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

my most favourite films I am likely to write a lot more about.. Some people go into so much detail even when they hate a certain film and that's the kind of thing I avoid. I can't say much about Batman 3, for example in comparison to the first two therefore it's clear I don't like it as much.

I'm really happy Oldboy is being remade. I loved the original but some people really don't like watching subtitles in a film, my girlfriend being one of them. Hopefully she will enjoy the remake enough to watch the original

[QUOTE=mikeyt493;42991082]I never bother for writing reviews except from my summaries and stuff here. It feels too much like work to write proper stuff about films. I save that for college essays. I write about films for pleasure :v: (although I do really enjoy analysing films and stuff. But mostly only if I have to. I'm not gonna write 2000 words on a film just cos.) I enjoy just talking a bit about what I liked and disliked and mentioning favourite parts and all that. Its nice to be able to say it. But yeah it's not the kind of stuff I consider reviews and wouldn't submit it to letterboxd or imdb or whatever. I just rate on imdb/letterboxd (and on letterboxd I follow my arbitrary rule of no half stars which I also employ here, because giving half stars is like using ~/10 instead of 5 stars :v:)[/QUOTE] If I wanted to write a proper review I'd have to take notes during the movie, which I'm not gonna do. It's far easier to just say what you did and didn't like then give it a score, else it makes watching movies a chore rather than something you do for pleasure.

[b] The Bling Ring - 4/10 [/b] Kids need to learn how to finish their lines.

[QUOTE=Over-Run;42991272]I'm really happy Oldboy is being remade. I loved the original but some people really don't like watching subtitles in a film, my girlfriend being one of them. Hopefully she will enjoy the remake enough to watch the original[/QUOTE] I think it's terrible that a lot of people won't even consider non english language films because of subtitles but I guess it's nice that people at least get to see some great films. But the thing is, it's not the same film for one... it's a different film starring different people with different dialogue and a different director etc etc etc. The US is only one country and English speaking countries in general aren't a majority, most of the best films I've seen come from other countries. And pretty much every country has their own style of filmmaking. It's incredible, and I just love that. A lot of the best directors in history are French, Russian, German, Danish, Swedish... Really, I'd assume the majority of great movies are not actually English spoken. I know it's opinion and all that blah blah blah but in terms of sheer output I think it's safe to say that it makes sense to assume that. And Hollywood only really puts out 4 or 5 actually great movies a year. (although obviously that still leaves a massive amount of room for other American cinema, and the indie movement in the US is absolutely thriving right now)

The Act of Killing - 10/10 One of the best documentaries I have ever seen. This movie left me speechless.

really looking forward to watching The Act Of Killing. Think I'll watch it tomorrow if I have time, meant to today but never got round to it. Herzog named it the best film of the year I think.

Nah, most great movies out there are in english, most likely. There's just too many actors, directors and filmmakers in general that come from other countries but prefer to make movies in the US, for obvious reasons. I agree with everything else you said though

[QUOTE=mikeyt493;42992209] Herzog named it the best film of the year I think.[/QUOTE] he produced it homie [editline]27th November 2013[/editline] it doesn't seem herzogian at the start but as it progresses it just.... jesus indescribable film :( [editline]27th November 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=Zukriuchen;42992213]Nah, most great movies out there are in english, most likely. There's just too many actors, directors and filmmakers in general that come from other countries but prefer to make movies in the US, for obvious reasons.[/QUOTE] He wasn't even talking about the business aspect, it's the film-making culture that goes with it varies across the board. E.g. you won't find an English director who does films like Wong Kar Wai or Park Chan Wook. You'll never see an English Akira Kurosawa. No filmmaker I've seen yet managed to capture as much rawness as Satyajit Ray has with his near budgetless films. You can quote me box office figures, but the function of Hollywood films in the world is just turning to dust. [url]http://www.imdb.com/list/Qdpj8hWtzM4/[/url] This gives me hope that the Acadamy Awards will focus on the smaller films this year. Gravity will get the special effects award, Bullock may.. possibly be nominated, probably will. I really couldn't name your best actor/film nominations this year at all. It's been a real terrible year for them. [url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/steven-spielberg-predicts-implosion-film-567604]Spielberg predicts implosion of film industry[/url] This will happen, and the day it does will make me happy. :)

