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Hi, I'm Robert Osborne. As part of our program, we're tuning in to a bunch of guys and girls who out-talk and out-watch the living shit out of me, whether they get cable or not. Next on Turner Classic Movies: Movies You've Seen Recently, starring...

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Yes, this is the place to talk about moobs and Shame. For anyone who feels like joining in, why not introduce yourselves with this nifty survey we used back in June:

1. Favorite movie?
2. Top three actors/actresses?
3. How horrible is The Avengers?
4. How many films do you watch a year? (Guesstimate on this if you like).
5. Favorite genre? (Alternatively: Favorite style/theme (noir, cyberpunk, Dogme 95)?).
6. What is your favorite acting performance on film? (Can apply to dancing, too).
7. Who is your favorite director?​

And now, for old time's sake, the Movie-GAF Rolodex (not signed and/or auctioned off at Christie's by the eminent Robert Osborne)—

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Also, because we haven't tried it in a while:

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The F
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ilm Club schedules a film-per-week (about four a month) for the film director we choose for said month; in this case, we need to pick some lucky, possibly deceased film-maker for January 2013. I'll put up a poll once we've put in some suggestions. Previous selections have been Hong Sang-soo and Rainer Werner Fassbinder (not 'Bender).

Some rules for voting:

•Should we select a popular director (Kubrick, &c.), we'll make sure to watch his/her lesser-known works (doesn't apply to those with only a few films or only a few readily available, e.x. Paradjanov).

•Our director cannot be from the same country as the previous selection (so as to diversify what kinds of movies we see from where). Another reason is that we want to expose a wider range of cinema now available for home viewing via Hulu+, Netflix, places, &c.

•You don’t have to watch all four films, but at least try to watch two of them.​

/OT

Lest I forget to post some women...

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Seberg > Karina.
 
RTTP:
Tropic Thunder: Still funny.

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: Enjoyable. I still like the books more.

The Dark Knight: The DVD version is framed entirely in 2.40:1 aspect ratio. Hmm. I guess that's a good thing... or not.

Pulp Fiction: Legendary.

LTTP:
Super: Good film. Ending depressed me a bit.

Reservoir Dogs: One hell of a first film, Mr. Tarantino. Dialogues is really amazing.

Inglourious Basterds: "I think this just might be my masterpiece." You bet your ass. Well, to be honest, I don't think this is his best movie. Pulp Fiction is still my his best movie. That said, I love it! The opening is some of best thing I've seen.
Dat shootout, too.

Blade Runner: Quite an experience. The best thing about this film is the atmosphere and the music. The story is okay, with a little nice
twist at the
end. I also like that the film has a rather slow pacing. It fits the film well.
 
Five Easy Pieces is more like two long, reasonably engaging halves. It's a great look into an eccentric family and its most recent representative, traveling everywhere he can to escape boredom and, in the process, leave a wake of frustration and broken lives. I don't think Bobby's self-loathing or has nothing in him—that's too simple for this film—but he's a reactionary with no way to channel himself towards something constructive, the revolutionary without a cause. And the movie delves into the related themes damn effectively, ending abruptly but in a way that makes enough sense to have impact. Nicholson's definitely great in this, as are Black and the lady playing Katherine; there's not too much involved in this one, being a tight little character study, but what's here is solid. Kovacs is a new favorite shooter of mine.
 
Finally watched There Will Be Blood last night. I totally expected it to be much darker and somber in tone, but there were actually elements of dark comedy in there. Great film.
 
nice op, been a while since some effort was put into one i think.

anyone get an early chance to see Only Lovers Left Alive? April can't come soon enough

and has anyone else seen Mikey and Nicky by Elaine May or The Cremator by Juraj Herz?
 
I should be a lot more active this month, as my games are winding down and December is very, very strong for new releases!
 
Can this thread also be about asking for recommendation or is there a thread to that? I don't wanna create a thread just for recommendation.
 
Watched Blancanieves this week. I thought it was fantastic. Way better than The Artist which was fine, but not really memorable in any way, with a lot of wasted potential for a dark twist that never came about.

Man, so much to laud. Just a really interesting and lively modern take on the Schneewittchen tale. The first half is a rare case of a child actress, Sofia Oria, delivering an outstanding performance. The ending is really poignant and worth talking about. I could go on about this. The soundtrack is amazing, I'm listening to it right now.

So yeah, I had a great time. I'm open to more recommendations for modern silent movies.

Oh, and look up Macarena García. Thank me later.
 
Dragoon En Regalia said:
Funny how both of them are on Criterion's Hulu channel. I've only seen Pearls of the Deep and A New Leaf, so these two should be natural progressions.
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welp, i think we're going to have to switch roles on this one. one of my professors is pretty high on Pearls of the Deep. when this semester ends i'm gonna get to both of those films.

elaine may is a pretty fascinating filmmaker with her proclivity for experimentation. she has a very adaptive production process that a lot of young filmmakers can learn a great deal from. after you watch Mikey and Nicky, look into how the film was shot. won't spoil it here.
 
Kilgore Trout said:
Did you watch I Was Born But... yet, Dragoon? (I like Ozu)
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Yes, and I quite enjoyed it. It gets sort of didactic by the end, though, so there's the same issue I had with the Tenement Ozu. Still, amazing rhythm to the dolly movements he uses, and Ryu being just incredible here.

I could have gone with Vitti for the OP, but no, someone out there loves her even more than me.
 
Wanted to see Drive for awhile so I picked it up for $3 on Black Friday. Also grabbed Independence Day in which I haven't seen since I was a kid.
 
