Movies You've Seen Recently |OT| AUGUST 2014

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Killer of Sheep

This was really great, basically captures a very realist look at working class black america and does it extremely well while coming off as quite poetic in it's execution, think it came from the use of music which was just wonderful.

The Spirit of '45

Basically left-wing political propaganda but the kind of propaganda I agree with. Fuck thatcher and neo-liberalism.
 
I'm fine with the humans being nothing more than a way to showcase scale in a Godzilla movie, but they committed the worst sin possible by being boring. If they're really that insignificant to what's happening, at least jump around to 15 different characters within the movie so we don't have to deal with Boring McSnore the whole time.
 
big ander said:
I think it takes the argument too far but I agree with the gist of this essay on how the uselessness of the humans in Godzilla is a good thing. You might think it's worth a read
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I think this is giving too much credit to a film that didn't put that much thought on it.

The human characters aren't boring or underdeveloped as some metacommentary on Godzilla and how he figuratively and literally overwhelms humanity's existence, they're boring and underdeveloped because of flat writing and directing.
 
Like I said I don't think the essay is fully right and I definitely don't think their hollowness is a metacommentary or anything, but I did think that the marginalization of human characters was at least a slightly guided choice. as in, the focus was intentionally on Godzilla, and having ATJ be a guy who just coincidentally sees G-man do a lot of shit while others
Cranston, Olsen
disappear or are sidelined does properly help to convey the beyond-human stakes of the film. I don't think that they were intentionally boring though-- like you could easily have ATJ not be a suckhole of charisma, and you could have given Olsen an actual arc and it would've helped the film without sacrificing the posthuman viewpoint
 
I don't even think the characters need arcs. They just need to be engaging for 5 minute intervals before the next set piece. It would've been more interesting if the humans had no resolutions at all. Just cut to black when Godzilla saves the day.
 
Just watched "This Thing With Sarah" last night on Xbox Videos

Pretty chill movie for a "romantic comedy"

About a guy who is trying to find his "rebound" in life and intimacy after a five year relationship with his latest has ended.

I was very happy with the ending of him not ending up with the girl he was seeing after his ex
glad it wasn't that typical romantic comedy ending
 
Play Misty for Me
Eastwood is the man, even when he is scared of a crazy woman. Great 70s thriller.

The Last Stand
Didn't enjoy this one at all, everything in this movie happens just to have a movie and doesn't make any other kind of sense, which can be fun I guess, but it wasn't.

Broadcast News
Great comedy-drama about the vulgarization of the media, great cast and great acting, maybe a bit dated but still relevant enough.

Sans soleil
Amazing to look at faux-documentary featuring philosophical musings that put the images in weird perspectives. A strange journey.

All the President's Men
Was very much into this for the most part, but my attention started wandering somewhere, it is a tad dry even if it is great.

La noche del terror ciego aka Tombs of the Blind Dead
First part of a series of Spanish horror movies by Amando de Ossorio, visuals can't compete with their Italian counterparts, but I enjoyed this for what it was. The Templar Knights had cool desings and they looked very apocalyptic especially on horseback.

George Washington
David Gordon Green channels a bit of Malick in this low key tale about troubled youth in a dead end town. Good but not great, felt it was missing something.

The Blob
Amazing.
Let's hope the arctic stays cold.
 
I agree with Aaron Taylor Johnson being too bland in Godzilla, would have much rather it had been a father-son bonding tale (also because Cranston's character is the best character in the movie) instead of this faceless boring empty vessel of a protagonist.

Also there was way too little
godzilla
.
 
The Edge.
Pretty entertaining movie, with some fun quotes.

Pretty much as i remembered it, fun but somewhat corny, though i think Anthony Hopkins' charisma drives most of the movie's power.
 
In memory of Richard I watched this.

What a cast.

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Dazed and Confused

Behind every good man there is a woman, and that woman was Martha Washington, man, and everyday George would come home, she would have a big fat bowl waiting for him, man, when he come in the door, man, she was a hip, hip, hip lady, man.

