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I'm watching Prometheus, well, listening to the audio commentary, just wanted to say, this blu ray is utterly incredible, maybe the best looking disc I have. The film has been discussed to death, so I won't bother with that stuff, but it is exceptionally pretty.

EDIT: Some of the scenes that didn't make it might have caused me to enjoy the movie a little more, with some healthy reduction too of course.
 
The Conversation (Francis Ford Coppola)

Slow-burn, incredible tension, and an interesting parallel to today's world. This film is fucking superb. Like amazingly well-made and acted. Some of the shots are genius.

Gene Hackman, wow. I've never seen him as anything other than shouty and angry. He is well-restrained here, almost like Gary Oldman in Tinker Tailor Solider Spy (which I loved, btw).

5/5
 
Glengarry Glen Ross: I had a chance to watch the Broadway revival a couple days ago, and, uh... Pacino made for a much better Roma than he does a Shelley. (That or he just doesn't give much of a shit anymore, which is more than possible too.) Anyways, I watched the film today with a couple friends and it was great. The addition of Baldwin's scene at the beginning is completley unnecessary given how clever Mamet is at dispensing important information without the audience ever realizing it, but who gives a shit. Baldwin's speech is fantastic. If a movie's going to have extra exposition, then I'd certainly want it like this. Great performances from the ensemble, lots of fun.
 
Acid08 said:
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Third time watching this. When "Separate Ways" come on it's pretty much the best and I ain't even mad at the picture as a whole. I kinda like this movie.
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Only watched the movie the once while I was bonged and was utterly mesmerised by it.
 
Heathers (1988) - 3/5 - it's been years since I've seen this, but I very much enjoyed watching it again, even if it is now showing its age. The films brand of heavy-handed irony requires a fairly large suspension of disbelief, as Victoria (Winona Ryder) & J.D. (Christian Slater) attempt to improve their school through the murder of the insipid, spoilt upper echelons of high school society. The whole thing plays out like a lurid fantasy of teen disillusionment, replete with a black sense of wit and biting criticism about high school life, exaggerated here for effect, and the inept manner in which our society attempts to cope with teen angst and tragedy. But, while the dialogue is snappy and so very quotable, the breezy sense of style and sitcom caricature manner is, at times, almost too much, as the film treads a fine line between satire and farce. For the most part it succeeds, and while distinctly a product of the eighties, Heathers remains an entertaining and, above all, memorable black comedy.
 
True Lies

It was awesome, I ended up enjoying it way more than I'd expected. The movie had a great blend of goofiness and seriousness, there were some holy shit moments in this
(the scene where the guy was blown out the van window and ran over was intense, besides others)
. What I liked the most was that it actually made me laugh out loud many times, I loved that I laughed with the movie and not at it ("I married Rambo" and the bullet proof pole were hilarious). The characters were likable too. Highly enjoyable.
 
Glengarry Glen Ross (Foley, Mamet)

I tried thinking about any little flaws I might have noticed when watching this for the first time.

Its visual style shifts by the act; there's a profuse quantity of needless profanity, especially since Mamet could easily have varied other buffer words or, perhaps, just used silence more overtly; Baldwin's scene feels unnecessary given the little details already present in each dialogue. Overall, though, these issues that threaten to derail a tight, Lumet-like experience only mar it just a bit. Glengarry Glen Ross may not strive to describe the greater conflicts regarding business warfare and the amorality of post-modern living, but it depicts each affected salesman as human, all-too-human.

Perhaps that's how it should be. Not a single individual in this story makes for the door in one piece; hell, Jack Lemmon's character might not make it out after all. He embodies the conflicted spirit of the old salesman order, stuck between family and selling like a sane man in a trash compactor. Everyone around him seems to lack his sense of moral superiority—so he thinks. When a group of guys like this one conspires implodes, there's no way out and no way back in. The film itself works in circular motion, slavishly showing each dude returning to the same arguments in vain.

