Entre Nos
Follows this Colombian immigrant lady in NYC who is in need of money after her husband leaves her and two kids. Finds a way. Good a bit too melodramatic at times though.
Mesrine: Part 1: Killer Instinct
Mesrine: Part 2: Public Enemy #1
Witchfinder General - A bit dissapointed by this cult favorite albeit the performance by Vincent Price was great.
Let the Right One in - Great
Alucarda - After reading some reviews about and images after watching it was everything I hoped it would be.
Species. I remember thinking this was pretty good when I saw it at the theater. Years later I realized I was a fucking idiot back then, the movie is total cheese crap. Natasha Henstridge looked good though...
i just rewatched red dragon which is a remake of manhunter. i was kind of wondering if i would still like it as much as i used to, as deaner mentioned above. i did. it holds up really well. i was home alone when i watched it and i looked over my shoulder several times. now that's a scary movie.
Just watched Raising Arizona for the millionth time. Fucking masterpiece and the ONLY movie where I like Nicolas Cage 100% in it.
edit: I remember Red Dragon being better than Manhunter (way too Miami Vice), but still paling next to Silence Of The Lambs. May need to re-watch it.
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Witchfinder General - A bit dissapointed by this cult favorite albeit the performance by Vincent Price was great.
Let the Right One in - Great
Alucarda - After reading some reviews about and images after watching it was everything I hoped it would be.
Is Alucarda the Spanish one from the 70's? I've been wanting to see that.
Took a day off work Monday;
Four Flies on Gray Velvet
Dracula Has Risen From The Grave
The Severed Arm
just re-watched jesus' son. spectacularly hilarious and sad. this is the sort of movie that's right up my alley. i've been in most of the situations portrayed in this film and understand why they are untouchably funny. i also understand that sense you start getting toward the end of the movie...that desire to go back in time a little bit. to a time when life was free and wild and filled with hilarity...and the dawning realization that you can never get back there. not living the way you've been living or any other way. it's gone forever and the more you try to get it back the worse it's gonna get. so where do you go from here?
Quote from: lowdaddy on April 14, 2011, 09:11:06 PM
just re-watched jesus' son. spectacularly hilarious and sad. this is the sort of movie that's right up my alley. i've been in most of the situations portrayed in this film and understand why they are untouchably funny. i also understand that sense you start getting toward the end of the movie...that desire to go back in time a little bit. to a time when life was free and wild and filled with hilarity...and the dawning realization that you can never get back there. not living the way you've been living or any other way. it's gone forever and the more you try to get it back the worse it's gonna get. so where do you go from here?
YES! LOVE that movie. So bizarre and a little bit of Holly Hunter nudity doesn't hurt. Was it on a movie channel or DVD? Have you seen High Life? That movie had the same tone - a dreamy druglike state...
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just re-watched jesus' son. spectacularly hilarious and sad. this is the sort of movie that's right up my alley. i've been in most of the situations portrayed in this film and understand why they are untouchably funny. i also understand that sense you start getting toward the end of the movie...that desire to go back in time a little bit. to a time when life was free and wild and filled with hilarity...and the dawning realization that you can never get back there. not living the way you've been living or any other way. it's gone forever and the more you try to get it back the worse it's gonna get. so where do you go from here?
YES! LOVE that movie. So bizarre and a little bit of Holly Hunter nudity doesn't hurt. Was it on a movie channel or DVD? Have you seen High Life? That movie had the same tone - a dreamy druglike state...
watched it streaming on netflix. samantha morton is fucking stunning in this one deaner! that scene where he first meets her and she's dancing....drool!drool!drool! jesus, what a sexpot. i haven't seen high life. don't think i've ever heard of it. i'll definately check it out. thanks for the heads up. :)
Yeah, she's hot and Jack Black doesn't exactly play himself like he does in every other movie. Plus a movie with a Louvin Brothers song can't be bad.
Quote from: lftwng4 on April 13, 2011, 10:25:33 PM
Is Alucarda the Spanish one from the 70's? I've been wanting to see that.
Yep it is. Tina Romero is mesmerizing as Alucarda.
Re-watched Children of Men. Great film. Some flaws though one flaw I saw in the film is the Fishes almost magical ability to track down the protagonists (discovery of the secret hideout of Jasper then at the refugee camp same crew too).
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Rewatched Severance. Very funny and the blonde chick is so hot. Too bad she didn't get naked - I won't hold it against her.
Home sick again:
The Lost Continent(Hammer)
Anvil: The Story of Anvil
Deep Red
Animal Kingdom. I debated posting a thread on it, but really it was just another crime movie. Good, but nothing that special.
i thought animal kingdom was terrific. weird, creepy characterizations...especially the older brother and the mother. i really liked how the narrative didn't confine itself to the criminal world but showed how the criminal world intruded on the straight world. also, how did the cops get away with blasting that motherfucker in his car, unarmed? that was never addressed and, among other things, gave the film a really creepy, surreal feeling. i dug it alot.
I was just a little disappointed after all the good reviews, oscar nomination, hype, etc. I did like how the director was able to keep up the tension throughout the movie and the acting was very good.
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Quote from: lftwng4 on April 13, 2011, 10:25:33 PM
Is Alucarda the Spanish one from the 70's? I've been wanting to see that.
Yep it is. Tina Romero is mesmerizing as Alucarda.
Re-watched Children of Men. Great film. Some flaws though one flaw I saw in the film is the Fishes almost magical ability to track down the protagonists (discovery of the secret hideout of Jasper then at the refugee camp same crew too).
Thats a great movie though you gotta admit the urban warfare scene at the end where hes running around getting shot at is riveting. That was the most realistic action scene I've seen in years.
I saw Source Code it was pretty good. It kept the story about the people and didn't go into too much detail explaining the physics of it which is what most good sci-fi movies do. I still thought Moon was a better movie for Duncan Jones.
Quote from: giantchris on April 20, 2011, 06:54:06 PM
Thats a great movie though you gotta admit the urban warfare scene at the end where hes running around getting shot at is riveting. That was the most realistic action scene I've seen in years.
Oh yeah don't get me wrong I loved the movie that was just a minor complaint from the film.
Che, really good.
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Recently I seen this one and after watching I was speechless. Christiane Bell won the best supporting actor's academy award for this.
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Night of the Hunted (La Nuit des Traquées) (1980)
First film I've seen by Jean Rollin and liked it. Good plot characters. Nice to see that redhead naked. Disliked the fact that it had a 15 minute sex scene I mean really there was no reason for it to be that long and the transfer to DVD wasn't very good. I'm now interested in seeing Fascination and Grapes of Death not sure about his other films.
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The Box. Utter shit. Ridiculously bad when it had at least (an initial) concept that was kind of cool. The further the movie went along the further it devolved into confusion, unrelated plot devices, and weirdness for, seemingly, the sake of weirdness.
Apparently it was based upon a short story by the guy who wrote "I Am Legend", Robert Matthieson? (sp)? I can only hope the story is not as frustrating as the movie was.
The Box was shit.
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Pretty depressing throughout the film except for the very end. Reminded me of Gummo in tone and style as it's done in a semi documentary way.
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Pretty depressing throughout the film except for the very end. Reminded me of Gummo in tone and style as it's done in a semi documentary way.
Decent amount of nudity?
You ever seen Gegen die Wand (Head-On in the US)? That was a mind fucker.
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Is this film any good? I'm considering adding it to my queue.
Supposed to be decent. My wife wants to see it, so we'll get it from Netflix at some point.
Quote from: whoshotthefrog on April 27, 2011, 04:22:04 PM
Is this film any good? I'm considering adding it to my queue.
Not great but still pretty good.
Quote from: deaner33 on April 27, 2011, 07:21:06 AM
Decent amount of nudity?
You ever seen Gegen die Wand (Head-On in the US)? That was a mind fucker.
There's two long scenes with an ample amount of nudity nothing more outside of that.
No I haven't seen that film Head-On but I just saw a trailer for it and it does look interesting.
Salt. Sometimes I forget how bad big budget Hollywood action movies can be. What a total piece of shit.
I saw Chloe when I was in Poland and watched Black Swan last night. Chloe sucked big time but had a better girl on girl (woman) love scene than Black Swan. Black Swan was OK, not great and the story took forever to develop. I think I've been spending way too much time with my lez-be friends, I need to watch a heterosexual movie this week.
I Saw The Devil
Casino Jack
A Somewhat Gentle Man
"The Way Back" which was inspired by the book "The Long Walk" by Slawomir Rawicz. Not very good, imo (the movie, that is).
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I Saw The Devil
Casino Jack
A Somewhat Gentle Man
Care to give an opinion on I Saw the Devil? Saw a trailer and it looks intense! It's up next on my Netflix queue.
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I Saw The Devil
Casino Jack
A Somewhat Gentle Man
Care to give an opinion on I Saw the Devil? Saw a trailer and it looks intense! It's up next on my Netflix queue.
It is extremely intense. Very violent and quite gory. The cab scene alone was a blood bath. If you liked Old Boy, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and/or Lady Vengeance then you'll definitely like this movie. It's from the same director and a lot of the same actors used in the other three films are also in this film. I highly recommend it.
Loved Lady Vengeance, like Oldboy a lot and was meh on Mr Vengeance. Got the movie from Netflix the other day - the 2 1/2 hour running time is going to be a committment though.
I just saw the new pirates movie. It was OK the ONLY redeeming factor was Geoffory Rush who basically dominates the screen whenever hes on. I was a bit disappointed that Ian McShane wasn't better as BlackBeard, I blame his dialogue which was awful. Johnny Depp was pretty hit or miss. Awful story too I know the book this is based on is 100x better. (and if they are going to make a Tim Powers book a movie I want The Anubis Gates)
I'd give it 2 to 2.5 stars and recommend renting it. This is probably an inflated rating but it did give me a couple pretty good laughs.
stuff i've watched streaming on netflix this past week or so:
hubert selby - it'll be better tomorrow - i've never read any selby and didn't know anything about him before watching this doc. i am now very intrigued and will be reading him soon. i didn't know that there was a novel requiem for a dream that the movie was based on. great fuckin movie.
william s. burroughs: a man within - this one was cool for me because, although i've read several of burroughs' masterworks, i really knew very little (nothing) about his life other than that he killed his wife. i enjoyed getting some of the backstory. it was a little strange to get a picture of him as a man living in the real world dealing with life in the real world. half expected him to inhabit a meditteranean land of talking typewriters that dispense opiates and fuck you...if you've been really good.
bukowski - born into this - halfway thru it. i've seen it before - several times - but it bears rewatching. i mean, come on, it's the buk.
Quote from: giantchris on May 25, 2011, 12:36:35 AM
I just saw the new pirates movie. It was OK the ONLY redeeming factor was Geoffory Rush who basically dominates the screen whenever hes on. I was a bit disappointed that Ian McShane wasn't better as BlackBeard, I blame his dialogue which was awful. Johnny Depp was pretty hit or miss. Awful story too I know the book this is based on is 100x better. (and if they are going to make a Tim Powers book a movie I want The Anubis Gates)
I'd give it 2 to 2.5 stars and recommend renting it. This is probably an inflated rating but it did give me a couple pretty good laughs.
Wait, I thought this was based on the Disney ride? I've never seen a single one of these. Not being a snob, but when my wife (who is a HUGE Johnny Depp fan) didn't like the first one I decided to pass.
Vanishing on 7th street.
Not bad ...until you reach the end, then it's just plain garbage.
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Quote from: giantchris on May 25, 2011, 12:36:35 AM
I just saw the new pirates movie. It was OK the ONLY redeeming factor was Geoffory Rush who basically dominates the screen whenever hes on. I was a bit disappointed that Ian McShane wasn't better as BlackBeard, I blame his dialogue which was awful. Johnny Depp was pretty hit or miss. Awful story too I know the book this is based on is 100x better. (and if they are going to make a Tim Powers book a movie I want The Anubis Gates)
I'd give it 2 to 2.5 stars and recommend renting it. This is probably an inflated rating but it did give me a couple pretty good laughs.
Wait, I thought this was based on the Disney ride? I've never seen a single one of these. Not being a snob, but when my wife (who is a HUGE Johnny Depp fan) didn't like the first one I decided to pass.
It is based off the disney ride except for the last movie which ripped the plot from the Tim Powers novel "On Stranger Tides" which is why its called Pirates of the Carribean: On Stranger Tides. Its basically the book + the pirates characters. Passing is probably a good idea the first one is pretty good it rapidly goes downhill.
Watched Black Swan, didn't really care for it. Certainly didn't seem Oscar worthy.
Quote from: deaner33 on May 26, 2011, 08:48:36 AM
Watched Black Swan, didn't really care for it. Certainly didn't seem Oscar worthy.
I didnt like any part of it and I'm a fan of Aronofsky, muffdiving and Natalie Portman getting muffdoven.
I just watched a pretty good Australian flick 'Hush' ..well done, well paced thriller. Liked it alot
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Yeah, lesbian sex scene with no nudity = fail.
Quote from: willb on May 25, 2011, 10:15:42 AM
Vanishing on 7th street.
Not bad ...until you reach the end, then it's just plain garbage.
Great, I was planning on watching that later today.
"Man on Wire" - really nice documentary (with some docu-drama sections) about Phillip Pettite who walked across a highwire stretched between the two World Trade Center buildings, back in 1974. Recommended.
"Gaslands" - Disturbing documentary about hydraulic fracturing ('fracking') where gas companies inject water and chemicals into the ground under high pressure, in order to release natural gas trapped underground. Shows people lighting their tap water on fire, due to chemical contamination. Recommended.
Quote from: Lumpy on May 30, 2011, 01:59:30 AM
"Man on Wire" - really nice documentary (with some docu-drama sections) about Phillip Pettite who walked across a highwire stretched between the two World Trade Center buildings, back in 1974. Recommended.
"Gaslands" - Disturbing documentary about hydraulic fracturing ('fracking') where gas companies inject water and chemicals into the ground under high pressure, in order to release natural gas trapped underground. Shows people lighting their tap water on fire, due to chemical contamination. Recommended.
That Man On Wire dude is fucking crazy. Watching him walk the wires just about gave me an anxiety attack (I'm scared of heights).
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Quote from: Lumpy on May 30, 2011, 01:59:30 AM
"Man on Wire" - really nice documentary (with some docu-drama sections) about Phillip Pettite who walked across a highwire stretched between the two World Trade Center buildings, back in 1974. Recommended.
"Gaslands" - Disturbing documentary about hydraulic fracturing ('fracking') where gas companies inject water and chemicals into the ground under high pressure, in order to release natural gas trapped underground. Shows people lighting their tap water on fire, due to chemical contamination. Recommended.
That Man On Wire dude is fucking crazy. Watching him walk the wires just about gave me an anxiety attack (I'm scared of heights).
I know... when he talks about finally taking that first step on the WTC wire, and taking his weight off the building and putting all his weight on the wire... yikes! I even got creeped out watching him peering over the edge of the building. Freaky heights!
just saw the latest x-men movie..it was awesome..
the avengers better live up to expectations..thats all i got to say..
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Hush
The Tunnel
The Woman
Point Blank
Stake Land
Acolytes
Its Kind of a Funny Story
The Silent House
Rubber
Quote from: Metal Dave on June 11, 2011, 05:50:48 PM
I saw "Slow Southern Steel" last weekend at the Little Rock Film Festival, Ben Hogg was in attendance, too. It's a good document; the trailers are a good example of the thing as a whole. Music segments with Dixie Witch, Beaten Back to Pure, Hank III in his jamroom, as well as many-an-interview w/ Jim Bower, Hank, Mr. Hogg, Erik Larson, Phil Anselmo, Mike Williams, yours truly--briefly, thank the lo'--Brian Patton, Sammy Duet, Pepper Keenan, loads of other Southern gents. We (Seahag) played the afterparty with Music Hates You and Iron Tongue (C.T.'s other band), good times overall.
The movie's gonna show at various film festivals the rest of the year, unsure about further distribution..
i really wanna see this thing. glad it's finally finished.
Yip, it's a done deal. I'll keep you scurvy dogs in the mix in regard to info as to where-with-awl, how-to and such-azz
The Green Hornet
The Company Men
I Am Number 4
How shitty was I Am Number 4?
Out of Sight. Still holds up & back when Jennifer Lopez was appealing and not a total ego monster.
Quote from: deaner33 on June 19, 2011, 08:24:12 AM
How shitty was I Am Number 4?
Out of Sight. Still holds up & back when Jennifer Lopez was appealing and not a total ego monster.
I didn't think I Am Number 4 was that bad. I also didn't go into the movie expecting much from it. Had some good action to it, and the blonde in it was pretty sweet.
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"Won't Anybody Listen" - lame low-budget documentary from 2001 about how how hard it is to "make it" in music... not anything you haven't seen before, by now. They follow a band "NC-17" as they mail out demo tapes etc. "Why won't the A&R guys just do their jobs??!!" Well for one thing, their music is incredibly generic and boring, despite whatever good reviews they read in the local music newspaper. There's some fakey live club footage where they overdub cheers from a stadium show. A real time waster. At the end, the kicker: Executive Produced by the two brothers in the band. The band paid for their own 60 minute infomercial about how they should have been signed already. Really awful. Netflix shouldn't even be distributing this turkey.
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How was this one? I saw a trailer for it on another DVD. A lot of big names for a (essentially) straight to DVD release...
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How was this one? I saw a trailer for it on another DVD. A lot of big names for a (essentially) straight to DVD release...
Great movie with lots of bomb scenes. Definitely worth renting.
Cedar Rapids...
Saw it last night...extremely well written comedy. Do yourself a favor and rent it/watch it. John C Reilly is perfectly cast and pulls off a career making performance. Fucking A+ riot.
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Saw "Cave of Forgotten Dreams" yesterday, its the new Werner Herzog documentary about this cave in France that houses possibly the most ancient visual art known to man, dating back to 35000 years ago. Pretty interesting stuff.
Also FINALLY saw "The Fighter" last night. Loved it. Great movie, and highly recommended.
Kill The Irishman.
Fantastic movie.
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A great movie. Much better than I thought it would be.
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Best Troma movie ever (not made by Troma)!
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Best Troma movie ever (not made by Troma)!
Saw this the other day. Liked it a lot. Loved the tremendous amount of cartoon violence in it.
I found "The Plague" to be an interesting idea in Hobo With A Shotgun.
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Not as good as Bring It On, but what is? Still fairly amusing.
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Not as good as Bring It On, but what is? Still fairly amusing.
the question I want to know is there any full frontal nudity by any of the 300 women?
1 brief topless scene in the unrated version.
captain america..awesome..fuck the naysayers
The Adjustment Bureau...pretty good, but I should have read the book first.
Cedar Rapids..some real good laughs in it.
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Well done, interesting, but definitely in the torture porn genre. You've been warned.
Quote from: The Bandit on July 27, 2011, 01:16:50 PM
1 brief topless scene in the unrated version.
that's awful.
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Well?
I just saw Hellboy 2: The Golden Army. The first one was good, this one could have been good but they were apparently bored (already?) with the franchise, and added a bunch of extraneous bullshit, instead of focusing on the stuff that is actually good. They cheapened their own product with sitcom type junk . I'd give it a C.
I just watched Sucker Punch, I liked it alot. Much better than I thought it would be. Very cool action scenes.
Quote from: willb on July 28, 2011, 09:54:05 AM
The Adjustment Bureau...pretty good, but I should have read the book first.
Cedar Rapids..some real good laughs in it.
Cedar Rapids was funny. I want John C Reilly to be my best friend. That dude is the fucking funniest guy on the planet.
Quote from: willb on August 02, 2011, 08:05:11 PM
I just watched Sucker Punch, I liked it alot. Much better than I thought it would be. Very cool action scenes.
I was surprised at how much i liked this movie. The action scenes were pretty cool, and the chicks were obviously fucking hot. so, yeah, this movie was definitely worth watching.
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Watched ...Hobo with a Shotgun. Horrible. Yet it was very funny to me. If you have a couple of hours to waste and do not want to watch paint dry, watch this film.
Yeah, well, I saw Book Of Eli, and, man, that movie sucked. Really bad.
Well, Denzel is the black Jesus in every movie he does nowadays so what did you expect?
I dunno, man. I dunno.
Actually, I watched it too. It did truly suck.
Saw Rise of the Planet of The Apes yesterday. Beside my vegan Anti-animal testing schtick, it's fucking entertaining. Looking forward to how it pans out.
Quote from: Rusty Face on August 16, 2011, 09:27:09 PM
Saw Rise of the Planet of The Apes yesterday. Beside my vegan Anti-animal testing schtick, it's fucking entertaining. Looking forward to how it pans out.
you already know how it pans out..the apes take over the planet..hence the title..'planet of the apes'.
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Watched "Kick-Ass" last night, I liked it a lot, but the music is mostly awful, and almost spoils it... the Banana Splits theme song during a big fight scene, Joan Jet "Bad Reputation" during a fight scene, nu-metal during the credits, and there's this one song (by Radiohead I think) that every movie seems to use... if you know what song that is, let me know. I've seen it in at least a half-dozen movies so far (instrumental section of a song).
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Saw Rise of the Planet of The Apes yesterday. Beside my vegan Anti-animal testing schtick, it's fucking entertaining. Looking forward to how it pans out.
you already know how it pans out..the apes take over the planet..hence the title..'planet of the apes'.
Have you seen it?
The ending is quite open. Obviously we know that the apes take over, but it doesn't show much besides the virus spreading.
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Watched "Kick-Ass" last night, I liked it a lot, but the music is mostly awful, and almost spoils it... the Banana Splits theme song during a big fight scene, Joan Jet "Bad Reputation" during a fight scene, nu-metal during the credits, and there's this one song (by Radiohead I think) that every movie seems to use... if you know what song that is, let me know. I've seen it in at least a half-dozen movies so far (instrumental section of a song).
The only Nick Cage movie I've liked in the last 10+ years. Good thing he wasn't the main star.
30 minutes or less was great..
Agreed. It was fuckin' hilarious.
The Town. I thought the action sequences were really good, but the romantic stuff was cheesy. The very end after all the drama was lame too (the letter & the donation stuff).
Quote from: GodShifter on August 15, 2011, 04:38:00 PM
Yeah, well, I saw Book Of Eli, and, man, that movie sucked. Really bad.
Damn, I really liked Book Of Eli.
In fact I've watched it a few times. :-\
Quote from: deaner33 on August 21, 2011, 05:41:08 PM
The Town. I thought the action sequences were really good, but the romantic stuff was cheesy. The very end after all the drama was lame too (the letter & the donation stuff).
I actually like this aswell. I was surprised since it contained Ben Affleck in it.
I just watched Skateland.
I liked it. Sorta had a ...John Hughes feel to it (it is dedicated to him aswell)
SuckerPunch a few weeks ago, and again tonight.
Fucking awesome.
Also watched Kick-Ass a couple times.
Fucking awesome.
I didn't mind the music at all. Which is wacky, because I usually get pissed aboot that kind of stuff.
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Yeah, well, I saw Book Of Eli, and, man, that movie sucked. Really bad.
Damn, I really liked Book Of Eli.
In fact I've watched it a few times. :-\
Different strokes for different folks, my friend. My girlfriend endorsed it as being good, too (which is the main reason I watched it). Just so happens I hated it.
I, too, liked
The Town. I thought it was really well done. Some obvious nods to Mann's
Heat, but as a stand alone piece it was done very well, imo.
Book of Eli was steaming pile of shit..one of those flicks, you kind of wish you didnt waste your time with. Where this one failed miserably, Stake Land excelled
I've never seen or heard of Stake Land. I'll have to give it a go.
Willb, have you seen Pontypool? IIRC, it takes place in CANADA and it's not that bad for a low budget movie.
No. But I'll put it on my list of movies to see.
What is it about?
Zombie apocalypse from the standpoint of a small town radio station.
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If any of you cats use Dropbox, or want to..hit me up..I like to put more obscure titles in my folder for sharing. Stake Land is pretty fucking cool, low budget, but effective..think of The Road, but with more of a horror theme
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Monsters.
A post alien invasion story of two people in Mexico trying to make it through a quarantine zone, and return to the United States.
Beautifully shot, smart use of CGI (along the lines of The Mist, or the early part of Cloverfield)
While there isn't a ton of dialog, some of it is a bit clunky. I enjoyed the movie, but wish there would have been a bit more of the Aliens.
It'll be interesting to see what Gareth Edwards brings to the Godzilla reboot.
I was disappointed in Monsters. Before Sunrise with some aliens in the background..
I saw Monsters recently, it was OK. I liked the beginning, where the monster just appears out of nowhere and attacks the convoy. And the premise of people trying to live their normal lives around the monsters was interesting.
Did anyone think the monsters were a metaphor for illegal aliens, especially with the wall at the border, and that one Mexican who said they don't bother the aliens, so the aliens leave them alone? Seems like there were a few other hints that I can't recall.
Quote from: EaterofBirds on August 23, 2011, 12:38:41 PM
Book of Eli was steaming pile of shit..one of those flicks, you kind of wish you didnt waste your time with. Where this one failed miserably, Stake Land excelled
I just finished watching Stake Land...pretty good. Now I am off to get Pontypool.
btw--I enjoyed Monsters aswell although I wish there were more Monster shots.
scream 4.
exactly what was expected. a movie that tries to be as refreshing as the original was, but ups the cursing, kills, and "if this was a movie" nonsense.
Completely predictable...no thought required. just a 90min time killer.
don't go out of your way, maybe just watch it if it's on tv, and you can't find the remote control.
Quote from: deaner33 on August 23, 2011, 03:55:16 PM
Willb, have you seen Pontypool? IIRC, it takes place in CANADA and it's not that bad for a low budget movie.
Good pick Deaner, thanks. I enjoyed it alot.
Troll Hunter
One of the best monster movies I've seen in years. Makes me wanna visit Norway even more so now.
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Hesher.
I was expecting a 'metal-head' comedy. I got a movie that tries too hard to make a statement about dealing with life's tragedies.
Preachy, with some really awkward dialog, and a lame...lame...lame plot.
Joseph Gordon Levvit, is really good despite the dead weight of his "Miscreant / Guru" character, as is the kid who plays TJ. Piper Laurie is enjoyable in her small role, and the scenes featuring her and Levvit almost make up for the rest of the dreck. Natalie Portman ,also in a small role, is horrible (mostly due to her awful dialog I think), and Rainn Wilson is just sorta there.
But, hey.... lotsa Metallica on the soundtrack, i guess.
6/10 only because of the "bong" scene.
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Troll Hunter
One of the best monster movies I've seen in years. Makes me wanna visit Norway even more so now.
Just watched this. Really good, but the "found footage" device is getting old.
Quote from: Beerjerk on August 27, 2011, 09:45:21 PM
Troll Hunter
One of the best monster movies I've seen in years. Makes me wanna visit Norway even more so now.
Great movie and the fact that Kvelertak was the music for the closing credits just made the movie that much better.
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How is this? Every DVD I've seen lately has the trailer for it. Definitely looks interesting.
Valhalla Rising 3 out of 5 stars
Nice, visually, but the plot was almost non-existent. I could have seen this movie go in many great directions, but it went nowhere. The first part, though, was very entertaining. The 2nd half, was confusing and virtually worthless.
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Still processing this one - a very tough watch.
Attack The Block ...a pretty decent movie...
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How is this? Every DVD I've seen lately has the trailer for it. Definitely looks interesting.
It was a decent movie. A good watch which i'm glad that it didn't bore me and put me to sleep. David Hyde Pierce was great in it. His character was definitely a sinister son of a bitch.
Red State, not too bad..contrived ending, but a decent watch
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How was it?
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Quote from: EaterofBirds on August 23, 2011, 12:38:41 PM
Book of Eli was steaming pile of shit..one of those flicks, you kind of wish you didnt waste your time with. Where this one failed miserably, Stake Land excelled
I just finished watching Stake Land...pretty good. Now I am off to get Pontypool.
Just watched Stake Land. Other than the super vampire, I thought the movie was really good. It was almost like the vampires were a zombie/vampire hybrid mixed with some 28 Days Later "rage".
Yes, Stake land was quite entertaining, as was Pontypool.
Any other movies out there you can pass my way that are like those 2?
I'll have to look at my past rented DVD list from Netflix. Have you seen Frailty? Not the same type as Stake Land and Pontypool, but very good.
Willb, have you seen The Signal? It's a good low budget one.
I can't tell if you two are into movies or just continuing y'all's post count race.
Music, TV, Movies & Books (besides this place) are all I've got. It's one of the few things me & my old man talk about. HOW DARE YOU SIR!
And yeah, gotta keep that post count going.
Quote from: deaner33 on September 12, 2011, 08:12:53 AM
Willb, have you seen The Signal? It's a good low budget one.
No, but I'll look for it and watch it. Thanks.
Some movie that starred a chimpanzee as "Alex". He could speak a little english and they rode around and did shows. I don't know the name of it. Really good flick, all we've talked about for weeks. Like to find more movies related to this.
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Combine Hostel, Inside, Martyrs and some eugenics and you get this movie. Entertaining as long as you don't think about the logistics of the clinic.
Also watched I Saw The Devil. Besides being a little too long, that move was AWESOME. Such glorious violence!
I watched Miami Vice again. Although it still was not great it was not as bad as I had remembered it. It was too long though. I also watched GI Joe Rise of Cobra...sorta cool, but gay at the same time.
I found the newer Star Trek movie on Bluray outside my work a long ass time ago & still have barely thought about watching this. Reading the post about GI Joe just made me remember this.
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Not into Formula 1 racing or any racing sport but I found this film to be very good.
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Nicholas Winding Refn's Drive
Excellent movie. I can't say enough good things about it. Gritty, intense, brooding, and, at times, ultra-violent. Highly recommended.
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Dude, can you give us your impressions of these movies you watch?
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Just got this in the Netflix queue, so I don't want to know .... just yet.
But, yeah, please say if a movie is "good", "bad" or "meh" or whatever.
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Quote from: deaner33 on September 27, 2011, 06:07:29 PM
Dude, can you give us your impressions of these movies you watch?
My bad. Which ones in particular would you like to know about?
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Just got this in the Netflix queue, so I don't want to know .... just yet.
But, yeah, please say if a movie is "good", "bad" or "meh" or whatever.
Meh
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Just got this in the Netflix queue, so I don't want to know .... just yet.
But, yeah, please say if a movie is "good", "bad" or "meh" or whatever.
Meh
"Meh" is kind, sir.
KIND. A better title: "A Horrible Way To Spend 127 Minutes".
An admirable attempt at trying to make a gritty, (somewhat) realistic serial killer movie. However, plot devices, a poor budget, and some questionable camera work, make for this movie to be dull and very unsatisfying. Especially the ending. Very lame.
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Decent, but nothing special. You kind of know what is going to happen at the end within the first 10-15 minutes of the film. At least i didn't fall asleep to it.
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Meh. Typical bank robbery film format which made the film somewhat boring to watch. Is this the type of movies that James Caan now has to do? His career has certainly took a huge fall.
All things considered, that's not a terrible cast for Henry's Crime.
What's Caan been in that's good in the last 20 to 30 years? The last thing I saw him in, that I really liked, was Thief in the early 80's. Sure, Alienation was okay, but I cannot think of anything else off the top of my head.
Quote from: GodShifter on October 02, 2011, 04:41:50 PM
All things considered, that's not a terrible cast for Henry's Crime.
What's Caan been in that's good in the last 20 to 30 years? The last thing I saw him in, that I really liked, was Thief in the early 80's. Sure, Alienation was okay, but I cannot think of anything else off the top of my head.
I liked him in Bottle Rocket.
I have not seen that.
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One of the best movies I have seen this year, if not the best.
Quote from: willb on October 11, 2011, 02:08:19 PM
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One of the best movies I have seen this year, if not the best.
You do realize what the secret of this movie is?
I really liked "Drive", too.
Now I feel dumb, though, for saying that^. Did I miss something in terms of the movie? A formula or plot device that escaped me? The movie borrows heavily, IMO, from a few Michael Mann movies, but, outside of that, I guess I don't get it. ???
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Quote from: GodShifter on October 11, 2011, 03:07:25 PM
I really liked "Drive", too.
Now I feel dumb, though, for saying that^. Did I miss something in terms of the movie? A formula or plot device that escaped me? The movie borrows heavily, IMO, from a few Michael Mann movies, but, outside of that, I guess I don't get it. ???
Kind of a joke, but I've seen two reviews that said the only explanation for the Driver's character is that he's a high functioning retard.
And whoshotthefrog, review?
The movie borrows heavily, IMO, from a few Michael Mann movies
Which is what I liked about it. A very 80's vibe aswell.
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I really liked "Drive", too.
Now I feel dumb, though, for saying that^. Did I miss something in terms of the movie? A formula or plot device that escaped me? The movie borrows heavily, IMO, from a few Michael Mann movies, but, outside of that, I guess I don't get it. ???
Kind of a joke, but I've seen two reviews that said the only explanation for the Driver's character is that he's a high functioning retard.
And whoshotthefrog, review?
Huh. Yeah, I can see that. Totally, in fact.
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It was kind of like Jason Bourne as a teenage girl. Great action in the movie, and the film moved quickly.
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Watched Jackie Brown again for the first time in a few years. Probably the best Tarrantino movie in my opinion & its because it is taken from an Elmore Leonard story. Some of his other movies aren't aging as well due to all of his hipster dialogue.
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Wife's pick. I liked it a whole lot more than I was expecting to.
Quote from: willb on October 11, 2011, 02:08:19 PM
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One of the best movies I have seen this year, if not the best.
Just got back from seeing this in the theater a few hours ago. Great flick.
There's a 'secret' thats there's something wrong with him? I wouldnt say there was a secret about anything, pretty obvious there was something wrong with him. He loved the child, spoke very little, showed little emotion as he protected them..check his face after he stomps that guys head in and the elevator door closes.
I'd say 'retard' is a stretch, but didn t read the book either, which Im sure clarifies..but more a socially inept sociapath
Want to see this movie again..and I dont go to the movie theater anymore..Very violent but a necessary to maintain the grittiness.
I dug the soundtrack. Alot. Not for the music per se, but the way some of the ambient stuff worked so well for the scene, and how some scenes were DEAD SILENT. (I think I heard me some Brian Eno in there too, which always gets bonus points)
Nice plot, well written..nice buildup..ending..well..
anyways..Gosling deserves something for this character depiction, though will probably be more on the IFC/Independent Film front. He nailed it. Very blank, expressionless but not in an unlikeable way. You pitied him and his simple, though violent ways.
This movie was a surprise on all fronts for me.
Quote from: EaterofBirds on October 17, 2011, 11:03:35 PM
There's a 'secret' thats there's something wrong with him? I wouldnt say there was a secret about anything, pretty obvious there was something wrong with him. He loved the child, spoke very little, showed little emotion as he protected them..check his face after he stomps that guys head in and the elevator door closes.
I'd say 'retard' is a stretch, but didn t read the book either, which Im sure clarifies..but more a socially inept sociapath
Want to see this movie again..and I dont go to the movie theater anymore..Very violent but a necessary to maintain the grittiness.
I dug the soundtrack. Alot. Not for the music per se, but the way some of the ambient stuff worked so well for the scene, and how some scenes were DEAD SILENT. (I think I heard me some Stars of the Lid in there, which always gets bonus points)
Nice plot, well written..nice buildup..ending..well..
anyways..Gosling deserves something for this character depiction, though will probably be more on the IFC/Independent Film front. He nailed it. Very blank, expressionless but not in an unlikeable way. You pitied him and his simple, though violent ways.
This movie was a surprise on all fronts for me.
Couldn't say it more perfectly. You nailed it.
I've seen it three times now.
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This movie was a surprise on all fronts for me.
Couldn't say it more perfectly. You nailed it.
I've seen it three times now.
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And it's still a surprise for you? :D :P
I bought into the hype for Winding Refn after seeing Vahalla Rising. I fell in love with the atmospheres and the filming of that movie. As boring and non-sensical it was at times, there was something there that few directors of our time could capture, imo.
Immediately went and saw The Pusher Trilogy and dug the 3rd one alot. Now, I read somewhere (may have been in the imdb boards..) that he suffers from aspergers syndrome, and if true, maybe we're seeing inside the mind of/getting a visionary look at what he 'sees'.
After watching Drive on the big screen, I think we're catching early glimpses of a very special director.
He's teaming up with Ryan Gosling, (who is proving to be more than a pretty face, imo) for his next one Only God Forgives which screams of a release for Refn's violent imagery. He is also supposed to do a remake of Logans Run, which I am familiar with, but not sure if it's something I really want to see. Who knows..maybe his reinterpretation will work.
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Checked out Paranormal Activity 3 this weekend. I liked it. If you liked the 2nd one (I haven't seen the first one), then you should like this one. Obviously, no reinvention of the wheel in terms of a plot with this one, but there are some truly scary moments in the film, imo.
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Checked out Paranormal Activity 3 this weekend. I liked it. If you liked the 2nd one (I haven't seen the first one), then you should like this one. Obviously, no reinvention of the wheel in terms of a plot with this one, but there are some truly scary moments in the film, imo.
Thought the 1st one was scary as it fit into a recurrent nightmare I have. The 2nd didn't really add anything new, but I do want to see the 3rd one. Number 1 at the box office with 54,000,000. Cost 5 million, so there will definitely be a 4th.
Honestly, and I have to go by the 2nd movie, this one doesn't add much new, either. But it is a prequel to the 2nd one. A back story of the two sisters and how their mom's boyfriend documented the strange happenings in their home in 1988. Same kind of deal, but, as I said, a few truly scary/disturbing moments in the film.
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Saw this tonight. Really liked it, much violence. Man, I would fuck Bolty all day long and never do any crime fighting.
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Willb, what did you think about The Dead? I'm always in the mood for a good zombie flick.
I found it quite boring. Not as good as the movies you recommended me. It's slow in alot of parts, although the zombie parts looked good, there was just not enough action. If you like a personal journey (for the characters involved) in a movie then you may enjoy it.
Sounds like the reviews I've read on it. If it turns up on a movie channel I'll watch it, but otherwise not going out of my way.
Re-watched Possession the 1981 film with Isabelle Adjani. Great movie worth a watch at least for this:
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I saw the first Paranormal Activity this weekend as well as Trollhunter and Kevin Smith's Red State.
I think most people have seen PA, so I'll skip the review with that one but I will mention that I had not realized that the girl in the first one IS in the 2nd movie and, briefly, in the third. She is the sister of the pregnant girl in 2, and, yep, all three movies recount the haunting of those two women that has been going on since they were young kids. As far as PA, I thought the ending was a little weird and spooky but, overall, it was pretty much like the others. But, then again, it is the blueprint for the its two sequels (one being a "prequel" though).
Trollhunter was merely "ok". I had seen a lot of really glowing reviews for this movie, (especially @ The Obelisk), so I was excited to see this. I found it fairly entertaining but, overall, kind of dumb. Some good CGI and a mildly interesting story but the whole concept of "trolls" was not a great angle (imo) (yeah, yeah, I know it's a Norwegian thing but, whatever). I didn't dig it that.
Red State I really liked. I've seen some reviews where people were saying that it was a "mixed bag". Yeah, I can see why people would say that, but I found it realistic, interesting, and engrossing. I thought it was quite good and would recommend it to almost anyone.
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So how are those 3 Frog?
I've got attack the block at my house, just need to find time to watch it.
I like Attack The Block the most of the three. Great action and their accents aren't to bad. The aliens are actually pretty cool. Not your typical cookie cutter alien. You'll understand what I mean after seeing it. Atrocious is a Spanish horror film. Similar to The Blair Witch Project in that it's done where the main character is filming everything. It's a short film with a crazy ending. It's worth renting. A Little Help is nothing special, but I enjoyed it. There are definitely better movies to see,but it has some funny moments in it, and i'm a fan of Pam Beasley so thats probably why i watched it.
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Great fucking documentary.
Backstory on this: I was a huge fan of boxing when I was in High School and College, which was the exact time period of Tyson's rise and fall. He was my guy, I fucking loved him, still do. If I could hang out with any non-female celebrity it would be him. Such a fascinating guy.
I was a big Tyson fan, too. Especially during his rise (remember the Trevor Berbick fight?). I can remember watching that fight live on HBO. I was so excited when he knocked Berbick out. Berbick fell like a sack of potatoes when Tyson hit him. That's the fight I remember the best from his early years.
I also remember watching at a friend's house in Washington St. the notorious fight with Holyfield (the first, I believe) where Tyson bit Holyfield's ears. That was a pretty crazy deal. Does the documentary cover any of that particular fight? Perhaps go into where Tyson's head was at during that time?
The movie is basically Tyson reminiscing (sp?) about his whole life including his fights. He had Gonnorhea during the Berbick fight!
I wathced his fights on ESPN before he was on HBO. I watched all of his HBO fights and the Holyfield fights which were PPV. I was crushed at all his losses.
And dude, how can we like so many of the same things? It's so weird.
Yeah man, I was crushed by his losses, too. I was really bummed with the Holyfield deal. I was so excited to get to see him finally fight Holyfield and it became pretty apparent early on he was in over his head. I think that was, at least, part of his biting Holyfield's ears. I think he knew he was probably not going to be able to hang with Holyfield so he tried to get himself disqualified. That reason and the fact that MT has always been pretty unhinged.
I remember reading an interview in Playboy with him back in the day, and he was portrayed as very, very bitter, paranoid, and angry. I can't remember if this was before or after the Desiree Washington incident (I believe it was before), but it was very revealing in terms of how Tyson was thinking at the time.
His is a sad story. Especially if you look at him now; how far he's fallen. He's basically broke now and has no real means of making money outside being kind of a parody of himself and using his celebrity status to get kind of lame gigs (like the Charlie Sheen roast, for instance).
As far as you and me, I dunno man. It's weird for sure but we definitely run some kind of strange plain of similar interests/brain patterns or something!
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Last few...
Fish Tank
Bellflower
Helldriver
Paul
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You must tell me about this one. John C. Reilly and Creed Bratton?????
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How was it?
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just saw harold and kumar christmas movie..it was awesome..lots of hot naked chicks, tons of weed and bong hits..stupid comedy..it was everything i had hoped for..
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just saw harold and kumar christmas movie..it was awesome..lots of hot naked chicks, tons of weed and bong hits..stupid comedy..it was everything i had hoped for..
rad! it's already out?? i saw the first movie in the theater but not the second one yet.
Saw Immortals last night.
Bearing in mind I'm a sucker for mythology, fantasy, swords and sorcery stuff I still thought it was absolute tripe.
A mess. Fucking hopeless.
No stars. Only a couple of fight scenes involving some of the Gods were worthy. Maybe 3 minutes in all.
A good cast but a tedious, disjointed and predictable script. AVOID!
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You must tell me about this one. John C. Reilly and Creed Bratton?????
John C. Reilly is a Vice Principal and he takes terri(the fat, lonely kid) under his wing. Creed is Terri's guardian and uncle who is crazy and loves taking his meds. Good movie and definitely worth the rent.
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just saw harold and kumar christmas movie..it was awesome..lots of hot naked chicks, tons of weed and bong hits..stupid comedy..it was everything i had hoped for..
rad! it's already out?? i saw the first movie in the theater but not the second one yet.
i think you mean the third one..we're headed for the 4th..and there was a reference to the 4th movie in this one..
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How was Bellflower? That's about the Mad Max fans, right?
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Quote from: deaner33 on November 21, 2011, 03:43:39 PM
How was Bellflower? That's about the Mad Max fans, right?
Sent from my fuckin phone using Tapatalk.
The two main characters are Mad Max fans, so to speak, but the movie is more about love gone wrong by betrayal more than anything else. Great movie, though.
Bellflower was awesome
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Meh
^Suprised you weren't re-watching Lolita.
Quote from: black on November 23, 2011, 05:56:37 PM
^Suprised you weren't re-watching Lolita.
The pedo jokes are for gen disc, movie discussions are serious. I even get along with Willb here.
Never seen Lolita even though I'm a huge Kubrick fan. Maybe I need to Netflix it.
deaner33, you are a handsome man. I was goofing on you mainly because there are many non-serious movies posted here.
I was lucky enough to be gifted a Kubrick box set a couple years ago. All pedo b.s. aside, I think you'd dig the film.
Yeah, everybody behaves themselves here even when discussing crap movies.
I am more a fan of later period Kubrick, but I'll definitely check Lolita out.
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Weird and HEAVY!
I saw "Red State" about a month or so back, and I really enjoyed it. It's a movie that doesn't go where you think it might, ultimately. That said, the ending is a little unsatisfying and rings hollow in places, but is acceptable, though. Good movie for Kevin Smith.
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Belgian movie, has English subtitles. Netflix calls this a 'pitch-black comedy' when (IMO) there's only a couple of laughs in it. Pretty dark and violent. Kind of a mess, but they get a lot of things right. Recommended.
I got Hanna and Fast 5 from netflix the other day. Their selections have been lack luster for some time, but I haven't been too interested in the movies coming out anyways. Fast 5 was watchable but dumb. I have never been a fan of the series. Could have driven a souped-up ricer through the holes in the plot line.
Hanna was more of a surprise; I don't like action movies too much but the story kinda grabbed me. I didn't even want to see the movie but I'm pleased that I have now.
Yeah, Hannah was great, IMO.
I heard Red State was a steaming pile. From someone I really trust, too.
Hmm...
Watched Hanna. Liked it but there sure was a lot of runNing (said in a Forrest Gump voice).
I took my little nephews to see the Muppets. It was better than I expected. There were some big laughs. I realize its not a big Stoner Rock movie but fuck it. I really dig it.
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So did you like it?
It was ok. Far too familiar with the JC one. Basically the same blueprint, nothing extraordinary. It looked good, but the story was a direct rip off of the John Carpenter version. I'd just stick to the JC one.
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Got the latest transformers from netflix :-\
I don't see the point of these movies. I'm not one to jump on the M. Bay hate wagon, but I ain't into all the explosions and action.
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Equal parts awesome and incomprehensible, it's definitely a must see.
What the hell is it about?
Dude it's a movie about Norwegian Ninjas training and fighting a nefarious shadow agency. That cost about $1000 to make.
I'm gonna check that out! thanks.
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wtf is this?!!
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satisfying my lust for grimm and being human. Campy and fun. Nothing too serious.
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Colombiana. A lot better than I expected acctually.
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wtf is this?!!
http://rampartmovie.com/ (http://rampartmovie.com/)
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That's at the house now, can't wait to watch it. I fucking love
Kenny Powers Danny McBride.
In some ways Danny McBride's character has many similarities to Kenny Powers. Also, McBrides' characters cell phone ringer is awesome.
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^ heh. Looks like Forest Whitaker just pooped his pant. Forest Shitaker :D
I finally watched The Troll Hunter. I really liked this and was bummed I skipped over it initially, thinking it was one of those made-for-SYFY style movies.
Hey Willb, how are you able to see these movies so early?
Now if I told you that, what kind of cop would I be?
Quote from: bitter on December 01, 2011, 09:45:50 PM
Got the latest transformers from netflix :-\
I don't see the point of these movies. I'm not one to jump on the M. Bay hate wagon, but I ain't into all the explosions and action.
Saw this over the weekend. Why the hell were there so many Coen bros. regulars in this? I get that Torturro has been cashing checks since day one, but McDormand and Malkovich made it seem like a deliberate choice... You can't just
hire artistic credibility, Bay! You make 'splosion movies!
Also saw Hanna. While I dug aggro-synth electro fight scenes, I thought all the stylicization scored a little too high in both the categories of artsyness
AND fartsyness. And the plot was little hum-ho.
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Now if I told you that, what kind of cop would I be?
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Quote from: willb on December 05, 2011, 01:26:57 PM
Now if I told you that, what kind of cop would I be?
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Wrong. But good try.
will obviously pirates his stuff from bit torrents, I'd guess. Am I wrong?
Quote from: GodShifter on December 05, 2011, 10:18:56 PM
will obviously pirates his stuff from bit torrents, I'd guess. Am I wrong?
But that's unethical and illegal! Willb, tell me it's not true. :'(
Quote from: GodShifter on December 05, 2011, 10:18:56 PM
will obviously pirates his stuff from bit torrents, I'd guess. Am I wrong?
No sir, I do not. I have never ever downloaded a movie in my life. That is the truth.
Okay, I was wrong. Certainly not the first time. You got a friend in the industry then?
No sir.
I don't buy "stolen-camcorder" movies or anything like that either.
Scandal!!!! Willb doesn't actually watch these movies. He's just a shill. ;)
Quote from: deaner33 on December 06, 2011, 11:56:58 AM
Scandal!!!! Willb doesn't actually watch these movies. He's just a shill. ;)
Hahaha. I've seen them all my friend.
Spill the beans, then already!! >:( ;)
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Can youse guys leave even a brief synopsis/review of the stuff you post ? I, for one, would certainly appreciate it.
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A former detective who is now a pimp has to go searching for one of his missing girls. Lots of extreme violence. Definitely worth the rent.
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Will Ferrell plays a corporate VP that has a alcohol problem, which costs him his wife and job. This is basically a story of hitting rock bottom and pulling yourself up.
I enjoyed this. I've been kinda off Will Ferrell as of late, but I think he did a good job on this film. The movie took a different direction than I had expected, but it was for the best. Definitely worth a rent.
Tree of life.
I have no fucking clue. Possibly the most annoying movie Ive ever watched.
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It was not bad. Sorta what I had expected, the probability of the story being true.
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Finally watched this - funny as hell. Want to bone the Indian chick in it so bad!
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This was an unmitigated piece of shit, imo.
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This was an unmitigated piece of shit, imo.
You won't see me disagree with you about this.
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A favorite of mine. Creepy performance by Bob Hoskins.
Interesting. I haven't liked most of Atom Egoyan's stuff, really. I'll have to look into this one.
I can't believe I wasted 2 hours of my life watching this garbage.
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Watched the director's cut with extra scenes (whatever they were...). Fun movie with some of Sam Raimi's trademark slapstick violence ala´ Evil Dead.
Drag me to hell wasn´t that bad acctually. It really had it's moments.
I should have seen that one once again instead of wasting my time watching Bad teacher. ;D
Drag Me To Hell was trashy fun.
I've got a policy in that I never watch a movie with Julia Roberts in it. It hasn't let me down yet.
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Much better than I thought it would be. Sorta cheesy, but good.
I just revisited MARS ATTACKS!
All the stuff with the Martians is awesome & everything else sucks ass.
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Much better than I thought it would be. Sorta cheesy, but good.
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I just revisited MARS ATTACKS!
All the stuff with the Martians is awesome & everything else sucks ass.
I Melt With You's on a lot of worst of the year lists. How is Sasha Gray is in it, how is she?
I did the same thing a couple of months ago with Mars Attacks. Just a miss, IMO.
I have the trading cards (which are fucking awesome) so I was looking forward to the Burton movie.
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No comment.
Netflix doesn't even carry "A Serbian Film"?
Quote from: Lumpy on December 18, 2011, 07:30:41 PM
Netflix doesn't even carry "A Serbian Film"?
I bought it. I read that Netflix will never carry it.
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No comment.
No comment?! Weak!
C'mon, what did you think?
First of all this is an exploitation movie, with a little bit of artistic flair. I don't buy that it's an allegory for something else. As for being disturbing, well I could see if you don't watch a lot of exploitation movies that it would be, but for this jaded viewer it wasn't that bad. A little too unrealistic to be truly disturbing - I actually felt Hostel 1 & 2 were more disturbing because I cared somewhat for some of the characters. This one I just felt detached.
Most disturbing movies off the top of my head:
1. Testament (also the saddest movie I've ever seen).
2. Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer
3. Texas Chainsaw Massacre
4. Wolf Creek
5. Hostel 1 & 2
A Serbian Film would be below those.
I was actually a little bored during some of it. Some super hot chicks though.
Awesome, thanks for sharing, bro.
I respect your opinion so I guess I'll skip that one. "Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer" is an all-time favorite of mine. Looks like I need to check out "Testament" and "Wolf Creek" because I've never heard of either of those.
I've never seen "Henry", and I'm not sure why.
Quote from: GodShifter on December 18, 2011, 10:23:36 PM
Awesome, thanks for sharing, bro.
I respect your opinion so I guess I'll skip that one. "Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer" is an all-time favorite of mine. Looks like I need to check out "Testament" and "Wolf Creek" because I've never heard of either of those.
Hey, just so you know - Testament is not a horror movie even though it is terrifying. Wolf Creek got lumped in with Torture Porn craze of a few years ago, but I think there is a little more going on in it.
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Much better than I thought it would be. Sorta cheesy, but good.
Quote from: Jor el on December 18, 2011, 02:04:20 PM
I just revisited MARS ATTACKS!
All the stuff with the Martians is awesome & everything else sucks ass.
I Melt With You's on a lot of worst of the year lists. How is Sasha Gray is in it, how is she?
I did the same thing a couple of months ago with Mars Attacks. Just a miss, IMO.
Honestly I don't remember seeing her much if at all. It gets weird when the chicks arrive. I think it is worth checking out, just don't expect brilliance.
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Awesome, thanks for sharing, bro.
I respect your opinion so I guess I'll skip that one. "Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer" is an all-time favorite of mine. Looks like I need to check out "Testament" and "Wolf Creek" because I've never heard of either of those.
Hey, just so you know - Testament is not a horror movie even though it is terrifying. Wolf Creek got lumped in with Torture Porn craze of a few years ago, but I think there is a little more going on in it.
I'm not so much into torture porn, really, bro. What I do like, though, are movies that really push the boundaries in terms of comfort - whether that be psychological, sexual, atmosphere, violence, etc. Like, for instance, I like a lot of Miike's stuff because it's just so off the beaten path and weird or Todd Solondz's stuff - I like him a lot. So, with that said, I'll definitely check out "Testament". I think, though, I'll read up on it a little bit.
P.S. What was that Nazi movie you saw sometime back that was set in Russia or something? That sounded very interesting to me, too.
I don't think Wolf Creek is torture porn, it just got lumped in with it. It builds up the characters well and also toys with the "final girl" stereotype. Plus Roger Ebert gave it 0 stars, which I find amusing. It's like he totally did not get it.
The Sauna? or something else?
Edit: Come and See? I think that was the title of the Russian movie.
Ive heard that the original 'A Serbian Film' is not being sold, rather an edited version? It was bad enough with even 30 minutes removed to garner an 'unrated'. I've seen the uncut/banned version.
Not trying to downplay your assessment of it, just wondering if youre seeing the original version, because the list you have (and putting it at the bottom of those) is making me wonder
Run time of the original is 104 mins. The one for sale in most vid stores/online is 99 mins, and I know what scenes are removed. There is another one for sale with a run time of 103 minutes and that has one quick scene removed.
The version I have is 103 minutes. I think there were a few edits, but my version is definitely unrated.
I think for a movie to be disturbing I have to be invested in it somewhat or that it needs to be realistic. When I don't care about any of the characters it is tough to be disturbed by it. I also have to admit I'm pretty desensitized by this point. Hell, watching terrorists execute people and Iraqi sniper footage is way worse than A Serbian Film.
Sauna is good but hardly anything controversial, though has some themes and a couple of intense scenes, its nothing on par with the film being discussed. Its Finnish, not Russian for what it's worth. Maybe Frontiers? but that was Russina either..
I though Human Centipede 2 was vile, and almost unwatchable but at least Serbian Film had some plot. If thats what you call it.
I agree, I wasn't trying to say Sauna was that intense, just trying to remember what movie Godshifter was asking about. Sauna was more of a WTF movie to me.
Frontiers was ok.
Now that I've thought about it, Martyrs would be on my list of disturbing movies.
Haven't seen Human Centipede 2. I thought the first one was pretty lame.
Dude, I couldn't stomach "Martyrs". That movie was too ... too something for me. Just made me feel bleak and awful at the end of it. Not my idea of a good time with that one.
What about "I Stand Alone"? I heard that one is pretty rough, too? Anyone seen it?
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Still processing this one - a very tough watch.
This was it.
Quote from: GodShifter on December 19, 2011, 10:36:24 AM
Dude, I couldn't stomach "Martyrs". That movie was too ... too something for me. Just made me feel bleak and awful at the end of it. Not my idea of a good time with that one.
What about "I Stand Alone"? I heard that one is pretty rough, too? Anyone seen it?
I saw it, thought it sucked. Primarily because it was boring. Irreversible was much better and also really disturbing.
"Irreversible" is the same director, no? Isn't that the one where the dude beats the guy's face in with a fire extinguisher?
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Still processing this one - a very tough watch.
This was it.
Funny, I remember it being a tough watch, but it really didn't stick with me. So few do - I think that's why the ones I've listed as being disturbing stuck with me. Something in them struck a nerve or something.
Quote from: GodShifter on December 19, 2011, 10:43:44 AM
"Irreversible" is the same director, no? Isn't that the one where the dude beats the guy's face in with a fire extinguisher?
Yep, with the really devastating rape scene as well.
well, after reading about the last few really uplifting and celebration of life movies ;),
my contribution is the latest impossible movie. it's the first time I've been to a movie theater in years, and the first time I've been to an imax. yes, I live under a rock.
anyhoo - it was big dumb fun. there were some stunt scenes that really were absurdly funny, to the point of me loling. yeah, it's obviously all cg'd, but the scene at the tower in Dubai is pretty cool. the plot is really, really simple. they throw some weird love thing in at the 'surprise ending'. but all in all, it was worth a couple of laughs. oh and the two women in it are pretty damn hot.
the good chick
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her boobs are amazing on the Imax
they didn't have a preview for the hobbit (bummed). but they did have one for the new GI Joe. The trailer for the new one blows Rise of Cobra oot the water.
giant cobra banners are unfurled at the white house - that was pretty cool
just watched bellflower.
i enjoyed it, but couldve done with a little less tilt-shift.
13 assassins- grade A
Trollhunter - Grade D except for the CGI = A
Body of Lies (Ridley Scott) WTF? I'll try to watch it again since it's Ridley - was this a gobbled mess?
Yeah, dude, I agree with you. I loved 13 Assassins and hated Trollhunter. As far as Trollhunter, why is everyone so up in its jock ??? I found the concept ridiculously stupid (yes, I realize it's fantasy/horror, whatever - still), and the movie just bored the hell out of me.
I dont see the 'all up in Trollhunter's jock'..I saw a fun, tongue in cheek fantasy thriller. Great scenery, tense enough at times. Fun ride and doesnt take itself too seriously. Great movie.
I think the idea of Trollhunter is a little better than the execution, but I still enjoyed it.
The thread @ The Obelisk re: "Trollhunter" was almost resoundingly positive in terms of its reviews. Granted, it's not a long thread but almost every comment was how much people liked it. I don't get it, sorry.
Quote from: GodShifter on December 20, 2011, 11:07:34 AM
The thread @ The Obelisk re: "Trollhunter" was almost resoundingly positive in terms of its reviews. Granted, it's not a long thread but almost every comment was how much people liked it. I don't get it, sorry.
Obelisk - there's your answer...
Stick to this place for your movie reviews.
Yessiree, bob.
For me, I liked Trollhunter because it wasn't What I had expected. Truthfully I thought it was a Syfy made-for-tv flick. It was just tense enough not to stress me out. I hate highly suspenseful horror films, they give me migraines for some reason. I guess I'm just not into horror aside from zombie movies. Trollhunter was just mellow enough but had a heaviness that worked for me. I liked the slow pacing and somewhat boring progression. Everything Looked good in the film and the trolls didn't appear overly cheesy.
Quote from: bitter on December 20, 2011, 01:02:52 PM
I hate highly suspenseful horror films, they give me migraines for some reason.
Man, that sux.
I've never been into torture, guts n' gore, and the like. Turned off Wolf creek once he said, "I never mess with your cunts" (or whatever he said). I prefer spooky/creepy and occulty stuff though.
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Really good. Netflix has it "Instant View" or whatever they call it, too.
^Yeah, that was good. Surprisingly, the US remake called Let Me In was pretty good, too. Pretty faithful to that one, in fact. The "cat scene" in that one, though, was pretty painful to watch (and not in a good way). Cringeworthy.
I love the cat scene.
Both were good, but I give the nod to the original.
I love kitties.
So do I, but that scene was not executed well (no pun intended).
I'll have to view it again.
How was it in the remake?
I can't remember, exactly, but it seems it wasn't really emphasized very much ...
Quote from: GodShifter on December 21, 2011, 01:24:42 PM
I can't remember, exactly, but it seems it wasn't really emphasized very much ...
I haven't seen it in a while like Shifter, but I don't remember it having that scene in the remake.
I thought the cat scene was awesome. Are you talking about how it looked like some stuffed cats were pinned to her shirt, in one or two shots? That wasn't a problem to me.
this cat scene:
I haven't seen the movie, but this clip is all sorts of great.
just watched it a few times, I dig it when just starts flinging them across the dinning room. lol
Awesome.
You should check it oot.
Great mmooovie.
im looking forward to ghost protocol..review forthcoming..
Quote from: peoplething on December 21, 2011, 09:14:57 PM
this cat scene:
I haven't seen the movie, but this clip is all sorts of great.
just watched it a few times, I dig it when just starts flinging them across the dinning room. lol
Out of context that scene is hilarious and the idea for it was great, but the execution of it in an otherwise serious movie was pretty bad.
^My point exactly.
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"Irreversible" is the same director, no? Isn't that the one where the dude beats the guy's face in with a fire extinguisher?
Yep, with the really devastating rape scene as well.
Just want to clarify that it was an ANAL rape scene.
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this cat scene:
I haven't seen the movie, but this clip is all sorts of great.
just watched it a few times, I dig it when just starts flinging them across the dinning room. lol
Out of context that scene is hilarious and the idea for it was great, but the execution of it in an otherwise serious movie was pretty bad.
I thought it was nicely done. All (many?) of the horror scenes had some dark humor in them. I don't want to add any spoilers but other violent scenes could also be interpreted as funny, too.
(I thought you guys were implying that the cats didn't look realistic, or something.)
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Really enjoyable & graphic movie about living in Chicago with all the black on black violence. Sad situation for some of the kids.
I saw the new Sherlock Holmes movie a couple of days ago. Pretty good movie, really. A lot of action coupled with a plot that seems very much secondary to getting Holmes to travel around Europe and kick ass and so forth. B-
I've never seen the first one, is it good? Do I need to watch it, to understand the second one?
I'd say if you have working knowledge of who Sherlock Holmes & Dr. John Watson are, then no, you do not need to see the first movie to understand the 2nd one. Completely different antagonist, completely different angle with the "plot".
A couple of hold overs from the first one, in terms of the cast, but they are secondary female characters and one is out of the movie within the first 10 min.
I'll watch that "Interrupters" documentary if Netflix has it.
Its good Lumpy. Certainly, to me, it was shocking to see how much violence there is out there and how kids can turn so violent at the smallest thing.
Thanks Jason. I liked what I have seen of the previews of the new Sherlock Holmes.
Quote from: willb on December 24, 2011, 07:43:43 PM
Its good Lumpy. Certainly, to me, it was shocking to see how much violence there is out there and how kids can turn so violent at the smallest thing.
Naïve Canadian. ;)
Absolutely. Chicago compared to Toronto is like night and day. People who think it's bad here, really need to see this movie.
You get A&E up there Will? If so, you should watch The First 48.
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Slight, but fun. Tails off a little at the end, but a lot of movies do. Nudity would have helped.
Quote from: deaner33 on December 24, 2011, 10:15:22 PM
You get A&E up there Will? If so, you should watch The First 48.
I watch the show all the time. It's a great show, it shows how ridiculous some people are, and how reckless they can be with other peoples lives.
The movie is like it, but more in depth.
The First 48 wanted to film here in Jackson (our murder rate is that high), but the Jackson PD declined. The talk here was that the PD was worried about how they would come across (incompetent, racist?).
That would not surprise me. If the Dept. is shit, then they don't want to look like clowns on tv. I'm sure there are many more Depts. that refuse to be filmed.
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Watched The Adjustment Bureau with the wife. She liked it, I thought it had an interesting idea, but was a half hour too long.
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meh
ghost protocol kicked ass..the bmws were awesome..id love to get laid in dubai..
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo was killer. so much so I had to order the Swedish extended version trilogy from Amazon
Priest, I'd be interested in what you think of the Swedish versions in comparison to the American version. I've heard good things about the Fincher version, if I'm being honest. I didn't think there was much reason to see this re-make with Craig and Rooney Mara because I have seen the Swedish version, but the reviews and word of mouth is winning me over for the American version.
I've read all three books, too, so you definitely say I'm a "fan".
Priest, I'd be interested in what you think of the Swedish versions in comparison to the American version. I've heard good things about the Fincher version, if I'm being honest. I didn't think there was much reason to see this re-make with Craig and Rooney Mara because I have seen the Swedish version, but the reviews and word of mouth is winning me over to see the American version.
I've read all three books, too, so you can definitely say I'm a "fan".
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Boring. I guess I expected more than it gave.
My lady and I just got on Netflix. Awesome. Been watching a lot of great documentaries.
Cave of Dreams. 30k YO cave with oldest intact cave paintings. Mind blowing.
Exit Through The Gift Shop. Street art doco. Awesome
In search of Beethoven. Inspiring.
William S Burroughs: A Man Within. Awesome
American: The Bill Hicks Story. Awesome.
Pearl Jam 20. Inspiring and awesome.
Terry Jones: The story of One. Interesting subject matter, delivery not so much.
Man On Wire. Just, wow.
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Low key Canadian (Willb!) movie about the hours before then end of the world. Funny, liked it a lot.
I never liked it. Seen it a few times on tv. Sorta what I expected from a cheesy CDN made film.
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The fact that this utter piece of shit of a movie was rated so highly by so many people speaks volumes about the average movie goer's intelligence.
The only slightly redeeming feature was Nick Nolte's performance.
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The fact that this utter piece of shit of a movie was rated so highly by so many people speaks volumes about the average movie goer's intelligence.
The only slightly redeeming feature was Nick Nolte's performance.
So how realistic were the fight scenes? Rocky level?
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The fact that this utter piece of shit of a movie was rated so highly by so many people speaks volumes about the average movie goer's intelligence.
The only slightly redeeming feature was Nick Nolte's performance.
So how realistic were the fight scenes? Rocky level?
In terms of compared to the real thing? I don't know, I don't watch MMA. Probably realistic enough in terms of moves, length of the fights and endurance of the fighters. It's just that if you compared the fight scenes to the scenes in some of Prachya Pinkaew's movies, they look more like staged fighting/show fighting stuff than fights where anyone really gets hurt.
Seriously though, stay away from this. This movie is to martial arts movies what Pearl Harbour is to war movies.
Quote from: ez on January 03, 2012, 05:24:35 AM
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The fact that this utter piece of shit of a movie was rated so highly by so many people speaks volumes about the average movie goer's intelligence.
The only slightly redeeming feature was Nick Nolte's performance.
I think I have this coming in the mail from Netflix.
Quote from: GodShifter on December 30, 2011, 08:40:17 PM
Priest, I'd be interested in what you think of the Swedish versions in comparison to the American version. I've heard good things about the Fincher version, if I'm being honest. I didn't think there was much reason to see this re-make with Craig and Rooney Mara because I have seen the Swedish version, but the reviews and word of mouth is winning me over to see the American version.
I've read all three books, too, so you can definitely say I'm a "fan".
I just saw the Swedish Dragon on Netflix (still waiting for the trilogy to arrive). Fincher's is better, hands down. makes the Swedish one seem like a TV movie. and Mara is far more believable than Rapace. go see it asap!
Yeah, I checked out the Fincher version on the 1st and thought it was great, great, great. Definitely recommended over the Swedish version.
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Silly, stupid AND funny. I'm a big Danny McBride fan, so I'm not objective on this. Lots of dick jokes and Natalie Portman is always nice to look at...
Another Earth
Very subtle sci-fiction, melodrama with healthy doses of arthouse. I dug the hell out of the movie, but it's one i had to go to a discussion forum to 'get' the ending. But even then, the director leaves it open for interpretation. A movie you think about the next day.
Saw this last night. Pretty funny and eye opening about black chicks and they hair.
Fuck da rent, dey gotta get they weave.
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Great documentary about Plato's Retreat, a New York Swingers club. Apparently Jews were big into swinging.
I saw 'Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows' tonight. It was fun and quite good. Noomi Rapace is ridiculously beautiful. See it.
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Terrible
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Great documentary about Plato's Retreat, a New York Swingers club. Apparently Jews were big into swinging.
What do you mean "were"? They still are into it.
I watched Ghost Dog last night. Hadn't seen it before and dug the hell out of it.
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Ghost Dog is killer! I dig it on so many levels. I love how those old Wise Guys are down with Public Enemy.
Quote from: black on January 10, 2012, 04:04:24 PM
Ghost Dog is killer! I dig it on so many levels. I love how those old Wise Guys are down with Public Enemy.
There's an awesome outtake on the DVD I rented that had an acappela take of the underboss dude spittin Flava in his jammies. Shit was uproarious.
I've really dug all of the Jarmusch flicks I've seen thus far, with the exception of Limits of Control. I had no idea what the fuck was going on in that one. Great soundtrack though!
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Not as good as the original, made for tv movie and that one wasn't that great.
My 7 y/o loved it though.
Types. I keep in mind considering this was decent when I saw it at the theatre. Years later I noticed I was a banging fool back then, the film is complete mozzarella dairy product junk. Natasha Henstridge checked excellent though...
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Not as good as the original, made for tv movie and that one wasn't that great.
My 7 y/o loved it though.
I hated it from the start because Katie Holmes was in it. The movie kept my attention, but it was nothing special. Wasn't scary at all.
