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Movies You've Seen Recently III: The Third Chapter
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Charles Foster Kane
Rosebud
Saw Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Hard to hate it (even with the cringe worthy voice), classic tale. That witch sure was evil
, and Dopey was really going for that kiss. She seemed a bit young to be looking for men though. lol
(with wanting Snow White to be buried alive and all)
thanks, adding Adaptation and Synecdoche, New York to my watchlist
is there any site out there that recommends movies based on previous films you've seen, like how there's one for books? I'm specifically interested in documentaries
Charles Foster Kane
Rosebud
Criticker is actually pretty good at recommending movies based on your scores and watches. It's usually pretty good at guessing what score you'll give a movie. It just shows some though, not every movie shows your probable score. Closest thing to what you asked I can think.
So, finally saw the brilliant Daisies. Loved it naturally, nothing much to say about it that hasn't been said, but I was wondering if anyone knows how they did that train scene. Where everything is b/w when still, but separates into layers of color as there's more motion. Coolest effect in a movie full of excellent and fun effects.
Liquidsnake
Banned
I'm watching seven psychopaths as I type this and it's about an hour in. Don't really care for it too much.
try not being on your goddamn computer while watching for one. and I watched it last night, found the midpoint was where it went from mildly annoying with good pieces to actually doing something fairly interesting, if not executing it perfectly.
xXBetter Off DadXx
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Just got done re-watching City Lights......goddamn that final shot.
So much subtle affection told with no words, love it.
Charles Foster Kane
Rosebud
Really fantastic, I was not expecting to be so moved by it.
But they were the good guys! The evil Germans were American Ed Harrises. Also Hellboy was Russian. Remember when he sniped that cable? So awesome.
xXBetter Off DadXx
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More specifically, I remember the first time I saw the movie, my more generic expectation as the scene was playing out of, "what will happen now?", and then bam, it was over and I quickly realized there was no need for explication.
xXBetter Off DadXx
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Thanks!
Next I'm going to watch one of the later Chaplin movies that I have yet to see, Monsieur Verdoux.
Wanna re-rewatch The Great Dictator as well, as I've only seen it once, liked it, but was somewhat underwhelmed, which I think might be due to the huge expectations I had going into it.
Next I'm going to watch one of the later Chaplin movies that I have yet to see, Monsieur Verdoux.
Wanna re-rewatch The Great Dictator as well, as I've only seen it once, liked it, but was somewhat underwhelmed, which I think might be due to the huge expectations I had going into it.
Charles Foster Kane
Rosebud
Yeah, I made my generic expectation too, but was so pleased with the end result.
Many years ago (2004) they showed it in a film history course at college and I missed that day. I'm really glad I waited so long to watch it because I feel I would not have appreciated it as much back then. It's a silly thing, but I really believe some types of movies take a while to be well appraised.
xXBetter Off DadXx
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Absolutely. My introduction to Chaplin films was in a college humanities course where they showed us Modern Times. It was the first time I had seen a silent film, and my preconceived bias was pretty much, "It's old, so it probably isn't that great." Even with that, I managed to enjoy it, and something about it really stuck with me, I would say in battle against those strongly held preconceived notions about the quality of a very old film, with almost no spoken dialogue, and in black and white at that.
Based on that pull towards a more reasonable perception of enjoying it, regardless of what I now see as a very short-sighted view of cinema, I re-watched it for the first time since then about 4 or 5 years after that initial viewing, and absolutely loved it.
Agreed. This is why I try not to write off a movie based on just one viewing.
I believe even alien life forms would recognise a pointed goatee as a symbol of malice.
I just saw Warm Bodies. It was what I expected, which is to say it was a cute and fun movie for the first time. I don't know why so many gaffers were so violently put off by it. I'm a little disappointed with the way they handle zombies though
I also just saw Silver Linings Playbook. Man, I don't know why, but I REALLY liked this movie. I loved it all the way through. It was pretty funny and sad at times, and it all just felt so appropriately personal. One of my favorites from 2012.
