Rate The Last Movie You Watched - This Thread Took 12 Years To Make Edition - General

[QUOTE=cardfan212;48882992]Just watched [I]Once Upon A Time In The West[/I]. This is my first Sergio Leone, and I loved it. I'm normally not much for westerns, but this was super exciting and awesome throughout. Would definitely recommend.[/QUOTE] The good, the bad, and the ugly. What are you waiting for?

[QUOTE=AltF4 All Day;48883483]The good, the bad, and the ugly. What are you waiting for?[/QUOTE] The Dollars trilogy in general

To give people a sense of mind, skip Pan and just watch Hook.

there are only two peter pan films hook and the ol' disney animated one

[QUOTE=Pops;48883666]there are only two peter pan films hook and the ol' disney animated one[/QUOTE] [IMG]http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMzk2MDg5MDczMl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNTE2NjYyNjE@._V1_SX214_AL_.jpg[/IMG] it sucks

[QUOTE=Blazedol;48883616]The Dollars trilogy in general[/QUOTE] They're all good (even if a Fistful of Dollars is just Yojimbo) but The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly is on a class of its own compared to the other two

[QUOTE=Blazedol;48883689][IMG]http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMzk2MDg5MDczMl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNTE2NjYyNjE@._V1_SX214_AL_.jpg[/IMG] it sucks[/QUOTE] oh fuuuuck I forgot Rooney Mara was involved with this

Just saw Welcome to Me after hearing about it from redlettermedia, and I totally recommend it. I don't know if I'd call it unique but it's very unusual, reminds me a bit of Bernie with Jack Black (which by the way I also recommend), where the humor comes from the situations being awkward rather than actual jokes- and not even 'comedic awkward', but really just the characters being themselves if that makes any sense. Pretty interesting film.

Just watched Ex Machina and that was a good movie. Paced really well and had a pretty good ending. Would recommend.

[QUOTE=cheetahben;48883831]oh fuuuuck I forgot Rooney Mara was involved with this[/QUOTE] [t]http://cdn.indiewire.com/dims4/INDIEWIRE/4ca5a44/2147483647/thumbnail/680x478/quality/75/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fd1oi7t5trwfj5d.cloudfront.net%2F15%2Ff5%2F1741c42d4ca0a5ef221314311690%2Frooney-mara-pan-joe-wright.png[/t]

[QUOTE=Loadingue;48879015]If it wasn't you, I'd be certain you were deliberately trolling me by saying those things because they are so wrong. The soundtrack is fantastic? Yeah sure, all 2 tracks of it. Suspenseful? Yeah, slightly, but the pacing is not good. One scene everyone panics, the next everyone acts like soldiers who are used to this, the next everyone is sad and desperate, and the next everyone feels like super-heroes who can make it through anything. The characters' psychology, though supposedly important, is given very little actual effort. And you're not made to care about the characters, apart from the main character. Look at the poor father: he's given a story, a background, motives, he's shown doing an almost desperate but heroic and noble thing, and then? He cowers into Precinct 13 and stays in shock for the rest of the movie, completely left to forget by the director, even though he's the cause of everything. What a waste of a character. Dark? It is. Boring too. Masterfully directed? No, it's by far the worst film of Carpenter's I've seen. Ahead of its time? My mum (who was watching and shared my opinion) said that in the 70s, films like this one were all over the place. This one is far more forgettable than something like Dirty Harry. I don't see what could possibly be ahead of its time in this film. Okay, the main theme was ahead of its time, very 80s, I'll give you that. But that's it. I'm a John Carpenter fan, I love his style and his music, his ideas. I enjoy his action films as much as his horror ones. But this one, compared to the rest, is terrible. But it's okay, I know you only express your opinion so violently because you're Rusty100, the others had warned me about you.[/QUOTE] i think that it is one of his best films, i cannot even imagine why somebody would think it's his worst I don't think 'my mum said so' is a very good argument as to whether or not it was ahead of it's time. there are countless imitations and tv show episodes that draw huge inspiration from the movie. any bottle episode where a building is under siege? you can rest assured precinct 13 is responsible for it. there's even an episode of banshee that is almost identical to the film, police station and all. it's a highly influential, dark, gritty, action thriller. it has great, likable characters, an unsettling and ominous tone, charming dialogue, some pretty brutal scenes, a great wardrobe, a pretty powerful female lead, and a fucking mixed race rang! not even including the very modern sounding theme. how is that not ahead of it's time? [editline]12th October 2015[/editline] it's not a beloved cult classic for no reason, dude.

[QUOTE=Blazedol;48883689][IMG]http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMzk2MDg5MDczMl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNTE2NjYyNjE@._V1_SX214_AL_.jpg[/IMG] it sucks[/QUOTE] Oh yes, the one where they suddenly start singing Smells Like Teen Spirit. I wish I was making this up. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BImwyyCm6j8[/media]

oh......