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If you overlook the "science" in this movie it's fun. A lot more fun than Tim Burton's, that's for sure. My son loved it.
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Highly entertaining.
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Anyone see The Rum Diary? That was the last movie I saw in theatres. Not nearly as warped/humorous as Fear & Loathing, but still, Depp did Gonzo proud, and I will own the film one day.
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A nice little comedy.
Quote from: SabbathJeff on January 16, 2012, 01:05:52 PM
Anyone see The Rum Diary? That was the last movie I saw in theatres. Not nearly as warped/humorous as Fear & Loathing, but still, Depp did Gonzo proud, and I will own the film one day.
It was ok. I expected more
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A nice little comedy.
This got very bad reviews.
I enjoyed it. Nothing special, and all actors ended up playing their typical parts. But it was funny and kept me interested enough to sit through it.
Remember when it came out and the trailers were calling this the greatest comedic pairing of all time? ::)
I thought that was a bit much as these guys aren't exactly on the top of their game these days.
I'll still get it on the netflix as per your recommendation Will. As long as its entertaining enough it'll be worth a watch.
Like I said, it was enjoyable. Nothing different than what you'd expect from those three. As long as you're ok with this, then you should enjoy it.
Yeah I think I could find that enjoyable.
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This is at the top of my Netflix queue. I'm hoping that it has a ton of nudity and is stupid funny, not just stupid.
"Nights of Cabiria" last night, my first Fellini experience after hearing so much about him over decades...enchanting film, it kept my interest throughout which is exceedingly rare for me
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This is at the top of my Netflix queue. I'm hoping that it has a ton of nudity and is stupid funny, not just stupid.
It has some nudity, but not a lot. It has to many cum scenes. It completely killed my appetite because I was eating lunch while watching this when those cum scenes came on.
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Awesome. Something about it just kept me wanting to see more of it.
^ That cast is horrendous.
RAGER isn't a fan of The Rundown ???
Yeah, me either.
Agreed; horrible cast.
Quote from: RAGER on January 26, 2012, 05:22:26 PM
^ That cast is horrendous.
Who cares?
They played their parts perfectly, and the movie was pretty damn good.
I don't go and watch movies based on who is in them, but more based on what the story is....
Well, I care.
For me, it's a little bit of both. I'm glad you enjoyed the movie, though.
I'm pretty much not going to watch a movie if certain people are in them:
Nic Cage
Will Smith
Denzel Washington
Kate Hudson
Sarah Jessica Parker
Cameron Diaz
The cast is extremely important. Not just to me but to most people I'm sure.
Of deaner's list, Cage, Hudson, and Diaz are the ones that scream "stay away!!". Especially, Cage.
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is in nothing but utter shit, it seems.
Quote from: deaner33 on January 27, 2012, 10:29:04 AM
I'm pretty much not going to watch a movie if certain people are in them:
Nic Cage
Will Smith
Denzel Washington
Kate Hudson
Sarah Jessica Parker
Cameron Diaz
I am Legend is good movie IMO. Will Smith
Almost Famous is awesome. Kate Hudson
Wild At Heart rules. Nick Cage
Something About Mary is hilarious. Cameron Diaz
Drawing a blank on the other two though
I think early in his career, Nicolas Cage was a good actor that chose interesting projects for films. But everything he does anymore is complete trash. It's very obvious he will do any movie for the $.
I always wonder what goes through their mind as they see the final cut of a complete turd. Are they just surrounded by that many "yes" people. Looks great Nick!! I think we got us a blockbuster here buddy!! Way to go!!
Quote from: RAGER on January 27, 2012, 11:48:26 AM
The cast is extremely important. Not just to me but to most people I'm sure.
And yet you can point to drivel like I Am Legend with Will Smith , and Something About Mary with Cameron Diaz (two astonishing actors)?
I suppose we all have our opinions. To each his own.
I've never accused you of having a sense of humor. Something about Mary is gut bustingly funny and had a great cast.
Deaner is the one that doesn't like Will Smith not me. I am Legend is a great movie and was hugely successful. But probably not in Canadia
But yeah opinions.......
I Am Legend was horrible. Just because it made money doesn't mean it is or was good.
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This, imo, was way way better.
I have a great sense of humour, for instance I love Dumb & Dumber, & Airplane etc... But Something About Mary was crap, and the cast did not do anything to make it anything special.
Sorry, you cannot always be right. I've learned that, you should too.
Hence why we all have different opinions...
I Am Legend was quite good, in my opinion. But, then again, I loved Omega Man with C. Heston, so ...
Your image didn't show up there, Will. What movie was "way way way better"?
(P.S. I didn't like "There's Something About Mary" either.)
Quote from: deaner33 on January 27, 2012, 10:29:04 AM
I'm pretty much not going to watch a movie if certain people are in them:
Nic Cage
Will Smith
Denzel Washington
Kate Hudson
Sarah Jessica Parker
Cameron Diaz
I never watch a movie that Sandra Bullock is in.
I'm talking current output. Nic Cage was brilliant in Raising Arizona, but that was close to 30 years ago.
Something About Mary & Almost Famous were good, but they were made over 10 years ago..
Will Smith just bugs me. I can't prove it, but I bet they changed the ending of I Am Legend just for him.
Yeah, Sandra Bullock is on my list too.
I was trying to think of one good movie with Sandra Bullock in it. I came up with Crash which I thought was good. An ensemble piece, so she couldn't do too much damage with that one.
^this.
Quote from: GodShifter on January 27, 2012, 02:44:29 PM
Your image didn't show up there, Will. What movie was "way way way better"?
(P.S. I didn't like "There's Something About Mary" either.)
Omega man
Huh, I just typed out a 3 paragraph comparison/criticism of I Am Legend vs. Omega Man and lost the whole thing >:(
Fuck it. I like both for different reasons, essentially.
The problem (well there are a few) but the main thing was the CGI people looked so cheap. It was boring, Will Smith is an ok actor, but to me, not the right guy to be in a movie like this.
Yeah, the CGI wasn't great and there were some big problems with a lot of "logic" in I Am Legend, but, in many ways, it was more compelling than The Omega Man. I think the mutant people in IAL were pretty grating/unnerving which is exactly what they should have been. Blah blah blah...
Anyway, as I said, I did a much better job earlier, but lost it all so, oh well. :-\
Quote from: GodShifter on January 27, 2012, 09:58:30 PM
Yeah, the CGI wasn't great and there were some big problems with a lot of "logic" in I Am Legend, but, in many ways, it was more compelling than The Omega Man. I think the mutant people in IAL were pretty grating/unnerving which is exactly what they should have been. Blah blah blah...
Anyway, as I said, I did a much better job earlier, but lost it all so, oh well. :-\
Damn, I would have liked to read that. I'm serious.
Sorry, bro, that was a "perfect storm" type of deal. I doubt I could replicate it if I tried now.
Ah well. Just watched Bellflower - I thought it was pretty fucking good. Some sexy chicks in the movie didn't hurt.
Quote from: deaner33 on January 29, 2012, 07:47:06 PM
Ah well. Just watched Bellflower - I thought it was pretty fucking good. Some sexy chicks in the movie didn't hurt.
Seriously? I thought that movie fukn blew for the most part. Wish they had more of the car in it.
Me and willb agree on this. weird
I just saw killer elite last night. It was ok
Quote from: RAGER on January 29, 2012, 08:16:16 PM
Quote from: deaner33 on January 29, 2012, 07:47:06 PM
Ah well. Just watched Bellflower - I thought it was pretty fucking good. Some sexy chicks in the movie didn't hurt.
Seriously? I thought that movie fukn blew for the most part. Wish they had more of the car in it.
Me and willb agree on this. weird
I'm a sucker for regular cute chicks with natural bodies/tits. I just went with it - I knew going into it that it wasn't an action movie.
Whattaya talkin bout? That blonde chick was gettin plenty o action.
I was saying she was fucking hot.
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It was allright.
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Not bad.
Ever seen Training Day, deaner?
I could do without anything else Denzel has done.
I skipped that one. I just hate his whole persona in movies (since he always plays himself basically) and in real life. The most recent ones I've seen were Man On Fire, The Book Of Eli and The Taking of Pelham 123.
"Training Day" is good and I liked "Man On Fire" but "The Book of Eli" was horrible.
Quote from: deaner33 on February 03, 2012, 10:31:37 PM
I skipped that one. I just hate his whole persona in movies (since he always plays himself basically) and in real life. The most recent ones I've seen were Man On Fire, The Book Of Eli and The Taking of Pelham 123.
have you noticed that Hollywood has black actors so typecast that all they ever do is play their stereotype in movies. And they win Oscars. Like the chic in that horrible precious movie and also like the chic in the help. Any black woman in America could have played that roll
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Quote from: deaner33 on February 03, 2012, 10:31:37 PM
I skipped that one. I just hate his whole persona in movies (since he always plays himself basically) and in real life. The most recent ones I've seen were Man On Fire, The Book Of Eli and The Taking of Pelham 123.
have you noticed that Hollywood has black actors so typecast that all they ever do is play their stereotype in movies. And they win Oscars. Like the chic in that horrible precious movie and also like the chic in the help. Any black woman in America could have played that roll
It's not just "black actors" who are typecast this way, it happens to all types of actors. Keanu Reeves, Jack Nicholson, Robert DiNiro, Clint Eastwood, to name a few -- they basically play the same character in almost every movie they do. "Typecasting"... ever heard of it?
QuoteTypecasting (acting), the process by which an actor is strongly identified with a specific character, role, or trait
/duh
If I had never heard of it then I wouldn't have used the fucking word in the first place.
Duh
Way to put a racial slant on it.
I'm not going to sit here and explain to you what I'm talking about because you obviously don't have the brain power to figure it out on your own. Not everything between you and I has to be an argument.
tinker tailor soldier spy. I really enjoyed it, and Gary Oldman is fantastic (as he usually is)
Quote from: GodShifter on February 04, 2012, 09:51:06 AM
"Training Day" is good and I liked "Man On Fire" but "The Book of Eli" was horrible.
I never thought much about Denzel until I saw an interview with him on 60 mins and he came off like a superdouche. Basically like Bono.
Then I started noticing that every role he was in he had to have some kind of dignity/redeeming quality even when he was a bad guy and that was it.
What was the good quality in training day? He was a good dad?
In the past 24 hours
Hanna- horrible
30 min or less- even more horrible
Harry potter dhallows 2- gay
Priest- the better of the bunch
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Ridiculously good acctually!!!
Quote from: Demon Lung on February 05, 2012, 11:49:55 AM
In the past 24 hours
Hanna- horrible
30 min or less- even more horrible
Harry potter dhallows 2- gay
Priest- the better of the bunch
i liked hannah. good mindless fun.
Quote from: Demon Lung on February 05, 2012, 11:01:25 AM
What was the good quality in training day? He was a good dad?
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In the past 24 hours
Hanna- horrible
30 min or less- even more horrible
Harry potter dhallows 2- gay
Priest- the better of the bunch
I never saw Training Day.
I though Hanna was ok.
Liked 30 mins or Less, but I love Danny McBride.
I've got Priest DVR'd, but haven't watched it yet.
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Texas Killing Fields..good film
I need to see that.
Quote from: EaterofBirds on February 07, 2012, 12:16:58 PM
Texas Killing Fields..good film
I have that coming in the mail. Looking forward to seeing it.
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Very bizarre.
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A great movie.
^^No image^^
What was it?
You guize need to get on a ball on do a little summary of the plot. Like two lines or something. Put some effort into this shit! :P
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A great movie.
That is at the top of my Netflix queue. I should be getting it within the next few days.
Quote from: GodShifter on February 09, 2012, 01:07:09 PM
^^No image^^
What was it?
You guize need to get on a ball on do a little summary of the plot. Like two lines or something. Put some effort into this shit! :P
Do some moderating on whoshothefrog. He's the worst!
Quote from: GodShifter on February 09, 2012, 01:07:09 PM
^^No image^^
What was it?
You guize need to get on a ball on do a little summary of the plot. Like two lines or something. Put some effort into this shit! :P
Sorry, it was up. The movie is Take Shelter. Pretty damn good.
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^^No image^^
What was it?
You guize need to get on a ball on do a little summary of the plot. Like two lines or something. Put some effort into this shit! :P
Do some moderating on whoshothefrog. He's the worst!
Sorry dude. The pictures always appear for me after i post them. Next time i'll send the pics your way first so that they don't appear as a red x to you.
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Quote from: deaner33 on February 09, 2012, 03:30:15 PM
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^^No image^^
What was it?
You guize need to get on a ball on do a little summary of the plot. Like two lines or something. Put some effort into this shit! :P
Do some moderating on whoshothefrog. He's the worst!
Sorry dude. The pictures always appear for me after i post them. Next time i'll send the pics your way first so that they don't appear as a red x to you.
Or you could always just right click and then click on "Show Picture".
Heh, deaner's not complaining about your image posting, froggie. He wants you to give a little review of the movie you post: what it was about, if you liked it, etc. I mean, sure, we can all google the image re: the movie and find about it (if were are so inclined), but since this is a "reviews" forum, it'd be nice if you gave a little info on what you saw. We want your opinion!!1!
Quote from: GodShifter on February 10, 2012, 12:46:11 PM
Heh, deaner's not complaining about your image posting, froggie. He wants you to give a little review of the movie you post: what it was about, if you liked it, etc. I mean, sure, we can all google the image re: the movie and find about it (if were are so inclined), but since this is a "reviews" forum, it'd be nice if you gave a little info on what you saw. We want your opinion!!1!
If that's the case i want to apologize to deaner for my outburst. I'll also try to give a review each time i post a movie. Thanks for clearing that up, GS.
No problem, neilfrog! Have a good weekend, my friend!
Quote from: whoshotthefrog on February 10, 2012, 01:14:32 PM
Quote from: GodShifter on February 10, 2012, 12:46:11 PM
Heh, deaner's not complaining about your image posting, froggie. He wants you to give a little review of the movie you post: what it was about, if you liked it, etc. I mean, sure, we can all google the image re: the movie and find about it (if were are so inclined), but since this is a "reviews" forum, it'd be nice if you gave a little info on what you saw. We want your opinion!!1!
If that's the case i want to apologize to deaner for my outburst. I'll also try to give a review each time i post a movie. Thanks for clearing that up, GS.
Yes, believe it or not I actually value your opinion on the movies you've seen.
See Take Shelter. Honestly, caught me off guard how good it was. Not oscar worthy, but similar to Drive, in that I never expected it to be as good as it was.
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This is a documentary about a lioness and her 3 cubs trying to survive while being pushed off their "land" by other groupsof lions and a huge brush fire. There were definite moments in the movie that were very sad, but at the same time I was rooting for the lioness and her cubs to survive whatever was thrown their way whether it was the threat of other lions, a hungry crocodile, or the difficulty of the lioness trying to find food for her young. Their was some great footage of how lions go about their daily business which was really cool to see as well as an amazing scene of male lions fighting one another. Definitely recommended.
Much better
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Beautifully filmed movie
Last night we saw
1) Captain America. (it's ok)
2) apollo 18 (dumb as fuck)
3) the new Conan (fucking awesome)
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This is at the top of my Netflix queue. I'm hoping that it has a ton of nudity and is stupid funny, not just stupid.
It has some nudity, but not a lot. It has to many cum scenes. It completely killed my appetite because I was eating lunch while watching this when those cum scenes came on.
I wouldn't say this was the worst movie made last year, but it wasn't good by a long stretch.
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Not too bad for a straight to DVD effort, but not nearly as good as the first 2.
Tarnation - documentary about the filmmaker's schizophrenic mother (family, etc...) Good. A little hard to watch, partly because of the subject matter and partly because he's a huge ham/camera hog (which is sorta explained later in the movie... mom was schizophrenic, so I act out... ). Lots of early home movie footage which gets manipulated to keep things visually interesting. Recommended if you are interested in the topic.
7.5/10
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Checked this out on Netflix streaming last night. I had seen the part where the guy hammers the dude's head in with the fire extinguisher before on youtube, but nothing else. Kind of a confusing flick in terms of its chronology ('Memento' is like this as well), but it was good. A very brutal rape scene that was so long it made me pretty uncomfortable after a time. Overall, though, I thought this was a pretty interesting film, but sometimes the camera work made me a nauseous due it doing sometimes a 360 in a single shot.
Quote from: Lumpy on February 12, 2012, 11:28:59 AM
Tarnation - documentary about the filmmaker's schizophrenic mother (family, etc...) Good. A little hard to watch, partly because of the subject matter and partly because he's a huge ham/camera hog (which is sorta explained later in the movie... mom was schizophrenic, so I act out... ). Lots of early home movie footage which gets manipulated to keep things visually interesting. Recommended if you are interested in the topic.
7.5/10
I HATED that movie! I could not stand the guy at all. 0/10
Quote from: GodShifter on February 12, 2012, 11:40:37 AM
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Checked this out on Netflix streaming last night. I had seen the part where the guy hammers the dude's head in with the fire extinguisher before on youtube, but nothing else. Kind of a confusing flick in terms of its chronology ('Memento' is like this as well), but it was good. A very brutal rape scene that was so long it made me pretty uncomfortable after a time. Overall, though, I thought this was a pretty interesting film, but sometimes the camera work made me a nauseous due it doing sometimes a 360 in a single shot.
Very intense and disturbing movie.
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Checked this out on Netflix streaming last night. I had seen the part where the guy hammers the dude's head in with the fire extinguisher before on youtube, but nothing else. Kind of a confusing flick in terms of its chronology ('Memento' is like this as well), but it was good. A very brutal rape scene that was so long it made me pretty uncomfortable after a time. Overall, though, I thought this was a pretty interesting film, but sometimes the camera work made me a nauseous due it doing sometimes a 360 in a single shot.
Very intense and disturbing movie.
The anal rape scene was tough to watch.
Texas Killing Fields..not too bad, not great
Snowtown..not bad, little rough to watch at times.
I saw Red Tails the other night. It's certainly not for everyone but I really enjoyed it. It had some Hollywoodisms for sure, but not as much as you'd expect from Lucas at this point. I thought the sequencing was fairly well-balanced and nicely executed for the most part, but what really got me were the battle scenes. They're the best I've ever seen in an air combat film. There are some great examples of real manuevers which have been sorely missing from just about every other film of this type, and the action is just top-notch. This is worth seeing for the white knuckle flying sequences alone. I've scene shitloads of this genre of movie, air combat being one of my historical fascinations, and this one has been my favorite by a longshot.
Quote from: EaterofBirds on February 13, 2012, 09:44:41 AM
Texas Killing Fields..not too bad, not great
Snowtown..not bad, little rough to watch at times.
the one thing that bothered me about Texas killing fields. The blonde hair white pimp guy shot numerous cops. They just stopped looking for him. He was the main antogonist in the story for most of it
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If you're in the mood for something grim this will do the trick. Well done. I don't listen to black metal but for some reason this is like the movie version of black metal to me. Lots of despair to be found in this film.
Towelhead - Dark, semi-amusing-yet-disturbing 'coming of age' tale of a Lebanese-American teen (tween?) girl in Texas, during the time of the first Gulf War. One of those movies where most of the characters are highly unlikable assholes (so, feels true to life, even though it's fictional). Some good characters and good acting (the usually-creepy Aaron Sorkin, that might be a tip-off). I liked it, but whether it would fly with some of you 'big explosion' fans is debatable (no big explosions). Lets say 7.5/10
i saw Towelhead a few years ago. that's one horny tween.
saw Dogtooth the other night. Stupidly weird just to be weird.
Quote from: Lumpy on February 20, 2012, 03:14:34 PM
Towelhead - Dark, semi-amusing-yet-disturbing 'coming of age' tale of a Lebanese-American teen (tween?) girl in Texas, during the time of the first Gulf War. One of those movies where most of the characters are highly unlikable assholes (so, feels true to life, even though it's fictional). Some good characters and good acting (the usually-creepy Aaron Sorkin, that might be a tip-off). I liked it, but whether it would fly with some of you 'big explosion' fans is debatable (no big explosions). Lets say 7.5/10
Did this come out maybe 5-6 years ago? I think I saw this when it first was released.
Sounds about right...
Quote from: Demon Lung on February 18, 2012, 09:56:57 AM
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Texas Killing Fields..not too bad, not great
Snowtown..not bad, little rough to watch at times.
the one thing that bothered me about Texas killing fields. The blonde hair white pimp guy shot numerous cops. They just stopped looking for him. He was the main antogonist in the story for most of it
I agree. As soon as he shot his partner his storyline was finished.
I agree as well. No resolution to that angle of the story at all. It left me wondering why it was included at all other than to add an extra dimension to the movie.
The whole movie left me frustrated and unsatisfied overall. Not recommended.
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Had its funny parts.
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Not bad.
Saw this yesterday:
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Pretty awesome if you like Studio Ghibli and/or G-rated movies.
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Highly recommended.
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Decent . Worth the rent.
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Highly recommended.
I heard good things about this one at poker Wednesday night.
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Semi-successful Russ Meyer homage.
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I saw this Saturday night (rental). I thought it was pretty bad. Same guy that did Pan's Labyrinth and Hellboy (del Toro), but he produced this instead of directed. So, it had the feel of one of his movies, but this pretty much stunk it up. It wasn't scary and the plot was thoroughly predictable.
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I saw this Saturday night (rental). I thought it was pretty bad. Same guy that did Pan's Labyrinth and Hellboy (del Toro), but he produced this instead of directed. So, it had the feel of one of his movies, but this pretty much stunk it up. It wasn't scary and the plot was thoroughly predictable.
Yep.
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I saw this Saturday night (rental). I thought it was pretty bad. Same guy that did Pan's Labyrinth and Hellboy (del Toro), but he produced this instead of directed. So, it had the feel of one of his movies, but this pretty much stunk it up. It wasn't scary and the plot was thoroughly predictable.
Yep.
I saw this a while ago and pretty much any movie with Katie Holmes in it sucks.
True, but I kind of liked the movie where she showed her tits. The one with Giovani Ribisi and the "blue diamond".
Quote from: GodShifter on February 27, 2012, 05:49:39 PM
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I saw this Saturday night (rental). I thought it was pretty bad. Same guy that did Pan's Labyrinth and Hellboy (del Toro), but he produced this instead of directed. So, it had the feel of one of his movies, but this pretty much stunk it up. It wasn't scary and the plot was thoroughly predictable.
Just the fact that Katie Holmes was in it instantly made it a shit movie.
So you're saying you're not a fan of Katie Holmes? :D
I don't like her either as an actress, but you must admit she's fairly nice to look at.
Quote from: I,Galactus on February 26, 2012, 12:54:23 PM
Saw this yesterday:
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Pretty awesome if you like Studio Ghibli and/or G-rated movies.
I had a great time too. I almost had the whole theater to myself, stupid humans.
Quote from: GodShifter on February 28, 2012, 12:10:35 PM
So you're saying you're not a fan of Katie Holmes? :D
I don't like her either as an actress, but you must admit she's fairly nice to look at.
I would bend her over the kitchen sink and give it to her hard but she wouldn't be my first choice. Kate Beckinsale on the other had would be at the top of my list.
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Saw this yesterday:
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Pretty awesome if you like Studio Ghibli and/or G-rated movies.
I had a great time too. I almost had the whole theater to myself, stupid humans.
Really? You must have seen an evening showing. The matinee last weekend was choc-a-block w/ 6 year olds. They seemed to enjoy it too, though.
I hit the 4:45pm showing, which didn't have matinee prices. I was envious of the other viewer who came in after all the previews.
"I saw this a while ago and pretty much any movie with Katie Holmes in it sucks."
The Ice Storm was great
Quote from: priest on February 28, 2012, 06:53:36 PM
"I saw this a while ago and pretty much any movie with Katie Holmes in it sucks."
The Ice Storm was great
She was in that? All I remember is Sigourney Weaver, a key party and some kid getting electrocuted.
Quote from: deaner33 on February 28, 2012, 11:54:20 AM
True, but I kind of liked the movie where she showed her tits. The one with Giovani Ribisi and the "blue diamond".
The Gift
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ya, she was the drugged-out li'l prick tease prick teasin' Spider Man even in roofie state. she wasn't bad in that role
I forgot she was even in The Gift ??? Further, obviously, I forgot she showed her tits. Nice!!
Quote from: GodShifter on February 29, 2012, 08:06:09 PM
I forgot she was even in The Gift ??? Further, obviously, I forgot she showed her tits. Nice!!
Not me brother. I've got a pretty bad memory in general, but my nude scene memory is awesome.
Dream house was horrible but Hugo is fantastic
just saw this. anybody else seen this?
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Quote from: priest on March 01, 2012, 01:21:49 PM
just saw this. anybody else seen this?
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great mvoie. He was a fucking maniac.
yeah, I must have liked it cuz I keep thinking about it. it's like a cross between A Clockwork Orange and that movie about that Joy Division dude. I do have a hard time believing that that's anywhere near how it all went down in real life though
Quote from: priest on March 01, 2012, 05:34:04 PM
yeah, I must have liked it cuz I keep thinking about it. it's like a cross between A Clockwork Orange and that movie about that Joy Division dude. I do have a hard time believing that that's anywhere near how it all went down in real life though
Did you notice at the end of the movie they showed what he actually looks like?
We watched the remake of the thing last night. What a complete piece of crap. It wasn't the thing. I was a rehash of the fucking xfiles movie. It wasn't even the thing. I was like alien was in an xfiles movie. Shit pissed me off
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Quote from: priest on March 01, 2012, 05:34:04 PM
yeah, I must have liked it cuz I keep thinking about it. it's like a cross between A Clockwork Orange and that movie about that Joy Division dude. I do have a hard time believing that that's anywhere near how it all went down in real life though
Did you notice at the end of the movie they showed what he actually looks like?
no, was it at the end of the credits?
Quote from: Demon Lung on March 02, 2012, 12:48:02 PM
We watched the remake of the thing last night. What a complete piece of crap. It wasn't the thing. I was a rehash of the fucking xfiles movie. It wasn't even the thing. I was like alien was in an xfiles movie. Shit pissed me off
not that you're gonna beat Kurt Russel with some new hot chick, but I was hopeful that this would be a semi-cool remake, if only for being able to make the thing that much more shocking what with all this new-fangled technology shit. was that stuff any good at least?
I think the only remake I've seen that was better than the original so far was Dragon Tattoo
It wasn't the thing. It was Allen
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First 75 minutes it was very slow moving. I even thought the actors "over-acted" for most of the fim, but the end picked up a little bit and the movie redeemed itself. Had a decent soundtrack to it. Nothing great, but a decent watch.
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I liked this movie better than the above film. Quick moving for the most part with some good action. I also like the storyline. Everyone stops aging at the age of 25 where in order to keep living you having to buy "time". I didn't fall asleeep once while watching it so it wasn't half bad and its worth the rent.
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I liked this movie better than the above film. Quick moving for the most part with some good action. I also like the storyline. Everyone stops aging at the age of 25 where in order to keep living you having to buy "time". I didn't fall asleeep once while watching it so it wasn't half bad and its worth the rent.
will probably end up copping this from redbox later on
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Was better than expected.
Watched this last night. Was pretty good.
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Was better than expected.
never heard of this..i know id love it.. is it as good as slapshot..
i heart hockey movies..
Not as "adult oriented" as slap shot. But still quite as good. Based on a true story if you can believe it.
Quote from: whoshotthefrog on March 03, 2012, 03:29:39 PM
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I liked this movie better than the above film. Quick moving for the most part with some good action. I also like the storyline. Everyone stops aging at the age of 25 where in order to keep living you having to buy "time". I didn't fall asleeep once while watching it so it wasn't half bad and its worth the rent.
Yeah, this was surprisingly quite entertaining.
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Dumb.
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I liked this movie better than the above film. Quick moving for the most part with some good action. I also like the storyline. Everyone stops aging at the age of 25 where in order to keep living you having to buy "time". I didn't fall asleeep once while watching it so it wasn't half bad and its worth the rent.
Yeah, this was surprisingly quite entertaining.
^interesting concept, shit movie.
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Highly recommended.
I saw this last weekend and I thought it was quite good. Excellent performances by Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain, in my opinion.
The movie, for those of you that don't know about it, centers around a construction worker (Shannon) who begins to see and hear things that lead him to believe that there is an Armageddon like storm/event that is eminent. He begins to work on his storm shelter in the backyard which causes huge problems for his family for a number of reasons. Meanwhile, he begins to doubt his sanity as he experiences visions and dreams that are highly disturbing.
It's a good movie and I agree with wstf that it is highly recommended viewing.
I also saw Bridesmaids which, while it has some funny parts, tries a little too hard to be gross/funny, but, at the same time, put some seriousness about the nature of relationships (friends and romantic) in as well. If it had gone full on comedy it might have liked it a little more, but it seemed to try and do too many things and I didn't think it worked real well.
Additionally, I saw Real Steel with Huge Jackoff, and thought it was embarrassingly terrible. Easily one of the worst eye rolling movies I've seen in a long, long time.
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Highly recommended.
I saw this last weekend and I thought it was quite good. Excellent performances by Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain, in my opinion.
The movie, for those of you that don't know about it, centers around a construction worker (Shannon) who begins to see and hear things that lead him to believe that there is an Armageddon like storm/event that is eminent. He begins to work on his storm shelter in the backyard which causes huge problems for his family for a number of reasons. Meanwhile, he begins to doubt his sanity as he experiences visions and dreams that are highly disturbing.
It's a good movie and I agree with wstf that it is highly recommended viewing.
great movie, shots, etc..
Boy Wonder
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1456060/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1456060/)
Tale of a kid who saw his mom killed in a carjacking and ends up being a night time crime fighter/killer. I really liked the movie, but the acting is pretty terrible. If you can get past that it's a fun dark movie with a cool ending. The revenge movie.
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It was alright a father played by Martin Sheen travels to France to recover the remains of his son discovers that his son played by Emilio Estevez (also real life son) died while on the pilgrimage called El camino de Santiago. He decides that he will complete the trek for his son.
I'm seeing John Carter and A Separation over the weekend pretty excited for both.
Coffee and Cigarettes - I'm not a Jim Jarmusch fan (I liked Ghost Dog a lot...) this one is short scenes shot over the course of several years. Whether it's even worth a Netflix rental is debatable :(
The scene with Alfred Molina and Steve Coogen is really great, and Kate Blanchett plays a duel role (cousins) that almost made me want to watch the scene again, when I found out they were both her. Just underscores that most everybody else in the movie is not a real actor (or a good actor).
"Worth checking out on Youtube" maybe.
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It got mixed reviews from critics but I thoroughly enjoyed it. Interested in getting the books this movie was based on.
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Really liked this - I love spy shit. Helen Mirren killed it.
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Do I really need to give a review?
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I laughed a good amount throughout this movie. Worth the rent.
EDIT: For review. Basically it's about a pair of rednecks and a group of college kids vacationing seperately in the same remote part of West Virginia. The college kids are scared of the rednecks because of the stereotypes that are associated with those people. (Deliverance) Anyway, some of the college kids start dying and of course they blame the rednecks. To make a long story short the rednecks have to prove to them that they're not muderes and are just normal people.
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Do I really need to give a review?
More an explanation why you watched it in the first place.
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Do I really need to give a review?
In this case: absolutely not.
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Do I really need to give a review?
More an explanation why you watched it in the first place.
I was at a friend of a friend's house yesterday and it was either watch this or sit through a wedding video. I chose the lesser of the two evils.
You couldn't leave? ;D
Quote from: deaner33 on March 11, 2012, 02:08:30 PM
You couldn't leave? ;D
I didn't need to hear an earful from my ladyfriend so I just suffered through this movie. I did however enjoy the opening and closing credits because they had twins talk about what it means to them to be a twin. I guess being a twin myself a lot of the stuff they were saying applies to my brother and I.
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Truly a great film.
^^Can't see the image, Alexander^^ What was the movie?
I saw 21 Jump Street this weekend, and it was a wretched experience both visually and physically. The facility's air conditioning unit wasn't working only in that particular theater, and being that it was a fairly warm, humid evening, well ... not fun.
Secondly, the movie, while having a few funny lines and gags to it, was, overall, pretty much a stupid mess. It freely makes fun of itself in that it's another re-hash of an old popular show (and a character in the movie even references old, tired rehashed stuff -- movies, ideas, etc). Yet, at the same time, the movie, of course, tries to have some semblance of a plot, character development, and, yep, a bit of a message. So, the total parody idea -- out the window (it would have been a better angle, imo).
It wasn't a complete disaster as movie, but pretty darn close. Not recommended.
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^^Can't see the image, Alexander^^ What was the movie?
Jason I think I fixed it can you see the poster now? The movie I saw was A Separation.
Quote from: GodShifter on March 19, 2012, 09:24:55 AM
^^Can't see the image, Alexander^^ What was the movie?
I saw 21 Jump Street this weekend, and it was a wretched experience both visually and physically. The facility's air conditioning unit wasn't working only in that particular theater, and being that it was a fairly warm, humid evening, well ... not fun.
Secondly, the movie, while having a few funny lines and gags to it, was, overall, pretty much a stupid mess. It freely makes fun of itself in that it's another re-hash of an old popular show (and a character in the movie even references old, tired rehashed stuff -- movies, ideas, etc). Yet, at the same time, the movie, of course, tries to have some semblance of a plot, character development, and, yep, a bit of a message. So, the total parody idea -- out the window (it would have been a better angle, imo).
It wasn't a complete disaster as movie, but pretty darn close. Not recommended.
You voluntarily went to see that. Bahahahahahahah!!!!!!
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Quote from: GodShifter on March 19, 2012, 09:24:55 AM
^^Can't see the image, Alexander^^ What was the movie?
Jason I think I fixed it can you see the poster now? The movie I saw was A Separation.
Indeed, I can. I heard that was quite good and I intend to see it.
@RAGER: Eh, I was persuaded to go see it, plus we had free tickets, so I figured, "what the hell".
I Love You Philip Morris - kind of like "Catch Me if You Can" I guess (?) Well-written, fun, con man/caper type movie, with Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor making out with each other... a lot (it's also a love story). Interesting to see that Jim Carrey is a better dramatic actor than Ewan McGregor (I thought so). I liked it. Solid B.
The Sentinel - kind of a slow mover, very 70's catholic/occult deal. Star studded cast, but ultimately lacking the thrills it could have potentially had. Not bad though. B-
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Decent comedy. I love Charlize Theron so even if it's a terrible movie i'll still watch it because of her. Basically, its about this woman who receives an email from her exboyfriend thaty shows the announceent for the birth of his new child. She(Theron) takes this as a chance to go back to her hometown and try to win her ex's heart back. What made Theron's role great was that she was an alcoholic and she constantly made an ass of herself because of it. It even caused her to sleep with Patton Oswalt.
Quote from: Lumpy on March 19, 2012, 01:45:36 PM
I Love You Philip Morris - kind of like "Catch Me if You Can" I guess (?) Well-written, fun, con man/caper type movie, with Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor making out with each other... a lot (it's also a love story). Interesting to see that Jim Carrey is a better dramatic actor than Ewan McGregor (I thought so). I liked it. Solid B.
The Sentinel - kind of a slow mover, very 70's catholic/occult deal. Star studded cast, but ultimately lacking the thrills it could have potentially had. Not bad though. B-
Is that the one with Beverly D'Angello masturbating & Burgess Meredith?
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Nothing great, but I enjoyed it. It's about people who like to bird watch and they compete to see who can see the most amount of different bird species in one calendar year. It didn't have that many laugh out loud moments, but I like Wilson, Black and Martin so I stuck through the film and I didn't come away from it disappointed.
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Quote from: Lumpy on March 19, 2012, 01:45:36 PM
I Love You Philip Morris - kind of like "Catch Me if You Can" I guess (?) Well-written, fun, con man/caper type movie, with Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor making out with each other... a lot (it's also a love story). Interesting to see that Jim Carrey is a better dramatic actor than Ewan McGregor (I thought so). I liked it. Solid B.
The Sentinel - kind of a slow mover, very 70's catholic/occult deal. Star studded cast, but ultimately lacking the thrills it could have potentially had. Not bad though. B-
Is that the one with Beverly D'Angello masturbating & Burgess Meredith?
Yeah - the Beverley D'Angelo masturbation scene might be the best part of the movie -- great scene.
Got Dream House on netflix the other night. it was meh
Quote from: RAGER on March 19, 2012, 02:41:50 PM
Got Dream House on netflix the other night. it was meh
that movie is a pile of crap
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Decent low budget horror movie about people that go missing in a tunnel. A little slow for the first third of the movie, but it does get pretty creepy. Some clunky dialogue, but not terrible.
The cover art above pretty much has nothing to do with the movie.
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Decent comedy. I love Charlize Theron so even if it's a terrible movie i'll still watch it because of her. Basically, its about this woman who receives an email from her exboyfriend thaty shows the announceent for the birth of his new child. She(Theron) takes this as a chance to go back to her hometown and try to win her ex's heart back. What made Theron's role great was that she was an alcoholic and she constantly made an ass of herself because of it. It even caused her to sleep with Patton Oswalt.
Is it out on dvd yet? Really looking forward to it.
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Decent comedy. I love Charlize Theron so even if it's a terrible movie i'll still watch it because of her. Basically, its about this woman who receives an email from her exboyfriend thaty shows the announceent for the birth of his new child. She(Theron) takes this as a chance to go back to her hometown and try to win her ex's heart back. What made Theron's role great was that she was an alcoholic and she constantly made an ass of herself because of it. It even caused her to sleep with Patton Oswalt.
Is it out on dvd yet? Really looking forward to it.
Yes sir. I got it through NetFlix last week.
The last film I've seen, was 'Sleepaway Camp'. Watched it last night. The ending scene never fails.
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Bellflower - I loved it. They over-sell it as an action piece (well, with that awesome car anyway) when it's better understood as a character-driven drama. The Village Voice said something like "the unrestrained raging psyche of a 13 year old boy" -- pretty good slant.
Margot at the Wedding -- I loved it. From the writer-director of "The Squid and the Whale" Noah Baumbach. Character driven family-based drama/dark comedy (I did laugh a couple times). Squid and the Whale was about a divorce, this one is about (wait for it) a wedding.
Been checking out a lot of docs through Netflix lately. A couple of them that I recommend HIGHLY:
"Being Elmo". The story behind the puppeteer, Kevin Clash, who developed Elmo on Sesame Street. The story itself is pretty cool, but it's really interesting to see the history of the whole muppet family develop before Elmo even came to be. Just a really good documentary. Especially if you loved the muppets or Sesame Street. If you didn't love the muppets or Sesame Street you were probably a heartless bastard with no soul.
"Senna". About the Brazilian F1 racing champion and his life on the circuit in the 80's and early 90's. I didn't know a whole lot about his story or career but it was pretty damn interesting. And tragic. Lots of cool racing footage and the characters that made up the sport in the day. 2 thumbs up.
I'm starting a new rating system for myself and since it's me it's going to be dick related:
1. Raging Boner
2. Stiffie
3. Semi Hard
4. Chub
5. Whiskey Dick
For example, I rewatched Munich. I remember liking it a lot when it came out, but this time I wasn't impressed. Spielberg was great with the action scenes and creating paranoia & tension, but was way too heavy handed with the flashbacks and relationship stuff. You know, typical Spielberg. I give this one my Semi Hard rating.
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Elizabeth Olsen is definitely the most talented of the Olsen sisters, and she gets bonus points for showing her tits and ass. Worth the rent.
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Okay, so what did you think of that movie, Will?
I just now noticed it was directed by Ami Canaan Mann, who is the daughter of Michael Mann. But that doesn't change my overall attitude towards the movie itself. I didn't think it was bad, but it was also fairly predictable and pretty frustrating in that it left one major sub plot line completely abandoned at the end. I was like, "wtf?".
Good performances by the actors, but, overall, the movie left me flat.
The Hunger Games
A good adaptation of the book it's based on. Had some shaky cam going on at the beginning which was somewhat annoying not too bad. 7/10
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Elizabeth Olsen is definitely the most talented of the Olsen sisters, and she gets bonus points for showing her tits and ass. Worth the rent.
great fucking movie. unsettling.
Quote from: GodShifter on March 26, 2012, 08:39:56 PM
Okay, so what did you think of that movie, Will?
I just now noticed it was directed by Ami Canaan Mann, who is the daughter of Michael Mann. But that doesn't change my overall attitude towards the movie itself. I didn't think it was bad, but it was also fairly predictable and pretty frustrating in that it left one major sub plot line completely abandoned at the end. I was like, "wtf?".
Good performances by the actors, but, overall, the movie left me flat.
I was unhappy with that as well. They should have tied that part of the story in, even a brief 2 minutes worth. Overall, I pretty much knew who was doing what right away, however I still enjoyed it. Compared to alot of movies I watch, this one atleast had a decent story to it. However, again, they could have worked the story abit more, to keep you guessing.
Paranormal Activity 3 and Hunger Games both get stiffies from me.
Exit from the Gift Shop -- okay I guess, I found it a little boring to be honest. I like street art just fine, but I din't find the people who were portrayed all that interesting. Also, I can't feel cynical about Mr. Brain Wash, and not feel cynical about Banksy. It's all the same thing, in the sense of the bigger picture. 6 out of 10 Erections.
In the last coupla weeks, these were good!:
Tucker & Dale VS Evil
The imaginarium of doctor parnassus
Zombieland
Not good:
Alice In Wonderland (the Disney/Burton one)
My son loves that Alice In Wonderland.
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I do too.
really? I thought it had too much rubbish CGI...
just watched Defiance, how sad, I'd recommend it to anyone...
I haven't seen Alice in wonderland but I have seen Alice in anal land
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terrible. so bad it gets a wow.
Quote from: Lumpy on March 28, 2012, 01:35:56 PM
Exit from the Gift Shop -- okay I guess, I found it a little boring to be honest. I like street art just fine, but I din't find the people who were portrayed all that interesting. Also, I can't feel cynical about Mr. Brain Wash, and not feel cynical about Banksy. It's all the same thing, in the sense of the bigger picture. 6 out of 10 Erections.
I think Mr. Brainwash was much more interesting than Banksy or any of those other guys. He was a complete lunatic/fool. I thought it was a great flick even if it was narrowly focused on the bigger subject at hand.
Watched the following over the weekend:
Memories Of Murder - By the guy who did The Host. Pretty cool serial killer drama. Stiffie.
The Muppets - not a muppet fan at all, but the movie was cute and I liked the songs. Semi.
Mars Needs Moms - weird, kind of dull, a big disappointment. My 7 year old loved though. Chub.
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It wasn't too bad. The acting was super bad, but the "action" parts were semi-entertaining.
BTW-The Darkest Hour movie.
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Pretty good documentary.
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I think both 1 and 2 are on Netflix. Really good series with a dumb name.
Yer pics didn't show willb. What movies?
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Yer pics didn't show willb. What movies?
Not showing up for me either.
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B+ on both. and on Netflix.
Quote from: RAGER on April 02, 2012, 03:49:46 PM
Yer pics didn't show willb. What movies?
Don't know why they did not show up, same place I grab all my movie posters from.
The first one was for - The Darkest Hour (2011) Some pretty decent action, but the acting is horrible.
The second one was for - Cormans World (Exploits of a Hollywood rebel). A great documentary on Roger Corman. Very well done.
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B+ on both. and on Netflix.
Saw both of these a long time ago and really enjoyed both of them. You made an excellent choice in watching them.
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B+ on both. and on Netflix.
Saw both of these a long time ago and really enjoyed both of them. You made an excellent choice in watching them.
that dude did not give a fuck.
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Decent comedy. I love Charlize Theron so even if it's a terrible movie i'll still watch it because of her. Basically, its about this woman who receives an email from her exboyfriend thaty shows the announceent for the birth of his new child. She(Theron) takes this as a chance to go back to her hometown and try to win her ex's heart back. What made Theron's role great was that she was an alcoholic and she constantly made an ass of herself because of it. It even caused her to sleep with Patton Oswalt.
Raging boner here. This movie is why I don't watch the Academy Awards. Both Chalize Theron and Patton Oswald had Oscar winning performances, IMO.
I watched Bronson and Limitless off reading this thread. Both were killer IMO.
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Garbage.
You didn't like Red State, Will? I did.
I'll admit the last part was a huge disappointment, but the first three thirds of that movie surprised me with how good it was. I mean, it was a Kevin Smith movie so I wasn't expecting a hell of a lot, but the twists and turns of the plot and the realism of some of it won me over. I don't want to spoil it for any one that hasn't seen it, but, as I said, the last portion of it rang false with me and left me kind of feeling let down. The whole 'sounds of the apocalypse thing' was confusing and a tad cheap, imo.
Outside of that, good performances from Melissa Leo, John Goodman, and, especially, Michael Parks.
The beginning was ok, but very predictable. As it went on, it got more predictable and ridiculous. To me it was pure nonsense.
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This was actually much better than I thought it would be. Pretty funny.
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Both pretty decent entertainment
Unknown looked pretty bad by the trailers. Like, the Taken guy, but with amnesia..
^^Pretty much but still mildly entertaining for the evening especially when my lady and I got busy towards the end. We'd already got the gist of it.
Also saw these this week.
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Not bad. Better than I thought it would be.
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It's a documentary about a scientific experiment done in the 70's in which a family was asked to teach a chimpanzee sign language. Pretty interesting. Nim apparently was a stoner because his caretakers at an monkey sanctuary smoked grass and drank with him.
I liked 'Eastern Promises' pretty well. Cronenberg is a good director and both Mortensen, Watts, and Cassel are good in it.
Anyone know anything about the latest Cronenberg flick that, again, has Mortensen, Cassel, and Michael something or another?
Quote from: GodShifter on April 05, 2012, 02:55:11 PM
I liked 'Eastern Promises' pretty well. Cronenberg is a good director and both Mortensen, Watts, and Cassel are good in it.
Anyone know anything about the latest Cronenberg flick that, again, has Mortensen, Cassel, and Michael something or another?
This'n?
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It's about Freud, Jung, and the history of psychoanalysis. I haven't seen it, but I don't really think it's of a piece w/ History of Violence and Eastern Promisises (both of which I enjoyed).
That's the one.
Obviously, I haven't seen it, but it looks like one of those 'slow burner' movies. I'll check it out even if it isn't as good as 'Eastern Promises' or 'A History of Violence'.
A Dangerous Method is supposed to be pretty good. I also want to watch Shame, but kind of scared it will hit too close to home.
Project Nim looks like a tearjerker to me...
I just started watching "Insidious" and it was so bad by minute 30 I turned that shit off and came here to make sure you all avoid it. I had to go read some reviews to make sure I wasn't just not giving it a chance and found plenty of them confirming what i thought; total cliche haunted house crap.
I think I 'reviewed' that here awhile back. It is, indeed, a fucking horrible movie.
But it's not the house that was haunted. It was the girl
Or wasnt that one about a demon coming into "the human world"? And they left it open for a part 2. Why do the have part 2's of movies that were horrible in the first place?
Quote from: mutantcolors on April 06, 2012, 12:11:19 AM
I just started watching "Insidious" and it was so bad by minute 30 I turned that shit off and came here to make sure you all avoid it. I had to go read some reviews to make sure I wasn't just not giving it a chance and found plenty of them confirming what i thought; total cliche haunted house crap.
Quote from: GodShifter on April 06, 2012, 12:36:11 AM
I think I 'reviewed' that here awhile back. It is, indeed, a fucking horrible movie.
As shitty (and DUMB) as the movie is from the start, the ending is infinitely worse. Mutant, you were lucky to have bailed. I unfortunately did not and it sounds like my bro suffered the ending too.
I saw that pile of turds too.
A Dangerous Method arrives tomorrow. Tonight I think it's The Debt
Dude, I suffered through every last minute of 'Insidious' and it was painful. I thought the ending was ultra stupid, and was really disappointed with the whole thing. I think it was one of those movies that tried to pay homage to some of the classic horror movies of the past, and utterly failed. The supposed 'scary' parts left me rolling my eyes, and the plot devices come off as so tired and contrived. It was just awful.
"Eastern Promises" and "A History of Violence" are both top-notch.
Eastern Promises seems completely ordinary at first (eliciting a "WTF happened to Cronenberg") but stick with with it, it's worth it.
Cronenberg "Mk II" is a little hard to adjust to (dropped some of his early gore themes) but turns out he's a great director, and he doesn't need exploding heads to get by.
The latest one about Freud and Jung has some S&M elements... I still need to rent that.
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Not bad. Sorta what I expected.
Red x Will.
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Very strange. I watched it mainly cause Stevie from Eastbound and Bound is in it. Have to digest it before I can say if I liked it or not. Basically the plot is 2 guys go on a canoe trip and really weird shit happens.
the fuck does that title say? Catechcism Cataclysm? Looks like a death metal band logo.
Quote from: mutantcolors on April 06, 2012, 09:03:11 PM
the fuck does that title say? Catechcism Cataclysm? Looks like a death metal band logo.
Yep. How about this poster?
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Quote from: deaner33 on April 06, 2012, 07:58:26 PM
Red x Will.
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Very strange. I watched it mainly cause Stevie from Eastbound and Bound is in it. Have to digest it before I can say if I liked it or not. Basically the plot is 2 guys go on a canoe trip and really weird shit happens.
Fuck me again. The movie was Killer Elite.
You should preview your posts with pics. Are you basically just hotlinking?
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killer movie..
The Glimmer Man.
Steven Seagal is some kind of Buddist policeman. Keenan Ivory Wayans is also a policeman. Brian Cox is trying to be a rich Southern CIA-type guy.
I made it the whole way through.
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I felt like I was watching a comic book the entire time.
A good comic book or a bad one?
Ip Man and 2. They were awesome!
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Quote from: deaner33 on April 11, 2012, 08:12:01 AM
A good comic book or a bad one?
Good, for the most part.
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I felt like I was watching a comic book the entire time.
Who the fuck is Gackt? Sounds like somebody that's been up for a few days.
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Another sci-fi you've kinda seen before. In a post apopcolyptic world there's a city with the rich and it's surrounded by 12 districts who are poor. Once a year they draw for a boy and girl from each district who fight to the death which is televised and everybody loves it in the rich city. A little bit of the Truman Show, the Running man, and others. Throw in some other things in the plot for more drama. Movie was done well as far as acting and scene shots. A bit too long as well. I give it a mediocre rating.
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Not bad actually. Lots of good fighting. It reminded me of a video game.
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This looks interesting. What was it about? Did you like it?
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This looks interesting. What was it about? Did you like it?
It's about a Chinese cabbie who is swamped in debt. He is asked to go to Korea to assasinate someone and his debt will be wiped away. While he is in China studying his potential victim, he looks for his wife that disappeared. As in most movies, nothing goes as planned and he is now being targeted by the cops, the Chinese mafia and the man who originally asked him to do the killing in the first place. Great action film and there are two chase scenes that blew me away. The first one involves him escaping a high rise building from the cops and running through the streets of this city in China and the second one involves him trying to escape from the Mafia and the man who hired him to kill from a shipping yard/docks. Most American action films involve guns and shooting people but in this movie there were only two bullets fired and the rest of the hand to hand combat involved knives and axes. If you like Asian cinema this is higly recommended.
Sounds good! Thanks for the synopsis! I'll definitely check this out.
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Decent film. I actually thought Clooney was good in this film.
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Nothing great, but not bad either. It's about these Americans that are in Russia for either business or pleasure and suddenly and Alien invasion takes everything over. The Aliens get their power from electricity so basically everything in its way is destroyed. Well, the Americans miraculously survive and now must find a way to get home as well as find a way to destroy these Aliens.
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Pretty much what I expected. A good entertaining movie.
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Elizabeth Olsen is definitely the most talented of the Olsen sisters, and she gets bonus points for showing her tits and ass. Worth the rent.
great fucking movie. unsettling.
Saw this last night. meh-ish.
Also saw this the other night. Good but an abrupt ending
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Feel-good dreck you can watch with your granny, and nobody gets offended. Predictable and bland, semi-enjoyable but not essential viewing.
Meh.
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Feel-good dreck you can watch with your granny, and nobody gets offended. Predictable and bland, semi-enjoyable but not essential viewing.
Meh.
At one point I actually wanted to see this, but I have a long standing policy to never anything with Sandra Bullock in it.
^^I never had any desire to see that pile.
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Feel-good dreck you can watch with your granny, and nobody gets offended. Predictable and bland, semi-enjoyable but not essential viewing.
Meh.
At one point I actually wanted to see this, but I have a long standing policy to never anything with Sandra Bullock in it.
Fist bump bro.
Quote from: whoshotthefrog on April 17, 2012, 03:27:50 AM
At one point I actually wanted to see this, but I have a long standing policy to never anything with Sandra Bullock in it.
Spoiler alert: The character she plays is really sassy.
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Feel-good dreck you can watch with your granny, and nobody gets offended. Predictable and bland, semi-enjoyable but not essential viewing.
Meh.
I got through about the first 20 minutes of this and decided I couldn't do it. Sandra Bullock's character was just too predictable. The whole thing seemingly was ...
Black Death
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It was ok the shaky cam thing was pretty annoying. Boromir and some other Christian soldiers guided by a monk go on a quest to a village unaffeced by the bubonic plague as they suspect it is the work of some necromancer. Their mission is verify this and hunt down the necromancer. The violence depicted was pretty gruesome.
The Divide
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Plot: Nuclear war happens in NYC and a bunch people take shelter in their building's basement. As cabin fever sets in, and attacks from the outside happen, the group, morally and physically, start to decay, turning some into savages and others to fend for themselves.
Review: The first 30 minutes is kind of bad as you get your standard cheesy acting, lines. After that though, it starts getting intense and really never lets up as far as getting that claustrophobic/hopelessness feel. This is definitely one of Michael Biehn's best performances. One of the better post-apocalyptic movies since Blindness. If you've been feeling down, I do not recommend watching this movie as you'll only end up hating humanity even more.
3/4 stars
^^Just put that on the q
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Really good movie. Sorta has that idea that lots of people can relate too.
how the hell would you know.?.. you dont live here.
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how the hell would you know.?.. you dont live here.
You're retarded.
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Actually not bad, a lot better than the first one. Still, only recommended for exploitation/extreme movie fans.
Monsieur Lazhar
10/10 I absolutely loved this film. Everything was excellent the children's acting themes explored etc.
Watch the trailer:
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6/10 Mehs. I didn't like the acting from the Asian lead characters. Kind of a mess as far as the message, too.
I loved Gran Torino. Some of the greatest dialog/one liners I've ever seen.
Just watched that Yellow Sea, that was an excellent choice.
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6/10 Mehs. I didn't like the acting from the Asian lead characters. Kind of a mess as far as the message, too.
I hated 'Gran Torino'. I thought it was pretty embarrassing in terms of the predictability of the plot plus the male Hmong character was a terrible, terrible actor. Everything was like cliche in terms of gang members, the family (on both sides), etc. Just a really bad effort, imo.
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Good movie but it had a slow pace to it and sometimes it was hard to follow.
^ I just got the first disc from Netflix of the old miniseries of this with Alec Guinness.
I read the book over 25 years ago, not much memory of it besides liking it.
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How was this film? I saw previews for it and I thought it looked terrible.
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Pretty damn good. High expectations were met. One of the better superhero movies to come out.
Too bad no Ed Norton.
Was Don Cheadle in it?
No. No Don Cheadle.
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How was this film? I saw previews for it and I thought it looked terrible.
Pretty much. It had a couple of brief moments of potential but failed at every opportunity.
The soundtrack (loaded with B.O.C.) was good though
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Pretty damn good. High expectations were met. One of the better superhero movies to come out.
fantastic movie..lived up to its hype..lots of funny parts. am i the only one to catch the patrick swayze point break reference..awesome.
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J. Edgar. Good movie and DiCaprio did a fantastic job. My only complain was it was a really slow mving movie. Otherwise, I enjoyed it.
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This documentary is about the controversy involving raising exotic animals as pets. It's main focus is on two men. A man named Terry who owns two lions and Tim Harrison, a police office who helps rescue/capture these exotic pets. It's really interesting how people treat these wild animals as domesticated pets and how easily it is for anyone to acquire them. It seems like Ohio has a major problem since there are no laws against buying, selling or owning these animals.
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This documentary is about the controversy involving raising exotic animals as pets. It's main focus is on two men. A man named Terry who owns two lions and Tim Harrison, a police office who helps rescue/capture these exotic pets. It's really interesting how people treat these wild animals as domesticated pets and how easily it is for anyone to acquire them. It seems like Ohio has a major problem since there are no laws against buying, selling or owning these animals.
Yeah, I'd say OH has a problem.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/zanesville-animal-massacre-included-18-rare-bengal-tigers/story?id=14767017
weird, I just the other day met a girl from OH and we ended up on that topic.
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Pretty damn good. High expectations were met. One of the better superhero movies to come out.
fantastic movie..lived up to its hype..lots of funny parts. am i the only one to catch the patrick swayze point break reference..awesome.
Hawkeye didn't wear a costume in the movie but he is wearing one in that movie poster. Interesting...
Oh and Great fucking movie!
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The Divide
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Plot: Nuclear war happens in NYC and a bunch people take shelter in their building's basement. As cabin fever sets in, and attacks from the outside happen, the group, morally and physically, start to decay, turning some into savages and others to fend for themselves.
Review: The first 30 minutes is kind of bad as you get your standard cheesy acting, lines. After that though, it starts getting intense and really never lets up as far as getting that claustrophobic/hopelessness feel. This is definitely one of Michael Biehn's best performances. One of the better post-apocalyptic movies since Blindness. If you've been feeling down, I do not recommend watching this movie as you'll only end up hating humanity even more.
3/4 stars
You nailed it. I liked it alot.
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Slight but enjoyable.
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Rescued from sucking, based on the great performances from Jeff Bridges and Maggie Gylenhaall. It's sorta like a long commercial for AA. Pretty good original music. I'd give it a scant 7. It's enjoyable but loads of cliches pile up.
I'm way behind the times w/ reviews, sorry dudes.
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For some reason I was expecting it to be a lot better than just a solid action film .
I saw 'The Avengers' a few days back.
I was totally prepared to hate it, but I didn't. I haven't even seen any of 'The Hulk' movies, the 'Thor' one nor 'Captain America', so basically I was familiar with 'Iron Man'.
Anyway, some good actions sequences and amazing special effects; very entertaining overall. It helps to have some working knowledge of the Marvel universe, of course, but it's not mandatory. As I said, I went thinking, "this is going to be meh" and left feeling pretty positive about the whole experience. Recommended.
John Carter.
I have never read the book(s), so I had no idea what to expect. I can say I was not overly impressed with the movie, although the story seemed pretty decent. The way the movie played out was sorta slow. Plus it looked cheap to me, and the acting was bad.
Those who made the biggest impact recently are: :)
Warrior (awsome movie)
The troll hunter (hilarious... The trolls can smell cristian blood!!!)
Tinker tailor... (slow but really good)
Conan O'Brien can't stop...
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I'd give it a 6 or 7.
On the positive side, the Red Skull is awesome, as is most of the nazi-related stuff. I liked the first 30-40 minutes where Steve Rogers is skinny (they stick his head on a little guy's body). Stanley Tucci is good as the doctor who develops the super serum.
The bad: it really helps if your lead actor has some personality (example: Robert Downey Jr. in Iron Man, Tobey Macguire in Spider Man). This guy is bland as shit and conveys almost nothing. Incomprehensible action scenes in the middle... "stuff happens". Plot is rarely engaging, after the beginning. 15 minutes wasted on embarrassing Capt. America "war bonds" sequence (anybody know if this is true to the comic book? That would help explain).
Not in the same league as the first 2 Spider Man or Iron Man movies. Could have been a lot better.
Oddly enough I liked Capt. America. Although it did get boring in the middle part of the movie.
However I will say, imo, it is miles better than any of the Spiderman movies -- which I found terribly boring and bad.
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Oddly enough I liked Capt. America. Although it did get boring in the middle part of the movie.
However I will say, imo, it is miles better than any of the Spiderman movies -- which I found terribly boring and bad.
I agree w/ wookb. The characteristics you describe as "bland as shit," Lumpy are pretty true to the canon of Cap's "shucks gee gosh" all-American persona. Aside from the overreliance on montages
(even Rocky's got a montaaaage), I thought Cap contends w/ Thor as the best of the Marvel "slow build to avengers" flicks.
Also, I hate the Raimi Spiderflicks unabashedly. Dunst ain't hot enough to be MJ by a mile. >:(
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Woody Harrelson as a crooked cop who gets caught on camera beating a civilian who crashed his car into his police cruiser.
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Woody Harrelson as a crooked cop who gets caught on camera beating a civilian who crashed his car into his police cruiser.
I liked it, but kinda slow with no real ending.
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Woody Harrelson as a crooked cop who gets caught on camera beating a civilian who crashed his car into his police cruiser.
I liked it, but kinda slow with no real ending.
That's exactly how I felt.
give me some perspective. where does it rank on the bad cop movie scale? where does Bad Lieutenant rank?
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give me some perspective. where does it rank on the bad cop movie scale? where does Bad Lieutenant rank?
What made the movie interesting for me was that in the beginning he thought he was doing the right thing. Not to many bad cop movies that take that angle.
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give me some perspective. where does it rank on the bad cop movie scale? where does Bad Lieutenant rank?
Bad Lieutenant did not have 2011 Ice Cube in it. This movie does, so Bad Lieutenant wins by default.
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It was ok. My mom loved it.
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Quote from: priest on May 24, 2012, 02:16:04 PM
give me some perspective. where does it rank on the bad cop movie scale? where does Bad Lieutenant rank?
Bad Lieutenant did not have 2011 Ice Cube in it. This movie does, so Bad Lieutenant wins by default.
BL also has Nick Cage on lots of drugs. I found that movie quite awesome. I did like Rampart as well.
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Quote from: priest on May 24, 2012, 02:16:04 PM
give me some perspective. where does it rank on the bad cop movie scale? where does Bad Lieutenant rank?
Bad Lieutenant did not have 2011 Ice Cube in it. This movie does, so Bad Lieutenant wins by default.
BL also has Nick Cage on lots of drugs. I found that movie quite awesome. I did like Rampart as well.
I think they're talking aboot the OG Bad Lieutenant w/ Harvey Keitel. Worth a watch if you enjoyed Port of Call New Orelans.
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Not giving it an erection rating, as it would be inappropriate. Some of this movie hits a little too close to home, but I'm just glad I'm not as bad as this guy.
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Although it is an old one, it is a great movie. Lots of action. Starring a still in his prime MDouglas & AGarcia as two cops who do battle with the Asian mob.
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Not giving it an erection rating, as it would be inappropriate. Some of this movie hits a little too close to home, but I'm just glad I'm not as bad as this guy.
I wanted to shoot myself in the face when she sung New York, New York.
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Not giving it an erection rating, as it would be inappropriate. Some of this movie hits a little too close to home, but I'm just glad I'm not as bad as this guy.
I wanted to shoot myself in the face when she sung New York, New York.
Was that supposed to be good or bad? Her brother cried, but people cry for a lot of reasons. I wound up fast forwarding through that after it took her 3 minutes to get through the first line.
Also, why'd he have to lose his erection with the black chick? That shit was racist.
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Didn't really care for the Asgaard scenes. Would have preferred the other origin story (where he is an MD who has a cane that turns into Mjolnar). Saw it on the small screen, so a lot of the action details were lost. About the same as Capt. America -- not bad but it could have been better.
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Quote from: priest on May 24, 2012, 02:16:04 PM
give me some perspective. where does it rank on the bad cop movie scale? where does Bad Lieutenant rank?
Bad Lieutenant did not have 2011 Ice Cube in it. This movie does, so Bad Lieutenant wins by default.
BL also has Nick Cage on lots of drugs. I found that movie quite awesome. I did like Rampart as well.
I think they're talking aboot the OG Bad Lieutenant w/ Harvey Keitel. Worth a watch if you enjoyed Port of Call New Orelans.
The original is worth it to see Keitel snort coke off the dashboard of his car after he drops his kids off to school and when he pulls over the teenage girls and jerks off to them while making one show her ass and the other to open her mouth.
The sitter had quite a few humorous moments
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Quote from: priest on May 24, 2012, 02:16:04 PM
give me some perspective. where does it rank on the bad cop movie scale? where does Bad Lieutenant rank?
Bad Lieutenant did not have 2011 Ice Cube in it. This movie does, so Bad Lieutenant wins by default.
BL also has Nick Cage on lots of drugs. I found that movie quite awesome. I did like Rampart as well.
I think they're talking aboot the OG Bad Lieutenant w/ Harvey Keitel. Worth a watch if you enjoyed Port of Call New Orelans.
The original is worth it to see Keitel snort coke off the dashboard of his car after he drops his kids off to school and when he pulls over the teenage girls and jerks off to them while making one show her ass and the other to open her mouth.
You know, a buddy of mine rented the OG Bad Lieutenant 10-15 years ago from Blockbuster, and it was censored, to the point where that scene with the two girls was edited out. I had seen it a couple years previous, unedited, not sure where I rented it from, but apparently unbeknownst to him, Blockbuster would censor some movies without telling their customers?
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Cell 211
A prison guard, who shows up to work a day early before he is suppose to start his new job, finds himself in the middle of a prison riot. As the prison riot begins he is knocked unconscious and he awakens to find out that he was left behind by fellow prison guards. He now must pretend to be an inmate to survive and convince the leader of the inmates that he is a prisoner before the SWAT team can rescue him and cease the prison riot. The movie had a quick pacing to it and there were a lot of tense and violent scenes throughout the film. I really enjoyed this movie and I highly recommend it.
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A girl whose brother was killed by a Yakuza's son seeks revenge. While avenging her brother's death she is caught by the Yakuza, tortured and eventually has her left arm cut off. After escaping the torturers, she meets a mechanic who creates a machine gun she can use for a prosthetic limb. Now she is ready to take on the Yakuza. A good movie with an endless amount of violence throughout but the violence is more on the comical side. It sort of reminded me of the violence you would see in an itchy and Scratchy cartoon. Also, there are no subtitles for this film, even though it was made in Japan because they dub English language for the voices. Recommended if you're into this type of movie.
sounds amazing..
Machine Girl can't possibly hold a candle to Tokyo Gore Police, Mutant Girls Squad, or Helldiver, but I'm going to have to find out... ;D
Check out Tetsuo (The Iron Man). Old school, probably did it first. (Tokyo Gore Police and Machine Girl are in my Netflix Instant Qeueueu, I think).
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I loves me some Tetsuo. Blew my mind as a teenager. I've never seen the sequel/remake or the third one. I need to check those out as well.
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A man with experience to run long distances and marathons uses this skill to help him rob banks. Decent movie but the pacing of the film was extremely slow.
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Plot: A CIA Agent accused of treason gets a chance to win his freedom if he rescues the President's daughter from a maximum security prison in space.
Review: It obviously rips off the plot of Escape from NY and mixes it up with the 90's action film cliches. That being said, if you go in there knowing that you'll come out enjoying it for what it is, a popcorn film. Guy Pearce, who's always good, plays a believable action hero with lots of great one-liners. That helped saved the film. Otherwise, every other actor comes across flat. Plot is pretty predictable.
2.5/4 stars
Dogtown and Z-Boys (skateboarding documentary). Great stuff. I watched it twice. I never paid a lot of attention to that world, so it was good to get some of the names and roles sorted out. I know I'm way behind with my queue (came out like 10 years ago).
Quote from: Lumpy on June 19, 2012, 11:52:15 PM
Dogtown and Z-Boys (skateboarding documentary). Great stuff. I watched it twice. I never paid a lot of attention to that world, so it was good to get some of the names and roles sorted out. I know I'm way behind with my queue (came out like 10 years ago).
Never skated in my life but I love this movie and the soundtrack.
Been on a blockbusters on DVD kick here of late:
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All pretty standard fare and marginally enjoyable. I think JC's flop had more to do with marketing than content, but it didn't help that it looked like a rip-off of lots of other space operas (when in reality everything else was ripping of the Barsoom tales). Holmes was ai'ght; weird seeing Layne Price again so soon after he offed himself. I still prefer BBC's modern update to Hollywood's "gritty re-boot." I never saw the third MI, so the coda at the end of this one didn't resonate with me at all, but the setpieces were clever and the action was well-done.
In short, billions of dollars were spent on moderately entertaining me for a few hours at the cost of three dollars. Society is weird.
It's really easy to embed a pic. Above the smilies, there's a row of icons (YouTube, etc). 5th one from the left looks like a tiny landscape photo. Click that, then past your link in-between. Or just highlight your link after you paste it in the message, and then click that icon.
Quote from: Lumpy on June 22, 2012, 12:26:25 AM
It's really easy to embed a pic....
:D It sure is if you're not derpy and totally forget to.
Also I view this site with pics off becuase I'm at work, so it looks the same to me whether I embed them or not.
"I think they're talking aboot the OG Bad Lieutenant w/ Harvey Keitel. Worth a watch if you enjoyed Port of Call New Orelans."
lord have mercy. Bad Lieutenant is an all-time classic and one of the best (if not THE best) Keitel performances. I was lucky enough to have seen it on the big screen. POC New Orleans needs to replace the "C" with an "S". beyond laughable. and I had high hopes but only got a couple chuckles from the ridiculous dialog. it's a crime that it shares the same name as "the original". an appropriate title would've been Bad Idea.
Dogtown and Z-Boys fucking rules btw
bad lieutenant is required viewing. period. serious fucking classic. i could only watch like 10 minutes of that port of call thing. terrible.
