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Solo said:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=498991
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Thanks, I did see that on google, I was looking for an OT for some reason, thanks.
Expendable. said:
Strong first act, but Tom Hooper can't direct or edit a movie worth shit. Hathaway is great.
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She looks great just in the trailer, so that seems quite likely. Just the sequence when she's sat in the doorway strangling her hair is pretty great. I liked the King's Speech, it didn't blow me away or anything, but I thought he did a really competent job.

Ultimately, I'll give it a try no doubt, and this has got me wondering. I've never been interested in musicals, I've seen some of them of course, but I've never liked them, Moulin Rouge for example I hated, can anyone recommend a musical that might take my fancy? Of course you don't know what I like, well, some of you might have an idea from other posts, but as I have no distinct taste in musicals, I'm happy to welcome anything people enjoy.
 
I just watched over an hour of uncensored Serbian Movie...

Nothing really happens until that insanely fucked up scene. I'm not squeamish by far but it made me sick, I skimmed quickly through the rest and saw it was maybe even more fucked up from the seconds I saw.

I literally feel like puking. Don't watch this shit. It's closer to some snuff then a legit film.

Bueerp.

I need to watch smth normal asap.
 
big ander said:
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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Going way off-topic here. But i'll just comment your part of me being "childish" for hating religion : nope, i'm not. It's not childish hating something that hates people for who and what they are. Let's not discuss this here.
 
bud said:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAK3aUq25fo
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:lol @ Affleck's playful jab @ To The Wonder near the end.

"Would be very easy to do a silent version of the Malick movie I did, cause no one talked on set." *shrug*
 
smr00 said:
Amazing.

Just noticed they have a ton of these with showrunners and actors. Looks like i found out what i am doing all day tomorrow.
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Yeah, I spent like 6 hours a few weeks ago watching a bunch of these. The drama showrunners, and TV drama actors ones were great. The film actors roundtable was great too. Jamie Foxx's story about meting Denzel is perfect.
 
StuBurns said:
Ultimately, I'll give it a try no doubt, and this has got me wondering. I've never been interested in musicals, I've seen some of them of course, but I've never liked them, Moulin Rouge for example I hated, can anyone recommend a musical that might tackle my fancy? Of course you don't know what I like, well, some of you might have an idea from other posts, but as I have no distinct taste in musicals, I'm happy to welcome anything people enjoy.
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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg and The Young Girls of Rochefort are two of my favorites, if you don't mind French musicals.
 
The Hobbit

While I was entertained and there were some good scenes here and there, it was underwhelming. My biggest gripe is that I cannot get into a movie when any sense of real threat is removed. Granted the same happened at times in LOTR, but it was way more evident here. Also, it seemed to me the movie had sort of an identity crisis, it wanted so bad to be a LOTR movie. I just don't feel the material (at least what was shown) lends itself to that kind of scale. The dread present in the other movies is lost here, it tries to be grandiose and make us feel this impending danger, but all I felt was that there was no need for any rush at all. I didn't sympathize with the motives either (at least not all).

Another issue I have with this, and it may not be with the movie itself, is that I couldn't get why it was important or necessary for Bilbo to take part of the "adventure". Of course that once he is involved there's no turning back
and he may develop reasons for wanting to stay with them later on
, but at the beginning it didn't make that much sense (at least not in the way it was handled). I mean, If it was better explained in the book (if at all), then it'd be Jackson's fault. He had enough time in the movie to clarify such things, but preferred to indulge in others.

All in all I can't say I completely hated it (Gollum was awesome, as was Bilbo), but I couldn't shake off the thought of it being three movies, which bothers me. It feels cheap.
 
I know I said I was going to watch Le Cercle Rouge or Casablanca first but shit happened.

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I'm so glad that I finally watched this. It was long due, I loved every single moment.

I'm going to watch Blue Velvet by Lynch right after I post this. Going in completely blind.
 
EVOL 100% said:
I know I said I was going to watch Le Cercle Rouge or Casablanca first but shit happened.



I'm so glad that I finally watched this. It was long due, I loved every single moment.

I'm going to watch Blue Velvet by Lynch right after I post this. Going in completely blind.
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Good, no better way to watch a movie.

Glad you liked it, it's awesome.
 
