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

I enjoyed upstream color and couldunderstand it on a plot level and some more symbolic stuff but the point is to create your own ideas and meanings from a deliberately obscure script. Shane carruth said something about that. Obviously it was intentionally cryptic but even on a story level he wanted everyone to have their own ideas. I think he achieved it well, since it's still coherent which is very impressive imo

I dunno, I don't think The Call of Cthulhu is good film adaptation material. At The Mountains of Madness on the other hand, is. waiting for that film adaptation Del Toro.

[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;43026683]It just occurred to me, but why the fuck haven't we seen a decently budgeted and well-made film adaption of "The Call of Cthulhu"? I'd buy a ticket for that in a second. It's weird, but you'd think that even though we don't have a GOOD Cthulhu movie, there'd still be a bunch of shitty ones, but there really isn't. There's next to no adaptions of the story whatsoever and it really makes me wonder why nobody has tackled it yet.[/QUOTE] there's no real market for lovecraft films apart from Herbert West, because most of his creatures are supposed to be unimaginable horrors, so you literally can't show them, and for a lot of people the shot of Cthulhu is the reason they'd go.

[b]Waltz with Bashir (2008)[/b] Israeli meets with fellow soldiers who fought with him in the Lebanon conflict in the early 80's to help him fill in the mental blanks about what actually happened. This one is an animation over the actual recorded chatter between the man who the film focuses on and his fellow servicemen from the time. I was a little slow to get into this one but quite soon I forgot this was an animation and got pulled right into the story. This part of middle eastern history is just as muddy as today as there were many players with differing interests but this film tells it from the point of view of a simple soldier. It puts the politics and propaganda aside and just tells a story. I thought it was excellent and it made me read a lot more on the topic. People from all sides in the region praised the film and I will add my voice to the positive side on this one. It came from a rec on here and many thanks to that poster whoever it was. Mikey, you mentioned the directors cut of the Act of killing. I agree it was over long and the theatrical cut is probably much better but the way it wraps up makes it worth the work. [QUOTE=Rusty100;43015764]Irreversible is so shit. Waffle......[/QUOTE] Rusty you're a grade A sausage wallet and a cultural Philistine. Anyone or anything that doesn't fit inside your parameter box is instantly dismissed as shit. Broaden your horizons and open your mind to other ways of telling stories. Gaspar Noe's Irreversible is an incredible piece of work because of the way it was shot. The viewer is pulled into the screen to a degree I've not experienced before in cinema and every scene is one shot without cuts. Every scene explains more about whats just happened and makes for an interesting structure for the script. Shock films for pure shock are total shit, Serbian film comes to mind but Irreversible is leagues above that because of the various elements it uses to make it more interesting. Your crit is too visceral, theres no intellectual breakdown. Reading your posts is like watching a madman throw his own feces at other inmates in a madhouse. Now I'll answer you with film. [quote][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/nxiawOC.png[/IMG] Problem? Fackin' problem? No, no mate. Fackin' forum was awright, fackin' forum was fine, fackin' forum was perfect, It's you, your the fackin problem. You fackin' doctor White, honkin' jamrag, hunkin' spunkbubble. I'm telling you Rusty, you keep lookin' at me I'm gonna put you in the fackin' ground! No, nonononononono, nonononononono. [/quote] Wat film? Much love XXX [highlight](User was permabanned for this post ("alt of jewdozer" - Rusty100))[/highlight]

[b]The Way Way Back[/b] There were some moments when I couldn't stop laughing out loud. It's brilliantly written (by Jim Rash aka Dean from Community, so yeah, expect that sort of humor) with Sam Rockwell acting it even better. It's yet another family comedy, with lots of different feelings throughout the film, plenty of cliches and obviously cringeworthy moments, but I enjoyed it truly. [sp]That "The Graduate" ending sealed the deal[/sp], 7.5 out of 10

[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;43026784]I suppose so. It'd just be really cool if someone was able to make a film adaption as potent as the source material.[/QUOTE] oh yeah definitely, If Guillermo Del Toro was to do it I'd be Guillermo del totally okay with that. It's just the cynic in me believes there isn't an English language director up to it.

[QUOTE=kimchimafia;43026725]I dunno, I don't think The Call of Cthulhu is good film adaptation material. At The Mountains of Madness on the other hand, is. waiting for that film adaptation Del Toro.[/QUOTE] I doubt it's ever going to get made.