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based on the first book that hunter s thompson wrote (but not the first one published), depp plays thompson/paul drake as he boozes his way through puerto rico. none of the dreamy LSD trip of fear and loathing, but the HST mannerisms are still there, particularly near the end of the film. slowly paced and amber heard does not show her lesbian titties as promised, and it's far too involved in some real estate deal that thompson/drake isn't sufficiently enraged by (though it ends up becoming what makes him HST). giovanni ribisi is fucking amazing as a burnt out neo-nazi paranoid newspaper writer that works with drake. worth watching just for him, really.
2.5/4 stars
Rachel Getting Married - pretty good ensemble cast drama about the black sheep sister (Anne Hathaway) getting released from rehab to attend her sister's wedding. Directed by Jonathan Demme. Had lots of good scenes and good acting (and Anne Hathaway is hott).
But if you can only stand to watch one "dysfunctional wedding movie" with a large ensemble cast, you should probably pick "Margot at the Wedding" which was similar, but slightly better (and has Jack Black, and Jennifer Jason Leigh shows her tits). "Margot..." has some twists & turns, and has some dark comedy, while "Rachel..." is more straight ahead and serious, and maybe a little heavier than it should have been. Not a bad movie, 7/10 while "Margot..." is 8.5/10
The newer Sherlock Holmes movie isn't half bad
Quote from: Lumpy on June 24, 2012, 06:41:42 PM
Rachel Getting Married - pretty good ensemble cast drama about the black sheep sister (Anne Hathaway) getting released from rehab to attend her sister's wedding. Directed by Jonathan Demme. Had lots of good scenes and good acting (and Anne Hathaway is hott).
But if you can only stand to watch one "dysfunctional wedding movie" with a large ensemble cast, you should probably pick "Margot at the Wedding" which was similar, but slightly better (and has Jack Black, and Jennifer Jason Leigh shows her tits). "Margot..." has some twists & turns, and has some dark comedy, while "Rachel..." is more straight ahead and serious, and maybe a little heavier than it should have been. Not a bad movie, 7/10 while "Margot..." is 8.5/10
I've seen both movies and both are really good but I like
Margot at the Wedding more. The toasting scene in
Rachel Getting Married was difficult to watch. Anne Hathaway completely embarrassed herself.
I just watched NEDS, directed and shot in Glasgow by Peter Mullan. It's about a young Catholic working class lad who despite his intelligence and strong work ethic ends up embroiled in 70's Glasgow gang culture.
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The image above is one of the key scenes. Threatened with a crossbow the main character tapes kitchen knives to his hands and walks over the bridge that separates his territory from the rival gang. He then sets about the rival gang leader, stabbing him and a number of the rival gang members in the process.
This could have been an excuse for mindless violence but it's actually a brilliant character study. You lot will need the subtitles though.
michael.
german film about a pedophile that keeps a 10 year old boy locked in his basement. no graphic rape scenes or anything. just a slice of life in a pedo's life. really disturbing if you get disturbed even moderately. i don't. it's creepy-weird shit though.
TED -- although it had its funny parts, it was pretty much as I expected. Very much like a family guy episode. I only laughed once, however everyone else seemed to pissing themselves.
Raid Redemption -- lots of holes in the story. However I liked the idea(s) put forth in the movie and the action was incredible.
Iron Sky -- dumb. The blonde woman in it was hot though.
spiderman was ok..im not sure i like the blonde..the lizard could have looked better..his face was too human..not bad though..it was a good way to spend a few hours in some ac and out of the 90 degree hot humid weather..
I am surprised that you went and watched it. Did you feel it was similiar to the spiderman movies done with Tobe?
Rampart. So-so movie, great performance by Woody Harrelson.
Quote from: mortlock on July 11, 2012, 01:03:48 AM
spiderman was ok..im not sure i like the blonde..the lizard could have looked better..his face was too human..not bad though..it was a good way to spend a few hours in some ac and out of the 90 degree hot humid weather..
I saw this last night and walked away with pretty negative feelings toward it, initially.
Upon reflection, for what it was, I guess it was a pretty good representation of what the comic book is/was like. So, kudos in that it was true to form in that respect.
I guess, for me, the "super hero" thing doesn't translate real well for me to the screen. It's very rounded, one dimensional stuff that is confined by its audience and by its very nature. It's good fun for some people, but I just have to realize that I need to take it for what it is.
That said, pretty bad rendition of "The Lizard". I mean, I know he can't be running around in the white lab coat like in the comics, but the face (as mortlock said) was pretty "off". He resembled kind of a hybrid gorilla/lizard as opposed to more true lizard look from the comics.
Or in your mirror.
BAAAAMM!!
Ha! :D Damn you. >:(
moonrise kingdom was really good. some genuinely funny moments. very typical wes anderson, though, so if you don't dig him, don't go. if you do, do. lotta hank williams on the soundtrack. bill murray's belly. edward norton was awesome in it. seven thumbs up out of 93% fresh.
Quote from: strangelight on July 13, 2012, 09:54:15 AM
moonrise kingdom was really good. some genuinely funny moments. very typical wes anderson, though, so if you don't dig him, don't go. if you do, do. lotta hank williams on the soundtrack. bill murray's belly. edward norton was awesome in it. seven thumbs up out of 93% fresh.
This finally came to my area, but I think I may wait for DVD. I dig Anderson's style, but I feel like his flicks are better enjoyed at home.
yeah, i don't think you'd lose anything by not seeing it in a big theater.
Except your wallet if you're not careful. Or maybe your keys.
Quote from: CanookieWookie on July 10, 2012, 09:50:51 AM
TED -- although it had its funny parts, it was pretty much as I expected. Very much like a family guy episode. I only laughed once, however everyone else seemed to pissing themselves.
Raid Redemption -- lots of holes in the story. However I liked the idea(s) put forth in the movie and the action was incredible.
Iron Sky -- dumb. The blonde woman in it was hot though.
Yeah Iron Sky was really dumb, that's the best way to describe it. I really wanted to like it, and it had a lot of promise, good idea, etc, but was just too dumb in it's execution.
Quote from: strangelight on July 13, 2012, 09:54:15 AM
moonrise kingdom was really good. some genuinely funny moments. very typical wes anderson, though, so if you don't dig him, don't go. if you do, do. lotta hank williams on the soundtrack. bill murray's belly. edward norton was awesome in it. seven thumbs up out of 93% fresh.
I liked it, but did'nt you get antsy in the last half-hour? I felt like I just smoked a gram of rock.
no. did you smoke crack during the movie?
Come on, everyone knows there is no smoking in movie theaters.
Quote from: retardgroove on July 14, 2012, 10:37:42 PMCome on, everyone knows there is no smoking in movie theaters.
crack isn't very smoky. I used to know a guy that smoked crack in the bathroom at red lobster while he was at work everyday.
Watched "Resurrect Dead: The Mystery Of The Toynbee Tiles" recently, which inspired the quotation used in my signature. It's a great documentary and a strange story.
human centipede 2. i don't wanna talk about it. kinda reminded me of eraserhead a little bit. in that it was completely bizarre. black and white. there were just the main characters in the movie too. like, no extras. it felt like the whole story was taking place in a vacuum. i can't remember how to spell vaccum. vaccuum? none of those looks right. the only people on the screen were people pertinent to the plot. no cops. or random bystanders or neighbors or anything. ii don't wanna talk about it though. pretty out of control. much better than the first one which i thought blew.
Yep, light years "better" than the first one.
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That last one looks awesome ! :D ;) 8)
P.S You're doing it again. :P
Sorry, GS. Been a little busy lately, but I'll try to add something about each movie if I get time at work today.
Quote from: whoshotthefrog on July 24, 2012, 08:04:59 AM
Sorry, GS. Been a little busy lately, but I'll try to add something about each movie if I get time at work today.
it's too late man. the damage is done.
Quote from: whoshotthefrog on July 24, 2012, 08:04:59 AM
Sorry, GS. Been a little busy lately, but I'll try to add something about each movie if I get time at work today.
No worries, Frog. I just thought I'd yank your chain a bit. ;)
GS does enjoy yanking dude's chains.
BAAAM!
The Dark Knight Rises - Great movie, great action & a great soundtrack. Some holes in the movie, but overall spectacular.
Ignoring Shecky Greene up there, I, too, saw 'The Dark Knight Rises' not once, but twice in two days just for the hell of it.
I liked the movie pretty well the first time, so with nothing better to do the next day, I decided to watch it again so I could catch some plot details and dialogue I missed the first time. The 2nd time helped, but wasn't really worth the time for the small amount of insight I gained from re-watching it.
Overall, I liked the movie and thought it was a good final act for what has been a pretty solid series of movies. In keeping with the other two, Nolan keeps the dark theme going and that's pretty rare for a comic book based film. But, ultimately, Batman is a dark, troubled figure in the comics, so it stays true to his character. So, respect for keeping the theme and feel throughout.
I enjoyed the fight scenes between Bane and Batman the best of the whole movie to be honest. The rest, while interesting, did not always keep me totally involved.
*Spoilers*
The whole entire police force trapped under the city premise was weak at best. The stockbrokers on motorcycles wasn't a good idea, but I can see where some people would love that angle. It felt trite to me.
There were, in fact, quite a few plot logic problems with the movie if you really examine it, but, hey, it's a comic book movie. It doesn't have to (nor will it) make total sense.
The movie was entertaining. I'll say that.
i thought tom hardy was great as bane (hard to convey that much emotion with most of your face covered), so i decided to check out an earlier film of his, bronson. don't know if it's been reviewed in here yet.
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this was fucking amazing. one of the best films i've ever seen. it's a fictionalized biopic of charlie bronson, england's most famous prisoner. he isn't famous, or infamous, for his crimes, but for being the most violent inmate in history. it's like a horror film crossed with a dark comedy. hardy is brilliant. completely electric performance, i don't know how else to say it without sounding dumb. it was just incredible. it was really nightmarish stuff, but it's all shot so beautifully, every frame looks like a work of art. this film is dark and sick and nihilistic and perfect.
some movie poster called it a clockwork orange for the 21st century, and that might not be far off, really. it's on netflix if anyone wants to watch it.
i liked him as bane..i thought he put on a great performance. this movie looks interesting. i hope it lives up to your hype..
bronson is a really good movie. weird as hell. the guy never even killed anyone but he's england's most notorious inmate. complete fucking wack job.
i don't want to give too much away in an attempt to convince people to see this, but it was fucking awesome. when they move him from prisons to mental wards, that's when shit gets really fucked up.
i thought hardy was really good as bane. i think he's fucking astounding as bronson.
Hardy was great in Bronson. Movie itself was okay but Hardy was, like the ad says, electrifying.
I checked out Bronson last night on strangelight's recommendation.
I thought it was good, and I definitely get the tag of the 'Clockwork Orange for the 21st Century', because the movie definitely has the same feel to it; especially the music that flows over various scenes. Just a lot of comparisons could be made, really.
Good performance by Tom Hardy. I think sl liked this so much because she got to see Hardy's schlong five or six times in an hour and a half span ;) (probably why bolt liked it, too).
Quote from: priest on March 01, 2012, 05:34:04 PM
yeah, I must have liked it cuz I keep thinking about it. it's like a cross between A Clockwork Orange and that movie about that Joy Division dude. I do have a hard time believing that that's anywhere near how it all went down in real life though
page 21. get with the times, SL! :)
there's stripper titties too. but it was mostly the look on hardy's face as he watched that guy shit into his own hand and then rub it all over his face.
:-X
The best moment to me was when the warden kinda reached Bronson by encouraging him to do art and then Bronson made him a painting and took it to him and the warden just blew him off and you could see the pain and devastation on Bronson's face (even though he was wearing sunglasses) and you know we just lost any chance of saving Bronson from himself.
yeah, that was awesome. and then that art teacher trying to ride his prison artist's coattails just got him tortured for 44 hours.
also, in the mental ward, when that seemingly not-as-crazy mental patient reveals himself to be a pedo ("how about you, me, and a 9 year old girl?"), the look of rage that ran through bronson, but he was too heavily sedated to rip that guy's head off... that was pretty incredible.
I liked the part with the spoiler alerts.
Quote from: GodShifter on July 27, 2012, 02:56:35 PM
I checked out Bronson last night on strangelight's recommendation.
I thought it was good, and I definitely get the tag of the 'Clockwork Orange for the 21st Century', because the movie definitely has the same feel to it; especially the music that flows over various scenes. Just a lot of comparisons could be made, really.
Good performance by Tom Hardy. I think sl liked this so much because she got to see Hardy's schlong five or six times in an hour and a half span ;) (probably why bolt liked it, too).
i knew there was a catch..im boycotting the movie.
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Yep. It's about a chick that sucked her dog's dick once in college and what happens when the secret gets out. Bobcat Goldthwait sucks as a director, but as a writer he's not bad.
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Yep. It's about a chick that sucked her dog's dick once in college and what happens when the secret gets out. Bobcat Goldthwait sucks as a director, but as a writer he's not bad.
wtf? are you serious?? ??? :o ???
The director is bobcat goldwith. Does it suprise you?
Silent house. The Olsen sister that isn't a twin has some really bouncy boobies
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Silent house. The Olsen sister that isn't a twin has some really bouncy boobies
Her boobs look wonderful in
Martha Marcy May Marlene
"Watchmen" -- one of the better superhero movies IMO. I never looked at the graphic novel (or comic book or whatever). Ending was sightly incomprehensible to me, but I rolled with it.
the ending is different in the graphic novel. a giant vagina monster destroys the city. even less comprehensible.
Saw the dark knight rises last night and loved it from beginning to end. Kicks the shit out of the one with that loser that banged the Olsen twin.
Hatchet II. Ridiculous and great. I'm sure I'll watch it again. I don't always have the best judgement though.
Quote from: Lumpy on August 02, 2012, 06:43:48 PM
"Watchmen" -- one of the better superhero movies IMO. I never looked at the graphic novel (or comic book or whatever). Ending was sightly incomprehensible to me, but I rolled with it.
I'm not a comic book guy or superhero guy, but I liked Watchmen a lot.
Quote from: strangelight on August 02, 2012, 06:56:15 PM
the ending is different in the graphic novel. a giant vagina monster destroys the city. even less comprehensible.
Pretty much. I read the graphic novel right before I saw the movie and I have to say I can't really understand any complaints with the movie. It was pretty much a verbatim translation from the book to the screen with the exception of the change in the ending which made a lot more sense.
Quote from: juggernaut on August 03, 2012, 05:14:32 PM
Pretty much. I read the graphic novel right before I saw the movie and I have to say I can't really understand any complaints with the movie.
My complaints were and still remain thus:
1) Ramping quickly becomes a really boring visual effect.
b) Actors who played Ozy and Silk Spectre were incredibly wooden and weak.
also) I vastly prefer the metatextual clusterfuck Alan Moore ending.
All the other actors were great, the historical montage at the beginning was fantastic, and some of the shot for panel scenes were really cool. The thing that made that book great was all the little stuff that could never make it into a feature film (kid at the comic stand, random societal synchronicity) that really made the setting feel realistic and "lived-in."
/nerd
Quote from: lordfinesse on August 03, 2012, 02:12:44 AM
Hatchet II. Ridiculous and great. I'm sure I'll watch it again. I don't always have the best judgement though.
Loved Hatchet II, but not as much as I loved the original. Tony Todd and Daniel Harris did such capable acting jobs that it sort of stifled the humor. :D
I saw PT Anderson's new film "The Master" last night. I wrote a review over at that other place.
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This is an Austalian Western film. It's about a cop's first day in a new town, Red Hill. To bad the first day has a prison escapee coming back to town to seek revenge on the town's Sheriff who arrested him 10 years earlier. Plenty of bloodshed and killing throughout the movie. Worth seeing.
Quote from: whoshotthefrog on August 04, 2012, 04:56:39 PM
Worth seeing.
But not worth linking a working movie poster jpeg. ;)
Wikipedia is your friend.
Quote from: HORNS on August 04, 2012, 04:22:25 PM
I saw PT Anderson's new film "The Master" last night. I wrote a review over at that other place.
BOO! The least you could do is cut and paste it to here.
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Quote from: strangelight on August 02, 2012, 06:56:15 PM
the ending is different in the graphic novel. a giant vagina monster destroys the city. even less comprehensible.
Pretty much. I read the graphic novel right before I saw the movie and I have to say I can't really understand any complaints with the movie. It was pretty much a verbatim translation from the book to the screen with the exception of the change in the ending which made a lot more sense.
the graphic novel ending with the space vagina monster is basically a tool ozymandias uses to unite the US and the USSR against an external threat (from space!!!!). the dr. manhattan nukes cities thing doesn't quite accomplish the same thing, because he was a weapon of the US that flipped out, making it totally justifiable for the ruskies to blame this shit on the US not being able to control their own weapon. even though US cities got nuked, it doesn't accomplish the same thing of unifying the two sides against an outside threat. i mean, the movie says it does, but it isn't as convincing. but i do think the vagina monster would've seemed so random in a film where you have no time to digest what happened.
i loved the graphic novel. i was lukewarm on the film. my biggest complaint was that these losers in tights were supposed to be regular humans who just put on costumes and go out and attack criminals. they weren't superheroes. other than dr manhattan, they possessed no super human powers. not even batman-style resources and ninja training. but in the film's fight sequences, all the slow motion blood spatter and choreographed fighting made it look like they were bad ass fighters, which completely misses the point that these are regular idiot people putting themselves in danger with no real ability to protect themselves.
(side bar: i've heard people hating on the dark knight rises' fight scenes between batman and bane because it's a slow, sluggish fist-fight, but that's the point! alfred spends the first half of the movie telling bruce wayne that he's not batman anymore, that he's not fit, he can't fight like he used to, he's lost his ninja powers. so of course when batman actually tries to fight, it's going to be slow, sloppy, and telegraphed. i thought that was a really nice touch and the complaints about the fight scenes miss the point of the first half of the movie. of the whole movie, actually. dude isn't batman anymore and he needs like 10 people to help him.)
in the graphic novel of the watchmen, when rorschach tracks down that pedo and kills him, and basically flips to anti-hero psycho status, he doesn't actually kill the guy. he chains him to a radiator, hands him a blunt saw, and sets the building on fire, and tells him if he wants to get out alive he'll have to cut his own arm off. that has a completely different tone and dynamic to the movie version, where rorschach rages out and just crushes the guy's skull with an ax. it added absolutely nothing to the character to make that change. it actually took away from him a little bit, i thought. it's not like it saved them millions of dollars either.
Even when Batman fist-fought in the prior films, I was always underwhelmed. There are a lot of real live human beings who could fight better than his stuntman. And don't get me started on his "I need a lozenge" Batman growly voice.
his batman growl is terrible. no one likes that, except christian bale i guess.
it seemed in the previous two movies, the fight scenes were always too dark to really see what was going on anyway.
The Batman growl is pretty stupid, but I guess it's necessary so when he talks he doesn't sound exactly like Bruce Wayne and he sounds mean & ferocious? ::)
Whatever a person's criticisms of the movies are, I do think Christian Bale makes a pretty good Batman.
For a guy with so much money and so many tools/toys, he could have something that changed his voice electronically AND made it sound cooler.
Yeah, agreed, I thought about that too.
Christian bales batman is by far the best batman
i ended up seeing bronson.. it was epic. great movie. thanks strangelight.
Quote from: boltthrow on August 04, 2012, 08:27:54 PM
And don't get me started on his "I need a lozenge" Batman growly voice.
I saw Batman Begins in a theater in Switzerland, complete with German dub. You think the growl was bad in English? German voice actor dude had the fucking subs rattling. :D
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Entertainingly harsh low budget, found footage crime/drama. On Netflix.
bolt, he's the Dark Knight for fuck's sake. what do you want him to sound like, Kathy Griffin? here's a question for ya: how is Bane supposed to eat?
I just don't him to sound like a tool.
My questions is, why does Bane sound like Sean Connery?
Quote from: mortlock on August 05, 2012, 07:12:25 PM
i ended up seeing bronson.. it was epic. great movie. thanks strangelight.
you're welcome. i fucking love that movie. tom hardy is a beast.
speaking of, i liked the bane WC fields/sean connery voice. it was unexpected for a villain and considering you couldn't see 2/3 of the dude's face for the whole movie, i don't mind that he used his voice to convey a little more personality and expression. he did more acting with his eyes than most people do with their whole bodies.
i think christian bale makes a great bruce wayne but not a great batman. why keep growling in batman voice to the people who already know that bruce is batman? the way he growled "this is not a car" made me laugh a long, long time. and he didn't do the growl (or not as much) in batman begins, so why did it come on so hard for the dark knight? totally dig him as bruce wayne, though. maybe because he's just playing jason bateman again.
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Quote from: mortlock on August 05, 2012, 07:12:25 PM
i ended up seeing bronson.. it was epic. great movie. thanks strangelight.
you're welcome. i fucking love that movie. tom hardy is a beast.
speaking of, i liked the bane WC fields/sean connery voice. it was unexpected for a villain and considering you couldn't see 2/3 of the dude's face for the whole movie, i don't mind that he used his voice to convey a little more personality and expression. he did more acting with his eyes than most people do with their whole bodies.
i think christian bale makes a great bruce wayne but not a great batman. why keep growling in batman voice to the people who already know that bruce is batman? the way he growled "this is not a car" made me laugh a long, long time. and he didn't do the growl (or not as much) in batman begins, so why did it come on so hard for the dark knight? totally dig him as bruce wayne, though. maybe because he's just playing jason bateman again.
you are so wet for tom hardy..
totally.
i'd seen pictures of him and hadn't really given him two thoughts until i saw him act. dude's really talented and talent makes my lady parts happy.
in continuing my embarrassing tom hardy binge, i watched rocknrolla, the guy ritchie movie with gerard butler, idris elba (stringer bell!!), and tom hardy. it was okay. snatch-lite. rather than having 6 or 7 really interesting characters like snatch did, it had maybe 2 quirky people and then a bunch of other dudes who were just kind of there. if you want to watch something like snatch, but not snatch, and not as good, then rocknrolla is for you!!
i'm also really looking forward to lawless. nick cave wrote the film, about bootlegging moonshine in VA, during the prohibition era. tom hardy (!!!), gary oldman (!!!), guy pearce (!!!), and shia lebouf (how the fuck did he get cast in this?). it's out at the end of august.
gary oldman is one of my faves. his role in the professional is nearly unmatched in cinematic history.
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I liked him a lot in Romeo is Bleeding.
Shia Lebouf is one of the most bankable male stars in Hollywood, like it or not.
Watched Martyrs again with my wife (she had not seen it). She told me she wanted to see something disturbing so we watched it. Now she doesn't want to watch disturbing movies any more.
Never heard of it. I will have to check it out.
It's a mindfucker.
martyrs is the only (and i mean it. THE ONLY) movie i've ever had to stop part of the way through and question whether i really wanted to continue watching this thing. based on it being so intensely disturbing.
It's a very hard movie to watch.
Quote from: The Shocker on August 09, 2012, 12:41:08 PM
Watched Martyrs again with my wife (she had not seen it). She told me she wanted to see something disturbing so we watched it. Now she doesn't want to watch disturbing movies any more.
This on my Netflix queue. What is so disturbing about it because i'm tempted to moveit up on my list?
I don't want to give anything away, but it is closer to torture porn than anything else, but with some ideas that make you think and it sticks with you.
I saw Martyrs once and that was enough. A truly unsettling film and I do not mean that in a good way. I mean shake you to the core, fuck up your psyche kind of a way. Never again.
Last night we saw piranha dd and it was ok. Lots of really nice young titties. We also saw the new American pie movie. That shit was weak as fuck. A few really nice young titties. And we saw lockup. That movie was alright
Quote from: Demon Lung on August 11, 2012, 11:02:00 AM
Last night we saw piranha dd and it was ok. Lots of really nice young titties. We also saw the new American pie movie. That shit was weak as fuck. A few really nice young titties. And we saw lockup. That movie was alright
I saw American Reunion yesterday as well. Terrible is all I can say.
Last night we saw wunderlust which was very painful to watch and act of valor which was just ok
a couple of bong hit scenes would have made saving silverman a great movie..
The raid redemption is fucking awesome
strong. real fucking strong. i like psychological thrillers and i love those rare films that are truly psychologically horrifying. this thing was gut-wrenching. mortifying. real. fucking. scary. yall.
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Quote from: lowdaddy on August 15, 2012, 09:05:32 PM
strong. real fucking strong. i like psychological thrillers and i love those rare films that are truly psychologically horrifying. this thing was gut-wrenching. mortifying. real. fucking. scary. yall.
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Read the book a while back, tough read. Plan on watching the movie.
At some point.
Quote from: Demon Lung on August 15, 2012, 08:18:59 PM
The raid redemption is fucking awesome
That movie reinforced the fact that I don't dig action/kung fu flicks. It got great reviews everywhere and I was over it thirty minutes in.
Quote from: lowdaddy on August 15, 2012, 09:05:32 PM
strong. real fucking strong. i like psychological thrillers and i love those rare films that are truly psychologically horrifying. this thing was gut-wrenching. mortifying. real. fucking. scary. yall.
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The play on his folks was great.
Retard, I think it has something to do with simply getting old.
I used to love ALL action, ALL kung fu, ALL gory flicks. I think it was just the young man's need for an adrenaline rush.
Now they just seem boring. The Raid was that way for me. Perfectly fine action material (especially done on a budget) but virtually nothing emotional to back it up so it just seemed hollow. In fact, the bigger the bangs, the emptier and more uninvolving it seemed.
Quote from: boltthrow on August 16, 2012, 08:14:39 AM
Retard, I think it has something to do with simply getting old.
I used to love ALL action, ALL kung fu, ALL gory flicks. I think it was just the young man's need for an adrenaline rush.
Now they just seem boring. The Raid was that way for me. Perfectly fine action material (especially done on a budget) but virtually nothing emotional to back it up so it just seemed hollow. In fact, the bigger the bangs, the emptier and more uninvolving it seemed.
So what have you moved on to? Serious question.
Honestly, a lot of emotional stuff. I watched "Another Year" last night which was a touch too depressing but terrific in other ways. I loved loved loved "Fish Tank" (the final couple scenes are just heartbreaking).
Plus a lot of movies I've always read about but never seen. Old Hammer movies. B & W samurai movie "Sword Of Doom" which is pretty fucking amazing. "Antichrist." "Melancholia." "Panic In Needle Park." "Captain Kronos." "Breakfast At Tiffanys."
Anything that offers something different from the three-act "heroic journey" kind of narrative. A lot of 'em weren't all that great but it is a difference from the (by now) completely typical "Good guy triumphs to reinforce a couple shallow moral truths" sort of thing. Not that those moral truths are inherently shallow but they're just so obvious and timeworn that you want to see something different happen at a different pace or with different actors that aren't playing the same part over and over.
For some reason if I want to watch a good movie, I find myself going back to the 1970's more often than not. Back when filmmakers took chances.
I go to babysitter porn.
When you mentioned moving on from action, kung fu, gore, the first thing I thought of is how my porn viewing has changed. I don't think it is from getting older, but getting progressively desensitized over the years.
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If you ever come across the movie intruders with Clive Owen in it. I recommend that you don't watch it
Is it about, like, add intruding?
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Fuck. Nevermind.
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Beyond being a light-hearted kid flick, I didn't really know what Hugo was about. That being said, I liked the direction it went in, especially how it related to early motion pictures. Fanciful and a little bittersweet.
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I only vaguely remember Tintin from when I was younger, but when I saw the trailer, I knew I wanted to see it.
Pros: Great visual aspects, kind of in the same vain as that Beowulf movie from several years back. The story itself was also enjoyable, including elements of Indiana Jones and Pirates of the Caribbean.
Cons: Can't really criticize this too much as it's still a kids movie, but the story was rushed. Probably could have made a trilogy out of it if they tried.
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I've seen just about all of the TPB's materials now, save for the original short film. I didn't care for this movie as much as the Countdown to Liquor Day film. Still very funny, loves these character. I read they're planning on making another movie in the future?
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Not a hilarious movie but entertaining enough. I've never been a big Ben Stiller fan but it just seems like he plays the same character in each film, but progressively less funny.
Being Flynn
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Probably one of Deniro's best acting jobs in a long time.
Tall hot blond
Quote from: lowdaddy on August 15, 2012, 09:05:32 PM
strong. real fucking strong. i like psychological thrillers and i love those rare films that are truly psychologically horrifying. this thing was gut-wrenching. mortifying. real. fucking. scary. yall.
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Tough, bleak movie. Certainly made me think about some things as a parent and a human being in terms of past and future decisions in many respects.
That said, and not having read the book, it seems to me the kid was a little too calculating, spawn of Satan type of a deal, instead of the real ambiguities in life and parenting that lead to a child turning out like that. I enjoyed it though. Not a pleasant movie to watch at all, but as I said, certainly leaves you thinking about it.
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Texas mortician Bernie befriends the small town's wealthiest widow and then kills her. Despite the suspicious nature of her death, no one wants to think anything but the best of Bernie.
so if Dazed is a 10 and School is a 1, what does this one score?
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Meh. The movie would be interesting enough if they didn't filter it through that everything is interconnected in the universe theme. I'm burnt out on movies that push this concept.
6/10
Quote from: priest on August 30, 2012, 12:58:20 PM
so if Dazed is a 10 and School is a 1, what does this one score?
6
What I've seen recently:
Thunderstruck with Kevin Durant.
My daughter wanted to see this. Basically, if you've seen "Like Mike", you've seen this. Loser kid in high school who wants to be a basketball star, somehow magically gets Kevin Durant's talent, while Durant loses his. Kid becomes popular and amazing, Durant goes into huge slump. Blah blah blah. Everything works out in the end. 3/10
The Hunter with Willem Dafoe.
A hunter (Dafoe) posing as scientist is assigned to bring back the remains of the rare and, perhaps, extinct Tasmanian Tiger which a company wants for use in biological experiments. He winds up lodging with a family who's father is missing due to his own quest to find the tiger and protect it. Dafoe's character winds up bonding with the family and blah blah blah. Anyway, I liked this movie quite a bit despite it being somewhat predictable. Good performance by Dafoe and great cinematography.Tasmania seems like a beautiful place. 7/10.
Quote from: whoshotthefrog on August 30, 2012, 10:08:03 AM
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Texas mortician Bernie befriends the small town's wealthiest widow and then kills her. Despite the suspicious nature of her death, no one wants to think anything but the best of Bernie.
I dug it. Fun.
Quote from: GodShifter on August 31, 2012, 12:12:08 PM
What I've seen recently:
The Hunter with Willem Dafoe.
A hunter (Dafoe) posing as scientist is assigned to bring back the remains of the rare and, perhaps, extinct Tasmanian Tiger which a company wants for use in biological experiments. He winds up lodging with a family who's father is missing due to his own quest to find the tiger and protect it. Dafoe's character winds up bonding with the family and blah blah blah. Anyway, I liked this movie quite a bit despite it being somewhat predictable. Good performance by Dafoe and great cinematography.Tasmania seems like a beautiful place. 7/10.
I saw this a few weeks ago. I liked it.
Ok...people give me some netflix suggestions....suspense/ action movies....
Quote from: Sally on September 07, 2012, 12:35:15 AM
Ok...people give me some netflix suggestions....suspense/ action movies....
Martyrs
You're a cruel man, Shocker.
I'd suggest looking down a page a bit at the 'Netflix' thread. It's got some good suggestions.
Streaming wise, 'Drive' & 'The Hunter' were two good ones I saw recently from my Netflix instant queue.
Quote from: Sally on September 07, 2012, 12:35:15 AM
Ok...people give me some netflix suggestions....suspense/ action movies....
i saw the devil
Quote from: Sally on September 07, 2012, 12:35:15 AM
Ok...people give me some netflix suggestions....suspense/ action movies....
Quote from: whoshotthefrog on August 04, 2012, 04:56:39 PM
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This is an Austalian Western film. It's about a cop's first day in a new town, Red Hill. To bad the first day has a prison escapee coming back to town to seek revenge on the town's Sheriff who arrested him 10 years earlier. Plenty of bloodshed and killing throughout the movie. Worth seeing.
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Plot: A POV, found footage horror film from the perspective of America's top genre filmmakers. A group of misfits are hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house in the countryside and acquire a rare tape. Upon searching the house, the guys are confronted with a dead body, a hub of old televisions and an endless supply of cryptic footage, each video stranger than the last.
My thoughts: A Creepshow for the millennials. I wasn't really sold on it at first as found-footage films have gone from 'revolutionary' to 'meh' to 'avoid at all costs' but I was suprisingly wrong with this one as far as originality and interesting take on horror anthology goes.
Without giving too much away, as I feel the trailer already does, the first story starts off very strong and very unsettling, if you like hooking up with strangers in bars you might think twice after seeing this. The second story is still strong but goes in a 180 as far as pace, the ending ties it all together and makes a great Hitchcock-like story. The third story is a hit or miss, it's more or less a tribute to the 80's slasher films with an ounce of supernatural involved. Fourth story as well is a hit or mess, borrows from the last ten years of supernatural films. The fifth and final story is a tribute to The Exorcist/Poltergeist and definitely had some good scares along the way. I think out of all of them, the first and last story are the strongest.
It's not without its faults, as with found-footage it has the shaky-cam syndrome but it adds to the suspense in a good way without getting too overdone. The story of the guys trying to find the tape has its plot-holes/cheese moments as well.
This is definitely an enjoyable horror film and if you been needing a good fix, I reccommend it.
3/4 stars.
Quote from: Sally on September 08, 2012, 09:33:49 AM
Quote from: lowdaddy on September 08, 2012, 02:55:57 AM
Quote from: Sally on September 07, 2012, 12:35:15 AM
Ok...people give me some netflix suggestions....suspense/ action movies....
i saw the devil
And.......
that's the name of the movie woman! you know what the fuck i'm talking about! :D it's my current favorite movie in the world. korean revenge flick. and holy shit is it good.
I did a review of I Saw The Devil here or on sr.com or maybe it was at The Obelisk. I can't remember.
The main gist of my review:
I thought it was kind of over-the-top and not in a good way. There are parts of it that I really liked, but overall, it was kind of stupid and too drawn out. The scene where the killer reunites with his old serial killer buddy at that mansion where the dude is dining, obviously, on human flesh, was ridiculously stupid (and not in a good way). Uh, ever heard of subtlety ? Apparently not. Never the less, it is an entertaining movie, though inherently flawed, overall.
You're just a Korean-hating racist.*
* Good work. They're filthy.
Quote from: GodShifter on September 10, 2012, 11:51:17 AM
I did a review of I Saw The Devil here or on sr.com or maybe it was at The Obelisk. I can't remember.
The main gist of my review:
I thought it was kind of over-the-top and not in a good way. There are parts of it that I really liked, but overall, it was kind of stupid and too drawn out. The scene where the killer reunites with his old serial killer buddy at that mansion where the dude is dining, obviously, on human flesh, was ridiculously stupid (and not in a good way). Uh, ever heard of subtlety ? Apparently not. Never the less, it is an entertaining movie, though inherently flawed, overall.
incorrect. it is, in fact, the greatest movie ever made. and the part at the cannibal's backwoods mansion is fucking beautiful. wonderful. i wanna make love to it. that is all. fuck subtle.
Quote from: lowdaddy on September 11, 2012, 02:01:00 AM
Quote from: GodShifter on September 10, 2012, 11:51:17 AM
I did a review of I Saw The Devil here or on sr.com or maybe it was at The Obelisk. I can't remember.
The main gist of my review:
I thought it was kind of over-the-top and not in a good way. There are parts of it that I really liked, but overall, it was kind of stupid and too drawn out. The scene where the killer reunites with his old serial killer buddy at that mansion where the dude is dining, obviously, on human flesh, was ridiculously stupid (and not in a good way). Uh, ever heard of subtlety ? Apparently not. Never the less, it is an entertaining movie, though inherently flawed, overall.
incorrect. it is, in fact, the greatest movie ever made. and the part at the cannibal's backwoods mansion is fucking beautiful. wonderful. i wanna make love to it. that is all. fuck subtle.
I felt it dragged a little bit and was a half hour too long, but otherwise pretty good.
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Quote from: neighbor664 on September 16, 2012, 02:17:24 AM
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The only question worth asking was their nudity and was it full-frontal?
No, that was a HUGE let down. I'd watched hopping to see Caprica Six (Tricia Helfer) nude and in explicit situations.
None of either, she does kick some ass though. No masterpiece, but it was still an entertaining film.
This doesnt really apply to movies that I've seen recently, specially since I saw this particular movie right when it came out, however, I just decided to try out Epix, and was looking through their sections and for some dumb reason, Dumplings is on the Belt Busting Humor section.
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I mean, SPOILER ALERT
It's dumplings made out of fucking dead babies... How come is it in the same section of Hot Tub Time Machine?
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Yeah, were you not aware the "water" in the hot tub was from liquified stem cells and amniotic fluid from murdered women and their unborn fetuses? Hilarious concept!
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Got sucked into this on the teevee last night. More entertaining than it had any right to be.
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Pitt is very good but the rest of the cast is to die for, pretty much every part is perfectly cast. Gandolfini pushes a character he could play in his sleep to unexpected places. Ben Mendelsohn was great in Animal Kingdom and is as good here. Just to name two. Lots of talking, very raw feeling that makes the movie at times painful to watch. Obvious political overtones which might be too much in your face for some.
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The Sitter
Surprisingly enjoyable. Predictable everything-goes-wrong scenario like the hangover, date night, and countless others, but interesting and silly enough to keep my attention.
8/10 YMMV
EDIT: Pic deleted itself for some reason? It was there after I posted it. Posted again from a different source. Thanks ;)
^No image.
Or is the movie called, "Mysterious Diminutive Blue Question Mark"? ;)
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It's about 3 Seattle magazine reporters who are sent to report about someone who has posted a classified ad about going back in time. They eventually find this person and then begin the journey of "going back in time". It was a funny movie and the performance by the main characters were very good. I recommend it.
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^good?
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Not bad.
Quote from: priest on November 20, 2012, 11:43:11 AM
^good?
I liked it and it had a decent amount of violence in it which I liked.
saw Argo last night. it was fuckin great.
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Going Postal (2010)
So this kept popping up on Netflix and and I thought Richard Coyle's character looked a bit like Jason Sudeikis on the small thumbnail image. I couldn't get a good description about the movie online but decided to give it a chance anyways. Basically, the two-part story (an adaption of Terry Pratchett's novel) centers around the life and crimes of a notorious con man. The story takes place in a strange, steam-punk/H.G. Wells kind of universe and has various creatures like an occasional werewolf, golems, and banshee.
The main theme of the movie is redemption for the main character as he is forced to choose between death and reopening a derelict post office. Additionally, as the weight of his past crimes become evident, he must repair the damages caused to those around him (not unlike A Christmas Carol). I wasn't expecting to enjoy this at all and was pleasantly surprised. I believe the length of the movie helped and allowed for the story and character's to develop. Claire Foy was also great with her severe exterior hiding her wounded center. She definitely got me all wound up and conflicted.
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9/10. If you have the time, worth a watch.
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Great cast, nice humor, a little movie-geeky but that was fine with me.
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Loved the first half (again: the movie-geeky-stuff), the second half was good but a little too much thriller-by-numbers.
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Looks awesome although I didn't care for the 3D. Screenplay has the same flaw as the book: You know what is coming (either by the cover or the poster, there is no way to avoid this "spoiler") and it takes a third of the time to get there.
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Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies
This was such a joke, I don't what to make of it. It felt like it was gonna be decent in the opening with Lincoln as a child killing his mother, and then followed by some decent shots of the battle at Gettysburg. After that, it basically goes tongue and cheek with a lot of historical characters and references... I wont spoil any more than that. Overall, almost too awful not to watch.
5.5/10
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Stake Land
Stake land is a vampire themed film that takes place in a dystopian world-scape. The nature of these particular vampires is more zombie-esque and bestial, wherein they are monstrous but still are dispatched using traditional methods. There are also religious cults and militias that pop up and vie for power and territory.
I thought this movie was beautifully paced and had fantastic atmosphere. It basically utilizes much silence in these little vignettes that carry the story (see struggle) along. The film also has an emotionally appropriate score.
I just added this to the queue with a bunch of other B-rate zombie/horror flicks knowing nothing about it. I wasn't expecting this to be so rich and well constructed; however, there was one aspect of the film that detracted from the atmosphere and seemed like something you'd see in a SYFY tv movie. Without giving any spoilers, it nearly ruined the film. Fortunately, they were able to bring the story back prior to the ending, which I felt was well done.
9.5/10
This should have been an A+, save for that aforementioned issue. I highly recommend this. After doing a quick search of the board, it appears this film was mentioned by others a little over a year ago. Deaner summed it up perfectly and I could not agree more.
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I can give no explanation. The sex scene was hilarious. This was shamefully entertaining.
Best Will Ferrell line: "I will not be struck! By man or beast!"
8/10
"Casa De Mi Padre" was insane. Can't imagine that anyone on that set was sober. Worth the price of admission alone for watching Will Ferrell rolling cigarettes.
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This was a strange movie; not at all what I expected, but in truth, I didn't know what to expect from it because I hadn't read any reviews of it before going to see it.
I expected a gritty drama interspersed with violence, but what I got, instead, was a dull, dialogue filled movie that went, essentially, nowhere. Somewhere buried into the story line was a socio-economic lesson that was conveyed through various politician's speeches that occurred just before the election of 2008. I was too dense to get much of that or, perhaps, too bored to pay much attention to it. One of the few movies I've seen of late where I considered either a) walking out or b) falling asleep.
6/10 due to a good cast and taking into the account that maybe I'm too much of a dullard to understand this movie's true intentions.
GS, your image deleted itself.
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Very good, bleak and almost documentary-like. Leaves politics out and concentrates on the determination of Chastains character. Feels a little uneven because almost an hour is dedicated to the raid on Bin Lades compound. Guess the reason is that they had to rewrite the script when Bin Laden was actually killed when the production was already rolling.
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I think the movie was a little too long, and the whole premise was a little far-fetched. Although, Blake Lively is nice to look at.
She may however be the worst actress on screen today. I watched about 45 mins and couldn't take it anymore.
The movie is decent but doesn't hold a candle to the book. Blake Livlely might be attractive but she is a horrible actress indeed. And she is turned into the narrator by the screenplay. Big mistake.
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Tarantino doing his thing, this time throwing trashy Italo-Western and "Mandingo" in a blender. As expected it has some great dialogue-scenes, some cool acting by Christoph Waltz and some funny cameos. But overall I found it to be mostly tiresome. These days Tarantino doesn't tell any stories anymore and takes 165 minutes to do it.
Ted is such a fucking horrible movie
Quote from: Demon Lung on December 22, 2012, 11:11:07 PM
Ted is such a fucking horrible movie
It was basically a live action Family guy episode.
I found it pretty funny. Being a child of the 80's all of the Flash Gordon references had me laughing my ass off
Cloud Atlas was the shit. Totally enthralling. But I still keep it at 8/10 even though it is epic as fuck. I may appreciate it even more after further review, and I will have no problem rewatching this several time despite the 3-hour length.
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Django Unchained on the other hand will be tough to sit through again in the near future. Was good, but fell a bit flat. Honestly what I have expected since I first heard about the project. Still a bit of a disappointment considering how much I like Basterds and Death Proof.
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Not anywhere as good as the first one. But still entertaining. 6.5/10
You will either love or hate this movie. I thought it was alot of fun.
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Seen that there Hobbit flick. A little of the LOTR continuity padding at the beginning bugged me, but aside from some minor quibbles it was a great flick. Martin Freeman killed it.
Django was fairly awful. A few fleeting moments of interest but mostly nothing but Tarantino's undisciplined and slothful self-regard. In fact when he shows up in the movie it's a perfect crystallization of what his (previous and terrifically talented) career has become: he doesn't care if anything blows apart the actual film, it's simply all about him and how deliriously in love he is with what he writes and what he does.
Foxx, Christoph and Leo were good but the best thing was that Kareem Abdul Jabar was in the audience.
Quote from: boltthrow on December 28, 2012, 01:55:25 AM
Django was fairly awful. A few fleeting moments of interest but mostly nothing but Tarantino's undisciplined and slothful self-regard. In fact when he shows up in the movie it's a perfect crystallization of what his (previous and terrifically talented) career has become: he doesn't care if anything blows apart the actual film, it's simply all about him and how deliriously in love he is with what he writes and what he does.
Foxx, Christoph and Leo were good but the best thing was that Kareem Abdul Jabar was in the audience.
Was Lew Alcindor wearing his goggles?
Probably the Game of Death shades...
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My first thought was "Holy shit, that man knew Bruce Lee."
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Not a great movie. However it was fun to watch, and not many movies are. 7.5/10
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Tarantino doing his thing, this time throwing trashy Italo-Western and "Mandingo" in a blender. As expected it has some great dialogue-scenes, some cool acting by Christoph Waltz and some funny cameos. But overall I found it to be mostly tiresome. These days Tarantino doesn't tell any stories anymore and takes 165 minutes to do it.
I loved the movie. I was entralled the entire 3 hours. I guess we are different.
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I wouldn't say it was great, but it wasn't bad. It kept my attention and looking at Beckinsale and Biel helped a lot.
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Loved it. Not much more else i can say since i'm sure a lot of you have seen it already.
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It's about an adopted girl whose talent in life is butter carving. In order to make her mark she enters the local town butter carving contest. However, she is up against an ambitious local woman in the annual contest who makes it her goal to win at all costs. Very funny film. Worth a rent.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
I had high expectations for this movie and they were well met (unlike Prometheus).
Nice job with the synopsis for each movie, frog! Appreciated and applauded.
jack reacher will go down as the greatest movie ever filmed in the history of humans on earth or any other planet..
Saw django today . I wasn't really impressed.
I continue to think about Django and continue to be disappointed.
Quote from: mortlock on December 30, 2012, 08:41:55 PM
jack reacher will go down as the greatest movie ever filmed in the history of humans on earth or any other planet..
did you hit your head?
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When I first saw the trailer for this I thought it might be fun. Admittedly, I only made it half way through the film. Normally, I would not post a review without completing the movie, but in this case, it just wasn't worth it.
To begin, I also watched the Abe Lincoln vs. Zombies movie recently. While this film is leagues above the Zombie version in terms of budget, effects, etc., it truly wasn't much better. The initial setup regarding both films are relatively similar, revolving around Lincoln's mother dying as a result of an undead attacker. Unfortunately, the vampire adaptation basically falls apart after her death.
The general theme of the film is Lincoln's obsession with revenge. Segments are short and choppy with numerous illogical transitions and strange political aspects that hint at Abe's political future. Within 15-20 minutes, Lincoln is twirling an axe like a cheerleader's baton as he goes through his "super-hero training" to hunt vampires. Frankly, I didn't know the movie was going to get all cheezy and take the super hero approach. Very matrix-y action and over-the-top fight scenes. The CGI and musical themes were not horrible, but completely out of place for the early 19th Century time period. Much like those new Sherlock Holmes flicks, this modern re-imagination of the era(s) does not feel appropriate.
[spoiler]At one point, Abe fights a vampire inside a CGI'd horse stampede. They ran along the charging horses' backs, leaping from one beast to another with no effort. It made literally no sense. The CGI, again, was not horrible, albeit unecessary. The silver lining would be their use of color/lighting during those scenes. If it had been applied more correctly, that would have created really beautiful and meaningful set pieces. [/spoiler]
Normally, historical correctness is not a huge issue in a film like this, but Mary Todd Lincoln's character was way off. In the Shaftian ethos, Todd was a violent and crazy uppity fat chick; whereas, in the film she is portrayed by the always stunning and lovely, Mary Elizabeth Winstead. She is jaw dropping :-*
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Unfortunately, their romance felt rushed. So much so, that I would argue their Bond was forced and nearly unimportant to the film.
A plus for me was the addition of Jimmi Simpson, who isn't the greatest actor, but who I am always happy to see.
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Again, his role (at least in terms of his inclusion in the action) made little sense. One moment his character was overlooked, the next he was wholeheartedly embroiled in the conflict.
This is not the most objective review, but the choppiness of the story made it unwatchable to the point I chose not to finish. Nothing seemed logical, whether in the story or in its pacing. I would argue that anyone reading this should take this review with a grain of salt. Feel free to rent away and give it a shot. Who knows, you may dig it?
4.5/10
Quote from: retardgroove on December 26, 2012, 03:25:38 PM
You will either love or hate this movie. I thought it was alot of fun.
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this movie is ok. It's a little too much at times. Like Gina gershons full on bush but its an alright game
Saw El Narco just the other day. Not bad at all, not bad... Makes sence...
Quote from: RAGER on December 31, 2012, 09:41:28 PM
Quote from: mortlock on December 30, 2012, 08:41:55 PM
jack reacher will go down as the greatest movie ever filmed in the history of humans on earth or any other planet..
did you hit your head?
i wasnt being serious.
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Quote from: retardgroove on December 26, 2012, 03:25:38 PM
You will either love or hate this movie. I thought it was alot of fun.
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this movie is ok. It's a little too much at times. Like Gina gershons full on bush but its an alright game
The over the top-ness is why I dug it. Gina Gershon's 50-year-old over grown bush in the opening scene. Good shit.
Quote from: retardgroove on January 01, 2013, 10:54:24 PM
Quote from: Demon Lung on January 01, 2013, 02:15:27 AM
Quote from: retardgroove on December 26, 2012, 03:25:38 PM
You will either love or hate this movie. I thought it was alot of fun.
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this movie is ok. It's a little too much at times. Like Gina gershons full on bush but its an alright game
The over the top-ness is why I dug it. Gina Gershon's 50-year-old over grown bush in the opening scene. Good shit.
yeah. The Gina gershon fried chicken blowjob was movie magic for sure
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Its not "In Bruges" but still a lot of fun. Great cast, fun dialogue and some nice ideas.
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Became surprisingly coventional towards the end but - again - great cast. And it was nice to see Jennifer Lawrence in a good role - seems like the first since "Winters Bone".
I disliked Seven Psychopaths (except for Colin F's beautiful hair) but liked Playbook though i too thought that "wrap it all up rom-com style" ending jarred significantly with the complicated earlier stuff. But she was terrific and her ass looks great in yoga pants.
The Katy Perry documentary (does Shaft know about this?) I didn't know anything about her (she did a Christian singer/songwriter album when she was a teenager... she writes her own songs...). I kind of like her now (not the music but she seems nice).
The Avengers: mostly boring. Less than the sum of it's parts. Samuel L. Jackson can't really act (?) I guess good Spider-Man movies (the Toby McGuire ones) and good Iron Man movies are an aberration in the Marvel Universe. 6 or 7/10
New Spider-Man movie: unwatchable. Painful.
Batman: The Dark Knight Rises: not bad, but too dark (hard to see the action). Better than I expected. Bane sounded like a Bond villain - "No Mr. Bond, I expect you to die" (whoever that was... Goldfinger?)
Iron Sky. Nazi's from the dark side of the moon. Completely silly, and wonderful.
Quote from: boltthrow on January 09, 2013, 03:19:54 PM
But she was terrific and her ass looks great in yoga pants.
True. To die for.
Quote from: jmucke on January 10, 2013, 12:43:51 PM
Quote from: boltthrow on January 09, 2013, 03:19:54 PM
But she was terrific and her ass looks great in yoga pants.
True. To die for.
somebody post a fuckin' spoiler pic or 5
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i saw lincoln. i am very conflicted about this film.
the good parts: daniel day lewis is goddamn amazing and deserves all the awards forever. james spader and tommy lee jones (as my favourite US politician of all time, thaddeus stevens) are great too. oh yeah, and jared harris as ulysses s grant. who would've thought lane pryce could be such a convincing US civil war general. the acting was pretty damn great all around.
the mehs: sally field as lincoln's wife is incomprehensible, but i guess that's the point, since mary todd was supposedly off her rocker.
the bad parts:
the writing. the way lincoln strays into rambling, very "southern politician from the 1990s" stories to make a point just rang false to me. DDL played them remarkably well and anyone else doing it would've exposed all the cheeseball corniness in the writing. DDL saved those scenes. but it was still too much of a fairy tale of what a good politician should sound like.
and beyond the dialogue, the entire direction this film took will require a lot of undoing in history classrooms for years to come. that's fine, i guess, because it'll spark discussion, but damn. if you're telling a story of the passage of the 13th amendment, i think it's a HUGE mistake to make that story primarily about petty bickering in congress. where are the actual abolitionists? no frederick douglass? no mention of the fact that, in 1865, there were only 3 slave nations left: the US, cuba, and brazil. they didn't have to mention all of that in the film, but they could've acted like the US was behind the times, not in front of it, because that's what the tenor of the debate was actually like. "we're embarrassing ourselves," not "the world is watching to see what we do! we must lead!!"
this movie is more about myth-making, which i guess means teachers will do all the myth-breaking, and that's fine. it'd actually be really interesting to start off a class with this film and then spend the rest of the semester complicating the hollywood version with all those pesky truths and facts. so, i mean, yeah... it's ok. this movie isn't really telling the story of abolition. it's telling the story of congressional bickering and how the great compromiser led them through it by breaking a fuck-ton of laws. so, for what it's trying to do, it's fine. i just can't help but get nerd-rage over the history parts.
the directing. yeah, i said it. the opening sequence of a bloody civil war battle with no soundtrack behind it is the same as the opening sequence to saving private ryan. it's not 20 minutes long, but it is derivative. and when the amendment is passed, the way we learn is when lincoln and his son stand by the window, hear churchbells ringing, and their shadows are set against some lace curtains. CHEESY GOODNESS. and the last, most cringeworthy moment was when lincoln's lying dead in bed, then spielberg zooms into an oil lamp's flame, and then lincoln appears in the flame, like a ghost!! embarrassing.
rating: 7/10, mostly for the acting.
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This was kind of stupid. I never saw the soap opera, so I don't really know what they were trying to achieve here. Didn't seem to have much of a story, rather it started, meandered pointlessly through the middle, and then ended with a big theatrical pop of action. There were a lot of character's, but their interactions were sparse, leaving most of them unnecessary. That Chloe Moretz girl was basically hyper-sexualized like nearly every other role she's been in. I don't quite understand why they feel the need to whore that little girl out? It's creepy that folks think that's acceptable.
Like every Tim Burton movie, this is a vessel for his wife to find work. To a lesser degree, the same can be said about Johnny Depp. Basically, it's the same Tim Burton-y drivel they put out every year.
Now lets talk Eva Green! She plays the exact same role she always plays, but I don't care. I am infatuated with this wild-eyed, witchy cunt. I would lay so much hate into her it isn't even funny. She's like embers underneath my skin. She makes my mouth water. And by mouth, I mean penis. I ain't fucking kidding. [spoiler]She tore her panties off and placed them onto Johnny Depp's face while he was chained in a coffin!!![/spoiler]
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6/10
Saw Gangster Squad. It was... okay. Kinda cutesy and stylized. Ryan Gosling is dreamy. Josh Brolin is heroic. Robert Patrick is good (and on top of his quick appearance in Safe House, he's been a favorite recently). Sean Penn is way too OTT though. He's now officially become Al Pacino.
I saw about 30 min of brave
Bolt... I haven't seen it yet, so please either refute or confirm my suspicions that Gangster Squad is basically just the Untouchables '13?
It is... with even more CGI surface gloss. It makes Untouchables seem positively deep but that only because when I saw the Untouchables, all the actors were older than me so it seemed authoritative. Now they're all younger so it seems more like kids playing dress-up. But yes, Josh Brolin has the halo-fitted wife just like Kevin Costner did, Ryan Gosling plays the smart-aleck sidekick like Connery, the bad guy overchews scenery left and right, etc. Switch out LA for Chicago and there you go.
Watched The Gauntlet again. Bitches sure got smacked in the face in the 70's.
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Gripping stuff, opinionated of course, but the film is very convincing in showing how much went wrong in the West-Memphis-3-case. I only saw the first of the "Paradise Lost"-docs and that was years ago. With the release of the three last year and Peter Jackson behind this doc as a producer the amount of footage and interview partners is impressive and the filmmakers obviously had way more access than the original doc makers ever had. 150 minutes with no commentary, only original recordings and interviews, and never gets boring (great editing).
^ My wife read through Echols book in two days, she said it was amazing.
I actually watched a movie I haven't seen 473 times and wasn't a B-Movie from 1971:
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I don't recommend researching on the web for this one - go in blind.
I dug it.
I watched Killer Joe because of this thread. I was quite entertained. The characters were so fucking stupid I had to remind myself it was probably just effective acting, and not real stupidity that was making my blood boil.
Quote from: peoplething on January 14, 2013, 05:21:43 PM
^ My wife read through Echols book in two days, she said it was amazing.
I actually watched a movie I haven't seen 473 times and wasn't a B-Movie from 1971:
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I don't recommend researching on the web for this one - go in blind.
I dug it.
I saw this ahile ago. Definitely a strange film, but i liked it.
Last night we saw "the raid redemption" oh I mean dredd. What a fucking ripoff. Also saw the possession. Now that was some retarded shit
Watched The Pact last night. Didn't add up to much but had some very nice genuine scares and atmosphere in it. If you like horror, you'll like this.
Watched Raid: Redemption the other night. Pretty good but seemed more like an action calling card for the director than a movie (though the velocity of some of the action was fairly amazing).
Saw Zero Dark Thirty the other day too. I liked it but it's hard to judge it as a movie since it seemed like a docudrama and didn't adhere to "standard" movie conventions. Which i liked.
Just watched The Kill List which I liked a lot too. Takes a hard left from one type of movie into another very dramatically. Terrific improv-y acting. Worth watching. But don't read anything about it beforehand, just let it happen.
Quote from: boltthrow on January 16, 2013, 09:07:55 PM
Just watched The Kill List which I liked a lot too. Takes a hard left from one type of movie into another very dramatically. Terrific improv-y acting. Worth watching. But don't read anything about it beforehand, just let it happen.
It was surprisingly cool.
I loved the other guy, Gal, with the hangdog face. His interaction with the main guy, from friendship to anger to fighting back to friendship was incredibly subtle and realistic.
p.s. I had to watch with subtitles so I could understand what they were saying.
About a half hour of Savages. What a steaming pile.
Finally saw a couple I have been meaning to for a while:
Looper - I thought it was pretty badass despite the flaws in logic. This will get repeat views.
Cabin in the Woods - Fun, mediocre movie. Worth watching. Something about that red haired chick....
I walked out of Savages. What a steaming pile.
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Interesting, but after History Of Violence and Eastern Promises a bit of a letdown. I missed out on Cosmopolis because I absolutely refuse to watch a movie with Robert Pattinson, even if its directed by Cronenberg.
Just watched "Seeking a Friend for the End of the World" and I was surprised by how much I liked it. Great non-sequiturs, detours, and interesting dialogue. Even went deep without feeling too cheesy.
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Really insightful post, makes me want to see the movie. Thank you.
Quote from: agent of change on January 20, 2013, 10:16:23 PM
Just watched "Seeking a Friend for the End of the World" and I was surprised by how much I liked it. Great non-sequiturs, detours, and interesting dialogue. Even went deep without feeling too cheesy.
I would have liked it a lot more if Keira Knightleys character wouldn't have been so obnoxious. God, I hated her. That speech about vinyl and how warm it sounds was the phoniest attempt by a screenwriter to be hip that I've seen in a long time. Not surprisingly its that same writer who wrote Nick And Nora. That had a similar cringeworthy scene at Electric Ladyland.
Quote from: mutantcolors on January 23, 2013, 10:22:54 PM
Really insightful post, makes me want to see the movie. Thank you.
Not sure who that was directed at but how hard is it to look up a movie at imbd.com? If some one doesn't leave a descrioption that's what I do.
How about a quick rating, if not a short (or full) description?
Or maybe we should assume it's good, if it gets posted up here (?)
Quote from: jmucke on January 24, 2013, 04:19:19 AM
Quote from: agent of change on January 20, 2013, 10:16:23 PM
Just watched "Seeking a Friend for the End of the World" and I was surprised by how much I liked it. Great non-sequiturs, detours, and interesting dialogue. Even went deep without feeling too cheesy.
I would have liked it a lot more if Keira Knightleys character wouldn't have been so obnoxious. God, I hated her. That speech about vinyl and how warm it sounds was the phoniest attempt by a screenwriter to be hip that I've seen in a long time. Not surprisingly its that same writer who wrote Nick And Nora. That had a similar cringeworthy scene at Electric Ladyland.
I hear that. I guess I just saw her as a hyperemotional, pat-her-on-the-head kind of idiot, who he chose to love anyway.
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The Hollywood-debut of Chan-wook Park (Oldboy). A little slow at the beginning but stunningly shot all the way through. Starts as a standard psycho-uncle-thriller but becomes more and more twisted (not really a surprise). Different from his Korean movies but anything but usual Hollywood-fare. And what is it with Asians and pubescent girls?
Just watched House of the Devil. Not your standard horror fare. Very slow, creepy. Reminded me of Polanski. Really really liked most of it, but when it started moving towards the conclusion it lost me a bit, got into slightly more cliche horror stuff. Worth a watch though.
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This was supacuteTM. I have a real soft spot for these little animated movies, and had been looking forward to this since I first saw the trailer. The story is about a little boy who can see the dead. He lives in a town that was cursed by a murdered witch and every year someone must read her a bedtime story on the anniversary of her death to ensure she wont awake and raise the dead.
Visually, the film was all over the place. Different media was used, so texturally speaking, there was a lot of variety in the animation styling. colors were beautiful and constantly changing. Lighting was beautiful, and the even employed some forced perspective and other film tricks that brought life to the characters and the environment.
The characters were also great. Lot of little humorous jokes and general sweetness. John Goodman was great.
All in all, I'd definitely recommend this. You'll most likely dig it and you're kid's will too.
8.5/10
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Listen, this movie is only about violence. Nothing more, nothing less. I liked it. A solid 7.
You'll most likely dig it and you're kid's will too.
So you're saying that not only we'll probably enjoy the movie but we are actually the legal document that is used to distribute a child's belongings after his death?
That's odd.
That was fucking terrible. This sub-forum is supposed to be a safe place. ;D
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Documentary about the Bones Brigade skate crew and the members of this crew.
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Good stuff, pretty much exactly as I hoped it'd be. I liked it a lot better than Hurt Locker, and have now developed a slight infatuation with Mrs. Chastain.
8/10
Watch "Lawless" -- she's nude in it.
Sweet, will do.
The Impossible 8/10
fucking devastating movie.
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This take on the story of Snow White was pretty cool until about 1/2 way through. The acting wasn't bad (I was honestly surprised) and the characters were interesting. It was darker (tonewise) than I had anticipated but had a nice LoTR-esque vibe going. The dwarves had a Tolkien styling as opposed to the typical Disney approach. A huge treat were that the eldest dwarves were played by Ian McShane and Bob Hoskins. Seeing Hoskins always make me happy, especially in fantasy roles.
The movie was beautiful and nicely paced throughout the first half, but the entire mood shifted from that point. The LoTR styling, which was a benefit initially, became a detriment later on. SPOILER!!! They fucking montage-walked over a host of various epic environments, just like in the LoTR ??? /END SPOILER!!!. Anyhow, the latter portion kind of lost me and the ending was abrupt. Too much silly mid-battle dwarvin humor stole away the "seriousness" of the film.
In the end, I was really excited and impressed by the beginning and slightly disappointed by the 2nd half and ending. Would highly suggest this as a rental. 8.5/10
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A documentary about 2 lion prides and cheetah and her cubs and how they survive the African plains. Some really cool cinematography throughout the film.
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I liked this movie a lot. It's about a struggling screenwriter who gets involved in a kidnapping sceme after friend kidnaps a gangster's dog. Some of the psychopaths the screenwriter encounters becomes part of the screenplay he is trying to finish. There are two psychopath storylines that I really enjoyed. One involved an Amish man who follows the killer of his daughter and a dynamite packing Buddhist.
I liked some of it (and the way it came together) but it fell flat for me, mostly in casting. Colin Farrell is neither a good actor nor good playing a blocked screenwriter (I just never believed he'd have that problem -- go be a movie star with your glorious hair instead!) and even though Sam Rockwell was supposed to be funny, I never laughed.
For McDoniugh-isms, I liked The Guard better.
Watched Gaspar Noe's first film last night, I Stand Alone. Okay, not great. It's been described as a French Taxi Driver. Nowhere near as classic but very raw, very brutal. Noe certainly ain't making rom-coms here.
Also saw Skyjacked (1972) which was standard disaster movie fare but enjoyable. Charlton Heston, Yvette Mimeux, Rosey Grier, Walter Pigeon, Susan Dey, Leslie Uggams -- and James Brolin as the crazed Vietnam vet hijacker. You can't watch one of these without seeing all the "Airplane!" riffs in your head but still it was fun. Weird pysch-out vision when Brolin is having his delusions. And actual great footage shot of a 707 in flight. No models, no mattes.
Just watched In Bruges again. What made it great is what ruined Seven Psychopaths. Small, sweet, funny, the right size. I'm not saying I could do better than 7. You do a movie like Bruges and you probably think to outdo yourself you better amp it up for your next one. More characters, more zaniness, more gunfights and violence. But it just didn't work (for me anyway).
In Bruges though is a terrific fucking movie.
Man on the Train (2002)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0301414/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0301414/)
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A solid 7 or 8. That was way better than the snore fest I prepared myself for.
It's probably been talked about on this thread already but I just watched "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" on Friday there. The Rooney Mara version not the Swedish 2009 version. Holy shit, she's something else. The first film in ages where I've been glued to the screen from the opening titles.
Last night we saw taken 2 and that was ok. We saw Alex cross the night before last and it was just horrible. Tyler perry is making his way into serious acting and its just horrible. You are just waiting for madea to pop in.
I was less impressed with Dragon Tattoo as a movie (lots of it seemed like a pale imitation of Seven) but Rooney Mara was stupendous. And by that I mean nice tits, honey.
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Not really any surprises here. felt a little long, but good overall. Rentable 8/10
Watched "The Paperboy" -- Nicole Kidman, Zac Efron, Matthew McConaughey, John Cusick from the director of Precious and a book by Pete Dexter.
Overheated drawlin' Southern trash with racism, getting innocent men out of jail, anal rape on McConaughey, alligators, gutting of alligators, mutual masturbation, lots of hate-fucking (but because Kidman is a star she doesn't actually get nude so it's kind of just play-acting) and yes Kidman pees on Efron when he gets a jellyfish sting (supposedly "shocking" but already done to better and comedic effect in Heartbreak Kid).
Whatever, really.
Quote from: boltthrow on February 11, 2013, 08:23:43 AM
Watched "The Paperboy" -- Nicole Kidman, Zac Efron, Matthew McConaughey, John Cusick from the director of Precious and a book by Pete Dexter.
Overheated drawlin' Southern trash with racism, getting innocent men out of jail, anal rape on McConaughey, alligators, gutting of alligators, mutual masturbation, lots of hate-fucking (but because Kidman is a star she doesn't actually get nude so it's kind of just play-acting) and yes Kidman pees on Efron when he gets a jellyfish sting (supposedly "shocking" but already done to better and comedic effect in Heartbreak Kid).
Whatever, really.
I saw this movie a few weeks ago and I couldn't wait for it to be over. Total suckfest. The only scene worthwhile in the entire movie is when Nicole Kidman is masturbating while Efron, McConaughey, Cusack and someother guy is watching her.
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Quote from: boltthrow on February 11, 2013, 08:23:43 AM
Watched "The Paperboy" -- Nicole Kidman, Zac Efron, Matthew McConaughey, John Cusick from the director of Precious and a book by Pete Dexter.
Overheated drawlin' Southern trash with racism, getting innocent men out of jail, anal rape on McConaughey, alligators, gutting of alligators, mutual masturbation, lots of hate-fucking (but because Kidman is a star she doesn't actually get nude so it's kind of just play-acting) and yes Kidman pees on Efron when he gets a jellyfish sting (supposedly "shocking" but already done to better and comedic effect in Heartbreak Kid).
Whatever, really.
I saw this movie a few weeks ago and I couldn't wait for it to be over. Total suckfest. The only scene worthwhile in the entire movie is when Nicole Kidman is masturbating while Efron, McConaughey, Cusack and someother guy is watching her.
that sounds like it could singlehandedly make the movie worth while to me..
Just so you know, Cusack is jerking off in his pants and it's in the middle of a prison meeting room and it's overall scuzzy.
i was more refering to nicole kidman masturbating..but thanks though. figures you'd think i was refering to the dude.
It's the same scene so it's kind difficult to ignore Cusack and only focus on Kidman. Though she's so plasticized that she's pretty gross too.
In the book its a very intense scene while in the movie it feels/looks forced, trying way too hard to be controversial.
Seven psychopaths . It wasn't terrible. I don't think Sam Rockwell can do any wrong
Quote from: natehusky on February 13, 2013, 12:04:45 PM
Seven psychopaths . It wasn't terrible. I don't think Sam Rockwell can do any wrong
You seen "Lawn Dogs"? Pretty good little indie flick, one of the first times I ever saw him on the screen. Seen it a few times now.
No I haven't , is it netflixable ?
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It's about a divorcing couple tries to maintain their friendship while they both pursue other people. Decent enough movie that I stayed awake throughout the entire film.
Top money saving tip. Don't waste £12 going to see Die Hard 5 at the cinema. Just give a 5 year old some toy trucks & get him to mash them together for a couple of hours.
The new Die Hard truly is the worst of the bunch. Didn't have many of the cool sarcastic lines that made McClane a good character. Unless saying "I'm on fucking vacation" about 1000 times counts.
