ViewtifulJC
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You're a monster for hating Anchorman
You're a monster for hating Anchorman
Movies You've Seen Recently |OT| Jan 2014
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FreshCakes
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Started off the new year watching Million Dollar Baby. That last third of the movie, was not expecting that at all.
Isn't Le Samourai a French movie? It's been on my to-watch list for a long time though.
Charles Foster Kane
Rosebud
But it sucks!
I don't know what I was smoking. Anyways, add Suspiria and Deep Red.
TheKaeptain
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Wait, you don't like a Jean-Pierre Melville film? SMH
Charles Foster Kane
Rosebud
What? No, I love Le Samourai. The first line had nothing to do with the second.
Net_Wrecker
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Ha, I thought you meant you disliked Deep Red and Le Samourai as well.
SPEAK ANGLISH
SPEAK ANGLISH
Grinchy
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Don Jon
I thought I had the entire movie mapped out within the first 15 minutes. I was so glad to find out I was wrong. It's a well-made movie, but something about it overall must not have worked for me. It's less than 90 minutes long and yet it felt long. I'm not quite sure how to describe how I felt about it. I thought it was a good movie and yet I don't think I'd ever want to sit through it again, nor am I dying to recommend it to anyone.
Tony Danza was really damn good in it. Scarlett's accent was annoying. It wasn't that she did a poor job of emulating the accent, it's just that the accent itself is so obnoxious. I just can't take anyone seriously who sounds like that.
I thought I had the entire movie mapped out within the first 15 minutes. I was so glad to find out I was wrong. It's a well-made movie, but something about it overall must not have worked for me. It's less than 90 minutes long and yet it felt long. I'm not quite sure how to describe how I felt about it. I thought it was a good movie and yet I don't think I'd ever want to sit through it again, nor am I dying to recommend it to anyone.
Tony Danza was really damn good in it. Scarlett's accent was annoying. It wasn't that she did a poor job of emulating the accent, it's just that the accent itself is so obnoxious. I just can't take anyone seriously who sounds like that.
feel like Italian cinema is a big blind spot of mine too. Maybe I'll fix that this year. I've seen like a Rossellini film, a couple de Sica's, a few spaghetti westerns. oh and that fernando di leo box set swoon recommended a couple years ago.
this. but yeah Life is Beautiful is just ok. the sentimentality neither made me sick nor took me over. it's just...fine.
this. but yeah Life is Beautiful is just ok. the sentimentality neither made me sick nor took me over. it's just...fine.
Pickles Spill
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We'll pull it off. We're starting tomorrow, so we should finish Kubrick around midday. A short nap, then off to the weird section of movies, finishing by Monday morning.
Nope. It means well, but ends up being largely insufferable.
No, it makes you a nazi.
I liked it, but I can be a sucker for the worst kinds of melodrama sometimes.
I guess im a monster
Shuggah_Daddy
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You're Next=fucking awesome movie! Definitely a lot better than I was anticipating, didn't see half the shit that happened in this movie coming. Some twisted humor to boot.
Immediately recognized the guy who played the dad as the bartender from dumb and dumber lol
Immediately recognized the guy who played the dad as the bartender from dumb and dumber lol
Kilgore Trout
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Being fairly deficient regarding Italian film myself, I can't make too many suggestions since you seem to have the bases covered, but Dillinger is Dead is good.
Maniac (2012) - Like a cross between Drive and American Psycho. It's an interesting premise that works really well. It has some cool moments and even has a decent scare or two. But overall it was merely okay.
Excision - Went in knowing literally nothing and came out pleasantly surprised. I'd never heard of AnnaLynne until this but she was fantastic (and weirdly hot). Most of the praise should be heaped on Traci Lords who kills it. Really worth checking out if you like Horror films. Great unsettling atmosphere.
Excision - Went in knowing literally nothing and came out pleasantly surprised. I'd never heard of AnnaLynne until this but she was fantastic (and weirdly hot). Most of the praise should be heaped on Traci Lords who kills it. Really worth checking out if you like Horror films. Great unsettling atmosphere.