[B]Elysium[/B] I enjoyed it very much, but I can't say it doesn't have problems. First of all I think it has an excellent pace striking a good balance between action and plot forwarding. The acting was good for the most part, the villain was by far the best. Just wow. However, Jodie Foster was nothing short of mediocre: she spoke weird and wasn't even developed enough as a character. The film touches a variety of real world issues but just scratching the surface. At the end of the day they are just a means to tell the story, and don't give out any strong message. The plot is very shallow, not much character development and everything seems to happen really quick. You don't get a very good insight at the lives of people on earth and elysium. action was badass, and holy shit the villain is awesome. I'd say watch it if you want some action-scifi fun, don't expect some deep morally challenging out of body experience. 7/10

So it's bad at everything but the action and one character, yet a 7/10?

jodie foster got old fast :( she was really great in Contact, I did like that plane film she was in but really her Jodie Fosterness has died down for me [editline]27th November 2013[/editline] ah forget what I said she was good in Carnage tbh

Contact was good and foster was pretty damn great in it but anybody who liked the movie should also read the book.

[QUOTE=AK'z;42990988]fuck imdb fuck rotten tomatoes, bring on a remake.. People focus far into it being a remake rather than just what it is as its own film, so I don't trust any of those "pre-critic" reviews just yet.. [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unforgiven_(2013_film)[/url] This is a remake that didn't need to be but hell yes I will see this.. I guess it's payback for remaking yojimbo :v:[/QUOTE] a western being remade into a samurai film while ironically a samurai film was remade into a western count me in.

[B]Escape from New York - 9/10[/B] Boy. What a great action movie. The tone of the film just works. I love the performances, especially from Russell as Snake and Lee Van Cleef. Although, it pains me to watch Ernest Borgnine. The fact that he is gone saddens me more than ever

[QUOTE=Pops;42994482]a western being remade into a samurai film while ironically a samurai film was remade into a western count me in.[/QUOTE] clint himself said he liked the remake double count me in

[QUOTE=Scot;42994149]So it's bad at everything but the action and one character, yet a 7/10?[/QUOTE] they aren't the only redeeming qualities. I just wanted to point out thati it's more of an action/sci fi "flick" than anything else, and it does that quite well.

Scarface 9/10 The Godfather 8.5/10 [sp]Al Pacino sure loves killing the husbands of his sisters[/sp]

[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;42995045]This Is The End- 8.5/10 Really, really fun movie to watch with friends. Seeing the actors play themselves is great, even Michael Cera's cameo was hilarious. I don't want to give anything away, but watch the movie for yourself. Go in cold like I did and you'll appreciate it a lot more. It was surprising me at every corner.[/quote] Arguably the best thing about Michael Cera's cameo is him [sp]slapping Rihanna's ass and getting a nice hard slap back for realsies (the reaction of the guy she was standing next to was real)[/sp]

[QUOTE=AK'z;42993168] He wasn't even talking about the business aspect, it's the film-making culture that goes with it varies across the board. E.g. you won't find an English director who does films like Wong Kar Wai or Park Chan Wook. You'll never see an English Akira Kurosawa. No filmmaker I've seen yet managed to capture as much rawness as Satyajit Ray has with his near budgetless films. You can quote me box office figures, but the function of Hollywood films in the world is just turning to dust. [url]http://www.imdb.com/list/Qdpj8hWtzM4/[/url][/QUOTE] im not talking only about the business aspect, pretty sure you misunderstood me and yes, maybe we'll never see an english akira kurosawa. or a brazilian one. or a french one. the point is not that they're good because they're "not american/english". they're good, but it's not because they don't come from english-speaking countries, they're good because they're good

