Count Dookkake
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You are in for a real teat.
Movies You've Seen Recently |OT| Nov 2013
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You are in for a real teat.
MrOogieBoogie
BioShock Infinite is like playing some homeless guy's vivid imagination
Just saw this. Been in the mood for medieval/fantasy ever since I got into A Song of Ice and Fire, and this one did not disappoint. Great visual flair and atmosphere. Just a deeply brooding and gritty look into plague-ridden England. Some great acting. Story and climax were interesting enough, although the ending felt a bit forced and unnecessary.
Either way, really liked it.
4/5
BaronLundi
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^^^^^^^^
I've got a lot a stuff to watch : how naked is Carice Van Houten ?
I've got a lot a stuff to watch : how naked is Carice Van Houten ?
MrOogieBoogie
BioShock Infinite is like playing some homeless guy's vivid imagination
Not naked.
Also, she has a pretty terrible English accent. lol
Also, she has a pretty terrible English accent. lol
BaronLundi
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Yeah but I feel bad oggling in that one. Plus she's pretty much naked in every movie.
Upstream Color- Pretty damn good looking movie visually speaking.Used those visuals and music to tell the story more so than the dialogue. Not much "narrative", but I thought what was given was very interesting. Don't think I cared much for the way the ending was handled.
Need to see Primer eventually.
Need to see Primer eventually.
Busy weekend for films, must have seen at least a dozen. Stand outs included:
Il Futuro - An Italian film about two recently orphaned teenagers trying to get by. The younger brother joins a gym, and his new friends hatch a plan for the older sister to seduce a local retired bodybuilder/movie actor (based on Reg Park from the Hercules movies, and played by Rutger Hauer) to try and steal his money. Fantastic acting all round, and great story that combines a love story, a story of people that have lost everything, and a story about a teenager becoming an adult.
Bushido Man - A Japanese action pastiche about a wandering martial artist who is attempting to master a variety of fighting techniques. Lots of action scenes, plenty of homage to different action genres, and a few good jokes.
Antboy - A Danish about a 12 year old boy who is bitten by a radioactive ant and gets ant-based superpowers, such as super strength, powerful jaws, and acid pee. While fairly predictable, it's a solid kids film about superheroes. Comic books are discussed frequently, and the Spiderman homage is pointed out by the characters within the film. Personally, I was pleased to see Savage Dragon get a few nods.
HK: Hentai Kamen / Forbidden Superhero - Anotehr Japanese superhero parody, this one about a teenager that gets superpowers from wearing women's panties on his face and defeating villains by slamming his crotch into them. Quite one-joke, but for some reason I can't stop finding the joke funny.
Harakiri - An old Japanese film about a Samurai who arrives at a household demanding use of their forecourt to commit suicide. A very tense first half, as everything is not quite what it seems, but it started to drag towards the end, and the second act could have been a bit punchier.
Ikarie XB-1 - An old Czechoslovakian film about a spaceship crew on a voage to Alpha Centauri. While the films itself isn't incredible, with an overly large cast, the attention to scientific detail is notable.
Il Futuro - An Italian film about two recently orphaned teenagers trying to get by. The younger brother joins a gym, and his new friends hatch a plan for the older sister to seduce a local retired bodybuilder/movie actor (based on Reg Park from the Hercules movies, and played by Rutger Hauer) to try and steal his money. Fantastic acting all round, and great story that combines a love story, a story of people that have lost everything, and a story about a teenager becoming an adult.
Bushido Man - A Japanese action pastiche about a wandering martial artist who is attempting to master a variety of fighting techniques. Lots of action scenes, plenty of homage to different action genres, and a few good jokes.
Antboy - A Danish about a 12 year old boy who is bitten by a radioactive ant and gets ant-based superpowers, such as super strength, powerful jaws, and acid pee. While fairly predictable, it's a solid kids film about superheroes. Comic books are discussed frequently, and the Spiderman homage is pointed out by the characters within the film. Personally, I was pleased to see Savage Dragon get a few nods.
HK: Hentai Kamen / Forbidden Superhero - Anotehr Japanese superhero parody, this one about a teenager that gets superpowers from wearing women's panties on his face and defeating villains by slamming his crotch into them. Quite one-joke, but for some reason I can't stop finding the joke funny.
Harakiri - An old Japanese film about a Samurai who arrives at a household demanding use of their forecourt to commit suicide. A very tense first half, as everything is not quite what it seems, but it started to drag towards the end, and the second act could have been a bit punchier.
Ikarie XB-1 - An old Czechoslovakian film about a spaceship crew on a voage to Alpha Centauri. While the films itself isn't incredible, with an overly large cast, the attention to scientific detail is notable.
