[QUOTE=Rusty100;37979489]hey ur the only one that doesnt like tdkr here so maybe u can just go away instead of being hte only person upset when he mentions tdkr?[/QUOTE]
Kinda like how you'll go into a thread and continually insist that every other person that enjoys something that you don't should change their mind because they're dumb (Dexter)? Ok.
saw a couple,
PT Anderson's Hard Eight
his first flick, I enjoyed. But really this is similar to the way I feel about Reservoir Dogs. Rusty called it "bitesize Tarantino". I don't want no bitesize P.T. Anderson homie.
I expected a casino kind of character flick, which in a way I got, but it turned into something completely different in the end.
It was interesting to see Phil Baker Hall to something more than his average roles. Worth a watch, but only for completists. Bit harsh, but I didn't see a whole lot of the "intensity" that other people saw. All I saw was desperation to expand a character that needed more thinking about.
I'm still in the process of watching Werner Herzog's Into The Abyss documentary.
Ridiculously good, might want to see a few more documentaries after this. I'm an hour in, was too tired to finish but what I got so far is great. Herzog is the kind of director who knows how to capture pure sorrow out of crime and death.
Fight Club
This was the shittest movie ever? i didn't understand it at all what happened to brad pitt? where did he go? how come he shot himself? is he dumb?
definitley 0/10 would not reccomend for anyone
[QUOTE=GodKing;37980463]Kinda like how you'll go into a thread and continually insist that every other person that enjoys something that you don't should change their mind because they're dumb (Dexter)? Ok.[/QUOTE]
the only thread i do that for is dexter but pretty much everyone is on exactly the same page as me there so it's not like i'm posting anything against the grain of the thread
Sinister (2012) - 7/10
Overall a decent horror film, I didn't find it particularly scary i found it more creepy, especially watching the super 8 film reels. It had a good, solid story and the acting was pretty decent.
The jump scares were quite laughable but partly due to the cinema being completely full and all the 15 year old girls screaming at even the slightest noise. Note to self don't go to see a film so early after it has been released and don't go on an orange Wednesday, I could have easily slapped the shit out of most of the 15-16 year olds there.
[QUOTE=Counting Crow;37982271]Fight Club
This was the shittest movie ever? i didn't understand it at all what happened to brad pitt? where did he go? how come he shot himself? is he dumb?
definitley 0/10 would not reccomend for anyone[/QUOTE]
without a doubt the greatest post i have ever read
[QUOTE=Rusty100;37970661]never understood crying often when watching movies
you can feel the movies emotions without actually crying seriously it's never THAT sad, and even if it is it's not tear worthy. especially not click. i know real people who have died why would a movie make me cry
[editline]10th October 2012[/editline]
you know what, i can understand crying from a movie, once in a while, when something really reminds you of like, someone close to you that died. i can see that. then you're actually just crying for a real event and not the movie
but otherwise i dont get it it's just a movie quit crying[/QUOTE]
I've never outright cried but the Grey Havens at the end of RotK gets me to tear up just about every time. It just feels like such a release after the long journey.
Also, Rock of Ages: 6/10
Some good performances (especially by Tom Cruise), but the movie really doesn't have much going for it in the plot or characterization department.
Enemy at the gates - 7/10
Bought it for about $5. Money well spent.
I watched The Woman in Black, which I would rate a 7/10.
It's a fairly straightforward horror film, which is reasonably well executed. I kept hoping for something exceedingly clever to happen, but that never occurred. Still, it looks good, the tension is built well and it has a good soundtrack. If you're in the mood for a relatively slow-paced thrill, I definitely recommend it.
Empire of the Sun - 8.7/10
Christian Bale was a pretty good actor when he was a kid.
Looper 7/10, I wanted to give it much much more but the second half and the whole [sp]Telekinesis[/sp] deal is just too much of a lazy fuckup for the BRILLIANT first part of the movie.
[QUOTE=Killuah;37990140]Looper 7/10, I wanted to give it much much more but the second half and the whole [sp]Telekinesis[/sp] deal is just too much of a lazy fuckup for the BRILLIANT first part of the movie.[/QUOTE]
What do you mean lazy fuck up?
The Divide 8.9/10
Great movie but there were some unanswered questions left in there. Other than that it was great survival horror. And visuals were really good. Music was 10/10 though, really fitting to the scenes.
Best post-apocalyptic movie i have seen in years.
[QUOTE=GodKing;37991190]What do you mean lazy fuck up?[/QUOTE]
The whole TK deal. It's just a lazy way to limit the power of the knowledge he has from timetravel. Whithout the TK deal, Joe would have MILLIONS of ways to deal with his situation, especially the time travel.
But nooo, they drew the [sp]creepy powerful kid[/sp] card.
That's just lazy. Why not use the BTTF "My knowledge of the future gives me power now try to fight THAT" way, just less cheezy(not a horse race almanach)? That way the could've kept the PERFECT pacing of the first half much more tight as opposed to the sudden halt in the middle of the movie.
They could have expanded the stripper girlfriend instead of introducing a whole new and unrelateable character that flipp flopps around like a Romney in the middle of the movie.
Just by thinking about it for half an hour I already see half a dozen ways to write the story that provide excellent ways for the viewers to speculate and philosoph (is that a verb?) about. Just look what it spawned for Inception, the fun we had discussing and imagining and being not quite sure.
Instead we got a plot-brick-wall that not even time-travel can deal with.
