teruterubozu
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A Scanner Darkly
4/5
Way underrated, imo.
Yup, the best. Linklater knows what's up.
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Movies You've Seen Recently III: The Third Chapter
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Yup, the best. Linklater knows what's up.
Just bought a copy of eastern promises at my local video store for like 40 cents.. Used sure but it doesn't look like it was even used. Im kinda scared of watching it as I have read the bathroom fighting scene is quite brutal.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
My favorite PTA ending which, considering The Master, Magnolia, and Boogie Nights, is saying something. But that tracking shot encapsulates everything there is to say about falling in love. Absolutely fucking brilliant. Gives me chills every time.
Which makes it the only truly fantastic scene in the film. Promises doesn't really achieve any of its aims in being a sister piece to History. Good thanks to the atmosphere but nothing special.
If you have ever wondered what viggo mortensen's junk looks like this is your chance.
Boss Riovane
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Watched Galaxy Quest. Its one of my "relax feel good movie" that i can watch again and again. Its just too good.
Thug Waffle
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Watched Punch-Drunk Love and Cul-de-Sac.
PDL- 4/5
C-d-S - 4/5
PDL- 4/5
C-d-S - 4/5
I've been thinking about Dead Man Down more and I think I'll downgrade my score for that film to 8/10. I can't say I didn't love the movie but I can't ignore the poor, awkward dialogue near the beginning.
I really loved the romance story b/w Farrel and Rapace's characters. So good.
finally rewatched Terminator 2, been eight years
I thought it'd aged badly, but it holds up surprisingly well. Sure, you have these mullets and crappy lingo and old tech, but the action is still breathtaking and watching the T-800 and T-1000 punching the crap out of each other is always a spectacle
I thought it'd aged badly, but it holds up surprisingly well. Sure, you have these mullets and crappy lingo and old tech, but the action is still breathtaking and watching the T-800 and T-1000 punching the crap out of each other is always a spectacle
SCULLIBUNDO
Banned
He already mentioned Blade Runner. I'm saying MR is the next best.
I just can't love blade runner. I really like certain aspects, mainly the setting, music, and tone. But most of the characters are kinda bad and some scenes are just not good. I also believe that they left out too much from the source material that would have greatly improved the movie. The ideas of the film are great, but the actual movie itself always leaves me disappointed. If it had more Penfield Mood Organ I would have been happier.
The last movie I watched was 21 Jumps street. I love watching comedies, you never have to expect too much from them besides good jokes and this one had some great jokes. I really like the idea that the climate of high school is changing. Everything they did with that theme was funny. I have always liked Jonah Hill, he is super funny.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Blade Runner: Godlike production design, pretty dull plot though
peer pressure rating: 5/5
/gafonfilm
peer pressure rating: 5/5
/gafonfilm
SCULLIBUNDO
Banned
Every time I rewatch The Tree of Life I become more and more convinced that it's Malick's best film.
Yes, I still think the segments with Sean Penn are unnecessary, but I will never understand those who try to paint the creation sequence as unnecessary or detached from the film's themes.
Yes, I still think the segments with Sean Penn are unnecessary, but I will never understand those who try to paint the creation sequence as unnecessary or detached from the film's themes.
Net_Wrecker
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You could put that creation scene into Madea Goes To The Supermarket and it would work.
Crazy people gonna crazy. The Tree of Life is great.
Crazy people gonna crazy. The Tree of Life is great.
Buckethead
Banned
The Host
Great movie.
The characters are interesting and well-written, it's grounded, there's a lot of tension, and it never really jumps the believability shark.
The only part I didn't like was the
crying/flailing around at the wake
I found it to be distracting and took me out of the moment but that's forgivable given the context even if it is a cultural difference.
Thug Waffle
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4.5/5
A Woman is a Woman
Discotheque
Banned
The Host
Great movie.
The characters are interesting and well-written, it's grounded, there's a lot of tension, and it never really jumps the believability shark.
The only part I didn't like was the.crying/flailing around at the wake
I found it to be distracting and took me out of the moment but that's forgivable given the context even if it is a cultural difference.
the wake scene was probably my favorite in the whole film lol. i laughed so hard when his brother kicked him.
i didn't think it was possible to dethrone thin red line or new world for me but i think tree of life did. it's an amazing film.
Nappuccino
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A Scanner Darkly is probably the best adaptation, but Blade Runner is the best movie.
Minority is the most enjoyable.
Linklater's ASD "gets it" but he doesn't really manage to make it a good movie imo (but I'm rather biased against his work in general.)
Minority is the most enjoyable.
