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Movies You've Seen Recently III: The Third Chapter

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Saw Dredd. Pretty good. I thought I wasn't going to like it, but was pleasantly surprised. One question,
if they locked them before the big shoot out, why were they able to walk freely through the building afterwards?
Straight forward fun movie, the thing I didn't like much was the throaty voice. 7/10
 
Just finished up Rango for the first time. Thought it was pretty good. To its credit I was really tired while watching it, so I'll give it another watch when I'm more alert.
 
jakncoke said:
135)Nashville 1975
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That’s one of the movies I have been postponing hoping for a HQ release.

Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) – I'm trying to watch the entire franchise. First half was still enjoyable but then went downhill till the ending
how 20 henchman and a bad-ass boss didn't see an intruder in the same room?
2.5/5

Safety Not Guaranteed (2012) – To yawn: that’s one of the subliminal ways I could use to rate a movie. I did it a lot while watching it, and it wasn’t that long. 2/5

Django Unchained (2012) – Overall I liked, had a trademark humor in it and I chuckled some times, just a little too long, as some of the dialogues were. The music was great as usually in QT movies. One thing I do not like is the blood thing. I know it is supposed to be violent and is a QT movie but the amount of blood geysers is now reaching levels of ridiculousness. Now I’ll try to watch the 60’s Django and 1975 Mandingo. 4/5

Argo (2012) – A very sober and well directed movie, as well the very good production. Didn’t knew about this specific events and it was engaging. A good movie. 4/5
 
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The movie where Kick Ass and John Carter are eskimo brother drug dealers. Meh.
 
luso said:
Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) – I'm trying to watch the entire franchise. First half was still enjoyable but then went downhill till the ending
how 20 henchman and a bad-ass boss didn't see an intruder in the same room?
2.5/5
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im laughing my ass off. this might be the only time ive ever read that criticism of halloween 3
 
Savages is such a weird movie, in that everyone I know seems to have seen it despite the mediocre reviews... and no one really liked it. Yet I still want to watch it. Clearly Oliver Stone did something right.
 
Checked out the DEAD SUSHI blu.

I enjoyed the film at both screenings I attended, but I was amused to discover that there is a Dookkake appearance in the blu's special features.
 
Count Dookkake said:
Checked out the DEAD SUSHI blu.

I enjoyed the film at both screenings I attended, but I was amused to discover that there is a Dookkake appearance in the blu's special features.
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Movie looks like fun! I haven't seen anything by Iguchi yet, but his movies look like a blast.

I also really, really want to see Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead.
 
I meant to ask after watching that Scorsese film doc, what's the deal with so many director's missing an eyeball?

So I used the free Criterion Hulu plus weekend to watch Eric Rhomer's Six Moral Tales. First off all, thanks for telling me about this guy, assholes. Short haired Parisian women from the 60s and mid 30s bearded men molesting teens in bikinis. Is this something you thought I wouldn't be interested in? I thought we were bros.

The Girl at the Monceau Bakery: 7/10.
Suzanne's Career: 6/10.
My Night at Maud's: 6/10.
La Collectionneuse: 7/10.
Claire's Sharp Knee: 8/10. http://i.imgur.com/e7gb3Lw.jpg
Love/Chloe in the Afternoon: 7/10.

I had separate thoughts on each of them but they all kind of blended together anyway. They're all mostly erotic, and dull, somehow. Like let's do something sexy for 30 seconds and then talk about it for 40 minutes. The salope from Collectionneuse was the best one, although Laura and Claire will always have a special place in my heart.