Watched Transiberian on Netflix tonight. It was decent... 7 out of 10. The story took at least one turn I wasn't expecting from the Neflix synopsis.
Doomsday, the Rhona/Bob Hoskins/Sean Pertwee bullshit Escape From New York/Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome ripoff. I always hate the "new society" kind of scenario where everyone has mohawks and fishnet shirts (Matrix 2 did the same thing). Rhona Mitra is cute but a terrible actress. The music is terrible. The sets are terrible. I haven't seen where Neil Marshall can do action particularly well. A real turd bomb.
Centurion and Dog Soldiers were both decent I thought, and had plenty of action.
He does it okay but it's nothing special. Multiple cameras, fast-cutting to cover up uninspired choreography. I thought it would be more and better and worth it.
Quote from: boltthrow on February 16, 2013, 08:33:48 PM
Doomsday, the Rhona/Bob Hoskins/Sean Pertwee bullshit Escape From New York/Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome ripoff. I always hate the "new society" kind of scenario where everyone has mohawks and fishnet shirts (Matrix 2 did the same thing). Rhona Mitra is cute but a terrible actress. The music is terrible. The sets are terrible. I haven't seen where Neil Marshall can do action particularly well. A real turd bomb.
I dunno Bolt. I'm pretty sure there is a hidden cybergoth in everyone just waiting for the decline of western civilisation.
I want him out of me!! *
* something L. Ron has never said.
Quote from: boltthrow on February 17, 2013, 10:18:31 AM
I want him out of me!! *
* something L. Ron has never said.
zing !
Checked out the movie "Compliance" last night on Netflix.
I thought it was a pretty good movie. Pretty uncomfortable at times, but seemed to follow the events of the 2004 incident in which it was inspired from pretty accurately. Also, some pretty good boob action from Dreama Walker, so there's that. Definitely a slow moving film, but it doesn't get boring or seem too one dimensional.
8/10
Watched Sound City the other night, I liked it. It's made as a fan, either you like that or you don't.
Quote from: MichaelZodiac on February 18, 2013, 07:10:05 AM
Watched Sound City the other night, I liked it. It's made as a fan, either you like that or you don't.
I dug it as well.
Reign of Fire (2002):
Christian Bale, Matthew McConaughey, Gerald Butler and the Bond woman from Goldeneye are leaders of the last humans on earth after giant dragons take over the world after being awoken from slumber by construction workers on the London Underground. Whoever pitched that plot to the film studio is either a genius, deranged or both.
Quote from: eoin_not_ian on February 18, 2013, 06:05:43 PM
Reign of Fire (2002):
Christian Bale, Matthew McConaughey, Gerald Butler and the Bond woman from Goldeneye are leaders of the last humans on earth after giant dragons take over the world after being awoken from slumber by construction workers on the London Underground. Whoever pitched that plot to the film studio is either a genius, deranged or both.
Oh yeah, I saw that in the theater. The scenes where they skydive and try to get the dragons to chase them were awesome. But there weren't enough scenes like that. :(
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I seriously liked this. Don't know the book but the movie was directed by the author who got it right it seems. Emma Watson would be on my shitlist for the rest of her career for being involved in this Potter-dreck but she's is great here. She might have a future as an actress. Rest of the cast is spot on too. Ezra Miller was scary in that Kevin-movie but shows a total different side here. The story starts like your typical coming-of-age-comedy-drama but actually has some depth and a good twist.
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I seriously liked this. Don't know the book but the movie was directed by the author who got it right it seems. Emma Watson would be on my shitlist for the rest of her career for being involved in this Potter-dreck but she's is great here. She might have a future as an actress. Rest of the cast is spot on too. Ezra Miller was scary in that Kevin-movie but shows a total different side here. The story starts like your typical coming-of-age-comedy-drama but actually has some depth and a good twist.
Yep, Twas good.
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This movie was based on the funny and classic 'time-traveling' want ad. It's got the girl from NBC's Parks and Rec and the guy from Fox's New Girl, who looks like baby Mark Ruffalo.
The premise of the movie is a Seattle magazine writer's obsession with reconnecting with a lost love under the guise of following up on a crazy want ad from the same area she lives in. He takes 2 interns along with, leaving them to do all the work. After tracking the man who created the ad down, Aubrey Plaza's character is the only one able to gain his trust. What follows is a friendship/relationship between the two as they plan their trip and obtain the devices necessary to build the time machine.
The movie is kind of all over the place, but quite sweet. Minus a couple hiccups that pulled me momentarily out of the story, I really enjoyed the film. It's available to watch online on netflix, and I would recommend it.
9/10
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Quote from: eoin_not_ian on February 18, 2013, 06:05:43 PM
Reign of Fire (2002):
Christian Bale, Matthew McConaughey, Gerald Butler and the Bond woman from Goldeneye are leaders of the last humans on earth after giant dragons take over the world after being awoken from slumber by construction workers on the London Underground. Whoever pitched that plot to the film studio is either a genius, deranged or both.
Oh yeah, I saw that in the theater. The scenes where they skydive and try to get the dragons to chase them were awesome. But there weren't enough scenes like that. :(
Yeah, there were a few ideas like that that made me think 'this is awesome'. They were then unfortunately followed up dull 'we are the last people on earth' post apocalyptic nonsense. Still, I mostly liked it.
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Meh. This was really boring and pointless. I still don't see why Tim Burton is so popular? Every year, he puts out the same kinds of movies, with similar characters, same actors, and similar story plots. I guess people don't apply the concept of diminishing returns to Burton, but his movies seem to get worse and worse.
I really liked Paranorman, which was a far cuter movie and more enjoyable than this junk. I usually love these little animated movies, but not this one. As such, I don't recommend it.
4.5/10
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I don't recall seeing any previews or the trailer for this film. I can't make heads or tails of it.
The premise is about Ben Stiller, who manages a suburban costco, where a security guard is killed during the night... by aliens. To play a more active role in his community, Stiller forms a neighborhood watch, not knowing there is an alien invasion in his community. Vince Vaughn is an abrasive construction manger looking to bond with new guy friends; the black guy is recently divorced and looking to bang housewives he can "rescues" from danger/criminals; and Jonah Hill is a reckless wannabe cop with emotional/psychological issues looking to go full-on authoritarian.
This movie is bananas. It's basically just one dick and cum joke after another, the entire time. Too crude, even for this crew. On some levels the movie worked, but on others, it was too ridiculous. Visually speaking, it looked great, but content-wise, it kept getting pulled from the main story to the absurd and back repeatedly. If I had to call it, I'd say slightly more rentable than not. :-[
7/10
Quote from: GodShifter on February 17, 2013, 11:09:46 AM
Checked out the movie "Compliance" last night on Netflix.
I thought it was a pretty good movie. Pretty uncomfortable at times, but seemed to follow the events of the 2004 incident in which it was inspired from pretty accurately. Also, some pretty good boob action from Dreama Walker, so there's that. Definitely a slow moving film, but it doesn't get boring or seem too one dimensional.
8/10
Edit: Spoiler below. But it involves oral sex.
Just watched this tonight. Loved it. Especially the establishing(?) or cutaway(?) shots - fast food cups in dirty snow water, fryers frying, broken parking lot asphalt, etc. Did a little research on the background story, and apparently something like 30 calls were made like this. They finally found the guy and he was acquitted of all charges. The spanking and blowjob actually happened. Crazy shit, man. 9/10
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Weird shit with an awesome cast. Very cool.
I thought Frankenweenie was pretty darn good.
/sucker for Burton
It's probably just me then. Everyone else seems to digs it.
/biased
Everyone else just digs a Burton movie devoid of Depp. I know I did.
I like all the ones with Depp, as well.
I just don't think there's much middle ground with Burton. You either like his deal, or you don't. Because, for the most part, it's a pretty specific deal.
I like Burton and I like Depp - but these last few years it's been a bit much much, almost as if they were conjoined at the hip or something.
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WTF :D
Watch this shit!
8/10
Fascinating, captivating movie, and not a single spoken word or subtitle throughout.
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http://barakasamsara.com/
Loved it but not as much as Baraka.
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WTF :D
Watch this shit!
8/10
The funny faded at the end, but still pretty good. Rob Riggle is fucking hilarious.
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WTF :D
Watch this shit!
8/10
Picked up the Apple TV remote, quick search and hit play. Can't resist a reccomendation like that. Opening credits right now. Of course, it helps that I really like Oswalt's standup.
Aaaaand... promptly slept through the whole thing.
:D
You didn't miss anything beyond the constant screaming.
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WTF :D
Watch this shit!
8/10
The funny faded at the end, but still pretty good. Rob Riggle is fucking hilarious.
A miserable mess. Parts of it were funny, but for the most part, it was a groaner.
Saw flight. It was a mess but at least we got full frontal from the Mexican girl from my name is earl
Flight was really good.
GS, yeah it was like turning an amp to 11 and walking away to let it squeal for an hour and a half. It's just loud and obnoxious. I bet the had a blast making it, though.
Quote from: Demon Lung on March 03, 2013, 03:58:15 PM
Saw flight. It was a mess but at least we got full frontal from the Mexican girl from my name is earl
I didn't realize that was her until you mentioned it. What a hot piece of ass.
Quote from: bitter on March 03, 2013, 06:41:30 PM
GS, yeah it was like turning an amp to 11 and walking away to let it squeal for an hour and a half. It's just loud and obnoxious. I bet the had a blast making it, though.
I think, if anything, it needed to be almost more absurd than it was for it to truly work. Anyway, it made me laugh some and I loved the nod to
Vanishing Point with the naked blonde on the motorcycle (but, mostly, I just liked the idea of a naked woman riding around on a motorcycle) ;D
Rob Riggle kicking in the globe was pretty funny. That whole sequence was, in fact.
SXSW Film has begun, and I plan on seeing a fuckload of films. Didn't make it into see Upstream Color tonight, which was a pretty big bummer but not totally unexpected. (This is Shane Carruth's first film since Primer.) Will hopefully get to see one of the other screenings, but there was probably a Q&A with Carruth tonight. :/ What I did see -
We Cause Scenes - A doc about Improv Everywhere, the group behind the No Pants on the Subway thing, and the Grand Central Station freeze thing. Always thought they were kinda douchey, but I had a feeling it would be a good doc. And I was right....on both counts lol. It really was a more interesting story than I would have thought, and the video footage puts it over the top. Lulls a bit near the end, but pretty heartwarming throughout and overall a pretty dern good doc.
La cinquième saison (The Fifth Season) - Gorgeously shot and deliberately paced, this Belgian drama nearly blew me away
and put me to sleep (maybe it was the comfy seats). It's about what happens to the odd characters in a small village when Spring doesn't come. Pretty wicked. Gloomy and beautiful. This crowd might dig it.
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this was ok. i skipped the 3D and the graphics in 2D looked a little video-game-ish to me, but not too bad. james franco stoners his way through this, but everyone else does a pretty decent job. you could definitely take a 7 year old to this movie. i don't know why i was hoping this would be a little edgier or grittier or something. maybe because i was hoping for the same from snow white and the huntsman (and similarly disappointed). mila kunis looks like she's going to spill out of her dress for half the movie and, sadly, that's probably the most exciting part.
6/10.
Before Midnight (sequel to Before Sunrise and Before Sunset) - Been looking forward to this for 9 years now and it did not disappoint. More of the same...just what I wanted.
Prince Avalanche - This one was kind of mixed bag. It's David Gordon Green's movie, starring Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch. I think it's a remake of an Icelandic film, shot in Texas after recent fires, and set in Texas after huge fires 25 years ago. Only problem I had with this was that our two protagonists sho don't look like they're from Texas to me. Or the 80's (except for some OP gear). Probably not a big problem for most people, and they make up for it (and maybe make an allusion to it?) at the end. Odd and quirky, fun and pretty solid overall.
Mr. Angel - Documentary about Buck Angel. Some people here probably already know who he is, but for those who don't he is a buff transexual pornstar man with a vagina. Basically used to be a chick but only got the breast surgery and hormones, kept the snatch. Then did porn. Decent.
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this was ok. i skipped the 3D and the graphics in 2D looked a little video-game-ish to me, but not too bad. james franco stoners his way through this, but everyone else does a pretty decent job. you could definitely take a 7 year old to this movie. i don't know why i was hoping this would be a little edgier or grittier or something. maybe because i was hoping for the same from snow white and the huntsman (and similarly disappointed). mila kunis looks like she's going to spill out of her dress for half the movie and, sadly, that's probably the most exciting part.
6/10.
I agree with you except this was a much better movie than 'Snow White & the Huntsman' which had a non-existant plot. I thought the story was interesting but too many CGI effects (paticularly in the beginning) and not enough of the human factor make this whole thing ho-hum. James Franco smiled way too much in this movie which made me question his acting ability. The most interesting character to me was the Porcelin girl; Its strange but she is a CGI creation and yet she had more soul than any of the live actors on the screen.
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I seriously liked this. Don't know the book but the movie was directed by the author who got it right it seems. Emma Watson would be on my shitlist for the rest of her career for being involved in this Potter-dreck but she's is great here. She might have a future as an actress. Rest of the cast is spot on too. Ezra Miller was scary in that Kevin-movie but shows a total different side here. The story starts like your typical coming-of-age-comedy-drama but actually has some depth and a good twist.
I didn't think I would like this movie but I really enjoyed it. Probably one of the better movies I've seen in a long time. I wish I had met a girl like Sam back in high school. I would have married her. (No I wouldn't because I would have never worked up the courage to ask her out.) Anyway, she was smoking hot, super cool and had a dynamic personality. Didn't seem like the type of chick I would tune out after a few minutes. Anyway, not your typical high school teen movie which is probably why I enjoyed it so much.
Got to see Upstream Color a couple of nights ago and have been thinking about it since. Shane Carruth is my favorite filmmaker. If I were rich I would give him a lot of money so he could do whatever he wants. Just bought a ticket to see a screening at Sundance London next month and can't wait to see it again. Plus Carruth should be there, and maybe I can think of a brilliant question to ask between now and then. The lead actress was present for a Q&A at the screening I attended and she was something else, as in kinda out there. I liked her.
Swim Little Fish Swim is about the struggles of being an artist and flirts with being an "indie" "art film," but doesn't come off as pretentious at all. I enjoyed every minute of it. About a musician whose wife wants him to settle down and do a commercial for some $$, and this hot chick aspiring modern artist who is the daughter of a successful established artist.
Sound City (Grohl's doc) was pretty decent. Stevie Nicks is a bad bitch, huh?
Haunter is the new one from the guy who made Cube. Not quite sure how I feel about it. Definitely interesting and worth at least one view. Can't really explain the plot, sorry. Someone else called it Amityville Groundhog Day. I plan on checking it out again. Just not quite as badass as I wanted it to be. Kinda like Cube in that way. Ending was a bit of a groaner. Looks like IFC picked it up.
The man with the iron fists was the most enjoyable movie that I've seen an a while
Echoing the refrain about
Perks. Surprisingly well-made little flick.
Quote from: astroman on March 15, 2013, 08:11:43 AMUpstream Color
Excited for this. I greatly enjoyed
Primer. Applauded for sci-fi that makes you think.
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Thought this would be "Drive" as done by the guy who made "Blue Valentine". It is in a way but the story makes some unexpected turns and the whole story has a much bigger scope than you would think from the trailer. Spot on cast although Gosling should really look for different parts. Right now I think he is great but a couple more of these moody-silent-loner-roles and he can phone them in.
Haven't seen it but I saw the trailer and our sergeant on Blue Bloods, Robert Clohessy, is apparently the sergeant or captain in that one.
p.s.
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Gosling certainly has some skeletons in his closet. Looks like he auditioned for a Home-Alone-sequel at some point:
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Great movie. Maybe a couple of issues too much crammed into the story. But the acting and editing is impressive.
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Piece of shit. Annoyingly unfunny (especially Carrey).
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Malick lost me. While Tree Of Life was fascinating in its uncompromising way (Hell, I'll shoot a three-hour-movie without a real story-line or conventional dialogue and throw in the creation of the universe for good measure) this was just boring. Oh, the burden of life. And enough of this walking through fields of grass or grain while the wind is blowing.
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1969 B&W film with young Rip Torn as a psychologist who is floundering. Lots of nudity, dark subject matter, I chuckled a few times too. Great film but not a fun ride, if you catch my drift. It's supposed to be filmed by Rip Torn (with a hidden camera in his living room) and it's kinda "diary" style with long scenes with no cuts. So there's a real rigid stylistic format to it, which makes it seem a little slow-paced and claustrophobic. 8.5/10
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Looks like the reviews are true about Malick's new film being a parody of himself. :-\
So we saw the hobbit and that was a very unrewarding movie. We also rented bachelorette and it was the dumbest piece of shit that I've ever seen. It didn't even have a story.
Quote from: Demon Lung on March 31, 2013, 12:36:02 PM
So we saw the hobbit and that was a very unrewarding movie. We also rented bachelorette and it was the dumbest piece of shit that I've ever seen. It didn't even have a story.
But it does have Lizzy Caplan. Yum.
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Kinda dumb, but creepy.
caught up on a bunch of movies over easter.
Nature Calls - 6/10
Life of Pi - 8/10
The Master - 9/10
Silver Linings Playbook - 9/10
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Decent popcorn-blockbuster entertainment. Half the fun is counting all the movies it steals/quotes from - its a long list. Cruise is Cruise. If you hate him its probably unwatchable. If you don't care (like me) you hardly realize he's on the screen, he could be CGI. Some nice set pieces/ action sequences.
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Kinda dumb, but creepy.
"Sinister" had good potential, but was ruined by the end revealing too much. I think if things had remained a bit more ambiguous than the "this is who did it and why", it might have retained a bit more impact. The kids in the house doing their pantomime thing towards the end was not so much creepy as goofy (it wasn't done particularly well, in other words).
I read that the Boogie Man dude was based off a picture from a 500,000 Google search image (or something to that effect). Once a suitable image was selected, it was then given some subtle Black Metal stylings to create what you see in the movie.
I've seen worse movies though for sure.
Face In The Crowd -- great.
The Conversation -- great.
Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? -- fantastic.
The Fourth Kind -- wretched.
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Kinda dumb, but creepy.
"Sinister" had good potential, but was ruined by the end revealing too much. I think if things had remained a bit more ambiguous than the "this is who did it and why", it might have retained a bit more impact. The kids in the house doing their pantomime thing towards the end was not so much creepy as goofy (it wasn't done particularly well, in other words).
I read that the Boogie Man dude was based off a picture from a 500,000 Google search image (or something to that effect). Once a suitable image was selected, it was then given some subtle Black Metal stylings to create what you see in the movie.
I've seen worse movies though for sure.
He was called Mr. Boogie, which is even dumber. The 8mm movies were creepy as hell, the rest was the dumb part.
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Face In The Crowd -- great.
The Conversation -- great.
Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? -- fantastic.
The Fourth Kind -- wretched.
Love The Conversation. 70's conspiracy movies were so cool. Three Days of the Condor & The Parallax View are my faves.
how crazy is it that Coppola did Godfather, The Conversation, and Godfather II
IN A ROW
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Saw it after work, only person in theater. It was open caption day, which didn't bother me - that's how I watch shit at home.
On to my review: meh.
Quote from: priest on April 08, 2013, 07:51:47 PM
how crazy is it that Coppola did Godfather, The Conversation, and Godfather II
IN A ROW
Coppola's career descent mystifies almost as much as Friedkin's.
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First the most important thing: Rosario Dawson does a full frontal (and that even has something to do with the plot). The rest of the movie is entertaining although it feels like a variation of "Inception". And since its obvious from the beginning that nothing is what it seems the whole twist-upon-twist-routine gets a little old.
You had me at Rosario does a full frontal.
La Haine -- exciting filmmaking, pretty good story, "shocking" when it came out, especially because Jodie Foster became a champion of it. Worth a look.
Holy Rollers -- Jesse Eisenberg as a Hassid Ecstasty smuggler. Okay but fairly predictable.
I saw La Haine in French class when I was 16. Did anyone ever see C'est arrivé pres de chez vous? Also known as Man Bites Dog in English. That one will knock you of your feet.
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Hadn't seen this one since it came out and I went with the girl next door to the movies. It held up better than I would have expected.
Quote from: MichaelZodiac on April 11, 2013, 07:03:13 AM
Did anyone ever see C'est arrivé pres de chez vous? Also known as Man Bites Dog in English.
That movie is awesome. Saw it in an almost sold-out cinema full of liberal-arts-students (its b/w and in French with subtitles, you know). After 10 minutes people started to walk out and after the rape-scene two thirds of the audience was gone. That we were high, drinking beer and rolling on the floor laughing didn't went down that well either. Lots of disgusted look.
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Quote from: priest on April 08, 2013, 07:51:47 PM
how crazy is it that Coppola did Godfather, The Conversation, and Godfather II
IN A ROW
Coppola's career descent mystifies almost as much as Friedkin's.
you didn't like bug?
It was okay but he should've been making great movies for the previous three decades
ima watch killer joe in a bit.
unrelated to friedkin - i watched an austrian movie called revanche (revenge) recently. really good stuff. psychological tragedy. slow paced but so good it just draws you in. i kept waiting for the shoe to drop in the second half of the movie....
highly recommended.
and there's a ukrainian actress in it. i forget her name. gorgeous. unbelievably gorgeous.
Wife and I liked Killer Joe. Nice and trashy.
You'd think art students would know that Man Bites Dog is satire at its finest.
Anyhow, last night I watched Creature From The Black Lagoon for the first time ever, at home, in 3D, stoned off my gourd and slightly drunk. 10/10
irina potapenko. that's her name. stone cold fox.
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Really long, slow, but good. Crime drama broken up into mainly three character stories.
^^^you know it's a crime drama cuz ray liotta's in it.
Quote from: lowdaddy on April 12, 2013, 08:29:11 PM
^^^you know it's a crime drama cuz ray liotta's in it.
Yeah, I dont think you will be seeing him in one of those Tyler Perry drag movies.
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Really long, slow, but good. Crime drama broken up into mainly three character stories.
so basically pulp fiction?
Watched the river wild with Kevin bacon Meryl Streep and John c Reilly the other night. Totally enthrall inch and family bonding.
Gi Joe II 3d
Two boobs worth watching
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Easy Money -- It's a about a poor guy who portrays to be rich to his friends. To make some quick cash he becomes a drug runner. This leads him to become involved with a prison escapee who is on the run from the Serbian mob. Good movie.
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Easy Money -- It's a about a poor guy who portrays to be rich to his friends. To make some quick cash he becomes a drug runner. This leads him to become involved with a prison escapee who is on the run from the Serbian mob. Good movie.
wtf? does rodney dangerfield make a cameo?
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Didn't live up to the hype for me. Found it interesting for about 20 mins.
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Really long, slow, but good. Crime drama broken up into mainly three character stories.
i saw this the other nite. by the end i just wanted them all to die. really uninteresting after the first hour.
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how was it?
I love Parker Posey.
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Since I'm not hip to the dance scene, I had never heard of LCD Soundsystem. This is a movie about their last show. I liked it and the music. You can tell the main dude was spawned out of the punk scene and used bits of it for his dance shit. I would watch this in surround sound only though.
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interesting, but when they got to Lee Ving's part I got sad seeing how much he has aged. They do a stupid Probot thing at the end.
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Didn't live up to the hype for me. Found it interesting for about 20 mins.
I made it all the way thru and felt like this was the movie equivalent of Ancient Aliens. Lots of speculation.
River's Edge (1986)
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Very good 80s teen movie.
Pain & Gain.
I lasted 20 minutes.
Hangover III actually looks funny though.
tinker tailor soldier spy. awesome. gary oldman is great. every damn actor in this movie is great. the guy that plays al capone on boardwalk empire is in this and i don't think he had more than 3 lines. set in the 1970s, oldman's an agent at MI-6 trying to uncover a russian mole in the upper ranks of the intelligence agency. good stuff.
Quote from: boltthrow on April 28, 2013, 12:21:57 AM
Pain & Gain.
I lasted 20 minutes.
The trailer looks awful. I vaguely remember reading about the real life story (wasn't it in Esquire or Vanity Fair or something) so when I heard the movie would be a comedy, I was a little surprised.
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how was it?
It was a slow moving movie and a little long, but it was also dark which I liked. The acting was pretty good and Daniel Day Lewis was tremendous in it. The most disappointing thing for me in the movie was there was only one battle scene and that was at the very beginning of the film. It is worth the rent, though.
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Quote from: boltthrow on April 28, 2013, 12:21:57 AM
Pain & Gain.
I lasted 20 minutes.
The trailer looks awful. I vaguely remember reading about the real life story (wasn't it in Esquire or Vanity Fair or something) so when I heard the movie would be a comedy, I was a little surprised.
you read vanity fair lol
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Pain & Gain.
I lasted 20 minutes.
The trailer looks awful. I vaguely remember reading about the real life story (wasn't it in Esquire or Vanity Fair or something) so when I heard the movie would be a comedy, I was a little surprised.
I don't know why I thought it looked like it could be good. Prob because The Rock is always appealing and I was hoping Michael Bay would do something real for less than $300 million.
I was wrong on both counts.
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meh.
we saw this a couple of nights ago. so goddamned bad it's good. really. you'll laugh. you'll cry. and in the last twenty minutes you'll do both things at once while giving your friends awe struck looks. horribly bad/awesome.
Saw Silver lining playbook the other night. Not bad at all... :)
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Went in expecting the worst and was surprisingly kept entertained.
Quote from: lowdaddy on April 29, 2013, 10:45:39 PM
we saw this a couple of nights ago. so goddamned bad it's good. really. you'll laugh. you'll cry. and in the last twenty minutes you'll do both things at once while giving your friends awe struck looks. horribly bad/awesome.
I guess the more I think about it the more I'm warming up to it. Some real nice shots, dumb acting, seemed to drag, but I now want to watch it again for some reason?
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Worth seeing just for the photography, Anna Karina & Marianne Faithfull singing. I could complain about the lack of narrative but Anna Karina in a '60 skirt makes up for a lot of things.
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Gene Hackman with a tremendous mustache in a movie that stays interesting until the very end. Young Melanie Griffith's titties are also a plus.
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This movie will make your head turn and cringe more than any horror movie in the last 3 years.
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Funniest movie I saw in a while. Highly recommended.
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Another good one. Imagine the impressive parts of Tree Of Life (the kids) in a modern version of Huck Finn. McConaughey in one of his better roles.
Just took the lady to see the new evil dead. It wasn't half bad. One of the better Hollywood horror flicks that I've seen in the past few years.
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Gene Hackman with a tremendous mustache in a movie that stays interesting until the very end. Young Melanie Griffith's titties are also a plus.
Got this from Netflix the other day, will try to watch it soon.
I've been too exhausted to read some nights, so I've watched a couple movies lately. Here's some thoughts.
John Dies At The End
Not bad at all, not great either. Definitely not on the same level as Phantasm or Phantasm II. It has that same surreal incoherence and just keeps getting stranger and stranger, however, it was almost a bit forced by the time I got to the ending. I'd still give it a 3 out of 5, it's entertaining and fucked with my mind a bit even if it made very little sense whatsoever.
Cabin In The Woods
Not bad either, and also not great. A cool spin on a tired genre, that's for sure. Entertaining, but could have stood to fuck with my mind a bit more. 3 out of 5.
The Penitent Man
Eh, certainly not great. I'm usually okay with lo budget time travel movies if they're cerebral enough. Lance Henriksen fails to save this one from its own melodrama. Seriously, too much melodramatic monolog accompanied by melodramatic music for me. Not terrible, but I fell asleep for a good portion of the middle and don't feel like I missed anything, nor am I going to watch that part over again. 2 out of 5.
Earthling
Interesting concept, terrible execution. Seriously, this movie is awful. For me, there are movies where a self conscious lack of coherence only adds to their charm and makes them endearing. This is not one of those movies. There are also movies that I find so shockingly awful that somehow cross over into being totally amazing. This is not one of those movies either, this was just awful and incoherent. The worst part is that it drags on, and on, and on...and for some stupid reason, I just kept watching. I think that was because some people online have been comparing it to Solaris, 2001, The Man Who Fell To Earth, Scanners, etc, so I kept thinking at some point it was going to get awesome. Never happened, and for me those comparisons are so out of touch with what I watched. 1 out of 5.
Netflix has 100's of indie comedy dramas these days.
Anyone with a hot chick in it is good.
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Quote from: lowdaddy on April 29, 2013, 10:45:39 PM
we saw this a couple of nights ago. so goddamned bad it's good. really. you'll laugh. you'll cry. and in the last twenty minutes you'll do both things at once while giving your friends awe struck looks. horribly bad/awesome.
I guess the more I think about it the more I'm warming up to it. Some real nice shots, dumb acting, seemed to drag, but I now want to watch it again for some reason?
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I hadn't seen this before and corrected that when I saw a local movie theatre was playing this. I love movies about augmented reality so this was straight up my alley.
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Terrible. 2 out of 10.
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I hadn't seen this before and corrected that when I saw a local movie theatre was playing this. I love movies about augmented reality so this was straight up my alley.
A favorite of mine. I'm a big Cronenberg fan.
So am I. Scanners is my sentimental favorite - first of his movies I ever saw when I was young and impressionable.
This was so bad as to be almost unwatchable...
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But didn't you suspect that before you watched it? Was it unintentionally funny?
Quote from: MadJohnShaft on May 17, 2013, 01:06:34 PM
This was so bad as to be almost unwatchable...
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Yep, It was pretty awful.
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7 beers up. Ray Liotta plays a mobster.
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7 beers up. Ray Liotta plays a mobster.
i'm looking forward to seeing this.
A Good Day To Die Hard 2/10
Quote from: retardgroove on May 17, 2013, 04:50:38 PM
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This was so bad as to be almost unwatchable...
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Yep, It was pretty awful.
even with werner herzog in it?
End of watch was horrible and life of pi was depressing.
Life of Pi was awesome
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Texas mortician Bernie befriends the small town's wealthiest widow and then kills her. Despite the suspicious nature of her death, no one wants to think anything but the best of Bernie.
I dug it. Fun.
Funny (but a thick Texas drawl always makes me smile). I was surprised that some the interviewed were actual people form Carthage and quite a bit of the story was fact-based.
Should be seen on a double-bill with "West Of Memphis" (for comic relief).
Quote from: Marcos Reino on May 19, 2013, 12:12:43 PM
Life of Pi was awesome
yeah it was sad as fuck though.
the end was depressing? it starts with his whole family dying. life of pi was great.
just saw star trek into darkness. as a popcorn action flick, i thought this was great. i imagine hardcore trekkies will hate it, though, because it lacks all the science and exploration that star trek is known for. even though i like these movies, think they're exciting and well done and fun, they aren't really star trek to me. the science officer does no science, but he does kick plenty of ass. eggs benedict cummerbund was really good in this, too. as a summer blockbuster, 10/10. as a star trek story, 7/10.
it actually makes me a bit worried about jj abrams doing the new star warses. i believe he'll make an exciting film with a lot of heart (which is already a bajillion times better than lucas's prequels were) but i don't know if he'll capture the tone of the original three star wars films (which, again, lucas didn't do either).
Yeah but the real story in life of pi was sad. The cook killing the chinaman and the kids mom. Then the kid killing the cook and be on the boat. Because you know that's what happened right? That shit is sad. What was the island all about? I didn't get the meaning of that.
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Quote from: strangelight on May 19, 2013, 12:54:06 PM
the end was depressing? it starts with his whole family dying. life of pi was great.
just saw star trek into darkness. as a popcorn action flick, i thought this was great. i imagine hardcore trekkies will hate it, though, because it lacks all the science and exploration that star trek is known for. even though i like these movies, think they're exciting and well done and fun, they aren't really star trek to me. the science officer does no science, but he does kick plenty of ass. eggs benedict cummerbund was really good in this, too. as a summer blockbuster, 10/10. as a star trek story, 7/10.
it actually makes me a bit worried about jj abrams doing the new star warses. i believe he'll make an exciting film with a lot of heart (which is already a bajillion times better than lucas's prequels were) but i don't know if he'll capture the tone of the original three star wars films (which, again, lucas didn't do either).
I liked it too. I could give a shit about the trekkiness of it all. And I never want to see Chris Pine in such bee-stung-lip closeups again. But it had some funny stuff, some nice banter, Quinto was good, Cumberbatch was good, etc. About 20 minutes too long.
I don't care about Star Wars either but apparently JJ is a SW fan and was never a ST fan so as right as he got the new ST films, hopefully he'll be even better at the SW films.
I bet you wouldn't mind wrapping you cock stung lips around pines cock..
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This was a rather boring movie, but Schwartzman was great in it. Probably the only reason I watched the whole thing.
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speaking of movies Schwartzman's great in (even if in a cameo), this movie rules. I saw it once and thought it was cute, but upon further viewings it's become my fave Wes Anderson film. Bruce Willis is even good in it!
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Another classic I hadn't seen yet. An older music buddy put on the soundtrack last september when we were driving back from a gig, it mesmerized me and the following months I played it frequently. I had put off seeing the movie 'til the moment I thought the time was right. When the above mentioned movie theatre played it, I knew this was the right time. Seeing those images on a big screen was intense.
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Dax Riggs is in the movie Parker.
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This had a few, and I stress few, funny moments.
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This was directed by Gus Van Sant and it has a well-known cast. It's about a salesman for a natural gas company that experiences life-changing events after arriving in a small town in Pennsylvania, where his corporation wants to tap into the available resources. This wasn't bad and I suppose its worth it to rent, but it certainly wasn't Van Sant's best film.
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This was directed by Gus Van Sant and it has a well-known cast. It's about a salesman for a natural gas company that experiences life-changing events after arriving in a small town in Pennsylvania, where his corporation wants to tap into the available resources. This wasn't bad and I suppose its worth it to rent, but it certainly wasn't Van Sant's best film.
Felt like Van Sant tried to make a Capra-movie. Didn't hated it but it was very, very predictable.
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One of my favorites, watched it with my lady. It even gets better and better every time I see it. The Green Butchers by the same director is also worth seeing.
^^great movie.
I saw Fast and Furious Part VI - The Lunch Break
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I seen this yesterday, for lack of better things to do, lots of physics defying pointless stunts but lots of Ana Lucia though.
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Not great, but had a few laughs.
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Much better than the first. Not as bad of camera shake/static.
First story: 7.5/10. Great ghost story. Nothing original but gets you in the mood
Second story: 8/10. A nice twist on the zombie genre.
Third story: 9.5/10. This should have been a full length feature film. It only didn't get a 10/10 because the last two/three minutes should have been cut.
Fourth Story: 8/10. Great campy story. The ending with the dog made me :'(.
I thought the first one was decent, will definitely check this one out.
Been watching the classics with my 13 year old nephew:
So far:
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Road Warrior
Dawn Of The Dead
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I was really looking forward to watching both these movies, but by the time I got 3/4's a way thru both I just wanted them to end. The last 1/4 of both I really didn't care and wanted everyone to just die.
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I was really looking forward to watching both these movies, but by the time I got 3/4's a way thru both I just wanted them to end. The last 1/4 of both I really didn't care and wanted everyone to just die.
mama was fucking stupid.
It was dumb. They played on me and tons of other Pan's Labyrinth fans, but Guillermo del Toro is knee deep in Hollywood muck these days.
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I saw this Saturday. The only reason I watched it was because of David Cross.
Dark Skies. A couple good scares going in but not a great movie (how do you really fight basically invisible aliens that are coming to abduct you?) But Keri Russell and her small pointy boobs under a tight shirt are featured in a couple night scenes.
She's great in Americans.
Quote from: boltthrow on June 11, 2013, 10:53:44 AM
Dark Skies. A couple good scares going in but not a great movie (how do you really fight basically invisible aliens that are coming to abduct you?) But Keri Russell and her small pointy boobs under a tight shirt are featured in a couple night scenes.
That'll be worth it to watch on that alone.
"This is the End"
Hilarious!
I read the reviews afterwards and I noticed some of them give away too much of the plot points and some of the jokes so I was advise against reading them (aside from the headlines). Its very raunchy and very funny. A little bit on the sloppy side but that's ok. I had some hard laughs.
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Good. Kind of a bromance. Worth watching.
Snitch - This was actually pretty good
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Apparently I only see movies with The Rock now.
Watched Goon last night. Kind of slight, but enjoyable.
V.H.S 7/10
V.H.S 2 8/10
Watched em both back-to-back last night and wasn't expecting to enjoy them as much as I did. We need more horror anthologies out there.
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I liked it in that a) Jessica Chastain was hot and ambivalent about being a mom b) several big scares (crawling wigs n' stuff) and c) the girls were good and creepy.
But they kinda ruined a lot of it with overexplanation and digging into the past and ultimately, humanizing Mama. Still, the FX were good, I liked the whole drifty, smoky, swirling black dress aesthetic.
Oh and also, the actor playing the shrink looked too much like Tony Shaloub. It was distracting.
Quote from: gritty_fingers on June 15, 2013, 06:50:11 AM
"This is the End"
Hilarious!
I read the reviews afterwards and I noticed some of them give away too much of the plot points and some of the jokes so I was advise against reading them (aside from the headlines). Its very raunchy and very funny. A little bit on the sloppy side but that's ok. I had some hard laughs.
I liked it alot, but they should have ended it before that terrible terrible song.
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Great 8/10
I'd give it a 5/10.
Fantastic FX but even those get wearying after a while. The big problem is that Clark's story is told in flashback so it's hard to center the movie around him and his emotional journey the whole way through. He's also kind of a cipher as a grownup, very terse and serious and then at the very end sprouts into the Christopher Reeve type Superman ("I know you wanna know where I hang my cape.")
Goyer should take lessons from JJ about how to deal with a mythology (hint: very light touch). His dialogue esp. at the beginning was stilted and comic book-y. There is precious little humor in MoS except for a good gag with a jammed printer. The whole thing with the ship from Krypton buried in the snow for 2000 years was confusing. Does each of those "outpost probes" come with a fully functional Superman suit?
I also felt a little bad for Meloni who got to say things like, "It worked!" and "Now I'm gonna drop the bomb!"
Quote from: retardgroove on June 15, 2013, 03:53:51 PM
Quote from: gritty_fingers on June 15, 2013, 06:50:11 AM
"This is the End"
Hilarious!
I read the reviews afterwards and I noticed some of them give away too much of the plot points and some of the jokes so I advise against reading them (aside from the headlines). Its very raunchy and very funny. A little bit on the sloppy side but that's ok. I had some hard laughs.
I liked it alot, but they should have ended it before that terrible terrible song.
I agree with you 100%.
Quote from: boltthrow on June 15, 2013, 10:15:22 PM
I also felt a little bad for Meloni who got to say things like, "It worked!" and "Now I'm gonna drop the bomb!"
you should call meloni and offer to comfort him. and then slip it in.
Cloud Atlas 7/10
Warm Bodies 7.5/10
Quote from: MadJohnShaft on June 15, 2013, 09:20:12 AM
Snitch - This was actually pretty good
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Just wish there was more of the Rock beating the fuck out of people in it, but it was a decent film.
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Basically, it's about this guy who loses his dog and then sets out on a search to find him. While looking for his dog he encounters a lot of strange characters which throws him off track on his quest to find his dog Paul. Funny at times, but the pizza girl was fucking annoying.
This Is The End is good. 7/10. Very funny, meanders some, doesn't amount to much except a bunch of big laughs and the usual Seth Rogen / Jonah Hill hijinks. Big tall monster at the end is neat looking. And I liked the final song/ joke. Kinda reminds you why that song was big. Always funny to see stars dancing.
So Bolt, what movies are a 10/10 in your eyes? If it's too many, maybe a top 10, top 5?
Movies that have really stayed with me over the years.
1. Jaws (this changed my life. Saw it 22 times in the theater. Only once in the subsequent 37+ years did I wonder if I didn't want to be in business -- only really because I couldn't find work at the time).
in no particular order...
2. Road Warrior
3. City of Lost Children
4. The Big Blue
5. Oldboy
6. Close Encounters
7. Dawn of the Dead
8. Planet of the Apes
9. Once Were Warriors
10. Field of Dreams
11. Rock N' Roll High School
12. recently -- Irreversible blew me away
and a million more.
"Once We Were Warriors" is an awesome movie. "Irreversible" was a tough, tough watch.
I like your reviews, bolt, but let's be honest: you're a schlock drameh TV writer. How close have you ever came to actually getting to direct anything (like, say, a movie)? If you did get an offer, do you think you could pull it off?
It took me a couple tries to get through Irreversible. It had just been a long time since a movie affected me viscerally like the first twenty minutes of that movie. That swooping camera, the soundtrack, the descent into the club, the not knowing where the movie was going. These days it's so rare to have no preconceptions of where something is headed. I remember back when I was growing up, for things like Chainsaw and even Halloween, you didn't really know who the filmmakers were and so you kinda wondered what their motives were, how much this movie was "real." Of course none of it was but it felt much more "dangerous" to watch something back then and that's how Irreversible threw me for a loop.
I have never gotten near directing a movie, only sold a few, none got made. Still, I believe my shlockiness speaks for itself.
Jaws is my wife's favorite movie.
My all times:
1. Road Warrior
2. Texas Chainsaw Massacre
3. Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
4. The Shining
5. Barry Lyndon
Quote from: boltthrow on June 17, 2013, 11:06:43 AM
Movies that have really stayed with me over the years.
1. Jaws (this changed my life. Saw it 22 times in the theater. Only once in the subsequent 37+ years did I wonder if I didn't want to be in business -- only really because I couldn't find work at the time).
in no particular order...
2. Road Warrior
3. City of Lost Children
4. The Big Blue
5. Oldboy
6. Close Encounters
7. Dawn of the Dead
8. Planet of the Apes
9. Once Were Warriors
10. Field of Dreams
11. Rock N' Roll High School
12. recently -- Irreversible blew me away
and a million more.
i prefer i saw the devil to oldboy. it's probably my favorite movie that i've seen in recent years.
Because you are faggotized mud mechanic.
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meh
Quote from: boltthrow on June 17, 2013, 11:06:43 AM
Movies that have really stayed with me over the years.
1. Jaws (this changed my life. Saw it 22 times in the theater. Only once in the subsequent 37+ years did I wonder if I didn't want to be in business -- only really because I couldn't find work at the time).
in no particular order...
2. Road Warrior
3. City of Lost Children
4. The Big Blue
5. Oldboy
6. Close Encounters
7. Dawn of the Dead
8. Planet of the Apes
9. Once Were Warriors
10. Field of Dreams
11. Rock N' Roll High School
12. recently -- Irreversible blew me away
and a million more.
That's a decent list.
Here is mine in paticular order:
1. Fellini's 8 and a half
2. Throne of Blood
3. Michelangelo Antonioni's Blow up (not to be confused with the Travolta movie 'Blow Out')
4. Once were Warriors (I agree with Bolt on this one)
5. Wild Bunch
6. Horror of Dracula (I watched this a lot when I was a kid)
7. Star Wars
8. African Queen
9. Raiders of the Lost Ark
10. Chinatown
11. Stepford Wives (No I didn't know the big secret at the time)
Quote from: boltthrow on June 18, 2013, 04:50:47 AM
Because you are faggotized mud mechanic.
this hardly seems valid. i'm almost certain that i'm not.
how could you not love i saw the devil?
Quote from: lowdaddy on June 18, 2013, 09:40:27 PM
Quote from: boltthrow on June 18, 2013, 04:50:47 AM
Because you are faggotized mud mechanic.
this hardly seems valid. i'm almost certain that i'm not.
how could you not love i saw the devil?
Have you checked out
Lady Vengeance and
Sympathy For Mr. Venegeance ?
I liked Saw The Devil a lot, don't get me wrong.
And yes, loved Sympathy, liked Lady.
I'd rank those 3 in the following order:
1. Lady Vengeance
2. I Saw The Devil
3. Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance
i've seen sympathy for mr. vengeance and it was just sorta meh. lady vengeance i watched like ten minutes of once. i'll give it a look soon. but i can't see how anything is gonna top i saw the devil. that movie has everything.
Quote from: lowdaddy on June 20, 2013, 02:35:07 PM
i've seen sympathy for mr. vengeance and it was just sorta meh. lady vengeance i watched like ten minutes of once. i'll give it a look soon. but i can't see how anything is gonna top i saw the devil. that movie has everything.
Mr Vengeance was meh for me too. Lady Vengeance is one of the most beautifully filmed movies ever. I was also really into the story - to me it was all about regret and forgiveness, which is something that appeals to me personally.
I really liked I Saw The Devil, but if it had been half an hour shorter I would have LOVED it. I just found that it dragged in spots and could have been tightened up.
Hatchet III - not as good as the first two, but still very enjoyable 6.5/10
Beasts Of The Southern Wild (Benh Zeitlin, 2012) - The Oscars actually had it right by nominating this.
Shy People (Andrey Konchalovskiy, 1987) - Really strong bayou drama about a hotshot New York reporter visiting her somewhat backward family (led by Barbara Hershey in a great role) living in the Louisana swamps. An unjustly forgotten little gem. Makes the roughly comparable Winter's Bone look like a Disney flick.
Begotten (E. Elias Merhige, 1990) - Couldn't make it to the end the first time through. You have to be in the mood for this. What can I say? Terms like 'good' or 'bad' do not apply here. Let's just call it fucked up but interesting.
Buddy Boy (Mark Hanlon, 1999) - This little Repulsion-wannabe sure takes its time to pick up steam but when it does it doesn't let off. Really liked it. With a great role for the incomparable Susan Tyrrell.
Vacation is movie geek time
American Perfekt (Paul Chart, 1997) - One of those movies that can't decide what it wants to be. Robert Forster plays an obsessive-compulsive psychiatrist/psychopath who makes all his decisions in life by flipping a coin. Plays like a pretty suspenseful and grim serial killer thriller for the most part, but in the final hour it suddenly seems to turn into a comedy of sorts. Hey, any movie that features Fairuza Balk and Amanda Plummer in supporting roles is at least interesting, but it would have been a lot better without the funny stuff.
Bellflower (Evan Glodell, 2011) - This on the other hand didn't start out all that promising. It's about two annoying Jackass-type geeks who have built their own elaborate post-apocalyptic fantasy world based on Mad Max, building their own flamethrowers and customized cars and shit. But in the second half it gets really dark and twisted. Horrifying even. And sad. I liked it, but definitely not a feelgood movie.
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Think Ocean's Eleven with magic. Even though I really didn't like Ocean's Eleven, I liked this somewhat better.
Quote from: frobbert on June 24, 2013, 08:53:35 PM
Bellflower (Evan Glodell, 2011) - This on the other hand didn't start out all that promising. It's about two annoying Jackass-type geeks who have built their own elaborate post-apocalyptic fantasy world based on Mad Max, building their own flamethrowers and customized cars and shit. But in the second half it gets really dark and twisted. Horrifying even. And sad. I liked it, but definitely not a feelgood movie.
I loved Bellflower. One review said it was about the "raging id of adolescent males" and I'm not even sure what that means exactly, but it put me in the proper frame of mind to watch it.
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Quote from: frobbert on June 24, 2013, 08:53:35 PM
Bellflower (Evan Glodell, 2011) - This on the other hand didn't start out all that promising. It's about two annoying Jackass-type geeks who have built their own elaborate post-apocalyptic fantasy world based on Mad Max, building their own flamethrowers and customized cars and shit. But in the second half it gets really dark and twisted. Horrifying even. And sad. I liked it, but definitely not a feelgood movie.
I loved Bellflower. One review said it was about the "raging id of adolescent males" and I'm not even sure what that means exactly, but it put me in the proper frame of mind to watch it.
Had some good female nudity.
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If you've seen one Arnold movie, you've seen them all.
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I'd do the girl and Jeremy so I want to watch that
We saw Z last night - it's a solid B
Just watched Flight. What a crock of shit. The Mexican chick naked at the beginning was hot though.
naked Mexican chicks always are..
Olympus Has Fallen - 7/10
solid blockbuster action movie, with a bunch of minor plot holes.
I didn't see it but am genuinely shocked it kinda flopped this weekend. Emmerich is a hack but a successful one, the action looks good (if a touch overwrought) but Tatum and Foxx are two of the biggest stars today.
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If you've seen one Arnold movie, you've seen them all.
That his acting would be more wooden didn't really surprise me. But that his accent got worse after a few years in US-politics - now that is strange. Decent action-fodder.
Quote from: boltthrow on July 01, 2013, 07:39:13 AM
I didn't see it but am genuinely shocked it kinda flopped this weekend. Emmerich is a hack but a successful one, the action looks good (if a touch overwrought) but Tatum and Foxx are two of the biggest stars today.
You're mistaking it for White House Down.
Though no surprises that once again two practically identical movies get released around the same time.
Oh yeah.
There are 3 reasons that I will never watch White House down.
1- Jamie fox is in it
2- Channing tatum is in it
3- president Jamie fox???
I'm no fan of Channing Tatum, but 21 Jump Street was good.
Quote from: The Shocker on July 01, 2013, 05:09:00 PM
I'm no fan of Channing Tatum, but 21 Jump Street was good.
plus you beat your dick raw to magic mike.
FWIW, his dick was already raw from the scabies.
Quote from: strangelight on July 01, 2013, 08:28:39 PM
Quote from: The Shocker on July 01, 2013, 05:09:00 PM
I'm no fan of Channing Tatum, but 21 Jump Street was good.
plus you beat your dick raw to magic mike.
Jesus, how many times do I have to tell you I can't jerk it to tame ass shit.
Magic Mike was kind of boring. Not much happened. Did like Olivia Munn's tittays though.
just saw The Ice Man last week. Is easily one of the best films this year. Michael Shannon's performance is indescribably good.
On that note: watch Killer Joe too. Came out last year. Both were very limited release films who deserves much wider syndications. Both are about contract killers. Both very much rule.
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Quote from: Sally on September 07, 2012, 12:35:15 AM
Ok...people give me some netflix suggestions....suspense/ action movies....
Martyrs
best horror movie i've ever seen.
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Really good, on Netflix streaming now.
Watched the Maniac remake. Almost fell asleep during it.
Haven't seen it but the difference between Joe Spinell and Elijah Wood seems a stumbling block.
Quote from: boltthrow on July 04, 2013, 08:15:26 AM
Haven't seen it but the difference between Joe Spinell and Elijah Wood seems a stumbling block.
It is shot in the first person perspective, which does hide the fact somewhat that Elijah Wood has zero personality. One great thing about the original was the sleazy, creepy vibe (not just Spinell) and the remake has none of that.
Elijah wood does a good job on the show Wilfred. His no personality thing works well on that show.
Quote from: Demon Lung on July 04, 2013, 09:44:21 AM
Elijah wood does a good job on the show Wilfred. His no personality thing works well on that show.
Yeah, but you like 'fun' horror movies ::)
Quote from: frobbert on July 04, 2013, 10:26:37 AM
Quote from: Demon Lung on July 04, 2013, 09:44:21 AM
Elijah wood does a good job on the show Wilfred. His no personality thing works well on that show.
Yeah, but you like 'fun' horror movies ::)
i don't like horror movies all that much at all. Unless its scifi horror like alien or predator. I'm more into action adventure type of stuff.
I like most horror movies, but not a huge fan of ghost stories.
Watched Monsters University today with my boy. It was decent and he loved it. Definitely not Incredibles or Toy Story (all 3) level in quality.
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This was just another road trip movie with all sorts of crazy shenanigans and close calls. It had some funny moments and I didn't fall asleep at all watching it. So, I say that bodes well for this movie.
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Of the three movies i've watched over the past few days this was my favorite one.
Picture to the link doesn't work, frog.
I thought "Identify Theft" was god awful. Implausible and stupid.
The "funny " fat lady wasn't funny?
Identity Thief was stupid and suck.
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Awesome. And as someone pretty much exactly Shannon's character's age, with a father that went paranoid schizo in his late 30's... more than a little unnerving. Probably why I put off watching it for so long.
The only thing I didn't like about it was the end. It was a little too much M. Night Shamalyan (sp). But Shannon and Chastain were great as was the mood.
I think the end is a little better executed than an M. Knight "crazy twist" ending. With M. Knight (at least the ones I bothered to watch), the ending is always a surprise sure, but once it is revealed it is pretty definitive as to what was really going on all along. With this one, the ending is a lot more ambiguous in my opinion. It's hard to discuss it here without spoiling it, so I won't... but I see it as more of an end of the Sopranos kinda thing where you sort of have to make up your own mind what really happened. That ending was also really controversial, and so is this one. Both of them have all sorts of film nerds hypothesizing about them all over the internet if you care to look.
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Another enjoyable Harmony Korine flick, if you enjoy Harmony Korine flicks.
The Lone Ranger. not bad, not great. pretty good action sequences, helluva lotta deaths and some gore(?) for a Disney flick. Depp was real good, there were a few Hunter S. inflections here and there. solid 6.3/10
Best review I saw said it is a 2 hour setup for 30 mins of action.
yeah, kinda. there's some action "spurts" sprinkled throughout the setup that ain't bad. Hope said it's bombing at the box office and they ain't gonna make their money back. poor Disney!
World War Z 7.5/10
mostly likely because I had very low expectations before seeing it.
I just watched Paranomal Activity 3. I promptly killed my girlfriend's dog in protest.
It wasn't even fuckin funny. It was sad. Boring, and only two parts made me jump, but seeing his wife in those cotton undies/bra made my pants jump, a little.
3/10 for hot wife
Quote from: SunnO))) on July 10, 2013, 07:35:20 PM
I just watched Paranomal Activity 3. I promptly killed my girlfriend's dog in protest.
It wasn't even fuckin funny. It was sad. Boring, and only two parts made me jump, but seeing his wife in those cotton undies/bra made my pants jump, a little.
3/10 for hot wife
Is that the one with the cult at the end?
Yes.
That was a bad movie.
Yeah, it was. I did like the first one though.
I've seen all but the first and they are all bad.
All The President's Men. kinda meh
Quote from: priest on July 10, 2013, 02:44:08 AM
The Lone Ranger. not bad, not great. pretty good action sequences, helluva lotta deaths and some gore(?) for a Disney flick. Depp was real good, there were a few Hunter S. inflections here and there. solid 6.3/10
Checked this out today. 'Not bad'? Really?
I thought it was an unmitigated piece of crap. 'Pirates of the Caribbean' set in 1869 with an even shoddier premise.
2/10
Quote from: GodShifter on July 11, 2013, 04:25:54 PM
Quote from: priest on July 10, 2013, 02:44:08 AM
The Lone Ranger. not bad, not great. pretty good action sequences, helluva lotta deaths and some gore(?) for a Disney flick. Depp was real good, there were a few Hunter S. inflections here and there. solid 6.3/10
Checked this out today. 'Not bad'? Really?
I thought it was an unmitigated piece of crap. 'Pirates of the Caribbean' set in 1869 with an even shoddier premise.
2/10
thats what I said and I haven't seen it. I call it pirates of the Wild West.
it beats the shit out of Night Shift
Quote from: priest on July 11, 2013, 06:48:22 PM
it beats the shit out of Night Shift
I doubt that.
Quote from: priest on July 11, 2013, 06:48:22 PM
it beats the shit out of Night Shift
Priest just lost his Stoner Rock Movie Reviewer™ privileges with that comment.
Night Shift fuckin' stinks on ice. there is nothing redeeming about that movie- and because of the high expectations for there to be something redeeming, it falls on its face even harder. I had no expectations about The Lone Ranger, and ended up mildly impressed a few times. that, and the fact that the plausibility factor of TLR towers over that of Night Shit's makes it a far superior film
Quote from: priest on July 12, 2013, 02:00:58 AM
Night Shift fuckin' stinks on ice. there is nothing redeeming about that movie- and because of the high expectations for there to be something redeeming, it falls on its face even harder. I had no expectations about The Lone Ranger, and ended up mildly impressed a few times. that, and the fact that the plausibility factor of TLR towers over that of Night Shit's makes it a far superior film
I thought Night Shift was ok when I saw it many years ago. I should watch it again though. It might be funnier now.
Another movie I want to watch again is Bill Murray's Meatballs. I saw that when I was a kid. I wonder if it aged well.
I was zoning oot during Lone Ranger.
What the fuck was that storytelling aspect dealio all aboot? Redonk.
Fun parts, but mostly boring - they should've been able to hit it oot of the park.
A lot of old timers in the audience.
Quote from: gritty_fingers on July 12, 2013, 09:03:31 PM
Quote from: priest on July 12, 2013, 02:00:58 AM
Night Shift fuckin' stinks on ice. there is nothing redeeming about that movie- and because of the high expectations for there to be something redeeming, it falls on its face even harder. I had no expectations about The Lone Ranger, and ended up mildly impressed a few times. that, and the fact that the plausibility factor of TLR towers over that of Night Shit's makes it a far superior film
I thought Night Shift was ok when I saw it many years ago. I should watch it again though. It might be funnier now.
Another movie I want to watch again is Bill Murray's Meatballs. I saw that when I was a kid. I wonder if it aged well.
not one funny part. not one smile. watch it again and you will be astonished. as will everbody else here who last saw it when they were 7. hold a candle to Meatballs? it can't even rub two sticks together
I loved Meatballs.
The theme song was awesome.
Sorry, couldn't hear you over the sound of Priest being insane.
Quote from: retardgroove on July 09, 2013, 10:14:16 PM
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Another enjoyable Harmony Korine flick, if you enjoy Harmony Korine flicks.
At various points throughout this movie I thought I was watching a Girls Gone Wild video.
GGW videos are masterpieces of narrative cohesion compared to that piece of crap.
Quote from: boltthrow on July 14, 2013, 10:23:37 AM
GGW videos are masterpieces of narrative cohesion compared to that piece of crap.
Not a Harmony Korine fan.
I was really expecting to Spring Breakers more, considering the subject matter & the positive reviews. Partially redeemed by the random shots of titties throughout the movie.
This was really enjoyable.
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and this one, which was fucking great.
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Quote from: black on July 15, 2013, 06:47:43 PM
This was really enjoyable.
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The Lee Ving part made me sad when I saw how much he has aged.
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Fun.
Edit: Dumb fun.
Quote from: The Shocker on July 17, 2013, 07:37:07 PM
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Fun.
Edit: Dumb fun.
good movie
terrible movie.
Fucking terrible movie.
RZA does not know how to direct.
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Okay movie. Hard not to be moved by the emotions and astonished by the devastation but the wind up at the beginning is a little stilted (was Ewan McGregor always a bad actor?) and the rest of the movie is just pure survival/reunion without much else. Naomi's boobs are seen a couple times but it's the in the completely unsexy context of tsunami disaster.
Quote from: boltthrow on July 18, 2013, 08:30:20 AM
Fucking terrible movie.
RZA does not know how to direct.
I guess it depends on your mindset. To me it seemed like a faithful homage to the grindhouse Kung Fu movies. Not the good Shaw brother ones...
Well, that's true. I have an affection for old kung fu movies but it's not like they're actually good as movies.
Like, did you ever really care about the characters or the dilemmas or anything?
I just liked the fights.
Hell, I like Game Of Death, Bruce Lee's post-death cobbled-together piece of shit just because I have affection for the fights.
That said, Quentin T makes homages to old crap movies and somehow wrings real stuff out of them. RZA didn't seem to have the foggiest how to even assemble a series of scenes that worked. Starting with casting himself and trying to mix in hip hop songs which never worked.
My biggest disappointment was the lack of nudity when half the movie takes place in a brothel.
Then again my favorite kung fu movies are Master of the Flying Guillotine and Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky, so actual competent direction is not that important to me.
Quote from: boltthrow on July 18, 2013, 09:22:13 AM
RZA didn't seem to have the foggiest how to even assemble a series of scenes that worked. Starting with casting himself and trying to mix in hip hop songs which never worked.
This, totally. And I have a high threshold for shitty movies.
I thought that the hiphop songs were so ridiculous that they fit perfectly with the movie.
Unbelievably charming, funny film.
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Ruled.
Can't wait.
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Ruled.
just came back from this. my roommate loved it. she was covering her face with her hands and peaking thru her fingers half the time. im glad she had fun and i had fun cuz she had fun. the movie is a cheesy piece of shit though. throwback american 70s style horror. that ripped off a lot of 70s horror movies. no blood. just demons and stupid christian horror. which isn't scary at all. i laughed a number of times though.
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Ruled.
just came back from this. my roommate loved it. she was covering her face with her hands and peaking thru her fingers half the time. im glad she had fun and i had fun cuz she had fun. the movie is a cheesy piece of shit though. throwback american 70s style horror. that ripped off a lot of 70s horror movies. no blood. just demons and stupid christian horror. which isn't scary at all. i laughed a number of times though.
This part was meh,
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but the rest was great fun. The audience reaction made it even better.
**SPOILERS!**
Creepy and scary, especially in a packed theater with good sound. There was indeed blood when she vomited it under the sheet and then to get the demon out of her.
And the backstory parts of it were creaky, especially the easy breezy way Patrick W and Vera F talked about it (oh it's the ol' satan and with thing, okay!). Their "we'll help each other!" love story part was dumb. The actual narrative dynamics of who got possessed/who had a ghost friend/why did it go back to the Warrens' kid stuff was dumb toowhen you think about it.
And there was a fucking typo in the chyron when they first showed the Warrens' house!!! (it said Warren's House, not Warrens' House).
That said, lots of chills and thrills.
And the middle girl with the glasses was in my last SVU!
Quote from: priest on July 11, 2013, 03:01:36 AM
All The President's Men. kinda meh
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Tell me there's some sort of remake you are referring to....
Between that and his hatred for Nightshift, I'm thinking he's gone nuts.
Pacific Rim 8/10
Go see this on as large a screen as possible.
you have nothing in defense for Night Shit, so we'll just leave it at that.
ATPM was just too by-the-numbers. after a while it was just: oh look, they're interviewing another person who's hesitant about talking to them. and just when it looked as if it was gonna get suspenseful with the discovery of bugging their phones/ apartments and the talk of "your lives could be in danger", they end the fucking movie and give you a wrap-up with the scrolling typewriter shit. too safe.
it was just ok. sure as hell wasn't no Klute
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Quote from: boltthrow on July 21, 2013, 08:37:48 AM
**SPOILERS!**
Creepy and scary, especially in a packed theater with good sound. There was indeed blood when she vomited it under the sheet and then to get the demon out of her.
And the backstory parts of it were creaky, especially the easy breezy way Patrick W and Vera F talked about it (oh it's the ol' satan and with thing, okay!). Their "we'll help each other!" love story part was dumb. The actual narrative dynamics of who got possessed/who had a ghost friend/why did it go back to the Warrens' kid stuff was dumb toowhen you think about it.
And there was a fucking typo in the chyron when they first showed the Warrens' house!!! (it said Warren's House, not Warrens' House).
That said, lots of chills and thrills.
And the middle girl with the glasses was in my last SVU!
NOT creepy. NOT scary. hackneyed boring-ass retread american horror.
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Is it better, worse or the same as Insidious? I thought that movie started out ok, but took a turn for shit midway through.
never saw insidious. just watched the cabin in the woods last nite. more bullshit. WHERE IS THE GOOD FUCKING HORROR?
Quote from: The Bandit on July 23, 2013, 09:23:16 AM
Is it better, worse or the same as Insidious? I thought that movie started out ok, but took a turn for shit midway through.
It's better.
Quote from: lowdaddy on July 23, 2013, 03:27:15 PM
never saw insidious. just watched the cabin in the woods last nite. more bullshit. WHERE IS THE GOOD FUCKING HORROR?
The Cabin in the Woods ruled.
yeah Cabin In The Woods was fine.
What We Do Is Secret.
shoulda called it:
What We Shot Is Stupid
:D :D
Did that have Emille Hirsh playing Darby Crash? Yeah that movie blew.
I watched the remake of Mother's Day.
Instead of being a demented slasher/revenge pic, this one was a routine home invasion movie. Not recommended.
Shane West. he was ok, it was just the shit they had him doing/ saying. yawnfest. and what was the point of that ambiguously gay creepy junkie friend of his that wanted to be the drummer? dead-end plotline from hell
Keith Bergman was in a movie?!
Quote from: lowdaddy on July 23, 2013, 03:27:15 PM
never saw insidious. just watched the cabin in the woods last nite. more bullshit. WHERE IS THE GOOD FUCKING HORROR?
Cabin... could have been better but wasn't all that bad I think. For an American movie anyway.
The good fucking horror is being made in Europe and Asia.
Quote from: frobbert on July 24, 2013, 05:55:29 PMQuote from: lowdaddy on July 23, 2013, 03:27:15 PMnever saw insidious. just watched the cabin in the woods last nite. more bullshit. WHERE IS THE GOOD FUCKING HORROR?
The good fucking horror is being made in Europe and Asia.
yes, you remind us everytime a horror movie is talked about. I on the other hand am reluctant to include Europe. Europe has a thing for shock movies. Classic horror movies to me deal with zombies, ghost, vampires,and shit like that. Not some guy that kidnaps people and sews their mouths to other people's assholes. That isn't anything but shock. Now if you want a creepy ghost story then watch an Asian horror film. They know how it's done.
I wasn't talking about that Human Centipede crap. I was talking about movies like Let The Right One In, Troll Hunter, Kill List, Livide, Calvaire, [Rec], Ils, the Devil's Backbone, Naboer, Det Okända and.... well, the list is pretty much endless. I'm sorry you are offended by me constantly reminding you of the incredible suckage that is the modern American horror movie. Maybe it's all those unneccesary remakes.. ;)
Try and rag on me all that you want but I'm just not a fan of the horror genre. Frobbert you are good peeps man. One of the top notch posters in this forum. But you kind of have an elitist attitude when it comes to horror movies. To say that a movie that you haven't seen sucks because is a remake when everyone around you is telling you how suprisingly good it is. Now that's jut plain silly. Yeah Americans know that we don't make good horror films. That's why we try to remake all of the good Asian ones. One of those shock movies that people always talk about that is an excellent movie is martyrs. But It isn't horror.
Going to see the Conjuring after work with KT. She's fucking creaming her jeans to go see it, I'm fairly neutral. Still. it's earning wife points for when I want to go see something. Most likely Elysium.
Quote from: Demon Lung on July 25, 2013, 06:33:43 AM
Try and rag on me all that you want but I'm just not a fan of the horror genre.
So what's the problem then? Go bother yourself with a genre you
do care about ::)
Quote from: Demon Lung on July 25, 2013, 06:33:43 AM
Frobbert you are good peeps man. One of the top notch posters in this forum. But you kind of have an elitist attitude when it comes to horror movies.
Well thank you, much obliged ;D And I'm not denying having an elitist attitude when it comes to horror. In my opinion when horror is good it can genuinely approach art (
Repulsion, The original
TCM, Romero's
Dead-trilogy, Lynch, Argento, Cronenberg, the writings of Peter Straub and Shirley Jackson... to name but a few) and I genuinely loathe the fastfood approach of most current American horror. I always had that attitude. I never liked slasher movies too for instance.
Quote from: Demon Lung on July 25, 2013, 06:33:43 AM
To say that a movie that you haven't seen sucks because is a remake when everyone around you is telling you how suprisingly good it is. Now that's jut plain silly.
I didn't say it sucked. I said I have no interest in seeing it. Why would I with so many more interesting movies to check out? Life is short, Lungie-dear ;)
Quote from: Demon Lung on July 25, 2013, 06:33:43 AM
Yeah Americans know that we don't make good horror films.
Good ;D
Quote from: Demon Lung on July 25, 2013, 06:33:43 AM
That's why we try to remake all of the good Asian ones.
>:(
Quote from: Demon Lung on July 25, 2013, 06:33:43 AM
One of those shock movies that people always talk about that is an excellent movie is martyrs. But It isn't horror.
Why? Because it doesn't have (and I quote)
"zombies, ghosts, vampires, shit like that"? Who's being elitist now? :P
The Conjuring was an very good to excellent haunting/demonic possession movie, but that is not my favorite type of horror movie - actually it is probably my least favorite. It had scares (mostly jump scares), but was totally predictable. The relationship stuff between Vera Farmiga & Patrick Wilson was pretty cheesy at times.
B-
The wife liked it a lot more than I did, but she likes ghosts/hauntings/etc.
She gave it an A-
Yeah the "God put us together and I'm not gonna let you go!" stuff was unneeded.
I found the scares not to be jump scares, more like full body chills caused by the sound.
I had problems with the sound. Too loud and overbearing. I would have liked it without the sound effects telegraphing the scares.
I saw R.I.P.D tonight with my daughter and it sucked donkey turds.
Quote from: GodShifter on July 25, 2013, 11:39:18 PM
I saw R.I.P.D tonight with my daughter and it sucked donkey turds.
were you expecting it to be good??
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Quote from: GodShifter on July 25, 2013, 11:39:18 PM
I saw R.I.P.D tonight with my daughter and it sucked donkey turds.
were you expecting it to be good??
Not really, but hadn't seen or read much about it, either. It was my seven year old daughter's choice. Turns out it was really bad. Really, really bad.
Quote from: The Shocker on July 25, 2013, 09:54:28 PM
I had problems with the sound. Too loud and overbearing. I would have liked it without the sound effects telegraphing the scares.
In my theater when the photos fell off the wall, it sounds liked a kaiju from Pacific Rim was breaking into the theater.
Now You See Me was a weird chaotic mess, not sure where they were going with this but it was poorly thought out - the twist ending was bad and the characters made little sense
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Quote from: GodShifter on July 25, 2013, 11:39:18 PM
I saw R.I.P.D tonight with my daughter and it sucked donkey turds.
were you expecting it to be good??
