Dragoon En Regalia
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I like Un Chien Andalou more than Blood, just to be clear. It's the better movie overall, but I think there's more to talk about with the Cocteau.
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this accurate. also bonkers to like blood more than early buñuel(which i guess are those first three french films) l'age d'or much better and interesting than blood even from a things to talk about standpoint.
Just watched the Ace Attorney movie and I I'm torn. On one hand I love the games and the movie did a good job at representing them. On the other hand the movie dragged on and was very slow paced and sort of contradicts my first point. I was literally about to fall asleep and I finished at 8:30.
AlternativeUlster
Absolutely pathetic part deux
Damn, I never realized that Un Chien Andalou was made like 30 years before the bulk of his 60s films. I should at some point marathon through those.
The Wolf of Wall Street
While its not the best film of the year, it certainly is one of the most entertaining. Leonardo DiCaprio gives an almighty performance and so does the rest of the cast. This is not meant to be taken as serious film and Scorsese is just having as much fun as possible with it going fully unrestrained throwing everything at you at a blistering pace on screen.
Rubber
Great film and wonderful execution. They manage to bring so much character and life to a tire that you almost forget you're watching a inanimate object.
Margin Call
This really is an amazing debut film from the director. The screenplay is incredibly well written and the actors do a awesome job of bringing it to life. I can't wait to watch All is Lost now.
While its not the best film of the year, it certainly is one of the most entertaining. Leonardo DiCaprio gives an almighty performance and so does the rest of the cast. This is not meant to be taken as serious film and Scorsese is just having as much fun as possible with it going fully unrestrained throwing everything at you at a blistering pace on screen.
Rubber
Great film and wonderful execution. They manage to bring so much character and life to a tire that you almost forget you're watching a inanimate object.
Margin Call
This really is an amazing debut film from the director. The screenplay is incredibly well written and the actors do a awesome job of bringing it to life. I can't wait to watch All is Lost now.
Charles Foster Kane
Rosebud
I just found out the slit eye in UCA was an actual eye. I always thought it was a prop or something.
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AlternativeUlster
Absolutely pathetic part deux
It is a sheep's eye though.
Charles Foster Kane
Rosebud
Still an eye. The scene just got creepier for me.
You could make at least three more lists of five nominees for that category and they would all be just as strong as the one we got.
As a fan of the film, though, it did hurt to see him not make the final cut, but at least he's in some rather good company this year.
Cow's eye, I think.
AlternativeUlster
Absolutely pathetic part deux
Well then. There you go.
I still have to see a couple of films that feature possible best actor nominees for me and I'm already in trouble bringing the number down to five. I feel like we've had a lot of good acting performances this year and it's almost inevitable that some of them will miss the boat. And we all know that in the end the actors in big marketed movies make the best chances. There's been like no hype at all around All Is Lost as far as I know.
I'm not sure if that's allowed here. Or if there ever is a reason to do so. Fun movie though.
I finally got around to watching Orphée and I loved it, even the exposition in the second half was quite fascinating even if the movie slowed down a bit compared to the first. Looking forward to watching another Cocteau movie, I'll probably go for La belle et la bête.
I saw gifs in the funny pictures thread and the English dub was the first thing to pop up when I googled it.
MidnightCowboy
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Am I crazy for thinking Inside Llewyn Davis is a top tier Coen Brothers movie? I'm struggling to think of another film of theirs that has moved me like Llewyn Davis. I've seen No Country, Fargo, Barton Fink, Lebowski, Burn After Reading, Raising Arizona, True Grit, and O Brother, obviously missing some like Miller's Crossing which I hear is great. I'd say Lebowski is my next favorite but it has an entirely different tone and I wouldn't compare them at all. I saw it again last night, just a wonderful experience.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
I thought it was "minor" Coens the first time I saw. The second time it shot its way up near the top and one of my favorites of the year. I actually cried a bit watching that one, which has never happen in a Coens film before. People compare it to A Serious Man, but I hated that film and loved this one. There's an unrelenting sense of nihilism to ASM that I don't think ILD has, even with the mean-streak the film seems to have for its character. I'm not sure if its in my top 3 Coens films(Miller's Crossing, NCFOM, Fargo), but its one that really grows on you, so who knows.
ViewtifulJC
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I love every mean fuckin word that comes out of Carey Mulligan's mouth
"To be clear, asshole, you fucking asshole, I want very much to have it if it's Jim's. That's what I want. But since I don't know, you not only fucked things up by fucking me, and maybe making me pregnant, but even if it's not yours, I can't know that, so I have to get rid of what might be a perfectly fine baby, a baby I want, because everything you touch turns to shit! Like King Midas's idiot brother."
"To be clear, asshole, you fucking asshole, I want very much to have it if it's Jim's. That's what I want. But since I don't know, you not only fucked things up by fucking me, and maybe making me pregnant, but even if it's not yours, I can't know that, so I have to get rid of what might be a perfectly fine baby, a baby I want, because everything you touch turns to shit! Like King Midas's idiot brother."