The Crossing Guard: 4/10. Well, it's clearly directed by an actor who just wanted to see some acting. The acting was great but I wanted a story not a workshop.
About Schmidt: 7/10. This was sweet. Also, would. Don't act like you don't know what I'm talking about. This guy makes nice movies.
The Killers (1946): 9/10. Pffft totally rips of a History of Violence. Apparently I liked this a lot more than most people.
Brute Force: 6/10. Oh hello again Burt Lancaster. This was pretty corny.
Mildred Pierce: 7/10. Ann Blyth was ripe as hell in this movie. I don't feel bad perving on her since she's 84. Getting kind of sick of your shit Joan Crawford. I wanna see that movie where she yells at her daughter about coat hangers or something.
High Sierra: 6/10. Bogart had all his scenes stolen by his own dog.
The Best Years Of Our Lives: 9/10. Wonderful Oscar bait from 1946. Hook dude broke my heart, really interesting to read he was a non-actor. The whole time I was like where the fuck did this guy come from.
Ashes and Diamonds: 8/10. Lots of talking about things I don't understand or care about but it looks like a million bucks. Zbigniew Cybulski, "the Polish James Dean," was awesome. Though I think he might want to do something about that name, it doesn't have quite the same zing.

Damnit there was another one of these that I wanted to say ripped off a modern movie but I can't remember which one it was. I'll probably remember it in the middle of the night like I did with the eyeball thing.

Fuck that's a big ass post. Sorry.
 
&Divius said:
Movie looks like fun! I haven't seen anything by Iguchi yet, but his movies look like a blast.

I also really, really want to see Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead.
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DEAD SUSHI is less gross than ZOMBIE ASS.

Both are very funny. Unfortunately there has not been a scheduled blu/dvd release for ZOBIE ASS.

I'd recommend ROBOGEISHA as a good starting point for Iguchi's flms.
 
Count Dookkake said:
DEAD SUSHI is less gross than ZOMBIE ASS.

Both are very funny. Unfortunately there has not been a scheduled blu/dvd release for ZOBIE ASS.
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Apparantly there is, mid 2013

There already is a Japanese dvd, but it has no english subtitles.

Count Dookkake said:
I'd recommend ROBOGEISHA as a good starting point for Iguchi's flms.
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I was gonna start with The Machine Girl but I don't thinkt it'll make much difference. :D
Borgnine said:
Claire's Sharp Knee: 8/10. http://i.imgur.com/e7gb3Lw.jpg
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That image could get some mileage on GAF in hot women threads!
 
Here's what I watched over the last three days while I was doing homework.

Burst City (Sogo Ishii)

Letterboxd said:
Burst City opens with a beautiful time-lapse of Japanese highways at top speed, streaking cool lights and modular architectural spaces merging into one another until the whole spiel becomes a frenzy of confused colors and lines. Once that's all done, the film quickly settles into what can best be described as a gigantic clusterfuck of movie madness.

Don't fuck with this movie.
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Yeah, it's not that great. **/***

Go West (Keaton)

Letterboxd said:
For all its dearth of flat-out-funny jokes and a rather tired ending in Pasadena, this classic's got some interesting cinematography for its time. I've rarely seen dolly shots like the bull-top one appearing halfway through the movie, and some of the other photography appears more ahead of its time just after that sequence. I guess Keaton was having a good year or sumthin', since this western comedy never lets up with its array of awkward cowboy humor and ne'er-do-well antics. It certainly doesn't hurt to give Go West a try, given how under-seen it is.
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Woo. ****/*

The Little Island (Richard Williams)

This short film won the direct the BAFTA for Best Animated Film in 1959, and it's an interesting, minimalist-yet-abusrdist take on fundamentalism and the Cold War. ***/**

The Thief and the Cobbler: Recobbled Cut (Williams, Ken Harris)

Letterboxd said:
Richard Williams, you so crazy you made Donald Pleasance squawk like a bird. Let's not get started with Vincent Price pulling a Tim Curry!
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It's as legendary and epic as everyone says it is, which isn't necessarily a good thing. The movie feels bloated and lacking in focus; the animation's just out the wazoo. ***/**

So yeah. Also: I wouldn't ever recommend giving into peer pressure and letting that affect one's ratings. The arguments are what matter more anyway—let them speak volumes of a film-lover's tastes and interests.
 
Finally saw Fast Five. That heist...... And a bank safe as a mobile flail. Highly enjoyable popcorn flick.

Up next on my plate is Man with the Iron Fist. Got high hopes.
 