[QUOTE=Zukriuchen;48883875]Just saw Welcome to Me after hearing about it from redlettermedia, and I totally recommend it. I don't know if I'd call it unique but it's very unusual, reminds me a bit of Bernie with Jack Black (which by the way I also recommend), where the humor comes from the situations being awkward rather than actual jokes- and not even 'comedic awkward', but really just the characters being themselves if that makes any sense. Pretty interesting film.[/QUOTE] I actually wanted to see this after watching the same video, probably gonna watch this tomorrow. Kristen Wiig never disappoints me

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;48883310]The film was creepy, especially when they [sp]drive into Mexico[/sp] It felt as if there was a giant, horrible monster lurking just beyond and you're just [I]waiting[/I] for it to jump out and attack everything, especially when you see the [sp]very very heavily armed escort they're given.[/sp] The whole lack of actual action with the huge build up of suspense in that scene was amazing. It would not have been like that if it were filled with music.[/QUOTE] sicario handles its "action" scenes so well. there's a seamless transition between those scenes and the rest. no tension is lost or wasted. i love it when films focus on the dread behind the action. when the characters and the audience are waiting for the worst thing to happen or fearing that someone is gonna mess up and end up getting themselves or someone else killed. it's a nerve-racking waiting game. you know something is gonna go down; you just don't know when. it grounds the action pretty well in reality and makes everything that happens during the action all the more special and meaningful. it would have been so bad and out of place if sicario just went for a standard shoot-em-up style action. also[sp]sicario handled a night-time raid/operation scene so much better than zero dark thirty[/sp]

[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;48884268]Oh yes, the one where they suddenly start singing Smells Like Teen Spirit. I wish I was making this up. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BImwyyCm6j8[/media][/QUOTE] I now have to see how terrible this is.

Sorry for continuing the argument but I feel like a few points need to be made. [QUOTE=Rusty100;48883990]i think that it is one of his best films, i cannot even imagine why somebody would think it's his worst I don't think 'my mum said so' is a very good argument as to whether or not it was ahead of it's time.[/QUOTE] I know what it sounds like, but my mum is a true cinema fan, she has a huge knowledge on cinema from all periods and all genres. So when she says films like that were dime-a-dozen at that time, I believe her. But who knows, I might be slightly biased. [QUOTE=Rusty100;48883990]it's a highly influential, dark, gritty, action thriller. it has great, likable characters, an unsettling and ominous tone, charming dialogue, some pretty brutal scenes, a great wardrobe, a pretty powerful female lead, and a fucking mixed race rang! not even including the very modern sounding theme. how is that not ahead of it's time?.[/QUOTE] I'll agree to the unsettling and ominous tone and the brutal scenes, but that's it. The characters are mostly uninteresting and undeveloped (except the father; but like I said, he's left to forget), the dialogue is boring, basic and predictable. Powerful female lead? She can hold a gun and stay calm under siege but that's it. She's not even particularly brave or smart, she's just there with the rest. You know there were more powerful female leads in action films 10 years before that, right? And about the great wardrobe... I think you're stretching it. The clothes were just plain normal. Maybe you haven't watched the film in a long time and you remember it being better than it is?

I watched it last week dude. It rules. You and your mother are wrong also here have a heavily plagiarised from the italian poster poster i just made in honor of this GREAT movie [t]http://i.imgur.com/efWtdAb.png[/t]

Well okay then, I guess we'll agree to disagree and move on. I know you're not alone in your opinion, far from it, but I am not either. I'll just get back to the rest of Carpenter's filmography, this is the perfect time of the year to do it.

[QUOTE=megafat;48884625]I now have to see how terrible this is.[/QUOTE] It's not even the funny kind of bad, it's just so fucking bland and boring.

[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;48884268]Oh yes, the one where they suddenly start singing Smells Like Teen Spirit. I wish I was making this up. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BImwyyCm6j8[/media][/QUOTE] That's a pretty cool version of the song though. This guy in the comments also came up with a really cool idea for a movie. [QUOTE] Commander_Ninja 2 days ago: +Alterego912 It could work in some kind of post-apocalyptic sky pirate story where old songs are now sung by pirate crews. Like they're so far out into the future (but the world looks like Fallout) and they don't understand or remember what the Old World was like. You'd see things like people worshipping a statue of Walt Disney but they don't actually know who he was or what he did. They just worship it because its a statue. And the few times they hear songs, they remember them to sing during travels. That's the only time I can see this song working in a movie.[/QUOTE]

I just finished watching The Guest. It was pretty good but that ending was bullshit.

[QUOTE=megafat;48884625]I now have to see how terrible this is.[/QUOTE] [img]http://i.imgur.com/Pg6lbk1.png[/img] No you don't.

so....pan is getting panned huh

I'm home for the weekend and I'm spending Bargain Monday at the movies! Seeing three (Possibly four if I'm not too tired): -Pan (Before you ask, I don't particularly want to see it but a family member wants to see it) - Either Everest or Black Mass - The Walk in 3D Not seeing Sicario or Martian today because there's a very good chance I'll be seeing one of them with my College's film club.

I'm probably seeing Sicario on Thursday, pretty excited even though the friends I'm going with hadn't heard of it before

[QUOTE=teddthebucfan;48886353]I'm home for the weekend and I'm spending Bargain Monday at the movies!.[/QUOTE] id go check out the walk, meant to be pretty awesome and doesnt seem to be getting much attention

Movie one is done and I'll have full write up when I get home but yeah, Pan stinks. It's the Phantom Menace of Peter Pan

[QUOTE=teddthebucfan;48887172]Movie one is done and I'll have full write up when I get home but yeah, Pan stinks. It's the Phantom Menace of Peter Pan[/QUOTE] Wouldn't you mean Episode II?

I didn't see pan, but I must say that my expectations fell flat when the Black Beard in that movie looked more like a Nilfgaardian than a infamous pirate...