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MidnightCowboy
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Exactly, maybe it's not their best film technically (although visually I thought it was a great period piece) or their best script, but emotionally it's on another level for me.
Also I irrationally love Carey Mulligan so I thought she was hilarious.
I couldn't get over her self-entitled "you fucked me and are therefore entirely to blame" attitude. Unless there was some insinuation that he raped her that flew entirely over my head.
No, it was consensual. Llewyn chides her for it in one of their arguments.
Chainsawkitten
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Popping my movie-watching-2014-cherry (pretty late) with another rewatch of Morte a Venezia.
Such a lovely film.
Such a lovely film.
Kilgore Trout
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i thought I'd try a little harder to catch up on movies from 2013, but Ain't Them Bodies Saints was just plain old bad. It felt like Malick-lite -- a swooping, shaky camera, shots of nature, less emphasis on story-- but what was left wasn't at all interesting enough to stand on its own.
Iron Man 3 - Tries hard to be like The Dark Knight Rises/The Dark Knight but is just bad. The story goes nowhere,
But the visual effects are so cool! Barf. They managed to make a movie that made Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen look great.
the villain goes nowhere and had a great premise only to waste it is a huge disappointment.
That was such a good scene :lol
Also not a fan of A Serious Man btw, but loved Llewyn.
Deputy Dangle
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After seeing Llewyn, I was hard pressed to find anything about it that I didn't like. All of the good qualities of the Coen brothers' films that I usually love were there, yet for some reason, it didn't resonate with me like I was expecting it to. I've been told it's a film that I need to let simmer for a while, but it hasn't stuck with me weeks after seeing it. I think Ridley nailed what I'd been trying to figure out for a while in that its meandering pace and narrative, while well captured on the Coen's part, is something of a double-edged sword that keeps me from fully embracing it.
I'd still say it's a good film, though. Hell, it's frequently great! I just wish I saw what others, who do love it, see in it.
I'd still say it's a good film, though. Hell, it's frequently great! I just wish I saw what others, who do love it, see in it.
For what it's worth, I love A Serious Man.
Watched 3 movies yesterday:
The Thing - Matthijs van Heijningen - ★
The Thing (2011) is the very definition of a unnecessary prequel/half-assed remake.
Floating Weeds (Ukigusa) - Yasujirō Ozu - ★★★★★
I thought this was an excellent film that probably has a lot more to offer in repeat viewings.
Vertigo - Alfred Hitchcock - ★★★★★
1. Alfred Hitchcock was the master of directing kiss scenes.
2. This film has aged extremely well. The cinematography is amazing and it looks absolutely gorgeous and oozes class. I have never seen opening scenes that grabbed me instantly like the ones in Vertigo when Scottie is chasing after a suspect on the roof. It's phenomenal and so well-executed. The direction by Hitchcock in the film is stylish and unmatched. The atmosphere of the film is another element I'd like to point out, because I thought it balances the "real world" with the dreamlike moments expertly and ultimately creates a surreal environment in which you don't know what's real or not. The music definitely helped with creating tension and emotion, which was great too. Great film!
The Thing - Matthijs van Heijningen - ★
The Thing (2011) is the very definition of a unnecessary prequel/half-assed remake.
Floating Weeds (Ukigusa) - Yasujirō Ozu - ★★★★★
I thought this was an excellent film that probably has a lot more to offer in repeat viewings.
Vertigo - Alfred Hitchcock - ★★★★★
1. Alfred Hitchcock was the master of directing kiss scenes.
2. This film has aged extremely well. The cinematography is amazing and it looks absolutely gorgeous and oozes class. I have never seen opening scenes that grabbed me instantly like the ones in Vertigo when Scottie is chasing after a suspect on the roof. It's phenomenal and so well-executed. The direction by Hitchcock in the film is stylish and unmatched. The atmosphere of the film is another element I'd like to point out, because I thought it balances the "real world" with the dreamlike moments expertly and ultimately creates a surreal environment in which you don't know what's real or not. The music definitely helped with creating tension and emotion, which was great too. Great film!
Charles Foster Kane
Rosebud
What I love about Vertigo's beach kiss scene is how idealized it is,
and how well she's playing Scottie. How could he not fall for it? It's like a dream.
Charles Foster Kane
Rosebud
So many extras.
Charles Foster Kane
Rosebud
Same here. It seems like a bit of a chore.
ViewtifulJC
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Never watch Ben-Hur
Charles Foster Kane
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I have and like it.
I think the most annoying thing is that they go over the same exact plot points and ideas of the original.
Sure you could argue that it was a part of the story intentionally and better left to the immagination in the first place, but i think they could've done something creative and different with it, instead they basically remade The Thing, but flashier and less suspanceful.