The Lady Eve - Loved a lot of things–William Demarest doing anything and being named "Muggsy", Mr. Pike's voice, Fonda's absent-mindedness–but none as much as Barbara Stanwyck being impossibly clever, conniving, sexy and fun. However, those exact qualities are what make the entire last act a bummer. The gags in that section are still hilarious, but Jean becomes altogether too malicious and the reconciliation doesn't feel fulfilling. *** 1/2
Borgnine said:
The Killers (1946): 9/10. Pffft totally rips of a History of Violence. Apparently I liked this a lot more than most people.
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do people not like this one? I saw it a couple years ago and really enjoyed it. Haven't seen the 64 version.
 
Come and See was horrifying and extremely effective. One of the best WWII movies ever.

Belle de jour was fantastic -- how did you guys take the ending? Spoilers, of course.
 
Expendable. said:
Come and See was horrifying and extremely effective. One of the best WWII movies ever.

Belle de jour was fantastic -- how did you guys take the ending? Spoilers, of course.
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Funny, I just watched Belle de jour for the first time yesterday. When you say the ending do you mean
Pierre being crippled or the empty carriage? Because I took his injury at face value, and his recovery was the fantasy as it was accompanied with the soundtrack of bells, one of Severine's fetishes. I suppose it was just irony that the wheelchair he was in the was the same he commented on earlier in the film. As for the carriage, I'm not really sure what to think yet, or how it being empty would relate to her previous fantasies.

I agree with your opinion about Come and See as well.
 
Kilgore Trout said:
Funny, I just watched Belle de jour for the first time yesterday. When you say the ending do you mean
Pierre being crippled or the empty carriage? Because I took his injury at face value, and his recovery was the fantasy as it was accompanied with the soundtrack of bells, one of Severine's fetishes. I suppose it was just irony that the wheelchair he was in the was the same he commented on earlier in the film. As for the carriage, I'm not really sure what to think yet, or how it being empty would relate to her previous fantasies.

I agree with your opinion about Come and See as well.
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Oh, I got that part. I meant the very end. Either it's to show the cyclical nature of her experience, or perhaps everything was just a dream.
 
The Perks of Being a Wallflower - I really enjoyed this film. The three main actors (Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, and Ezra Miller) all do a great job. I would recommend it to all, and I would say it's one of the better high school themed films out there.

Purple Rain - Damn this is bad lol. It's 80s cheesy so I guess it's awesomely bad. The whole time I thought this must have been written and directed by Prince. Only two redeemed things in this film. The music performances (both my Prince and Morris Day and The Time), and more importantly, Apollonia showing her beautiful breasts.
 
Borgnine said:
So I used the free Criterion Hulu plus weekend to watch Eric Rhomer's Six Moral Tales. First off all, thanks for telling me about this guy, assholes. Short haired Parisian women from the 60s and mid 30s bearded men molesting teens in bikinis. Is this something you thought I wouldn't be interested in? I thought we were bros.
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i thought about the hulu thing, but i don't think i could endure eight to ten commercial breaks when watching a movie.
 
Purple Rain is one of those films where the tonal inconsistencies make it a lot more funny than it should have been. I will never forget the scene where Prince's father is passed out by the piano, and then Computer Blue starts revving up before they switch the scene back to the club. And then Prince is wearing that outfit with the mask.

That being said, the way they shot those performances was absolutely stellar; the first three minutes of the title song being an uninterrupted close-up of Prince is more genuine and emotionally charged than the 90 minutes that came before it.
 
bud said:
i thought about the hulu thing, but i don't think i could endure eight to ten commercial breaks when watching a movie.
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It's pretty harsh, but I dealt.

I watched:
Solaris
The Seventh Seal
Seven Samurai
Eraserhead
La Jetee

I loved each of them. The Seventh Seal might've been my favorite but they were all incredible. I think I did this Hulu Criterion weekend wrong, though. I just assumed that the Criterion page on free Hulu was only showing those films for the weekend. It's sounding like I was supposed to sign up for the weekend or something?
 