[B]The Broken Circle Breakdown (2012)[/B] Belgian film thats pretty much a complete rework of Blue Valentine with Bluegrass music and a completely different senario. The similarity is the way the story is told about a relationship of 2 people. There are elements of the film I hated which were generic and predictable but the 2 lead performances carried the film to near greatness. This film takes no prisoners, don't expect to feel happy because its right up to the balls in misery. Very good film but now I need something light and funny to get it out of my head. Might put Schindlers on to lift the spirits.

[b]The World's End[/b] was a bit of a disappointment to me. In a way it was like a blend of previous two in Cornetto Trilogy, but somehow it was totally different, but in a bad way. It has the same kind of humour but at the end, I felt bored. And [sp]Pierce Brosnan was underused.[/sp] 6 out of 10. I appreciate the fight scenes though, it was a really good piece of cinematography.

[B]Lebanon (2009)[/B] One hour thirty mins inside a tank as they support an Israeli unit in the streets of Lebanon. The 4 crew members are somewhat green and the reality of war hits them hard. Performances were ok but the whole thing was rather drawn out and whatever. This passed the time but wouldn't flick my bean over it.

[QUOTE=kimchimafia;43026725]I dunno, I don't think The Call of Cthulhu is good film adaptation material. At The Mountains of Madness on the other hand, is. waiting for that film adaptation Del Toro.[/QUOTE] Honestly, an adaptation of Call of Cthulhu shouldn't be that hard. It just has to be handled the right way. I myself have tried my hand at a screenplay for a Cthulhu film and I think I have the general flow cracked. One way of doing it would be to do it completely straight as the story is written, but have it play out more like a Ninth Gate sort of film, where the main character, Thurston travels the world researching the cult, but shifty eyes follow him everywhere, and over time, we come to understand that he's being stalked. But, I don't think that scenario is particularly viable in the sense that Thurston is not seeing all these things directly; it's all second hand information. Certainly a possible option, though. Another way of doing it (the way I attempted) would be to do it much more like Alien: Have Thurston be with the ship crew that ultimately ends up on R'yleh. Most of the film would focus on the crew up to and after the ship attack, so that the crewmen have a sense of development, and ultimately be mourned when they die. Much of the horror would cup from the sense of horrific discovery and having reality warped around them, from the call. I think I've spent too much time on this.

[QUOTE=jeweozer;43026861] Wat film? Much love XXX[/QUOTE] Sexy Beast

[b]Nosferatu[/b] 9/10 - If you haven't read Stoker's Dracula you'll have a hard time following it. - However, even if it stole (some of) the plot from the book, the charachters bear little-to-no resemblance to Stoker's. Do not expect Dracula on film. - Murnau got lazy with intertitles, they are way too many, sometimes repeated. + The monster is fucking amazing- If Stoker gave us the vampire's modern charachter, Murnau gave us its portrait. + The study behind the vampire's shots are amazing too- some qualify as expressionist works of art per se. + The use of shadows and backlight to give an impression of DoF are used brillantly for 1922. It is a masterpiece, but I'd never ever watch it for the entertainment factor alone- there is too much study to be done to fully appreciate it.

[QUOTE=lapsus_;43029817] there is too much study to be done to fully appreciate it.[/QUOTE] I really don't understand this statement at all, but nice review. [editline]30th November 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=lapsus_;43029817] - If you haven't read Stoker's Dracula you'll have a hard time following it. [/QUOTE] massive disagree with this too

Kick-Ass 2 - 6.5/10 It was okay I guess. Got a couple of laughs out of it, but nothing too special.

[b]The Killing Fields (1984)[/b] 10/10 A movie I haven't seen for a long time, still very good. [url]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087553/[/url] A photographer is trapped in Cambodia during tyrant Pol Pot's bloody "Year Zero" cleansing campaign, which claimed the lives of two million "undesirable" civilians. Sydney Schanberg is a New York Times journalist covering the civil war in Cambodia. Together with local representative Dith Pran, they cover some of the tragedy and madness of the war. When the American forces leave, Dith Pran sends his family with them, but stays behind himself to help Schanberg cover the event. As an American, Schanberg won't have any trouble leaving the country, but the situation is different for Pran; he's a local, and the Khmer Rouge are moving in.