Not really, but hadn't seen or read much about it, either. It was my seven year old daughter's choice. Turns out it was really bad. Really, really bad.
that's why you leave the decisions to the adults..
Quote from: mortlock on July 26, 2013, 11:02:03 AM
that's why you leave the decisions to the adults..
This is probably why you are childless (no offense). I want my daughter to be happy when she's with me; it's all about what she wants to do. So I suffer through a bad movie? Big deal.
Did she like it?
Quote from: The Bandit : on July 26, 2013, 12:20:22 PM
Did she like it?
She likes
every movie she sees. It's more of the experience for her, though. She's not a discerning critic like myself :D
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Really, really stupid, but also kind of awesome.
Golden Boy, Esq.
Quote from: GodShifter on July 26, 2013, 11:31:45 AM
Quote from: mortlock on July 26, 2013, 11:02:03 AM
that's why you leave the decisions to the adults..
This is probably why you are childless (no offense). I want my daughter to be happy when she's with me; it's all about what she wants to do. So I suffer through a bad movie? Big deal.
lighten up francis, I was just trying to be funny..
World war z kinda sucked.
Oblivion 7/10
Mainly because the story, despite being really predictable, was better than I thought it would be and the movie had some great visuals.
The Day Of The Locust
Damn.. :o
WWZ. maybe a little better than Lone Ranger
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Movie 43
It's a sketch type film like Kentucky Fried Movie. Lots of funny skits like Hugh Jackman with balls on his neck, Naomi Watts making out with her son, a teenage boy going crazy thinking his girlfriend is going to die because she just had her period, Anna Faris asking Chris Pratt to shit on her, an all black basketball team afraid to play an all white basketball team, etc. I laughed a lot so maybe you will too.
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Mud 8.5 / 10
I'm glad they still make movies like this.
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^Did you see that in a theater? netflix? man, I want to scope that one out.^^
Quote from: black on August 29, 2013, 06:28:06 PM
^Did you see that in a theater? netflix? man, I want to scope that one out.^^
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Quote from: black on August 29, 2013, 06:28:06 PM
^Did you see that in a theater? netflix? man, I want to scope that one out.^^
I got it through NetFlix.
I almost saw a free screening of that over at Pixar on Tues. VERY pissed I had to miss it
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not even in the same league as Sexy Beast, so a major disappointment on that level. it is a good movie, but plot-wise it's like a 15-minute short film that lasts an hour and a half
World War Z.
How NOT to make a zombie-movie. They did expensive reshoots and hired three top-screenwriter for rewrites and still there are so many stupid ideas in the story that can only be explained by sheer laziness.
Like Pitt has to call his wife so she can catch the UN-top-guy for him.
Or the plane getting the clearance to land in Israel with no proof of not being infested.
No Israeli bothers to watch what the zombies are up to beyond the wall because they are busy singing.
Plain silly and a shame because the book is such a great read.
The Rambler (2013) - Lynchian weirdness. Not bad.
The Other (1972) - Creepy psychological horror. Based on Thomas Tryon's novel. Very atmospheric and downbeat.
Was there something to do with a hay loft and someone falling on a pitchfork in The Other?
That movie scared the shit out of me when I was a little kid, maybe 35 years ago.
There was a kid stuffed into a pickle barrel.
ELYSIUM. Unbelievable effects and world-building. Simplistic, politically idiotic and clunky storytelling. Matt Damon is boring. Jodie Foster attempt at an accent blows her whole performance and Sharlto Copley is wasted.
I rewatched CONTACT. Just as shitty as I remember. Overly earnest with a crew of "colorful" scientists like in TWISTER. When she goes through the wormhole, it's neat but the spiritual bullshit from David Morse and Matthew McConaughey is laughable. Jake Busery's turn as the psych bomber is so over the top it's almost good. And after seeing ELYSIUM, I now officially think Jodie Foster is a crummy actress.
TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING. 1970s Political thriller/nuke takeover/Burt Lancaster movie. Mildly amusing but not as fun as SKYJACKED starring Charlton Heston and James Brolin.
Yes, Elysium looked incredible but the story was so dumb it was offensive. I am getting so tired of these "I-got-four-minutes-to-solve-a-12-hour-problem"-scenarios. What's the point? Would it be less gripping if the timing would be a little more realisitic?
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Was there something to do with a hay loft and someone falling on a pitchfork in The Other?
That movie scared the shit out of me when I was a little kid, maybe 35 years ago.
Yeah, that's the one.
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Excellent movie
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It was ok too slow moving for me.
Quote from: jmucke on September 10, 2013, 12:07:03 PM
Yes, Elysium looked incredible but the story was so dumb it was offensive. I am getting so tired of these "I-got-four-minutes-to-solve-a-12-hour-problem"-scenarios. What's the point? Would it be less gripping if the timing would be a little more realisitic?
The opening "kids in the orphanage" was stupid, the set-up was stupid, based solely on "rich people are evil" without giving the slightest thought to how real human beings or real politics on Earth or Elysium might work (ignoring the fact that the population is expected to peak in the 2050s and then decline dramatically), the love story such as it was sucked, the little girl telling the meerkat story was laughable, Matt Damon should have had a full head of hair and THEN they shave his head to give him the exo-suit, Kruger did a lot of gibbering and rape-y pawing, his face was blown off and yet somehow his brain was still intact and functioning. It was just stupid when it could've had a story as intricate as the EFX.
World War Z - Better than I expected. The zombie attacks were surprisingly well done, even though I personally prefer the old-fashioned slow moving zombie.
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Rating? Worth a download?
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Rating? Worth a download?
I give it a 6 out of 10. I think the only reason i gave it that high was because I liek Matt Dillon. He was great in it. I guess it's worth a download, but I definitely wouldn't go buy it.
right, gotcha. will download.
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how was it?
Lords of Salem was an ok movie. Nothing special but not horrible. Star Trek into darkness made me realize that I want to fuck Alice eve in the ass.
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This Is The End - 7.5/10
funny. would probably watch again.
Now You See Me - 7/10
if only because I'm a sucker for heist movies, which this was - kind of.
Insidious - Chapter 2
Unbelievably lazy and lame. The first one was no classic but it did have its charms in the first half before it went down into the netherworld where the red/black man was sharpening its nails.
This new one is just shitty. Can't decide which character's story it is, recycles all the same motifs (and now you can really see from The Conjuring that these guys use the same ones over and over to diminishing returns). No one acts like a real human being. Story jumps from one location to the next (the abandoned hospital! the killer's home where all his victims are still propped up, apparently years later! three completely indistinguishable houses!) Patrick Wilson is doing a Shining "crazy dad" number. Rose Byrne just kinda walks around, gets scared, demands to move, gets talked out of it, repeats the next day. The two ghost hunter types are supposed to be amusing but aren't. And some of the worst fake beards in recent history.
Don't even watch on Netflix.
Well what did you expect? It's a sequel! :P
I'm always hoping for a Road Warrior or Aliens.
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how was it?
I liked it a lot. Michael Shannon is such a great actor, and he was definitely at the top of his game in this one.
Quote from: boltthrow on September 17, 2013, 08:45:15 AM
Insidious - Chapter 2
Unbelievably lazy and lame. The first one was no classic but it did have its charms in the first half before it went down into the netherworld where the red/black man was sharpening its nails.
This new one is just shitty. Can't decide which character's story it is, recycles all the same motifs (and now you can really see from The Conjuring that these guys use the same ones over and over to diminishing returns). No one acts like a real human being. Story jumps from one location to the next (the abandoned hospital! the killer's home where all his victims are still propped up, apparently years later! three completely indistinguishable houses!) Patrick Wilson is doing a Shining "crazy dad" number. Rose Byrne just kinda walks around, gets scared, demands to move, gets talked out of it, repeats the next day. The two ghost hunter types are supposed to be amusing but aren't. And some of the worst fake beards in recent history.
Don't even watch on Netflix.
I was so pissed at the ending of the first one, there is no way I'll watch the second one.
The Secret of Nikola Tesla (1980)
Biopic about Tesla. Not a very good movie at all.
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The new Simon Pegg/Edgar Wright movie, The World's End. Not as good as Shaun Of The Dead but Pegg is great and it's their usual very clever, precisely controlled comedy / scifi.
Byzantium 7/10
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Another Earth - I think I may be in love with Brit Marling
This Is The End - Does have its moments
Quote from: The Bandit on September 17, 2013, 12:49:19 PM
Quote from: boltthrow on September 17, 2013, 08:45:15 AM
Insidious - Chapter 2
Unbelievably lazy and lame. The first one was no classic but it did have its charms in the first half before it went down into the netherworld where the red/black man was sharpening its nails.
This new one is just shitty. Can't decide which character's story it is, recycles all the same motifs (and now you can really see from The Conjuring that these guys use the same ones over and over to diminishing returns). No one acts like a real human being. Story jumps from one location to the next (the abandoned hospital! the killer's home where all his victims are still propped up, apparently years later! three completely indistinguishable houses!) Patrick Wilson is doing a Shining "crazy dad" number. Rose Byrne just kinda walks around, gets scared, demands to move, gets talked out of it, repeats the next day. The two ghost hunter types are supposed to be amusing but aren't. And some of the worst fake beards in recent history.
Don't even watch on Netflix.
I was so pissed at the ending of the first one, there is no way I'll watch the second one.
yeah the first one was some bullshit
World War Z - Laughably bad..so sick of buying into this horseshit. Seems I don't fall for it as much as I used to though.
The Battery - Unoriginal in a plot full of holes and than it just gets boring...took the recommendation off the itunes library. Never again.
Ain't Them Bodies Saints - Not bad..cinematography and script solid. Kind of reminded me of the Sundance series Rectify. Good acting. I always dig most if not all that Casey Affleck does.
Into Darkness..more lens flare please. Dumb and fun and then really dumb. In that order.
Europa Reports - DONT FALL FOR THE MARKETING ON THIS ONE. TERRIBLE. I wanted to hit someone after buying into the ppv/on demand marketing on this one.
ABC's of Horror - Another one..Unwatchable. I can take schlock..but they even failed at that level.
Oblivion - Liked the first 40 minutes..then it started circling the drain and never recovered.
Lords of Salem - Okay for what it is..not a big fan of anything Zombie, but kept an open mind. Didnt hate it
Only God Forgives - Votes out on that one..need to watch again.
Place Beyond the Pines was good but too long
Safety Not Guaranteed - Not bad..quirky..kind of fun. Hipstertastic/indie/sci-fi comedy that doesnt take itself too seriously
Deathwatch - Another one..started off good. Great premise. Decent amount of buildup and tension..then well, runs out of money and or direction. Almost like a switch was flipped. Went from decent horror film with a lot of effective atmosphere to shit in the second act
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I saw this the other night and can't remember one thing about it.
Prob'ly b/c it's a big red 'X' retard groovyness - ;))))
Picked-up of all things 'the Grey' for 5-bucks at Walfart bin...Willian Neilson...dunno if I got
that right, Irish Hollywood actor type, really great shot movie if you dig survivalist type-stuff,
plane crash into the mountains few survivors left and hunted down by packs of wolves...very
well done indeed.! Awesome ending.
Liam Neeson?
That movie is way too long. And boring...
Yes Liam Neeson thx Bolt,,,wtf do I know about Irish Hollywood actors...and dung buddy, I thought
the movie is a great watch, on a dull grey rainy day I thoroughly enjoyed it...way bettter than
fucking "Frozen" which I got out of the same bin about some punk kids stuck on a ski-lift getting
eaten by wolves....argh...
Neeson is great in Husbands And Wives
I thought Frozen was about some kind of monster. It's just wolves?
If you're talking about that chairlift movie, the killer there was the stupidity of college kids. and wolves.
I kind of liked Frozen. It was like Open Water on a ski lift.
Definitely as good as if not better than Open Water.
Open water did have the chick naked with cold cream on her nose.
I don't need movies about wolves, I need movies about monsters.
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Another Earth - I think I may be in love with Brit Marling
I think I'm done with her, so you can have her. I love that movie though, and probably Sound of My Voice even moreso.
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I thought it was pretty good and funny. Big fan of movies where Marky Mark plays a dummy that thinks he's smart.
Saw iron man 3. That shit was weak...
I walked out of Pain & Gain. Horribly acted, terribly written and abominably directed.
I'll second the Pain & Gain hate, though the fact that it's based on true events got me through it.
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox 8/10
I liked this one too:
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Not a great movie but a lot of funny stuff. And I just bought a lighted vanity mirror like that it's fantastic staring at all my pores and hairs. More mesmerizing than Netflix.
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Quote from: boltthrow on September 30, 2013, 07:45:22 AM
Not a great movie but a lot of funny stuff. And I just bought a lighted vanity mirror like that it's fantastic staring at all my pores and hairs. More mesmerizing than Netflix.
I agree with that. Some good scenes and funny lines, but a lot of it wasn't realistic.
I love Leslie Mann, but I could see her voice making me want to kill her if I was actually in a relationship with her.
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I dug it, better than the first one. And the first one was decent.
Watched this with my boy:
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Better than what I was expecting. My son loved it.
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I'll give it a 6.5/10, but the shoot out at the end was fucking awesome.
Edit: didn't realize the original link didn't work.
There was a shootout at the end of Jack The Giant Slayer?
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McBride and Cera stole this movie. Paul Rudd was excellent for his whole 15 seconds of work in this movie.
Spring Breakers 7.5/10
While I think that the film as a whole is beautifully shot and conveys its message quite effectively, and that Franco's performance may well be worthy of an Oscar nomination, I can't give it a full score if only for the overuse of both the repeated dialogue (though the constant "spring break forever" was great) and the music by Skrillex. Though I guess one could argue that these two items also serve to hammer in that message all the more.
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Pretty cool movie. Ryan Gosling operates a mixed martial arts club in Bangkok which is used as a front for smuggling drugs. When his brother murders an underage prostitute a retired cop is brought back into action to find his brother. Once found, the cop allows the prostitute's father to kill Gosling's brother and then the cop cuts off the right hand of the father because he allowed his daughter to become a prostitute in the first place. When Gosling's mother finds out that her son has been killed she orders Gosling to find this man and kill him but Gosling won't do it because he was justified in killing his brother. This enrages Goslings mother who is now out for revenge. Without spoiling the ending, there is a lot of gorey violence throughout.
The cinematography in this movie was amazing and the pacing of the movie wasn't too fast or too slow. I recommend this movie. If you check this movie out, be on the lookout for several karoke performances by the cop and a fight between Gosling and the cop which was pretty fucking awesome.
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Pretty funny movie with a good cast. Worth the rent.
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Set in the late 80's, two highway road workers from the city spend a summer in an isolated part of Texas trying to find ways to pass the time in addition to mending their broken hearts from the women they left behind.
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Very good movie. I'm glad there were subtitles because their french was fucked.
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I liked that one too.
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Very good movie. I'm glad there were subtitles because their french was fucked.
That was an awesome flick. Lots of good violence in it.
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There was a couple of cool parts, but for the most part it was boring as hell.
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There was a couple of cool parts, but for the most part it was boring as hell.
i could have told you that without watching it.
Walked out of "About Time" the other day.
I want to see Hunger Games II. Is it okay to masturbate during the Jennifer Larence scenes where she looks hot?
Quote from: boltthrow on November 22, 2013, 07:53:55 AM
Walked out of "About Time" the other day.
Why -besides Rachel McAdams cute butt- would you go see it? Feeling sentimental for the 90s British-bloke-meets-American-girl thing? How was ginger Hugh Grant?
Quote from: MadJohnShaft on November 22, 2013, 10:00:39 AM
I want to see Hunger Games II. Is it okay to masturbate during the Jennifer Larence scenes where she looks hot?
Yes. Just don't do it while your sons are with you.
I saw Man of Steel at home the other day. Sheesh, you people weren't kidding, it was a turd. Made Thor 2 feel Oscar-worthy.
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Walked out of "About Time" the other day.
Why -besides Rachel McAdams cute butt- would you go see it? Feeling sentimental for the 90s British-bloke-meets-American-girl thing? How was ginger Hugh Grant?
My ex wanted to see it. Twenty minutes in she turned and said, "Any time you're ready to go."
So, how long did it take you to realize she meant "leave" after you whipped your dick out?
One minute.
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Set in the late 80's, two highway road workers from the city spend a summer in an isolated part of Texas trying to find ways to pass the time in addition to mending their broken hearts from the women they left behind.
Sounds gay.
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It was alright.
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Set in the late 80's, two highway road workers from the city spend a summer in an isolated part of Texas trying to find ways to pass the time in addition to mending their broken hearts from the women they left behind.
Sounds gay.
It won't turn you gay if you watch it if that's what you are worried about.
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So we saw man of Steel. It's the best of the superhero movies. Hands down, isn't even close. That movie smokes all superhero movies.
Saw Hunger Games II this afternoon. It was pretty good, maybe a bit overlong but everything was good and better than the first one. We came out and saw that Don Jon was just gonna start so we quickly went in for that. I thought it was entertaining and saying a bunchful of truths that you wouldn't necessarily expect or even hear in a film. No masterpiece but for a first movie? Color me impressed.
You snuck into a second movie for free?
I saw Hunger Games. If you like J Law you are in luck. I liked it a lot. Line to get in. XD screen - I love that XD screen and we got our favorite seats. not in 3D although a 3D underwater J Law...
The kid in the lobby couldn't make an Old Fashioned so he made a big plastic cup of whiskey on ice with oranges and a short of sprite. Fantastic. $10.50.
$65 for the experience.
Yes, second movie was free. We know how to play.
I was glad there was no 3D version, that shit's lame most of the times anyway.
The second movie was also $8, you stole your viewing like a pirate.
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Good movie, one of the better ones I saw this year. Sam Rockwell is great but the whole cast is cool (nice asshole-turn by Carrell).
Edit: And a UFO-song on the soundtrack, thats probably a first.
Oooh, which one?
Youngblood from No Place To Run. Not necessarly my first choice but at least an indication that the tracks weren't compiled by Genius.
Would never have guessed that one.
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Sometimes I just want to watch a good crap movie.
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I rented this because i'm a huge fan of both Giamatti and Rudd. Basically, It's about a guy who gets released from prison and decides to go straight in order to meet his estranged daughter. In order to stay that way and to earn money, he hooks with an old friend selling Christmas trees. His hope is to earn enough money to buy her a piano and that she will eventually forgive him. It was a little slow, but overall it was a solid watch.
Those two are the worst movies ever made
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The Intochables
French film, quite good actually. Based on the true story of a street hustler becoming an aide to a wealthy quadriplegic.
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Attenberg
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Not much to say about this Greek film. It apparently garnered some critical acclaim, but I only watched it because I was horny bored. They used a great amount of atmosphere and silence that was reminiscent of the cinematography/art styling of movies like Crash (and many others that pulled that nonsense). I find the whole "connected but disconnected"/"removed from society whilst in the middle of the city" thing kind of lame.
The main actress, Ariane Labed, was gorgeous. Her bushy curls drove me crazy.
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Watch it. See if I care.
Just watched A Band Called Death earlier today
Highly recommended! Just, wow
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The Intochables
French film, quite good actually. Based on the true story of a street hustler becoming an aide to a wealthy quadriplegic.
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ive been seeing this pop up on netflix and never even gave it a second look because i thought that was dustin hoffman and dave chapelle on the cover.
You're racist AND anti-semitic!!
Quote from: Danny G on December 03, 2013, 10:05:35 PM
Just watched A Band Called Death earlier today
Highly recommended! Just, wow
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Yeah, watched it too. Makes you wonder how many other good to great bands are still undiscovered.
Mud. Really good flick, much better than I thought it would be.
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Decent.
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Really kinda shocking for its time. The scene where she admits killing the boy is chilling. And then at the end, all the characters are introduced and they come out and smile as if on stage.
My kid watched The Bad Seed recently so now we got that.
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Lame. They never built up the characters enough for me to care. They wanted it to be deep and moving. All I wanted was it to be over.
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Pretty damn good.
Bones Brigade: An Autobiography - 10/10
waited far too long to watch this.
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A somewhat faithful remake that gets a couple things right but of course fails when compared to the original. If you've seen the orig, you know all the spoilers which robs this one of its power. It's nicely brutal, Brolin is fine, the Olson sister is okay (and nude), there are some nice shots and nice moments, the big fight is well done (if even more over the top, populated with crowds of those Michael Jackson-like ethnically mixed gangs of thugs who arrive with bats and nunchaku and swords) but a lot seems cut out so it's rather disjointed and then has long stretches of exposition to explain what's going on and it really suffers from choices about characterization, namely giving Sam Jackson the chance AGAIN to phone in his part with a lot of yelling and a stupid haircut and letting Sharlto Copley go extra fey and prissy and manicured as the bad guy (after this and Elysium, maybe he's just a bad actor after all).
Anyway, it wasn't a total waste just because I knew not to expect much...
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Good Argentinian Thriller (Best Foreign Movie Oscar in 09) with an unbelievable cool 5-minute-long one-take-shot in a packed soccer-stadium. It really came out of nowhere in the middle of the movie and the movie is worth watching alone for that shot.
^^^^^
and directed by the guy who directed my Kathy Griffin episode of SVU.
In the past two weeks, I've watched everything.
/15 hour flight + 7 days of death flu
22?
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I fixed a couple of images for you, frog, that weren't showing up. Bolt, too, for his "Old Boy" review.
How was this "Crystal Fairy" thing?
21 Jump Street. Surprisingly funny. Never thought I'd say this, but Channing Tatum is a funny guy.
That movie was an unexpected delight.
Yeah, it was awesome. Especially the gay stuff.
reminded me never to go near hippie pussy bush ever again...
Hanna-pretty fuckin good
Sinister-big pile of poop
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Boring.
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Stupid and lame.
^^^^Agreed about Ain't Them Bodies Saints. Some great imagery but dramatically inert in the extreme.
Finally watched Lords of Salem. Pure shit.
I don't even like the title "Aint Them Bodies Saints."
It sucks even worse now that I've seen it.
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It was good. I did not enjoy the 27 minutes of trailers I had to endure before a 2hr plus movie. This has been bothering me more and more over the last couple of years. I try to time it so I can show up 20 minutes late to the movie, but this have been burned me by the movie already starting. They should advertise a real start time. I've got other useless shit I could be doing.
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American Hustle doesn't come oot over here until mid February ::)
Watched Elysium the other night. It was entertaining but I just don't like Mert Dermon.
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Lame. They never built up the characters enough for me to care. They wanted it to be deep and moving. All I wanted was it to be over.
I was gonna avoid this based on rg's review, but my buddy really wanted to see it. great performances all around, especially by Woody. I thought the characters were built up as much as they needed to be
Quote from: RAGER on December 22, 2013, 10:32:20 AM
Watched Elysium the other night. It was entertaining but I just don't like Mert Dermon.
Mert Damon? Is that the bastard child of Mertz and Matt Damon?
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Lame. They never built up the characters enough for me to care. They wanted it to be deep and moving. All I wanted was it to be over.
I was gonna avoid this based on rg's review, but my buddy really wanted to see it. great performances all around, especially by Woody. I thought the characters were built up as much as they needed to be
Cool glad you dug it, but I never bought what they were selling.. well until I bought the ticket they sold me.
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Not bad. Eastbound and Down is still the pinnacle of his career so far.
Machete Kills - 8.5/10
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Watched Elysium the other night. It was entertaining but I just don't like Mert Dermon.
Mert Damon? Is that the bastard child of Mertz and Matt Damon?
After Team America that's the only way I can pronounce his name
Elysium was not very good at all, very disappointing.
Think I'm watching that tonight, it's a good job I'm easily pleased so will probably like it ;)
I watched Sightseers last night which was really entertaining and funny in a tense, uncomfortable way, I'd highly recommend it...
Riddick 7/10
Quote from: MadJohnShaft on December 26, 2013, 06:42:23 PM
Elysium was not very good at all, very disappointing.
sucked. the little girl with stage five cancer looked healthier than most healthy kids. fucking waste of a buck fifty at the red box.
Yes as a movie it pretty much blew but I liked some of the robots and other effects. I really can't stand mert dermon
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It was great. Total drug movie with lots of laughs. Tons of tit & ass, sleazy wall street scumbags. The three hours went by quick. It did have a pretty cliche Martin Scorsese ending/wrap-up, but thats his deal.
The Yakuza. highly disappointed. I was led to believe it was post-noir and a highly original screenplay. nope. the fighting sequences weren't even that good. then Mitchum goes all the way back to homeboy's house to cut off his pinky and give it to him, and he does it while the dude is in the other room getting tea? come on
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It was great. Total drug movie with lots of laughs. Tons of tit & ass, sleazy wall street scumbags. The three hours went by quick. It did have a pretty cliche Martin Scorsese ending/wrap-up, but thats his deal.
It was enjoyable but a little too much of a Goodfellas retread to me with the voiceovers and freezeframes and coke snorts becoming zoom-ins, etc. I actually thought it could've used more laughs. But the scene of Leo vs. the FBI agent on the boat was great as was the "drugs finally hit him at the country club" scene.
I went into it with zero knowledge of the back story. I thought I was gonna sit thru three hours of serious drama for some reason? I guess I didn't really pay attention to the trailers. I ended up pleasantly surprised.
Yeah I liked it and i guess what's Scorsese gonna do? he has to make the films that interest him.
I just got back from Anchorman 2 which was lesser than the original but my expectations had already been lowered so I thought it was actually funny.
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This was a very interesting documentary. It dealt with honeybee colonies in California, Switzerland, China and Australia, and how the honeybee population is slowly declining. Great cinematography in this film, and the close-ups of the bees was cool but it also gave me nightmares.
Wha? What kind of nightmares? Bees are neato.
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Wha? What kind of nightmares? Bees are neato.
Maybe nightmares was a bad word to use, but it was a little freaky seeing the bees do their thing up close and personal.
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It was great. Total drug movie with lots of laughs. Tons of tit & ass, sleazy wall street scumbags. The three hours went by quick. It did have a pretty cliche Martin Scorsese ending/wrap-up, but thats his deal.
It was enjoyable but a little too much of a Goodfellas retread to me with the voiceovers and freezeframes and coke snorts becoming zoom-ins, etc. I actually thought it could've used more laughs. But the scene of Leo vs. the FBI agent on the boat was great as was the "drugs finally hit him at the country club" scene.
Didn't break any new ground but had great energy. My favorite comedy moment was the slapstick Quaaludes debacle. I had a grand time, even at 3 hours.
American Hustle, that was kinda boring. Not as good as the reviews would suggest.
Out Of The Furnace 8/10
Would have been scored higher if Whitaker's forced gruff voice hadn't been. Great movie nonetheless.
Quote from: boltthrow on December 31, 2013, 01:50:49 AM
I just got back from Anchorman 2 which was lesser than the original but my expectations had already been lowered so I thought it was actually funny.
Good god, it was terrible. They phoned that fucker in.
Rush 9/10
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9/10
I enjoyed it I guess it's a lot more toned down than the book but I wouldn't know.
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Unfortunately no nudity, and it wasn't much of a comedy. However, it wasn't completely terrible.
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I really enjoyed this movie. Lots of laughs throughtout the entire film. It's about a group of friends who get together 20 years after attempting and failing as teenagers an epic pub crawl where they have to drink a pint from 12 different bars in one night. However, in their recent attempt at completing "The World's End" they realize that the people of their childhood town are no longer the people they used to be, and they are forced to save not only themselves but all of mankind. Definitely worth the rent.
^loved that movie.
World's End is fucking great. I was impressed by how dark it went with the riff on dude's refusal to grow up and inveterate alcoholism.
Last Days Here
Doco Bobby Liebling of Pentagram. Had heard of them and a few tunes but knew nothing really about them or him.
Wow. Awful, moving, entertaining, informative. Def a "what not to do" kind of movie, and all musicians know and/or have worked with people like that. I was fighting tears at the end. You despise what a fuck up he was/is but you still want him to be happy and still root for him.
Recommended.
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American Hustle
I liked it but not as much as I thought I would like it but it still wasn't a letdown so I dunno. Maybe need to re-see it.
Quote from: ez on January 05, 2014, 11:18:01 AM^loved that movie.
Edgar Wright is making some of the best flicks around, these days. In my opinion, of course.
Also, Wolf of Wall Street was fucking great. It was totally Goodfellas on Wall Street, and I didn't give one single shit.
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It was great. Total drug movie with lots of laughs. Tons of tit & ass, sleazy wall street scumbags. The three hours went by quick. It did have a pretty cliche Martin Scorsese ending/wrap-up, but thats his deal.
It was enjoyable but a little too much of a Goodfellas retread to me with the voiceovers and freezeframes and coke snorts becoming zoom-ins, etc. I actually thought it could've used more laughs. But the scene of Leo vs. the FBI agent on the boat was great as was the "drugs finally hit him at the country club" scene.
Yeah, Scorsese did his thing and obviously had final cut. Could have done with one or two less trading room speeches but otherwise the three hours were very enjoyable. DiCaprio was cool as a charming scumbag.
So I re-saw American Hustle and managed to see Wolf of Wall Street as well (searching for work hence the free time). I liked Wolf of Wall Street, the movie just cruises by but the ending was very Scorcese (as was the ending in American Hustle). For some reason I liked American Hustle more overall. I definitely laughed more with Wolf of Wall Street (it is a drugs movie after all) but I thought the performances all around were better in American Hustle.
Anywhoo, 2 new great movies.
Captain Phillips 8/10
Last Vegas. 5/10
Coffee Town 9/10
Don Jon. 7/10
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I rewatched this last night. I forgot all the little subtle hints and symbolism they drop in it.
Ray Liotta is terrifying in this film because I am not sure what he was capable of.
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Ray Liotta is terrifying in this film because I am not sure what he was capable of.
Atlantic gave him the "The Ray Liotta Award for Best Portrayal of a Creepy, Corrupt Cop: Ray Liotta, The Place Beyond the Pines"
Her & Inside Llewyn Davis. Both good, if somewhat overrated.
I walked out of Her feeling like I'd just watched a harrowing portrait of technologically enabled alienation and loneliness, whereas my lady thought it was a sweet romance.
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This was a very interesting documentary. It dealt with honeybee colonies in California, Switzerland, China and Australia, and how the honeybee population is slowly declining. Great cinematography in this film, and the close-ups of the bees was cool but it also gave me nightmares.
Watched this last night. Thoroughly enjoyed it. The Burnese German language was really cool to hear spoken. The contrast between the Swiss and the money grubbing American dipshit in his Hawaiian shirt and his semi trucks was appalling. This guy just takes the beauty of the process and crushes it literally. And the fact that the argument whether humans or bees are the better pollinators is only relevant in China because they have no bees. Very interesting. Also didn't know that honey bees are not indigenous to North America.
Inception - it's fast paced, it takes off from the very beginning and never lets up. Unfortunately it's also full of Matrix #2/3 style nonsense ("he's gonna die in his dream, but he's 3 layers deep!" blah blah blah). Eventually, it's so full of metaphysical bullshit that I'm not exactly sure WTF is happening, so it's hard to feel like you're invested in the action. Plus a lot of stupid nonstop fighting and shooting guns (in a dream). And visual effects I mostly didn't care about (fighting while they float in mid-air, buildings collapsing, etc). It's just tiresome after a while, and it's 2.5 hours long. It's not that I didn't understand the plot twists, more like I didn't care. On the plus side, it doesn't over-explain too much (a little bit) it just expects you to hop on for the ride. It just wasn't a ride I enjoyed very much. C+
Oh yeah, Ellen Page is in it, she's easy to look at, and she can act. She looks like she's 17 in this (she's 26). Now I'm interested to see Juno and her other movies. And her boobies, if possible.
Bad Grandpa - 6.5/10
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Awesome. Great acting, great writing, great b/w-cinematography. Its cool to see former movie-tough-guys like Stacy Keach and Bruce Dern as mumbling old geezers. But as great as they are its June Squibb that steals the show.
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Rockwell is excellent in this film. Definitely worth checking out.
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Rockwell is excellent in this film. Definitely worth checking out.
Pretty alright. I like the roles Rockwell usually picks.
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Doomsday flick. Dug it.
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Rockwell is excellent in this film. Definitely worth checking out.
Good movie, not so sure about the ending though.
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Nica and sleazy.
^need to get around to watching that.
anyhow,
Ender's Game 8/10
Justice League: War 7/10
Escape Plan 6/10
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I rewatched this last night. I forgot all the little subtle hints and symbolism they drop in it.
Ray Liotta is terrifying in this film because I am not sure what he was capable of.
Care to elaborate? I haven't seen it since it came out and didn't really put forth any analysis while viewing the first time.
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any nudity? female nudity?
Dallas Buyer's Club 9/10
Quote from: priest on February 13, 2014, 02:49:40 PM
any nudity? female nudity?
There was some nudity, but most of it was from the porn clips they show in the film. None by any of the main actresses. Johanssen looked good, but she can't fucking act.
Still catching up with movies recommended in this thread.
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Nice, small-scale 'misfits/coming-of-age' movie, but it's probably not worth a rental. 6.5/10
Movie 43
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All star cast. Many a WTF?!? moment. And Hugh Jackman with testicles hanging from his neck (insert Bolt/L.Ron joke)
Streaming on Netflix. Not great but good for some laughs
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Kind of boring. All-star cast, great director. Script was kind of shallow and dumb, and Gina Carrano couldn't really project anything except "bad ass" which became kind of stale, over a 90 minute film.
5/10
A single shot looks good I'll try check it out soon...
Some good watches lately, Catfish the movie and The Raid, brutal!
I watched "Warhorse" last weekend. The lack of sleep from DJing made me far more emotional than I would normally be watching a film like this. Actually felt like I was going to cry at some points. What the fucks wrong with me?
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Watched these back to back, both were great.
It is very emotional! if anything it's weird if you didn't almost cry at it! It's worse because it's true too, for thousands of people/horses back then!
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^^What in theee fuck is that?
I was home sick yesterday so I watched "The Last Trapper" and "Open Range"
Boobs in American Hustle watched. Check.
Blue Jasmine
The new Lars Von Trier, Nymphomanic Pt. 1. Surprisingly good.
The Dallas Buyers Club
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^^Saw that the other night. Enjoyed it.
Searching for Sugar Man. Good documentary about Rodriguez, an obscure early 70's Detroit singer-songwriter who flopped in America, but became a huge hit in Australia and South America. The music was totally unfamiliar to me, so it's kind of odd to see people freaking out over it (almost like watching the Rutles or Spinal Tap). His first album was co-produced by Dennis Coffey, we need a SRLives thread about that dude soon...
I liked that you didn't have to cry during American Hustle.
Quote from: RAGER on March 10, 2014, 05:55:21 PM
^^Saw that the other night. Enjoyed it.
Just watched this and thought it was really good.
[spoiler]I would have liked the end better if he had died[/spoiler]
I think he actually did. I think it was symbolic heaven shit which was the only thing I didn't like about the movie. So in short, I agree. ;)
BAD MILO is hilarious. Not as good as BRAIN DAMAGE but close enough.
But as good/bad as Bad Taste?
Right on Lumpy. I saw Searching for Sugar Man at the local Art House theater last year and was dug it. I also agree that a Dennis Coffey thread is probably due.
Good call.
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Watched both Vol. 1&2 and really dug it. I still think Shia LaBeouf is a douche.
Quote from: RAGER on March 10, 2014, 11:05:34 PM
I think he actually did. I think it was symbolic heaven shit which was the only thing I didn't like about the movie. So in short, I agree. ;)
I agree that he probably died, it's just that, in a moment of oxygen-deprived delerium before death, he found a moment of peace.
All Is Lost is a harrowing film, I didn't expect it to be quite so stark and harsh. It was awesome.
"All Is Lost" was great. I've thought a lot about it since I've watched it.
Some of the reviews I've read about it on IMDB though are scathing of "Our Man"'s sailor skills. Perhaps it should have been named "The Peril and Demise of the Dumb Sailor" instead.
We discussed his little soliloquy in the beginning and were trying to tie in his character to that. One of the scenarios we came up with was that he was a rich entitled yacht clubber who'd sailed extensively through out his life so was therefore very smug and couldn't possibly entertain the idea of this actually happening to him until it was too late hence his lackadaisical approach to rationing and general survival.
Quote from: RAGER on March 13, 2014, 01:58:39 PM
We discussed his little soliloquy in the beginning and were trying to tie in his character to that. One of the scenarios we came up with was that he was a rich entitled yacht clubber who'd sailed extensively through out his life so was therefore very smug and couldn't possibly entertain the idea of this actually happening to him until it was too late hence his lackadaisical approach to rationing and general survival.
Aplooded for insight.
13 Going On 30. pleasantly surprised. bought it for $2 in the shitty DVD bin. got it for Judy Greer cuz I have a thing for her. Jennifer Garner is good and pretty damn hot too. basically, they turned Big into a chick flick. DVD extras shocker: they show pix of the stars when they were kids, and Judy Greer looks like she should've been the star of It's Pat! she's got to be the ugliest duckling of all times
Quote from: RAGER on March 12, 2014, 12:07:16 PM
But as good/bad as Bad Taste?
BAD MILO isn't quite as insane as I remember BAD TASTE being. It's sort of like BASKET CASE meets OFFICE SPACE. Great cast too.
Did someone say Judy Greer?
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GOD YES
caught up on some viewing this weekend:
American Hustle - 8/10
Anchor Man 2 - 6.5/10
Blackfish - 9/10
Knights Of Badassdom - 7/10
Wolf Of Wall Street - 8/10
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GOD YES
shes not
that hot..her face is kinda busted..
it's busted in all the right places
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Quote from: RAGER on March 13, 2014, 01:58:39 PM
We discussed his little soliloquy in the beginning and were trying to tie in his character to that. One of the scenarios we came up with was that he was a rich entitled yacht clubber who'd sailed extensively through out his life so was therefore very smug and couldn't possibly entertain the idea of this actually happening to him until it was too late hence his lackadaisical approach to rationing and general survival.
Aplooded for insight.
my folks saw it and liked it. I haven't seen it but they mentioned his laze-afair attitude toward sailing and drowning and stuff. my pops mentioned early on he got hit in the head with something (tool box, yard arm?), and so chalked up his shitty sailor skills to a severe concussion.
Saw about 10 or 11 films at SXSW last week. Some were badass and all were worthwhile.
Richard Linklater's new film Boyhood was the cream of the crop. Shot over 12 years with the same cast, 3 days each year. Basically a simple story about a boy growing up. But seeing him and his family age and mature right before your eyes makes it truly epic and one of a kind, not to mention totally engrossing. Almost 3 hours long and it feels short. Of course, Linklater always does an amazing job of portraying the human experience, but he knocked this one even farther out of the park than usual. Truly a master.
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The Raid 2: Berandal kicks some serious ass. Superior to the first in all ways. Great bad guys, great camera work, and there is actually a decent story. Oh and there are a couple of badass action sequences ::)
The Guest is the new one from the writer and director of You're Next. I actually did not really like You're Next, but I liked enough about it to check out The Guest. I ended up watching it again a couple of days later because I liked it so much. Great 80's feel, due in large part to the score, even though it is set in the present.
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The Infinite Man was kinda like a romantic comedy version of Primer. Pretty damn good actually.
Buzzard is the last of my favorites. It's about a slacker/scammer and his downward spiral. And it's fuckin hilarious.
Snowpiercer 10/10
fuck.
Broken Flowers. great movie, killer soundtrack, including a few seconds of Sleep
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Snowpiercer 10/10
fuck.
Fuck indeed. Awesome movie.
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Snowpiercer 10/10
fuck.
Fuck indeed. Awesome movie.
I'm very jealous. I'm absolutely dying to see it.
Wolf of Wall Street
My wife's cousin, the suspect Scientololgist you remember, used to work on the trading floor in Chicago in the 90s. He was one of those obnoxious club drug master of the universe pricks like this. Yuck.
Marc Maron - Thinky Pain. Stand-up set. 14 LOL's, 36 giggles and 12 smirks. I liked it a lot. B-plus or A-minus
The Notorious Bettie Page. Good (not great). I enjoyed it. Gretchen Mol does a great job portraying Bettie, if you catch my drift. Interesting insight as far as Betty's fun-loving expressions in her pictorials. B or maybe B-minus.
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Wolf of Wall Street
My wife's cousin, the suspect Scientololgist you remember, used to work on the trading floor in Chicago in the 90s. He was one of those obnoxious club drug master of the universe pricks like this. Yuck.
A boring predictable way too long movie.
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Quote from: ez on March 29, 2014, 05:14:59 PM
Snowpiercer 10/10
fuck.
Fuck indeed. Awesome movie.
I've been on the fence about this, but by your reaction(s), I'll give it a go.
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the new capt America was pretty good. as far as marvel movies go..
Noah was a funny mix of silly and epic. Interesting moral questions. Kind of hamhanded. Some cool effects.
bible movies are funny..
Bernie on Netflix. Great performances by Jack Black and Matthew McConaughey. File under dark comedy.
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Blood in the Face, 1991 documentary about the modern klan and neo-nazi movement in America. Don Black (pre-Stormfront) and some other dumköpfs are in it. Kind of weird... The movie seems to be holding them up for ridicule, but in hindsight those people haven't gone away (hate groups on the rise since Obama was elected, the militia movement is probably stronger than ever) which is actually not so cute. Michael Moore does some of the interviews off-camera. Wikipedia says it's because the filmmakers backed out of it and since MM already interviewed those people before for a magazine article, he stepped in.
B minus.
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How I Live Now
A lot of elements going on in this movie. Not a lot of cohesion though. With everything kind of jumbled together with little regard to timing, and thrown at you without much understanding, it's hard to get the scope of the main plot features. An American girl is sent to stay with her UK relatives after her father has a new child, she immediately falls in love with her cousin, WW3 breaks out, nothing makes a lick of sense. Some heavy and dark themes emerge with mild suspense, but the movie overall was kind of tits up from the onset.
6.5/10 :-\
The Act Of Killing 1 >:(/10
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Haha, nice ending.
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I liked it,but there are some plot holes.
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I liked it,but there are some plot holes.
The whole story is one big plothole but its still the best, most imaginative movies I have seen in the last few month.
^what he said.
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I liked it,but there are some plot holes.
The whole story is one big plothole but its still the best, most imaginative movies I have seen in the last few month.
I thought it was good (the hero shit gets kinda old for me). I watched Enemy right after it and that won out for me with the two.
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Solitary vampire Rock n' Roll flick. Blood used as a heroin metaphor (infected, diseased caution of blood with a bonus high). Gothy tones in literature, music, culture of Olde English.. etc. Most of the backdrop is of decaying Motorcity. I have given away the whole movie by now, but.. I dug it.
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bible movies are funny..
Do you know what is the best bible movie of all time....
Cool Hand Luke
Great Expectations on TCM - weirdly rivoting.
I Heart Huckabees - Jason Scwartzman hires existential detectives (Lily Tomlin and Dustin Hoffman). I laughed a bunch. It borders on being a little too whimsical (thinking about the music in particular) but it was fun.
I'm like 10 years behind everybody else on Netflix... :-[
Five Deadly Venoms
How I had missed this one is a mystery to me.
Svengali,
2013 UK comedy/drama about a small town guy moving to London to manage a band. Some genuinely funny moments, Martin Freeman and Jonny Owens characters arguing about who's more of a Mod, made me chuckle.
Edit: forgot to rate it. 6/10
AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
Good companion to NEBRASKA, viewed a couple weeks ago. Solid cast and dark laughs mixed with not overly earnest drama. Was full of beer, coffee and Ruen Pair, which surely helped.
Under The Skin. Strange, atmospheric, very slow arthouse sci-fi starring Scarlett J. and her naked jugs. I had a mixed reaction overall, and it'll test your patience if you're not into the arthouse vibe, but I liked a lot of things about it, especially some of its stranger imagery.
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Under The Skin. Strange, atmospheric, very slow arthouse sci-fi starring Scarlett J. and her naked jugs. I had a mixed reaction overall, and it'll test your patience if you're not into the arthouse vibe, but I liked a lot of things about it, especially some of its stranger imagery.
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Yum. I'd be giving little kisses all the way down.
/sansresurfacing
Oscar nominee, for sure. (They give one for "best full-frontal in an otherwise boring motion picture," don't they?)
No. You're confusing that with "Breast full-frontal", which is a category in the Adult Video Awards.
Same basic award statue, just with tits.
There is some great YouTube footage outakes from I Heart Hucksbees.
Apparently Lily Tomlin hated the director and cussed him the fuck out quite often.
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that's weird, since she previously worked with (for?) him in Flirting With Disaster
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Quote from: JkFlesh on April 20, 2014, 07:45:13 AM
Under The Skin. Strange, atmospheric, very slow arthouse sci-fi starring Scarlett J. and her naked jugs. I had a mixed reaction overall, and it'll test your patience if you're not into the arthouse vibe, but I liked a lot of things about it, especially some of its stranger imagery.
[spoiler]
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Much appreciated.
American Hustle. good movie, but every time Louis CK is in a scene it turns into an episode of Louie. not that that's bad, just weird
Quote from: priest on April 21, 2014, 04:02:16 PM
American Hustle. good movie, but every time Louis CK is in a scene it turns into an episode of Louie. not that that's bad, just weird
I saw this this past weekend. Fuck man, I love Amy Adams.
hell to the yes. and I must say, Jennifer Lawrence played the shit outta her role
Snowpiercer...which was awesome, well..til the last half hour. Seemed they got long winded and kept it going pretty well then ran out of ideas at hour 3. It turns from a great mix of sci-fi, in your face violence (ala old Boy) to a screeching halt. i didn't think you could have a rushed ending on a 3 hour movie til I saw this..almost like the clock struck the mark, and someone yelled, "okay, wrap this shit up..." Leaves you with a feeling of a great film either undermined or just someone just plain fell asleep at the switch.
Quote from: EaterofBirds on April 24, 2014, 01:10:00 AM
Snowpiercer...which was awesome, well..til the last half hour. Seemed they got long winded and kept it going pretty well then ran out of ideas at hour 3. It turns from a great mix of sci-fi, in your face violence (ala old Boy) to a screeching halt. i didn't think you could have a rushed ending on a 3 hour movie til I saw this..almost like the clock struck the mark, and someone yelled, "okay, wrap this shit up..." Leaves you with a feeling of a great film either undermined or just someone just plain fell asleep at the switch.
I don't really see how it could have ended any other way.
I don't know..it kind of came to an abrupt ending for such a fast paced first couple of hours.
Felt kind of like an Event Horizon ending.."meet the maker" and the wheels fall off..literally. The polar bear scene was groan inducing. Otherwise I enjoyed the shit out of it.
Quote from: ez on April 24, 2014, 09:11:30 AM
Quote from: EaterofBirds on April 24, 2014, 01:10:00 AM
Snowpiercer...which was awesome, well..til the last half hour. Seemed they got long winded and kept it going pretty well then ran out of ideas at hour 3. It turns from a great mix of sci-fi, in your face violence (ala old Boy) to a screeching halt. i didn't think you could have a rushed ending on a 3 hour movie til I saw this..almost like the clock struck the mark, and someone yelled, "okay, wrap this shit up..." Leaves you with a feeling of a great film either undermined or just someone just plain fell asleep at the switch.
I don't really see how it could have ended any other way.
Totally loved it. Top notch sci-fi action flick. Great direction/ acting/ cinematography and the plot kept me guessing the whole time. Tilda Swinton was hilarious, Chris Evans was a great anti-hero and Kang-ho Song was totally bad-ass.
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Cool documentary about a 70's cult in California. Awesome acid rock soundtrack by the cult's band, tons of footage and hot 70's chicks.
Saw it about a year ago and wholeheartedly agree.
I think I need to see that.
Being a kid in the 70's was cool, I can only imagine how awesome it would have been to be a teenager or young adult.
Quote from: ez on April 11, 2014, 03:37:38 AM
The Act Of Killing 1 >:(/10
Seriously? I would love to hear your thoughts. I can't imagine how someone could not find
any redeeming qualities in that film.
I saw it recently and thought it was remarkable. Truly unique for damn sure. It seemed quite contrived and I have a bit of a problem with it being called a "documentary," but i think it is a top notch film and worth a watch from everyone.
I took that to mean an "Angry 10 out of 10".
I gotta watch the Source Family documentary, I have one of their albums (Ya Ho Wha 13 "Penetration - An Aquarian Symphony"). A solid Freak Rock album, arguably a classic.
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Quote from: ez on April 11, 2014, 03:37:38 AM
The Act Of Killing 1 >:(/10
Seriously? I would love to hear your thoughts. I can't imagine how someone could not find any redeeming qualities in that film.
I saw it recently and thought it was remarkable. Truly unique for damn sure. It seemed quite contrived and I have a bit of a problem with it being called a "documentary," but i think it is a top notch film and worth a watch from everyone.
I stopped watching after 45 mins. didn't feel like watching another 45 mins of sadists reliving their glory days. it was redeeming in that I now know never to go to Sumatra
I'm 4 years late in finally watching this. 231 minutes, but since I've somewhat followed him off and on since the 80's I enjoyed it.
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Quote from: Lumpy on April 26, 2014, 02:31:47 AM
I took that to mean an "Angry 10 out of 10".
yep.
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Quote from: EaterofBirds on April 24, 2014, 01:10:00 AM
Snowpiercer...which was awesome, well..til the last half hour. Seemed they got long winded and kept it going pretty well then ran out of ideas at hour 3. It turns from a great mix of sci-fi, in your face violence (ala old Boy) to a screeching halt. i didn't think you could have a rushed ending on a 3 hour movie til I saw this..almost like the clock struck the mark, and someone yelled, "okay, wrap this shit up..." Leaves you with a feeling of a great film either undermined or just someone just plain fell asleep at the switch.
I don't really see how it could have ended any other way.
I agree. I thought it done real well.
It surprised the shit out of me, went somewhere I never expected. Good film pick. Thanks.
Wolf Creek 2! Lots of fun, if you like this sort of thing. Moves quickly and goes in unexpected directions. The original still haunts me; the sequel is fun, but not nearly as disturbing/scary.
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Quote from: JkFlesh on April 29, 2014, 08:12:56 PM
Wolf Creek 2! Lots of fun, if you like this sort of thing. Moves quickly and goes in unexpected directions. The original still haunts me; the sequel is fun, but not nearly as disturbing/scary.
Thanks for the heads up. I felt the same about the first one.
Love story between two people with social anxiety I liked it a lot.
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Saw this one tonight on iTunes/Apple TV. Not bad, not great. Better than the average horror being churned out these days, but by no means a classic. Kept my interest for the duration, which is only 85 minutes. If you just need a horror fix, you could do a lot worse.
I did worse last night. drunkenly watched:
Dark House 3/10
The Borderlands 6/10
Savaged 4/10
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Nice to see Cage in a good role but Tye Sheridan is really somebody to watch. And the bum they got off some Austin-corner to play his dad (Gary Poulter) is impressive too. Movie is OK to good with some great scenes but eventually to predictable.
On a scale of 1 to The Wicker Man, how is his inevitable freak out?
Out of the Furnace was one of the few newer movies I almost walked out on. Predictable to a T...the only redeeming factors were never fully developed. Cliche and suckage is all I got out of the steamer.
Watched Blue Ruin finally yesterday...Loved it.
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Subtle..smartly written and directed and violent as hell.
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On a scale of 1 to The Wicker Man, how is his inevitable freak out?
Somewhere around 5. No real freak out but the scene in which he brings his bulldog to the whorehouse is funny in a fucked up way.
Whitewash - 8/10
Noah - 8/10
nu-RoboCop - 7/10
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"Here Comes The Devil."
Pretty great.
The Return/Vozvrashchenie - 8/whatthefuckdidIjustwatch
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Lots of good violence, but I thought the prequel, Outrage was a lot better.
Yeah this one didn't do a lot for me. The elevator scene was good though.
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Sexy chicks, lot of violence, fun.
Thor :The dark world, lots of action with no script
Quote from: whoshotthefrog on May 22, 2014, 11:22:06 AM
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Lots of good violence, but I thought the prequel, Outrage was a lot better.
good enough to make me go back and watch the original.
just saw x-men days.. solid comic movie. some real cool parts and visuals..funny in all the right places. 4 out of 5.
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I can't believe I waited so long to see this movie.
You can tell how many movies were influenced by Jacob's Ladder and this after they both came out. It come across as cheesy by today's standards but I can see how this was revolutionary for it's time. Mickey Rourke could have really been something.
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Sexy chicks, lot of violence, fun.
Ah, I skipped over this movie after watching another H&G movie that had some teen actors in it. I made it less than 10 minutes into that cheesy film, and it was so bad, I refused to watch this one. :D
Me thinks I need to give it a chance.
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I can't believe I waited so long to see this movie.
You can tell how many movies were influenced by Jacob's Ladder and this after they both came out. It come across as cheesy by today's standards but I can see how this was revolutionary for it's time. Mickey Rourke could have really been something.
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Classic.
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Sexy chicks, lot of violence, fun.
Ah, I skipped over this movie after watching another H&G movie that had some teen actors in it. I made it less than 10 minutes into that cheesy film, and it was so bad, I refused to watch this one. :D
Me thinks I need to give it a chance.
I thought it was pretty much, not good.
It's not a good movie, but it is entertaining. Apparently the unrated DVD adds 10 mins of violence-I'm trying to track it down.
Yeah, I know it's old(er) however, A light/hard comedy romp which I enjoyed, if your a fan of
Giamatti (spell that right?)....
and a drinker of fine wines, this is awesome, fuck, I'll throw this in for my latest lady
mid-summer afternoon, cork some bottles and cork some more - you dig. Ha!
One of the few movies I'll keep in disc and watch incessantly, or drink and watch
incessantly, win-win either way, it gets drippy, Haden Church is great in this giving
lots of comic relief...but give'er a go. Well done.
10/10
don't know if I'd go 10 on that but it's a damn good movie
How is that movie 10 yrs old? What the fuck has become of my life???
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Ha! It's funny I think it has more to do w/moving to Niagara country (St. Catharines)...which is big
wine country here - and divorcing
after 13-blissful years w/the woman...just faded-out I suppose, and I moved back to Toronto, got
the band together, rented a 24/7 studio and saw this DVD on the Lakeshore in a flea market and
bought for $5...didn't think much of it but man, it hit home.
Btw, my avater pic is my new girlfriend - so take that ex! ha!
My ex was a Naked News achor I think most people here know, regardless, I'm happier
and the settlement monies was a bonus!...c'mon smiley! ;D
Constanza Mengotti?
Ha, black you so funny, no, Roxanne West...13yrs w/the bit*h...ha, she was good.
Don't make me breakout the wedding photos son. :)
No, I meant your "new" girlfriend/avatar.
I remember when you posted about you and R.W.
It gave me the sads, but your attitude, perspective and quick bounce back were inspiring.
For real.
I just clicked here.
I Love you man.
;D
Thor: The dark world
For whatever reason, I was conned into seeing the latest Adam Sandler movie, "Blended" and it was, with little to no hyperbole, one of the worst movies I've ever seen. I mean, I thought "Grown Ups" was bad, but, damn, this one made that one look like "Bridge Over the River Kwai" or some shit. What the fuck is Adam Sandler doing these days? Just cranking unmitigated shit and smiling all the way to the bank? It's to the point the movies are so bad it's almost like they've become parodies of themselves, yet nobody seems to be in on the joke (even Sandler himself). Just atrocious.
I still love Punch-Drunk Love. Everything he's done since, is frankly, none of my concern.
It's probably hard to know that you're making shit when everyone around you tells you how awesome you are, and you're filthy fucking rich. Just a guess.
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Not sure if I posted this yet. Got this on DVD 2 x-mas' ago and only watched it recently during a short cable outage one afternoon. Had all of the trappings of a good movie, just not done well. Good cast, somewhat underutilized; boring, rushed plot.
7.5/10
(Worth a watch on TNT I suppose :-\)
Quote from: GodShifter on May 29, 2014, 11:32:41 AM
For whatever reason, I was conned into seeing the latest Adam Sandler movie, "Blended" and it was, with little to no hyperbole, one of the worst movies I've ever seen. I mean, I thought "Grown Ups" was bad, but, damn, this one made that one look like "Bridge Over the River Kwai" or some shit. What the fuck is Adam Sandler doing these days? Just cranking unmitigated shit and smiling all the way to the bank? It's to the point the movies are so bad it's almost like they've become parodies of themselves, yet nobody seems to be in on the joke (even Sandler himself). Just atrocious.
It's a not so well kept secret that he sees these movies as paid vacations (they always seem to be in some nice place, I'm guessing Blended isn't any different), and a way to make his friends some money. If the studios continue to give him funding and people continue to shell out money to see the movies he's not going to stop. And why should he?
Being a fan of his from the Billy Madison/Happy Gilmore days (not embarrassed, fuck you) I can't even fault him for this. The guy is playing the system - more power to him. And occasionally some gems or semi-gems like Funny People and That's My Boy (yes, I liked that one too, fuck you) get made. And from what I've heard, he's a genuinely decent person. I'll continue to watch his good and mediocre stuff, and avoid the really bad stuff.
Control (Joy Division bio pic)
Good cast and the direction seems fine, but not much of a story there (he's 23 when he dies, not much time to cover). No real insight into his character or the band, beyond stuff you probably know already if you know anything about Joy Division (except maybe that he had an unhappy marriage, and epilepsy). Doesn't seem like enough reason to kill yourself on the eve of your first US tour, but maybe that's just me. I wasn't a huge Joy Division fan (so maybe I missed the part about marriage and epilepsy IRL). They were certainly an interesting band (from an era where there were loads of interesting bands) so maybe more fandom might have kept me engaged (or conversely, made me even more disappointed by the lack of depth). It's not a bad film at all, just a letdown. Based on a book by his wife (and co-produced by her) so a lot of screen time spent on the marriage. Maybe she didn't get to know him extremely well.
In the extras "The Making of" they show color footage (the film is in black & white, but it was shot on color film for it's smaller grain structure, then color-corrected B&W). Well the color footage versions just look a LOT better IMO. The film is just emotionally flat, and it looks flat too. And maybe that seemed like a clever aesthetic choice in the planning stages, but in reality it mostly works against the film IMO, since we're supposed to care about what we're watching, right? There's also a few vibey shots in B&W (look how alienated!) which maybe seem a little too overwrought. On the positive side, the gig and band related scenes seem to feel authentic, which is more than you can claim about many 'rock' bio-pics.
6/10
I really liked Control, and compared to terrible rock & roll movies like What We Do Is Secret it seemed like a win.
big time. don't mistake somber for flat
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Cold in July..
Good escapism from the director of stakeland. Michael c hall shedding his Dexter skin in fun/violent revenge flick. This and Blue Ruin...all sorts of win. Kind of a 70's noir feel...to both actually.
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X-Men: Days of Future past 8.5/10
The Grand Budapest Hotel 8/10
Edge of Tomorrow 7.5/10
Side Effects 7/10
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit 6/10
Non Stop 5/10
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i watched this a while back. dark.
Goodbye World - 5.5/10
Here Comes The Devil - 6.5/10
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^that was slightly more entertaining than that abomination that was Non-Stop.
The Raid 2 - holyshit/10
Quote from: ez on June 26, 2014, 09:10:22 AM
The Raid 2 - holyshit/10
I didn't think they could top the first one, but I think this one may even be better.
The actions is better in the second one, no doubt, but I do really enjoy the minimalistic, no-bullshit approach of the first one.
Quote from: ez on June 27, 2014, 03:58:02 AM
The actions is better in the second one, no doubt, but I do really enjoy the minimalistic, no-bullshit approach of the first one.
Yeah, the attempt to be a gangster saga fell flat and got awkward at times. Better to focus on the action like the first film.
But the action scenes.... Well, goddamn. Just fucking amazing. The chick with the hammers was probably my favorite.
Can't argue with that. I need to dig up the version they screened at Sundance, which contains even more violence.
also
Under The Skin 10/10
thanks to boltthrow for the recommendation. fantastic movie!
Bobcat Goldwaith's Willow Creek.
Found footage horror, a genre that always divides people but I liked it.
Quote from: ez on June 27, 2014, 08:12:18 PM
Can't argue with that. I need to dig up the version they screened at Sundance, which contains even more violence.
also
Under The Skin 10/10
thanks to boltthrow for the recommendation. fantastic movie!
Shit, there's another version with more violence?
I need to get my hands on that.
There's a shoot-out scene that's apparently been cut from the movie to achieve an R rating. The link to the scene is below. I haven't viewed it yet though as I'm sure I'll be able to dig up the unrated version at some point and have enough patience to wait for that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs_Qhmiz40E (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs_Qhmiz40E)
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Phoenix was creepy as fuck, but I liked this movie.
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This was ok. Wasn't terrible, but a little predictable. I laughed a few times and a i didn't even fall asleep once during the movie. So, I'll give it a 6/10.
Quote from: ez on July 01, 2014, 03:49:34 AM
There's a shoot-out scene that's apparently been cut from the movie to achieve an R rating. The link to the scene is below. I haven't viewed it yet though as I'm sure I'll be able to dig up the unrated version at some point and have enough patience to wait for that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs_Qhmiz40E (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs_Qhmiz40E)
Thanks.
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Story was spit out of a plotitron 2000, but the ape effects were fucking incredible.
I give it a B
My boy Drew gives it an A. Tons of ape action.
I am the difficult brown.
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Fucking intense. Recommended to anyone that liked the first one or torture porn in general.
4 out of 5 bloody finger stumps.
I am the difficult brown.
Sabotage..
Actually liked it. Dumb and intentionally cliche (at least I hope..) but good for laughs and bad acting. Kind of like the train wreck that is Con Air
Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes.......dug it, it was like the "Empire Strikes Back" of the Apes films
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I actually thought this was a funny movie. Bateman was pretty good in it, and the line he gave a fellow contestant's mother at the restaurant was hilarious. Of course I can't remember what it is right now. Worth a rent.
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Story was spit out of a plotitron 2000, but the ape effects were fucking incredible.
I give it a B
My boy Drew gives it an A. Tons of ape action.
I am the difficult brown.
I dug it a lot..def a good sequel. it could have ended a little darker. I felt it didnt quite live up to the billing of 'the empire strikes back' of the planet of the apes series though..
Dead Snow 2 - 8.5/10
Just saw Snowpiercer at the local arts theater. The movie critic in our paper raved about it and gave it 5 stars. I usually agree with him, but I would have taken at least half a star off for all the exposition. Show me, don't tell me.
Earth has frozen over and what's left of humanity is circling the planet on a supertrain. The social hierarchy still remains, with the lowly folk in the last car, fighting to get forward in a series of revolutions. Not realism, kept me interested all the way through.
Last couple of Redbox rentals:
Hobbit 1 - Meh
Hobbit 2 - Meh (slightly better than Hobbit 1 because the Dragon was cool)
Lone Ranger - Terrible!
Wolf of Wall Street - Excellent
American Hustle - Excellent
Grand Budapest Hotel - Charming. It's a bit slow at first but stick with it.
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Awesome. Whole cast is just mindblowing great.
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Good. Nice example for a low-budget-scifi-movie that works.
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One of the better films i've seen in the last few months.
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meh.
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8.5/10
Expendables 3 - 5/10
Need For Speed - 7/10
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neat.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/05/quentin-tarantino-universe_n_5649325.html (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/05/quentin-tarantino-universe_n_5649325.html)
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Under The Skin. Strange, atmospheric, very slow arthouse sci-fi starring Scarlett J. and her naked jugs. I had a mixed reaction overall, and it'll test your patience if you're not into the arthouse vibe, but I liked a lot of things about it, especially some of its stranger imagery.
Saw this at the weekend. Thought it was fucking incredible. So so weird and other-worldly. Takes the basic concept of the book (the book is excellent too but very different) and just goes for a full on mind-fuck. I can see why it took the Director forever to make this because it's one of those films that's always on the brink of being completely ridiculous and not working, but instead it keeps going and you can't keep your eyes off it. The ocean rescue scene is completely alien, cold and doomy. So good, a few other scenes too spoilery to mention are also a visual treat.
Sci-fi in Glasgow!
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Terrible
The Wind Rises 9/10
Calvary 8/10
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 7.5/10
Dallas Buyers Club with Matthew McConaughey
Excellent movie. I strongly recommend this one.
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Great movie and Jude Law is awesome as the lead character. I think he is Oscar worthy but I know he'll never be considered.
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Great movie and Jude Law is awesome as the lead character. I think he is Oscar worthy but I know he'll never be considered.
Its a fun movie but a bit too obvious a show-off-role for Law.
Beyond the Black Rainbow - the plot is paper thin (and if you blinked during key points, possibly incomprehensible) but this homage to 80's low budget Sci-Fi looks absolutely amazing, and the soundtrack and sound design is incredible, especially if you appreciate electronic music. A case where atmosphere and minimalist production design trumps storyline and logic. Some people will find this one boring, but I absolutely loved it. Wear headphones or put subtitles on - much of the dialogue seems to be whispered, and the flimsy plot points will be totally lost if you aren't paying attention. Style over substance, absolutely.
A-
Quote from: Lumpy on September 08, 2014, 12:19:29 AM
Beyond the Black Rainbow - the plot is paper thin (and if you blinked during key points, possibly incomprehensible) but this homage to 80's low budget Sci-Fi looks absolutely amazing, and the soundtrack and sound design is incredible, especially if you appreciate electronic music. A case where atmosphere and minimalist production design trumps storyline and logic. Some people will find this one boring, but I absolutely loved it. Wear headphones or put subtitles on - much of the dialogue seems to be whispered, and the flimsy plot points will be totally lost if you aren't paying attention. Style over substance, absolutely.
A-
Agreed, 100%, great movie, amazing analog synth soundtrack and 80s retro sci-fi feel. One of the first Blu Rays I bought. I love this movie.
Just saw the new British prison drama Starred Up. Great cast, really intense. Essential viewing.
Watched "The Machine" on Netflix today. Good indie sci-fi. I enjoyed it.
Spiderman 2 sucked....Especially in comparsion to Captain America and Guardians of the Galaxy.
Sony needs to give up their Spiderman license and give it back to Marvel.
Locke 7/10
Lord of Tears 5/10
13 Sins 5/10
Watched Cheap Thrills because I love David Koechner. Entertaining, but fairly predictable. B, B-
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Quote from: Lumpy on September 08, 2014, 12:19:29 AM
Beyond the Black Rainbow - the plot is paper thin (and if you blinked during key points, possibly incomprehensible) but this homage to 80's low budget Sci-Fi looks absolutely amazing, and the soundtrack and sound design is incredible, especially if you appreciate electronic music. A case where atmosphere and minimalist production design trumps storyline and logic. Some people will find this one boring, but I absolutely loved it. Wear headphones or put subtitles on - much of the dialogue seems to be whispered, and the flimsy plot points will be totally lost if you aren't paying attention. Style over substance, absolutely.
A-
Agreed, 100%, great movie, amazing analog synth soundtrack and 80s retro sci-fi feel. One of the first Blu Rays I bought. I love this movie.
Yeah, I love this movie. Terrible plot, and slow as hell. Amazing atmosphere, soundscapes, and vibe.
Great homage to 80's horror at the end too. Two teenagers in the woods drinking beer and listening to Venom, I wonder what's gonna happen???
I just saw The Giver. I liked it, though it felt a bit rushed. It's a short movie, I wish they'd gone into detail about a couple more things. It's a decent "smart" sci-fi, in that it doesn't degenerate into a mindless action flick AKA Divergent or Elysium. Mindless shooting/killing with a flimsy sci-fi premise ain't my bag, and this movie transcends that ilk, though I felt that some key plot points were just not developed or explained very well...
Quote from: Dylan Thomas on September 17, 2014, 01:30:12 PM
some key plot points were just not developed or explained very well...
^this. And the last scene was completely redundant.
good thread. this site has some treasure!
very recommended. best film I've seen in ages. or at least, first actually GOOD one...
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Oculus 9/10
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Coherence: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2866360/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2866360/)
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Best movie I've seen in a while.
The thing with re-watching Up In Smoke on weed, is that it will totally remind you of the first time you saw Up In Smoke on weed.
It just seems to have that effect.
(yes, i re-watched it last night)
it may be the most consistently repeatable win-win in life
An awesome statement of truth, priest.
It never fails to deliver as well as crack me up.
For so many reasons.
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Somehow I'd never seen this before, but goddamn if I didn't cry at the end.
Quote from: black on September 30, 2014, 01:27:29 PM
The thing with re-watching Up In Smoke on weed, is that it will totally remind you of the first time you saw Up In Smoke on weed.
It just seems to have that effect.
(yes, i re-watched it last night)
Woke up at the asscrack of dawn on my birthday in August, got stoned as fuck and watched this movie. Then I watched the next two Cheech and Chong movies, though I passed out and went back to sleep during the third one. Good times...
I'd say you are doing it right, my friend.
Quote from: The Shocker on September 30, 2014, 09:06:57 PM
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Somehow I'd never seen this before, but goddamn if I didn't cry at the end.
Best part: Tim Thomerson dancing.
Gene Hackman is on my Mount Rushmore of reliably great actors.
HOLY SHIT!!!!
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"Annabelle" is reliably from the makers of "The Conjuring" and "Insidious" -- same texture, same art design, same family in peril story, same creaks and thumps, same use of expert to give our heroes some insight into possession, same use of dolls, hallways and lurking demons.
That said, a couple nice scares and unsettling moments.
One genuinely horrifying moment that has nothing to do with demons.
Quote from: Token on October 04, 2014, 11:04:01 PM
HOLY SHIT!!!!
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Cinderella biopic?
Gone Girl, Priest.
Or as I would have titled it "Damn these Hoes are Crazy."