They're fucked without those leads, and they think they've got plenty to lose. It's not a perfect little movie, but Mamet's perfectly-paced script and the masterful acting in each sequence helps it stand with more influential contemporaries like Reservoir Dogs and Natural Born Killers. Perfection does not a great make, but what's a better cinematic experience for the end of the world than this little ditty?

Joe Bob sez check it out.

*****
 
Charles Foster Kane said:
True Lies

It was awesome, I ended up enjoying it way more than I'd expected. The movie had a great blend of goofiness and seriousness, there were some holy shit moments in this
(the scene where the guy was blown out the van window and ran over was intense, besides others)
. What I liked the most was that it actually made me laugh out loud many times, I loved that I laughed with the movie and not at it ("I married Rambo" and the bullet proof pole were hilarious). The characters were likable too. Highly enjoyable.
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My man.
 
Buckethead said:
No mention of JLC?

Boo.

This is the worst smut I've ever read.
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She had a killer body in this (which really surprised me going by the first scenes). The dancing/strippng scene was wow (even me being gay lol). I was just doing an overview of the movie. If I started pointing out what I liked, I'd have to mention lots of stuff :P
 
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Wasn't really too excited to see this, but I ended up liking it quite a bit. 3D was fairly pointless outside of a few scenes I thought, and the Star Trek preview was awesome, especially the 3D.

Can't wait for the next Hobbit, and now I feel like going back and watching the LOTR trilogy again.
 
Scullibundo said:
Admit it, Charles. Cameron made the best Bond movie you never knew you wanted.
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lol, in fact James Bond did come to mind when watching it, so yes.

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You know, it's a small thing, but I really liked the shots when JLC was being interviewed and you'd see her in that screen with the altered colors. It really caught my attention.
 
I like True Lies a lot, but that comedy plot in the middle goes on for waaaay too fuckin' long. There's a lot of weird indulgences in that movie, and not even...James Cameron indulgences(never thought the man behind Ripley, Sarah Connor, and Lindsey would go the sexism route here with most of his female cast...must've been the divorce).

But when shit blows up, shit blows up good
 
That subplot leads to some of the most hilarious shit though. Maybe he realized just how goddamn golden the character of Simon was and decided to mine that gold. I wouldn't have had it any other way.

Pair of titties that make you wanna get on your knees and beg for buttermilk. Ass like a ten year old boy! :lol
 
My favourite part of all of that is actually one of Arnold's line deliveries.

What about the husbands?

Dickless. I mean, let's face it, if they took care of business, I'd be out of business!

HA HA! Those idiots!
 
Just saw an advanced screening of Les Miserables with the girlfriend. I'm not familiar with the book or the play, but my girlfriend is a huge fan.

She thought it was great, and I was pretty impressed myself. Hugh Jackman was the stand out for me displaying some serious singing and acting chops. Anne Hathaway was also very good. Russell Crow was the weak link and I actually laughed a few times because he sounded so ridiculous.

Quite a good film at the end of the day. Perhaps a little long, but that's faithful to the source material. Beautifully shot, and quite moving at times. Good stuff.
 
First i want to whore myself out to Film-Gaf. I opened up an instargram to start taking pics of what im watching. Add me - drunkonfilm


I watched Dream Home last night. I havent seen it in a while and i forgot how brutal some of the scenes are. The part with the pregnant lady is kind of hard to watch.
 
The Magnificent Ambersons - Tighly shot with not a minute wasted. The last line made absolutely no sense so I've chosen to forget it. Overall I was really impressed.

Gertrud - It's a little slow but Dreyer did a good job of taking his time observing the main character, making use of long shots. What seemed to be stilted at first ended up being quite tragic. I preferred Ordet, but hey, it's hard to top that ending.

Street of Shame - A really great late Mizoguchi film. He tells a sympathetic story of a handful of prostitutes, continuing his selection of films detailing the suffering of women. It's probably my favorite film of his yet. I felt that the ending was more realistic, instead of offering a more transcendental outlook on the characters' plight like Ugetsu or The Story of Chikamatsu.
 