Are you serious? You don't have the first clue what lazy screenwriting is. That's not lazy. It's a really good plot device. Are you looking at the plot through your stupid-glasses?
[QUOTE=Rusty100;37993907]Are you serious? You don't have the first clue what lazy screenwriting is. That's not lazy. It's a really good plot device. Are you looking at the plot through your stupid-glasses?[/QUOTE]
are you saying you didn't find the [sp]TK kid[/sp] stupid.
i mean it's bearable but it feels kinda forced.
that's pretty much my only problem with the movie, besides the really shallow shoehorned love interest shit in the second act.
[QUOTE=lotusking;37993915]are you saying you didn't find the [sp]TK kid[/sp] stupid.
[/QUOTE]
not at all. i loved how it came as a surprise, [sp]and the tk stuff and the stuff about the kid were never mentioned in trailers. it was really good to be totally surprised about the direction the movie took. not only was that nice, none of it was forced or shoehorned in. it clearly been very meticulously planned, i don't understand how people don't see that. the kid provides not only a whole other excellent character arc, but an amazing horror element to the film. the kid's acting was wonderful to boot. the whole tk thing was wrapped up very nicely into the plot and added another dimension to the film.[/sp]
Taken 2
6/10
Over rated, dragged half way through. [sp]Half way meaning 15 minutes into it when the action begins and never ends[/sp]
Thought the acting in "The Master" was extraordinary, as well as the directing, but it got repetitive and bludgeoned the audience with (what I perceived) to be its message over and over again to a point where I lost interest.
Still, Phoenix and Hoffman killed it.
Seeking a friend for the end of the world - 7.5/10
Smiley - 0/10 cringe fest
Perks of Being a Wallflower
I read the book, so I'm probably biased, but I quite enjoyed it. Emma Watson's fake accent isn't the best at sometimes, but it's a good coming-of-age movie. Oddly enough, like the TV spot says, it really did seem like a modern Breakfast Club. Plus it had a banging soundtrack so that helped.
[sub][sub][sub]might have cried a little bit too[/sub][/sub][/sub]
9/10
[QUOTE=Hunterdnrc;38008419]Perks of Being a Wallflower
I read the book, so I'm probably biased, but I quite enjoyed it. Emma Watson's fake accent isn't the best at sometimes, but it's a good coming-of-age movie. Oddly enough, like the TV spot says, it really did seem like a modern Breakfast Club. Plus it had a banging soundtrack so that helped.
[sub][sub][sub]might have cried a little bit too[/sub][/sub][/sub]
9/10[/QUOTE]
How true to the book is it?
[QUOTE=jaykray;38008437]How true to the book is it?[/QUOTE]
Extremely accurate. That was the most impressive part of it, because I was a really big fan of the book.
[editline]12th October 2012[/editline]
1. The Samples - Could It Be Another Change
2. Dexys Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
3. Galaxie 500 - Tugboat
4. New Order - Temptation
5. The Innocence Mission - Evensong
6. The Smiths - Asleep
7. Cracker - Low
8. Sonic Youth - Teenage Riot
9. XTC - Dear God
10. Cocteau Twins - Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops
11. Michael Brook - Charlie's Last Letter
12. David Bowie – Heroe
I mean goddamn
Sixth Sense - 10/10
[url=vimeo.com/35206631]Side by Side[/url] - Informative/10
A good documentary about film vs digital with input from directors, DPs, and colorists. It's crazy how some filmmakers are divided on it, because they've all made great films. David Fincher, Lynch, and Lars von Trier are proponents of digital, and dudes like Nolan and Scorsese are more traditional and prefer film. (TDKR was shot on film and Drive was shot digitally, that's pretty awesome~)
The Man From Earth - 9/10
the sixth sense 8/10
even though i had the ending spoiled to me beforehand it was still a fantastic film
very emotional, i teared up at a couple parts
[editline]13th October 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=cucumber;38012009]Sixth Sense - 10/10[/QUOTE]
what a coincidence
[B]Red Cliff (Part 1) - 9/10[/B]
Damn good movie. It's a Chinese film from 2008 and is set in ancient China during the end of the Han Dynasty.
The plot isn't very complex, but the way the story is told is what bothered me the most about the movie. This film has quite an uneven pacing and it frequently goes from slow, dramatic moments to rapid and somewhat hectic scenes, and while I'm not usually bothered by that, the way the story starts, particularly the first 20-30 minutes can be really confusing and hard to understand what is going on.
The movie is directed by John Woo and it shows. The action scenes are indisputably the best part of the film and the choreography and battle scenes are some of the best I've ever seen.
The action scenes are very fast and chaotic but are incredibly well shot and amazingly choreographed. They are often over the top and completely ridiculous but they never get old, despite the length of some of them.
Although I watched the film with subtitles and I don't speak Chinese, it is pretty well written. The characters are somewhat ambiguous, and the movie leaves it up to the viewer to figure out what they're planning from time to time. A minor thing that bugged me however was the dub, which was pretty bad.
In conclusion: an excellent choice for anyone who's looking for a brilliant action film with a great script, great acting and a great story to back it up.
Killing Them Softly 8/10
A very odd movie. An odd style that's hard to pinpoint with a lot of odd scenes and unusual cinematography choices. Not bad, but they strike you as a little bizarre at the time of viewing. Still a very gripping and tense movie with good performances across the board.
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