I thought it was shockingly bad. Though I did like the scene I believe you're referencing. That and the robbery were the two real surprises (other than Tyler Perry being so likeable).
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Quote from: black on September 30, 2014, 01:27:29 PM
The thing with re-watching Up In Smoke on weed, is that it will totally remind you of the first time you saw Up In Smoke on weed.
It just seems to have that effect.
(yes, i re-watched it last night)
Woke up at the asscrack of dawn on my birthday in August, got stoned as fuck and watched this movie. Then I watched the next two Cheech and Chong movies, though I passed out and went back to sleep during the third one. Good times...
Did you have... NICE DREAMS? ;)
The Rover..loved it
Godzilla..saw it in theater, think I liked it more second time
American Muscle...sick, fun..
Under the Skin...liked it..weird, subtle..need to watch again
Concussion..Liked it..good soft porn/melodrama...plus good lesbo scenes from SOA ladies..
Enemy..another solid film, weird ending..and in hindsight, premise
Really anxious to see The Rover - A24 Productions are changing the indie landscape IMO (Big Stars in great character roles/films)
I agree wholeheartedly..as you can see I will watch just about anything that comes out of that studio
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Quote from: Dylan Thomas on October 01, 2014, 07:40:33 PM
Quote from: black on September 30, 2014, 01:27:29 PM
The thing with re-watching Up In Smoke on weed, is that it will totally remind you of the first time you saw Up In Smoke on weed.
It just seems to have that effect.
(yes, i re-watched it last night)
Woke up at the asscrack of dawn on my birthday in August, got stoned as fuck and watched this movie. Then I watched the next two Cheech and Chong movies, though I passed out and went back to sleep during the third one. Good times...
Did you have... NICE DREAMS? ;)
Yeah, I dreamed I was an iguana ;)
Nebraska - A black-n-white indie film with Bruce Dern.
It's a bit slow but I recommend sticking with it. At it's core, its a father/son story but really the whole entire family is envolved in various degrees. There are a lot of landscapes shots of Montanna, South Dakota, Nebraska which I loved.
I don't want to say much more about it but I really liked the film. You need some patience but it's worth it.
EDIT: The only thing that baffled me is why it was Rated R. I see it as a PG-13 movie at best.
The Hunt
excellent film..http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2106476/
Saw The Book Of Life with my kid. Gorgeous, but kind of boring. The kid loved it.
John Wick was awesome! Totally surprised.
Ditto. John Wick was good.
^^
I didn't like it as much as you guys. The actions scenes were really good and it's got a lot of style. I just couldn't get past the bad plot and all the cliches.
It's not a bad movie though.
I could be mistaken, because I have not seen the film, but looks to be all flash and little substance purely in a tongue in cheek sort of thing...? I'm getting that from the trailer anyways..wonky lines, over the top action sequences..and if done right can be so bad it works..
It's the films that try to be serious and "fringe" that fail for me more often than these types
Quote from: EaterofBirds on October 28, 2014, 01:18:50 PM
I could be mistaken, because I have not seen the film, but looks to be all flash and little substance purely in a tongue in cheek sort of thing...? I'm getting that from the trailer anyways..wonky lines, over the top action sequences..and if done right can be so bad it works..
It's the films that try to be serious and "fringe" that fail for me more often than these types
The thing is that the actions scenes are much better than the usual fare. There are no hyperknectic edits or CG - just straight out ass kicking. The action scenes are really exciting. But the plot sucks. It really sucks.
The way I see it - It was a good director vs. a bad screenwriter. I'm really divided on this picture to be honest.
and if done right can be so bad it works..
Nail right on the head, wasn't expecting Oscar performances from anyone.
Token and I should have our own movie review show.
I believe I read that it was directed by stunt men.
Sent from my anal chakra with 3rd degree Reiki
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Good time.
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I waited for the DVD. It was actually a pretty fun movie.
I was pleasantly surprised with Edge of Tomorrow. I thought the director did a nice job keeping the time loop angle pretty fresh.
Starred Up 9/10
Interstellar 9/10
Edge of Tomorrow. I liked it. I'd say 8,5/10 - the last scene was pretty redundant for me.
Get on Up - Started out shaky, but got better as it went on. Glad I watch the HBO Doc Mr Dynamite before watching this though......the more I think about this movie, the more I like it....James was a crazy tyrant, but oh so funky.
20 Feet From Stardom
10/10
Nightcrawler - nice and creepy but the media criticism is a little forced. Gyllenhaal is great but the character has no real depth - its all fake smiles and psycho-eyes. The movie picks up a lot during the last third.
ZOMBEAVERS!!!
I SHIT YOU NOT!
i thought it was not that bad to be fair.
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^ I didn't quite get the premise at first. Overall, interesting film.
6.5/10 for me personally. I think others might enjoy it more.
Yeah, didn't get 'Snowpiercer' either, I always ask dumb relevant questions like:
Where do they shit/piss?
Where's all the water/food/alcohol/fuel coming from?
...of course these are redundent questions b/c your just suppose to assume.
/meh.
my buddy said that nobody gave a shit about Breaking Bad in Europe because the premise was ridiculous. why would you need to sell meth when there's free health care?
oh, those silly Europeans
:D
:'(
I saw Hercules with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
Pros: It's better than the Lou Ferrigno version of Hercules and some of the recent "Clash of the Titan" movies.
Cons: The CG effects seem worse than normal. The movie is nothing special.
Overall: If you are bored, you could do worse this movie.
The Giver - it stayed pretty close to the book, I dug it.
Cabin Fever: Patient Zero. Pretty terrible, but decent gore. Poor Sean Astin. This and The Strain?
The Sacrament. Basically a dramatization of the Jonestown Massacre. Probably best if you aren't familiar with the story, but still fucking creepy.
Willow Creek. Basically a remake of The Blair Witch Project but with Bigfoot. Directed by Bobcat Goldthwait.
Quote from: priest on November 15, 2014, 06:35:15 PM
my buddy said that nobody gave a shit about Breaking Bad in Europe because the premise was ridiculous. why would you need to sell meth when there's free health care?
oh, those silly Europeans
I can't speak for all Europeans cos there's a fuckload of us, in many very different countries, speaking many different languages... in fact, a lot of them moved to AMERICA once, killed the locals and moved in. their descendants now call themselves quarter Irish, one third dutch and shit like that, which not only points out that AMERICANS don't understand fractions, genes, nationalities or the consummation process (i.e. it takes 2, not five, or eight)... but despite claiming this heritage, still seem to think 'Europeans' are all the same.
So yeah, us in the UK fucking loved Breaking Bad. mainly cos of the swearing and explosions.
Big Hero 6
My son loved it & I wasn't bored. Nothing groundbreaking.
you're so touchy, Chesty!
I KNOW!!! ;)
we forgive you 'Merkins. cos you makes good TV. so good in fact that I cancelled my cable and now just watch 'the internet'.
Sin City 2: A Dame To Kill For - Meh, not as good at the 1st one
hey irratebass, been a while! :)
Mocking Jay Part 1. The wife and I were high as fuck, which is always fun. The movie was so-so. They don't do as well with political intrigue etc as they did with kids killing each other in an arena.
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Not my kind of movie at all, but I really liked it and I fucking love Genny Slate. She can have my abortion any day.
abortion themed rom-com?! ???
Yep
The Straight Story. 10/10.
The Babadook 9/10
Predestination 9/10
The Zero Theorem 8/10
Housebound 7/10
Chained. Really good movie with a stupid "twist" at the end. Vincent D'Onofrio as a serial killer that raises his "son" to be a serial killer.
Quote from: The Shocker on December 01, 2014, 10:25:07 AM
Chained. Really good movie with a stupid "twist" at the end. Vincent D'Onofrio as a serial killer that raises his "son" to be a serial killer.
Vincent D'Onofrio is responsible for one of the worst movies I've ever seen. "Don't Go Into the Woods" about a rock band and their groupies who are systemically murdered while on a camping trip to get "inspiration" for new songs. Absolutely a fuck hole worthless piece of dog shit.
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I had low to zero expectations going in, but enjoyed it overall. It does shift direction really, really fast and I think that's where alot of the hate comes from. If you roll with it then it's a well done B-movie. If not then, yeah - it kinda sucks.
Into The Storm - Story sucked, but who really cares about a story when it comes to disaster films? The special effects were really good, and it was a fun movie.
American Sniper 7/10.
Birdman 8/10.
I wanna see Birdman
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Birdman 10/10
Beware of Mr. Baker
Ginger Baker doco.
Really good. Still a huge raging prick but you get to see his humanity as well
Sound of Noise looks interesting, thanks for the preview
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Anybody seen The Babadook yet? Been getting really good reviews.
11 posts above you bub.
Missed it. I don't pay much attention to just numbers.
WHAT???
It seems just like yesterday you and d-lung were number rating everyone's posts.
You were a pioneer!
I always explained my ratings.
That you did.
ez!
explain yourself!
(as far as the babadook goes)
We went to see Wild last night just to see a movie. I liked it.
Also, guess who goes to see Wild on a Monday night at 8:55? Lesbians.
Lipstick or full on diesel?
Quote from: The Shocker on December 08, 2014, 04:47:15 PM
Anybody seen The Babadook yet? Been getting really good reviews.
Bolt panned it, weeks ago.
Hmm
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Anybody seen The Babadook yet? Been getting really good reviews.
Bolt panned it, weeks ago.
Panned it? I posted the trailer 'cause it looks good! (I haven't seen it yet though).
I've gone through the following stages with it:
1. Saw the title - WTF?
2. Genre sites started mentioning it - cool, interested
3. Every review is positive - excited
4. Actually read the reviews - grow concerned as the mainstream critics seem to be reading a lot into this movie.
As it is on OnDemand I'll still watch it, but I am trying to temper my excitement.
(I was confused, Bolt's review was for Annabelle.)
Under the Skin was good, but too much time spent on Scarlett Johansen driving around in a van.
She looks very sturdy without her clothes on :)
do you need to see the older hobbit movies before the new one??
I watched both of those hobbitzes movies together a couple of months ago. I remember like 5 minutes of them, and those flicks were a combined 5+ hours long. Seriously, I thought it was one long, boring-ass movie.
To answer your question: Yes, you're likely gonna want to watch them first.
well, after your description, I think im going to pass all together. thanks man..
NP, I never liked them "rings movies" either.
St Vincent - It was excellent, with great performances by all.
Shit, late to reply. Anyhow, without giving too much away it's a horror movie that's so much more than just a horror movie. If you like old school psychological horror you're probably going to like it.
As for recent shit:
The Guest 8/10
so campy and so good. and an amazing soundtrack too.
The Equalizer 7/10
The Hobbit 3 6/10
Tusk 3/10
Anabelle 6/10
I Origins 7/10
Predestination 8/10
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Didn't hate it, but Robot and Frank was much better.
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Quote from: EaterofBirds on April 24, 2014, 01:10:00 AM
Snowpiercer...which was awesome, well..til the last half hour. Seemed they got long winded and kept it going pretty well then ran out of ideas at hour 3. It turns from a great mix of sci-fi, in your face violence (ala old Boy) to a screeching halt. i didn't think you could have a rushed ending on a 3 hour movie til I saw this..almost like the clock struck the mark, and someone yelled, "okay, wrap this shit up..." Leaves you with a feeling of a great film either undermined or just someone just plain fell asleep at the switch.
It was only 2 hours, dude.
But the ending was a bit of a letdown for me too. Helluva movie all around.
Quote from: bitter on December 14, 2014, 12:58:53 AM
I watched both of those hobbitzes movies together a couple of months ago. I remember like 5 minutes of them, and those flicks were a combined 5+ hours long. Seriously, I thought it was one long, boring-ass movie.
To answer your question: Yes, you're likely gonna want to watch them first.
The dragon was the only interesting character in the movie (and he doesn't appear until the 2nd film)
Quote from: The Shocker on December 08, 2014, 04:47:15 PM
Anybody seen The Babadook yet? Been getting really good reviews.
Is there a connection?
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Dug it until the end, and I was like wtf? ???
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I enjoyed it and it was great seeing these 2 work together again, but again the end was just meh.
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Really enjoyed this one and great performances
free on amazon prime
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8/10
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10/10
I finally got around to seeing Troll Hunter too, great flick loaded with dry comedy.
12 Angry Men - Loved it. Deserving of its "Classic" status. I need to watch more classics.
Re-watched Bernie and liked it even more than I did the first time.
The Score (2001 DeNiro/Norton) was pretty bad.
Nightbreed Director's Cut (1990)
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Watched it recently on Netflx. Had high expectations having loved Hellraiser I and II with this having same director. First half was good but the second half really dragged on.
Nightbreed was 1990? I would have sworn it was earlier. I liked it when it came out, need to see the director's cut. Cronenberg was good in it.
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I like the twin story line for obvious reasons.
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It could have been 20 minutes shorter, but a decent flick.
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Dug it until the end, and I was like wtf? ???
No shit.
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ugh. It did have Reagan Youth's
Heavy Metal Shuffle playing in the titty bar scene. Other than that I just passed out from boredom watching it.
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Read the book some twenty years ago and only remembered that the freezer truck was a lot of fun. It still is. Directed and co-written by Roger Sterling and he did a very good job on both counts. Impeccable cast with the lawnmover man from True Detective having a great scene. More dark comedy than crime drama - like the book.
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Read the book some twenty years ago and only remembered that the freezer truck was a lot of fun. It still is. Directed and co-written by Roger Sterling and he did a very good job on both counts. Impeccable cast with the lawnmover man from True Detective having a great scene. More dark comedy than crime drama - like the book.
^
Not anyone involved best work, but I still enjoyed it.
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I like the twin story line for obvious reasons.
Is that the one where she goes full frontal noodles or is that another movie?
I saw 'Annie' with my daughter and it made me (more) homicidal. Horrendous.
It wasn't that great when she was white either.
/opinion
Quote from: black on January 09, 2015, 05:07:30 PM
It wasn't that great when she was white either.
/opinion
Oh, I have no doubt ...
IT'S A HARD ROCK LIFE
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How did I never see this movie until now? Good shit.
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Good god, it was awful.
Quote from: GodShifter on January 09, 2015, 04:35:18 PM
I saw 'Annie' with my daughter and it made me (more) homicidal. Horrendous.
Did she like it?
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Documentary about the finding of a Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton in the Black Hills and the legal battle over it between the archaeologists, the US government, and the owner of the land where the skeleton was found.
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Good, but a tad long.
good?
[edit] oh
Hum saw Uk made Pride the other day.
Rather good!
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It was pretty good, but In Bruges and The Guard.
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I like the twin story line for obvious reasons.
Is that the one where she goes full frontal noodles or is that another movie?
No full frontal noodles that I recall....bummer
Finally saw the third Hobbit movie, in 3D. About a half hour in I realized it was just gonna be pretty much one long cliche but it was probably too late to get my money back. So I just chilled out and watched it, but overall pretty boring.
I watched Malificent the other day. I expected it to be complete shit and the reviews were not very good. So I'm surprised to say that I enjoyed the film.
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It was pretty good, but In Bruges and The Guard.
Really enjoyed Calvary, not seen The Guard and pissued off I missed it on TV here recently.
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It's not that bad (not really good neither), but I just wanted it to end, alot.
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I thought I would hate it, but was so drunk that all I remember is I need to rewatch it.? So, it kept a drunk interested.
Poots may be the most unfortunate name for an actor yet
I have a thing for Poots. She is a looker.
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id hit it..
There's Something About Pootsy
I'm surprised there wasn't more of a fuss here about Scarlett Johansen being hella naked in "Under the Skin".
She looks rather sturdy, without all those clothes on. I thought she would be a delicate little wisp.
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It wasn't amazing, but the ending did surprise me.
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Finally watched it, now I hate white people >:(
Election (Reese Witherspoon movie) - really fucking good. If I had watched it when it first came out, i would have re-watched it several times by now.
Chinatown - ehhhh...pretty fuckin good movie, but I don't see it as one of the greatest ever. Maybe I should have seen it decades ago.
Exit through the Gift Shop - Holy fuck! Not what I was expecting at all! I thought it was going to be all about Banksy or a modern day Style Wars, and I didn't need that because Style Wars is classic. Loved this shit!
Robot & Frank - really enjoyed it and would recommend, even though I didn't feel satisfied by the ending.
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Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) - Great film based on the killing spree of Henry Lee Lucas and Ottis Toole. Very disturbing scenes.
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Man On Wire - doc about the guy who walked a tight wire between the twin towers. Really good film and the "Man" is a cool/crazy character.
They Call It Myanmar - doc about (duh) Myanmar (Burma). Mainly watched it because I have a friend who lives there and some friends going to visit. Pretty decent. Good for anyone interested in travel or history. Or humans.
In Bruges - Really fucking good dark comedy involving hitmen, drugs, and a midget.
Chef - Really good happy movie about food and family, directed by and starring Jon Favreau.
Just saw FROZEN
Figured I should see what my 4 year old niece has been going on and on and on and on and on and on aboot.
and?
Quote from: Jor el on February 06, 2015, 09:48:42 PM
Just saw FROZEN
Figured I should see what my 4 year old niece has been going on and on and on and on and on and on aboot.
i actually dug it, first disney princess movie ever that wasn't about a princess' dependence on a prince.
my 4yr old daughter was like 'meh', but dug olaf. i liked the razor sharp arrows on the crossbows.
Best part of Frozen were the Arrested Development references. Good all around though.
The Machinist - more like The Meh...chinist. Put me to sleep a lot faster than it did Bale's character.
Frequencies - Interesting/unique/odd romantic/sci fi/existential story. Pretty fuckin good.
American Sniper - Boring as fuck. I'm not politically ootraged or anything, but it's pretty bland.
Saw "Spongbob SquarePants: Out of Water" or whatever it was called. I think even my 9 year old daughter was bored with it.
GRADE: F
I'd never seen SBSP cartoon before and I can see why now.
Saw "Paddington" on the day of the SB, and it wasn't bad.
GRADE: C+
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Birdman was really good.
Quote from: astroman on February 08, 2015, 11:27:20 PM
Birdman was really good.
Seconded. Nearly brilliant even. It's a real shame the score won't be permitted into the Oscars selection. It pretty much made the movie.
Others:
Kill The Messenger 8/10
Big Hero 6 8/10
Before I Go To Sleep 7/10
John Wick 8/10
American Sniper - I dug it, and glad they didn't really glorify him with his home life, he had issues.....I blame his dad
Fury
John Wick
Dug 'em both. Wish Fury hadn't gotten so rah-rah-rah conventional in the second half because the first hour was truly disturbing.
John Wick's fight scenes were great. Not The Raid level, but clearly influenced by its style. Very raw and clearly shot.
Gone Girl - wasn't a total waste of time but it ain't all that. Story is kinda clumsy and the lead actors are pretty shitty.
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind - Not as good or crazy as I thought it would be. Lots of style, but just OK.
Joe - Not much style, and also just OK.
The Drop - Fairly boring but decent.
Kill Bill - Yeah I've seen it a bunch of times, but watched it again last night. Now that's a fucking film.
^ Yeah, watched both parts of Kill Bill back to back the other day. I love Uma.
Watched Edge of Tomorrow yesterday. Really good movie, I don't understand how that wasn't a hit. Had Shaft's girl in it & she was badass.
Quote from: JkFlesh on February 09, 2015, 04:49:54 PM
Wish Fury hadn't gotten so rah-rah-rah conventional in the second half because the first hour was truly disturbing.
True. The first half was a more graphic version of Big Red One and really gripping but the finale was so conventional is became boring.
Inherent Vice 9/10
Probably my favourite P.T. Anderson movie to date.
Don't watch this one sober.
Quote from: ez on February 19, 2015, 05:54:55 PM
Inherent Vice 9/10
Probably my favourite P.T. Anderson movie to date.
Don't watch this one sober.
Really? Better than
Boogie Nights and
There Will Be Blood? Jesus, I gotta see this thing.
Quote from: lowdaddy on February 19, 2015, 09:23:05 PM
Really? Better than Boogie Nights and There Will Be Blood?
NO.
Quote from: retardgroove on February 19, 2015, 10:53:43 PM
Quote from: lowdaddy on February 19, 2015, 09:23:05 PM
Really? Better than Boogie Nights and There Will Be Blood?
NO.
You didn't like it? Or just not as much as his classics?
It was fun, "just not as much as his classics".
Ok, maybe not better than Boogie Nights.
Quote from: ez on February 19, 2015, 05:54:55 PM
Inherent Vice 9/10
Probably my favourite P.T. Anderson movie to date.
Don't watch this one sober.
Definitely my favorite PT Anderson so far. I love noir, the book is great, Pynchon is great, and it's really fucking hilarious with a great cast.
Yeah, I'm taking back what I said above - I like it more than Boogie Nights.
BETTER THAN BOOGIE NIGHTS????!!!!!! Holy shit!! :o :o :o
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Horns.
What kind of M night shamalam nonsense that was. That movie didn't know if it was coming or going.
6.5/10
Quote from: ez on February 20, 2015, 08:57:04 AM
Yeah, I'm taking back what I said above - I like it more than Boogie Nights.
That's bold. I'm moving it to the top of my netflix queu.
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The Host is awesome!
Just finished watching Byzantium, British vampire film, it was really good...
Quote from: JemDooM on February 21, 2015, 05:20:53 PM
Just finished watching Byzantium, British vampire film, it was really good...
Check out this also.
But, it does not have super sexy chicks cutting off heads like Byzantium.
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Sweet thanks rg, can't believe I didn't know about this...
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Yeah, I'm taking back what I said above - I like it more than Boogie Nights.
That's bold. I'm moving it to the top of my netflix queu.
Very bold.
I watched The Party Animal. Terrible 80's sex comedy.
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this.....not a Dorff fan, but he pulled it off, good intense flick
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Citizen Four
how was St. Vincent?
Quote from: priest on February 24, 2015, 11:09:13 PM
how was St. Vincent?
I thought it was a great movie. Bill Murray is awesome as always and the connection he develops with the young kind was wonderful. At first he found the kid to be annoying, but then as the time they spent together grew, he began to accept the kid and like and care for him. Very rarely do I buy movies DVDs any more but this will probably be one that I purchase soon.
This movie probably leans more towards cheap gore payoff than the religious commentary some of the reviews indicate, but all in all a decent premise and much better than the dime a dozen title and cover graphic would have you expect. From the director of the great office comedy meets slasher flick "Severance". Worse ways to kill a beer, and on Netflix now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj3Jw1DLGpA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj3Jw1DLGpA)
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good?
that's what I need: an Oz inmate drill instructor threatening to stomp a mudhole in my fat ass if I take a break before the set's over
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Been catching more series and films from New Zealand as of late, and love their quirky, independent style. Unfortunately, this film was a letdown. Touted as being a horror comedy, this movie fell apart as it progressed. Early on, the mood was heavier and more neurotic which had a traditional drama-like approach. As the horror elements increased in the middle of the movie, the level of suspense seemed fairly tame. By the end of the movie, all of the story's darkness was gone and replaced by "Home alone" styled humor.
Again, pretty disappointing attempt at what going to be a cliche plot line. 5.5/10
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Black, Sludge, and Doom Metal references within the first 5 minutes. This was a great weekend time killer. Stupid and funny.
"Fuck you and the mustache you rode in on" :D
8/10
I've been watching that The Jinx show on the HBO
and? I've DVR'd them, but haven't watched it yet.
It's a lot of fun.
That creep is fucky.
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It's a lot of fun.
That creep is fucky.
Just watched
Watership Down for the first time in years.
/old fart
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Damn, that movie was pretty badass.
Hey r-groove, L. Ron, juan and everyone else, have ya'll seen Skatetopia: 88 Acres of Anarchy?
I caught it a while back.
It's on Netflix and also available for free, here;
http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/skatopia_88_acres_of_anarchy (http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/skatopia_88_acres_of_anarchy)
I saw it a few years back. I would need lots of naps if I went to that thing at this stage in life.
:D
Saw Skate-topia a number of years back and thought it was stunning. Charging people to leave the festival instead of entry - fucking brilliant.
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7.5/10
Whiplash - Excellent performances, but the story was kinda meh
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Hated it. Didn't make it thru it, hated it, fuck this movie to death.
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7.5/10
and
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I can't remember what happened in the Winona Ryder ALIEN
nah..i didn't see it, but that that's because it sucks..
It was good.
Jinx guy was arrested yesterday.
'Killed them all, of course' :o
That was some sad fucked up shit.
It Follows. Great horror movie, really well made and suspenseful, with a pervasive sense of dread throughout.
I want to see that Flesh
Just recently watched Stakeland.......Wasn't too bad, and I like the whole concept of the world not just the states being overrun by vampires, not zombies for once....it's on Netflix.
Fast & Furious 7 9/10
Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead 8/10
Why Don't You Play In Hell 8/10
Stretch 7/10
Top Five 7/10
Kill Me Three Times 5/10
Watched It Follows. Enjoyed it even though the end was weak. Not scary, but creepy.
Fuck you!
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7.5/10
Tried to watch this fucking thing last night. It's terrible. I don't even understand what it is supposed to be. It's not funny. It's not thrilling. It's not dramatic. Not one of the characters has a single interesting aspect....it's just gray nothingness.
Birdman
Pros: Good cast and acting, snappy dialogue, big ensemble thingy with long tracking shots Robert Altman style, visually appealing, thematically ambitious, consistently engaging, fun ride.
Cons: it's about fucking goddamn actors. ::) A little bit confused, with the magical elements mixed with more serious elements. Slightly pretentious. Adds up to less than you've expected, possibly.
B
Quote from: JkFlesh on March 27, 2015, 10:26:41 AM
It Follows. Great horror movie, really well made and suspenseful, with a pervasive sense of dread throughout.
It was really good. I want to see it again just for the tall guy coming thru the door, that was creepy.
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Quote from: JkFlesh on March 27, 2015, 10:26:41 AM
It Follows. Great horror movie, really well made and suspenseful, with a pervasive sense of dread throughout.
It was really good. I want to see it again just for the tall guy coming thru the door, that was creepy.
That scared the shit out of me!
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These X-men flicks never really resonated with me. I find the back story interesting, but the overall action bores me. Same thing as the Hobbit/LotR movies.
Not sure how many movies they've produced as of now, but this one and the wolverine offerings were pretty enjoyable.
8/10
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Quote from: Lumpy on April 12, 2015, 05:38:18 PM
Birdman
Pros: Good cast and acting, snappy dialogue, big ensemble thingy with long tracking shots Robert Altman style, visually appealing, thematically ambitious, consistently engaging, fun ride.
Cons: it's about fucking goddamn actors. ::) A little bit confused, with the magical elements mixed with more serious elements. Slightly pretentious. Adds up to less than you've expected, possibly.
B
Couldn't agree more, I just couldn't put it into these words......so eloquent.
Watching a movie on a plane is about the worst way to see anything. But even so, fair comments.
I saw Whiplash the other night. Not bad at all. Recommended!
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If I wanted to see someone getting yelled at all the time I could just move back home. No thanks.
Quote from: vonzombie on April 17, 2015, 09:55:32 PM
Oh I watched Inherent Vice on a plane. It was boring. Whiplash was also boring.
Agree with both
Inherent Vice is fucking great.
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Here is a fight scene from the film. Awesome scene.
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Did you buy any of what they said?
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Did you buy any of what they said?
It was interesting, but part of me thinks that the people interviewed in the film are a bunch of "intellectuals" that had nothing better to do than pick apart Kubrick and the film. Although, some of what they said made sense, most of it seemed to be people just trying to come across as an expert and dissect everything to form some type of conspiracy theory. For the most part it was a decent documentary, though.
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Quote from: retardgroove on April 27, 2015, 10:08:09 PM
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Did you buy any of what they said?
It was interesting, but part of me thinks that the people interviewed in the film are a bunch of "intellectuals" that had nothing better to do than pick apart Kubrick and the film. Although, some of what they said made sense, most of it seemed to be people just trying to come across as an expert and dissect everything to form some type of conspiracy theory. For the most part it was a decent documentary, though.
I agree with that assessment. this documentary is totally focused on the fake moon landing angle. I bought it hook, line and mortlock:
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Watched this last night on a great website not sure if some of you know or not called http://movietube.co/ (not affiliated with the site, just passing on the info)
I wasn't crazy about the plot, but I enjoyed Hardy's performance, and Gandolfini was basically Tony Soprano (no big stretch)
Watched this last night. Sam Riley is uncanny as Curtis, right down to the jerky arm dancing.
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Just watched What We Do in the Shadows. Thought it was good, would watch again. Comedy mockumentry about a group of vampires, co-written by Jemaine Clement from Flight of the Conchords.
Guy (Christian Bale) goes a year without sleep starts going insane. It's on Netflix worth a watch.
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I saw avengers/ultron. it was good in a mindless way. I think im done with marvel..
Ex Machina 9/10
Wild Card 7/10
Case 39 6/10
Avengers II 8/10
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I saw avengers/ultron. it was good in a mindless way. I think im done with marvel..
I liked the movie but I was mildly disappointed too.
the thing is..where do you really go from here.. the hulk can only smash so much shit. theres only so many iron man suits, they have managed to drag this story out for like a decade now and theyre still years from being done..who cares..
you could CGI the Hulk to do this:
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I'd pay $10.50 to see that. and sneak in a flask and take 3 choker hits in the bathroom
$10.50? Do you have a time machine?
they charge MORE now? shows how long it's been since I been to the theater
I watched a documentary about Hustler magazine on Netflix. They interviewed some owner of the MF gallery in Chicago on it.
Avengers....had to get ready for the new one which I am plan on seeing tomorrow.
$10.50? Damn I always go to the matinee, and order a kids meal.
Well, that was kinda depressing.
Avengers: Age Of Ultron.....I dug it
Quote from: JkFlesh on April 22, 2015, 02:29:46 PM
Inherent Vice is fucking great.
Finally saw this, and I agree with you. Abstract. Weird. Bizarre dialog. Terrific movie. I was still thinking about it the next day, and I want to watch it again to try and figure some stuff out. Highly recommended.
Quote from: JkFlesh on March 27, 2015, 10:26:41 AM
It Follows. Great horror movie, really well made and suspenseful, with a pervasive sense of dread throughout.
Agreed, but damn what a shitty ending to a great story.....very original, I just wished they would have done more with it.
Watched this for the second time last night. Best revenge movie.
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Wasn't horrible, but wasn't great either. It was a solid rent.
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I liked this film. Has a Western feel to it, and the new Mexico landscape was really nice to look at. Ghost Dog was great, and Keitel played his role pretty good because I hated his character throught the entire film. Definitely worth checking out.
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Did you buy any of what they said?
Watched Room 237 as well.
And no.
I gathered that some people have entirely too much time on their hands and spend it believing weird bullshit.
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Pretty good.
I bought the book a year or so ago and I'm glad I did. It digs deeper into most of the Crew's history and is well written.
That said, this was still a cool movie if you dig behind-the-scenes- type of musical history stuff.
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Four British wannabe-muhajedin struggling (and failing) to get their act together. Funny.
^^great movie
Mad Max 10/10
Chappie 6/10
Kingsman 8/10
Ex Machina - 8/10
Hot Tub Time Machine 2 - About what I expected...I was bored 3/10
Nightcrawler - Jake Gyllenhall 8/10
Charade - Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant, Walter Mattheau, James Coburn & George Kennedy 7/10
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That's a good one.
I saw that forever ago. Loved it if i recall correctly. Gotta see it again.
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Nah.
Looked fantastic for an era-piece, but the acting was somewhat poor and the plot was kind of fucked about 2/3 of the way through. I didn't care for some of the camera cuts as they made the plot a little confusing. It made key moments feel rushed and insignificant.
kind of limp dick by the end. 6.5/10
Saw Tomorrowland as my wife got free tickets. Not a bad sorta family movie.
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Lowdaddy & Socket, I dug it, but man the main fight between Begbie and Guy was kind of weak, maybe the film hasn't aged well, but I liked the concept & Begbie ruled as always
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I smelled conservative undertones.
Quote from: irratebass on May 26, 2015, 02:01:41 PM
Lowdaddy & Socket, I dug it, but man the main fight between Begbie and Guy was kind of weak, maybe the film hasn't aged well, but I liked the concept & Begbie ruled as always
My overall taste has definitely changed since then. It could be terrible, I don't know. It's like shit like the Matrix that seemed great at the time but is just too cheezy and stupid. Or how about The Crow. I tried watching that again... What a pile of flaming shit.
the No No Dockumentary. fucking great
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Couldn't get passed the 1st 45 mins
Man, I couldn't get into it
I pretty much dug it.
I imagined that was what it would be like to be in the Brian Jonestown Massacre.
Frank seemed classic Anton Newcombe.
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Recommended for L.Ron
Read good things about that one.
The soundtrack is supposed to be great.
How'd you kike it, Dunedin?
It's a good movie, black. Very true to the era and the scene (as much as I'm aware) One or two of the actors didn't quite get their accents right but apart from that it's very entertaining.
Nightcrawler just went up on Netflix. Fucking superb.
El Infierno (The Infierno)
Ordinary guy gets caught up in the Mexican drug cartel violence. Great movie although the ending was maybe too fantastical. I'd recommend it especially if you liked Breaking Bad as the premise is similar.
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It wasn't terrible.
JAWS - 40th Anniversary print on the big screen. Me and the wifey went and seen it yesterday. She hasn't seen it since she was a kid, so it as like it was brand new for her again.......she jumped a couple of times. ;D ;D
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How was it?
This was way better than I thought it would be going in.
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How was this?
I won't give any spoilers, it's disturbing to watch, one man's descent into madness.
It's on Netflix, worth a watch I guess.
Quote from: irratebass on June 25, 2015, 02:05:08 PM
I won't give any spoilers, it's disturbing to watch, one man's descent into madness.
It's on Netflix, worth a watch I guess.
I'll have to check it out. I'm a pretty big Cormac McCarthy fan.
I remember teaser thing for child of God a long time ago but didn't realize they made it into a full movie. Gotta check it out.
I've heard Child of God is an extremely unpleasant, ratty film. It's not hard to believable, given how grim the novel is. I think I'll pass, even though I'm a big McCarthy fan too.
I saw '71, set in Belfast that year during the height of the conflict with the IRA and other many competing factions. Mostly a riveting chase film, really well made and gripping. Highly recommended.
Late at nite, bored stoned alone, got this off my Rogers on Demand shite, really enjoyed it regardless - great stoner horror.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2781832/
Quote from: Bro. Righteous on June 28, 2015, 07:47:22 PM
Late at nite, bored stoned alone, got this off my Rogers on Demand shite, really enjoyed it regardless - great stoner horror.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2781832/
Thanks, will add to my list.
Finally watched :
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While I think the movie was fair - C+ to B-, it did have a lot that really hit close to home with me. Years of little sleep, hundreds of tantrums, having a strange kid that nobody really wants around, that kind of stuff.
Fuck you!
Dom Hemingway 8/10
Feuchtgebiete 9/10
Quote from: irratebass on May 15, 2015, 02:58:06 PM
Quote from: JkFlesh on March 27, 2015, 10:26:41 AM
It Follows. Great horror movie, really well made and suspenseful, with a pervasive sense of dread throughout.
Agreed, but damn what a shitty ending to a great story.....very original, I just wished they would have done more with it.
Cinematography, acting and the overall atmosphere are all top notch. The story and the ending were a little underwhelming but overall this was a great movie.
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Somewhat boring, but Margot Robbie was nice tolook at.
Ant man was decent.
Thumbs up and good for the kids.
Ant Man a solid B. It has its moments and Ms Lilly to look at for the Dads.
T5 - silly but worthy sneaking into FOR FREE after Inside Out.
Inside Out - wonderful.
We didn't make it to Trainwreck yet.
take it to the wildly popular Inside Out thread
Quote from: MadJohnShaft on July 19, 2015, 10:18:24 PM
Ant Man a solid B. It has its moments and Ms Lilly to look at for the Dads.
T5 - silly but worthy sneaking into FOR FREE after Inside Out.
Inside Out - wonderful.
We didn't make it to Trainwreck yet.
solid B means red box to me anymore these days..
Nightcrawler - started out somewhat disturbing, but got predictable pretty quick, before ending as a dark comedy.
I rate it 7/10 WTF's.
Trainwreck was okay. A couple funny lines but very standard (and bloated) rom com stuff complete with montages and inexplicable fights in order to have a resolution later. Most of it seemed like Judd Apatow just wanted to hang out with NBA stars.
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Sin City - A Dame to Kill For
Story was paper-thin, weak and flimsy, even for a comic book. I started checking the remaining time at the halfway point (50 minutes). Lots of great images, and cringe-worthy moments too. I guess all the hard-boiled cliches are supposed to be a feature, not a bug (but sometimes backfired). Mickey Roarke was great in the role of Marv. Joseph Gordon-Hewitt, not so much. The images often looked too cleaned-up (example - the perfect costumes of the gang girls of Old Town). Overall, weak sauce. I would watch a third installment though... first one was good, and when the formula works, it delivers.
5/10
Babadook 7/10
A lot of horror movies are stupid, horrible and embarrassing -- this is a classy low-budget Australian psychological thriller which is character-driven. A little bit dry, but some nice creepy parts too. I watched it on an iPad which definitely blunted some of the suspense (compared to seeing in a theater). Not essential viewing, but you could certainly do worse.
Ex Machina
8/10
Quote from: Lumpy on July 22, 2015, 07:57:12 PM
Sin City - A Dame to Kill For
Story was paper-thin, weak and flimsy, even for a comic book. I started checking the remaining time at the halfway point (50 minutes). Lots of great images, and cringe-worthy moments too. I guess all the hard-boiled cliches are supposed to be a feature, not a bug (but sometimes backfired). Mickey Roarke was great in the role of Marv. Joseph Gordon-Hewitt, not so much. The images often looked too cleaned-up (example - the perfect costumes of the gang girls of Old Town). Overall, weak sauce. I would watch a third installment though... first one was good, and when the formula works, it delivers.
5/10
I tried watching this, fell asleep maybe halfway through and haven't felt the need to try again.
The 1997 "Funny games". Found it pretty disturbing whilst on buzz. Was pretty good tho. I'd give it 7/10.
the new mish imp kicked ass.
Foxcatcher
Welcome To Me
The Shipping News
Nightcrawler was good enough. It surprised me actually.
Saw Terminator: Genisys last night. Stupid, of course, but definitely fun. T1 is one of my favorite movies of all time. Up there with UHF.
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How was this? I really want to see it.
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Just added this one to my Netflix queue earlier today....
American Sniper, it was okay because of the hot wife character.
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How was this? I really want to see it.
Beautifully filmed and creeps along with a nice slow burn chiller feel..creepy kids, especially twins, are well...creepy.
No spoilers here, but the ending left me just a little off..still, hard to kill a great flick over it. 8/10...
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Just added this one to my Netflix queue earlier today....
great fucking film
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I actually enjoyed this...its promising for a debut, obviously borrowing from Lynch and Winding Refn...hell even Fincher and Carpenter..wanted to hate it, but didnt
Straight out of Compton was amazing
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The Raid: Redemption (#1) great fun. All action, plot was good enough. 8.5/10
Black Swan: Natalie Portman/Mila Kunis are hot, the movie has lots of good aspects, but slightly disappointing with an ending that's very cliche "Darrin Aronofsky" (or whatever) - 7/10
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pretty cool, pretty neat
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Has anybody seen Wetlands? Just heard of this recently.
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Fantastic cheesy retro 80s film...
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Just added this one to my Netflix queue earlier today....
great fucking film
Finally got around to watching this. Thoroughly enjoyed and I wasn't high. Highly recommended.
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Good.
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Sicario is getting great reviews. Plus my second wife, Emily Blunt, stars. Non-stop action.
I gotta see Black Mass.
I just hope I can get past Depp looking like an alien.
My brutha thought the preview was for a horror film.
Terminator: Genisys 5/10
Turbo Kid 10/10
1/3 thru blue ruin. Loving it so far.
Finished it. Fucking great.
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Sicario Seen this morning- not too bad, if understated.
finally got around to seeing a million ways to die in the west.
I loved it. one of the funniest movies ive seen in a long fucking time.
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dope.
Yeah, been dying to see this ?
Deathgasm 9/10
Into The Grizzly Maze 6/10
Extinction 7/10
Ted 2 6/10
The Martian - excellent.
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Good.
very good. Johnny Depp is incredible as Whitey, best actor oscar worthy for sure
Cop Car was beautifully shot, minimalistic..etc. Started off good.
but the writing was sluggish. This COULD have been so good..and well, fell flat. 4/10
Southpaw ---Just a dumb movie "gritted up". Gyllenhal was good. That whole "oscar push on the initial" media hype is maybe for actor only. The movie is pretty terrible 3/10
Back Country - Okay film..brutally disturbing Grizzly scene. 5/10
The Partisan - Australian arthouse/cult film. Very well done. I was engrossed in this from beginning to the credits rolled. 7/10
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cannot wait for this one...
Quote from: EaterofBirds on October 05, 2015, 12:36:12 PM
cannot wait for this one...
Is the film supposed to be in 3D WITHOUT the glasses or what
Dope - pretty good I thought
Deathgasm - highly recommend
Just saw "Killer Legends" by the same guys that did "Cropsy". Documentary investigating urban legends. It's well done but sometimes the douchyness of the film maker dudes is hard to stomach.
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any good?
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any good?
I liked it a lot. It's a biopic of his life consisting of interviews with his family and many comedians. I laughed pretty hard reliving some of his Saturday Night Live skits.
Cool, I'll check it out.
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Stop giving Eli Roth money to make this crap.
Knock Knock was absolute tripe. Fuck Roth in the face, and Reeves only takes a step back in his sudden "role resurgence" with awful script and wooden acting back in full force in this one.
Beasts of No Nation is on Netflix and it's incredible
I was shocked how bad Keanu's acting is even in the trailer of Knock Knock.
I loved Sicario.
Knock Knock is shockingly bad. I was pretty pissed off at myself for watching the entire thing hoping for a somewhat decent payoff. Dem titties were nice though.
Beasts Of No Nation is really good.
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Wasn't as good as the 1st one, but it had some laughs.
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I liked it. A lot. It's a "slow burner", like running in about 2 hours +, but it's well made for a dime budget..and good to see.
Graphic, tense period piece. Where Ravenous didn't take itself too seriously, this one leans into the darker side of the "Donner Party themed" western/horror.
Lacked a tension building score and a little back story on the cannibal indians, but other than that it's a cool little cult horror classic. Good cast...and Russell is badassery. Eli Roth could take a lesson or two from this director in both script and cinematography..and well, directing
Terminator Genisys
Dope
One was total crap, the other really good.
The Gift 8/10
Especially noteworthy was the fact that Joel Edgerton wrote, directed, produced and acted in it, and not too badly either I might add.
Beasts of No Nation was pretty great, finally caught that on NF
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This managed to sneak by. Great little sci-fi flick.
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the new vacation is funny as fuck.
Quote from: mortlock on December 02, 2015, 12:35:17 AM
the new vacation is funny as fuck.
Were you high while watching it? I haven't seen it, but just curious
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the new vacation is funny as fuck.
Were you high while watching it? I haven't seen it, but just curious
I was and I agree with mortlock that it was pretty fucking funny.
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Push, starring Chris Evans, Dakota Fanning and Dkimon Hounsou.
Something about people in the future having a bunch of special abilities and an evil American government organisation that is kidnapping said special people and experimenting on them and trying to make them more special, but in most cases they just kill them. For some reason the film is set in China.
Pretty shit.
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Did you like it? I thought there were a lot of good things about it but I figured out the main twist almost immediately and that sucked a lot of the suspense out of it for me.
Quote from: irratebass on December 02, 2015, 02:52:28 PM
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the new vacation is funny as fuck.
Were you high while watching it? I haven't seen it, but just curious
i was actually totally sober. it was the kind of retarded humor i love.
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Did you like it? I thought there were a lot of good things about it but I figured out the main twist almost immediately and that sucked a lot of the suspense out of it for me.
this...
More please.....
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More please.....
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2nded
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Did you like it? I thought there were a lot of good things about it but I figured out the main twist almost immediately and that sucked a lot of the suspense out of it for me.
It was a good move but not great. I was able to figure out the plot twist pretty early in the movie just like you did. I did like watching the interactions between the twins though. Reminded me of my brother and I.
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Better than I thought it would be, and LeBron James was pretty funny in it.
Just watched that Sarah Silverman drama "I smile back."
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Rad.
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rad scenery and acting, a little long in tooooth.
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Meh, Danzig was in The Prophecy 2 which was meh. Rollins plays his low budget Biblical role to what end?
Sicario was great.
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YESSSS!!!!!!!
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Just finished up The Revenant..what a fucking movie 9/10..blew me away
That Rollins movie, I made it 25 minutes in and shut it off.
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Been in a Nic Cage mood lately, some of these have been god awful:
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Inspired film making of the highest order. Editing, writing, quirky ideas - all the pieces fit and the performances are all top notch, maybe the best movie of 2015. Did I say that I really liked this?
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Inspired film making of the highest order. Editing, writing, quirky ideas - all the pieces fit and the performances are all top notch, maybe the best movie of 2015. Did I say that I really liked this?
I read the book and the film does a good job of condensing it down to 2 hours. I would recommend this for both the quality of the film and because you need to be informed about why things went south in 2008.
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Had to stop the Nic Cage fil festival and checked this out
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100% nudity 90% of the film
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I loved it, I thought it was a very original story, and the actors were spot on, very long, but very good.
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Not a "so bad it's good" film, but it was funny, and watch once and forget
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Meh
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Cool, straight-forward reporter movie, almost old-fashioned. Reminded me of the last Wire-season and then I realized, after checking IMDB, that director Tom McCarthy played reporter Scott Templeton in that season. Cast is great although I have a hard time watching John Slattery and not seeing Roger Sterling.
The Revenant 9/10
Quote from: ez on January 14, 2016, 10:31:58 AM
The Revenant 9/10
Really? I usually agree with you but I was a little underwhelmed, and I think Inarritu is a brillant director. Production, cinematography, direction and acting, everything is close to flawless but the story was weak. If I had seen the movie without any idea what it was about it might have been different. But even having a general idea of the storyline made the first half too predictable.
After saying that, its still a good movie but more 6 or 7 out of 10.
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Quote from: jmucke on January 14, 2016, 03:01:41 PM
Quote from: ez on January 14, 2016, 10:31:58 AM
The Revenant 9/10
Really? I usually agree with you but I was a little underwhelmed, and I think Inarritu is a brillant director. Production, cinematography, direction and acting, everything is close to flawless but the story was weak. If I had seen the movie without any idea what it was about it might have been different. But even having a general idea of the storyline made the first half too predictable.
After saying that, its still a good movie but more 6 or 7 out of 10.
Haven't seen it yet, but doesn't Leo get raped by a bear?
Quote from: jmucke on January 14, 2016, 03:01:41 PM
Quote from: ez on January 14, 2016, 10:31:58 AM
The Revenant 9/10
Really? I usually agree with you but I was a little underwhelmed, and I think Inarritu is a brillant director. Production, cinematography, direction and acting, everything is close to flawless but the story was weak. If I had seen the movie without any idea what it was about it might have been different. But even having a general idea of the storyline made the first half too predictable.
After saying that, its still a good movie but more 6 or 7 out of 10.
Well, I guess that's what made the difference, as I went in without having any idea what the story was. Thought the name of the movie did pretty much give a lot of the plot away.
And you're right that the story was predictable. But I don't think it's about that.
[spoiler]I think for the first time someone actually made a "comes back from the near-dead to exact revenge on everyone" movie that was entirely believable and convincing, which in itself is not an easy feat.[/spoiler]
I also think the atmosphere, acting and music were all fantastic. I would be fine with Leo finally getting his gold statue for this one.
and yes, Leo does indeed get raped by a bear.
Watched The Green Inferno. Forgettable.
Quote from: ez on January 15, 2016, 04:40:57 AM
and yes, Leo does indeed get raped by a bear.
Poor Leo :'(
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I believe the Nic Cage film festival is over now
Jeruzalem - Not bad, not great..low budget-y feel to the creatures, but held my interest. be warned; it's jumpy "google glasses" filmed perspective.
Room - Solid, solid film. Should do well in the Independent Film Awards
April 9th - Danish entry into the WWII film genre. Another good interesting take on a different angle of the German invasion of Denmark. Worth a look.
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meh.
meh as in you saw it and it was crap?
Irbass, what did you think of that Straight Outta Compton?
Quote from: Token on February 08, 2016, 10:48:34 AM
Irbass, what did you think of that Straight Outta Compton?
I really dug it......I didn't realize that it's Ice Cube's real son playing pops. I thought more and more about this film after watching it, so that means I really dug it. They really don't leave much out either....I don't want to spoil anything, but it is a really good music biopic....check it out.
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Quote from: ez on February 08, 2016, 03:27:34 AM
meh as in you saw it and it was crap?
yes, boring for a Coen brothers movie.
Ok, well that's a shame then.
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Supposed to take son and friends to Deadpool today
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DEADPOOL
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One of the better films I've seen lately
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Saw this at the theatre last night. Probably one of the better Creepshow anthology films I have seen. Almost better than VHS for me.
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Saw this at the theatre last night. Probably one of the better Creepshow anthology films I have seen. Almost better than VHS for me.
Im checking on this tomorrow..looked promising.
Saw this Friday matinee..
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I loved it, though it was slow until the midway/final act. Judging form the 6-7 kids sitting a few rows behind me, the "kids" will not like this. It's a slow burner that goes more for authenticity and story telling. Something sadly missing in today's cinema. By "horror" standards these days, the gore is relatively nil, the jumps just don't exist (which is a good thing), it's the overall feel and atmospheres and the overused descrip; overwhelming feel of dread. It's effective, and it's damn near perfect within the genre imo. If you like big robot movies, you will more than likely leave half way
Frank- loosely based on UK comic/musician Frank Sidebottom. This film hit me hard; deals with issues such as mentall illness, the pursuit of fame, suicide and has a (in places) breathtaking soundtrack. Michael Fassbender doesnt show his face for 90% of the film and its very poignant when he finally does.
Exit Through the Gift Shop- documentary or one big Banksy spoof? Who knows, but I enjoyed it.
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Saw this at the theatre last night. Probably one of the better Creepshow anthology films I have seen. Almost better than VHS for me.
This is a fantastic film, if you get to the bones of the story (purgatory, chances..etc etc) and as it is hokey at times, it makes up for in uniqueness and imaginative spin on the genre. It's like the best that someone like Barker/King could've written (but haven't)
8/10 for me..and I read post viewing that it gets better with more watches, as you pick up on more of the "tells". Good stuff
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Just watched Spotlight - it's out on Redbox now. Holy shit. <---unintended pun(?) metaphor(?) Stunning.
Trollhunter; It's Norwegian, subtitled and filmed in a Blair Witch style. But it has it's tongue firmly in it's cheek throughout much of the film. Well worth a watch, and the scenery is stunning.
Black Mass was great. Recently watched the Walk, also great.
Spy - Jason Staham was hilarious.
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Easily moved into one of my top 10 all-time movies.
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It's streaming on Amazon Prime now.
^^Saw that in a theater a few months ago. It was killer.^
Saw this the other night (amazon prime).
Kinda pissed me off because I was hopping Lars would be more of a dick.
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The Nice Guys
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Disappointing. Low rent "chase" film. Love Shannon in all of his roles, (including this one) but weak story/writing weigh this one down. Nothing explained. When the "ambiguous art-house film" takes a wrong turn.
Wanted to see this badly too...as I like Nichols/Shannon (Take Shelter), but this one is a great big ehh.
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This.
Ignored it for so long, and caught the last hour or so on Showtime last weekend...immediately went looking for it to watch the entire thing. This is a grainy, low-budget, shaky cam (retro style) that is a thing of nightmares once it gets going. No seriously 8/10.
Green Room - 8 cracked skulls / 10
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High Rise = Suckage
Green Room = Brilliant
Adderall Diaries = Extreme suckage
Carnage Park = Extreme suckage defined
I, Origins = Pretty excellent
What We Become = Pretty good
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Like the others said, good shit.
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Thought I would really dig it, but didn't even want to finish it/gave up.
^ yeah, Everybody Wants Some was pretty lukewarm considering the good reviews it got. I forced myself to finish it expecting something better to come from the second half, but was left disappointed.
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers Of Benghazi 7.5/10
Enjoyed it. Somehow not very Michael Bayish, which is a good thing.
"Dazed & Confused" is one of my favorite movies so I expected a lot from "Everybody Wants Some". Probably too much. Its fun but it felt like a movie that Linklater made over a couple of weekends while waiting for the kid from "Boyhood" to grow a little.
"Room" was slow but really impressive. Brie Larson is the actress that I thought Jennifer Lawrence would become after "Winter's Bone".
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A huge fan of Exorcist 3, I just watched this^ . If you dig Exorcist 3 you will find good shit in this. And the director's cut of Exorcist 3 is finally coming out.. https://www.amazon.com/Exorcist-III-Collectors-Blu-ray/dp/B01I4C1ZJK (https://www.amazon.com/Exorcist-III-Collectors-Blu-ray/dp/B01I4C1ZJK)
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This.
Ignored it for so long, and caught the last hour or so on Showtime last weekend...immediately went looking for it to watch the entire thing. This is a grainy, low-budget, shaky cam (retro style) that is a thing of nightmares once it gets going. No seriously 8/10.
Crazy, man, crazy. The title & the poster make seeing it almost irresistible. I'll try to find it.
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It was alright I guess.
gay.
I figured.
Green Room was tight.
The Lobster had an interesting idea, but by the mid way point it got boring.
Looking forward to the new Blair Witch as it's directed by the dude who did You're Next & The Guest.
STAR TREK: The Motion Picture
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Watched High-Rise. Loved the book, but the movie was meh. Not engaging at all.
Wonderfully Arty Campy
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Well, that sucked.
Best in Show
Is that Sherri Moon Zombie in the center of that promo pic?
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Quote from: Lumpy on September 18, 2016, 02:14:32 AM
Is that Sherri Moon Zombie in the center of that promo pic?
yes
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Well, that sucked.
Awful "film"...He needs to go away now
The new Star Trek (in theater).
Not great, but fun.
(Small) Spoiler alert:
When the crew goes on leave they briefly show that Sulu has a fella. I thought that was a real cool homage to reality, and the old show.
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I didn't hit the screening of this at Psycho. I finally got around to watching it this afternoon.
Quote from: neighbor664 on October 02, 2016, 06:43:45 PM
I didn't hit the screening of this at Psycho. I finally got around to watching it this afternoon.
It's a pretty cool documentary. If you look closely you can see several real stonerrockers names in the credits listed as backers. The Lo Sound one is a cool movie too.
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Slow, but interesting.
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I rewatched this again. I am not sure it is in my top 10 like I originally felt but definitely top 20.
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YES!!!!!!
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Dr Strange
Sausage Party
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Nothing groundbreaking story-wise but acting, writing and directing are all top notch. Some
sharp and funny dialogue.
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Nothing groundbreaking story-wise but acting, writing and directing are all top notch. Some
sharp and funny dialogue.
great movie, no need to downplay it as average or abouts...thought the cinematography, writing and script were tight. Showed a realistic peek into post-recession, post oil boom Texas. Like a fucking bomb went off down there.
Best movie I've seen this past year:
Arrival
Green Room
The Witch
Neon Demon
Evolution
Hell or High Water
American Honey
Eyes of My Mother
Peter and the Farm
Into the Forest
Southbound
The Handmaiden
Snowden
Elle
De Palma
Bodom
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Last night we watched Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon, which was a doc but it was shot like a movie (kudos to Mike Meyers).
Wow, this guy is so interesting- I can't believe I've never heard of him. He has the best how did you get in the business story I have ever heard. This is definitely worth seeing.
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I saw John Wick 2 last week. It's ok, the first one was much better though
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Saw Kong yesterday. Very little plot and what there was was dumb. Kong looked good and the battles were entertaining. Stay until credits are over & see where this franchise is going.
B-
Aren't they going to do a Godzilla vs Kong again?
Yeah, but the after the credits scene hinted at additional monsters.
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Great funny throwback to all the classic worship films of the 60's/70's - plus the lead actress is pretty damn fine in this. Hell, turn down the volume and just play Dopethrone or Come my Fanatics while watching this movie.
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This is what my Netflix sent me this week which somewhat annyed me.
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Not a Movie, but fuck you: The X-Files Season 6 episodes 4 & 5. Dreamland. Michael McKean plays Morris, a high ranking Area 51 agent that, due a tear in the spacetime continuum, caused during some kind of advanced alien craft test flight malfunction, "switches places" with Mulder. Well done, has deep conspiracy arc references and is fun at the same time... Michael McKean!
Saw The Void tonight. Stupid. Seemed cool for the first 10 minutes, great practical effects all throughout, great atmosphere and good score, but just random characters and random plot. Not very good, don't waste your time.
Stayed for Donnie Darko (orig theatrical cut) - one of my all time favorite movies, salvaged the night.
Oh yeah, theater is BYOB.
Quote from: socket on April 14, 2017, 12:03:09 AM
Saw The Void tonight. Stupid. Seemed cool for the first 10 minutes, great practical effects all throughout, great atmosphere and good score, but just random characters and random plot. Not very good, don't waste your time.
Stayed for Donnie Darko (orig theatrical cut) - one of my all time favorite movies, salvaged the night.
Oh yeah, theater is BYOB.
Oh man, must've not been in the mood. Sure there were a lot of characters, but by the end, I knew who everyone was. I loved it. it's what Baskin, or even Hellraiser should've been, as far as story and effects. I loved this film, but I also have a penchant for these type of throwback films, that are done right...unlike...the throwback films themselves.
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Sean Byrne double feature the other night.
The Loved Ones is probably one of the most overlooked because it took forever to get released in the US, though being from quite a few years back. Essential.
The Devil's Candy is great, but on a lower level than The Loved Ones. Either way, do these back to back and you have two killer films.
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was in the mood for something big and dumb, and this is exactly that. I mean, we did need some real updating over the original and the failed reboots of the last 30 years. I didn't hate it at all. I usually make it an hour or less into this stuff and shut it off, but I watched it through...plus I want to do the sex stuff to Brie Larson. Stay through the credits for a tease of what's coming.
There was shit on tv this morning and I can only watch highlights so many times a day. Ended up watching this. I have no opinion of it.
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Racist
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Mindblowingly great.
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This movie blew so hard. I'm not sure what all the accolades are about. Just fucking terrible. Peele should stay away from film making. Period.
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Votes out on this one. I'm a huge Wheatley fan, but somehow this one misses the mark a bit. I don't know...comes off as a lean and mean low rent Tarentino, and at times it does. I'd say, the editing saves it, as the switch back and forth to different characters was relentless. Without some level of piecing who is who together it wouldn't work at all. The first 40 minutes is gold, then it starts to fade. I might check it again when it hits cable.
Oops---pic cropped--- Free Fire , Ben Wheatleys latest
^ Does `this one' have a name? Are we supposed to guess? You only posted a pic.
Free Fire
Not sure if it qualifies as a movie, but we've watched the first 4 episodes of "Twin Peaks: The Return". Wasn't sure what to expect, but it has fulfilled any hopes I had for it, so far. Weird, funny, quirky, sucked us in. Only a couple minor complaints, not everyone from the original cast is in it, and it hasn't wrapped up any plot lines from the original series, yet. But David Lynch delivers.
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I felt like slamming my head through a wall when the credits rolled, for not shutting it off when I first thought to. Terrible flick.
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I felt like slamming my head through a wall when the credits rolled, for not shutting it off when I first thought to. Terrible flick.
I didn't think it was a completely horrible movie, but it didn't keep my attention either. So, I ended up doing the work I brought home from work this weekend while watching the movie.
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..odd is all I can say. Watch it.
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I thought Get Out was pretty weak. It wasn't the worst... but it was just kind of stupid. A racial thriller? So?
I also saw the The Big Sick in a "real" (ripoff) theater today. It was a romantic "comedy" - It wasn't terrible but I can't see myself recommending it to anyone. Kumail is hilarious at times but it was way too long. A sweet true story, but also not fucking funny enough. Too sappy.
Oh yeah, saw Bokeh, too. It was beautiful but it fizzled - HARD. Don't waste your time.
Saw It Follows a month or so ago, I liked it. Kind of corny at times, but good.
Oh yeah, also Raw about 2 months ago. Also good.
Yeah, Didn't like Get Out at all..it's message got lost in stupidity.
Boekh---felt the same way about it. Beautifully shot and starts off well and good, then well...nothing? Turns weepy and sappy, overly melodramatic. Could almost hear the sound of that one hitting the wall.
It Follows is a love/hate thing with people and purists...I just happen to be i the latter. I adore this film. Here's a column to check out, and makes you want to watch it again.
http://thoughtcatalog.com/m-j-pack/2015/08/heres-why-you-missed-the-scariest-part-of-it-follows/ (http://thoughtcatalog.com/m-j-pack/2015/08/heres-why-you-missed-the-scariest-part-of-it-follows/)
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Disturbing as it is profoundly realistic. You'll need a hot shower after this one. (https://ibb.co/h0jDsv)
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I felt like slamming my head through a wall when the credits rolled, for not shutting it off when I first thought to. Terrible flick.
I didn't think it was a completely horrible movie, but it didn't keep my attention either. So, I ended up doing the work I brought home from work this weekend while watching the movie.
I didn't love it either but I kinda thought it was better than Alien: Covenant in that at least it didn't have all the expected egg/facehugger/xenomorph iconography. Sadly, they both had the watery "alien POV cam" which served no function at all. In JAWS, the POV was at least closing in on the shark's victims (and during the 4th of July sequence, it was a trick because it didn't have music, unlike the other times but at least you understood what its purpose was so you were on edge). Ryan Reynolds was his usually jokey, smirky self, Jake Gyllenhall was too ponderous and "deep" and that fake-out about who was landing on Earth and who was spinning off into space was dumb. Also, the two actresses resembled each other too much, I have no idea why the black guy needed paralyzed legs and why the fuck couldn't those stupid boat natives at the end see that something was wrong inside the capsule so don't open it?
Okay, it was pretty stupid.
Quote from: socket on July 09, 2017, 01:59:03 AM
I thought Get Out was pretty weak. It wasn't the worst... but it was just kind of stupid. A racial thriller? So?
I also saw the The Big Sick in a "real" (ripoff) theater today. It was a romantic "comedy" - It wasn't terrible but I can't see myself recommending it to anyone. Kumail is hilarious at times but it was way too long. A sweet true story, but also not fucking funny enough. Too sappy.
Oh yeah, saw Bokeh, too. It was beautiful but it fizzled - HARD. Don't waste your time.
Saw It Follows a month or so ago, I liked it. Kind of corny at times, but good.
Oh yeah, also Raw about 2 months ago. Also good.
The Big Sick was worth it for the 9/11 laugh alone.
And it reminded me Zoe Kazan looked great topless in Reservation Road:
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The big sick was cool, a little long maybe?
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was in the mood for something big and dumb, and this is exactly that. I mean, we did need some real updating over the original and the failed reboots of the last 30 years. I didn't hate it at all. I usually make it an hour or less into this stuff and shut it off, but I watched it through...plus I want to do the sex stuff to Brie Larson. Stay through the credits for a tease of what's coming.
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Fun movie, nice acting and car chases, good soundtrack. Only minor complaint is that movie tries a little too hard to be cool.
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How was this?
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Not a very good film. Just okay. Felt like a standalone episode of The Walking Dead than anything resembling well made cinema.
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Entertaining but a little predictable. Everybody was having a laugh making the movie and it shows. Nothing special though,
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"Mother!" the new Darren Arnofsky film, is fucking terrible. It's like he dug up his old Dream Journals from 1st year film school, and made a big budget film around them with lots of brutal CGI and special effects. Really important themes you guyz, like how artists make sacrifices, the nature of creativity, the relationship between an artist and his audience, it's like super meaningful and stuff like that. It might have been a decent but embarrassing short film or animation, but they spent a lot of money on realistic special effects and hyperviolent practical effects, and the only thing worse than a bunch of meaningless explosions are when the explosions are really, really meaningful and symbolic and stuff. Yes, when reviewing a movie it does matter how much it cost to make --- that's why "Batman & Robin" is one of the worst films of all time, but this one gives it a real run for the money. Super tedious until the ultraviolence starts, and then it almost becomes another movie. I would compare this to dogshit, but dogshit exists for a reason, and there was no need for this movie to be made, unless maybe Darren Aronofsky is trying to get out of a contractual obligation. Think of the most brutal, nasty parts of "Requiem for a Dream" and combine them with the corniest, most cringe-inducing Deep Metaphors and Stuff That's Really Symbolic from an M. Night Shamalayan (sp?) movie, and you might start coming close to this dreck.
I booed to myself when it was over, I should have booed a lot louder. Not even worth a rental, unless you want to rubberneck over how bad this movie sucks. I've seen "Pi" "Requiem for a Dream" "The Wrestler" and "Black Swan" and this is complete garbage in comparison. 9 out of 10 Cringes. I wasted 16 dollars on this bullshit.
I don't normally pay attention to Rex Reed (film critic for the NY times) but after seeing "Mother!" I checked out the reviews (I walked into it cold, which I recommend, if you insist on seeing this turkey). He said something like "I hate to call this the worst movie of the year, when it might be the worst movie of the century".
Also, produced by Harvey Weinstein. Another reason to hate his guts.
Darren Aronofsky is married or in a relationship with Jennifer Lawrence. Half the movie is a close-up of her face.
Jennifer Lawrence plays 'mother' while Javier Bardem plays 'him'.
Blech.
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The Pilgrimage...[imdb snips their photos], pretty good period piece of sorts with the religious themes and the willingness to die for faith, as one of many themes. Violent and well told story as it is well done for the budget. If you dig Vahalla Rising/Black Death, this is in the wheelhouse.
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Was looking forward to S. Craig Zahler 's genre follow-up to Bone Tomahawk...this is a good one. Think low-rent Winding Refn/Saulnier, as he's clearly banging the 80's noir drum here. Violent and entertaining as it is awesome. Vince Vaughn sucks at everything. Until now.
Saw a free screening of this last night, hard watch and made me realize what vets kind of go through day to day. Miles Teller did an amazing job.
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MINUS ONE FOCUS
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Timecrimes! Need to watch that pretzel logic shit again. Was fun.
Excellent film...Don't skip on it.
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Went and saw Tragedy Girls at the indie theater. Went without knowing anything about it. Hated it at first, turned out OK. Still wouldn't recommend.
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Deathgasm was really quite excellent. Think Waynes World with a bit of Evil Dead, Shaun of the Dead, and Bad Taste. They even do their own little recreation of Immortal's Call of the Wintermoon vid. Recommended if you want something light and fun.
Quote from: GeeZa on November 05, 2017, 09:48:37 PM
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Deathgasm was really quite excellent. Think Waynes World with a bit of Evil Dead, Shaun of the Dead, and Bad Taste. They even do their own little recreation of Immortal's Call of the Wintermoon vid. Recommended if you want something light and fun.
There's some gold in the Dark Sky Films collection.
Somewhat related, maybe a little less tongue in cheek; Sean Byrne's The Devils Candy
Haven't seen Devil's Candy but it's on my watch-list. Might rectify that over the weekend. :)
Quote from: EaterofBirds on November 02, 2017, 04:37:17 PM
Excellent film...Don't skip on it.
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Thanks for the tip, I dug it.
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fucking Australian mind fuck...if you dug Big Bad Bubby, this is right up your alley. I dug Big Bad Bubby, so this was right up my alley.
Last night we watched Who The Fuck Is That Guy'? The Fabulous Journey Of Michael Alago. Never heard of him, but he had a really interesting life in the early NYC rock scene (late 70's and 80's). Lots of great old NYC footage. He was a regular at Max's and CB's when he was only 16!
Quote from: Lumpy on October 08, 2017, 02:44:00 AM
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"Mother!" the new Darren Arnofsky film, is fucking terrible. It's like he dug up his old Dream Journals from 1st year film school, and made a big budget film around them with lots of brutal CGI and special effects. Really important themes you guyz, like how artists make sacrifices, the nature of creativity, the relationship between an artist and his audience, it's like super meaningful and stuff like that. It might have been a decent but embarrassing short film or animation, but they spent a lot of money on realistic special effects and hyperviolent practical effects, and the only thing worse than a bunch of meaningless explosions are when the explosions are really, really meaningful and symbolic and stuff. Yes, when reviewing a movie it does matter how much it cost to make --- that's why "Batman & Robin" is one of the worst films of all time, but this one gives it a real run for the money. Super tedious until the ultraviolence starts, and then it almost becomes another movie. I would compare this to dogshit, but dogshit exists for a reason, and there was no need for this movie to be made, unless maybe Darren Aronofsky is trying to get out of a contractual obligation. Think of the most brutal, nasty parts of "Requiem for a Dream" and combine them with the corniest, most cringe-inducing Deep Metaphors and Stuff That's Really Symbolic from an M. Night Shamalayan (sp?) movie, and you might start coming close to this dreck.
I booed to myself when it was over, I should have booed a lot louder. Not even worth a rental, unless you want to rubberneck over how bad this movie sucks. I've seen "Pi" "Requiem for a Dream" "The Wrestler" and "Black Swan" and this is complete garbage in comparison. 9 out of 10 Cringes. I wasted 16 dollars on this bullshit.
That's unfortunate. I own less than 5 DVDs and Pi and Requiem two of 'em.