On Tuesday or so, I saw Blade Runner. Specifically, it was the final cut on blu-ray. It was the first time I had ever seen that movie. The picture was just amazing. So beautiful and crisp. It didn't look dated at all. Some of the cityscapes really benefited from it. The movie itself was also pretty good. It had a pleasantly moody and somber tone, and it had a pretty cool world. I was a little disappointed that it was constantly night though. The replicants themselves were pretty nice for the most part (save for a few wasted ones). I kinda wish Deckard had more contact with them. They hardly had any communication. They were almost just world's apart.
I don't think they were very zombie like in the beginning. I mean they were already saying words and collecting records and crap. That's hardly a zombie.
I also just saw Silver Linings Playbook. Man, I don't know why, but I REALLY liked this movie. I loved it all the way through. It was pretty funny and sad at times, and it all just felt so appropriately personal. One of my favorites from 2012.
On Tuesday or so, I saw Blade Runner. Specifically, it was the final cut on blu-ray. It was the first time I had ever seen that movie. The picture was just amazing. So beautiful and crisp. It didn't look dated at all. Some of the cityscapes really benefited from it. The movie itself was also pretty good. It had a pleasantly moody and somber tone, and it had a pretty cool world. I was a little disappointed that it was constantly night though. The replicants themselves were pretty nice for the most part (save for a few wasted ones). I kinda wish Deckard had more contact with them. They hardly had any communication. They were almost just world's apart.
Dragoon En Regalia
Member
I first got exposed to Chaplin when my European history teacher showed us half of The Gold Rush on an off-day in class. Not only did I love the course (I really respect that teacher too), but I think I got fixed on silent cinema just from that feature he showed us. I'm sure it began to subvert my long-set apathy towards film-watching, since it only took The Stunt Man and The Andromeda Tapes later on to fix me into this hobby. But enough of that!
Charly (Nelson, Robertson)
Choose Me (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Altman)
Charly (Nelson, Robertson)
Shit, this didn't deserve to be so awful. It skips past a lot of what made Flowers for Algernon so effective in the first place, replacing it instead with shoddy pacing and such. At least it wasn't an offensively-bad flick. That's a designation I'd reserve for trite like, say, Oliver & Company. **/***Letterboxd said:
Choose Me (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Altman)
It really is. There's no better way to enjoy a lazy evening than to watch something from him, and he's quickly becoming one of my favorites (as if that's saying muchthere's still so much more to see!). But man are IFC's commercial breaks horrid. ****/*Letterboxd said:
lazybones18
Banned
Finally saw Amour earlier in the day. From an emotional standpoint, it was hard to watch. Unfortunately, I was hardly feeling any real emotion when I was watching it.
As for the rankings of all the BP nominees:
Django Unchained
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty
Argo (no Best Director nom be damned, I say Argo does the impossible and wins)
Les Miserables
Lincoln
Life of Pi
Amour
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Although Georges slapping Anne was so fucked up
As for the rankings of all the BP nominees:
Django Unchained
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty
Argo (no Best Director nom be damned, I say Argo does the impossible and wins)
Les Miserables
Lincoln
Life of Pi
Amour
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Just watched Prometheus yesterday. That was a really, really, really bad movie. I mean sure a lot of movies may have a plot hole or maybe even two. But I can't even count the stuff that did not make sense in this movie.
The whole movie seemed like it was made by a bunch of people who did not communicate at all what they were doing to the rest?
And last but not least there is the fact that for my taste it just ripped of alien a bit too much. Prequel/hommage/same universe my ass, it was just really bad.
Let's start with those two dudes that got stuck in the pyramid during the storm: First one is introduced as a bad ass guy who says that it is his job to be responsible for the security. But he is not allowed to bring his gun (because who would bring a gun into a strange building on an unknown planet right, ridiculous), which somehow changes his whole character. Not only is he suddenly a total coward but also a geologist. So he is a geologist security guard who is afraid of pretty much everything, oh and he smokes pot, sure sounds like the guy you want on a scientific expedition.
Then there is his friend, the biologist. Who when he is confronted with an alien lifeform for the first time doesn't even want to look at it, but rather runs away with pothead... sure. I'm not even going to ask how it was possible for them to get lost in the pyramid with all their technology, but what really annoyed me is the fact that when they hear about the glitch/lifeform thing, they freak out like hell trying to get away from it. Next scene some strange vagina cobra pops out of some disgusting looking goo and suddenly they are all like: Oh looky how cute, can I pet you... I mean what the fuck?
