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[jakncoke]

I didnt like either Michael Clayton or The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford and those were GAF love child back then. I have both at 1/5 at the time which was meant with rage. Im sure if I watched both again I'd give each a 3/5

edit; I dont know how I think in my head what to type then forget words and sentence structure. Need to proofread more.
edit2; did it again ffs

 

[Talon]

Michael Clayton is phenomenal. One of my favorite movies of the past decade. Too bad Duplicity failed me so hard.

 

[TheKaeptain]

http://youtu.be/vHpKWhMWoNA


Story of Yonosuke looks like it is going to continue the tradition of Japanese films making me cry.

 

[Net_Wrecker]

I didnt like either Michael Clayton or The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford and those were GAF love child back then. I have both at 1/5 at the time which was meant with rage. Im sure if I watched both again I'd give each a 3/5

A 1 for Jesse James?

A 1?

A ONE?

Watch that again, breh. The soundtrack alone deserves like a 6/5. No that's not a typo.

 

[dekline]

Michael Clayton is phenomenal.

 

[Talon]

Nobody ever answers me when I ask, but I have no idea where that gif comes from.

 

[Gobias]

Nobody ever answers me when I ask, but I have no idea where that gif comes from.

Jeremiah Johnson. That's Robert Redford.

 

[Talon]

Jeremiah Johnson. That's Robert Redford.

Well slap me twice and call me Sandy...

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

Flash Gordon (Pretty much Laurentis)

The only way Flash Gordon could up its cachet is if Freddie Mercury took the title role and turned this event into a super-duper Queen vehicle.

So I'd never seen this the whole way through until now.

The harpy raid on Rumsfeld's ship paled in comparison to the football fight, unfortunately, and it's not a perfect movie. But it certainly kicks the shit out of its precursor Barbarella, and that's good enough for me. ****/*

 

[Gobias]

I just accidently read a Django Unchained spoiler from a youtube comment on a video that has absolutely nothing to do with Django Unchained. People are assholes.

 

[_Isaac]

Sex, Lies, and Videotape is pretty solid. It's been over a year since I first saw it, but I don't remember considering it a masterpiece.
Also, reading last page's criticism of Beasts of the Southern Wild, a movie I absolutely adored, made me realize I don't particularly care or think about a film's message. The film is anti-FEMA? So what.

Spoiler

The man who keeps every single candy wrapper to remember the time he ate that particular piece

was enough alone to make me love the film.
Finally, I'm coming to the realization that I don't mind shakycam at all. It's how I look at things all the time, so I don't mind cinema trying to replicate that. I mean, there are some horrible uses of it, but it doesn't bother me like it once did.

You look at things all shaky? Do you have a condition or something. That's very strange.

 

[Zeus Molecules]

Saw Argo yesterday. It was amazing

 

[Salsa]

I watched the pirate bay documentary yesterday

it was alright. I was surprised at how many people follow them in Sweden and such. They're basically rockstars.

 

[abolisher6812]

Battleship - I found it to be extremely silly, cheesy and fun. I enjoyed it for what it was, and it wasn't that bad considering it was based off of a board game.

 

[Kaladin]

Looper - B+ good time travel thriller.....kind of an original take on the time travel genre.

Paranormal Activity 4 - C Better than #3, no where near as good as the first though. How stupid can people be in these kinds of movies?

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

So I enjoyed Silver Linings Playbook quite a bit, the characters were pretty good and well acted (with Cooper and De Niro as my favorites). The way the movie was shot and edited made it feel claustrophobic sometimes, but it didn't bother me that much. No real surprises as the movie unfolded. 8/10


(my editing ocd couldn't help to notice a disappearing necklace during Cooper's and De Niro's first talk )

 

[overcast]

Just got back from seeing This is 40. At my cheap theater. It was probably better than Funny People, but consider it another mediocre Judd apatow movie. Actually starts off pretty well, consistently funny. Then about 2/3's through I wanted to get out of there. It got so damn boring eventually, it was unbelievable. Movie was way too long. Apatow paved the way for a lot of great comedy, but maybe he should take a break from directing.

 

[strobogo]

I'm about an hour and a half through Bridesmaids. This is not funny or entertaining at all. The only thing I've even smirked at was the Reno 911 woman talking about her kids and how she snapped a blanket in half because of semen. Okay, when she called the 14 year old girl a cunt was pretty funny, too. But it is shockingly unfunny. Is this a movie that is only funny to women? It's so...bitter.

 

[_Isaac]

Looper - B+ good time travel thriller.....kind of an original take on the time travel genre.

Paranormal Activity 4 - C Better than #3, no where near as good as the first though. How stupid can people be in these kinds of movies?

Wow. PA4 was significantly worse than all the other ones. Especially 3.

