Rate The Last Movie You Watched - April V3 - no tv shows - General

[QUOTE=Hoboiam;42670692]Saw [B]The Counselor[/B] tonight. Really don't know what to think of this one. The dialog reminded me a lot of [B]The Sunset Limited,[/B] another McCarthy joint, and left me with the same feeling at the end. But the difference between the two is that Sunset had a thread to follow, while Counselor was disjointed and rough around the edges. I hear that a lot was cut on the editing floor which wouldn't surprise me. I'd love to see the uncut version on DVD some day. Gut reaction is a 7/10, but I'll have to sleep on it.[/QUOTE] Massively looking forward to this although I have been toning down my expectations as of late, I think Ridley Scott is great and McCarthy is one of the best and the castles outstanding But yeah it's a Ridley Scott film so expect a directors cut which is far superior to the theatrical. Always happens with his films.

[QUOTE=mikeyt493;42672389]Massively looking forward to this although I have been toning down my expectations as of late, I think Ridley Scott is great and McCarthy is one of the best and the castles outstanding But yeah it's a Ridley Scott film so expect a directors cut which is far superior to the theatrical. Always happens with his films.[/QUOTE] Yeah, you really need to go into this movie with an open mind. Now, I think I'm going to stay with a 4/5 rating on it, and probably a 7/10 on a larger scale. It's not perfect, but it's something all right.

[B]Imagine (2012)[/B] English language film financed by Poland and shot in Lisbon. A convent houses a group of blind people ansd a blind man is employed to teach them to use their senses to get around. His methods are a little radical so obviously he comes up against resistance. The performances are a little wooden from the support and lead and the score is rather crappy but the overall experience is rather pleasant. The main thing is I cared about the characters so this was a good film. The area it is shot makes the film better as its set in the old quarter of Lisbon around the Alfama. I was travelling Europe this year and to see that area again might have made me enjoy it more. Portugal is a wonderful place. Good to be back on after 2 very busy weeks at work. Much love. [highlight](User was permabanned for this post ("alt of jewdozer" - Rusty100))[/highlight]

[B]Paranorman[/B] - 4/5 [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/mvBmkra.jpg[/IMG] Beautiful animation and a neat message. Incidentally, why is it that a disproportionate number of stop-motion feature films are Halloween-themed or otherwise macabre?

Cabin in the Woods 7/10 Fuck me, this movie is awesome. I don't think I've ever seen a horror movie third act that felt so viscerally satisfying and overall straight up BOSS. The references, the cameos, absolute joy. Sadly, I have to mark it down a bit because FUCK ME, is that same climax REALLY FUCKING DUMB![sp]Hey, let's have a button that releases all the monsters. Now let's not put any security on it, that's stupid. And you know what, let's put it over in some random room that is near a possible entrance to the complex. Absolutely no way at all THAT can go wrong, right? And just in case it does, let's put more security on a goddamn ESCAPE HATCH THAN THE DOOM BUTTON! And for an operation that requires THIS much planning and preparation, it's rather convenient they missed one of Marty's stashes (even if it did make for some entertaining lampshading). For a company that absolutely positively NEEDS everything to go right EXACTLY the way it needs to, there's some real sparks of idiocy.[/sp] That said, I still recommend this movie, especially if you're well versed in horror movies. There's so much stuff for you to see and recognize and it's an awesome spin on the formula. Don't go look shit up, don't go watch the trailer. Everything you need and should know is that 5 kids go to the titular cabin.

[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;42684701]Cabin in the Woods 7/10 Fuck me, this movie is awesome. I don't think I've ever seen a horror movie third act that felt so viscerally satisfying and overall straight up BOSS. The references, the cameos, absolute joy. Sadly, I have to mark it down a bit because FUCK ME, is that same climax REALLY FUCKING DUMB![sp]Hey, let's have a button that releases all the monsters. Now let's not put any security on it, that's stupid. And you know what, let's put it over in some random room that is near a possible entrance to the complex. Absolutely no way at all THAT can go wrong, right? And just in case it does, let's put more security on a goddamn ESCAPE HATCH THAN THE DOOM BUTTON! And for an operation that requires THIS much planning and preparation, it's rather convenient they missed one of Marty's stashes (even if it did make for some entertaining lampshading). For a company that absolutely positively NEEDS everything to go right EXACTLY the way it needs to, there's some real sparks of idiocy.[/sp] That said, I still recommend this movie, especially if you're well versed in horror movies. There's so much stuff for you to see and recognize and it's an awesome spin on the formula. Don't go look shit up, don't go watch the trailer. Everything you need and should know is that 5 kids go to the titular cabin.[/QUOTE] I like how it wasn't just horror movie references. The boomer and witch, man.

Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind- 4/5 Enjoyed this quite a lot. George Clooney's directorial debut, written by Charlie Kauffman and starring Sam Rockwell. All 3 did brilliantly. It's about a really lame but successful tv host (The Dating Game has appeared/been parodied in lots of things. The Simpsons and mallrats come to mind first) who moonlights as a hitman. It's an adaptation of a possibly true autobiography. I noticed this came out the year after O Brother Where Art Thou (2002) which Clooney starred in and the Coen Brothers' influence is definitely there. Rule of halves, long tracking shots etc. Although Clooney has his own stuff going on. I love the visual style he's got going- switching from stuff rooted in reality to quite fantastical, which Eternal Sunshine style stuff with two scenes going on at once. Amazing and creative use of studio sets. I loved that long shot of Rockwell walking through his big house, then answering the phone, walking back where he'd already been and the wall has become the office of the tv dude and they have a conversation over the phone when they're only a few feet from each other, but still in two different rooms. Really great way to handle the split-screen-phonecall trope. [img]http://filmgrab.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/27-split-screen.png?w=1200&h=[/img] Really good film and I'll need to check out more of Clooney's directorial work. On to watch Michael Clayton now. [editline]29th October 2013[/editline] also Clooney's moustache is so great. Mainly because I'm sure they put it in there as a kind of joke about spies. After he appears a few times it clicked with me that the stache was probably a joke and he just became really funny because I think his whole character was playing on tropes.

Batman Begins 8.3/10 A very well put together and enjoyable superhero film. I hadn't seen this film for eight years and my memory of it had faded to such an extent I didn't know that The Scarecrow was the main villain and Liam Neeson was in it.

A Serious Man- 2/5 I generally love the Coen Brothers, they're some of my all time favourite filmmakers, but I did not like this film at all. I thought it was very boring and found most of the characters annoying. I almost turned this off about half an hour in. And again at about 1 hour. And then I figured well I'd made it this far so I may as well stick it out. The film is an utter slog and an endurance test. I just do not care. At all. About anything that happens in this film. No one is likeable and the quirks all go the total wrong way, normally quirky characters are one of the things I like about the Coens. That kid that says fuck every second word, the overly calm Sy, the rabbis were all fucking dull and boring and irritatingly slow to do anything. Sure theres symbolism I guess but its probably more Jewish stuff (I dont know anything about Judaism and don't care even a bit about it which probably didn't help with this film) but it's far from enough to save the film. It's shit. It's good looking, it's original, it's quite well acted, it's technically sound. But it's shit. [editline]29th October 2013[/editline] It felt like a cheap ripoff of a Coen film actually. Like someone tried to nail their symbolism, quirks, their plotlines that go no where. Instead this film just feels completely and utterly inconsequential and pointless, which also makes it incredibly boring. As a huge fan of the Coen brothers I wouldn't recommend this film at all. Massively, massively disappointed. [editline]29th October 2013[/editline] Its like wes anderson and the coen brothers got together and had a kid but the kid was dropped on its head and like exposed to radiaton and just shat on so its terrible and crippled because that is what this is like a defamation of both The Coens and Wes Anderson whom it seems they attempted to ride off for this.

Loved that film, took a while for me to understand what it all meant. Very soothing :-) [editline]29th October 2013[/editline] I'll have to check that one out again for a late night.

Maybe I'll rewatch it one day. I know the Coens' films tend to take a couple viewings to get into. But I just found it really hard to sit through this film. I at least enjoyed all their other films on first viewing, but it's true I enjoy them more each time. The Big Lebowski is one of the few comedies that doesn't get dry but in fact gets better each time. A Serious Man is apparently a comedy but I didn't find it funny at all even in a Coen way. Not even jokes that were bad or anything... Just... There was no humour. It was dull.

Kind of opposite with me, many have Big Lebowski as their best rewatchable film but for me it's only something I'll find best viewed once. The only Coen film I didn't fully get was Raising Arizona but that was a long while ago. Barton Fink or No Country would be my fav

Raising Arizona suffered from not having Deakins imo, although I still really liked it. One of Cage's best roles and it's a classic Coen film. Great fun and totally crazy. Lacked the visual flair they developed from Barton Fink onwards though. I too think Barton Fink is one of their best and least talked about films. Maybe their best. But I've only seen it once, recently, I'll need to watch it again later. And No Country is one of the greatest films of the 21st century. I have the No Country novel sitting on my desk actually, it's going to be my next book to read. Really looking forward to The Counselor despite the bad reviews. I've heard people say they love it and I'm a fan of pretty much everyone involved. McCarthy's one of the greats and Ridley Scott's bad films are no fault of his direction. And a great cast.