Rewatched Knocked Up, in anticipation for This Is 40 with my mom and sister. Before the whole world hated Katherine Heigl. Made me love the movie all over again with that right amount of heart, drama, hilarious moments, and raunchy jokes. The dialogue feels so improvised and natural. Unlike most romantic comedies, the women aren't painted as cranky bitches, it's bi-partisan and there's reason for everyone's behaviour. My favorite Judd Apatow movie.
 
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How to Steal a Million: This a really charming caper movie. Peter O'Toole was one handsome bugger before he drank his looks away. Like usual he was excellent. Audrey Hepburn may not have been a great actress (she might not even have been a good one), but I don't think anyone has that combination of naive vulnerability and class, and still be likable. She had good comedic timing, as well. This is just one of those films that makes you feel good, and makes you feel like a dick for being a cynical bastard about everything. It now also has one of my favourite screen pairs.
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Spot on. The Hitchcock moment is beyond brilliant. Plus, fun fact, we can thank John Williams for the music.
 
I watched The Yellow Sea yesterday. I liked it even though it kind of reminded me of every other Korean crime film I've seen. Maybe its because they all have so many Koreans in them lol.
 
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Skyfall

It wasn't bad but it was uninspiring.

The cinematography by Deakins and the score by Newman were great but that's the extent of my praise.

The first 20 minutes were a complete waste of time and the rest of the film takes too long to get going.
Die Another Day was obviously bad but they did the old, broken, and resurrected Bond angle better, in my opinion.
Maybe it's the goodwill built up by prior entries but you manage to give a shit about Bond. This one I didn't.

To it's credit, the last 20 minutes are actually quite good but the payoff wasn't satisfying enough to justify the painfully boring middle.
(Why should I care about all these stupid fights against anonymous bad guys?). There are elements of a good film here but the majority is like I said, uninspiring.

Please stop making James Bond movies. Or at least stop making bloated epic James Bond movies.
Narrow your focus, limit your set piece moments, and for godssake write better villains.
 
The Lady Eve - Pretty great, excellent mix of slapstick and loved their chemistry. A-
Taken 2 - As expected, Megaton screws up every action scene with atrocious editing but at least this one has some more interesting ideas than the first. C-
Boxcar Bertha - Most interesting was to see how similar Scorsese's second film is with Spielberg's second film. Both are modest Bonnie & Clyde riffs, with Scorsese delivering the violence. Messy, but enjoyable. B-
New York, New York - I was really with this one for the first hour and half or so, but it just goes on and on and on with nothing quite interesting happening. Still really liked De Niro's performance. C+
Frankenweenie - Burton's best movie in years, enjoyed how far it went in the third act. B-

One more Scorsese narrative film to go with Kundun.

Also, I was thinking of putting together a list of the top 50 non-2012 films I watched this year to perhaps post on my site and would post in full here. Just contemplating the interest others would have in it.
 
I'm watching "Flight" right now. Fucking aye, christianity just made a guest appearence...

I'm getting a drink.

EDIT: Do you americans actually have "an act of god" in your legalsystem? smh

EDIT 2: Yup you do. What happened to "seperation of church and state"?
 
Hey guys, has anyone seen Les Mes? I know many GAFfers tend to see stuff early, any impressions? It's funny I'd care, but I saw the trailer before The Hobbit, and it was pretty incredible.
 
StuBurns said:
Hey guys, has anyone seen Les Mes? I know many GAFfers tend to see stuff early, any impressions? It's funny I'd care, but I saw the trailer before The Hobbit, and it was pretty incredible.
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Strong first act, but Tom Hooper can't direct or edit a movie worth shit. Hathaway is great.
 
sefskillz said:
what's a fuckin town with no ducks?
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Hahaha, so many good quotes watching that movie. Saw it on the Netflix but wish there was a subtitle option to fully understand what they are saying. They talk so quick, especially KC-DC. L Double E killed it for me near the end of the movie in that phone booth scene. Deciding on buying the Blu-ray in the next couple days to watch it again.
 