I can't stand Van Houten because of her terrible Dutch accent (which I also have and therefore it's extra noticeable for me)
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The Abyss - ***½
Cold Fish - ***½
Shinjuku Incident - Jackie Chan in a more serious Scarface-ish film. Some interesting concepts in terms of racial tension and moral choices, but it goes stale by the end **½
Jumper - Bad. *½
White House Down - Bad. (Olympus has Fallen won) **
As I mentioned I got a 3DTV so I rewatched some stuff in 3D:
Man of Steel - It just does not connect with me at all **
Prometheus - I want to like this so badly, but the film makes it so hard on me. There are some cool ideas and the exploration of the Alien mythology is potentially amazing, but there is also just so much dumb stuff ***
Dredd - Just. Awesome. I ARM THER LAWR! RAWR! ****
Non-movie sidenote: I watched the last season of Breaking Bad (in 3 days, heh) and started Boardwalk Empire!
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The Abyss - ***½
Cold Fish - ***½
Shinjuku Incident - Jackie Chan in a more serious Scarface-ish film. Some interesting concepts in terms of racial tension and moral choices, but it goes stale by the end **½
Jumper - Bad. *½
White House Down - Bad. (Olympus has Fallen won) **
As I mentioned I got a 3DTV so I rewatched some stuff in 3D:
Man of Steel - It just does not connect with me at all **
Prometheus - I want to like this so badly, but the film makes it so hard on me. There are some cool ideas and the exploration of the Alien mythology is potentially amazing, but there is also just so much dumb stuff ***
Dredd - Just. Awesome. I ARM THER LAWR! RAWR! ****
Non-movie sidenote: I watched the last season of Breaking Bad (in 3 days, heh) and started Boardwalk Empire!
Messofanego
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Probably one of the few movies with great 3D. Bubbles!
Kilgore Trout
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Them's fightin' words. If it weren't for Seven Samurai I'm pretty sure plenty of people here would say that Harakiri is the greatest samurai film ever.
Yojimbo is my personal favorite, but Harakiri is a close second.
Count Dookkake
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A friend dressed up as Hentai Kamen for Halloween.
sixteen-bit
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I saw Deathproof and I enjoyed it quite a bit.
Dragoon En Regalia
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Probably my next Kobayashi. Next Japanese film for me is The Insect Woman, which should start me on Imamura.
Same here. Love Yojimbo a lot more than Seven Samurai.
Ether_Snake
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Harakiri is awesome. Only movie that has depicted "real" samuraïs.
TheKaeptain
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Did you not see Yoji Yamada's trilogy?
DukeTogo1300
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The build of tension in both Harakiri and Samurai Rebellion are almost hard to take, to feel it dragging might be due to a waning interest.
I consistently have a crazy wily-eyed grin on my face as they near those final scenes, really amazing films.
That is a good starting point.
BaronLundi
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Them's fightin' words indeed.
Haven't watched Seven Samurais, Yojimbo or Samurai Rebellion yet (I know) so Seppuku is sitting on the throne undisturbed so far...
Haven't watched Seven Samurais, Yojimbo or Samurai Rebellion yet (I know) so Seppuku is sitting on the throne undisturbed so far...
Snowman Prophet of Doom
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Samurai Rebellion is a GREAT work of art. If it's not Harakiri's equal, it's damn close, even if it's not as superficially exciting or tense. Goddamn, I need to watch that again.
DukeTogo1300
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Well, it is more exciting, naturally. I found the opening scenes more gripping after I had already seen the film once. It sometimes helps to know where a film is heading, and to be curious about what went wrong.
Expendable.
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I posted about the event in last month's thread, but if any NYC'er wants tickets to the sold-out screening of The Assassination of Jesse James I'm helping run, we launched a contest. Also, anyone in the U.S. can win the official poster from the film. Come meet Andrew Dominik (and me!).
Giveaway: Win Tickets to The Assassination of Jesse James NYC Screening & Official Poster
Note it ends tonight.
Giveaway: Win Tickets to The Assassination of Jesse James NYC Screening & Official Poster
Note it ends tonight.
First Attempt at a Letterboxd 250:
http://letterboxd.com/frankentomato/list/the-semi-official-letterboxd-top-250/
really interested to compare against ICM/IMDB's list
this one had Duck Amuck, so y'know it's obviously the best.
http://letterboxd.com/frankentomato/list/the-semi-official-letterboxd-top-250/
really interested to compare against ICM/IMDB's list
this one had Duck Amuck, so y'know it's obviously the best.
Dragoon En Regalia
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Oh wow, there's Harakiri at number 8. No way I'm watching any other Kobayashi with that happeningyet...
Charles Foster Kane
Rosebud
Shawshank way too high.
Expendable.