Linklater's ASD "gets it" but he doesn't really manage to make it a good movie imo (but I'm rather biased against his work in general.)
Charles Foster Kane
Rosebud
Finally seeing Anna Karenina next week.
I dig the creation sequences these days because what it's trying to say with them resonated so well with my personal life at the time. Mainly because the main message of it all is
you can have deep cosmic meaning within in your own personal lives even in the context of a much larger universe than yourself.
Discotheque
Banned
of all recent media. i think sopranos (especially the latter seasons) and tree of life will really hit me hard when i hit 40 or so.
SCULLIBUNDO
Banned
I don't know. The criticisms toward the creation sequence that I've seen on here have said that it apparently doesn't connect with the dichotomy between nature and grace that is explored through the Obrien family. I think those criticisms are completely unfounded. The creation sequence literally shows the birth of nature and the survival instinct (even at a microbial level) and the emergence of morality and grace, showing that the struggle between them has been ongoing since their inception.
Really need to watch this as well. If not just for the visuals.
Always-honest
Banned
The Kings' Speech: 10. That's how you fucking act. Geoffrey Rush is a god.
Killing Them Softly: 7. Story not that great, pacing horrible, weird choices, but MAN.. The violence is some of the best i've seen.
It deserves an oscar for best violence.
Killing Them Softly: 7. Story not that great, pacing horrible, weird choices, but MAN.. The violence is some of the best i've seen.
It deserves an oscar for best violence.
What did you think of the dinosaur scene by the way? I do very much like The Tree of Life but that scene just stuck out to me especially since Malick in his past films has acknowledged the harsh/chaotic ways of nature (or atleast I personally think he has in some way) so its presence seemed rather odd to me.
You I know I've read this a lot here with people claiming it to be pure style over substance and perhaps they're right. Minority Report's vision of the future in terms of technology is looking much more accurate than Blade Runner's now. Despite all this though I don't know why, I still prefer Blade Runner over Minority Report and very much like it as a film on its own.
SCULLIBUNDO
Banned
Dinosaur scene is good. Birth of morality right there in this unseeming, quaint if random gesture of deciding not to kill. Yeah the dino CG is kinda shitty, but I'm never really thinking about how it looks so much as what is happening on screen.
Buckethead
Banned
25th Hour
It was awesome seeing PSH and Norton bounce off one another.
I loved seeing Seymour as the nerdy stuff shirt. Dude is a fabulous actor.
Mostly well done but didn't get much out of it.
P.S. God damn Rosario is hot.
Firth? No.
I don't think acting supposed to look painful.
It was awesome seeing PSH and Norton bounce off one another.
I loved seeing Seymour as the nerdy stuff shirt. Dude is a fabulous actor.
Mostly well done but didn't get much out of it.
P.S. God damn Rosario is hot.
Rush? Yes.
Firth? No.
I don't think acting supposed to look painful.
BaronLundi
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Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeit. Everyone is fabulous in it. And it's Lee's best movie.
The Hidden Fortress - Loved the characters and the humor. Great action/adventure, beautiful scenery, Mifune was cool as always. What's not to like? ****
The Tree of Life - "Every time I rewatch The Tree of Life I become more and more convinced that it's Malick's best film." Sounds about right. *****
The Thing (2011) - It does a few things right, but overall it is just such a mess. **
4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days - Jeez, this was bleak yet utterly fantastic. ****
Dodookdeul AKA The Thieves - Starts out like an Asian Ocean's 11, but changes into more than that. A lot of fun, great production values but also a few too many twists for its own good. ***½
The Tree of Life - "Every time I rewatch The Tree of Life I become more and more convinced that it's Malick's best film." Sounds about right. *****
The Thing (2011) - It does a few things right, but overall it is just such a mess. **
4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days - Jeez, this was bleak yet utterly fantastic. ****
Dodookdeul AKA The Thieves - Starts out like an Asian Ocean's 11, but changes into more than that. A lot of fun, great production values but also a few too many twists for its own good. ***½
symphonask
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I think the "dull plot" is part of its charm. It's deliberately paced nature is why it works. It's a mood film.
You don't watch Blade Runner for the thrills, you watch it for its atmosphere.
I rewatched Tree of Life yesterday, I still think The New World is better, but it does seem to get better. I think because it's so loose, it's easy to forget what's in there, so every time I see it, I'm in for a surprise. Just last night, I'd forgot all about the plane sequence, which is beautiful.
BaronLundi
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Speaking of Malick, anyone seen To the Wonder ? I hear pretty bad things about it from critics who were die-hard Tree of Life defenders...
Also Badlands doesn't get enough love.