So I enjoyed Silver Linings Playbook quite a bit, the characters were pretty good and well acted (with Cooper and De Niro as my favorites). The way the movie was shot and edited made it feel claustrophobic sometimes, but it didn't bother me that much. No real surprises as the movie unfolded. 8/10


(my editing ocd couldn't help to notice a disappearing necklace during Cooper's and De Niro's first talk )

Just wanted to say that i'm glad you liked the movie. I really enjoyed it as well. Cooper and De Niro were also my favorites.

Just got back from seeing This is 40. At my cheap theater. It was probably better than Funny People, but consider it another mediocre Judd apatow movie. Actually starts off pretty well, consistently funny. Then about 2/3's through I wanted to get out of there. It got so damn boring eventually, it was unbelievable. Movie was way too long. Apatow paved the way for a lot of great comedy, but maybe he should take a break from directing.

He's really stale lately. Maybe he should try an action movie or something. All his movies are a little samey too.

I'm about an hour and a half through Bridesmaids. This is not funny or entertaining at all. The only thing I've even smirked at was the Reno 911 woman talking about her kids and how she snapped a blanket in half because of semen. Okay, when she called the 14 year old girl a cunt was pretty funny, too. But it is shockingly unfunny. Is this a movie that is only funny to women? It's so...bitter.

The bitterness made it better. I actually found the movie quite depressing.

 

[BotoxAgent]

Just got back from seeing This is 40. At my cheap theater. It was probably better than Funny People, but consider it another mediocre Judd apatow movie. Actually starts off pretty well, consistently funny. Then about 2/3's through I wanted to get out of there. It got so damn boring eventually, it was unbelievable. Movie was way too long. Apatow paved the way for a lot of great comedy, but maybe he should take a break from directing.

Good god, this movie was almost painful to sit through. It barely had a plot.

 

[big ander]

Starman is so great. I wish there were a word better than cheesy, but I'm cool leaving it there. Any film where an alien delivers the line "define 'love'" deserves that adjective. Carpenter just so well knows the recipes to these things, how to make a film be diverse and pleasing. Starman is funny and serious, it's weird and cliche, it's swift and contemplative.
Also, Death Waltz or somebody needs to reissue the score. A gold pressing like in the probe, maybe.

 

[Net_Wrecker]

Starman is so great. I wish there were a word better than cheesy, but I'm cool leaving it there. Any film where an alien delivers the line "define 'love'" deserves that adjective. Carpenter just so well knows the recipes to these things, how to make a film be diverse and pleasing. Starman is funny and serious, it's weird and cliche, it's swift and contemplative.
Also, Death Waltz or somebody needs to reissue the score. A gold pressing like in the probe, maybe.

I rewatched the ending like 5 straight times when I saw it last year. It's perfect.

 

[strobogo]

The bitterness made it better. I actually found the movie quite depressing.

No, it made it hard to sit through. It's not funny. It's not even awkward funny. It's not gross funny. It's not dramatic. It's not sweet. It's not romantic. It's just bitter. It's full of pretty much all of the funniest women on TV that aren't on 30 Rock or Parks and Rec, yet none of them are funny in the movie. I can't believe this has a 90% fresh rating and is a "touchstone for discussion about women in comedy". All this movie does is reinforce the stereotype that women aren't funny.

I don't get the gross out comedy tag it gets. It only has one scene that is gross and it wasn't nearly as gross as what it was hyped as. How do so many people make such an unfunny movie?

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Sick at home. Vamp was on cable. Good lord was that some quality cheese.

 

[Divius]

+1 Love for Michael Clayton.

I assume all you Soderbergh lovers have seen Out of Sight with George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez? Such a fun, light, sexy, flashy movie.

 

[The Culture Vulture]

We get it with all the red....very subtle.

Tough watch, mostly faithful to the book. Didn't really need to re-experience the story again but I always feel an inherent need to watch any film if I've read the book.

 

[Joni]

Chatroom - Nice way to portray the chatrooms, but the movie itself wasn't worth the time I spent on it. Really boring for a thriller.

2012 - You have to see the movie for that Los Angeles destruction scene.

 

[overcast]

Good god, this movie was almost painful to sit through. It barely had a plot.

Got there, yeah. Thought it started pretty well. Most of the plot development led nowhere lol.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

The 2013 version of the They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? list is up. This year there were some big changes because of the Sight and Sound Poll which is heavily weighted in the results.

 

[Mistake]

I watched the pirate bay documentary yesterday

it was alright. I was surprised at how many people follow them in Sweden and such. They're basically rockstars.

I saw it last night too. Some of what the defendants were saying almost made me cringe though. "I do it because I like computers" isn't much of a defense, but maybe they were just buying time.

I've been following the black and white film thread, so recently I saw Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" which I thought was pretty good. I liked how they didn't exactly have a main character, and focused more on the plot and resolution of the story. I also watched Citizen Kane and Casablanca. Kane I didn't really care for, but Casablanca was great.