To say I loved this movie would be an understatement. There's no real drama, just high schoolers hanging out. I love movies that follow different groups, you really get a sense of community.
 
MidnightCowboy said:
Dazed and Confused

Behind every good man there is a woman, and that woman was Martha Washington, man, and everyday George would come home, she would have a big fat bowl waiting for him, man, when he come in the door, man, she was a hip, hip, hip lady, man.

To say I loved this movie would be an understatement. There's no real drama, just high schoolers hanging out. I love movies that follow different groups, you really get a sense of community.
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You know what I like most about these highschool girls man?
 
Update on my Robin Williams journey:

Insomnia: Was pretty mediocre to be honest. I liked the getup, even tho it was a bit pointless, but it failed to make it count in a meaningful way.

Awakening: Great movie and astonishingly well played by both main characters. Also quite sad. Nonetheless, I enjoyed it a lot. Could be one of his best.

Old Dogs: Meh. Not funny, stupid setup and pretty boring. Not even a good family flick.
 
I went to my first test screening last night! Signed an NDA and everything. Interesting experience, will talk about the movie when closer to release (if I remember) though there really isn't a whole lot to say about it. I think it'll come out around awards season, but it won't pick up anything.
 
Blader said:
I went to my first test screening last night! Signed an NDA and everything. Interesting experience, will talk about the movie when closer to release (if I remember) though there really isn't a whole lot to say about it. I think it'll come out around awards season, but it won't pick up anything.
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Nice. How do those things happen? Do they just pick people off the street?
 
Blader said:
I went to my first test screening last night! Signed an NDA and everything. Interesting experience, will talk about the movie when closer to release (if I remember) though there really isn't a whole lot to say about it. I think it'll come out around awards season, but it won't pick up anything.
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Kaep signs NDA and he still gives us hints cmon man
 
Blader said:
I went to my first test screening last night! Signed an NDA and everything. Interesting experience, will talk about the movie when closer to release (if I remember) though there really isn't a whole lot to say about it. I think it'll come out around awards season, but it won't pick up anything.
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Is it a big movie title?
 
Blader said:
I went to my first test screening last night! Signed an NDA and everything. Interesting experience, will talk about the movie when closer to release (if I remember) though there really isn't a whole lot to say about it. I think it'll come out around awards season, but it won't pick up anything.
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You're talking about Inherent Vice aren't you...and it may pick up some noms.
 
Frustrated_Grunt said:
Nice. How do those things happen? Do they just pick people off the street?
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I just got an email inviting me to the screening. I don't really know who sent it or how they got my name, but I do go to a lot of advance screenings through Gofobo and places like that, so maybe my email is just getting passed around those guys.

strafer said:
Is it a big movie title?
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I don't think it's something that'd be on a lot of people's radars.

ViewtifulJC said:
Kaep signs NDA and he still gives us hints cmon man
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Okay, fine. Here's a hint: If you rearrange the letters in my first post, you can spell out the movie's title, along with many other letters leftover.
 
MidnightCowboy said:
Dazed and Confused

Behind every good man there is a woman, and that woman was Martha Washington, man, and everyday George would come home, she would have a big fat bowl waiting for him, man, when he come in the door, man, she was a hip, hip, hip lady, man.

To say I loved this movie would be an understatement. There's no real drama, just high schoolers hanging out. I love movies that follow different groups, you really get a sense of community.
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Didn't even know this was Linklater until a couple months ago. Creaming to see it now.
 
Borgnine said:
Kaep stars or riot.
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the Borg knows. Was it Birdman? Cuz the hype for that shit coming out of Venice is damn near Liquidsnake tier

Hubristic, humble, heartfelt and hotheaded, “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” is phenomenal. The feverishly anticipated (not least by us) movie from Alejandro González Iñárritu blasted through its Venice premiere (it’s the opening film) in a giddy, gonzo rush —so exciting, so moment-to-moment enjoyable that to expect profundity would be greedy. And yet it delivers on that level as well; the film is as thoughtful and smart as it is infectiously absurd. And that's perhaps the biggest surprise of an endlessly surprising, inventive movie: whatever the sum of its parts, like how it launches and completes the “Keatonnaissance” in one fell swoop, or the incredible camerawork that is imperceptibly stitched together into (mostly) one long, seemingly cutless take, “Birdman” adds up to more. It’s borderline miraculous.
 