Also Badlands doesn't get enough love.
BaronLundi
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Yup, saving my next rewatch for when I can get my hands on it.
Act of Valor - great movie with awesome action scenes. Acting is meh but who cares.
Tai Chi Zero - fun stylish martial arts movie but really annoyed at how it ends at a cliffhanger complete with a preview during the credits. Now I need to wait or buy the HK Blu with both movies included.
Tai Chi Zero - fun stylish martial arts movie but really annoyed at how it ends at a cliffhanger complete with a preview during the credits. Now I need to wait or buy the HK Blu with both movies included.
I thought it was Malilck's weakest yet. Still was a beautiful looking movie though.
Just saw Argo today. Really great film. Ben Affleck is really pretty damn talented. I loved the look of the movie, how "dated" the cinematography and editing felt, and it added a great dimension to an already great looking period film. Solid script, and great performances. How the fuck did they not nominate Affleck for Best Director if they were going to give him Best Picture anyway? Crazy. Lol.
Bowflex
The fact that anyone supports Hillary boggles my mind... I have tested between 130-160 on IQ tests
Ocean Waves (1993)
"Saudade (European Portuguese: [sɐwˈðaðɨ], Brazilian Portuguese: [sawˈdadi] or [sawˈdadʒi], Galician: [sawˈðaðe]; plural saudades)[1] is a Portuguese word that has no direct translation in English. It describes a deep emotional state of nostalgic longing for an absent something or someone that one loves. Moreover, it often carries a repressed knowledge that the object of longing will never return.[2] A stronger form of saudade may be felt towards people and things whose whereabouts are unknown, such as a lost lover, or a family member who has gone missing.
Saudade was once described as "the love that remains" after someone is gone. Saudade is the recollection of feelings, experiences, places or events that once brought excitement, pleasure, well-being, which now triggers the senses and makes one live again. It can be described as an emptiness, like someone (e.g., one's children, parents, sibling, grandparents, friends, pets) or something (e.g., places, things one used to do in childhood, or other activities performed in the past) that should be there in a particular moment is missing, and the individual feels this absence. It brings sad and happy feelings all together, sadness for missing and happiness for having experienced the feeling."
This was the only Studo Ghiblli film that I had yet to see - for some reason it is rarely talked about and I suppose it slipped under my radar. Whisper of the Heart was my and still is my favorite Ghibli and I've found that much like Murakami's novels, as I've gotten older I've come to appreciate the more mundane Ghibli films over the fantastical ones. If Spirited Away is Hardboiled Wonderland then this is like South of the Border, West of the Sun.
Though I have very little nostalgia for my high school days, I still loved this film a lot - its basically about being young and scared and/or unable to express your feelings for people and how as people get older you're able to see things more clearly. There's a very subtle 'love' triangle between the two friends and a stuck-up rich girl, and the movie mostly deals with the interpersonal relationships between the characters. It's incredibly sentimental, perhaps to the highest degree a narrative artwork can be, so I can see where this would turn people off, but yeah, I'm into that kinda thing so I really loved it. Feels like being drunk off your fifth whiskey and coke alone in a piano bar looking at old photographs while some dude plays Final Fantasy piano collections. Feels good man. Feels sad, bro.
"Saudade (European Portuguese: [sɐwˈðaðɨ], Brazilian Portuguese: [sawˈdadi] or [sawˈdadʒi], Galician: [sawˈðaðe]; plural saudades)[1] is a Portuguese word that has no direct translation in English. It describes a deep emotional state of nostalgic longing for an absent something or someone that one loves. Moreover, it often carries a repressed knowledge that the object of longing will never return.[2] A stronger form of saudade may be felt towards people and things whose whereabouts are unknown, such as a lost lover, or a family member who has gone missing.
Saudade was once described as "the love that remains" after someone is gone. Saudade is the recollection of feelings, experiences, places or events that once brought excitement, pleasure, well-being, which now triggers the senses and makes one live again. It can be described as an emptiness, like someone (e.g., one's children, parents, sibling, grandparents, friends, pets) or something (e.g., places, things one used to do in childhood, or other activities performed in the past) that should be there in a particular moment is missing, and the individual feels this absence. It brings sad and happy feelings all together, sadness for missing and happiness for having experienced the feeling."
This was the only Studo Ghiblli film that I had yet to see - for some reason it is rarely talked about and I suppose it slipped under my radar. Whisper of the Heart was my and still is my favorite Ghibli and I've found that much like Murakami's novels, as I've gotten older I've come to appreciate the more mundane Ghibli films over the fantastical ones. If Spirited Away is Hardboiled Wonderland then this is like South of the Border, West of the Sun.