No one claimed world cinema is better because it's foreign. It's just there are more countries with master filmmakers than America. A lot of the greats come from other countries because they made incredible films. I think we're on the same page Herr anyway. My original point was that I think it's a shame people ignore many of the greatest films ever mad. Because they're subtitled, and in expansion because a film is silent or in black and white. Titanic might be a lovely story about lovers from different worlds set to fail but have many seen wim wenders' wings of desire? You don't need dialogue to get the emotions from Dreyers The Passion of Joan of Arc. A lot of films are pretty nowadays but look at the cabinet of Dr caligari almost 100 years ago. Stunning film. That's not aimed at you btw. More at people ignoring all this stuff in general

I know what you're saying, it's just that you (though mostly AK'z) made it sound like foreign filmmakers really are better, just because they're foreign. Also, even though you did cover that in your first post, I do think most great movies out there come from english speaking countries, due to the sheer amount of films released in them. What I was saying is that this obviously leads to a lot of those different and unique foreign filmmakers to look for opportunities in the US whenever possible. [editline]27th November 2013[/editline] Its obvious that american filmmakers are overrated, but I think foreign ones are too, in their own way, since everyone views then as "exotic" and whatnot

Didn't mean to come off snobby in that way, my bad. My idea was more just there's good stuff everywhere, basically and I know you're not disputing that. I see your point and understand about people wanting to work in the US and stuff and you're not wrong. Several Korean directors have done that in South Korean cinema's recent rise to stardom in the Western world, with their directors and stars making their way to Hollywood. (The Last Stand, Stoker, Snowpiercer etc not to mention actors) And there's people like Lars Von Trier and Nicolas Winding Refn, where the majority of their filmography is English language. Refn especailly gets a lot of help from Britain. But yeah it goes right back that people want to work in Hollywood since it allows bigger budgets and more distribution- Alfred Hitchcock is a prime example, and Fritz Lang. Both moved to Hollywood in the 1930's, and Alfonso Cuaron has had big success in Hollywood etc. In terms of what films are good I guess that's just opinion. I enjoy great American cinema obviously and Hollywood has produced countless classics but so has the rest of the world. To me Hollywood does kinda lack that human aspect, even the most human Hollywood film can't match a lot of French and Russian cinema and the like in that aspect. But that's just a matter of taste and also style. Hollywood makes films films a certain way and only produces certain types of film. Each country tends to kinda have its own thing going, be it politically or artistically or whatever (although both do play into each other- German expressionism for one was one of the first artistic movements by a country and the visuals and plots of that movement were brought on pretty much entirely by the economic and political state of post-WWI Germany) Iranian cinema is very political, as is Russian. French is very human a lot of the time and focuses on people. Even highly political directors like Godard reflect humanity and existentialism through their films. But as said about Hollywood only making certain types of film, if everyone worked to the Hollywood structure then well you've pretty much seen all the kind of films you can see. One thing I love about cinema is that everywhere does things differently and if someone wants to go and work in Hollywood that's great but I think a lot don't want to, or couldn't even fi they did, because they make films they couldn't make in Hollywood. Crazy tangents everywhere here... But whatever. I guess what im trying to say is that everywhere is different and it's better that way rather than having only a few types of film- which is, going back to my original point, why I think people shouldn't limit themselves from certain kinds of film. Because if they do they're missing out on many different kids of cinema. I mean I'm no expert by any means, but I do try and watch different stuff, you know? And I think that's the best mindset to have.

[QUOTE=Over-Run;42991272]I'm really happy Oldboy is being remade. I loved the original but some people really don't like watching subtitles in a film, my girlfriend being one of them. Hopefully she will enjoy the remake enough to watch the original[/QUOTE] While I understand the point of view of the people who don't like watching film with subtitles (you miss certain subtleties, like minimal acting, or small pieces of cinematography or scenography), I can't feel nothing but pity for this people, because there's really amazing cinema out there, that's not in English. And subtitles are an amazing and easy way to learn new languages, that's how I learned myself English and to some degree French.