Acts of god is technically a subset of Force Majeure in US contract/tort law. Natural catastrophes such as hurricanes or floods are coined as "Acts of god" whereas wars or strikes are not although they can still constitute Force Majeure events.

US law doesn't mind to refer to god in legal term whereas most civil law/EU countries do. As a lawyer and an agnostic I find the constant references to god in the us legal/political system pretty irritating but this particular term is hardly the most problematic. It's a symptom not the disease...
 
Watched Into the Abyss and (for the xth time) Fifth Element, since it was on TV.

Into the Abyss left me kind of unsatisfied, it sure had gut wrenching moments, but at times i felt like Herzog was making a parody out of those people, with them awkwardly holding the photos of the parents and the victim's sister/aunt quickly revealing her absurd streak of unlucky tragedies in quick succession, like in a goddamn Leslie Nielsen movie.
I don't know, those parts felt awkward, but i think it did show the connection between crime/violence and poverty/ignorance very well.
Also the testimony of the executioner near the end, kinda got me.

Fifth Element is a movie i do back and forth on, sometimes i hate it, sometimes i love it, i feel pretty good about it, at the moment.
Some fun editing and possibly the best performance from Milla Jovovich.
Also love Sierra's score, very close to Leon's, which is still one of my absolute favorites.
 
Net_Wrecker said:
Yeah, I spent like 6 hours a few weeks ago watching a bunch of these. The drama showrunners, and TV drama actors ones were great. The film actors roundtable was great too. Jamie Foxx's story about meting Denzel is perfect.
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The male comedian one pissed me off a little. One of the first questions asked was "What other comedy shows do you enjoy" and most of them were baffeled that people would even think to enjoy a show that wasn't TBBT, Two and a half Men, or Modern Family. "Scraping the barrel" one of them said. Most of them didn't even know what adult swim was until Ed Helms brought it up.

I expected at least a mention of community or happy endings or archer or the league or it's always sunny.... Any one of a bunch of great comedy shows.
 
The Man with a Camera **** way good. achieves every one of its aims.
BaronLundi said:
Acts of god is technically a subset of Force Majeure in US contract/tort law. Natural catastrophes such as hurricanes or floods are coined as "Acts of god" whereas wars or strikes are not although they can still constitute Force Majeure events.

US law doesn't mind to refer to god in legal term whereas most civil law/EU countries do. As a lawyer and an agnostic I find the constant references to god in the us legal/political system pretty irritating but this particular term is hardly the most problematic. It's a symptom not the disease...
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bolded is what I was getting at. and thanks for clearing up the terms for me, I've always been confused by the difference.
 
StuBurns said:
Ultimately, I'll give it a try no doubt, and this has got me wondering. I've never been interested in musicals, I've seen some of them of course, but I've never liked them, Moulin Rouge for example I hated, can anyone recommend a musical that might take my fancy? Of course you don't know what I like, well, some of you might have an idea from other posts, but as I have no distinct taste in musicals, I'm happy to welcome anything people enjoy.
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singing in the rain or maybe something like top hat or swing time.

singing in the rain is kinda a good litmus test if you are going to like the genre i feel.
 
swoon said:
singing in the rain or maybe something like top hat or swing time.

singing in the rain is kinda a good litmus test if you are going to like the genre i feel.
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But singing in the rain is very good, it's hard not to like it. :P

As hated as it might be, I recommend Chicago. I find it very enjoyable.

StuBurns, just so you know, I don't usually go for musicals either. I don't like Moulin Rouge. I didn't like West Side Story at first either, but I liked it in retrospect; I did have to be a bit forgiving with it, though.

I've heard Cabaret is good too, but I haven't watched it.
 
Watched the Pusher Trilogy and loved it. I liked each one a lot but if I had to choose a favorite it would probably be the second. Mads Mikkelsen is just cooler than Milo and Frank. I've heard there's a script for 4 and 5, and will take place in Miami and Bangkok. I'm not sure I like that as the language and location is kinda what made these movies for me, but we'll see.
 
Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, and Bob Fosse seem like the top musical men for all I know. I've seen none of them, though I'm definitely interested in anything Fosse's done, both as a dancer and as a director.

Anyway: I'm in the middle of the Fritz the Cat and some other stuff, so I'm done posting for now.
 