ViewtifulJC said:
the Borg knows. Was it Birdman? Cuz the hype for that shit coming out of Venice is damn near Liquidsnake tier

Hubristic, humble, heartfelt and hotheaded, “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” is phenomenal. The feverishly anticipated (not least by us) movie from Alejandro González Iñárritu blasted through its Venice premiere (it’s the opening film) in a giddy, gonzo rush —so exciting, so moment-to-moment enjoyable that to expect profundity would be greedy. And yet it delivers on that level as well; the film is as thoughtful and smart as it is infectiously absurd. And that's perhaps the biggest surprise of an endlessly surprising, inventive movie: whatever the sum of its parts, like how it launches and completes the “Keatonnaissance” in one fell swoop, or the incredible camerawork that is imperceptibly stitched together into (mostly) one long, seemingly cutless take, “Birdman” adds up to more. It’s borderline miraculous.
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I can see it.
 
ViewtifulJC said:
the Borg knows. Was it Birdman? Cuz the hype for that shit coming out of Venice is damn near Liquidsnake tier

Hubristic, humble, heartfelt and hotheaded, “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” is phenomenal. The feverishly anticipated (not least by us) movie from Alejandro González Iñárritu blasted through its Venice premiere (it’s the opening film) in a giddy, gonzo rush —so exciting, so moment-to-moment enjoyable that to expect profundity would be greedy. And yet it delivers on that level as well; the film is as thoughtful and smart as it is infectiously absurd. And that's perhaps the biggest surprise of an endlessly surprising, inventive movie: whatever the sum of its parts, like how it launches and completes the “Keatonnaissance” in one fell swoop, or the incredible camerawork that is imperceptibly stitched together into (mostly) one long, seemingly cutless take, “Birdman” adds up to more. It’s borderline miraculous.
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http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplayl...ael-keaton-emma-stone-ed-norton-more-20140827

If it resembles any film at all, it’s probably Charlie Kaufman’s “Synecdoche, NY” but with a lighter heart and a sly grin.

Oh, I'm all in!

Even if this reads as very hyperbolic, I'm just glad there's a new weird great dark comedy since Filth.

But if there is an MVP here aside from Iñárritu, it has to be DP Emmanuel Lubezki.

OH SHIT
 
Net_Wrecker said:
I'm fine with the humans being nothing more than a way to showcase scale in a Godzilla movie, but they committed the worst sin possible by being boring. If they're really that insignificant to what's happening, at least jump around to 15 different characters within the movie so we don't have to deal with Boring McSnore the whole time.
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LTTP but my impression was that, a boring movie, above anything else. The though was: the bigger the monster the bigger the threat and induced terror but never felt that, not even watching all those skyscrapers being torn apart. The bass drops and sudden silences moments were already a given in these kind of movies. 2/5
 
Zukuu said:
Update on my Robin Williams journey:

Insomnia: Was pretty mediocre to be honest. I liked the getup, even tho it was a bit pointless, but it failed to make it count in a meaningful way.

Awakenings: Great movie and astonishingly well played by both main characters. Also quite sad. Nonetheless, I enjoyed it a lot. Could be one of his best.

Old Dogs: Meh. Not funny, stupid setup and pretty boring. Not even a good family flick.
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Fixed that for you (hint:
he didn't have just one patient that responded to his experimental medicine
). But, indeed, quality film and probably my second most favorite film of his, after Good Will Hunting (my local cinema is screening this tomorrow :) ).
 
Death Metalist said:
" You brought two too many "

Once Upon a Time in the West is a masterpiece as far as i'm concerned, Just the soundtrack alone is worth for watching the film.