B For Bendetta
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Raging Bull sucks. It sucked so hard. I thought, if anyone can make a boxing movie interesting, Scorcese can, but I was wrong. Sucked so hard
brianjones
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I think it's time I gave raging bull a rewatch
I remember not liking it very much
I remember not liking it very much
Nah, I pretty much hated it as well.
plasmawave
Banned
Did you watch the latest Half in the bag?
12 Years Slave
It is definitely a very well crafted movie. It won't only get a full five stars rating from me just because, as it happened with Shame, there's always something about McQueen's direction that doesn't let the movie highs hit me as much as I think they should. There's some kind of barrier between what's happening on the screen and what's going on with myself as a viewer.
Prisoners was a big let down for me. I was expecting something along the lines of Twin Peaks/Alan Wake and, even though it is entertaining, solid and safe, that was it. Finished watching and I was "ok?!"
Maybe seeing people talk good things about it let my expectations go higher than they should.
It is definitely a very well crafted movie. It won't only get a full five stars rating from me just because, as it happened with Shame, there's always something about McQueen's direction that doesn't let the movie highs hit me as much as I think they should. There's some kind of barrier between what's happening on the screen and what's going on with myself as a viewer.
Prisoners was a big let down for me. I was expecting something along the lines of Twin Peaks/Alan Wake and, even though it is entertaining, solid and safe, that was it. Finished watching and I was "ok?!"
Maybe seeing people talk good things about it let my expectations go higher than they should.
Net_Wrecker
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WTF @ Twin Peaks/Alan Wake?
Where did you possibly get that connection from?
Where did you possibly get that connection from?
I didn't love it either, a bit too melodramatic for me.
Speaking of melodrama, I watched About Time and loved it. Ate it up completely, welled up eyes at the end and all. Definitely a movie that should be watched with the heart and not with the brain though. I guess it is soon time for me to check out Love Actually..
I probably read it somewhere and got that idea on my mind while watching the movie. And it is definitely not that.
Well, and let's say that it is not a completely outer space thing to even remotely make that connection.
I think it was ScarJo just completely disappearing after the breakup.
Nope? I've had both films on my Netflix watch list for a while
I do watch Half in the bag but not watched in a while.Johnlenham
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Paranorman.
Great little film! For the first 45mins my GF was convinced we were watching something 15+ kept asking if it was really a kids film as they have some great adult gags and once the zombies show up my gf was legit scared at first haha.
Reminded me of Coraline which is never a bad thing!
Its all stop motion stuff which the poster does not really show.
Yeah, About Time was pretty great. Love Actually is a guilty pleasure for me as well, watched it too many times by now. In the same genre sort of About a Boy is also a gem.
GraveRobberX
Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
Saw The Illusionist again, holds up very well for a repeat viewing
I just watched Citizen Kane for the first time. Although I can see where all the praise is coming from, the movie left a few things in the dark. (Or maybe I just missed it...)
for example:
also
and thanks to ghostbusters for spoiling the whole thing for me ~15+ years ago...
for example:
Where did he get his money from in the beginning? He seems to have an infinite supply of cash, but I can't remeber where/how he got it exactly. His parents sure didn't look very rich.
Wtf @ the ending: why would they burn all of his possessions?
and thanks to ghostbusters for spoiling the whole thing for me ~15+ years ago...
Femmeworth
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Massive Nights
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I watched The Spectacular Now last night, totally wasnt what I was expecting. The scene where Bob Odenkirk
just broke me.
offers him the job in the clothing store if he can stay sober
kurisu_1974
Banned
Rififi was spectactular...
An amazing heist movie, but I read this is considered a noir which I don't really agree with... not much traces of German expressionism left, no real femme fatale, no detectives... but probably i'm doing this wrong.
An amazing heist movie, but I read this is considered a noir which I don't really agree with... not much traces of German expressionism left, no real femme fatale, no detectives... but probably i'm doing this wrong.