Fred Claus: Was on TV and thought I should watch a Christmas movie other than It's A Wonderful Life this year. Wasn't very good. Sort of shame, though, because it had a pretty good cast and not the worst idea ever, but it just does it all wrong. Completely lost me when the guy went from wanting to change a song to dancing on tables like a stripper or something.

Husbands and Wives: It was made particularly interesting knowing this was around the time Woody had started to mess around with Farrow's kid. I wouldn't rate it among Allen's best, but still very entertaining with some great dialogue.

King of New York: Walken was good, but beside some good shootouts it's a pretty hollow experience. Not sure how you're supposed to get away with shooting a cop at another cop's funeral, but ok. All just seemed as empty as it gets. Very drab.
 
Sliver said:
Watched the Pusher Trilogy and loved it. I liked each one a lot but if I had to choose a favorite it would probably be the second. Mads Mikkelsen is just cooler than Milo and Frank. I've heard there's a script for 4 and 5, and will take place in Miami and Bangkok. I'm not sure I like that as the language and location is kinda what made these movies for me, but we'll see.
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Yes, i loved all three.
I watched the trailer for the remake and it looks like a good movie, but a completely different vibe, it seems like it has lost that more pathetic and awkward realness, in favor of more flashy visuals, but it may turn out good in its own right.
 
The Holiday - Extremely clichéd love story but I love movies about movies and while it was very silly and facepalm worthy in the beginning, it was kinda sweet by the middle and end.
 
StuBurns said:
Thanks for the musicals replies guys, I think I'll just wait Les Mis, it's only two weeks from now here anyway.
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Whatever you do, don't give up on musicals until you've seen Singin' in the rain, West Side Story, Cabaret, Les Demoiselles de Rochefort, The Rocky Horror Picture Show and that Buffy episode in Season 6.

Are The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T., French Cancan, Pink Floyd's the Wall, Same old song (Resnais), Victor/Victoria, the Nightmare before Christmas and Duck Soup considered musicals ?

If you've hated all those then you can consider yourself lost to the genre.

Also since you have the good taste of hating Moulin Rouge, avoid Gigi, Chicago and Sweeney Todd at all cost.
 
Moulin Rouge is a bad musical? I've only seen that one and Jesus Christ Superstar (70s version).
JCSS was fairly cool, but Moulin Rouge definitely killed my interested in the genre and i thought it was pretty loved, reason why i never bothered with anything else.

EDIT: Ah, yeah also saw 40 minutes of the Tim Burton one, after a friend's suggestion, hated that one, too.
 
UrbanRats said:
Moulin Rouge is a bad musical? I've only seen that one and Jesus Christ Superstar (70s version).
JCSS was fairly cool, but Moulin Rouge definitely killed my interested in the genre and i thought it was pretty loved, reason why i never bothered with anything else.

EDIT: Ah, yeah also saw 40 minutes of the Tim Burton one, after a friend's suggestion, hated that one, too.
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There are no words (well in fact too many) to describe how awful Moulin Rouge is.

It's to musicals what A.I. is to science-fiction and Speed Racer to visually or otherwise endurable moving images.
 
UrbanRats said:
Yes, i loved all three.
I watched the trailer for the remake and it looks like a good movie, but a completely different vibe, it seems like it has lost that more pathetic and awkward realness, in favor of more flashy visuals, but it may turn out good in its own right.
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The remake is actually pretty good.
 
BaronLundi said:
There are no words (well in fact too many) to describe how awful Moulin Rouge is.

It's to musicals what A.I. is to science-fiction and Speed Racer to visually or otherwise endurable moving images.
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Well i really love the obnoxious cartoon visuals in Speedracer.
Moulin Rouge though didn't click, and i got sick of its style very quickly.

AI i can't remember shit, i've seen it when it came out, and never got the chance to see it again.
harSon said:
The remake is actually pretty good.
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I don't doubt that at all, the trailer looks very good, but also a different thing (which isn't bad).
 
Watched Legend and The Sting.

The Sting was fantastic in an old Hollywood type of way. Fiendishly entertaining. Legend was incredibly cheesy, but I loved it. It was exactly the type of movie I wanted it to be. The awkward fantasy-synth was the icing on the cake.
 
What started as just watching a few films is turning something a bit of a marathon for me. Last night was Blue Velvet.

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It was much more straightforward than I thought it'd be, being a film from Lynch. It wasn't any less fucked up though. Shit was disturbing.

Next up is Le Cercle Rouge.
 
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