Let's see what else do we got? Oh yeah. The maincharacter cuts an alien out of her body and no one cares or even talks about it. Not even the doctor she hit over the head to escape. Next scene they are all buddies again and go wake up the alien together...
I also really liked the scene where the captain suddenly explains the whole, woah those are weapons of mass destruction thing. Like, how on earth did he figure that out? It's like, someone realized that it is time to explain what those stranges vases are, but didn't know how. Deus ex machina captain to the rescue.
And while we are on the topic of the captain, did he really just sacrificed himself and everyone on the ship, just like that. Because the way people were popping up on the ship (definitly more than 17 by the way), no way he and his two assistents were the only ones left.
There were so much more stupid stuff. Why would a company build an all automatic surgery machine , but restrict it to male patients? And why would a female officer put said machine in her survival box, did she just bought the wrong one?
I could go on and one. How did the humanlike alien manage to get out of his wrecked ship and find the rescue capsule in like two minutes? Why did the old sick guy pretend to be dead? He said he wanted to talk to his creator... so did the others, so where the f*** is the harm?
Then there is his friend, the biologist. Who when he is confronted with an alien lifeform for the first time doesn't even want to look at it, but rather runs away with pothead... sure. I'm not even going to ask how it was possible for them to get lost in the pyramid with all their technology, but what really annoyed me is the fact that when they hear about the glitch/lifeform thing, they freak out like hell trying to get away from it. Next scene some strange vagina cobra pops out of some disgusting looking goo and suddenly they are all like: Oh looky how cute, can I pet you... I mean what the fuck?
Let's see what else do we got? Oh yeah. The maincharacter cuts an alien out of her body and no one cares or even talks about it. Not even the doctor she hit over the head to escape. Next scene they are all buddies again and go wake up the alien together...
I also really liked the scene where the captain suddenly explains the whole, woah those are weapons of mass destruction thing. Like, how on earth did he figure that out? It's like, someone realized that it is time to explain what those stranges vases are, but didn't know how. Deus ex machina captain to the rescue.
And while we are on the topic of the captain, did he really just sacrificed himself and everyone on the ship, just like that. Because the way people were popping up on the ship (definitly more than 17 by the way), no way he and his two assistents were the only ones left.
There were so much more stupid stuff. Why would a company build an all automatic surgery machine , but restrict it to male patients? And why would a female officer put said machine in her survival box, did she just bought the wrong one?
I could go on and one. How did the humanlike alien manage to get out of his wrecked ship and find the rescue capsule in like two minutes? Why did the old sick guy pretend to be dead? He said he wanted to talk to his creator... so did the others, so where the f*** is the harm?
The whole movie seemed like it was made by a bunch of people who did not communicate at all what they were doing to the rest?
And last but not least there is the fact that for my taste it just ripped of alien a bit too much. Prequel/hommage/same universe my ass, it was just really bad.
Buckethead
Banned
Sad thing about Prometheus is I think there's a great movie in there somewhere.
Lindelof isn't a bad writer just needs someone to keep him in check.
Lindelof isn't a bad writer just needs someone to keep him in check.
Maybe there is and since I love Lost I know that Lindelof can do better (though I guess that a lot of people would disagree, based on Lost). But Promtheus was a mess from start to finish. And I weren't even hyped for the movie, so my critic is not a product of dissapointed expectations.
Thirst
Expertly directed, fantastic cast, and a really tight script that went further in the exploration of Sang-hyeon and Tae-ju's relationship than I expected. I guess I should track down Chan-Wook Park's two "Vengeance" movies besides Old Boy now. I saw this with a room full of buddies not really into weird foreign cinema but everyone loved it.
Super 8
I like Abrams and Speilberg but not sure I enjoy them together. Story was nice but far preferred the kids making the film than the
plot. Liked the charm and the Giacchino soundtrack, just not any of the stuff involving the
etc.
Definitely felt like two separate films and stories.