Gold was discovered on land his mother owned, he inherited the fortune when he turned 25.
They weren't burning everything, just the junk (like old sleds).
ah! thanks, now it makes a lot more sense.
but still, kinda sad that they'd just
burn his dearest possessions...
moving on to vertigo or some other classic I've yet to experience
That's a weird expectation to have of thrillers.
SniperHunter
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The Conjuring - loved it and i need more
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Twin Peaks/Alan Wake is a very particular descriptor. Everything I've read about Prisoners has been in comparison to "normal" thriller-procedurals, not weird supernatural and idiosyncratic Twin Peaks style stuff.
I wasn't expecting supernatural stuff either, just a similar setting and atmosphere. Like Insomnia.
Just finished Amistad. And Solomon is totally there.
Great flick. Underrated.
What's with him and slave movies? He played one in Savannah too: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1797487/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_5
Last year I watched
films (including a handful of shorts). Yikes.
New
You're Next was cool. It works as a slasher with a twist, it works as a dark comedy and it works as a thriller. I had a lot of fun with this. ****
Computer Chess is weird, enjoyable but ultimately not entirely for me. Certainly unique. ***
The new Carrie remake was, in a word, pointless. **
Old
Easy Rider for the first time was quite the trip (ba-dum tsh); a nice period piece. Sex, drugs and rock & roll man ***1/2
After checking out I'm a Cyborg but that's OK, I decided to watch Park Chan Wook's JSA as well, finishing up his films I wanted to see. It was great. It offered some insight in the history of the two Korea's and the tensions between them, while dealing with themes like friendship and loyalty. Film looked nice as well. ****
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New
You're Next was cool. It works as a slasher with a twist, it works as a dark comedy and it works as a thriller. I had a lot of fun with this. ****
Computer Chess is weird, enjoyable but ultimately not entirely for me. Certainly unique. ***
The new Carrie remake was, in a word, pointless. **
Old
Easy Rider for the first time was quite the trip (ba-dum tsh); a nice period piece. Sex, drugs and rock & roll man ***1/2
After checking out I'm a Cyborg but that's OK, I decided to watch Park Chan Wook's JSA as well, finishing up his films I wanted to see. It was great. It offered some insight in the history of the two Korea's and the tensions between them, while dealing with themes like friendship and loyalty. Film looked nice as well. ****
Charles Foster Kane
Rosebud
Part of what makes it effective. What represents something to someone, might seem like junk to others.
Hope the praise doesn't hurt your impression of it (due to expectations). It is fantastic (I really think it's one of the best), but Vertigo is one of those movies that get better and unfold with rewatches.
The Pianist
A very emotionally raw film. Adrian Brody gives a great performance and the cinematography is amazing.
Zombieland
A really fun film that surprisingly feels like a fresh breath of air in the zombie genre.
Altered States
Some of the symbolism and shots here are jaw dropping. The second half of the film felt a bit to much like a David Cronenberg film (the fly) but that isn't really a compliant.
A very emotionally raw film. Adrian Brody gives a great performance and the cinematography is amazing.
Zombieland
A really fun film that surprisingly feels like a fresh breath of air in the zombie genre.
Altered States
Some of the symbolism and shots here are jaw dropping. The second half of the film felt a bit to much like a David Cronenberg film (the fly) but that isn't really a compliant.
Just finished Amistad. And Solomon is totally there.
Great flick. Underrated.
According to IMDB, that was his first theatrical film on his resume, too.
Also, McConaughey's hair is never not hilarious to look at in that film.
AlternativeUlster
Absolutely pathetic part deux
I found a rip of Goltzius. I hope it doesn't have the awkward Russian dub like the ones that are streaming. What am I saying? No one probably cares as much as I do. Haha.
About to watch Simon Killer and hopefully Laurence Anyways tonight.
About to watch Simon Killer and hopefully Laurence Anyways tonight.
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