Expendable. said:
Oh, I got that part. I meant the very end. Either it's to show the cyclical nature of her experience, or perhaps everything was just a dream.
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After thinking about it a bit more I'm left with two opposing interpretations of what the carriage signifies. Firstly, It could be - as you said - evidence of the recurring nature of her fantasies, that perhaps she is imagining the carriage is on its way to pick her up, or the carriage itself was reduced to a visual cue much like the audio cues used throughout. The second is that the nature of her fantasies have changed and she no longer wants to be masochistically chastised, but rather forgiven. She's guilty about Pierre's condition, thus imagining him getting well and loving her all the more. However, I'm really sure how her childhood trauma related to her desire for punishment, as shown throughout the majority of the film, or how her wrongdoing in cheating on Pierre and having a hand in his attack would make her desire forgiveness instead.

Charles Foster Kane said:
Commercial breaks? Deal breaker.

It doesn't work in my country anyways lol.
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You can use a free VPN like Hotspot Shield. I used it when I was in Japan. and you should be able to pay with Paypal, bypassing the need for an American credit card.
 
icarus-daedelus said:
You make Burst City sound so interesting and then you tell me it isn't that great. Boo, how dare you.

I suffered for your sins, Icarus—don't fly towards the sun! (It's worth the watch in the way that one can skip through The Thief / Cobbler to look at all the pretty imagery. Just don't expect the movie to work that well by the end.)

I don't know how I've never heard of The Little Island even though I consider myself something of an animation enthusiast. I suppose it is my predilection for features over shorts. Thanks for the tip off.

You're welcome. I watched it as a preamble to the Williams feature, and I honestly think it's better. The main reason I gave The Thief and the Cobbler a 3 is because of how honest Williams was in doing it "for the art". To me, it's otherwise no more screwy than Burst City.

Still, it is so stunning to look at that I basically forgive it for all that and put it on every once in a while just to remind myself what ambition and drive can achieve in the animated realm of film. Speaking of which, have you ever heard of the Hungarian movie Son of the White Mare (Feherlofia)? I'd imagine someone with filmic interests as eclectic as yours finding it worth a watch, at least.
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It's on my LB watchlist, so I'll get around to it in due time. Good recommendation!
 
Jackie Brown - The only film out of all Taratino's filmography where I hear no one talk about it. I expected it to be mediocre because of this however I ended up liking it a lot. Not as memorable as his other work but I say it's just as good as Django Unchained.

4/5
 
sappyday said:
Jackie Brown - The only film out of all Taratino's filmography where I hear no one talk about it. I expected it to be mediocre because of this however I ended up liking it a lot. Not as memorable as his other work but I say it's just as good as Django Unchained.

4/5
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I think there is quite a few people that list is near the top of there Tarantino lists
 
The Long Kiss Goodnight
Despite my gut telling me this is an average movie, I really enjoyed it. Sam Jackson is easily the best part, his character is funny and my favorite part of the film involves him. Geena Davis is pretty good, she kicks some ass. There's a lot of cheese, which I mostly enjoyed, but some of it is awful. Dated special effects, but they're not shown often. The story is kind of lame, but at the same time so ridiculous that it's appealing. Pretty much everything in flashback is terrible though. Finally, awesome soundtrack. 7/10
 
MidnightCowboy said:
The Long Kiss Goodnight
Despite my gut telling me this is an average movie, I really enjoyed it. Sam Jackson is easily the best part, his character is funny and my favorite part of the film involves him. Geena Davis is pretty good, she kicks some ass. There's a lot of cheese, which I mostly enjoyed, but some of it is awful. Dated special effects, but they're not shown often. The story is kind of lame, but at the same time so ridiculous that it's appealing. Pretty much everything in flashback is terrible though. Finally, awesome soundtrack. 7/10
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Didn't Shane Black get paid something crazy like $4mil for that script?
 
4 million big ones

for probably his weakest script, lol

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Then he just disappeared for like eight years, probably partying every weekend and reading dime store detective novels
 
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