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Movies You've Seen Recently III: The Third Chapter

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Enter the Void- I like the beginning when he's on acid and takes a hit of DMT. Then it's like 2 and a half hours of flying over the city. There were some cool ideas in the movie but it was probably and hour too long.
 
Number45 said:
The Lost World: Jurassic Park

Much much worse than I remember. I rewatched the first last week and it holds up amazingly well - the effects aren't that great but it stills instils a sense of wonder into me whenever I watch it.

To be honest I can't think of a single redeeming quality of the sequel. The characters are uniformly terrible - I could have happily watched each and every one of them die - that sense of wonder is completely gone and every encounter is beyond ridiculous (which is a weird thing to stand out in a film about bringing dinosaurs back to life).

Ugh, I fucking hated it and I feel bad for watching it a second time.

Going to buy Lawrence of Arabia now as a means of redemption.
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I can think of some redeeming qualities.

1- The scene where the ATV goes under the dinosaur.

2- The scene in the beginning.

3- Jeff Goldblum.
 
Illithid Dude said:
I can think of some redeeming qualities.

1- The scene where the ATV goes under the dinosaur.

2- The scene in the beginning.

3- Jeff Goldblum.
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He is the least irritating character granted, but he gets far too much screen time (which I guess is a relief in itself) and his character is so off beat that even that gets too much for me.

As for the scene in the beginning, did you mean the scene on the beach with the english couple and their legion of servants?
 
Skyfall-Loved it.I enjoyed Bardem's villain and the action scenes were great.Still like Casino Royale as my favorite Craig Bond.

Avengers-Great superhero movie that was just as fun seeing at home as it was in theaters.
 
Finally saw The Tree of Life. Great movie that demands a rewatch.

85/100. Would've given it a 90 on Criticker but I don't do that for first viewings with the way I approach my scale/scoring system.
 
Thug Waffle said:
Finally saw The Tree of Life. Great movie that demands a rewatch.

85/100. Would've given it a 90 on Criticker but I don't do that for first viewings with the way I approach my scale/scoring system.
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I say fuck that. If a movie is a 10 in my eyes it's a 10, doesn't matter if it's my first viewing. I saw City Lights for the first time and it blew my mind, yes it's a 10.

To each his own though ;)
 
Charles Foster Kane said:
I say fuck that. If a movie is a 10 in my eyes it's a 10, doesn't matter if it's my first viewing. I saw City Lights for the first time and it blew my mind, yes it's a 10.

To each his own though ;)
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Well, I learned a pretty serious lesson after I rewatched Looper. That was the first time I realized how easily clouded I am by the honeymoon effect.

There are some films that I feel fine rating extravagantly after one viewing, but they're very rare. Recently, I've only done that with The Turin Horse and The Seventh Seal. I can always go back and change them so I guess I should just give it that 90 on the first watch but I like to learn more about the film after I see it and that often changes my perspective for better or worse.

But yes, to each their very own!
 
Movies that give me a special feeling of "wow I cannot believe I'm alive to experience this" always get a instant perfect 10.
 
Charles Foster Kane said:
I say fuck that. If a movie is a 10 in my eyes it's a 10, doesn't matter if it's my first viewing. I saw City Lights for the first time and it blew my mind, yes it's a 10.

To each his own though ;)
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I wouldn't consider my first ratings to be sound, I rated Scorpion King a 10 a decade ago when it came out in 2002. This was when I was huge into The Rock and the two Mummy movies that blinded me to how bad the movie was with time and the awful CGI.
 
Thug Waffle said:
Well, I learned a pretty serious lesson after I rewatched Looper. That was the first time I realized how easily clouded I am by the honeymoon effect.

There are some films that I feel fine rating extravagantly after one viewing, but they're very rare. Recently, I've only done that with The Turin Horse and The Seventh Seal. I can always go back and change them so I guess I should just give it that 90 on the first watch but I like to learn more about the film after I see it and that often changes my perspective for better or worse.

But yes, to each their very own!
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Certainly perceptions can change over time in some cases. Actually the only thing that's happened to me recently is thinking some movies that I thought were good are even better. I disliked Looper tight off the bat :P

Messofanego said:
I wouldn't consider my first ratings to be sound, I rated Scorpion King a 10 a decade ago when it came out in 2002. This was when I was huge into The Rock and the two Mummy movies that blinded me to how bad the movie was with time and the awful CGI.
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We all make mistakes :P

Lafiel said:
Movies that give me a special feeling of "wow I cannot believe I'm alive to experience this" always get a instant perfect 10.
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Hell yes. When that happens it's an instant 10.
 
Just rewatched Atonement. As an adaptation, it doesn't work quite as well as the novel (which I'm not even a particularly big fan of), but goddamn, it is a beautiful film with some great performances. Wonderful score too; how Dario Marianelli is not one of the most highly sought after composers in Hollywood is beyond me. And dat Dunkirk shot was even more incredible than I remember, in large part due to that music.

