (Passer)
Take Cutter's advice: never orgy with a monkey.
I absolutely did not expect this film to turn out so low-key. Hell, most of the action in the film occurs at the start and coda of the whole featurewhat fun! Yet, Passer's best film makes merriment out of its impressive dramatis personae, each of which has a well-rounded, complex personality and backstory. If anything, this is the quintessential slice-of-life neo-noir. For most of the film, the central conflict revolves around a Vietnam veteran's desperate wishes for power and self-actualization in an American borderland called Santa Barbara, CA. I definitely don't think the film deals with truly original content, nor does Cutter's character seem as particularly unique as some would say. But I'll be damned if I can't proclaim this film as a new favorite.
Think about it: this film and many others, like Heaven's Gate and The Stunt Man, represented the end of the American New Wave. It provides a unique approach to infusing social commentary with an exciting family drama that starts out like film noir and sublimates into a thriller by the end. The movie's ending encapsulates the central theme of indecision in an amoral world, where no world-view is any more true than the other; Bone's final decision no doubt changes his life forever, but what happens afterwards is another story entirely. Instead, Passer and Jeffrey Fiskin focus on that slow-burn build-up, and the ending orgasm proves both necessary and endlessly satisfying. I never thought a horse ride could amuse me so much!
I like Creator, but I love Cutter's Way. What I find interesting about these two films is that they feature great casts; of course, neither did well at the box office. John Heard is to this film as Peter O'Toole is to the other. I could also put it like this: Heard is to Jeff Bridges as De Niro is to Harvey Keitel in Mean Streets. They have brilliant chemistry, yet it's the deuteragonist in both stories that chews the scenery. One-track-mindedness takes the forefront in this sordid tale, and I wouldn't have it any other way. What seems horrendous and hypocriticaloften times outright contradictorybecomes matter-of-fact as Cutter builds a way out of life off of spurious assumptions. The female actors also succeed in portraying affected dames who live on the periphery of male gaming; in general, the supporting cast buttresses the already immersive Heard and Bridges duo. Cutter's Way started out as Cutter and Bone, and its slang-city roots feed through the actors like old, healthy trees.
Joe Bob sez bars get trashed, cars get burntcheck it out!
*****
I can accept slow pacing for silent films in general, but there comes a time when a director has put in too many bed-time shots; in Nosferatu's case, I don't need to see Mr. Hutter waning and waxing that much. This just felt ridiculous and distracted me from the true horrors lying within Count Orlok's castle and, well, the baddy himself. I know that this movie's aged darn well, but I think Murnau could have handled the pacing in sequences regarding the Hutter's relationship and their daily routine.
All gripes aside, I stared in awe at the final moments, knowing full and well that Mrs. Hutter might not escape alive. It's a great treasure of Gothic expressionism, and I'm glad that enough copies survived for restorers to bring it back out into the world. What more can I say that hasn't already been said? Max Schreck embodies a supernatural force beyond explanation, yet understandably fatal around those it antagonizes. Murnau's wonderful location shots evoke fantasy without going overboard; certain shots felt more conservative than I expected, though the shadow-attack stuff looked real neat. Ultimately, the film transcends its spooky scenario and presents themes like evil-as-plague, the ignorance of Western European middle-class citizens, and even maternity, all in a stylized form. I certainly feel an unearthly terror behind Count Orlok that works both because of its physical dangers and philosophical implications.
So yeah. Joe Bob sez check it out!
****
Cutter's Way (Passer)
Take Cutter's advice: never orgy with a monkey.
I absolutely did not expect this film to turn out so low-key. Hell, most of the action in the film occurs at the start and coda of the whole featurewhat fun! Yet, Passer's best film makes merriment out of its impressive dramatis personae, each of which has a well-rounded, complex personality and backstory. If anything, this is the quintessential slice-of-life neo-noir. For most of the film, the central conflict revolves around a Vietnam veteran's desperate wishes for power and self-actualization in an American borderland called Santa Barbara, CA. I definitely don't think the film deals with truly original content, nor does Cutter's character seem as particularly unique as some would say. But I'll be damned if I can't proclaim this film as a new favorite.
