ViewtifulJC
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I didn't much like it either. The final 30 minutes were the interesting part, seeing the characters' lives and public perception AFTER the event(similar to the last hour being the interesting part of Zodiac).
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Movies You've Seen Recently III: The Third Chapter
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I didn't much like it either. The final 30 minutes were the interesting part, seeing the characters' lives and public perception AFTER the event(similar to the last hour being the interesting part of Zodiac).
I loved it, a great tale of obsession.
They were interesting because they built on the first part of idolization of Jesse, from Robert Ford.
Definitely the best part about the movie for me. It was beautiful. But Casey Affleck was also outstanding.
Discotheque
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That was definitely the best part of the film for me too.
xXBetter Off DadXx
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That's what I hear, looking forward to it.
I think the only movie I've seen with Casey Aflleck to this point is Gone Baby Gone, and I thought he was really good in that.
Definitely agreed. Reminded me of There Will Be Blood's ending.
and Gone Baby Gone is also the only other movie I've seen him in, and loved him in that too!
TheKaeptain
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Expendables' list is alright but missing the best movie of the century Love Exposure.
Jables Swan
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No it wasn't.
going by who in here has rated it on letterboxd, I'll be the one regular huge in defense of A History of Violence. Fantastic. It definitely goes straight from the title, covers concepts of "history" and "violence" but the genius lies in how Cronenberg attacks these ideas. He's one of the few directors to nail the ties between violence, sex, the sacred, and creation. So of course he nails everything here. I already want to watch this again.
I liked the Marx Bro's and the movie for sure, I just didn't love them. I can see the appeal. I'm still young, I'm sure I'll run into another movie of theirs one day. Maybe they'll grow on me.
Jables Swan
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B-B-Bomba!
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Watched Aliens at the weekend and now keep randomly hearing the noise of the motion detector.
Best film of the last 30 years
Expendable.
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I haven't seen it yet!
Count Dookkake
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I don't care what anyone says; AVP is a solid b-movie.
Nice shot composition, tons of slime, decent character development, great location, etc. It's probably better than most fanboy fantasies about the subject.
I like you.
Nice shot composition, tons of slime, decent character development, great location, etc. It's probably better than most fanboy fantasies about the subject.
I like you.
It's a guilty pleasure of mine, but the sequel ranks among the worst movies I have ever seen.
TheKaeptain
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Everyone does Count.
Love your list for #4, hate it for #1.
Dragoon En Regalia
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How can you hate children when you were a child yourself? 
lol
Oh shit, it's what's his face, Korean girl avatar guy. Yamato? Thanks for telling me guys.
TheKaeptain
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Well currently my avatar is a Japanese woman but yeah.
AvP doesn't make any egregious mistakes, but I've tried to watch it a few times and always zone out right around the sacrificial chamber section. I can't actually remember anything that happens beyond that point except for a Predator doing a leaping spin attack. The movie is slick enough in terms of production, but it reminds me of the Underworld films; it's like a hyper-sterile view of something that should theoretically be cool, but its slickness makes everything kind of dull and clinical.
I'm probably the odd man out, because I vastly prefer AvP: Requiem. It isn't technically as sound and its place in the series' lore is pretty awkward, but it's so goddamn mean spirited that it's at least memorable.
Your list looks like one someone who watches only English language films would make, though they always try and get that one non-English language film in there (seems to typically be an Asian film, though more along the lines of Oldboy in the action/thriller/revenge type thing and not so much drama). Not to accuse you of being one of those people, as I know you do watch films from all countries, but it just seems unlikely to me that a ballot spanning a decade would be so ethnocentric.
its borderline on being the worst film I've ever seen.
Expendable.
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Certainly open to watching anything. I've seen a good chunk of foreign films from that decade, but always welcome for more suggestions. If its any consolation, if the list was expanded, I'd pop in 4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days, Cache, Y Tu Mamá También and Talk to Her most likely.
Charles Foster Kane
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Talk to Her would definitely be in mine. Love that movie.
TheKaeptain
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Let me get a list together.
Expendable.
