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

[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;43052901]"Phantom of the Opera" and "The Kid" are my favorite silent movies. Still haven't seen "The Gold Rush".[/QUOTE] For me, my favorite Chaplin films would be 'The Gold Rush' and 'The Circus'. They would also probably be my favorite silent films but then again 'Metropolis', 'The Passion of Joan of Arc', 'The General' and 'Nosferatu' are all equally fantastic too. [editline]3rd December 2013[/editline] The silent Phantom of the Opera is also great but I haven't seen it in years. I should probably check it out again.

[b]Frances Ha[/b] - A very interesting, yet simple film. I watched it expecting absolutely nothing and got much more. I like how it was very lighthearted and quirky at the beginning, but later it got much more real, much more depressing. It matured, just like main character. I've seen people comparing it to earlier Woody Allen films, but it striked me more as one of those french new wave films, that were about absolutely nothing, but simple things in life. What I also like was, [sp]that it was essentially a slight variation of "coming-of-age" story.[/sp] A solid 8.5 out of 10, one of the best I saw this year. I probably need to watch something more from Noah Baumbach

Frances Ha was really good. One of the best of the year. Need to see it again. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmaQ4KxjWSA[/media] James Franco is continuing to campaign for Oscar recognition for his role in Spring Breakers :v: I really do think he deserves at least a nomination tbh, he was incredible in it. Somehow I can't see a Harmony Korine film getting considered by the Academy though, but Spring Breakers was a bit different and bigger. We'll see. Hope he gets some acknowledgement because he deserves it.

Fuckin' loved Spring Breakers. Watched it twice in one night. Once alone, and then again with a big group of friends. In the first thirty seconds, one of my friends goes "Oh man I'd love to fucking do this." He was the only one in the room who didn't like the movie.

Spring Breakers is maybe my favourite film of the year. It's fuckin outstanding. I was literally just (like just before clicking on this thread!) thinking about the marketing behind it, how it was deliberately marketed towards people who would enjoy a film like Project X, to get that kind of person in to see Spring Breakers. To trick them, to make them realise their hedonism and the self destruction behind it. The characters in Spring Breakers are evil and they just needed something to open them to the opportunity. And that evil is brought on by vanity and hedonism. Imo Spring Breakers is a masterpiece I've talked about several times, I saw it twice and I'm gonna buy it and watch it again soon. Its incredible. Sooo many people straight up misunderstood this film imo and I don't consider that a fault of the film but of expectations and personal views.

[QUOTE=mikeyt493;43056169]James Franco is continuing to campaign for Oscar recognition for his role in Spring Breakers :v: I really do think he deserves at least a nomination tbh, he was incredible in it. Somehow I can't see a Harmony Korine film getting considered by the Academy though, but Spring Breakers was a bit different and bigger. We'll see. Hope he gets some acknowledgement because he deserves it.[/QUOTE] I enjoyed Franco in Spring Breakers, and in a way I think he deserves a nomination, but there's no way he'll get it. Firstly - it's too controversial for them, from what I saw there's 50-50 of those who liked it, and it's simply not enough. Secondly, for many it's a popularity event and especially older of the Academy members remember the giant fiasco from 2011 when he was stoned [b]while co-hosting[/b] Oscars. He's finished there, at least for a few years.

[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;43056682]I've heard nothing but bad things. Is it really that good?[/QUOTE] No it's not.

[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;43056682]I've heard nothing but bad things. Is it really that good?[/QUOTE] There are positive opinions out there too. I've seen a lot of praise on reddit in /r/movies and /r/truefilm of it. They're just overshadowed by the negative because a lot of people absolutely hated it (although I think this was Korine's intention) and so were very vocal about it. I loved it personally. I don't know if you'd like it or not but I definitely think it's worth a watch. I dunno if you know anything about Harmony Korine but I feel like that helped me "get" the film. Werner Herzog said it's the most important film of the year and one of the best he's seen. Also here's [url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/spring-breakers-2013-1]Richard Roeper's very positive review[/url]. John Waters named it his #1 film of the year as well. I think [url=http://movies.mmgn.com/Articles/why-you-will-hate-one-of-the-years-best]this[/url] article may help you/others understand Korine a bit and I think knowing who Korine is what his opinions helps appreciate his cinema. [editline]3rd December 2013[/editline] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3lM6MvBkP4[/media] Here he talks about why he made the film, his use of liquid narrative and casting and their impact on the message and what the film represents and what influenced it

[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;43056682]I've heard nothing but bad things. Is it really that good?[/QUOTE] people try to give it more depth than a few skanky girls out on spring break and some nonsense with james franco. i think they just have regret for having paid for a ticket to masturbate in a theater.