Need to see Hanna and maybe the Soloist too, even though I hear it's pretty terrible.
 
jtb said:
Just rewatched Atonement. As an adaptation, it doesn't work quite as well as the novel (which I'm not even a particularly big fan of), but goddamn, it is a beautiful film with some great performances. Wonderful score too; how Dario Marianelli is not one of the most highly sought after composers in Hollywood is beyond me. And dat Dunkirk shot was even more incredible than I remember, in large part due to that music.

Need to see Hanna and maybe the Soloist too, even though I hear it's pretty terrible.
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You've seen Pride and Prejudice, Anna Karenina? Yeah, I would avoid The Soloist. Wright's big misstep. Hannah is great and the movie that - combined with the rest of his filmography convinced me he would make an amazing Bond film. Of course I now think he probably shouldn't waste his time on Bond.
 
Scullibundo said:
You've seen Pride and Prejudice, Anna Karenina? Yeah, I would avoid The Soloist. Wright's big misstep. Hannah is great and the movie that - combined with the rest of his filmography convinced me he would make an amazing Bond film. Of course I now think he probably shouldn't waste his time on Bond.
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Yeah, seen both. It was actually Anna Karenina that made want to go back and watch Atonement again. Loved the approach of AK (even if I felt the execution was a bit lacking), really made me appreciate Wright's visual sensibility.
 
Scullibundo said:
You've seen Pride and Prejudice, Anna Karenina? Yeah, I would avoid The Soloist. Wright's big misstep. Hannah is great and the movie that - combined with the rest of his filmography convinced me he would make an amazing Bond film. Of course I now think he probably shouldn't waste his time on Bond.
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I considered Wright as a Bond director after I saw Hanna as well. He's got a good eye for directing action and keeping it in the frame in a coherent manner.

In general, I think there's too much of a studio overheard in the Bond franchise for any of its films to ever really stand out as great standalone films. Even the best Bond films leave a little to be desired, but they have conventions and PG-13 ratings to stick to, so we'll never get a Bond that's fully adult and made in a liberated creative environment.
 
jakncoke said:
The Ice Storm is decent
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Can you explain The Ice Storm to me? I mean, I liked it and all (although weird seeing Frodo and Spiderman so young,) but it felt like it was building up to something great, but then the
ice storm
happens, and it's like, "OK, everyone go home now!"
 
Thug Waffle said:
I considered Wright as a Bond director after I saw Hanna as well. He's got a good eye for directing action and keeping it in the frame in a coherent manner.

In general, I think there's too much of a studio overheard in the Bond franchise for any of its films to ever really stand out as great standalone films. Even the best Bond films leave a little to be desired, but they have conventions and PG-13 ratings to stick to, so we'll never get a Bond that's fully adult and made in a liberated creative environment.
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Don't forget that Hanna was PG13. Wright can push it pretty far.
 
Sympathy for Mr. Vengance - Wow, even coming from watching Oldboy this was grim! Shot beautifully, really these visuals were excellent. What a bummer of a movie though. Dang.
 
The Master

Just an amazing piece of filmmaking. The reviews and the long running time had me convinced I would find the movie boring, but as was the case with There Will Be Blood, I couldn't take my eyes off the screen the entire time. Every scene, every shot felt deliberate. Great performances.
 
Case 39 (Horror, Thriller)



I am not sure i am a Renée Zellweger fan, perhaps for unwarranted reasons, i am always distracted by the fact that she always looks like she is sucking on a lemon, she has that face. Maybe its just how the woman looks or maybe its plastic surgery. But i actually became a fan of her watching this film, she carries the film well.

Its basically about a little girl who is more than meets the eye, its not particularly scary for most the part but it is well told and well acted.
 
Body Heat ****
The Fifth Element ****

Single image to sum up both:
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I finally watch Hugo yesterday! I had the 1080p version downloaded for a while but I was putting of watching it, thinking that it looked crap. I was very wrong.

I loved it! The cinematography, soundtrack, story, acting, almost everything about it was awesome. There were a few errors in the film but over all awesome.

I even ended up downloading the OST after.

Edit: Please don't assume that I pirated the film just because I said I had the 1080p version. I don't know why you would but don't.

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There's something about early-mid 20th century Paris and New York that excites me.
 
moka said:
I finally watch Hugo yesterday! I had the 1080p version downloaded for a while but I was putting of watching it, thinking that it looked crap. I was very wrong.

I loved it! The cinematography, soundtrack, story, acting, almost everything about it was awesome. There were a few errors in the film but over all awesome.

I even ended up downloading the OST after.
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smh
 
Watched Total Recall last night. Pretty good movie and much better than expected. Even though it was a bit too cliché at times, I think it was entertaining. And it got Bryan Cranston as villain!
 
I watched My Dinner with Andre last night and was expecting to love it, but sadly did not. I'd say I greatly appreciated about 30-45 minutes of the conversation, but that's less than half. Perhaps I need to rewatch it down the line.
 
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