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Thanks. Can't promise how soon I can get to it though. Currently tackling every Hitchcock film I haven't seen, which amounted to 40. I watched his first film, The Pleasure Garden, on YouTube last night and now have The Lodger next.
Maybe it's due to the overall low quality of foreign cinema and english films are just so much better than the rest of the world..;p to talk seriously for a second, I think it's something that is done unconsciously when it comes to lists, sometimes it's hard to make a diverse list without making a conscious decision to do so (and then you come off as some pretentious film buff), I mean I've watched a decent amount of foreign films from the last decade, but if you asked me to make a list right this second it would probably come off as just as ethnocentric because it's easier for me to recall english language films than foreign ones (where I frequently forget the titles to).
Dragoon En Regalia
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The Golem (Wegener)
This feels less like a focused masterpiece and more like a sampler of German cinema to come, given this came out in 1920 right before the onset of German Expressionism. It actually deals with some interesting archetypal and socio-political themes relevant to anti-Semitism and Jewish relations in Europe, though not in great detail. The central conflicts are fun enough and drive the whole thing forward, though not always with ease. I'd dare say that, if I ever had to introduce someone to Weimar silent cinema, this might be a better choice than Nosferatu because of the diversity in messages. It's not a horror story like everyone says it is, nor does it fully belong to German Expressionism; what's here is more like a moralizing fairy tale. I like that approach quite a bit. ***/**Letterboxd said:
Am I crazy for having some desire for doing AMC's big Die Hard marathon tomorrow? While I'm hardly Die Hard 2's biggest fan, I would sure love to see the first three on a big screen, even if I'm not so interested in the new one and the only thing I ever wanted to know about Live Free or Die Hard was that Len Wiseman made it.
Cinemark is doing a Die Hard marathon tomorrow too. I don't have any inclination to marathon the movies, and have to work besides. I do wish I had next two Saturdays open so I could go to the Best Picture Oscar marathon sessions, though...
I could go to one of those, but the only nominee I haven't seen is Amour, and the only way to see it is by getting a ticket to the marathon. I'm sure Amour is a fine film, but I'm not spending $30 for that honor.
Charles Foster Kane
Rosebud
Watching Taken. Had to pause. A lot of badness to take in. lol
TheKaeptain
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You mean Badassness right?
Taken 2 - not as bad as people said. story was dumb but the action was great.
Prometheus - pretty CGI but really weak story and all the characters are assholes.
Dredd - it was alright. i liked the main girl. she's cute and had some good scenes. the action was a bit too slow for me. overrated.
Prometheus - pretty CGI but really weak story and all the characters are assholes.
Dredd - it was alright. i liked the main girl. she's cute and had some good scenes. the action was a bit too slow for me. overrated.
Charles Foster Kane
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I won't lie, pretty fun so far.
the first Taken is GREAT
Charles Foster Kane
Rosebud
Done. It's was silly, but lots of fun. I liked how unapologetic and to the point it was. I wonder if I should bother with the sequel.
ViewtifulJC
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Do it.
That's the best thing of it.
I read these two posts in sequence, reinforcing Viewtiful's point.
Secret Fawful
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NO. NEVER. Not even if you see every single movie but Taken 2 ever, and it's the only one missing from the list, and you develop OCD.
NEVER.
ViewtifulJC
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My dad loves that movie, because it re-enforced all his over-protective habits about us. He gets nervous when he just go out of town to say, Beaumont to Houston. So we got this girl who just...IMMEDIATELY gets kidnapped once he relents to all the bitching and guilt tripping, I mean right off the damn plane! <om is distraught, that'll teach you to not listen to dad! Father just kicks everybody's ass unrelentingly.
Charles Foster Kane
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All I was thinking at the end was, this girl is not going out ever again.
Also, too perky for what she went through.
RobotMafia
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I watched Film Geek on netflix and I wanted to kill myself while watching it because it was so bad. Stay the fuck away.
Secret Fawful
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Speaking of terrible, I watched Le Samourai tonight, ....because it's not terrible. Now I want to learn more about Jean-Pierre Melville.
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