Think about it: this film and many others, like Heaven's Gate and The Stunt Man, represented the end of the American New Wave. It provides a unique approach to infusing social commentary with an exciting family drama that starts out like film noir and sublimates into a thriller by the end. The movie's ending encapsulates the central theme of indecision in an amoral world, where no world-view is any more true than the other; Bone's final decision no doubt changes his life forever, but what happens afterwards is another story entirely. Instead, Passer and Jeffrey Fiskin focus on that slow-burn build-up, and the ending orgasm proves both necessary and endlessly satisfying. I never thought a horse ride could amuse me so much!
I like Creator, but I love Cutter's Way. What I find interesting about these two films is that they feature great casts; of course, neither did well at the box office. John Heard is to this film as Peter O'Toole is to the other. I could also put it like this: Heard is to Jeff Bridges as De Niro is to Harvey Keitel in Mean Streets. They have brilliant chemistry, yet it's the deuteragonist in both stories that chews the scenery. One-track-mindedness takes the forefront in this sordid tale, and I wouldn't have it any other way. What seems horrendous and hypocriticaloften times outright contradictorybecomes matter-of-fact as Cutter builds a way out of life off of spurious assumptions. The female actors also succeed in portraying affected dames who live on the periphery of male gaming; in general, the supporting cast buttresses the already immersive Heard and Bridges duo. Cutter's Way started out as Cutter and Bone, and its slang-city roots feed through the actors like old, healthy trees.
Joe Bob sez bars get trashed, cars get burntcheck it out!
*****
London (Hunter Richards, USA 2005, IMDb): the first 70 minutes or so of this movie are comprised of rich bored attractive young people doing impressive amounts of drugs while pseudo-intellectually (which some of said participants cavalierly admit though) waxing on and off about God and religion. Screentime is mostly shared between the characters Bateman (Statham out of his comfort zone) and Syd (Chris Evans, who I liked more when he was diving in cooling reservoirs aboard the Icarus II). Bateman's a character of broad tastes, including paying women to shit on him. The reason for this is explained later. Syd, meanwhile, has developed a heartbreaking inferiority complex because his ex dumped him for a 10.5 inch cock. To be fair, his ex is played by Jessica Biel, so it seems heartfelt.
It takes Richards about 70 minutes before some genuine, realistic and humane dialogue comes up. Now these minutes work pretty well but it's definitely a case of too little too late. Statham's 'impotent rage' monologue was fun though.
Welp. This is supposed to be the best of the Moore Bonds? And one of the best in the franchise?
I'm pretty sure I hated it.
No and no.
That's the sad truth.
Fallout-NL
Member
It's been ages since I've seen it, but I seem to remember that 'The Spy Who Loved Me' had a pretty good sense of journey/travel. I liked it when I was younger.
GhostRidah
Member
Yea this movie was a surprise to me, pretty funny film.
kinoki
Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we make promise only; pain we obey.
The Man With The Golden Gun disagrees with this statement. But apart from that it's correct.
My memory of them is that they (or at the least ones I had already seen) were pretty shitty, so (re)watching some of these I already went in with the expectation that they were going to be bad. But I had heard a lot of praise for The Spy Who Loved Me as one of the good ones (for both Moore and the series in general), and one that wasn't overly silly -- and it was just bad too.
Next on my Bond watch is For Your Eyes Only (skipping Moonraker because I remember that one well enough and fuck it).
Guys... I just watched Prometheus...
I lowered my expectations as much as I could. Really. I prepared myself for the disappointment I was about to witness. But this... this is shit in its most pure form.
Holy shit I almost lost faith in the medium because of this abomination.
I lowered my expectations as much as I could. Really. I prepared myself for the disappointment I was about to witness. But this... this is shit in its most pure form.
Holy shit I almost lost faith in the medium because of this abomination.
Gorgeous, isn't it?
One of the better Moore-Bond movies, but I still wasn't a fan.
Skipping Moonraker? But you'll miss out on BOOOONNND IN SPAAAACE.
I watched all the Bond movies in quite rapid succession (1 or sometimes 2 each day), something I can definitely recommend NOT doing since they all blur together into one big mediocre blob. I feel like there aren't a lot of Bond-movies that are actually good movies.
oh give me a break
Exactly. I also rewatched it again a few days ago and while it's definitely flawed it's not that bad.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
This is almost a ridiculous reaction on par with CaptYamato's "Avengers worst movie EVEEEEER destroyed my childhood and raped my mother" vendetta
Man, the colors, the editing... I HATE the fact that I hadn't the chance to see it in theatre
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