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Might have dragged this shitty director out of the quag...damn, this was good. If you dug Unbreakable, which I did, you will love the ending. A comeback film, of sorts? I think it may be more to do with the very strong performances and a non-eyerolling ending, but worth your time.
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Quote from: ron on November 19, 2017, 05:32:23 PM
Last night we watched Who The Fuck Is That Guy'? The Fabulous Journey Of Michael Alago. Never heard of him, but he had a really interesting life in the early NYC rock scene (late 70's and 80's). Lots of great old NYC footage. He was a regular at Max's and CB's when he was only 16!
Thx for that recommendation, great viewing after a sweaty stoned jam tonite..[spoilers]
Big surprise seeing Monster Mag's Phil Caivano having him as a bud - wow.
Also showing what typically is stereotyped as a record weasel PR fuckwad as a cool shit.
....more importantly, unfuckingbelievable footage at end of him in the studio w/ 90's Heavy
stoner-rock stalwarts - Borgo Pass and ending credits using superior song of Burn the Devil's Hand.
Also imagine including this footage at CB's
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going to be a love/hate opinion on this one. I loved it.
^
Didn't love or hate it. It was alright.
Quote from: retardgroove on December 23, 2017, 04:53:15 PM
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Didn't love or hate it. It was alright.
Might be a spolier or two below and not seeing the spoiler/hide option
The pacing certainly would change opinions on it...it's a unique piece, almost a modern day Kubrick in style in feel. The supernatural/spell element in the final act was pretty cool. Very surreal and original piece, right down to the intentional/uncomfortable robotic acting, unexplained subplots that maybe you question things you maybe shouldn't, and that it makes it all feel like an altered reality at times. I read a few synopsis' after watching it, and I like how everyone has a different angle on it.
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Quote from: Lumpy on October 08, 2017, 02:44:00 AM
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"Mother!" the new Darren Arnofsky film, is fucking terrible. It's like he dug up his old Dream Journals from 1st year film school, and made a big budget film around them with lots of brutal CGI and special effects. Really important themes you guyz, like how artists make sacrifices, the nature of creativity, the relationship between an artist and his audience, it's like super meaningful and stuff like that. It might have been a decent but embarrassing short film or animation, but they spent a lot of money on realistic special effects and hyperviolent practical effects, and the only thing worse than a bunch of meaningless explosions are when the explosions are really, really meaningful and symbolic and stuff. Yes, when reviewing a movie it does matter how much it cost to make --- that's why "Batman & Robin" is one of the worst films of all time, but this one gives it a real run for the money. Super tedious until the ultraviolence starts, and then it almost becomes another movie. I would compare this to dogshit, but dogshit exists for a reason, and there was no need for this movie to be made, unless maybe Darren Aronofsky is trying to get out of a contractual obligation. Think of the most brutal, nasty parts of "Requiem for a Dream" and combine them with the corniest, most cringe-inducing Deep Metaphors and Stuff That's Really Symbolic from an M. Night Shamalayan (sp?) movie, and you might start coming close to this dreck.
I booed to myself when it was over, I should have booed a lot louder. Not even worth a rental, unless you want to rubberneck over how bad this movie sucks. I've seen "Pi" "Requiem for a Dream" "The Wrestler" and "Black Swan" and this is complete garbage in comparison. 9 out of 10 Cringes. I wasted 16 dollars on this bullshit.
Finally watched...more out of curiosity than anything else. Also not "going in cold", after reading it go completely over Rex Reed's head and a few other synopsis's that tried to explain the biblical references and what not. For the record, this would have gone more than over my head if I didn't know what to expect. Soooo...knowing what to expect, I didn't hate it, but also struggled to like it and even enjoy it. I found it more in tune to watching a director implode, mentally, in front of my eyes. It reaches too far to gain relevance into what is "independent [art] film" and stumbles into a third act that feels every bit as tiring to me, as it seems Aronofsky was telling his story.
It couldn't end tidily. It couldn't end satisfying, imo...It could only END. I refer to the symbolic chaos of the earliest Ken Russell films, i.e.
The Devils. I honestly feel this is what he was channeling as a director, and is dangerous territory when it gets this convoluted.
It is actually a film, now absorbed, I would sit through again. Not entirely sure why, but I would.
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"10 Cloverfield Lane" a waste of time. One of those movies that takes place in a phone booth, elevator etc (this time a fallout shelter). Last 10 minutes were good though (when we leave the fallout shelter). Afterwards, I was surprised to see a high rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and that people rated this higher than the first Cloverfield movie (which I liked). Not even a "Twilight Zone" episode here, more like "Tales From the Darkside".
4/10
Quote from: Lumpy on February 12, 2018, 03:45:16 PM
"10 Cloverfield Lane" a waste of time. One of those movies that takes place in a phone booth, elevator etc (this time a fallout shelter). Last 10 minutes were good though (when we leave the fallout shelter). Afterwards, I was surprised to see a high rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and that people rated this higher than the first Cloverfield movie (which I liked). Not even a "Twilight Zone" episode here, more like "Tales From the Darkside".
4/10
Couldn't agree more. It's one, [looks like in hindsight] of some sort of ambiguous anthology and reminded me of a visual "short story" or even a play. Strange format, even stranger than the ratings, I agree. these things are costing nothing to film and Abrhams studio is making a shiny dime off em. The third is a turd [Paradox]. I'll give a cookie to anyone that can sit through that steaming pile of shit.
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enjoyed both.
I somehow managed to have never seen The Thin Red Line.
Its on Cinemax or one of the other pay cables and sat down and took it in. That could very well be one of my favorite war films of all time. Take a back seat Olly, Stevo and Fran.
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Quote from: EaterofBirds on November 02, 2017, 04:37:17 PM
Excellent film...Don't skip on it.
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I really liked this.
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One of my fave films of all time, and finally got the lady to sit down and watch it with me last night.
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Both very good but not as great as the Oscar-hype would make you believe.
Call me by your name.
Super gay, but a terrific film.
The Shape of Water
Prrrretty meh. Along with his other "serious" film "Pan's Labyrinth."
I liked Hellboy II, haven't liked anything else he's done.
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stupid movie, it is.
this will be my last of this sinking pile of shit
atomic blonde. cool ass movie. got to see charlize nude and in a hot sex scene with another chick. she also kicks some serious ass.
Quote from: mortlock on March 12, 2018, 06:38:47 PM
atomic blonde. cool ass movie. got to see charlize nude and in a hot sex scene with another chick. she also kicks some serious ass.
Do they show bush?
no but you got some t and a. they glorified the hell out of smoking cigs. that was weird to me. maybe period correct i suppose.
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i cranked the orig point break with swazy. killer movie!!
I've seen the new Pacific Rim last night. Man, what a disappointment. Not worth the trip to the cinema.
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Does he have a spiky penis, which breaks off inside her?
I might have seen that on National Geographic.
wild kingdom.
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I liked this one a lot. Had a lot of funny stuff through out the film, and Allison Janney was great.
"Spit in her milk!"
Holy fuck, whatsthefrog w/an actual comment...is it me or has Netflix sucked ass lately, mind you
I got CDN Netflix and it just fucking blows, I'd really like to get my movie on sometimes and this
fucker Netshit ain't cutting it. What options does a psudo-movie buff brother have these days?
Oh yeah...and fuck every Star Wars/Marvel/Superhero movie up it's own ass too!
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This was pretty good
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meh
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I liked this one a lot. Had a lot of funny stuff through out the film, and Allison Janney was great.
"Spit in her milk!"
the espn 30 for 30 on this story ruled.
^ I only would watch this if Paul Verhoeven directed it.
I've heard CDN Netflix blows
Don't bring CWook into this.
Cromhole
Lately it has been a fucking waste of my time. Luckily I love Thin Red Line, as I've watched it at least 50 times lately. A couple of decent shows, but really its been super weak, lame and nothing like I've been hoping for.
If I watched tv more, I'd break them all.
Hemorrhoids?
Stupid hockey rink frozen seats.
Quote from: Lumpy on July 13, 2018, 09:56:47 PM
Black Panther - 7/10 - better energy drinks (https://www.muscleandfitness.com/supplements/best-energy-drinks/) than average superhero movie (a low bar to hurdle). Maybe 8/10?
Get Out - 8/10 - Not a very original thriller, but well-made, with mostly good writing, acting and direction.
Lady Bird - 7/10 - Coming of age story with throwback 90's "indie films" style. Has minor storytelling ambitions and succeeds on that level.
I watched A Quiet Place the other day. It's pretty good. Not a horror film though. So don't watch it expecting to be scared or something. I don't even know why this was marketed as a horror film.
Black Panther - 7/10 - Better than average superhero movie (a low bar to hurdle). Maybe 8/10?
Get Out - 8/10 - Not a very original thriller, but well-made, with mostly good writing, acting and direction.
Lady Bird - 7/10 - Coming of age story with throwback 90's "indie films" style. Has minor storytelling ambitions and succeeds on that level.
I just watched the legend of boggie creek. Classic big foot movie from 1972. I loved it. I remember seeing it as a kid probably on the saturday afternoon monster movie. Anyone remember that?
Highly recommended.
Sawr it at the theatre.
Made me ascared to use any bathroom with a window.
Love the Charles B Pierce "docudramas". "The Town That Dreaded Sundown" and "Boggy Creek II" are also pretty great.
Quote from: lftwng4 on July 15, 2018, 02:26:12 PM
Love the Charles B Pierce "docudramas". "The Town That Dreaded Sundown" and "Boggy Creek II" are also pretty great.
i got to check those out. i didnt know there was a boggie 2.
There's one called "Return to Boggy Creek" that came out before 'Boggy Creek II" that was not directed by Pierce, so it lacks most of the charm. There are also a few others that came out more recently, but I've never seen them, and doubt that I will.
II was also subjected to the MST3K treatment, and it's worth seeing that version as well.
Being 8-10 years old when a lot of this stuff was released, I was always fascinated with the lurid posters and trailers I'd see, so I have a great love for these movies.
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I thought this was pretty good. I kind of wish they didn't play so much of the background music. Would like to have heard all of the noise surrounding everyone instead. otherwise, this was a decent film.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: I was checking my watch after 30 minutes. Tedious.
Pacific Rim: halfway through, it's pretty terrible. Maybe better in a theater with surround sound, etc. Corny.
/crabbyjerk
Quote from: Lumpy on July 22, 2018, 06:52:48 PM
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: I was checking my watch after 30 minutes. Tedious.
Pacific Rim: halfway through, it's pretty terrible. Maybe better in a theater with surround sound, etc. Corny.
/crabbyjerk
i just saw the pacific rim part 2. i can pretty much watch anything. i was able to get through it without totally hating it. dumb but cool. total teenager movie. i would have loved this when i was 15.
Yeah Pacific Rim is aimed at a different audience (the pre-teens and Transformers crowd). Harry Potter is for 11 year olds I guess.
I was trying to decide if I would hate the Wizard of Oz now if I hadn't grown up with it (probably)
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Watching this makes me dislike the Kennedys even more. Money buys you freedom.
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Loved everything about this film. One of my favorite movies to watch in quite some time.
I watched my first Star Wars (a new hope). Hey it was pretty good! How come nobody told me. But why does it happen "A long time ago..." -- that doesn't make sense. Also, the robots were the best actors.
Mish imp fallout. Lots of action and more action and stunts and action and stunts and action.
Congrat's Lumpy!
Did Han shoot First?
Not only did he shoot first, the other dude didn't even have a gun.
I'll probably watch Empire Strikes Back too, since that's supposed to be most people's favorites.
[spoiler]They already blew up the Death Star, so there's pretty much nowhere else to go with the series.
[/spoiler]
What if I watched the rest of them in random order, would anybody mind?
The series is only good until the original Jar Jar (Yoda) shows up.
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Some corny characters and dialog but pretty good overall.
Star Wars
The Empire Strike Back
Attack of the Clones
Revenge of the Sith
Return of the Jedi
and then
Rogue One
Save time and just watch Spaceballs.
RETARDGROOVE SPEAK TRUTH!
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It had a few funny moments, but it definitely wasn't as good as the first movie.
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This was meh at best.
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Loved everything about this film. One of my favorite movies to watch in quite some time.
red boxed this. Pretty awesome movie. The fight scenes were the best.
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I actually liked this and Jennifer Lawrence was sexy as hell in it. Plus, she was a pretty viscous killer.
infinity wars. i mean what can you really say at this point. it was cool. action with some action and more action, some flying and landing and explosions and monsters and action and forcefields.
"The Shape of Water".
Turns out it's dick-shaped. Some good full frontal and rear frontal* nudity. (This one time, I seen me a naked lady). Has a couple of sex scenes. Unnecessarily cartoony, and I cringed a bunch of times. A lot of the characters were caricatures, and the sets too, everything kinda predictable and too heavy handed. Was this by the same guy who did "Pan's Labyrinth"? Because that was a lot better. Fish guy did nothing for me, not captivated or scared or interested or anything. I watched this in three installments, because meh. Could have been much better, but not the worst either. B-minus for trying (good looking movie, and full bush.)
* ;)
Quote from: Lumpy on September 04, 2018, 06:55:21 PM
"The Shape of Water".
Turns out it's dick-shaped. Some good full frontal and rear frontal* nudity. (This one time, I seen me a naked lady). Has a couple of sex scenes. Unnecessarily cartoony, and I cringed a bunch of times. A lot of the characters were caricatures, and the sets too, everything kinda predictable and too heavy handed. Was this by the same guy who did "Pan's Labyrinth"? Because that was a lot better. Fish guy did nothing for me, not captivated or scared or interested or anything. I watched this in three installments, because meh. Could have been much better, but not the worst either. B-minus for trying (good looking movie, and full bush.)
* ;)
full bush in movies means nothing in the internet era.
You paying extra for the unscrambled?
Saw 2001 4K restore in the giant IMAX at the Science Center. Amazing.
What a fucking trip seeing this in huge high def with the premium sound. If it's playing near you and you don't hate it don't miss it.
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I actually liked this and Jennifer Lawrence was sexy as hell in it. Plus, she was a pretty viscous killer.
Yeah, she was really fine- and credible. Thought a couple of the scenes were a little hokey, but overall it was well done. Not something I'd want to watch frequently, but I've always been intrigued by the CIA, spies, etc..
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Not a bad film which was based on a true story. Part documentary, part reenactment. 4 college students tried stealing rare books from their college. Dumb fucks didn't think it out to well so obviously they got caught.
I guess I don't need to see it now.
Quote from: socket on September 16, 2018, 08:48:27 PM
I guess I don't need to see it now.
My bad, socket. I apologize if I spoiled it for you.
I don't care - was just fucking around.
It's his cheesiest movie so far, but I was so fucking down with Jeremy Saulnier's HOLD THE DARK. As far as I'm concerned this dude is 4 for 4 and one of the most badass voices in modern cinema.
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Mostly boring, IMO (I had to break this up into 4 sessions) although towards the end there are some good visual effects, but that doesn't always carry a movie, for me. All the acting is super deadpan, it's a good vehicle for whoever did the animation (especially one particularly good 'floating energy/portal' effect) and that's about it. Has some pseudo scientific jargon and related pseudo-philosophical underpinnings, to which I can only say "whatever". 75% of the movie is tedious. Hard C.
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Interesting documentary with the story behind it being really fucked up. Basically, 3 triplets were separated at birth where each one of the triplets was adopted by a different family. Neither the parents or kids knew about the separation until by chance a friend of one of the triplets met the other at college. I had a high interest in the film due to being an identical twin.
I thought Annihilation was ok. Some of the characters where stupid.
This triplets thing sounds cool.
I'm very excited to see the new HALLOWEEN, based on the reactions I've heard from a few trusted sources
I bet there's a bunch of shoehorned SJW bullshit.
Do they have a POC playing Mike Myers or something?
I haven't seen it, but I read that Laurie Strode is now a prepper with a massive arsenal of guns. I don't know if Jamie Lee Curtis insisted that she also be well stocked with laxative yogurt or not.
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The meg. Dumb and cool at the same time. Its no jaws but i wasnt expecting that. More dumb than cool but worth the 1.89 at red box.
Saw these from a distance while serving jury duty:
Ant-Man & the Wasp: formulaic Marvel stuff (wisecracks, recurring gags, tugs on heartstrings, etc). Michael Douglas' 47th appearance in a Marvel movie.
Oceans 11: all about style, clichés. Upbeat. Would be a good movie when you're recovering from surgery. Background music should have gotten top billing.
Jumanji 2 - Welcome to the Jungle: total crap, good movie to watch when you're hanging out with your bros and don't want to watch a movie. Terrible.
Disclaimer: viewed from a distance, during jury duty.
Saw 'OVERLORD' last Wed.
WWII (kinda)... American soldiers, Nazi's, and Zombies. Thought it was comicbookesque, and fun/pretty good. Mathilde Ollivier makes a really cute French Resistance sympathizer(?).
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This was pretty good. Pretty quick moving and not boring at all. It was based on a true story of a group of Israeli secret agents who tracked down the mastermind to the Holocaust in the early 60's in Buenos Aires.
Quote from: Lumpy on December 10, 2018, 07:39:45 PM
...serving jury duty:
I had jury duty the 7th of December, and the asshole didn't show up (thx asshole!) I was out of there in about 1 hour.
Movies: I think BlacKkKlansman is the only one I watched beginning to end. Rare these days. Comic book movies, god darnit.
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...serving jury duty:
I had jury duty the 7th of December, and the asshole didn't show up (thx asshole!) I was out of there in about 1 hour.
December is supposed to be a good month to get called in to serve... not as many new cases get started in December because everyone wants to go on vacation.
Venom.
Cool movie. Fun and great cgi. Looking forward to carnage in the next one. Im pretty sure spiderman will be there.
Is there an explicit hint that Carnage will show up? He's my favorite! Haven't seen Venom yet
I heard so many bad things about Venom that I didn't make a point to see it but then the first 20 minutes didn't seem bad at all for a comic book movie when I put it on at home. (I hate the current state of comic book movies, too many wisecracks and jokes, too many movies, too many crossovers) I was a big fan of venom in the comics when he was created and all that shit. Plan to finish it maybe tonight. Could be low expectations.
Quote from: renfield on December 22, 2018, 02:29:15 PM
Is there an explicit hint that Carnage will show up? He's my favorite! Haven't seen Venom yet
hidden scene at the end hints at it.
I typically avoid comic book movies, but by father-in-law loves them. We watched Venom last night and I thought it was good dumb fun. Poor Tom Hardy had a hell of time trying to speak American.
Quote from: mortlock on December 23, 2018, 01:37:48 PM
Quote from: renfield on December 22, 2018, 02:29:15 PM
Is there an explicit hint that Carnage will show up? He's my favorite! Haven't seen Venom yet
hidden scene at the end hints at it.
Haven't finished the movie yet but I read somewhere that the venom series is supposed to end up a trilogy with a spider maximum carnage 3rd act.
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Quote from: mortlock on December 23, 2018, 01:37:48 PM
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Is there an explicit hint that Carnage will show up? He's my favorite! Haven't seen Venom yet
hidden scene at the end hints at it.
Haven't finished the movie yet but I read somewhere that the venom series is supposed to end up a trilogy with a spider maximum carnage 3rd act.
thats what im hoping for and based on the first one im stoked. having tom hardy and now woody harrelson in it makes it cool af.
The new Watership Down adaptation on Netflix. It's not a beautifully animated surrealist horror like the first film, but the story is much more fully and definitively realized here. This is such an epic story, always been one of my favorites.
I almost abandoned this new one because the CG really rubbed the wrong way, but I get what they were trying to do and you get used to it.
Hereditary took me by surprise. Thinking it was gonna be another boring The Conjuring type thing with a superficial take on the beings of the great beyond (devils,demons,angels,ghosts whatever). But Hereditary along with The VVitch and of course The Shining gets it right with the total breakdown of a family and its eerie encounters with true evil.
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My brother asked me if I'd heard of this & I said nope. He said, watch it without looking up anything, so I drank 3 weeds and put it on one night. FUCK . YES. This is the best movie since Deep Throat. DON'T GOOGLE SHIT.
Went and saw Eternal Sunshine tonight. Fun. Super sad. Sci-Fi love story. Still holds up.
I like most all the movies written by that dude Kaufman. They're all fuckin devastating though
Dude, yeah.
I recently re-watched All the President's Men for the first time in years. Definitely holds up and is certainly relevant to today. I then watched The Post, which focuses on the pentagon papers and the legal fight to publish them. The Post isn't as good of a political thriller, but one interesting thing is the last scene is basically a shot-for-shot recreation of the opening scene of AtPM, so you can watch it essentially as a prequel.
The wife and I finished The Little Drummer Girl. We both liked it. If you liked AMC's previous adaptation of John le Carre's The Night Manager, you might like this even more. I did.
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Decent movie. After the Apocalypse Peter Dinklage's character thinks he is the only survivor until he runs in a girl who is also trying to survive in this new world.
Quote from: Josh on January 13, 2019, 01:37:30 AM
I recently re-watched All the President's Men for the first time in years. Definitely holds up and is certainly relevant to today. I then watched The Post, which focuses on the pentagon papers and the legal fight to publish them. The Post isn't as good of a political thriller, but one interesting thing is the last scene is basically a shot-for-shot recreation of the opening scene of AtPM, so you can watch it essentially as a prequel.
ATPM and Zodiac are the two best procedural thrillers I've ever seen. They make the paper pushing tedium of real detective work insanely suspenseful and exciting
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My brother asked me if I'd heard of this & I said nope. He said, watch it without looking up anything, so I drank 3 weeds and put it on one night. FUCK . YES. This is the best movie since Deep Throat. DON'T GOOGLE SHIT.
It's good, I laughed a lot. Don't read reviews, just watch it. (Now I wanna check out Deep Throat)
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I liked this movie. Had some old-school rap played throughout the film which was really cool. Sad ending though.
I've recently seen Upgrade. It's a decent sci-fi flick that's all about the story and not the visuals. So be advised. haha
First Man is good if you like movies about the U.S. space program. It's not as intense as Apollo 13 or as epic as The Right Stuff, but I give it a solid 3 out of 5 Saturns.
They Shall Not Grow Old
Peter Jackson's new WW1 documentary. Using old archival WW1 footage spreading some kind of magic pixie dust over them to make them look modern like (lotsa video & audio tweaks). It's jaw-dropping shit, man. The most amusing and well... frightening bits are the BBC narrative interviews of the soldiers (no host commentary or such). Unlike growing up with the dissident and bitter soldiers of The Vietnam War via movies, TV interviews, and mah pa. The WW1 soldiers seemed darn right jovial about it all, it was just something you "got on with," did your duty, "The Jerries gave us hell and we gave it back to them," like they were playing a game of cricket with them, and not at all like being shelled and gassed everyday, living next to rotten human & horse corpses, rats and lice. WW1 is supposed to be one of the most pointless and brutal wars right? I'd be sooo fucking pissed man, having to fight that war.
Anyways, great doc and got me more interested in WW1.
I need to check that out.
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This movie was strange and funny at the same time. Although, I did find Craig Robinson's character to be quite annoying. Everything else I enjoyed about the film.
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I thought this was going to be another pointless Oscar baiter with the likes of actress Rachel Weisz & Emma Stone. Looking up the flick on Wiki I saw that the directer was the same that did Dogtooth - peeked my interest - pretty damn good. Solid dialogue IMO.
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Typical revenge/robbery flick. Wasn't terrible at all and it was quick moving.
Bohemian Rhapsody.
Excellent movie. Highly recommended. Freddies band has to be the most fortunate bunch of musicians ever. Freddie drops right in their lap and instant stardom.
BlacKkKlansman was worth seeing, but not quite as good as I had hoped. It tries to be both a serious movie about racism and funny at the same time. It doesn't always work. Starring Denzel Washington's son, who doesn't look like his dad, but sounds just like him. He was pretty good, but Adam Driver owns every scene he's in.
Yeah, Adam Driver seems better suited for that kind of role, than the cartoonish Star Wars villain.
ALITA
Piqued
I'm going through all the Lanthimos films. Dogtooth, Alps, The Lobster, Killing of a Sacred Deer, The Favourite. This guy is fucking twisted!
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Isle of Dogs - I loved it (maybe because I love dogs). I watched it twice. I might even watch it again, because there are a lot of little details that can fly past.
I should check out more of Lanthimos films. I've yet to see: Alps, The Lobster, and Killing of a Sacred Deer.
The Baroque style get down dance in The Favourite was unexpectedly pretty sweet.
lmfao
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Isle of Dogs is great. The kids loved it too.
Bohemian Rhapsody was alright. Rami Malek was good. It couldn't have been easy doing a Brit accent with those teeth. Or maybe it was easier? Otherwise, it was your standard bio-pic.
I watched First Reformed on Amazon Prime. Recommended. It starts off as a faith vs. science debate, but eventually takes some pretty different turns. Ethan Hawke is a really underrated actor. I can't think of a movie he's been less than good in.
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Isle of Dogs - I loved it (maybe because I love dogs). I watched it twice. I might even watch it again, because there are a lot of little details that can fly past.
when you play rot you get to meet willa.
"I Love Dogs" get it? lol
It was great. I think SPIDERVERSE deserved the win though, fucking sensational.
How was Captain Marvel ?
I hear it's fucking awful.
oh dear
Jor El this review will melt your brain
https://www.filmfreakcentral.net/ffc/2019/03/captain-marvel.html
"What I'm saying in this lengthy preamble is that while Captain Marvel is just atrocious, it's also true that the incels slavering to destroy it, sight-unseen, are pathetic troglodytes who deserve the truncation of their ancestral line. "
LMAO
Won't You Be My Neighbor - documentary about "Mr. Rogers Neighborhood".
Nice tribute which really inflates his importance. He did save PBS from Congressional budget cuts - which I didn't know - probably cementing him a permanent place on PBS. And his mission fits in perfectly with PBS programming. I was never a fan though (even though I was the right age) because I never thought the show was any good. All the stuff with Daniel Striped Tiger and King Whatshisname was terrible, and incomprehensible ("Meow meow scared, meow!") with the production values of a summer camp puppet show. The show just never landed with me. I'd put it on for a minute, and then switch to something else.
It was kind of like watching "Searching for Sugar Man" or the Anvil documentary, when hundreds of other people are onscreen ecstatically rocking out to the band and I'm thinking "Ive never even heard this song before". As an adult I like the message of kindness, racial inclusivity etc, but as a kid the show itself was unwatchable. Lots of great footage, early interviews etc. On that basis I'd give it a 6 or 7, but if you were a fan of the show you'd probably give it a 9 or 10.
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This movie had me feeling queasy the entire time. Dude is insane, but what he did is really fucking impressive.
I get queasy watching someone free climb a fucking ladder. I'm not going anywhere near this film
I need to see this although as impressive as that is im not sure it beats what the dude did in man on a wire.
The long dumb road. Good movie. The whole time i thought the one dude was the stoner dude 'chili' from tag. It wasnt but it could have been his solo movie.
Peele does it again?
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I hope he doesn't rely on the last-minute plot twist, the way M Night Shyamalan does. It really cheapens the movies.
I watched the "Us" trailer and one of the comments was a plausible suggestion of what the Us plot twist was gonna be. Very M Night concept:
[spoiler]The nice family are the "fakes" and the scary family is the real one.[/spoiler]
Rotten Tomatoes ?
Pffft
Sometimes Rotten Tomatoes can be really misleading... But a 100% rating for a horror film is nothing to sneer at.
Fuck critics though:
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Rotten Tomatoes
Pffft
ONLY GOD FORGIVES was really good, is what I'm trying to say.
Aquaman. Im not sure why i continue to waste my time on dc movies.
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Peele does it again?
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that sure was an awesome movie
enjoyed it even more than get out
super creepy - cool story
super cast plus elisabeth moss - just in a supporting role but whatever she does is awesome
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This movie had me feeling queasy the entire time. Dude is insane, but what he did is really fucking impressive.
I wish I saw this at an IMAX theater, but even on a TV it's intense! I don't know if he's insane or not, but no doubt his brain works differently than 99.99999% of the rest of us. It takes a unique kind of person to be on a flim crew like that too.
its like people like that dont have a fear gene.
Quote from: mortlock on April 09, 2019, 12:41:36 AM
its like people like that dont have a fear gene.
He
does feel fear. That's what's so weird about him. He bailed on at least one of his attempts because he was scared, so he's not like some psychopath. The part where he gets a brain scan and it showed the area of the brain that registers fear didn't have any activity was kind of misleading I think, because he wasn't in a situation where he would be fearful. It seems he just has a way, way, way higher threshold for fear than almost anyone. That, combined with the fact that free climbing is what really fires up the reward part of his brain is the only way I can explain how he ticks.
Philippe Petit.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Petit (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Petit)
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^^ "Man on Wire" was great.
I watched this.
It wasn't the greatest but,
It had a gang of stoner rock bank robbers cause they played Sleep and Kyuss at their hangout. Also so some terrible music.
So it was based on this website? Should we sue for royalties?
(Scott Reeder posted some stuff on Facebook about it, apparently some of the wardrobe was loaned by his wife so they could match the OG Kyuss/stoner aesthetic.)
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Even at 89 and looking like a skeleton, Eastwood still plays and directs good films.
How can "nobody run forever only in cinemas"?
Drive (2011) **SPOIOLER**
Watched this one to the end so must've been alright. It stars La La Land sooky dancer Ryan Gosling as the smoldering quiet guy who drives brrm brrm cars. First half of film he's all sombre and solemn with his impregnable pauses and baleful inscrutability. Second half he's Steven Seagal with his tits on fire.
Was tough to tell where film was going but Gosling drew me in with his quiet foreboding menace. Him and his love interest say bugger-all to each other. She just stand there silently with Easter Island Ryan. Her chest going up and down a bit unnaturally. Maybe heart arrythmia. Or maybe a chick stiffy for heart-throb Ryan.
When the violence does eventually tee off it's straight down the middle of the fairway and right through your fucking skull. The barge arse ginger spunk from tv hit show Mad Men gets her skull JFK'd right the fuck off in the dunny.
Love Exposure. Holy fucking shit
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Love Exposure. Holy fucking shit
This is a 4 our movie about crises of faith and upskirt photography. It's just un fucking believable.
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Also saw Support the Girls which is sort of a day-in-the-life of running a Hooters-type restaurant. It's really good, basically socialist propaganda trojan horsed in a fluffy comedy.
Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown (Netflix).
docs ive seen recently.
tad
mudhoney
L7
they all kicked ass. I highly recommend them if you like some of that early seattle grunge.
I seen this Hemmingway talker
Get Out....can get the fuck out!!! Jive ass bullshit.
life of the party. melissa mccarthy fucking rules in this. funny as fuck.
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Unlimited bloodshed, Vampires and a frog that does karate. What's not to love about this movie? It's definitely out-there, but it was fun to watch.
The new Apollo 11 doc is terrific. It's like watching the Woodstock movie -- summer of 1969 -- but filled with people who were into pocket protectors and slide rulers instead of tie-dyed shirts and hippy shit. It's got a ton of restored footage that looks amazing and it's edited and scored in a way that makes you feel like you're experiencing it as it happened.
Blackk Klansman - started out okay, but got more corny, dumb, heavy handed. By the end credits, I had cringed a lot. "C"
Wrong
I wouldn't say there wasn't anything good about it. But Spike Lee has corny tendencies. Like if a car blows up, it doesn't just blow up, it also flips over. There's not just a message, it's spelled out real big. I dunno. I did cringe a lot by the end.
I guess, from my perspective there isn't anything fundamentally better about being subtle instead of ... operatic? Minimalism vs maximalism. Both have their place.
Lee is one of my favorite filmmakers. The ending of 25th Hour gets me real good.
I haven't seen that many Spike Lee Joynts. What's the movie with Denzel Washington where he's a great basketball player who gets sent to jail, then gets out and tries to reconnect with his son? At the end, the son is shooting hoops in a gym while his Dad is dying and another basketball mysteriously drops out of the sky, and the kid looks up at the ceiling I guess, and smiles, as if to say "yeah Dad". That was fucking terrible. OMFG.
"Mandy" was super awesome. Took a while to get around to watching it. Same director as "Beyond the Black Rainbow" and has similar 80's kult worship (Evil Dead, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Motley Crue music videos, etc). Has a slow pace like BTBR towards the beginning, but it picks up a lot by the end.
Catch-22. Can't believe I hadn't seen this before. I'm pretty sure I read the book in high school, but I probably sped through it. Anyway, the movie is pretty damn perfect. Incredible cast. Alan Arkin, FTW.
Another old movie I just saw was Midnight Cowboy. Memorable performances from Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight, but it felt dated to me. It seemed like a movie made at certain time for a certain time. Doesn't have the timeless aspect that Catch-22 has. Glad I watched it, though.
Baahubali and Baahubali 2. Fuckin awesome.
ive never seen any Bollywood movies. would like to if i could find them. are they on hulu or anything like that.
On Youtube, search for bollywood classic movies full length, that type of thing.
Well, you don't necessarily want to just poke around blindly, they make about 3x the amount of films that Hollywood does and most of them suck
There are some absolute bonkers Bollywood films where just describing them is more entertaining than most actual movies.
"The Lobster" was kind of terrible. Boring to look at, slow pacing, tedious music, awkward mix of deadpan humor and existential darkness that doesn't really work together here. "D+"
The Lobster is a nearly perfect film; an unbelievably savage poison pill delivered in satirical form. At every turn its concept yields new riches and horrors.
we got siskel and ebert over here.
My free trial Netflix service ends in a couple of days, I can't decide if I should start paying for it or pull the plug. I only used it like twice in the past month, one time to watch The Lobster. When I look at their giant list of shows and movies, I don't see very much that really jumps out at me. I'm not that big on serial TV shows, I get bored pretty quickly. It's a pain in the ass to use it, I have to turn off VPN to use it, etc, it's really fussy about settings. I hate that there are no descriptive blurbs any more, so you don't really know what the shows are about. They only give you like three hints now, the description for the Lobster was something like "Greek production; Cannes; Forbidden love". You're supposed to sift through thousands of titles with almost no idea what the shows are about, unless you look them up somewhere else. Dumb.
DARK - on Netfuck, well worth the time, 2nd season just came up, first episode very promising.
Check it out.
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This movie had me feeling queasy the entire time. Dude is insane, but what he did is really fucking impressive.
finally saw this. Holy fuck it was awesome. The part where he gets the mri and it shows he cant feel fear like the rest of us confirmed my suspicion on that. Great film.
I figured out how to use Netflix :P
"Knock Down the House" was really good, in case you think you couldn't possibly love Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez any more.
Gonna watch "The Great Hack" soon (about Facebook data mining and Cambridge Analytica and how they stole the election.)
Documentary "Ronnie Coleman: The King: about former Mr Olympia Ronnie Coleman was messed up. Not a great documentary - it was good enough - but horrible to see him barely able to walk.
Last movie I watched is this weird ass 80's b-movie called Frankenstein General Hospital...
LOL
Recently I spoke to the actor Mark Blankfield via Twitter and he seemed pretty cool. I'd say this is possibly my favorite movie featuring Irwin Keyes.
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Venom.
Cool movie. Fun and great cgi. Looking forward to carnage in the next one. Im pretty sure spiderman will be there.
Had to get a hotel room 'cause the plumbers turned the water off so they could fix my neighbor's plumbing. Venom was on the box so I watched it. Yeah, it WAS pretty cool. One of the best Marvel movies I've seen.
The Irishman. It's fantastic. Didn't seem like 14 hours at all.
Society (1989)
It's so initially cheesy that I was completely unprepared for the A+ climax. Great documentary about the sort of stuff Hillary, Epstein and them get up to in pizza parlor basements and private islands.
Quote from: juan11 on November 04, 2019, 07:06:47 PM
The Irishman. It's fantastic. Didn't seem like 14 hours at all.
It felt a bit like your favorite band going back on tour after 20 years and its kinda cool but also a bit of a greatest hits nostalgia show. The cgi-de-aging did not really work. But the last 30 minutes were pretty good, adding something new to the formula.
i would like to see it but i'm scared because it's so long
my patience as well as my attention span gets worse the older i get
The Lighthouse is good as the critical acclaim it's getting right? I really want to see it... but don't want to pay or go alone.
I heard Parasite is really good - it's at the theaters now. Korean director who also directed The Host.
Parasite is fucking great and another solid entry into Bong's anti capitalist propaganda (Host, Okja, Snowpiercer..)
Probably my 2nd favorite film of the year after the Tarantino
Finally got around to watching "Glass" this past weekend. I still have a faint soft spot for M.Night. When he's on, his movies are cool watching. When they are not ("The Happening") it's horrendous. I found Glass entertaining. Not great, but it sort of met my expectations and the ending wrapped up the story pretty interestingly. And of course, I find the Philly connection neat.
I've heard "Split" is better and plan to get around to check that out eventually.
I swore off any more movies by M.Night after "Lady in the Water" (and I haven't even seen that many).
I didn't know Host/Parasite director also directed Snowpiercer, which started off strong, and by the end I wanted to poke my eyes out.
The Irishman owns
Black widow trailer looks killer.
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I swore off any more movies by M.Night after "Lady in the Water" (and I haven't even seen that many).
I didn't know Host/Parasite director also directed Snowpiercer, which started off strong, and by t
he end I wanted to poke my eyes out.
He really started to nose dive after Signs (which has aged only moderately well.) but I always liked Unbreakable, prob more than Six Sense. And Glass is the finale of a 3 part series after Unbreakable and Split. And I'd heard that Split was finally a good return actual solid writing. He had released a lot of shite in between.
Watching this again.
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I've never heard of that before (is that what the Fu Manchu song is based on?) If it's rated R does that mean Farrah Fawcett is naked in it?
Looks like it's free on YouTube premium.
Quote from: Lumpy on December 07, 2019, 10:36:24 PM
I've never heard of that before (is that what the Fu Manchu song is based on?) If it's rated R does that mean Farrah Fawcett is naked in it?
Yes sir.
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Looks like Kirk turned on the hot Fawcett.
I should have been an astronaut.
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Say what you will about Escape From New York, but what other movie managed to cast Harry Dean Stanton, Ernest Borgnine, and Isaac Hayes together? Not my favorite Carpenter score but the music held up for me way better than my childhood memories of Snake Pliskin on late nite HBO.
Adrienne Barbeau forever, though.
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Say what you will about Escape From New York,
People have a problem with this film?
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Quote from: kokojones on December 10, 2019, 02:44:45 AM
Say what you will about Escape From New York,
People have a problem with this film?
prob my favorite Carpenter move, and my favorite Carpenter soundtrack. It still ages great. The movie is still gritty as shit. His presentation of atmosphere/mood/era was way ahead of it's time in this flick.
I can't say I prefer to THE THING but it's one of the greats for sure.
I got a ton of old movies on Betamax! Lately just watched..
Mean Streets
Taxi Driver
Pee Wee's Big Adventure
The Boy In The Plastic Bubble
The latter is one of Travolta's best! lol I watched it specifically for that one scene where they're smoking weed on the football field with PJ Soles.
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It was a made for TV movie too. They wouldn't show a scene like that today.
Ad Astra. Man, I wanted this to be good. I really liked James Grey's underappreciated The Lost City of Z, so I figured his latest would be at least as good. Instead it's basically Gravity without nearly as much excitement and Interstellar without the hard science. It could've been way better. I almost thought it was going to be a Heart of Darkness/Apocalypse Now in space kind of deal, which, if done right would be awesome, but no, it's Brad Pitt's character dealing with daddy issues. Meh.
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Dolemite is My Name- a little corny in spots, but overall decent/good. Kind of like an uplifting 'for the whole family' movie in some ways, except with lots of raunchy cursing and some nudity. B
[spoiler]He stole his act from a homeless guy.[/spoiler]
Gamechangers - documentary about how animal products are killing us, destroying Earth etc, and how you don't need them to build big muscles (just steroids I guess) or become an elite athlete. The movie proves it with several (several !) real life athlete examples, and a couple of experts back everything up. C
The Lighthouse was everything I wanted it to be and more. Hopefully Eggers can keep up with this kind of stuff before does romantic comedies or something.
Midsommar was... ok. It sorta limped to the end. Was hoping for more punch.
I agree on Midsommar! But I did really like it when the old lady pumps his buttocks during the ceremonial impregnation.
Parasite was the best movie I've seen in a long time.
And - I don't know why I even tried - Yesterday one of the crappiest I've ever seen.
yesterday was beyond bad
KNIVES OUT was okay. Ana de Armas is very easy on the eyes
The Mexican Terminator. Awful shit.
Rian Johnson is a Cunt
Revisiting one of my favorites.
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This fucking ruled, not a dull moment.
"First They Killed My Father" docu-drama about the revolutionary Khmer Rouge taking over Cambodia in the early 70's, seen through the eyes of the youngest daughter in one family. A-minus (although I can't really imagine what they could have done better.) And BTW a lot of Khmer Rouge members were teenagers at the time, meaning that they are still alive now, blending back into the population. (They're around the same age as me, MadJohnShaft or Racer X).
Did you ever see that one movie The Act of Killing? Shit was intense
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I really enjoyed this. Last 20 minutes of the movie was insane
in contrast to the more horrific, weird, and violent movies I tend to watch.....I caught this total tear jerker/heart warming completely true story film about a teenager that falls through a frozen lake near St. Louis, MO in 2015 and is under water for 15 minutes when he is recovered, and the story of him coming back to life. It's still hard to believe this happened.
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Watched Annihilation (2018) tonight. If you dig sci-fi, this is a must watch. Very cool movie. Not perfect and you need an imagination but quite good. Same writer/director of Ex Machina
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Another decent sci-fi flick. Solid acting fairly intriguing story. The ending pulled it together better than expected. Also, goes without saying, but Amy Adams is a babe
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another heart string puller...hits home personally a bit, as I have a son with Down Syndrome. And can relate to the overall theme. Shia LeBeouf is actually very solid in this flick, the whole cast is actually.
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Watched Horse Girl the other day.
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Another decent sci-fi flick. Solid acting fairly intriguing story. The ending pulled it together better than expected. Also, goes without saying, but Amy Adams is a babe
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sucked
Wrong
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another heart string puller...hits home personally a bit, as I have a son with Down Syndrome. And can relate to the overall theme. Shia LeBeouf is actually very solid in this flick, the whole cast is actually.
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Great movie.
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I dug it.
It rules, Julia Fox is fucking hoooooooot
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It rules, Julia Fox is fucking hoooooooot
I can't argue with that. Holy fuck, that scene when Sandler was spying on her in the closet.
She's an owl? ^
This movie from Bong Joon Ho was a mess (director of Parasite). Jake Gyllenhall was particularly terrible (might have been the direction though). Well made and probably worth a watch, but all over the place, as far as tone. Jarring emotional shifts - one minute it's heartwarming, then it's a slapstick comedy, then a serious message...
Excellent movie and incredible performances all around. Tonal shifts are bad? I'd avoid South Korean cinema in general
I liked The Host and some hardboiled crime Korean movies I've seen. I didn't dislike Okja but it was trying to do too many different things, IMO.
check out SAVE THE GREEN PLANET, it does everything
"Train to Busan" - B-minus - fun zombie romp eventually gets tedious.
"That Little Ol' band From Texas" ZZ Top documentary - B-minus - kind of weak - could have been a VH1 show. Origin story was cool but overall it was pretty superficial.
"Beyond the Lighted Stage - Rush documentary - B- I loved their origin story. Not quite as shallow as the ZZ Top one.
"Ballad of Buster Scruggs" - A-minus. Worth watching.
What was your favorite segment in Scruggs?
I liked all of them more or less, but my favorite was probably "The Gal Who Got Rattled" (or whatever it was called.)
The Platform.
Loses something in the overdubbing, I'm guessing.
I bought a digital copy of this, for a long distance Netflix (and no chill). Let me know if you want me to upload a copy for you. It's pretty trippy (in more ways than one).
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"Train to Busan" - B-minus - fun zombie romp eventually gets tedious.
"That Little Ol' band From Texas" ZZ Top documentary - B-minus - kind of weak - could have been a VH1 show. Origin story was cool but overall it was pretty superficial.
"Beyond the Lighted Stage - Rush documentary - B- I loved their origin story. Not quite as shallow as the ZZ Top one.
"Ballad of Buster Scruggs" - A-minus. Worth watching.
beyond the lighted stage was really good. I loved the old footage of them from highschool days. Im surprised alot of that existed.
Quote from: Lumpy on April 08, 2020, 11:55:56 AM
I liked all of them more or less, but my favorite was probably "The Gal Who Got Rattled" (or whatever it was called.)
Missed this comment. That was my favorite too, along with the one about the travelling amputee. Blackhearted stuff
Quotebeyond the lighted stage was really good. I loved the old footage of them from highschool days. Im surprised alot of that existed.
Me too, that whole section of the movie is awesome. I'm not a fan really, I liked them as a hard rock band and less and less after that, pretty much. I still have the first album on cassette. When I was a teenager, Working Man was a stoner rock classic.
I watched Blazing Saddles and a fish Called Wanda last night. I'm starting to rewatch what I'd call "comfort food" movies.
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I watched Blazing Saddles and a fish Called Wanda last night. I'm starting to rewatch what I'd call "comfort food" movies.
Nice!!! The other night Up In Smoke and Caddyshack were on back to back. First time in a long time I didn't go to bed early since this shutdown started.
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^ That movie fucked me up
"Shot!" is good... documentary about Mick Rock who photographed tons of bands like Queen, David Bowie, Iggy, Lou Reed, CBGBs scene, too many to name. Lots of archival footage, he's a character and he's interesting to listen to.
Quote from: renfield on April 18, 2020, 06:37:19 PM
^ That movie fucked me up
I really liked this movie. It was definitely a sad movie. The animation was great, but it wasn't over the top.
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I laughed a bunch, maybe because I really needed a laugh? It's like a big slapstick production (farce?) like the kind Woody Allen could have made, only there's musical numbers too. It's like an ode to golden age Hollywood, with tons of golden age Hollywood jokes.
I saw GOOD BOYS, it's basically what you would expect from a spiritual sequel to SUPERBAD about 6th graders. Which means I liked it. Pretty observative about the peculiarities of that age, and a strong laugh:joke ratio
Quote from: Lumpy on April 15, 2020, 11:57:53 AM
Quotebeyond the lighted stage was really good. I loved the old footage of them from highschool days. Im surprised alot of that existed.
Me too, that whole section of the movie is awesome. I'm not a fan really, I liked them as a hard rock band and less and less after that, pretty much. I still have the first album on cassette. When I was a teenager, Working Man was a stoner rock classic.
why did rush have what appeared to be big chicken rotisseries and dryers as their stage props.
They got rid of their backline I guess. No amps on stage (at least not on Geddy Lee's side) but they wanted to have something back there because it looked empty (something like that). They would wash the crews clothes on one tour, and on a different tour the crew would eat the chickens after the show. That's what I remember reading.
Id rather see marshalls and ampegs.
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Id rather see marshalls and ampegs.
I'd rather
see hear a band with a sense of humor that is so f'n awesome that they don't need to load the stage with prop amps and pretend like so many other arena scale bands.
I agree with neighbor, I really love it when bands incorporate Shenanigans into their live act
Holy shit they even have the rotisserie mic'd hahahaha
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I worry that the chickens would be overcooked. Don't they play for like 3 hours?
If youre vegan you cant be a rush fan.
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Dare I say that the Hitler character was hilarious.
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Dare I say that the Hitler character was hilarious.
That was a lot funnier than I thought it would be - while the line "What did they do?" - "Everthing they could." stuck with me on a much serious note. Next to Hitler/Taika Waititi Sam Rockwell and Scarlett Johansson were great as well.
Bridge at Remegen (the making of story is cool)
Run Silent Run Deep
12 o'clock High
The Enemy Below
next up: Anzio
I can't believe I watched Short Circuit last night. It was just as bad as I remembered. Yolandi > Ally Sheedy
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Stupid netflix movie the wrong missy. Funny as fuck. Lauren lapkus is my new favorite.
I watched The Wrong Missy based on your recommendation, it's like the 80s format juvenile comedy (Rob Schneider's in it, so that's perfect) but this time a lot of the dumb jokes are funny too. I laughed a bunch of times, so mission accomplished. Some cringey parts too, but not too bad. Lauren Lapkis is great as Missy.
Wikipedia says she's from Evanston.
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Despite the fact that the Coen Brothers didn't have anything to do with this film I was hoping it would be somewhat good. I was wrong. This was pretty bad which was a huge disappointment. There really wasn't a plot to the movie and I rarely laughed. Besides seeing Audrey Tatou's tits at various points in the movie I think the best thing about was it was less than a hour and a half.
Gilda Radner and Gene Wilder, need I say more.
It would be hotter to have seen Amelie's tits as Amelie
Quote from: Lumpy on May 24, 2020, 02:10:56 AM
I watched The Wrong Missy based on your recommendation, it's like the 80s format juvenile comedy (Rob Schneider's in it, so that's perfect) but this time a lot of the dumb jokes are funny too. I laughed a bunch of times, so mission accomplished. Some cringey parts too, but not too bad. Lauren Lapkis is great as Missy.
heres another netflix recomendation. Hit and run. Lots of funny parts. Killer lincoln continental. The witness protection program officer is funny af and seeing bradley cooper in dreads was cool. Worth a watch.
So, I really like that Rush documentary. I've watched it three times, especially the beginning where it shows them as little kids, then they are playing high school dances, then they put out their first album independently and they get a regional hit. Up through 2112, that whole section is awesome (as a story). Touring with Kiss and UFO. Really up through Moving Pictures, which is the most important part of their career.
And then the part (spoiler alert) [spoiler]where Neil Peart's wife and daughter die and he spends a couple years just riding his motorcycle.[/spoiler]
I'm not that into their music - some of it is unlistenable, especially the long songs and the ones where they show off their chops like "YYZ". I'm not really a fan. I like some of their songs though. And I like Geddy Lee on bass. And their origin story is just great. I'm changing my review to "A".
I have his books on hold at the lib, Neil Peart.
I have no problem with this movie.
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FROG I'm a check out that moive report back. Tuturro, I've never seen him slouch.
I'm a huge Rush fan. I even like Hold Your Fire.
I've had Beyond the lighted stage since it came out but I'd forgotten about time stand still doc. Just got it recently and have watched it a couple times. It's good,of course. A few more stories etc.... The story of The Bag is pretty funny.
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Pete Davidson was never likable to me (never wanted to run into this person) ,but for some dumb reason I enjoyed this movie.
I've never seen SNL and I only know about this dude from his WTF interview, back when I was listening to that podcast regularly. He has a pretty compelling life story and I'm excited to see this. Apatow's films go down easy
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The Interview - got like 30 minutes into this, and bailed. D minus.
really? i thought it was pretty good. remember it got pulled from theaters because everyone was scared north korea was goin g to blow up movie theaters or something like that. i miss those innocent times.
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Drug deal gone bad type of film. Wasn't a terrible watch at all.
I finished Death Note (37 episodes) it was good but I think it peaked somewhere in the middle? The ending was good though. I'm not going to watch the US live action version with Willem Defoe, at least not now.
I might try Castlevannia or Black Butler.
I agree with your assessment, for me it kinda loses steam after they kill off the other main character. Quite a ride though eh?
We should (some of us) get real, move out, and make a movie. Let your imaginations run
I honestly think you ought to calm down; take a stress pill and think things over.
As off topic as you can get because not only did I not see this film recently, I will NEVER have seen this film recently.
Nope nope nope
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Cool movie. Interesting story line especially with whats going on today. Basically, a virus has all but killed off all females. So, a father has to protect his daughter from the evil that's out there. It's about two hours long, but thankfully it didn't drag on. The fight scene at the end of the movie was pretty cool. Shows how far a father will go to protect his child.
How did it hold up?
Rewatched: Brazil, Time Bandits, Dune, and All of Me.
I also finally got around to watching Ford Vs. Ferrari
My roomie had never seen Weird Science. I was high enough to put it on and watch it. LOL!
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Oh boy, whoever thought this would be a good idea - it's not. Back in 90s I found the first two movies entertaining - drug use might have played a role. But this sequel is rather painful to watch. I stopped after 15 minutes.
Whoa!
I think it might have been Keanu Reeves' idea because Alex Winter is broke, but I might be imagining that.
In the preview the daughters looked funny. I was hoping it would be alright.
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Rewatched: Brazil, Time Bandits, Dune, and All of Me.
Those first three are classic in heavy rotation chez Dinger. I haven't seen All of Me, what's that??
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Us.
I really liked it. There's some outlandish plot points that come up towards the end. But at that point, in for a penny, in for a pound. Maybe not worse than a typical Steven King thing (The Stand, etc).
Great acting and direction, a few good laugh lines that are welcome. 8/10
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The Color Out of Space.
Sucks pretty bad, terrible writing and direction. If you got rid of the boring and cringy parts the movie would only be 5 or 10 minutes long. I don't know why this got good reviews on Rotten Tomatoes except maybe astro turfing and payola. 3/10.
Heh, I suspect I would like it
Do you like long, boring scenes where the "family" stands around doing nothing, telling their back story, with fake personal "chemistry"? "I'm really worried about my Mom's cancer" "Maybe I should have sold my Dad's farm after all"? That's the first 40 minutes. The dialogue sucks and the writing sucks.
It's a below average B movie, there's nothing wrong with B movies if it's well done. In 2020 there's no reason that a B movie with this kind of potential should be this inept.
I must have blurted out "this sucks" at least 10 times while watching. YMMV.
I'll let you know what I think if I see it, it'll be interesting to compare notes!
I found it on a torrent site, let me know if you want the link.
I loved Mandy and I have nothing against Nicholas Cage, unless he wrote the script for this (he didn't, but I considered the possibility while I watched it). I really wanted to like it, but it's a turkey, in old person's parlance.
I didn't mean anything by my comment other than that sometimes we have opposing opinions on stuff so I'm still keeping an open mind for this film. One man's "bad writing" is another man's "woah this is so surreal" or whatever, idk, we'll see
All good... #fistbump
Spoiler: the color out of space is kind of magenta.
Annihilation is much better than this (and I didn't care for Annihilation, but at least it was well made). TCOOS is like a shitty 80's straight-to-video movie updated for 2020.
It has long been required by law that all film retellings of H.P. Lovecraft's works must only be schlocky B-movie fare. Color Out of Space is no exception, even with the handicap of a higher budget and big name star.
I enjoyed it just fine. I knew what I was getting into when I sat down to watch it. If I wanted quality, I would have just read the story again. I liked it for the Volvo content as well.
The Raid 2
Fantastic stunts and fight scenes. The plot is more complicated than the first Raid movie, and not too interesting. Still worth watching, even thought the plot drags at times. The first Raid movie is a classic if you like action.
^ a correct opinion
I recommend THE NIGHT COMES FOR US as well
The beauty of it is I called up The Raid, The Raid 2 and, THE NIGHT COMES FOR US. All on Prime but were pay fors so I skipped and found for the first time HARD EIGHT. Exactly my kind of cinema. The camera and set work here is period perfect. Script, Casting. Paul Thomas Anderson film. Seems no soundtrack. The film is kinda weird. Cohen-esque. Art house? Def leans toward austere. And actually, there is no period here, could be a a sci-fi dreamstate flick? 9.9/10
Want austere? A Man Escaped, by Bresson. Andrei Rubilev, bt Tarkovsky. Well anyway they're new to me. Top tier.
edit: HARD EIGHT has a soundtrack I think it started 90 minutes in? Soundtrack is superbly complimentary to the filmography.
ANDREI RUBLEV is pretty epic
If I'm thinking of the same movie (set in Las Vegas) then Hard Eight is a great movie. Great script and cast, etc. Kind of flew under the radar a little. It used to get played on the IFC channel.
yeah HARD EIGHT is real good. the only PTA joint I couldn't really get into was THE MASTER but I should give it another crack sometime.
Attack the Block - UK production is vaguely like a cross between The Warriors and Gremlins (?) Good fun ride. A-
Hot Fuzz - Not as many laughs as Sean of the Dead (same team, I think). Above average for laughs (most comedies suck) but turns into a standard action/cop movie at times. Also, doesn't warrant 2 hours. B-
A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night - Iranian "arthouse" vampire movie in B&W, it was good but drags sometimes, worth a look. B-
This was Richard Hatch's final project before he died. I think his deteriorating health helped sell the roll.
ive been on a 80s bender the last few weeks.
just watched
another 48 hours
die hard 2 and 3
uncle buck
jaws 1 - 4
jaws movies were especially good for some reason. even the ones that sucked were great.
Uncle Buck is classic, I love that film when I was a child.
I remember seeing Jaws 3 in the theater when I was a kid, in 3-D nonetheless. I remember seeing the 4th one too, with the revenge motif. Weird.
I just watched The Living Dead in the Manchester Morgue. Classic.
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Attack the Block - UK production is vaguely like a cross between The Warriors and Gremlins (?) Good fun ride. A-
Hot Fuzz - Not as many laughs as Sean of the Dead (same team, I think). Above average for laughs (most comedies suck) but turns into a standard action/cop movie at times. Also, doesn't warrant 2 hours. B-
A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night - Iranian "arthouse" vampire movie in B&W, it was good but drags sometimes, worth a look. B-
I love ATTACK THE BLOCK. Boyega is far more charismatic in it than in the Star Wars films. Great monster movie.
I had basically the same reaction to that Iranian vampire movie. Good vibes but kinda boring. Do you know it was actually filmed in Bakersfield CA?
Re-watched Beyond The Black Rainbow. Still a favorite of mine. Similarly to Mandy, directly lifts some scenes/tropes from horror classic, and the style, the aesthetic vision, it's just breathtaking in its scope.
^ For me BTBR is by far the better film. The second half of MANDY loses me somewhat
TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
Really entertaining but fundamentally historically dishonest and Sorkin can't mask his contempt for Abby Hoffman
Quote from: renfield on October 23, 2020, 03:00:49 PM
TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
Really entertaining but fundamentally historically dishonest...
Can you explain? Just curious, I haven't seen it yet.
When I was a kid, prosecutor Tom Foran's daughter was in my grade school class. Around the time of the trial. I was too young to know what was going on, but I knew hippies and weed were cool, and the war and Nixon were bad.
Tra la la tra la la la, mother fuckers!
Quote from: Lumpy on October 23, 2020, 04:13:20 PM
Quote from: renfield on October 23, 2020, 03:00:49 PM
TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
Really entertaining but fundamentally historically dishonest...
Can you explain? Just curious, I haven't seen it yet.
When I was a kid, prosecutor Tom Foran's daughter was in my grade school class. Around the time of the trial. I was too young to know what was going on, but I knew hippies and weed were cool, and the war and Nixon were bad.
In a nutshell, Sorkin thinks the war and Nixon are bad, but he also thinks hippies and weed AREN'T cool and he blames them for making the left less effective/serious.
Which is fine, he's entitled to his opinion and I don't need to agree with a film's politics to find it interesting or entertaining.
But where I think he goes seriously astray is changing the historical record in order to portray the events in a way that's more palatable to his politics. So, the Seven themselves and particularly Abby Hoffman are shown as much more reverent and respectful of the court etc than they were in real life. On the other hand the corruption, brutality, and ideological zealotry of the judge and prosecuting attorney are minimized (Bobby Seale is shown to be gagged for only a few minutes instead of several days, no mention of working with the FBI to wiretap the defending attorney's offices, etc).
One detail I thought was particularly unforgivable: in real life, the defendants at one point disrupted the court by flying the US and Viet Cong flags and reciting the names of dead American and Vietnamese soldiers. Hilarity ensued with the court bailiff playing tug of war with the defendants with the VC flag, and Hoffman joked that the court had disrespected the American flag by failing to confiscate it as well.
The film shows it completely differently. He only reads the names of fallen US soldiers, and instead of a slapstick tug of war, it turns into a solemn moment where Both Sides put aside their differences and have mutual respect for the higher ideals etc etc.
Sorry to have gone on at length but hopefully the point is clear
Thanks for explaining
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Tra la la tra la la la, mother fuckers!
I really want to see this, but it's not available on Netflix. Fuck.
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Quote from: neighbor664 on October 23, 2020, 04:37:11 PM
Tra la la tra la la la, mother fuckers!
I really want to see this, but it's not available on Netflix. Fuck.
I found it on the syfy/peacock app for free.
I forgot to mention top gun on my 80s bender.
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Quote from: neighbor664 on October 23, 2020, 04:37:11 PM
Tra la la tra la la la, mother fuckers!
I watched this yesterday. It was so bad that it was actually good, if that makes any sense.
^Makes total sense to me.
The new Barbarians series on Netflix is good. After binging on the whole thing I then went through Deathstalker, both Conan movies and Red Sonja.
Borat 2: had some laughs and a bunch of cringey parts. It wasn't much different from the first one, as far as the plot. He grates my nerves as often as he's funny, I guess that's the act. Worth watching if you're a fan, if not, this won't change your mind. B-
Day of the Dead: Bloodlines - there's no George Romero connection except "based on characters" by George Romero. I stopped after 30 minutes because generic in every way. D, not worth watching.
Whiplash - the drum teacher movie. I saw some complaints that it's not realistic, well it's not a documentary so realism isn't the point. B (or B- maybe). Worth watching.
I watched The Void last night. Pretty decent throwback indie horror film from a couple years back. Weird, bloody and brutal, I found it enjoyable enough despite the blatant borrowing from classics like Hellraiser. However, if you dig that era of late 80's/early 90's horror, it's fun. Bonus points for all the black pyramid imagery throughout the film.
Upcoming movies about Bowie, Zappa, and Shane MacGowan coming up. The only one that looks interesting to me is the one about Zappa
Oooh, those all sound interesting to me, especially the Zappa one.
I used to have a documentary about Shane McGowan, it was.....something. It's a testament to human resilience that the dude still has a pulse.
I've seen a lot of documentaries about Bowie, always down to see more.
I've gotten more into Zappa as of late, we used to listen to him a bit in college, because it was something that all of us freaks with weird musical tastes and who didn't want to smoke and chill with our friends who listened to Dave Matthews and Phish could agree on. Many a good time puffing a joint with some strange motherfuckers while cranking Hot Rats.
I've read up a bit more on Zappa, and he had such an interesting life and story. Unbelievable how he was basically entrapped into doing audio porn and then did a jail stint over it. Wild, and explains a lot about his lifelong anti-authoritarian stances.
The Montclair Film Festival had an advance screening of the Zappa doc a couple weeks ago. It is really good. It is a very well done labor of love by a super fan for other fans. This is not your standard "behind the music" fare. I imagine you don't have to be a fan to appreciate it either.
In theory I'm interested in movies about all three of them but the only one that actually looked compelling to me from the trailer was the Zappa.
Bowie looks totally miscast to me, did not get any Bowie vibes from the dude they have playing him.
im looking forward to the zappa doc. i hope they have some unreleased musical hidden gems in it.
Rudeboy: the Trojan Records Story - documentary about the rise and fall of British label Trojan who released ska and reggae records in the late 60s and early 70s. Mix of historical footage, and dramatic re-enactments which are well done. I liked it, it was only 90 minutes and might have been longer, but overall 'thumbs up'. Trojan still exists as a reissue label with great compilations and box sets. B+
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - almost 3 hours long, I had to break this up into two sessions which ruined the flow but whatever. Fun and entertaining reimagining of early 70s Hollywood. I didn't know too much about this going in, and that was probably ideal. If you like Tarantino you will almost certainly like this. B+
I actually really, really enjoyed Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, and I'm generally not that into Tarantino, he's very hit or miss for me. Similarly, I knew next to nothing about it going in. It was a really fun movie, and the acting is amazing, particularly the acting around how to be an actor.
i made the mistake of watching doom with the rock from like 2012 i think. sucked hard.
if you want to watch special forces clearing rooms and hallways for an hour and a half, this movies for you.
What Happened, Miss Simone? - documentary about Nina Simone. Not knowing anything about Nina Simone, i thought it was quite good. It's on Netflix. B+
The Act of Killing - kind of surreal documentary that follows up with Indonesian thugs who murdered hundreds of other civilians after a military coup in 1965. The director tells them they are making a dramatic film to show their exploits in the 60s and gets them to reenact murders they committed. Solid B.
The Go Gos documentary. I kind of hated them at the time but the documentary is pretty good, maybe not all that different than a VH1 Behind the Music episode but I've never seen one of those, so... B
I'm Thinking of Ending Things - struggling to get through this, I'm on my 3rd session and still not finished.
13th - documentary about the end of slavery, Jim Crow laws and the prison/industrial complex. Some of it is basic stuff that some people might already know, it's still good though. A
I love that Nina Simone documentary. I think that it's really poignant how it briefly touches on how she wasn't as creative once they had her on psycho-pharmaceutical drugs.
I still have to watch 13th.
Lumpy, regarding I'm Thinking Of Ending Things, I'm curious what's your mileage with Charlie Kaufman films in general?
I liked Being John Malkovich, Adaptation was just okay if I recall. Synecdoche was too long but pretty good. I loved Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, even though it didn't make logical sense (I don't remember why i say that).
I liked Adaptation quite a bit, back in my late 20's we used to watch that at my place quite a bit. I love the shift from when the movie seems pretty tame and normal to when it goes completely off the rails and jumps the shark.
Watched Motorpsycho last night....man that movie is fucking awesome, hadn't seen it in ages. Campy goodness.
Saw JFK for the first time since I was a kid. It's interesting because it has a reputation for engaging in conspiracy theory-type thinking, when really it's a cautionary tale of how engaging in that thinking can alienate you from your loved ones and from reality. Kevin Costner is a pretty shitty actor who does really unconvincing accents. Solid film overall.
I finally finished "I'm Thinking of Ending Things". And canceled Netflix. Double-meh.
I've been making my way through the more recent Star Trek series and enjoying them. I respect TOS, but was never a huge fan due to the dated campiness. I like TNG and DSN when they originally aired, but thanks to syndication kinda had my fill of em. After watching Enterprise, Discovery and Picard I've been binging through Voyager. Not decided on who my favorite captain may be, but Scott Bakula as Captain Archer is by far the worst of them.
We've been re-watching Deep Space Nine and keeping up with Discovery. I've liked Discovery so far, it's fun, though it sometimes goes for too much action/adventure, rather than just sticking to developing cool sci-fi concepts.
Scott Bakula is by far the worst, that whole series is a friggin' train wreck.
Shit! I just realized I'd posted in the wrong thread.
Breaking all the house rules ;-)
Rare Exports was fun, family-oriented action. The language barrier made it less cringey. If it was a Speilberg movie I probably would have hated it.
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Except naked old guys running after a little boy.
Yeah true. It's darker than Spielberg dreck.
Fat Man with Mel Gibson was pretty good. He's Santa and trying to fend off a hit man. It's well made and fun, but not a must-see by any stretch of the imagination. Minus the Santa angle (which is fun) it's totally ordinary. B-
Glad you guys enjoyed RE. I thought the foreign language really helped remove alot of the eye rolling parts too. The few homage shots to Carpenter's The Thing had me cringing at first because I thought it was gonna be that story but with a Santa Thing
nope.
plus I'm convinced Jor-el is the helicopter pilot.
RIP Jor El
i finally got around to the green inferno. no great, not terrible. felt more like a zombie movie than a cannibal jungle movie.
how does that help us?
Watched CON AIR again on Mortlock's recommendation. It's awesome/terrible at the same time... Action-packed cheese with super-high entertainment quotient (every 20 seconds there's a gag, explosion, emotional manipulation etc)
Nicholas Cage cries in one scene, and has a terrible Alabama accent. Plus Danny Trejo, Steve Buscemi, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Dave Chappelle, Ving Rhames... and many more.
It sucks/I give it a 9. Both.
Con Air is the best possible Michael Bay movie, and he didn't even make it
We watched Freddy Got Fingered last night. She picked it, and I'm surprised she made it through the whole thing. Reactions ranged from:
"This movie is really weird."
"This is the point that I cannot suspect disbelief, this is too ridiculous."
"This movie is really intended to make the viewer feel super uncomfortable at times."
"Okay, that scene was one of the funniest thing that I've ever seen and totally made watching this train wreck of movie worthwhile."
Obviously I love Freddy Got Fingered for all of the above reasons?
What's eating gilbert grape. Released in 93. For some reason i never saw it until now. Its on netflix. Holy shit what a good movie. Dicaprio was incredible. Sad and inspiring. Makes you realize what assholes people can be and also reminds you of the good in people. Its a must see movie. Very powerful.
I'll have to revisit. I do a pretty good impersonation of Arnie but I probably shouldn't.
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What's eating gilbert grape. Released in 93. For some reason i never saw it until now. Its on netflix. Holy shit what a good movie. Dicaprio was incredible. Sad and inspiring. Makes you realize what assholes people can be and also reminds you of the good in people. Its a must see movie. Very powerful.
Dicaprio
was incredible. I have a son with special needs. It's scary how well Leo performs that role.
Oh yeah, I loved that movie when I was younger, I should revisit it as well.
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I really liked this, and for a movie that was close to 3 hours long it seemed to go by quick.
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I really liked this, and for a movie that was close to 3 hours long it seemed to go by quick.
I watched this a couple weeks ago and I liked it, but by the end I couldn't really follow the plot twists. The action sequences were good.
Yeah, I thought that it was decent. The twists were pretty good, and the whole forward time and backwards time working towards a singular moment and such reminded me of when you flip the tape on a studio recording in order to record backwards tracks, I used to love doing that.
Thor - Ragnarok (I'm 5 years behind everyone else)
Very good, even though some bits are a little too campy (ala Batman & Robin) and some bits are a little too serious. Overall, definitely one of the better superhero movies. One of the few where they (true to Marvel comics) insult each other during the fight sequences (although they could have had even more of that).