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Nice! Still need to see this from that list:
Harakiri
Sansho
Santango
Werckmeister
Duck Amuck
Woman in the Dunes
Paradise Lost
Le Trou
Winter Light
Shoah
A Brighter Summer Day
The Devils
Cries & Whispers
The Exterminating Angel
The Human Condition
Love Exposure
The Cranes Are Flying
A Personal Journey With Martin Scorsese
Hiroshima, mon Amour
Tell me what I should make a priority, GAF.
Anyways, much better list than IMDb 250.
Harakiri
Sansho
Santango
Werckmeister
Duck Amuck
Woman in the Dunes
Paradise Lost
Le Trou
Winter Light
Shoah
A Brighter Summer Day
The Devils
Cries & Whispers
The Exterminating Angel
The Human Condition
Love Exposure
The Cranes Are Flying
A Personal Journey With Martin Scorsese
Hiroshima, mon Amour
Tell me what I should make a priority, GAF.
Anyways, much better list than IMDb 250.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Sunset Blvd is higher on this list than IMDB, so points for that
and 12 Years a Slave is a great film, but damn nigga let the paint dry before you put up in the museum at #30
also, looks like I'm the last man standing without a letterboxd, I should probably get one
also also, I just noticed the Sweet Smell of Success and Duck Amuck are here, so consider all complaints lobbied against this list null and void, including my own
and 12 Years a Slave is a great film, but damn nigga let the paint dry before you put up in the museum at #30
also, looks like I'm the last man standing without a letterboxd, I should probably get one
also also, I just noticed the Sweet Smell of Success and Duck Amuck are here, so consider all complaints lobbied against this list null and void, including my own
Charles Foster Kane
Rosebud
well it is the internet, charles.
you can also see that in like newer movies like 12 years and before midnight and the hunt are ranked so high because the main purpose of the site is rate movies as you see them which should include more new movies than ICM and IMDB where people rate/favorite things different.
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Dragoon En Regalia
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Out of these, I'd personally go for Cries & Whispers, A Brighter Summer Day, and Woman in the Dunes. The middle one's a no-go right now, though, but I think Criterion's about ready to release it via World Cinema Foundation.
Which is why the MOST POPULAR MOVIE OF ALL TIME is... Django Unchained.
Charles Foster Kane
Rosebud
Contempt is probably my favorite Godard movie. I like him though. I guess my least favorites of the ones I've seen are Pierrot le Fou and A Woman is a Woman, though I think they're both good movies as well. I don't see how anyone could dislike Breathless or Band of Outsiders though.
Unrelated:
I'm taking Film Theory this spring, skipping the prerequisite of Intro to Film. Do you guys know of any intro books on the subject that might help me prepare for the class?
Dragoon En Regalia
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Film Art: An Introduction's a standard starterhell, any and all Bordwell's likely to be useful for that class.
at 146. I'm at 178 on the imdb version, which is proof enough that this one is much better
what dragoon said. Film Art's a great comprehensive book. or if you're cheap literally just read a random entry on Bordwell's blog once a day. the one thing a book can't really teach you outright is how to write about movies, which intro to film helped me with a lot, so reading Bordwell on specific films could show you by demonstration.
Kilgore Trout
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A lot of greats on there. My one vote goes to Werckmeister Harmonies.
I haven't read a whole lot of textbooks on film, but Bordwell's Narration in Fiction Film is currently grabbing my eye.
Femmeworth
Banned
Lists like that just illustrate how silly it is to have every film under the sun directly competing against each other.
Hah, I was wondering if a thread like this existed.
I watched The Master the other night. Great acting that goes nowhere fast, though I didn't mind too much.
Saw that iCheckMovies is working on a redesign.
I use Letterboxd to keep track of my movies. Simple but it works for me.
Here is ICM's list. rather than doing a straight favorite vote - they use checks to favorites so more obscure/fan favorite
http://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/icheckmovies+-+most+favorite/
i have pretty much seen all of both imdb/letterboxd's list but only 175 of these for example.
http://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/icheckmovies+-+most+favorite/
i have pretty much seen all of both imdb/letterboxd's list but only 175 of these for example.
BaronLundi
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You should have such a fun day with the bolded.
And if my calculations are correct I litteraly mean a day.
Femmeworth
Banned
But one of the only animted films in the top 20 is The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya. :\
Dragoon En Regalia
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People would rather talk Akira than HonneamiseI mean, it's a sad, sad world.
TheKaeptain
Banned
No Godard or Truffaut in the top 20? List invalid.
Dragoon En Regalia
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Hey, I wasn't the one who started the de-rail, lol.
I've seen too much Truffaut, time for Godard and shit.
I've seen too much Truffaut, time for Godard and shit.
like anything divisive and well seen would have problems making the list because it's a ratio, but that's the charm i guess.
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