Though I have very little nostalgia for my high school days, I still loved this film a lot - its basically about being young and scared and/or unable to express your feelings for people and how as people get older you're able to see things more clearly. There's a very subtle 'love' triangle between the two friends and a stuck-up rich girl, and the movie mostly deals with the interpersonal relationships between the characters. It's incredibly sentimental, perhaps to the highest degree a narrative artwork can be, so I can see where this would turn people off, but yeah, I'm into that kinda thing so I really loved it. Feels like being drunk off your fifth whiskey and coke alone in a piano bar looking at old photographs while some dude plays Final Fantasy piano collections. Feels good man. Feels sad, bro.
I agree, great film
Perfect Blue
Banned
Saw it at TIFF and it was pretty bad. Some of the narration was cringe-worthy and a lot of it made no sense. I'm not a fan of his films.
ThanksVision
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Saw Oz in theaters yesterday. Truly awful. It lost all of the authenticity of the original movie because literally everything on screen was digitally produced. There's no sense of wonder or discovery, just a man standing in front of a green screen. I wouldn't be upset by that normally, but I thought the visuals were straight up bad and it all simply appeared off. The humor and the plot were predictable and a lot of the dialogue was weird for what is supposed to be aimed at kids. His flying monkey pal is insanely verbose and it's odd to imagine kids trying to interpret it. The rest of the audience seemed to be vacuuming this shit up though. The most redeemable part for me was seeing 10x15 feet close-ups of Michelle William's face. 1/5
Also watched Argo. I thought it was solid-good. There are some pretty funny lines in here and I can totally see why it won BP. Only thing I didn't like was the airport bit. I know all of it was drawn out to build tension and make for a more rewarding climax, but the rest of the movie was relatively grounded, so this whole scene felt off to me. I don't want to get into spoilers though. 3/5
Also watched Argo. I thought it was solid-good. There are some pretty funny lines in here and I can totally see why it won BP. Only thing I didn't like was the airport bit. I know all of it was drawn out to build tension and make for a more rewarding climax, but the rest of the movie was relatively grounded, so this whole scene felt off to me. I don't want to get into spoilers though. 3/5
Malick's finest hour, I enjoy Days of Heaven but Badlands is the best directorial debut of all time in my opinion. And I say this in a world where Citizen Kane, Breathless, The 400 Blows and The Night of the Hunter exist. And Eraserhead but most probably wouldn't put that in a list of best debuts. I would though.
Liquidsnake
Banned
Far and Away 8/10
This is my favorite Ron Howard film. Tom and Nicole had great chemistry. If you like epic sweeping movies with great cinematography, check this one out.
This is my favorite Ron Howard film. Tom and Nicole had great chemistry. If you like epic sweeping movies with great cinematography, check this one out.
Extra Sauce
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I watched the LOTR EE trilogy for the first time over the weekend. Furthermore, I believe this was only the second time (third at most) I saw any version of Return of the King in its entirety.
It was a glorious experience and I'm a bit shocked at how well it all holds up, especially in HD. I think LOTR may have just become my favorite movie trilogy, over even the original Star Wars and my precious Back to the Future. And since the credits rolled on RotK, I keep asking myself why it took me so long to experience the integral, extended version. Since it wasn't for a lack of interest, the only explanation I can muster is ADD. For many years, the prospect of watching what is essentially a 10+ hours film has been shoved aside in favor of other sources of entertainment. Fast forward to now however and I'm already looking forward to my next LOTR marathon. I might even make it a yearly occurance, which is not something I've been doing for any other movie the past few years.
So yeah, pretty good.
It was a glorious experience and I'm a bit shocked at how well it all holds up, especially in HD. I think LOTR may have just become my favorite movie trilogy, over even the original Star Wars and my precious Back to the Future. And since the credits rolled on RotK, I keep asking myself why it took me so long to experience the integral, extended version. Since it wasn't for a lack of interest, the only explanation I can muster is ADD. For many years, the prospect of watching what is essentially a 10+ hours film has been shoved aside in favor of other sources of entertainment. Fast forward to now however and I'm already looking forward to my next LOTR marathon. I might even make it a yearly occurance, which is not something I've been doing for any other movie the past few years.
So yeah, pretty good.
BaronLundi
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Ugh. That's pretty consistent with other impressions I heard about. Did you like Tree of Life ?
I'm not sure I would rank it higher than the ones you listed but I do think it's one of his best Let me add my own controversial albeit (slightly) relevant statement: it's way better than Mean Streets.
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