I'm not even remotely a Thor fan and I liked it. Cate Blanchett is great as the supervillain. Great cast.
I haven't seen that Thor movie yet, I'll have to remedy that. I thought the other Thor movies I'd seen were fun, and I do loves me some Kate Blanchett. She can act, and she's perdy.
yall see this one? Very good flick, surprised I hadn't seen it yet, just watched it over the weekend. For years I didn't realize the premise, than once I knew I was like oh shit I need to see this. Great acting all around, especially Ryan Gosling and Christian Bale. Good pacing and writing/style. Excellent movie.
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"i care a lot" was quite good
I care a lot was great. One of the better netflix movies.
Rosamund Pike is so great as a villain
dinklage too
I saw that Willy's Wonderland movie with Nick Cage. It's great, a lot of fun, exactly what you'd want from that sort for a movie. Cage doesn't say a single word and it's amazing.
Weird - I posted about the Wax Trax documentary "Industrial Accident" (it's good) and that post is missing. Maybe I forgot to hit send.
Upgrade - the fight scenes are great and there's some interesting bigger ideas (like human/machine hybrids, A.I. vs. free will, high tech ways to assassinate people, etc). But some of the non-action basic storytelling seems like generic Hollywood poop sometimes, which keeps this decent movie from being potentially something great. They left it open for a sequel but I don't know if there will be a sequel. Good but a little disappointing at the same time. B.
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Weird - I posted about the Wax Trax documentary "Industrial Accident" (it's good) and that post is missing. Maybe I forgot to hit send.
Loved it. Socket lent me the blu ray and there's a whole second disc of bonus interviews and stuff. Usually I'm not into "bonus material" because it always fucking sucks and isn't worth the time. This is an exception.
I really want to see this documentary.
I visited the store once, late eighties I believe.
I was a fan of lots of their bands, but I was unaware of the scope and importance of the label/store at the time.
It's on Amazon, check it out!
Thanks for mentioning the Wax-Trax-documentary. Just watched it and, yes, its great.
They talk about how it's like a big family, and how the label would pay for anything the artists wanted re: studio time, flights etc but when Al Jourgenson and Front 242 got major label deals, they took off and took their catalogue with them, basically dooming the label. Wax Trax broke Front 242 in America, without the label I doubt they would have made it. Al Jorgensen even worse, he worked at the store and they gave him a platform for his projects. Chicago groups rarely make it at home first, they have to get recognition or popularity somewhere else first (weird Chicago inferiority complex thing) and Wax Trax did that by sending Ministry to the UK for 6 months.
There was a girl who clerked at the record store who I vaguely recall committed suicide pretty early on, because of unrequited love with someone else at the store. I kind of wanted the movie to cover that, but it was mostly about the label so...
The store really was a meeting place for teenagers and the bulletin board was packed with gig fliers and 'musicians wanted' ads. I knew people who said they would drive in from Iowa to go shopping there.
In retrospect the heyday of the label was rather short, I'd say like 86 to 90(?)
I suppose that since the movie was directed by Jim Nash's daughter, the movie couldn't say that groups left the label because the owners were bad at business (the movie did say they weren't good at business, but didn't blame defections on that).
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I suppose that since the movie was directed by Jim Nash's daughter, the movie couldn't say that groups left the label because the owners were bad at business (the movie did say they weren't good at business, but didn't blame defections on that).
That was my sole criticism of the film, that it likely held back due to the relationship of the director to the subject matter. But, it was a positive story and deserved to be no matter how the label folded.
Cool. I'll watch this some time soon. Maybe I'll just watch 16 candles again. Same diff.
Watched "I care a lot". It was ok. The ending was kind of abrupt and weird though.
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Watched "I care a lot". It was ok. The ending was kind of abrupt and weird though.
Rosamund Pike and Peter Dinklage were great but the story never found the right tone. I mean, the way Pike ripped off old people was so scary and despicable that I wanted everything bad imaginable happen to her character but she turned into the "hero" of the plot.
The hero was the dude at the end who lost his mom and couldnt see her before she died. I thought the ending was great.
When she did the news show circuit and Forbes and all that shit I was thinking aren't people wondering how she can be that rich and drive Ferrari's while just helping out old folks. It had me. It could've been longer and I would've watched if it had resolved some story derps.
So glad I checked out The Wolf of Snow Hollow. Future classic horror/comedy right there.
Zack Snyder's Justice League
It's fucking insane how much better Snyder's directors cuts are compared to his theatrical releases. They're still dumb movies but it's wild to see actual authorial voice in a super hero movie after all the risk-averse, made-by-committee Marvel stuff.
I'm only halfway through the new 4 hour cut of JL, but it's almost comical how much better it is than the Whedonized version.
Seaspiracy. Netflix documentary on the fishing industry. It'll get you wound up for sure. Very inflammatory and provocative like a Netflix documentary. Good points but of course dramatic.
Side note. I actually have a dolphin safe albacore tuna source. For real if you're interested.
Here's a kind of a rebuttal but not really. Just kind of a fact check from a marine biologist.
Watched Beyond Thunderdome and Fury Road back to back last night
I didn't realize before how directly connected the two films are. Like, is it implied that Furiosa's clan is descended from the clan of wild folk Max finds in Thunderdome? Is the "green place" what has become of the type of oases where they resided?
Or I could also see that Fury Road takes place first: the oasis in Thunderdome exists because the earth has had more time to heal; the seeds they obtained have grown; the Furiosas have gradually turned into Aunty Entities as their attempts to keep societies like The Citadel together are frustrated by the harsh realities of the destroyed world.
I'm sure the nerds have already figured this out, but my personal instinct would be to interpret it as Fury Road taking place last in the series, where basically all traces and thoughts of the previous civilization have vanished, and several generations have grown up not knowing the word "tree".
I love these movies if you can't tell.
We watched Unhinged last night.
Russel Crowe plays a fat ass road rage psycho.
I tried to watch "Music, Money, Madness . . . Jimi Hendrix In Maui" but turned it off. I really just wanted to see Jimi play.
I now believe that Jimi's death was a suicide, HE JUST WANTED TO GET AWAY FROM ALL THE STUPID FUCKING HIPPIES.
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It's sooooooo good!!! We watched it again here, it was just as much fun the second time.
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It's sooooooo good!!! We watched it again here, it was just as much fun the second time.
It definitely was a fun movie to watch. Cage's facial expressions were great.
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The movie was somewhat predictable, but it was a good watch. Cinematography was excellent. Overall, I enjoyed this movie.
T HE L O B S T E R
super weird!
I watched that Enola Holmes movie. It was enjoyable enough, witty, well written, a bit anti-climactic.
The strangest thing was that although one of the major plot points was early feminism and striking back against patriarchal social norms, those who made the movie had no issue once again blatantly exploiting Lolita tropes with a charismatic and talented underage female actress. I mean, another of the plot points is that they blatantly sexualize her, although the awkward teenage romantic tension didn't even approach PG-13 territory.
A disappointing juxtaposition, for sure.
The missus and I used to watch a lot of horror movies but I find that I have less of a stomach for it in my old age. She doesn't have the same issue and put together a list of stuff we've missed in the last few years to get back into it. Started with TERRIFIER last night. Pretty awesome! I had a few complaints.. it commits a couple chekhov's gun blunders, and in my opinion didn't need to tell you who the final girl was at the beginning of the film.
Descent Into the Maelstrom (Radio Birdman documentary)
Pretty standard rockumentary, but worth watching if you're interested in the band. They released an album on Sire records in the late 70s, which I had listened to quite a bit back then. Additional information about them was practically nonexistent in the USA, because they were from Sydney and were dropped from Sire pretty quickly. So the movie was pretty informative. But it might be one of those 'for the fans' kind of documentaries.
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The missus and I used to watch a lot of horror movies but I find that I have less of a stomach for it in my old age. She doesn't have the same issue and put together a list of stuff we've missed in the last few years to get back into it. Started with TERRIFIER last night. Pretty awesome! I had a few complaints.. it commits a couple chekhov's gun blunders, and in my opinion didn't need to tell you who the final girl was at the beginning of the film.
Yeah, I hear you. It's not that I don't have the stomach for it anymore, it's just that I don't get the same thrills from horror movies that I used to. I still do it up proper in October for Halloween, I'm just far more selective the rest of the year. Plus, it just seems that most of the horror movies that come out nowadays simply ain't that good....
So with that being said, I'll check out this movie because you're recommended it.
I used to love horror movies but in my teens and tweens (70s/80s) the whole genre was more cutting edge. When horror movies became more and more torture porn I lost interest.
Also on a personal level I had to deal with repeated leg surgeries that my son had to go through. Believe me, cleaning the open wounds on the leg of your 5-year-old on a daily basis for several month kinda take the fun out of splatter movies.
Still, George Romero is one of my heroes.
Speaking of Romero and 70s horror, MARTIN is on our list. Apparently it's Romero's favorite film that he made.
We watched UNDERWATER starring Kristen Stewart and Vince Cassel. It's an ALIEN formula movie but instead of outer space it takes place .... well, you can figure it out. And you got cthulus instead of xenomorphs. There are some good claustrophobia scares along the lines of THE DESCENT and Kristen Stewart really carries the film with the central performance. Monsters were okay, maybe coulda been cooler. Super formulaic and predictable but that's not necessarily a bad thing with this type of film. It's directed by the same guy who made THE SIGNAL starring Laurence Fishburne and honestly that was a cooler and more memorable film despite this one having much more production value behind it.
The Signal is a cool low-budget scifi-movie.
Martin is really good, a bit more cerebral than most of Romero's films, though I'd say most of them really make you think.
Last night took a break from horror and watched ANTIPORNO, a pretentious and unsexy softcore porn made by the absolutely psychotic filmmaker Sion Sono. Weird how unerotic this movie is despite having wall to wall sex and nudity, but it's because he's making some sort of feminist critique. Kind of a pain in the ass to sit through but there was a lot to talk about when we were done.
Then, TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE. Of course this isn't the first time I've seen this, but somehow I remembered it being cornier and less impressively brutal. They really make you wait before the shit hits the fan and when it does it's extremely shocking. Possibly my favorite old school slasher flick, although I might be grading it on a curve due to how comparatively mediocre all the modern horror I've been watching is.
What you mentioned is what I like about older horror, and feel like modern horror really doesn't do well.
They make you wait, and when the shit hits the fan, it's legitimately shocking. Modern horror has largely forgotten how to do that, build that sort of dramatic tension and suspense by understanding that when it comes to shock value, less is often more. If the filmmaker is careful about only showing glimmers of the true terror, then our imaginations naturally fill in the blanks, and that's where the true horror lies - in our own minds.
You would probably enjoy the first couple films Ti West made if you haven't seen them. HOUSE OF THE DEVIL and THE INNKEEPERS. The former is about the most pitch perfect slow burn horror of the modern era.
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You would probably enjoy the first couple films Ti West made if you haven't seen them. HOUSE OF THE DEVIL and THE INNKEEPERS. The former is about the most pitch perfect slow burn horror of the modern era.
Oh yeah, for sure, Ti West gets it. House of the Devil is a masterclass in creating suspense and atmosphere, and nailed the whole throwback vibe to a T. I wasn't surprised to find out that Ti West also worked on the Them series, as that really well done, for the most part.
Kelly McGillis is in The Innkeepers.
Watched The Woman In The Window last night. Amy Adams. She's kind of a crack pot. But is she?
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019). 8/10 Fun. Learned who the director was 1/2 in. okay, good. cool.
American Made (2017). legit rogue-pilot drug skit. I don't remember the flying. re-watch for the story? Hey that Cruise is okay.
THX 1138 on the backround screen. Good backround sounds/cheap sci-fi sound- love it. I guess I'll watch it, looks goofy.
I really enjoyed Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, and I'm not a big Tarantino guy.
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I really enjoyed Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, and I'm not a big Tarantino guy.
i enjoyed it big time
and tarantino lost me after jackie brown
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I really enjoyed Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, and I'm not a big Tarantino guy.
i enjoyed it big time
and tarantino lost me after jackie brown
Yeah, I liked Jackie Brown also.
Rough approximation of how I would rank the Tarantino films. Ask me tomorrow and it will be different other than the top 3 which are pretty solidified. I like all his films and love most of them.
I always felt like it was kinda fashionable to dislike Tarantinothe way it is to dislike Spielberg or like, The Beatles, but that doesnt' apply to you fine chaps, I know your opinions come from the heart.
1. Once Upon
2. Jackie Brown
3. Pulp Fiction
4. Inglourious Basterds
5. Death Proof
6. Reservoir Dogs
7. Kill bill
8. Django
9. Hateful 8
I tend to either really like some of his films, or be okay with them and also get a bad taste in my mouth over them because people gush over them and it makes them feel overrated.
You liked the Inglorious Basterds remake, aye? That's one of them I really didn't care for, I couldn't even make it through, turned it off.
My top two would probably be the same, Once Upon and Jackie Brown. I thought Jackie Brown was much more subtle and clever than his prior films when it came out, though a lot of my friends didn't care for it. Pulp Fiction was fun, though I'm still not sure why people are so enamored with it. It didn't have a lot of replay value for me. Same with Reservoir Dogs, I enjoyed it, though it's not like something I'd buy and rewatch.
I really, really liked True Romance, though I guess he only wrote and didn't direct that? Same with Natural Born Killers, he wrote that and did not direct.
Yeah Inglourious Basterds... not really a remake, is it? The only real thing it has in common with the original film is the title and somethign to do with Nazis.
It's such a well made film. The strudel scene is a master class in coiled-fuse tension. Christoph Waltz's performance. Can't really relate to your reaction at all I'm afraid
Watched a couple A24 dealios.
SAINT MAUD - a young woman believes God is talking to her and does increasingly psychotic shit to prove her devotion. I guess I wished this was more like Bill Paxton's masterpiece FRAILTY where you're not really sure if it's all in her head or she's really a soldier in the battle between god and satan, but the film is more interested in being a quiet character study.
UNDER THE SILVER LAKE - dude's follow up to IT FOLLOWS which I really liked. This is a potentially great film if you cut it down by about an hour and come up with a better 'final revelation'. It's about some fuckup hipster getting lost in the underbelly of Hollywood, kind of in the vibe of THE BIG LEBOWSKI or THE LONG GOODBYE where it's clearly a Sam Seder esque noir protagonist embodied in a stoner/slacker. The scariest scene in the movie is the most original, where he wanders upon an old man playing a piano who demonically gloats about how he's written every single piece of music familiar to us, from modern pop songs to Beethoven's fifth. I appreciated this movie's ambition but it didn't quite come together for me.
Quote from: renfield on May 25, 2021, 12:36:06 PM
Yeah Inglourious Basterds... not really a remake, is it? The only real thing it has in common with the original film is the title and somethign to do with Nazis.
It's such a well made film. The strudel scene is a master class in coiled-fuse tension. Christoph Waltz's performance. Can't really relate to your reaction at all I'm afraid
I don't think that I even made it through enough of it to see how much fidelity it had to the original, though I definitely didn't find it as colorful, funny and goofy as the original. I don't think I made it through more than say, 20 minutes, 30 tops? So I didn't see this strudel scene.
I remember just thinking that the dialogue was really poorly written and forced, which is often my problems with some of Tarantino's more over-the-top movies. I know that some people really like his dialogues in particular, though I often find them to be cringe inducing. Also, expectations are often a big part of my reactions to art, and I'd imagine I was expecting a really fun movie, like the original. I didn't find it to be fun at all, so I turned it off.
You're right that it didn't share much with the original other than the name and that it's set in World War II. The plot of the original was that they were stealing a Nazi warhead, so that's not even the same.
Tarantino's dialog is very artificial and stylized, I get how it's a turn off to some people. Ditto Lynch and Cronenberg. People in those movies don't talk like real people by any stretch, but that's not really the objective in my opinion
I agree that it's not the objective, and I'll have to try to watch the movie again with fresh eyes.
Speaking of expectations, I watched the two newer IT movies, and was pleasantly surprised. I didn't think that they were the great by any means, and I thought that the first one was better than the second (and truer to the source material). However, again, my expectations were very low given how many people seemed to hate on them and say they sucked when they saw them in the theater, which was why I was in no rush to watch them. I found them to be entertaining, grotesque, imaginative, and even shocking at times.
I especially liked how the second movie started by openly mocked the ending of the book, and suggested that endings could be changed in movie adaptations if people didn't care for the ending of the book in question, then went on to change the ending. That was pretty clever. What didn't work for me so much about the second was that a lot of it felt like filler that was added to justify breaking the movie into two parts. It seemed like much of the gratuitous material was added just to make the second movie as long as the first movie, which did follow much closer to the book.
My 2 cents, curious what others thought of the films.....
I think the fatal flaw of both IT adaptation was dividing the kid section and adult section. In the book, they're mingled together: the adults get together and then you see the stuff that happened when they were kids through flashbacks. This works better because the adults are comparatively boring on their own and 90% of the plot happens to the kids. I think that's the biggest reason why It Chapter 2 and the second half of the Tim Curry miniseries both kinda suck.
I liked the newer movies, but I didn't find them even slightly scary. The book isn't really that scary either though I suppose, more just gruesome.
Totally agree with that, my girlfriend had not read the book and straight up asked me at the start of the second one if the books were structured and paced in the same manner, and I told her the book started with the beginning of the first movie, then jumps to the beginning of the second movie, etc.
From a studio standpoint, I get why they'd do that, so we have a more "coherent" two part series that has some closure at the end of the first part, though it definitely made the second parts more lackluster. Much of the padding in part 2 was really superfluous. Only about the first half hour and last 45 minutes were really necessary, and still none of that material was as good as the backstory with the kids.
The Quiet One - Bill Wyman documentary. I thought it was really quite good. You get a real insight into his life and his personality, and there's lots of good footage of the early and mid period Stones (he quit around 1990). It's on Hulu.
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Wish I saw this years ago. Great movie. Fight scenes were intense and quite realistic.
Psycho Gorman - awesome
Bloody good time at house harker - great
A werewolf in england - werewolf literally shits all over two dudes, what more can you say
'Val'- really well done and absolutely worth a watch
I saw The Green Knight.
Really, really liked it. Weird, existential, makes you think.
been on a bit of a tom hardy kick lately. watched legend, lawless and capone. all awesome. he was so good in capone. pretty much just mumbled throughout the whole movie while smoking a carrot. lawless was my fav of the 3.
of course bronson is an underground classic.
Hardy in Capone didn't really act much imo. He grumbled, went psychotic and shit himself. It must of been hilariously fun to play, but I think alot of actors could've performed as well.
Bronson is amazing. I'm still kinda surprised it's not more well known.
my ex has been in love with Hardy forever, I know way more than I want to about the man. ;D
Rewatched The Hobbit. Thought it was garbage at the time, but now it's frankly insane how much more gravity and care went into it than the assembly line MCU movies. If it had come out in the 80s and had fun practical effects instead of awful looking CGI I think it would be considered a classic on par with DRAGONSLAYER.
Tolken IP has been notoriously political for decades. I almost get the feeling family members or producers or somebody actually had to die before some parts of production could go forward lol. Superhero stuff has been commodified for as long if not longer.
I still haven't seen The Hobbit, but the og triology like a bazillion times in the 00's.
I saw the first half of The Hobbit. The whole first flick.. Don't really remember it being good or bad but it stopped at a really stupid spot and credits rolled.
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This was ok. Felt like a rip-off of The Human Centipede.
Anyone see the medium yet? Looks fairly terrifying.
I hadn't heard about this movie until the 4k restoration and release, but it gets all sorts of praise.
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had to stop 10 minutes in but wow, it looks rad. and Neil looks like he's tweleve lol
edit: absolutely deserves it's cult status. First time through it was pretty sloggy for me, the overacting can be brutal if you're not prepared, and the color contrasts from scene to scene made me eyes hurt. I thought it was kinda obvious the story is about narcissistic drug addicts from the start with a bunch of wierdo soul possession stuff throw on top. Definitely worth a watch but the filler can get tedious.
Hellraiser 1 and 2. When I was a kid they were the really gnarly hardcore one of all the mainstream horror franchises, but now the cenobites just seem like old friends. If you think about it it's probably preferable to run across them as compared to a Jason or a Mike Myers since they'll hear you out and let you talk them out of the extreme BDSM stuff they want to do to you.
Mystery Road. Australian.
Modern day Western crime thing. Very Australian. Slow burn. Good cinematography. I liked it.
Free on YouTube premium.
So I saw quote/unquote "Dune". I hesitate to call it Dune, even.
Ooof. What a doozy. This could really be the doozy of all doozies for me, at least if we're talking about a failure to translate source material to the screen.
Quote from: Dylan Thomas on October 26, 2021, 03:45:31 PM
So I saw quote/unquote "Dune". I hesitate to call it Dune, even.
Ooof. What a doozy. This could really be the doozy of all doozies for me, at least if we're talking about a failure to translate source material to the screen.
It took me many years to appreciate the Lynch movie. I can't say I was ever a big fan. I've never got around to reading the books. I knew of the movie first and I guess it couldn't inspired me to dig further. My expectations may be lower than yours, so I may not be disappointed as either way.
I'd sprung for a month of HBO Max to binge on a few old horror films and see what the new Dune hype was about. I have yet to commit to watching it all the way through though. I'd started to the other day, and got maybe a half hour in then realized that I'm in for a different movie than I'd sat down for. I went back to the 8o's horror film binge I'd been on prior to that idea.
Watched Halloween Kills last night. Everyone gets an overacting award.
Quote from: Dylan Thomas on October 26, 2021, 03:45:31 PM
So I saw quote/unquote "Dune". I hesitate to call it Dune, even.
Ooof. What a doozy. This could really be the doozy of all doozies for me, at least if we're talking about a failure to translate source material to the screen.
I completely disagree. Huge fan of the novel and this is the first adaptation that communicated the feeling of reading that book, ironically by the very decision of choosing to leave things opaque / mysterious / unexplained. The alternative would have been endless exposition dumps and having characters who know what mentats are explain to each other what mentats are for the audience's benefit.
The way I look at it is: reading the novel or watching the movie, there's so much that is beyond the reader's/viewer's understanding. Who the fuck is Princess Irulan and why is she writing about Paul as if he's somebody from the past? You constantly are presented with the sense that there's a depth to the world beyond what you're seeing on the page / on the screen.
Quote from: renfield on October 28, 2021, 12:17:38 PM
I completely disagree. Huge fan of the novel and this is the first adaptation that communicated the feeling of reading that book, ironically by the very decision of choosing to leave things opaque / mysterious / unexplained. The alternative would have been endless exposition dumps and having characters who know what mentats are explain to each other what mentats are for the audience's benefit.
The way I look at it is: reading the novel or watching the movie, there's so much that is beyond the reader's/viewer's understanding. Who the fuck is Princess Irulan and why is she writing about Paul as if he's somebody from the past? You constantly are presented with the sense that there's a depth to the world beyond what you're seeing on the page / on the screen.
I'm a total freak for Dune, so I'm going to try not to get going here, because you know that I'll rant all day if you let me when I feel passionately about something.
My issue is that I didn't feel the book very often at all in this rendition. I almost walked out, and I've never walked out of a movie before. I was that appalled by the mistreatment of the source material.
I thought this was a really surface level, shallow rendition of most of Dune's key aspects, its mythos and its universe. There were many things that I liked about it: the costumes, the ornithopters, the set designs, the cinematography, some of the casting choices and performances (Paul and Jessica in particular shined, though the Baron was exceptional in the screen time that he received), and that masterful scene where they introduce the Bene Gesserit voice. That scene was the best part of the movie, and it never really reached those heights again in exploring the many elements that make Dune the modern myth that it's become.
It's not just the lack of explanation of what a mentat is and why they need them, the list of key omissions is a mile long. Obviously not all of them can or should be rendered on a big screen adaptation, and bit more context would have brought the film to a whole different artistic dimension.
I agree that endless exposition can be pointless, and there are means of telling a story and bringing a world to life other than exposition for exposition's sake. This movie felt mostly lifeless to me: cold and one dimensional for about half of the run time. Just having a big budget and expecting aesthetics to carry the film's narrative doesn't work for me either - it's a colossal cop-out.
Pro-tip: alternate forms of effective exposition to traditional narrative styles do not include gratuitous Jason Momoa action sequences and having Oscar Isaac emphatically state "desert power" over and over ad nauseum.
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Is this that new Heavy Metal/Ralph Bakshi-esque animated film?? Did you see it? Anyone know how it is??
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No, but portraying things in an opaque and mysterious manner IS an effective alternative in my opinion. There's so much implicit detail throughout the film, I really would dispute that they "omit" stuff so much as hide it in the background, force the viewer to tease it out. Cinema and prose are such drastically different vocabularies, and to me this was far and away the most successful attempt of conveying the source material through the language of movieology.
Particularly compared with the Lynch version, which I also love, and which has a lot more plot details from the book on screen despite being like 1/3 of the length, but feels more like a really weird Star Trek episode than Dune.
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Is this that new Heavy Metal/Ralph Bakshi-esque animated film?? Did you see it? Anyone know how it is??
yep and as you would expect, it's pretty great. The rotoscope is fantastic, story and performances are sick. I only rented it and watched it once, but I don't remember there being much fat in it at all. That might be a purchase in the future
Quote from: renfield on November 04, 2021, 03:22:20 PM
No, but portraying things in an opaque and mysterious manner IS an effective alternative in my opinion. There's so much implicit detail throughout the film, I really would dispute that they "omit" stuff so much as hide it in the background, force the viewer to tease it out. Cinema and prose are such drastically different vocabularies, and to me this was far and away the most successful attempt of conveying the source material through the language of movieology.
Particularly compared with the Lynch version, which I also love, and which has a lot more plot details from the book on screen despite being like 1/3 of the length, but feels more like a really weird Star Trek episode than Dune.
Well, you're obviously seeing something that I did not. Maybe if you gave some examples? I'm skeptical that most of the more fascinating themes and elements of the Dune mythos were treated even "implicitly."
Honestly, I see it a blatantly disrespectful mistreatment of the source material, big in scope yet purposely dumbed down for mass consumption. And it definitely steers away from some of the more subversive (and cultural relevant) themes on purpose, which is a total copout. I wish they could have been brave enough to point out the obvious allegory of Western imperialism vs. Islam oil. Weak sauce, and a golden opportunity wasted there.
I didn't find it to be effective in the slightest, other than in reminding me of the incomparable subtlety and genius of Herbert's mind, which the film's creators failed not only to capture, but to even comprehend in the first place. In my mind, they had no business making this movie, they missed the point of Dune entirely.
And with that being said, if it makes some people curious to read the book if they haven't prior to the movie, that's the best possible outcome I can see from the creation of this film.
I have never read the books, neither movie has ignited any spark of interest in doing so. Aren't movie adaptions of books at least supposed to do that?
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I have never read the books, neither movie has ignited any spark of interest in doing so. Aren't movie adaptions of books at least supposed to do that?
Yes, ideally.
Enough on Dune for now though, I could go on for days about the things I don't like about the new one.
Here's a movie I really, really did like - The Electrical Life of Louis Wain.
It's the "true story" of a Victorian eccentric who drew psychedelic cats. so you know, right in my wheelhouse. I don't know too much about his life, so I'm not sure how badly the movie rendered it, compared to something like A Beautiful Mind, which was obviously abysmal to anyone who knows that guy's real story.
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This was better than I expected it to be.
^ Alright, cool. I've been on the fence of checking it out, though if you say it's okay for an M Night movie, I'll check it.
HIGH-RISE. Cool JG Ballard adaptation by Ben Wheatley, psychedelic cosmic horror director responsible for KILL LIST and A FIELD IN ENGLAND. It's a period piece that manages to also be sci fi. Very cool and disturbing
THE BEACH BUM .. Harmony Korine's attempt to make a mainstream stoner comedy. I thought the first half was quite poetic but it lost its lustre as it went on.
IRREVERSIBLE. The less said about it the better.
I liked High Rise quite a bit. The movie of his that I really loved was In The Earth, which is a total mindfuck, ultra weirdness.
I'll check it out, I really dig his style
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I'll check it out, I really dig his style
I really dig his style as well, and I'll admit that A Field In England was a bit hard for me to take in. I need to give it another go, it's just so purposefully convoluted.
Came across a big list of movies now available in Dec on Netflix.
Should be some enjoyable stuff. Tremors is up first for me.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vulture.com/amp/article/new-on-netflix-movies-shows-originals.html
I saw the new Ghostbusters. Went to the theater solo stoned out of my mind on edibles. Was fun. Plenty to complain about but whatever. What I expected.
We watched The Power of the Dog. First that struck me when I saw the trailer was that it was cinematically attempting to mimic There Will be Blood. I was right. In fact they'd originally picked Paul Dano to play George. It's not a bad movie. In fact it's pretty good. I've not read the book but I think they could have done a bit more to make the movie even grittier.
Benedict Cumberbatch is no Daniel Day Louis but he tries. There's talk of oscars but I don't think anybody deserves one for this film.
Watch it. It's good. Just not as good as Blood.
I saw power of the dog yesterday. I really liked it.
Yes cobra kai season 4 is coming.
Cobra Kai sucks! Can't wait! Hahah!
It's so stupid... But I'm legitimately excited for it.
Eagle Fang!
Quote from: RAGER on December 05, 2021, 10:05:31 AM
We watched The Power of the Dog. First that struck me when I saw the trailer was that it was cinematically attempting to mimic There Will be Blood. I was right. In fact they'd originally picked Paul Dano to play George. It's not a bad movie. In fact it's pretty good. I've not read the book but I think they could have done a bit more to make the movie even grittier.
Benedict Cumberbatch is no Daniel Day Louis but he tries. There's talk of oscars but I don't think anybody deserves one for this film.
Watch it. It's good. Just not as good as Blood.
Yeah, I saw the preview for this, and it certainly looks intriguing. I'll have to check it out. Yes, Benedink Pumpernickel is no Daniel Day Lewis, for better and for worse.
I do like Benedict Cumberpatch though, he's a quirky actor with a lot of talent for portraying oddballs, which I can appreciate as a fellow oddball.
Yeah it's worth seeing.
After you watch read a synopsis for a better understanding or hell better yet read the damn book.
Just watched The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.
Still processing.
Started off hilarious then it was not. Now wondering what the hell I just watched, but in a good way.
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Saw No Way Home with the fam last night. Not bad. Lots of cool visual. Good tie ins to other Marvel stories.
We watched "Don't Look Up". Ridiculous in a good way. Speaks to what is going on currently.
Watching this soon.
Everyone who's seen it says the same thing you did. Also parallels to "Idiocracy"
Also need to watch "Pig", keep hearing it's an excellent movie
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Suggested Pig last night. Wife shot it down. I'll watch it by myself.
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We watched "Don't Look Up". Ridiculous in a good way. Speaks to what is going on currently.
Watched it based on this recomendation. I really liked it. Lots of subtle and not so subtle shots taken at magamorons. I loved the part where hills character says "if she wasnt my mother" a clear reference to trump talking about his daughter. I wonder if the irony will be lost on any maga that watches.
Totally aimed at maga turds. The fact the prez was just a self absorbed dingus. And the hats and the dumb slogans.
Leo talks about wanting to do a movie like this for a while.
Liz wants to watch "Don't Look Up", so I'd imagine we'll do so soon.
I've also heard great things about "Pig", but nothing about the most important aspect of ANY Nicholas Cage movie:
How epic is his meltdown scene, on a scale of 1 to Mandy?
Just finished Don't Look Up. I think Jonah ad libbing Jennifer Lawrence insults were pretty good.
I don't know if he did them off the cuff, but it seemed like it. Otherwise, kinda of interesting. Not great.
Huh, watched Prisoners of Ghostland. It was....okay. Entertaining. Same studio that released Mandy and The Colour Out Of Space.
Same basic idea, batshit with Nicholas Cage as the lead. Very bizarre and surreal, though it often fails to top its own over-the-the-topness and has some large sections of the movie that feel pretty directionless. So it doesn't really build a lot of momentum going into the finale, and the middle slogs a bit.
Doesn't really have an epic Nick Cage meltdown, so there's also that. I wasn't expecting high theater or anything, just some insta-cult weirndess, and it certainly delivers that.
I'm bummed that Prisoners of Ghostland isn't supposed to be better because it's the American debut of one of Japan's most batshit directors, Sion Sono (Suicide Club, Love Exposure, Cold Fish etc)
But who knows, I might like it!
Matrix 4
This is gonna be a love it or hate it sort of deal. Goofy as hell. Curious if anybody is a big fan of the franchise and what yall think of this one
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I'm bummed that Prisoners of Ghostland isn't supposed to be better because it's the American debut of one of Japan's most batshit directors, Sion Sono (Suicide Club, Love Exposure, Cold Fish etc)
But who knows, I might like it!
I certainly liked it, don't get me wrong. It's most certainly batshit too, don't get that wrong either. It just kind of hits the batshit peak a bit early, and runs out of room and ideas to really get froggin' freaky.
Like, Mandy was awesome because it just kept getting more and more off the wall and intense, you know?
Finally watched "Don't Look Up."
It was very funny, great satire that understands the key concept of "punching up."
I really liked the portrayal of the rich CEO dude who claims to be a humanitarian, though proves otherwise through his actions. So poignant. The actor was really good.
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Violence x 10.
^^ love that one
I'll check it out, could use some cheesy horror in my life.
It's a crime / martial arts action thing. Have you seen THE RAID and its sequel?
The Raid? No.
I guess I could do crime/martial arts as well?
Oh dude you gotta watch THE RAID. This main guy is the same guy from THE NIGHT COMES FOR US
the last dual was really good. i loved the way they had the story from 3 different perspectives. i think she was lying.
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Looks like my kinda film!
Who has seen Belladonna of Sadness? Old Japanese cartoon, ultra fucked up and bizarre. Kinda hard to watch, real rape-y. I got a bootleg copy long ago that I just finally have the tech to actually watch lol. Off the wall, super uncomfortable.
Oh, the sountrack is really incredible, I've had that vinyl for a while. Well worth picking up even if the movie ain't your cup of tea.
I think I saw Belladonna of Sadness a while back, possibly on TCM. It seems vaguely familiar, don't know where else I would have seen it.
I got around to watching "Old."
That was bad, that dude is really out of touch. Some of the actors were great, and he has them delivering some truly awful dialogue with no idea how to direct that dialogue other than to make it ironically humorous.
He has no insight anymore into how genuine human interactions in the real world even look like, so it comes off as just this sad parody of human life devoid of actual emotional content.
The Blood On Satan's Claw
How did I miss this old masterpiece of absurdist campy goodness????????
It is so, so off the wall yet so, so satisfying.
KIMI. real good thriller; kind of a Rear Window for the modern era.
Quote from: renfield on March 07, 2022, 06:29:46 PM
KIMI. real good thriller; kind of a Rear Window for the modern era.
Hmmm, I love Rear Window, so this is pertinent to my interests.
I watched Hellbender.
Good movie. Rare, a newer horror movie that isn't just some predictable cookie-cutter bullshit.
I'd say that over the last decade, there have only been a handful of decent, original horror movies (The Babadook, John Dies At The End, The Lighthouse, The Dark, Mandy, In The Earth, etc) and this is certainly a worthy addition to that list.
I'm really looking forward to Hellbender, but I disagree about your assessment about recent horror films in general. Here's some others you might dig based on your list:
Saint Maud
Under the Silver Lake
The VVitch
Beyond the Black Rainbow
Midsommar / Hereditary
A Cure for Wellness
Murder Party
Raw
Climax
Gretel & Hansel
Sea Fever
Get Out
Malignant
Possessor
It Follows
Annihilation
Under the Skin
The Devil's Candy
The Innkeepers
Thelma
A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night
Quote from: renfield on March 11, 2022, 01:06:49 PM
I'm really looking forward to Hellbender, but I disagree about your assessment about recent horror films in general. Here's some others you might dig based on your list:
Saint Maud
Under the Silver Lake
The VVitch
Beyond the Black Rainbow
Midsommar / Hereditary
A Cure for Wellness
Murder Party
Raw
Climax
Gretel & Hansel
Sea Fever
Get Out
Malignant
Possessor
It Follows
Annihilation
Under the Skin
The Devil's Candy
The Innkeepers
Thelma
A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night
Under The Silver Lake I'd call neo-noir. Excellent movie regardless.
Beyond The Black Rainbow is from 2010, and also excellent.
Agree on The VVitch, though I listed The Lighthouse because I think it's much better
Midsommar was *decent*, thought that Hereditary was weak. Good acting, bad writing/direction. That filmmaker seems very, very limited.
Immediately after I made my list of examples, I realized that I should have specifically included Get Out. That filmmaker is not limited, he really understands what horror is all about, what makes a concept truly frightening: relevance.
I thought It Follows is completely overrated. Not impressed in the slightest, mostly derivative with one smidget of originality.
Annihilation is phenomenal, and again, not sure I'd categorize it as "horror". Sci-fi? I guess it falls into the same realm as Alien, I wouldn't really put that in the horror category either.
Under The Skin, I'd forgotten that was 2013, that would make the list, yes.
I was not impressed with Raw.
I have not seen the others, honestly, and I'll work my way through them and perhaps let you know what I think. I'm not shy to share my experiences and opinions ;-)
I started Climax and fell asleep, I tend to be wiped and crash hard on Friday nights.
What I saw so far was pretty well done, though it hadn't gotten very "visionary" yet.
I think you'll totally dig Hellbender, man, that's what it gets right that sooooo many movies get wrong, the visions.
New Dune, didn't do it well.
Midsommar, didn't do it well.
In The Earth, Mandy, nails those vision sequences, so does Hellbender. Curious how Climax will do with that.....
Be sure to check out BEYOND THE BLACK RAINBOW, 'tis the dude who made Mandy's directorial debut. It's a lot more opaque and strange and lacks a glorious Nic Cage performance to help the artsy fartsiness go down, but I really loved it. Visually it is ... completely fucked.
CLIMAX is actually pretty visually restrained. Even though all the characters are on LSD I don't believe it ever shows you their perspective. It's directed by Gaspar Noe, whose previous film ENTER THE VOID is *entirely* shot from one character's perspective
who dies in the first fifteen minutes of the film. It's got some of the most incredible psychedelic visual effects I've ever seen. But maybe you weren't being completely literal when you said "visions"
Oh and it has one of the best title sequences of all time, if you can do strobing lights:
Yes, definitely visually restrained, though intense. I didn't realize that Climax was the same person who did Welcome To The Void, I love that movie.
I liked Climax well enough, though I have some lingering questions about things that didn't exactly sit right with me. I wonder what point the film maker was trying to get across, is this some sort of exploitation film? A cautionary tale, don't do drugs?? What was the film maker hoping that the viewer's takeaway from the movie would be?
Yes, I saw Beyond the Black Rainbow when it came out and I own a copy. It's a favorite of mine, I much prefer it to Mandy. I didn't include it in my list of horror movies I thought were good from the past decade because it's from 2010..... I literally meant in the last 10 years, 2012-2022.
Gotcha
Another one I'm a fan of is LORDS OF SALEM although most people didn't care for it. Curious if you saw / enjoyed it
Quote from: renfield on March 15, 2022, 05:28:58 PM
Gotcha
Another one I'm a fan of is LORDS OF SALEM although most people didn't care for it. Curious if you saw / enjoyed it
Actually I did! I forgot about that one, and I actually thought that it was surprisingly well done. I was surprised because yeah, most people didn't like it, though I found it to be a lot more original than his other films.
saw the new Ghostbusters lately,didnt like it :-\ kinda sucked!!
the 2016 one was better!!!
Quote from: Isabellacat on March 19, 2022, 09:02:44 PM
saw the new Ghostbusters lately,didnt like it :-\ kinda sucked!!
the 2016 one was better!!!
i put the 2016 film right with the original films. mccarthy and mckinnon are brilliant.
Quote from: mortlock on March 19, 2022, 10:40:07 PM
Quote from: Isabellacat on March 19, 2022, 09:02:44 PM
saw the new Ghostbusters lately,didnt like it :-\ kinda sucked!!
the 2016 one was better!!!
i put the 2016 film right with the original films. mccarthy and mckinnon are brilliant.
Agreed. The 2016 one was arguably better than Ghostbusters 2, which felt very scripted compared to the more off the cuff humor of the original. The 2016 version did a much better job of capturing the humor of the original.
The original is my 3rd favorite movie of all time. I haven't seen this new one.
I did watch Black Crab the other night, I liked it well enough. I had also watched a few newer horror movies as of late, meh. I don't even remember the names because they were forgettable. I still need to work through the rest of that list that renfield provided me.
metal lords was pretty good. some cool cameos.
Quote from: mortlock on April 12, 2022, 08:06:23 PM
metal lords was pretty good. some cool cameos.
I smiled a couple of times and the cameos were fun but in the end the story followed the obvious mainstream-cliches and was way to predictable. The battle of the bands-finale was really dumb.
Yeah it was pretty formulaic, but I can't dislike any movie that has a "discovering your love of metal" montage set to War Pigs
Agreed, that War Pigs-montage was nice.
Quote from: Isabellacat on March 19, 2022, 09:02:44 PM
saw the new Ghostbusters lately,didnt like it :-\ kinda sucked!!
Yeah, kinda did. Too much failed nostalgia tripping, watering down/rehashing old jokes from the original, etc, not to mention a shitty script and poor pacing. It just wasn't particularly entertaining.
Quote from: renfield on January 13, 2022, 09:46:17 PM
Oh dude you gotta watch THE RAID. This main guy is the same guy from THE NIGHT COMES FOR US
Finally got a chance to watch this yesterday. Great movie and the action and gore never lets up.
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Quote from: neighbor664 on March 19, 2022, 04:09:49 PM
solid flick/interesting concept...something my wife and I could watch together...which is rare
saw THE NORTHMAN. in the dang movie theater! almost certainly the most or second most badass viking movie ever made (see also VALHALLA RISING), 4/5.
marked down 1 point for being directed by Robert Eggers and just not living up to my expectations after The Lighthouse
The Lighthouse was incredible, so that's real.
Still working through that list of horror movies, renfield. Last night I watched Gretel and Hansel.
Most excellent! I thoroughly enjoyed it, definitely a worthy addition to any list of recent horror movies that don't suck ;-)
Nice, glad you liked it. About halfway through that movie I realized the witch was played by the Borg Queen from Start Trek First Contact and got pretty excited.
Caught up with Hellbender and holy shit I loved it! Like Dune, a great story about doing drugs with your mom
Quote from: renfield on April 27, 2022, 11:53:40 AM
Nice, glad you liked it. About halfway through that movie I realized the witch was played by the Borg Queen from Start Trek First Contact and got pretty excited.
Yeah, I didn't even pick up on that when I watched it. When I recommended it to Liz and showed her the preview, she recognized that it was The Borg Queen right away.
I really, really enjoyed it. Great atmosphere, paced well, that's the sort of horror I appreciate.
QuoteCaught up with Hellbender and holy shit I loved it! Like Dune, a great story about doing drugs with your mom
I see what you did there, very clever ;-)
I think that both of these movies nail it on the relevance factor for me too. That ultra-modern take on women's liberation and empowerment, it's poignant when it's done well.
I watched the Matrix Resurrections movie.....
What a crock of shit. It started out pretty cool and self aware even, then rapidly descended into mindless action and nonsensical plot development. The ending was anti-climactic and terrible.
Going to see the new Doctor Strange tonight!!!!
If it's cool, I'll write a review. If not, I'll just leave it because I feel like my negative reviews bum everyone out ;-)
i heard it sucked.
I saw it at the drive in on Sunday. It was fine. It's just, you know, Marvel superheroes and stuff. Not going to stick with me for years, but I wouldn't say it sucked. There's some fun things that can be done in the multiverse.
I froggin' LOVED IT!!!!!!! I thought it was even better than the first Doctor Strange movie, like 10X better.
And I'm not really a fan of the Marvel movies at all. I liked the animated Spiderverse one, that's the best thing that Marvel has ever done.
Phil Lynott: Songs for While I'm Away
Awesome.
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NOPE
Did you guys see this? I was kinda confused by it.
EDIT - Nevermind I figured it out.
Just saw Nope. Loved it.
I saw elements of M Night Shamalon (sp?) The Abyss, Close Encounters.
Thought it was wonderful.
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I really liked Bradley Cooper in this, but overall a lesser PTA joint
Prey kicked ass. i love all the predator movies and this latest installment was great. i dont want to give anything away. if youre a fan it wont disappoint.
yall should see RRR. insane on every level
Watched this last night. Insane story of rescue. A little slow at times, but really well acted by everyone, especially the stars.
Quote from: mortlock on August 08, 2022, 07:05:20 PM
Prey kicked ass. i love all the predator movies and this latest installment was great. i dont want to give anything away. if youre a fan it wont disappoint.
I'm not understanding the praise this movie is getting.
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Quote from: mortlock on August 08, 2022, 07:05:20 PM
Prey kicked ass. i love all the predator movies and this latest installment was great. i dont want to give anything away. if youre a fan it wont disappoint.
I'm not understanding the praise this movie is getting.
like i said, if youre a fan you wont be disappointed. if you come in cold, its not going to be something that blows you away. it sits nicely with the rest of the franchise.
I thought it was the best predator since 2
a lot of people rave about this and compare it to pulp fiction
well it's more like those guy richie movies from the late 90s
it aint bad but not real good either - too much mma fighting explosions
and 'deus ex machina' plot solutions
I just watched the movie Sneakers the other day, wow was that a hidden gem and a blast from the past!
I remember seeing it in the theaters with my mother, though she doesn't remember now. It's an interesting spy movie from 1992 with a real all-star cast. Sidney Poitier, Ben Kingsley, Mary McDonnel, David Strathairn, Robert Redford, River Phoenix, Dan Aykroyd, amongst others. It's really witty and has a really great sense of tension created by various examples of moral ambiguity which resolve in the movie's most triumphant conclusion.
I loved rewatching it, total nostalgia trip, and yet strangely relevant in today's high tech world of classified and encrypted information.
Jarmusch - Coffee and Cigarettes.
Also watched Paterson a relationship flick, which I quickly put in the return bin but will probably get back out and watch again. Molasses slow that I kinda had to wait through but it's got something to it I can't put my finger on, probably a couple zen truth aha moments. Maybe this is the Jarmusch signature I don't know. Nothing exciting that's for sure. haha.
Can You Ever Forgive Me. Lightweight true story art forgery flick. I thought well acted and not boring. Picked up the book from the library 127pp
Okay.....
So I watched "NOPE."
Okay.....
I don't really fear very much in life these days, and this movie scared the shit out of me. I feel it really acutely whenever I get defensive, that's really what "suffering" is, a resistance, a barrier that we put up. So I realize fully when that happens. I mean, I had to go wake up the wife, who was not happy about that. Literally had to pause the movie and wake her up. I could barely take it, and certainly not on my own. Eventually, the kitteh came and sat with me while I watched , which was extremely comforting. I'm not really used to suffering now, it's rare, so it was really hard.
In full disclosure, I don't really talk about this much, and I'm scared of horses, so there's that. There's a real irony there, as I'm Hungarian. Hungarians are really known for four things: paprika, wine, horses, and a language that's nearly impossible to speak. I just recently found out from some folks who were visiting from Florida that I spent much of my childhood in an area of Florida that's known for raising horses. I never even noticed, honestly, so what does that say about me? I can't recall seeing a single horse, and apparently they were all around me that whole time, while I grew up with my Hungarian grandparents. It's interesting what we choose to tune out.
I've sat in meditation 11 years. I realize that anything that we fear is a reflection of the parts of our selves that we do not want to face, yet. Eventually, we'll all have to face them.
I don't know what I faced in this movie. The best description of Zen that a teacher ever taught me was "absorption." So maybe I really do know, because wasn't that what it was all about? Maybe I just really needed to see it like this. It's not so scary after all. It was kind of beautiful.
Not matter what, it blew my mind. Not too much that can blow my mind, as my mind's already been blown. Everything we really want in life is on the other side of fear. I feel a lot better for having gone through this.
Now, I just gotta ride a horse, don't I? ;-)
Now, I just gotta ride a horse, don't I? ;-)
Nope.
So you liked it? I liked it.
Quote from: Pissy on September 19, 2022, 08:39:00 AM
Now, I just gotta ride a horse, don't I? ;-)
Nope.
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HA!
Actually, I absolutely kid you not, right when he was in his truck and the thing was hovering over his head, I said "NOPE" and then he said the same thing right afterwards.
I didn't just like it, it was profound.
Well played, my friend. One good gift deserves another.
I watched Captain Fantastic.
Now THAT was fantastic!
I watched some of this new "Infinity" documentary on Netflix.
Pretty good with the visuals and such. I was always very, very influenced by the mathematics of infinity, as posited by Georg Cantor. This documentary gets a bit into that, and also starts pretty early with the model of Hilbert's Hotel, which I was recently hard pressed to explain to Liz in relatable terms, so good thing that the film makers did it so well.
If you're at all interested in this subject, I cannot recommend Rudy Rucker's book "Infinity and the Mind" enough. Good stuff, it even has the formulation of Godel's Incompleteness Theorems explained, both in symbolic logic and layman's terms, which is fabulous. Godel's Incompleteness Theorems had a huge influence on my own thought, along with Xeno's paradox, in differentiating rationalism in favor of a more purely empirical mode of thinking.
Not that rationalism doesn't have its place in approximating reality, it's just without direct experience of said reality, what do we really know?
House of Gucci (2021)
6.6 on IMDB
B.S.! a solid 7.5
Lady Gaga nailed it Ridley Scott dir. story flows, no reason to look away. Cool cast, well acted all around. Potential cult flick with a whodunit thing going somwhere. The cinematography flags in and out of high-budget no-budget* a little jerky but the movie goes on and on like hollywood with actually some, seemingly, remarkable real-estate glam I'd like to take residence at. Will re-watch at least for the scenery. Fun flick but seems isn't quite 100% the glamour of the reported namesake mystique.. or maybe I'm out of the loop. More chowder than bisque I dare say...and that almost doesn't actually matter. It's good enough cinema to have some popcorn and bon-bons at intermisson. No, the Oscar was surely not in play here, some will disagree, but the nomination was no fluke. Recommended. Good cinema I can see this playing well at a Sunday afternoon matinee.
*Budget $75Mil
Quote from: neighbor664 on September 26, 2022, 08:43:53 PM
what's this!? is this new? I can't look now. Hammer worship, I hope.
B-movie horror flick on night flight streaming app.
cool thanks neighbor! I signed up. first thing on live tv is Karen Black in some biker flick. their catalog is just want I needed! - b-flicks galore. no ads, no cgi. pure schlock, yay!
with Rutger Hauer!
Savage Dawn 1985
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089963/
night flight plus. thanks again neighbor!
Blood Harvest (1987) starring Tiny Tim. Dir. Bill Rebane
delicious schlock for October.
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Right on, Muffin Man!
S'more Night Flight goodness.
Maniac Cop 1, 2, and 3. I think these might be the first I've seen of the Larry Cohen movies, at least that I know of. Not much to ponder over and pretty much a waste of time but spot on for October. And no commercial interruptions. If anything useful as backround sounds for working on something else. Looking forward to checking out more ...holy crap he wrote two of my favorite Columbo episodes! Also Black Caesar, seen that. On a kick now ...
THE SADNESS, thai zombie film. The zombies retain their intelligence and just become unable to resist their darkest urges, so it's a lot like Garth Ennis' Crossed comic books if you're familiar with that. Gore to the fucking max, just gallon upon gallon of blood.
Other october viewings:
AGNES. Possessed nun stuff. This is like if a knockoff Wes Anderson or Richard Linklater made his attempt at an A24 style psychological / social commentary horror film. All the actual horror stuff pretty much happens in the first third and then after that it's more just slice of life observations about gender roles with some satanic symbolism. It was okay.
HELLRAISER 2022. Cool practical effects and sets, the cenobites look great, and I thought it was cool to have a final girl who fucks and does drugs and crimes. But it is really really weak tea compared to the original 2 movies and their epic story of psychosexual freaks betraying each other to eternal torture. More of a standard monster movie really.
FIRESTARTER 2022. Garbage. Turned it off after 20 minutes, so I didn't really watch it I guess. Made me want to read and/or watch the Drew Barrymore movie though.
Quote from: Muffin Man on October 17, 2022, 10:17:29 PM
Maniac Cop 1, 2, and 3. I think these might be the first I've seen of the Larry Cohen movies, at least that I know of. Not much to ponder over and pretty much a waste of time but spot on for October. And no commercial interruptions. If anything useful as backround sounds for working on something else. Looking forward to checking out more ...holy crap he wrote two of my favorite Columbo episodes! Also Black Caesar, seen that. On a kick now ...
Larry Cohen also did It's Alive and It Lives Again, which will both be shown this Saturday morning on TCM at 2am.
Quote from: lftwng4 on October 18, 2022, 07:24:47 PM
Quote from: Muffin Man on October 17, 2022, 10:17:29 PM
Maniac Cop 1, 2, and 3. I think these might be the first I've seen of the Larry Cohen movies, at least that I know of. Not much to ponder over and pretty much a waste of time but spot on for October. And no commercial interruptions. If anything useful as backround sounds for working on something else. Looking forward to checking out more ...holy crap he wrote two of my favorite Columbo episodes! Also Black Caesar, seen that. On a kick now ...
Larry Cohen also did It's Alive and It Lives Again, which will both be shown this Saturday morning on TCM at 2am.
Classics!
V/H/S/99- Another collection of found footage horror shorts. None of them are genuinely scary in my opinion but there's a real variety of different ideas and tones. I really loved the one about the Nickelodeon-style children's competition show, it goes in all sorts of bonkers directions you would never expect. The rest range from "meh" to "pretty good". Half the fun in this is just wondering what the next segment is gonna be, so I won't go into any more detail.
BARBARIAN - This movie ruled! Lots of tonal shifts, keeps you engaged throughout and on the edge of your seat for what will happen next. Not to imply some huge twist or anything, it's just a well told horror movie that's unpredictable moment to moment.
DEADSTREAM - less annoying than I thought it would be from the trailer, it implements the trappings of internet culture in an entertaining way but as you can surmise if you google this film, it can't possibly be scary in any degree. I'd rather see the "dave's cooking show" version of this
Basket Case 3. Man, what a classic (I'd guess) in terms of those animatronic creatures. It's Harryhausen level genius cheese-horror schlock! I'll have to get the dvd and hope for extras. Night Flight is running a Troma marathon - I would've never in million years watched this stuff before but here we are for a cheeseball halloween weekend.
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Wow, what a great fucking movie.
Quote from: renfield on December 15, 2022, 04:07:08 PM
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Wow, what a great fucking movie.
fecken great movie. I watched it today off your recomendation. Im left speechless. I dont even know what to say about it.
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Quote from: mortlock on December 17, 2022, 06:04:08 PM
Quote from: renfield on December 15, 2022, 04:07:08 PM
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Wow, what a great fucking movie.
fecken great movie. I watched it today off your recomendation. Im left speechless. I dont even know what to say about it.
Good movie but a bit of a bummer. It got Kellie down so she stopped watching. Poor feckin wee donkey.
saw that a while ago
it's beyond bad
very first motion picture footage ever filmed.
roundhay garden scene 1888.
Nah. The earliest was probably a sex tape. This is the second earliest.
we did psychedelic drugs and saw AVATAR 2 in the imax
dumb movie but I fuckin loved it. nobody does it like Cameron
The first one was super fucking lame too butsurely would be cool on drugs. Is this new one 3d glasses too?
3D glasses, high frame rate so you can efffortlessly parse the 3D effect. i was THERE man, i was on pandora
The Pale Blue Eye wasn't terrible.
Quote from: RAGER on January 12, 2023, 02:57:03 PM
The Pale Blue Eye wasn't terrible.
Plus it features several of my favorite fishing spots! For serious.
Haven't watched the movie yet but plan to.
No shit? That big lake?
Yeah for real. The lake is Lake Arthur and Slippery Rock Creek is shown at McConnells Mill State Park. My two favorite fishing spots and quite possibly my two favorite places on earth.
McConnells Mill State Park Looks beautiful.
Reminds me of this here about a half hour away.
Cedar Creek Grist Mill
(360) 225-5832
https://maps.app.goo.gl/oP4Yx1zhcQ8cxrj58?g_st=ic
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Quote from: RAGER on January 12, 2023, 02:57:03 PM
The Pale Blue Eye wasn't terrible.
Plus it features several of my favorite fishing spots! For serious.
Haven't watched the movie yet but plan to.
Finally! A movie that Netflix has, the first hit I got in the last 20 searches.
Just started the movie. Interesting camera. Eeeghads it's a period piece. Hey, not a spoiler, the opening pays heavy tribute to The Shining. Lovely cinematography. I love checking out lighting and this one is gorgeous so far.
outstanding, the foley credits on this led me to The Battle of Buster Scruggs. Coen Bros. and NF has it. Queued.
Been meaning to watch buster on Netflix. Love the coen bros stuff but don't make a lot of time for movies. I did watch "a serious man" last week when I was sick and I thought it was phenomenal. This being the second time I've watched it and I was not all that moved the first go round.
glad you're better! I want to re-watch A Serious Man.
eeeghads Buster is a period piece too (if that's what these are really called - 1800's type stuff). There is a really neat surprise on one of the stories - that one a must re-watch for me. Speaking of rivers, this one has it, and it's great!
ps. it takes time to get to the scenes for surprise. Lemme know if you want the fast forward to spot
Buster I recall a few stories were good, a few not. The first was good. The one with Liam not so much. I might rewatch tonight. I liked the one with Tom Waits.
That's the one! The mining one. I've never seen Tom do bad acting. What a cat. Well written too, I wonder if he had a hand in it (the script)?
Stumbled on The Gray Man. Gonna see how far I get but it's got the sci-fi-ish thing going that I dig and the cast is legit. I'm looking for a new TV, a whopper of a 55" (suit to fit) but Sony I think, so cinema quality. I need the color quality and tight. Expecting to calibrate. The thing with the LG is they have a built in thing that bursts for calibrating. The Sony, no. LG $1500 Sony $2400. I donl twant to buy a new TV every year, not even 5. Tough business.
ehagads The Gray Man just went all CGI Matrix. Kinda cool. Elements of Blade Runner cinematography-wise. Neato. edit. a little jerky with the script and the budget just fell off, from expensive camera to cheap camera, or something. Hang on, I'm going in!
/bailed on The Gray Man. maybe later
Doc about Elliott Smith
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven_Adores_You
Which streaming platform app subscription service?
Watched it on Prime.
that's an old one isn't it? I saw the old one ca.2016, I can't really watch that stuff anyway, what a spiral. Ah, hell no. Such a loss. And all wrong. Fuck that. /sorry ;(
Watched The Woman King the other night. Very enjoyable, though quite violent.
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I watched the Elliot Smith doc. Pretty sad. I didn't know how much he bounced around from Portland to LA to New York. I came away from it thinking about how many people were "helping" him succeed the way so many in show business do.
Quote from: Pissy on March 05, 2023, 07:04:29 AMI watched the Elliot Smith doc. Pretty sad. I didn't know how much he bounced around from Portland to LA to New York. I came away from it thinking about how many people were "helping" him succeed the way so many in show business do.
Yeah....really saddening for sure. He also was in my neck of the woods for a bit, up at Hampshire College in Amherst.
if you are like me (I hope not), and have little connection left with your wife, and it's rare you find a movie you both can enjoy, I just watched this tear jerker last night called "Palmer" on Apple TV. Justin Timberlake is very good, playing an ex felon that returns home from jail, and ends up protecting a young boy/neighbor from a drug addict mother in a real feel good ending movie that is somewhat unexpected. def good watch. It totally reminded me of the movie "12 and Holding" with Jeremy Renner, which was also fantastic sleeper.
Went to see the new Dungeons and Dragons movie, which I'd heard from multiple people was a good flick, surprisingly.
Yeah, I enjoyed it and thought it was quite fun. It's not going to win any awards nor blow any minds with its depth of storytelling or characterization, and I liked it a lot better than most of the crap that's in the theaters nowadays.
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
Dark humour gold w/ busting-out lollers. Heavy acting (too real?) between Robin Williams and Mila Kunis. 6.5/10? Nah 7.5 looking at 8.5. Added to the re-watch list immediately. Cine, script, casting. ba-boom. Those two were actually Oscar level with some little-itty bit of overacting. Odd-Couple thing happening but no repeat, too bad, one and done. I found the artistry of the entire production remarkable....
Big buckets of buttered popcorn even if some kernels were not popped (obvious)
Drowning Mona
Yep. Detective twister cartooney romp. Not sure I caught the ending but that part did't seem to matter, Goofy done well. Well done goofyness. MIght even be good for the dvd collection. Korny Saturday afternoon TV one-off. 1-2 thumbs up.
Quote from: Muffin Man on June 07, 2023, 05:36:38 AMBig buckets of buttered popcorn even if some kernels were not popped (obvious)
Defective. Send them back.
Reality. Very clunky. I guess it's a movie. They tried too hard to get the actual dialogue perfect. Meh.
spooky season report!
UNFRIENDED - a movie that takes place entirely on a computer screen, with people skyping each other and stuff. It doesn't really make a lot of sense (no consistently-defined rules for how this movie's little world works) but basically the ghost of a girl who these high school brats bullied into committing suicide is ruining their reputation by posting things to their social media, and then possessing them and making them kill themselves as well. A huge pain in my ass.
UNFRIENDED 2 - DARK WEB - aside from taking place also entirely on a computer screen, it's a completely different plot. A guy finds a bunch of snuff films or something on a second-hand laptop and him and his friends get drawn into a murder cult's sadistic plot. Some attempt is made to keep things actually grounded and realistic (it's not actually realistic), with the villains using their godlike hacking skills to do control technology and bring our heroes down. Like for example they SWAT one of the protagonists. Much nastier and more cruel than the first one, and much better.
JENNIFER'S BODY - Finally caught up with this one. Diablo Cody-penned shlock about Megan Fox being a demongirl. There's a lot of stuff that doesn't work in it, but even that stuff still lent it an individuality and character that I feel is super lacking from a lot of the movies I see these days. Really enjoyed this one, it reminded me a lot of GINGER SNAPS.
THE BABYSITTER and BABYSITTER 2: KILLER QUEEN - Goofy spookablasts with gory kills and great performances from Samara Weaving and our newest scream queen Jennifer Ortega. I've already kinda forgotten them though.
DEVIL'S ISLAND - very well-made but kind of slight and over as soon as it starts picking up steam. The main character is a total smokeshow and I might have annoyed my wife a bit by how much I commented on that throughout the film. It's about a girl who inherits a house on a tiny island in a lake community and there's a deathcult that starts harassing her. It seems like maybe they ran out of money halfway through the production here.
DOCTOR SLEEP - Well fuck me sideways did you know that they let the bozo who makes horror shows for Netflix do a sequel to THE SHINING?? I fucking loved this film actually and thought it told a really compelling story with memorable and terrifying characters. My one critique is that (spoilers) when they eventually do wind up back at the Overlook and trot out all our favorite ghosts, it compares so poorly to the Kubrick film that it really kinda fucks the whole thing up. But the first 3/4 of the movie when it's doing it's own thing are amazing. Rose the Hat is one of the most formidable villains I've seen in some time, and the image of her flying across the world to find you where you sleep would have fucked me right up as a child.
SPUTNIK - Russian film about an alien parasite (or symbiote :o ) that arrives on earth in the body of a cosmonaut. A doctor who is so damn ethical that her career is being questioned because she dared to save a child's life while disregarding The Rules is recruited to try and separate the alien from the cosmonaut so that USSR's hero can be paraded out in front of everybody and also so USSR can weaponize the alien itself. This was a fucking great movie where the doctor and the evil military guy who is making her do this stuff are engaged in this game of chess with each other as they both navigate the overlap and discrepancy in their goals. Cool alien effects, too.
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The whole of Devils Island looks to be on YouTube.
Kinda Billie Eyelash lookin.
I could type a book about my thoughts on the Shining/Dr Sleep book/movie universe, but I'll keep it short. I liked Dr Sleep the movie quite a lot. Watched it last week actually. I want to leave the room when they pick up the baseball kid. The Shining movie is also great, but I understand King's beef with it, altered theme and whatnot.
I haven't read the books but I'm familiar with the changes Kubrick made. Seems like Doctor Sleep (the movie) did a few clever things to reconcile those differences and also bring in some of the King material that Kubrick changed (like burning down the Overlook).
The scene with the baseball kid is so rough. He asks "are you going to hurt me?" and Rose responds " ;) Yeahhhhhh.... :D " TERRIFYING.
Right, they did tie in the Overlook's demise nicely.
It's not enough that King needs to have kids die brutally in his stories, he also needs to make them suffer. He needs to make sure there's reasons for the suffering.
I would have him write his stories no other way.
I can get behind anyone who is into making kids suffer.
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American Fiction. I'm a fan of the lead character...Jeffrey Wright, and this movie has garnered a lot of praise from critics/fans. Wife and I watched it yesterday. Very well written with some original themes/twists. Ending was a bit corny, but worth a watch for something somewhat refreshing. Most of it took place in and around Boston, and including some nice shots/scenes from the Mass. south shore towns Scituate & Cohasset.
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in my opinion, the definitive Mad Max film. don't sleep
Alien Romulus. I saw it yesterday. STOP READING HERE IF YOU DONT WANT SPOILERS.
I loved it. Full discloser, i am an alien super fan so to speak, so the movie could be a total pos (like some people are saying) and i would still love it. Most of the things i see people hate are the very things i loved the most.
I loved how the movie opened with them recovering big chap and you see pieces of the nostromo floating in space, tying it directly to alien '79 right out of the gate. i wish they added the 15 minutes needed to show big chap coming back to life and creating havoc on romulus. but thats a small nit pick. and you pretty much get what happened without it. i loved the care they put into recreating the aesthetics of the original films. its a great blend of the horror of alien and the 80s action movie vibe of aliens while also retaining its own personality. Its a really fun stand alone movie but it really shines if youre familiar with the franchise and you catch all the easter eggs. I also loved how they tied in the black goo and engineers and mutations of covenant and prometheus. this is a big deal in the end chapter when that fucking mutated human/alien/engineer hybrid comes in. total horror show. alot of people hated this but i loved how its ties in the prequal movies. it looked alot like a skin walker and i thought that was cool. the characters and development were cool and the movie was fast paced once they got to the romulus station. I also really liked how the whole 2 hour movie was pretty much like what amounted to about less than an hour of time in the characters timeline during the movie. of course the scenes visually were beautiful. over all im giving it a 8.2 out of 10.
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in my opinion, the definitive Mad Max film. don't sleep
Last weekend the wife and I ran the Mad Max gauntlet. Starting with the original, and ending with Furiosa. I don't think I's seen either Mad Max or The Road Warrior or Thunderdome for that matter since I was a kid.
Some key takeaways from the total series:
I never really knew that Mad Max in 1979 wasn't post apocalyptic. I remembered the end when he gave the guy the hacksaw and told him he could cut his foot off to save himself, but not much else. Was this the first instance of the hero leaving an explosion without looking back at the fire plume?
Holy shit, the homeroticism in The Road Warrior is blatant. Didn't remember that. I mean I recall the look, but that lead henchman dude's costume was over top and that they made him such a badass and gay was pretty bold for 1982. I guess I always thought of it as more Rob Halford on stage, than Rob Halford in a sex dungeon.
Thunderdome was the only PG-13 movie in the series. I didn't remember that "The Thunderdome" wasn't featured in the movie but for the one scene, and that it wasn't really a central factor in the story. More of a plot device that moved the story along.
Fury Road was great. So much action and so much that they did with the train robbery concept for nearly 2 hrs.
Furiosa was great as well. Again with the action, but more of a story to go along with it.
I found it interesting that beginning with Road Warrior, there was always a basic commodity that people in power either had or wanted. RW-Fuel, Thunderdome-Electricity, Fury Road- water (though the presence of the other barons goods was central) then for Furiosa the relationship among those three "cities" with bullets, fuel and water. That's been pretty great.
We enjoyed these 5 movies a lot.
I did something similar Pissy. My wife who doesn't usually like this stuff, watched Furiosa last like friday. Couldn't stop watching it, then we watched Fury Road. I actually liked Furiosa more, even though Theron is a hot bad ass. I actually thought Hemsworth was solid. Dude ripped his own nipples off on purpose. wtf
Binged RoboCop 1,2,3. Had seen only snippets of it before, flipping channels of late night re-runs. Figured I was due to sit through it. Sufficiently cheesy! so that was nice. Spotted what I thought were hints of Troma, cool. I wasn't watching that close, kinda wandered in and out from watching and having it on backround. No dvd extras! that was a miss. Good enough for a bag of popcorn. I'd likely go see the original in the theater on the big screen. Next up Total Recall.
I watched The Hateful Eight last night. Been a long time since I've seen a Tarantino film.
I love Kurt Russel's surly character. Might see if I can find Death Proof.
The Menu (2022). hmm, not sure, but not fully developed. But a good random pickup from the library. Probably will watch again. Quirky low/to no pulse-rate thriller with deteriorating plot. Kinda clever though. Kinda like a stage play, or, could be a stage play if they fix it.
I saw some Amazon Prime movie the other night, I think it was called 6 Hours. So absolutely terrible; horrible activing, production, directing, everything. It was paced pretty well, though, which is probably why I sat through the whole thing...but I would highly encourage no one else do the same thing.
I also watched the new Netflix movie, Carry-On, yesterday. That was better, average at best for me.