I like Abrams and Speilberg but not sure I enjoy them together. Story was nice but far preferred the kids making the film than the
creature discovery
creature fighting the army guys
Definitely felt like two separate films and stories.
Messofanego
Banned
Thirst
Expertly directed, fantastic cast, and a really tight script that went further in the exploration of Sang-hyeon and Tae-ju's relationship than I expected. I guess I should track down Chan-Wook Park's two "Vengeance" movies besides Old Boy now. I saw this with a room full of buddies not really into weird foreign cinema but everyone loved it.
One of the best vampire movies. I need to gif the jumping scene. You should definitely get on Sympathy for Mr Vengeance (and it's cool that it has director's commentary on it).
Count Dookkake
Member
THE LAST STAND is classic Arnie.
TheKaeptain
Banned
Fuck yeah man. I loved it. The first half of the movie had some problems but overall the movie was fun.
"Deserve got nothin' to do with it".
Messofanego
Banned
2012 wasn't a good enough year for top 10s. Plus, there already was a thread that probably got locked because no one cares compared to music or games.
Dead Prince
Banned
Watched it last night outside of Emma Watson's weird american accent. i enjoyed The Perks Of Being A Wallflower
killing them softly: the heavy-handed political message throughout brings it down quite a notch. dammit, dominik, what happened to being subtle? it's still a very watchable film driven by some pretty good performances, but this could've been so much better.
in the mood for love: man, i can't believe it took me such a long time to sit down and watch this. this is one of the most beautiful and heart-breaking films i've ever seen.
TheKaeptain
Banned
Sculli isn't the dude that usually does it.
Battleship (2012) - US Navy propaganda? 2/5
Battle L.A. (2011) - US Marine propaganda? 2/5
L.A. Confidential (1997) - Good movie, the final part a little over the top. 4/5
The Game (1997) - I recalled a better movie first time I watched. 4/5
Mr. Hulot's Holiday (1953) - Some naive humour, a snippet of the era when it was made. 3.5/5
Week End (1967) - Started greatly but it dragged a lot later on. All those monologues. To me the worst/least good Godard I've seen so far. 2.5/5
Battle L.A. (2011) - US Marine propaganda? 2/5
L.A. Confidential (1997) - Good movie, the final part a little over the top. 4/5
The Game (1997) - I recalled a better movie first time I watched. 4/5
Mr. Hulot's Holiday (1953) - Some naive humour, a snippet of the era when it was made. 3.5/5
Week End (1967) - Started greatly but it dragged a lot later on. All those monologues. To me the worst/least good Godard I've seen so far. 2.5/5
Charles Foster Kane
Rosebud
Forget propaganda, just shit.
Kilgore Trout
Member
in the mood for love: man, i can't believe it took me such a long time to sit down and watch this. this is one of the most beautiful and heart-breaking films i've ever seen.
Since you enjoyed that I would recommend seeing Days of Being Wild and 2046 which form a loose trilogy, with In the Mood For Love being the middle film.
Oh my bad, I thought he was. Guess I'll just wait until it pop ups then.
I still 'want' to watch this because it seems like it could be dumb fun. (is it?)
Charles Foster Kane
Rosebud
Yeah. I enjoyed it, dumb fun. It is pretty bad, so it could go either way.
Expendable.
Member
Gah. I wanna see it so bad. I was at Sundance, then its only playing at one theater in NYC with one showtime
ElRenoRaven
Member
So just got back from Warm Bodies. Save yourself the pain. Read the book instead. Movie was beyond awful. It's like they took bits and pieces from the book to make the entire movie, totally redid them and made them worse. Major details are totally different. I actually contemplated walking out and I've only thought or done that once before. That's how awful it was.
The book was damn good but the movie is just awful.
The book was damn good but the movie is just awful.
Expendable.
Member
I wouldn't say it was awful, but it's very, very blah and can't believe at the generally strong reception and good box office. Sad, since I really dig two of Levine's other films.
Count Dookkake
Member
Gah. I wanna see it so bad. I was at Sundance, then its only playing at one theater in NYC with one showtime
That's just awful.
I hope this doesn't prevent further R-rated efforts from Arnie.
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