The Sabata Trilogy, Outlaw josey wales, 3:10 to Yuma, High Plains Drifter, Fistful of dollars, For a few dollars more, Sepharim Falls, El Topo, Two Mules For Sister Sarah, Westworld, Pale Rider, Silverado, Hang'em high, Hatfields & Mccoys, City slickers, The quick and the dead, Buch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Blackthorn, Young Guns, Tombstone, Four Eyes and Six Guns, The Proposition, Django, Django Unchained, Maverick, There will be blood, The Missing, True Grit, My name is Trinity, Trinity is still my name and pretty much other Terence Hill + Bud spencer western movies are also all great.

I find it weird that the last movies of Sergio Leone get mentioned the least. For me, My favorite movie of all time is Once Upon A Time In America. It makes me recall my life and be nostalgic about my past in a way no other movie ever did. It has a mesmerizing soundtrack as well. Also, I'm talking about the superior in every way 4 hour or so version of the movie.

Sergio Leone would have easily gotten oscars for the movie if it wasn't butchered to hell, what a shame.
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Watched it not so long ago. It was a good watch, it was an odd journey that unfolded. 4/5.
There's a quality on these westerns on the 60s/70s that cannot be reproduced any more nowadays. And I'm not talking about the scripts or stories but on their "imagery", they are dirty, dusty, rough, rude, a truly violent environment, anything nowadays would feel too crispy or clean, maybe it's the photography or the excess use of post production (effects, filters, whatever). This said, recent western I can only recall TWBB, it was probably the movie more similar to those visuals, but I have yet to watch the most recent True Grit and the Assassination of Jesse James.
 
luso said:
Watched it not so long ago. It was a good watch, it was an odd journey that unfolded. 4/5.
There's a quality on these westerns on the 60s/70s that cannot be reproduced any more nowadays. And I'm not talking about the scripts or stories but on their "imagery", they are dirty, dusty, rough, rude, a truly violent environment, anything nowadays would feel too crispy or clean, maybe it's the photography or the excess use of post production (effects, filters, whatever). This said, recent western I can only recall TWBB, it was probably the movie more similar to those visuals, but I have yet to watch the most recent True Grit and the Assassination of Jesse James.
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I totally get what you mean. That's why I love spaghetti western, you could just feel and sense the heat, sweat, grittiness, harshness and dirt of everything around the surrounding area and the characters, you could feel that people who lived at that time, had it rough. The atmosphere is unmatched when you compare it with any other western movies that aren't spaghetti or aim to be which is in general Italian western, those that look too clean which isn't the way things were back then. They were nasty, dirty, gritty and harsh.

Adding to that since the movies were made on cheap film long ago it added to the gritty nature of everything so it did good way more than bad that's for sure. Nowadays I think filmmakers could aim for that but I don't know if companies would be up for that. Quintin Tarantino did something of the same nature for Death Proof/Grindhouse where he aimed to get the feel of a B movie in terms of look and everything. I think companies should know that the type of film adds to the feel of the movie and those old cheap films benefited Italian westerns alot, for sure.

I wish they did more westerns in that vein but eh, atleast we got alot of the oldies and thankfully, most of them are really fucking good.
 
Inland Empire - Fucking hated it, I'm a fan of Lynch (or I think I am?), Eraserhead is one of my favourite movie of all time, but this I just couldn't enjoy it... not that you enjoy a Lynch movie, you accept it.

That piece of shit camera urgh, and seeing that he filmed it with no script and just went on as he pleased... I think it shows and I'm not a fan of that. That's two in a row that I've seen from him which I didn't like at all (the other is Wild at Heart)

I'm sad that I started watching his movies with Eraserhead and Blue Velvet, because so far the others I've seen don't even come close. (I have the The Straight Story, Lost Highway and Twin Peaks left)
 
Watched a couple of fantastic docs the last few days.

The Interrupters
Reminds me a lot of This American Life's story on Harper High School, but on a much bigger scale. Certainly one of the biggest achievements in documentary and social justice filmmaking this decade. Steve James does an unbelievable job of taking a very complicated situation, and distilling it into something that's easily digestible and understood for any viewer without betraying the nuance of it. Incredible doc.