[QUOTE=Zukriuchen;42996869]I know what you're saying, it's just that you (though mostly AK'z) made it sound like foreign filmmakers really are better, just because they're foreign. Also, even though you did cover that in your first post, I do think most great movies out there come from english speaking countries, due to the sheer amount of films released in them. What I was saying is that this obviously leads to a lot of those different and unique foreign filmmakers to look for opportunities in the US whenever possible. [editline]27th November 2013[/editline] Its obvious that american filmmakers are overrated, but I think foreign ones are too, in their own way, since everyone views then as "exotic" and whatnot[/QUOTE] what american filmmakers are overrated? most people can tell which directors are shit and which ones aren't.

[QUOTE=Pops;42997764]what american filmmakers are overrated? most people can tell which directors are shit and which ones aren't.[/QUOTE] I'd say modern James Cameron. Aliens and Terminator 2 are some of my favorite movies of all time, but Avatar gets way too much undeserved praise.

The Act Of Killing Directors Cut- Meh... Didn't finish it. I got 95 minutes in and just kinda stopped just now. It's 159 minutes and wasn't up for it. It seems like my problem was watching the Director's cut and not theatrical since the internet tells me theatrical is better and much more concise- this version had a massive amount of stuff that wasn't very interesting and didn't add much to the point, and had no emotional impact. This dampened any impact of scenes that were supposed to be powerful because there was so much filler. I'm not giving up on the film though and will get a theatrical version, and sit through that. I didn't think the film was bad, it's just, I was watching people talk for most of the time and a lot of it wasn't even to do with what the documentary is about. loads of pointless scenes and it was very overlong. I will try again with the 115 minute theatrical version and hopefully I'll enjoy it much more. Right now I don't understand the praise and I hope it's to do with the version I chose to watch, because I've been excited about watching this and I hope I can enjoy the theatrical version a lot more. [editline]27th November 2013[/editline] I got to a point where they had been making some of the film and stuff and they just did a nightmare scene or something. And Anwar was [sp]Beheaded in the film and Herman was crying and licking his decapitated head and stuff[/sp] I stopped a scene after that I think when someone we hadn't seen before called a girl a whore cos she bleached her hair (it wasnt this taht made me stop it was just I was losing interest)

[QUOTE=TheKritter71;42994551][B]Escape from New York - 9/10[/B] Boy. What a great action movie. The tone of the film just works. I love the performances, especially from Russell as Snake and Lee Van Cleef. Although, it pains me to watch Ernest Borgnine. The fact that he is gone saddens me more than ever[/QUOTE] I feel like I should watch this again - after the first half-hour or so the movie really didn't do anything for me. I found the set-up and introduction intriguing, but the actual execution felt lacking. It's so dark (did he shoot night-for-night?) that I could hardly see anything. The city just felt like any generic city rather than the iconic city of New York (I know that Statue of Liberty's head wasn't going to be there, but that feeling of the familiar being ruined was gone). Then it shifted from solo commando Snake to road-trip humor with Plissken and his wacky friends. Maybe it's just that it wasn't what I was expecting, or it was built up too much for me over the years - I really don't know. I love John Carpenter and/or Kurt Russell movies, so I don't know why I didn't care for this movie.

[img]http://i.imgur.com/a0WMgHV.png[/img] /r/movies once again setting the standard for quality film discussion [editline]27th November 2013[/editline] also I didnt like Escape from new York too much first time round but loved it second. It's just so cool, if you're a Carpenter fan I'd say revisit it at some point. It's a bit more subtle and slow than you'd expect but still a really good movie.

[QUOTE=mikeyt493;42999120][img]http://i.imgur.com/a0WMgHV.png[/img] /r/movies once again setting the standard for quality film discussion [editline]27th November 2013[/editline] also I didnt like Escape from new York too much first time round but loved it second. It's just so cool, if you're a Carpenter fan I'd say revisit it at some point. It's a bit more subtle and slow than you'd expect but still a really good movie.[/QUOTE] is that guy implying that avengers was bad? my blood is boiling.