[QUOTE=lapsus_;43029817][b]Nosferatu[/b] 9/10 - If you haven't read Stoker's Dracula you'll have a hard time following it. - However, even if it stole (some of) the plot from the book, the charachters bear little-to-no resemblance to Stoker's. Do not expect Dracula on film. - Murnau got lazy with intertitles, they are way too many, sometimes repeated. + The monster is fucking amazing- If Stoker gave us the vampire's modern charachter, Murnau gave us its portrait. + The study behind the vampire's shots are amazing too- some qualify as expressionist works of art per se. + The use of shadows and backlight to give an impression of DoF are used brillantly for 1922. It is a masterpiece, but I'd never ever watch it for the entertainment factor alone- there is too much study to be done to fully appreciate it.[/QUOTE] Anyone seen Herzog's remake with Kinski in it? I heard its quite good.

Kick-Ass 2 not even close to being as good or exciting as the first one. It still has a couple of cool moments and a few interesting characters, but eh, overall it's pretty average. 6/10

Kick Ass 2 was the prime example of a movie sucking at everything it tried to do Like unless one of the goals of the filmmakers was to receive angry letters from me forever, it failed at EVERYTHING it wanted to be 3/10 because a brick in a handbag is a funny weapon

RED 2. 8/10 I guess this one is pretty good although is slow at parts. Has some pretty predictable twists, but has its share of funny moments. A good decent movie that more or less holds up to its predecessor.

[b]The Shadow (1994)[/b] 9/10 [url]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111143/[/url] In 30's New York City, the Shadow battles his nemesis, Shiwan Khan, who is building an atomic bomb. Based on the 1930's pulp fiction and radio drama series, the film pits the hero against his arch enemy, Shiwan Khan, who plans to take over the world by holding a city ransom using an atom bomb. Using his powers of invisibility and "The power to cloud men's minds", the Shadow comes blazing to the city's rescue with explosive results. [b]The Phantom (1996)[/b] 9/10 [url]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117331/[/url] The Phantom, descendent of a line of African heroes, travels to New York to thwart a criminal genius. The 21st successor to the role of Bengalla's resident superhero must travel to New York to prevent a rich madman from obtaining three magic skulls that would give him the secret to ultimate power. Both movies are worth watching, tons of action. In my opinion, I think these movies are almost similar, if you watch them at the same time. Since they're in New York and at the same time period, 1930's. What do you think?

I guess that's it for the Fast & Furious movies

Never watched it past the first one, don't want to. It'll be interesting to see what they do with two months of already filmed footage of 7 however. Probably just cancel it

The last movie grossed $788m. They aren't gonna kill that cash cow.

Well I don't see them recasting, and I'd imagine hes in a fair amount of that footage so they'll just restart from scratch with him out of the plot or what?

They'll have to re-shoot yes. It's happened before.

Frozen - 8/10 I was a little worried about this movie at first because I really loved Tangled and the trailers didn't really make it seem very appealing. Which was also a problem with Tangled. I think Disney should get new trailer people, but thankfully this movie still has that great Disney magic. The musical sections in this movie are some of the best I've seen in a movie for quite a while. Some of the songs are catchy as shit and I'm actually thinking of putting some of them on my Ipod, they were definitely a lot stronger this time around. The songs from Tangled were kind of weak if you ask me. The leads were endearing enough though they were nowhere near as good as Flynn and Rapunzel. The animation is fucking amazing. One aspect that I really loved about Tangled was just how beautiful everything was and this movie, especially the ice effects, killed it. Some downsides are, again, the kind-of meh characters. None of them really stood out apart from the ice queen. Some of the jokes felt kind of forced and you can see the twists and turns the moment any kind of setup was established. The love interest wasn't nearly as believable or natural as it was on Tangled but I suppose the sister relationship was the real focus of this movie anyway. I'm comparing it a lot to Tangled because, my god, there are a lot of similarities. You'll notice them, don't worry. But it was still different enough to leave a fresh taste in your mouth. Overall it's still a strong recommendation for Disney/animation fans. It's very fun and touching and you'll find yourself at awe when you see some of the ice magic. Expect to walk out with a smile and singing the tunes. [sp]Elsa(the ice queen) has officially overtaken Rapunzel as hottest disney princess(queen, whatever)[/sp]

[QUOTE=Dunsparce;43033472]The animation is mferin top notch.[/QUOTE] whut

[QUOTE=Scot;43033511]whut[/QUOTE] Is this not a common abbreviation around here? Most people I know use it. It's motherfucking.

[QUOTE=Dunsparce;43033541]Is this not a common abbreviation around here? Most people I know use it. It's motherfucking.[/QUOTE] I have never seen that before.