Jodorowsky's Dune
I've never seen a single of Jodorowsky's films but the guy seems like a blast, so animated and friendly (well, that rape thing was a little awkward). His vision for Dune seems pretty crazy and almost destined to fail; I have a hard time believing if he actually did he get the greenlight for it, it would be anything but a mess. Still, I love film history shit like this, and it's really nice to see that even decades have passed and the guy's up in his 80s now, Jodorowsky is as passionate and excited about the film as ever. His reaction to Lynch's film cracked me up.

ViewtifulJC said:
the Borg knows. Was it Birdman? Cuz the hype for that shit coming out of Venice is damn near Liquidsnake tier
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It was not Birdman. Does sound really good though. I hated Babel but this is definitely on my radar.

Kaep stars: * **** ******* ****
 
Pulp Fiction: Upon rewatch, there is no doubt in my mind that 'The Bonnie Situation' is a poorly written and poorly executed part of the movie. The rest ranges from great to fantastic (all of my admiration for 'Vincent Vega and Marsellus Wallace's Wife').
 
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
Finally after years of waiting I got the chance to see it and I'm a bit shell shocked to say the least. I did not expect such a shift in tone and setting as dramatic as that. The animation is top notch so there's nothing wrong in that department but I'm still not sure about this new direction. Anno better have a good ending planned that ties everything or else this entire rebuild would have been completely wasted.

Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
Good but the first volume was better.It started of well enough but by the last chapter it had reached a point where it just stretched itself to thinly. That ending was simultaneously infuriating and wonderfully fantastic.
 
Blader said:
Kaep stars: * **** ******* ****
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Ok now fill in the stars.

Night Moves: 7/10. Story about some kids trying to make some front page drive-in news in the summertime, at a dam out past the cornfields where the woods get heavy. They're not in love, oh no, far from it, and they weren't searching for some pie in the sky summit. They're just young and restless and bored. Michael Cera continues to impress and Dakota Fanning continues to get uglier each time I see her.

The Rover: 8/10. Kick ass. Honestly I don't see much difference between modern Australia and Australia "after the collapse." It wasn't until I went to Letterboxd after and realized I had been watching Robert Pattinson the entire time. The end was never going to be anything but a disappointment, but it's the journey man.
 
Watched The Story of Film: An Odyssey on Netflix. An interesting watch that gives a good overview on most developments in film from 1898 to the present. It's a bit dry in some places, but very informative.
 
I love some of Kieslowski movies, but just couldn't relate or take anything really meaningful out of A Short Film About Love after watching it for the first time tonight. It didn't even get to touch me, as it was overly sad and maybe I shielded myself against the mood. Too melancholic and about something obsessive and sick. The only thing positive about it that I take is that the acting was well done, even though I didn't find the characters interesting - the world around felt believable and realistic, but that's Kieslowski's forte.
 
MidnightCowboy said:
Dazed and Confused

Behind every good man there is a woman, and that woman was Martha Washington, man, and everyday George would come home, she would have a big fat bowl waiting for him, man, when he come in the door, man, she was a hip, hip, hip lady, man.

To say I loved this movie would be an understatement. There's no real drama, just high schoolers hanging out. I love movies that follow different groups, you really get a sense of community.
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Yeah, I love the way Linklater handled all the characters. I was hooked all the way through, man.

And I really enjoyed that moment when Ben Affleck got
doused in paint
. Just fantastic.
 
Borgnine said:
The Rover: 8/10. Kick ass. Honestly I don't see much difference between modern Australia and Australia "after the collapse." It wasn't until I went to Letterboxd after and realized I had been watching Robert Pattinson the entire time. The end was never going to be anything but a disappointment, but it's the journey man.
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This movie rocked. It was like mad max meets rain man

Aside from the opening my favorite scene
was probably when that Keri Hilson song popped up. Reminds you that there was a civilization and also this dude is still a kid despite all the shit he's done/gone through

I liked it more than animal kingdom
 
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