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

About SLP,

Spoiler

these people are so screwed if they ever break up.

Oh and Chris Tucker was tolerable for a change.

 

[Kaladin]

Wow. PA4 was significantly worse than all the other ones. Especially 3.

Just wanted to say it's really only better by a small margin. I think mostly because of 3 being a prequel.

 

[strafer]

Batman Begins

Get chills everytime.

 

[Borgnine]

The 2013 version of the They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? list is up. This year there were some big changes because of the Sight and Sound Poll which is heavily weighted in the results.

SUCK IT VERTIGO, the king stay the king.

 

[Kaladin]

FYI: Amazon has the Bond 50 set for $130 and the Skyfall blu-ray is $20. I think that is the second lowest I have seen the Bond 50 set at....lowest was $100 when I didn't have the cash to buy.

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

The 2013 version of the They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? list is up. This year there were some big changes because of the Sight and Sound Poll which is heavily weighted in the results.

Kane wins!

Spoiler

Fatality!

I'm sad to see The Man Who Fell to Earth leave their top 1000, but Opening Night got a big boost—awesome for Cassavetes cats.

 

[Divius]

SUCK IT VERTIGO, the king stay the king.

 

[TheKaeptain]

About SLP,

Spoiler

these people are so screwed if they ever break up.

Oh and Chris Tucker was tolerable for a change.

Chris Tucker is awesome more times than not.

Spoiler

I'm watching Rush Hour right now.

 

[Discotheque]

Chris Tucker is awesome more times than not.

Spoiler

I'm watching Rush Hour right now.

Great movie. And Rush Hour 2 is aiight. 3 was pretty damn terrible though.

 

[Jarnet87]

I started watching Cosmopolis, damn this is terrible. Maybe I need to give it another shot but the dialogue is so bad. Every sentence just feels like rambling nonsense void of any meaning to the story. I felt they were trying to hard to make it mysterious or make me follow it because of the vague dialogue. Not worth a watch IMO.

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

The 2013 version of the They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? list is up. This year there were some big changes because of the Sight and Sound Poll which is heavily weighted in the results.

Glad The Passion of Joan of Arc made it so high. I like this years list.

SUCK IT VERTIGO, the king stay the king.

Chris Tucker is awesome more times than not.

Spoiler

I'm watching Rush Hour right now.

I liked him in that too.

 

[big ander]

Stupid lists always making me change course with who I'm watching. Might drop my Carpenter run-through (the only major films of his (i.e. pre-1990) I'm missing are Christine and They Live anyway) and see what of Varda's filmography I can get a hold of.

 

[AgentChris]

Michael Clayton was sogood.gif.

 

[Window]

Big boost to newer films in the updated theyshootpictures list. In the Mood for Love is best film of the last 31 years then (with Mulholland Dr. not far behind), wow.

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

Big boost to newer films in the updated theyshootpictures list. In the Mood for Love is best film of the last 31 years then (with Mulholland Dr. not far behind), wow.

Really high at 59.

Tree of Life, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (never heard of it), The Turin Horse, Melancholia, and A Separation from this decade are on the list.

Lost in Translation way low at 972.

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

Lost in Translation way low at 972.

You'd think this would be the most controversial part of the list, lol. I mean: In The Mood For Love's a favorite, but they're putting a big Murray film that low.

 

[Window]

Really high at 59.

Tree of Life, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (never heard of it), The Turin Horse, Melancholia, and A Separation from this decade are on the list.

Lost in Translation way low at 972.

Yeah I was really surprised by Melancholia's inclusion on the list at all (there's 4 new Lars von Trier films as well) and with LiT being so low.

 

[Lafiel]

Really high at 59.

Tree of Life, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (never heard of it), The Turin Horse, Melancholia, and A Separation from this decade are on the list.

Lost in Translation way low at 972.

As much as I love Melancholia and Tree of Life I'm not so sure if they deserve a place on TsPdT list. A Separation is the one film out of this decade that deserves it's place though. (haven't seen Uncle Boonmee or The Turin Horse).

 

[sefskillz]

You'd think this would be the most controversial part of the list, lol. I mean: In The Mood For Love's a favorite, but they're putting a big Murray film that low.

im not sure what part of TSPDT makes you think Bill Murray films would dominate, but if it helps, Groundhog Day is 271. maybe ghostbusters and caddyshack can sneak in next year

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

im not sure what part of TSPDT makes you think Bill Murray films would dominate, but if it helps, Groundhog Day is 271. maybe ghostbusters and caddyshack can sneak in next year

Lost in Translation's a "serious film", not a comedy, so it has a greater chance of making it big on a list like this than, say, Stripes. I guess the critics just like Groundhog Day better, which I can agree with.