Gravity 8.5/10 This was one hell of a movie. The -1.5 are only because of the cheezy scenes sometimes. Hell I should give it a 9/10. Go see it. Go see it in 3D. If you like using your eyes, or better, if you don't dislike using your eyes, go see it. The first movie where I felt that the 3D really ADDED to and ENHANCED the experience. At some point in the movie I realized that I was thinking about them being up there above me. Out there. And at some point earlier I realized that we are on this one planet in the vastness of space. The movie got me hooked for the whole time, the visuals are OUTSTANDING, so are the (two) actors although Clooney pales in comparison to Bullock who has her strong parts when she's out of the space suit. And if the visuals, the outstanding setting and story(mad respect to WB for financing a sci-fi movie like that) are not enough for you there is the sound engineering which is just superb, surprising one hell of a ride on itself.

[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;42688961]And "O Brother, Where Art Thou?", but you have to be in the mood to watch it.[/QUOTE] Love O Brother, Where Art Thou?. Hell, the soundtrack it has is absolutely brilliant. I still listen to it in my car.

[QUOTE=mikeyt493;42688975] And No Country is one of the greatest films of the 21st century. I have the No Country novel sitting on my desk actually, it's going to be my next book to read. Really looking forward to The Counselor despite the bad reviews. I've heard people say they love it and I'm a fan of pretty much everyone involved. McCarthy's one of the greats and Ridley Scott's bad films are no fault of his direction. And a great cast.[/QUOTE] I wanna see The Counselor just for this quote: [QUOTE] Reiner: Really it was like one of those, one of those catfish things, you know, one of those bottom feeders you see going up the way of the aquarium sucking its way up the glass (makes popping sound with his mouth) Really it was ... hallucinatory. You see a thing like that, it changes you. Counselor: Jesus. Reiner: Yeah tell me about it.[/QUOTE]

[B]The Rocky Horror Picture Show[/B] - what/10 [t]http://i.imgur.com/d6iQvD5.jpg[/t] Saw this for the first time at college with a bunch of people riffing and interacting (I have heard this is the best way to experience it). Needless to say, I was perplexed, and intriguéd.

[QUOTE=Corndog Ninja;42693982][B]The Rocky Horror Picture Show[/B] - what/10 [t]http://i.imgur.com/d6iQvD5.jpg[/t] Saw this for the first time at college with a bunch of people riffing and interacting (I have heard this is the best way to experience it). Needless to say, I was perplexed, and intriguéd.[/QUOTE] [url=http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1316067]try here to discuss[/url]

[QUOTE=Corndog Ninja;42693982][B]The Rocky Horror Picture Show[/B] - what/10 [t]http://i.imgur.com/d6iQvD5.jpg[/t] Saw this for the first time at college with a bunch of people riffing and interacting (I have heard this is the best way to experience it). Needless to say, I was perplexed, and intriguéd.[/QUOTE] do you go to umbc

[QUOTE=redBadger;42694632]do you go to umbc[/QUOTE] nope

Prisoners was sooo fucking good. I do not often see a movie so perfectly up my alley. Vengeance, detective drama, mystery. With such a tight and gripping plot. Go and see this movie it is so good.

[QUOTE=Rusty100;42697314]Prisoners was sooo fucking good. I do not often see a movie so perfectly up my alley. Vengeance, detective drama, mystery. With such a tight and gripping plot. Go and see this movie it is so good.[/QUOTE] Dammit, I missed it. I thought it looked bad from the trailer since it gave the whole plot away.

The Dark Knight 9/10 I really like the Joker in this one, it's what he says that terrifies you rather than what he does. No direct shots of him graphicly killing people, just him talking sends a shiver down my spine.

[QUOTE=Corndog Ninja;42695176]nope[/QUOTE] We had one too.

Rush - 7.5/10 twas good, enjoyed it. finally got to see natalie dormer naked so thats cool

well, Bad Grandpa got the same rating as Blue Is the Warmest Color on Ebert's site. I think it's fair to say I won't be bothering with any more new reviews on that site any more..

i have no idea why ANYONE bothered with ebert's reviews (or his site's reviews now) he was always a hack fraud that was pretty alright at writing, although I also think his review format was terrible too. [editline]31st October 2013[/editline] From all I read, it was one big paragraph of movie recap, then one massive paragraph wining about it and missing the point of it.

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anyone seen the new thor movie? is it any good? better than the first?

[QUOTE=Rusty100;42704038]i have no idea why ANYONE bothered with ebert's reviews (or his site's reviews now) he was always a hack fraud that was pretty alright at writing, although I also think his review format was terrible too. [editline]31st October 2013[/editline] From all I read, it was one big paragraph of movie recap, then one massive paragraph wining about it and missing the point of it.[/QUOTE] He was quite a good writer, but I like reviewers who are consistent with what they look for in film. I didn't agree with everything but he had a recognisable pattern. It's only when I realised how learned he was when listening to his Dark City commentary, he really analysed that film and drew off influences like a dedicated student of film. But these new reviewers are pathetic.