Watched the thirteenth floor yesterday:

Great great 90s Sci-Fi flick that looked pretty low budget but it made a lot out of it actually.. conceptually, i would easily put it on the same pedestal as Dark City and the Matrix (the first of course, wait, there ARE no others right?)
 
Dragoon En Regalia said:
Yes, and I quite enjoyed it. It gets sort of didactic by the end, though, so there's the same issue I had with the Tenement Ozu. Still, amazing rhythm to the dolly movements he uses, and Ryu being just incredible here.

I could have gone with Vitti for the OP, but no, someone out there loves her even more than me.
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Is Ryu in that? I don't remember him at all.
 
I just saw Fantastic Planet for the first time yesterday. I have to say I loved it. This animated Sci-fi movie from the 70's is great. I can't recommend it enough. Anybody who has seen it, what's your opinion?
 
How about some Richard Linklater for the f
a
ilm club, or he is 'too mainstream'*?

*whatever that means or if it even is a criteria
 
The Hungry Games Fire Catcher: 4/10. Well, it was better than the first one? I don't think anyone else in the audience caught the irony of a movie about distracting people with dumb ass entertainment which is in itself dumb ass entertainment. I'm like not even a Jenny Lawrence fan so there wasn't much for me here.
A Bronx Tale: 6/10. Pretty cheese but mildly engaging. A nice mid-tier Di Niro performance.
My Own Private Idaho: 6/10. Man that River Phoenix makes Keanu Reeves look like a pile of puke. Kind of all over the place, it's like a weird indie movie, then suddenly Shakespeare, then kind of drops it and picks it back up randomly. Van Sant obviously isn't above pretension, but it wasn't too bad, honestly I mostly enjoyed the performances.
Upstream Color: 4/10. I didn't think I'd like it and I didn't, but I had to be sure. I do like his meticulousness, but I just don't have the patience to decipher this stuff. I also don't like that he puts himself and his stupid full head of hair in the movie, and macks on cute girls with short hair.
 
Borgnine said:
The Hungry Games Fire Catcher: 4/10. Well, it was better than the first one? I don't think anyone else in the audience caught the irony of a movie about distracting people with dumb ass entertainment which is in itself dumb ass entertainment. I'm like not even a Jenny Lawrence fan so there wasn't much for me here.
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hahaha you disliked it so much you refuse to acknowledge its actual title? ja feel. ja definitely feel.
 
Frozen (2013)

I spent roughly a third of the runtime rolling my eyes. Tangled is a goddamn masterpiece in comparison. Extremely forced drama, vapid characters, shit pacing, no subtlety, self-awareness despite going (mostly) through the motions, etc.
 
swoon said:
what do you think he meant it to mean? and what does it mean?
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The main character he plays (Mookie), starts a riot and destroys his boss (Sal) Pizzaria shop after his friend gets killed by the cops, something his boss had nothing to do with. His friend (Radio Raheem) was an obnoxious douche. What happened was Raheem walked into Sal's shop with his radio on full blast. Sal asked him to turn it off like a million times (this happened once before in the movie), Raheem refuses and then Sal smashes his radio to pieces. Raheem chokes Sal until the cops come and the cops kill Raheem.

The message of the movie is to fight the power, I guess. When all they did was fight some white dude who had nothing to do with their friend's death.
 
WarrenMax007 said:
I've always wondered if anyone outside of Russia seen these movies:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059550/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070233/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076727/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073179/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060584/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062759/

If not, please watch, it's Soviet classic and movies are still awesome.

You can watch it on studio's Youtube channel with English subtitles.

http://www.youtube.com/user/mosfilm
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Gaïdaï and Ryazanov are only two of the overlooked Russian directors I'm going to tackle some day. Awesome as Tarkovsky and Kalatazov are, I'm not sure how much they represent the Russian cinema mainstream.
 
I am making my list of theatricals to see for the month of December and man, is there anything worth a damn to see? I think I said this the last 2 months actually. Haha.
 
Inside Llewyn Davis, Her, and The Wolf of Wall Street are the major releases I can think of. sure there are also a handful of smaller releases coming too. Like, Philomena and Nebraska just started near me
 
slit said:
I just saw Fantastic Planet for the first time yesterday. I have to say I loved it. This animated Sci-fi movie from the 70's is great. I can't recommend it enough. Anybody who has seen it, what's your opinion?
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I saw that recently as well. It has a very idiosyncratic art direction for an animated film. One of my favourite things about it is the psychedelic soundtrack by Alan Goraguer. so good.
 
boutdown said:
The main character he plays (Mookie), starts a riot and destroys his boss (Sal) Pizzaria shop after his friend gets killed by the cops, something his boss had nothing to do with. His friend (Radio Raheem) was an obnoxious douche. What happened was Raheem walked into Sal's shop with his radio on full blast. Sal asked him to turn it off like a million times (this happened once before in the movie), Raheem refuses and then Sal smashes his radio to pieces. Raheem chokes Sal until the cops come and the cops kill Raheem.

The message of the movie is to fight the power, I guess. When all they did was fight some white dude who had nothing to do with their friend's death.
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.... you really misinterpreted the ending and the message.
 
On board for this thread. Will be watching The Turin Horse soon if Netflix decides to stop streaming at 240p. Do you movie people recommend Hulu+ or Mubi?
 
Farewell, My Queen.

Seydoux was good. Kruger was great. Ledoyen had barely anything to do.

Film petered out unforgivably. A film set in revolutionary times needs to add up to something more than a collection of interestingly taut social moments among aristocrats.
 
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