Missed opportunity.
grosvenor_92
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Insomnia - Overall I think the movie is pretty good. Robin Williams, Hilary Swank and Al Pacino all give solid performances. It also looks amazing on Blu Ray especially the beginning of the movie where Al Pacino's character and his partner fly into Alaska
obin_gam
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4h11min is an entire days worth, yes. You kinda have to plan around these long epics. I usually save these kind of films for sundays in the spring when I'm hungover. I find them relaxing for the brain with the clearness and beauty coming from the screen.
I haven't seen it since high school, but I do remember Ben-Hur offering more than just LOOK AT ALL THIS GODDAMN MONEY ON THE SCREEN.
Nymphomaniac Part 1:
Saw this in Hungary last week before realizing that it's releasing here next week in it's entire 4 hour-format…. Fun movie, it's actually quite lighthearted! Looking forward to the rest
The Act of Killing:
Loved it! Very interesting subject and execution (pun intented), though I felt the director got a bit manipulative towards the end
Saw this in Hungary last week before realizing that it's releasing here next week in it's entire 4 hour-format…. Fun movie, it's actually quite lighthearted! Looking forward to the rest
The Act of Killing:
Loved it! Very interesting subject and execution (pun intented), though I felt the director got a bit manipulative towards the end
(really pushing Angwar to regret, a sort of western interference in this untouched bizarro world)
Nymphomaniac Part 1:
Saw this in Hungary last week before realizing that it's releasing here next week in it's entire 4 hour-format…. Fun movie, it's actually quite lighthearted! Looking forward to the rest
The Act of Killing:
Loved it! Very interesting subject and execution (pun intented), though I felt the director got a bit manipulative towards the end(really pushing Angwar to regret, a sort of western interference in this untouched bizarro world)
I don't
know if he really pushed
The dude clearly was on the verge of a break down throughout the whole thing and he was constantly having nightmares and such before, contrary to the other "collegues" of his, who seem to sleep just fine with it.
Robot & Frank
Various sources report this movie as a comedy/drama but if you ask me the word comedy does not really apply to this film. But it's definitely a sweet tale about friendship in an interesting setting. Set in the near future we follow Frank who is dementing living his life. His house is a total mess and his son couldn't keep up coming over to clean it up every week. So he ultimately decided to leave his dad a robot butler. From here on out we see Frank slowly bonding with his robot as the film continues. Frank Langella acts most of the movie by him self talking to a robot and pulled it off great. Where the other characters, especially his daughter and very annoying neighbour, aren't all as good it's Frank who manages to make this film an interesting sit.
7/10
Various sources report this movie as a comedy/drama but if you ask me the word comedy does not really apply to this film. But it's definitely a sweet tale about friendship in an interesting setting. Set in the near future we follow Frank who is dementing living his life. His house is a total mess and his son couldn't keep up coming over to clean it up every week. So he ultimately decided to leave his dad a robot butler. From here on out we see Frank slowly bonding with his robot as the film continues. Frank Langella acts most of the movie by him self talking to a robot and pulled it off great. Where the other characters, especially his daughter and very annoying neighbour, aren't all as good it's Frank who manages to make this film an interesting sit.
7/10
Plus Anwar doesn't even
really get why he's feeling awful immediately. Like, from the very beginning of the film he clearly has some regrets but he buries them when he's confronted by the footage by instead focusing on stuff like his costuming. but all throughout the film he has a visceral reaction to anything involving the strangling specifically, so when he's choked and then when he watches himself being choked and he asks if his victims felt the same way he did, that appears completely organic. Or, organic given the situation at least--Oppenheimer did still organize the situation in which Anwar would recreate the events. But it didn't seem like he forced Anwar to come to that realization at all. Just recognized himself that Anwar was hiding pain.
I would say the one moment of Oppenheimer crossing a boundary is right after that, and it's also key to the film: when he responds saying they felt worse because they were dying. It's blatantly crossing a line as a documentarian, and it's also wholly necessary both for their friendship and also because this, in the end, really isn't a situation that deserves impartiality. Anwar deserves nothing.
I would say the one moment of Oppenheimer crossing a boundary is right after that, and it's also key to the film: when he responds saying they felt worse because they were dying. It's blatantly crossing a line as a documentarian, and it's also wholly necessary both for their friendship and also because this, in the end, really isn't a situation that deserves impartiality. Anwar deserves nothing.
One of my weirdest childhood memories is my dad watching Cleopatra, like, at least five times. I was pretty young and the movie just looked bizarre to me and seemed to go on for days.
yeah I know, that's what I found so reprehensible about her.
yeah I know, that's what I found so reprehensible about her.
I mean, Llewyn clearly has a recent history of being an asshole and acting out
sure it's his grief over mike but that doesn't make it excusable
and just for the story you kind of need Jean to be in a period of hating Llewyn so
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