Kilgore Trout said:
Street of Shame - A really great late Mizoguchi film. He tells a sympathetic story of a handful of prostitutes, continuing his selection of films detailing the suffering of women. It's probably my favorite film of his yet. I felt that the ending was more realistic, instead of offering a more transcendental outlook on the characters' plight like Ugetsu or The Story of Chikamatsu.
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My favorite Mizoguchi film. The ending is devastating. If you haven't already seen Women of the Night, put it on your watch list. It is also excellent.
 
THE NO LIFE KING said:
Hahaha, so many good quotes watching that movie. Saw it on the Netflix but wish there was a subtitle option to fully understand what they are saying. They talk so quick, especially KC-DC. L Double E killed it for me near the end of the movie in that phone booth scene. Deciding on buying the Blu-ray in the next couple days to watch it again.
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and a truly wonderful final scene
 
waypoetic said:
I'm watching "Flight" right now. Fucking aye, christianity just made a guest appearence...

I'm getting a drink.

EDIT: Do you americans actually have "an act of god" in your legalsystem? smh

EDIT 2: Yup you do. What happened to "seperation of church and state"?
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pretty sure most legal systems have an "act of god" provision. force majeure, look it up. or continue stereotypical anti-us r/atheism-esque empty insulting, w/e

Also how are you watching Flight in a place where you can pause to get a drink and incorrectly research law? your bio says sweden and the film's not out there yet, and it hasn't had a home release at all. did you get a screener?

edit: for the record I'm not christian and I am american, though I concede that a lot of the country is fucked up. but if you're going to criticize a population you better be right. oh and w.r.t. religion I find criticizing the idea of faith in general to show someone to just be pretty annoying, though I haven't seen Flight so maybe it's overly in-your-face about it.
 
big ander said:
pretty sure most legal systems have an "act of god" provision. force majeure, look it up. or continue stereotypical anti-us r/atheism-esque empty insulting, w/e

Also how are you watching Flight in a place where you can pause to get a drink and incorrectly research law? your bio says sweden and the film's not out there yet, and it hasn't had a home release at all. did you get a screener?

edit: for the record I'm not christian and I am american, though I concede that a lot of the country is fucked up. but if you're going to criticize a population you better be right. oh and w.r.t. religion I find criticizing the idea of faith in general to show someone to just be pretty annoying, though I haven't seen Flight so maybe it's overly in-your-face about it.
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I don't dislike America. I dislike religion. And no, an "act of god" loophole isn't something we have here in Sweden and in our justicesystem. Good thing the story of "Flight" ended like it ended.
 
waypoetic said:
I don't dislike America. I dislike religion. And no, an "act of god" loophole isn't something we have here in Sweden and in our justicesystem. Good thing the story of "Flight" ended like it ended.
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What I can find shows that Sweden, like the entire EU, uses force majeure or "act of god" clauses in contracts. Unless you can find some evidence to the contrary that's what I'll believe. It's also impossibly silly that you're interpreting it as an "act of THE CHRISTIAN GOD" clause. "Act of god" is a turn of phrase meaning "unforeseeable and abnormal circumstance". A driver losing his freight because of a freak flood.
Also, let me point out: this is contract law. The "act of god" law was in Denzel's character's pilot contract, I'm sure. It's not in the freaking constitution. I'm sure contracts in Sweden have force majeure clauses.

As for hating religion: yep, that's the sentiment of a 15yo just discovering Christopher Hitchens. Hating the idea that some people are religious is childish and lacks empathy in just about every way. Dislike the institutions all you want. Organized churches are fucked up. But if a character praying in a movie makes you go "ugh! No! See, science! Neil DeGrasse Tyson! Ugh!" you have a problem.
 
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