[QUOTE=mikeyt493;43050650] I've not seen Birth of a Nation but I'm very interested as it was the first blockbuster and essentially created modern cinematography. I've seen parts and I've seen stills and it's just an incredible achievement of filmmaking. It's honestly just hard to wrap your head around how groundbreaking Birth of a Nation was.[/QUOTE] Its a funny one because using todays morality you would condemn it as racist propaganda. The sheer epic scale of it for the time is wonderful. Theres been a lot of info on this page from you guys, some good shit. Reposts..... [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. [b]Lebanon[/b] one and half hours inside a tank during the Israeli invasion of Lebanon. for me it was ok but nothing too special. 4 crew are a bit green but soon understand the reality of war. [b]Broken Circle Breakdown[/b] Belgian copy of Blue Valentine with a different backdrop and added ingregients. The film has some generic predictables but the 2 leads lifted the film to a better place than the director was able to. Bluegrass music is a central theme. Sex scenes were very good. [B]Entre les murs (2008)[/B] Theres been a good few films about classes full of dead end pupils lead by inspirational teachers with varying degrees of honesty. The Adriend Brody and Ryan Gosling movies are 2 excellent examples but this French film is pure art. Art is supposed to reflect life and this is why its so damn good because its totally honest in the way it tells its story and how the characters exist in the narrative. No soundtrack, no melodrama and no massive story as such, just great honest characters. The actors reveal so much about their motivations and the narrative reveals much about the balance of power between class and teacher and how a teacher keeps control. What comes across is the utter hopelessness of a section of society that has no aspirations or care for themselves. The second to last scene is subtle but extremely revealing and powerful in terms of how these kids think and I was blown away. The presentation was similar to the other French film 'A Prophet' because that also sidelined the usual pointless bullshit that clouds a great film. [highlight](User was permabanned for this post ("alt of jewdozer" - Rusty100))[/highlight]

Hitman is one of my favorite bad action movies, the swords on the train come the fuck on

[media]http://vimeo.com/80862133[/media] This was a great list and a great way to tell it. I'll need to check out a bunch of these, really interested now. A great variety, it seems. (film.com's top 25 of 2013) And Spring Breakers comes #6 so fuck u guys [editline]3rd December 2013[/editline] and as good as the film was its a bit refreshing to not have Gravity on the list. A bit tired of the ridiculous hypetrain behind it even now.

[QUOTE=mikeyt493;43058992][media]http://vimeo.com/80862133[/media] This was a great list and a great way to tell it. I'll need to check out a bunch of these, really interested now. A great variety, it seems. (film.com's top 25 of 2013) And Spring Breakers comes #6 so fuck u guys [editline]3rd December 2013[/editline] and as good as the film was its a bit refreshing to not have Gravity on the list. A bit tired of the ridiculous hypetrain behind it even now.[/QUOTE] It reminded me about how awesome was music in Stoker. That duet scene was the highlight of the film, even if on the whole it was only decent. The only thing I would disagree on that list would be The Grandmaster. It was a nice kung-fu film, a real eye candy, but except that there was nothing. But the first place is absolutely right. There wasn't a single bad thing about that film.

[QUOTE=mikeyt493;43058992]and as good as the film was its a bit refreshing to not have Gravity on the list. A bit tired of the ridiculous hypetrain behind it even now.[/QUOTE] Though it does make you think that's the only reason it's not on there.

well no not really. There were lots of brilliant films this year and narrowing it down to 25 means you have to cut some out. A lot out, in fact. I do think the best part of Gravity is its technical achievement, storywise yeah its pretty intense but there's not a lot there. Bullock gives a really good performance. Plus that list clearly didn't do an Empire and just list whatever Hollywood shlock came out in 2013 so its range was way wider. Lots of foreign stuff. I don't really agree with the ridiculous hype Gravity got either. It's a strong 4 star film but like people are saying its one of the greatest films they've ever seen and stuff and that's kinda crazy [editline]3rd December 2013[/editline] to me the best part of Gravity was, ironically, [sp]the final shot of the film on Earth where she swims then walks off into the distance[/sp]

Movies get a pass for not having a stellar story for having a stellar everything else in my book. And it's not like the story in Gravity is bad, it's just simple.

To me plot is not very important assuming your characters are good but there wasn't much depth to the characters in Gravity either tbh. It was tense and a spectacle but it has cardboard characters and the plot is nothing special at all. Like I did really like it, I saw it in IMAX twice, but mostly because the film is a visual feast. The soundtrack is fantastic as well. Its not bad at all, its a very good movie- but I just didn't really love it like so many people are saying they did. There's not enough to the film for me to totally love it.

I thought Ryan's character was good, she goes through a decent development which is more than I can say for most movies.

Bling Ring was crap too and S.C. worst so far IMO.

[QUOTE=mikeyt493;43060009]To me plot is not very important assuming your characters are good but there wasn't much depth to the characters in Gravity either tbh. It was tense and a spectacle but it has cardboard characters and the plot is nothing special at all.[/QUOTE] Characters are only affecting when you gain something from them. I have to say, even with little that was said, there was a lot more reality in their feelings than I can say for some full blown stretched out films that I've seen.

So The Grandmaster is a retake on IP-Man?

[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;43056682]I've heard nothing but bad things. Is it really that good?[/QUOTE] I used the fact that people didn't like the movie to convince my friends to watch it. The only people that I know that hated it are either valley girls, or the boyfriends of valley girls. It's a polarizing piece of work that I, personally, REALLY enjoyed. If I were to pack it in a triple feature, I'd bundle it with [sp]Only God Forgives and The Counselor[/sp].

[QUOTE=mikeyt493;43060009]To me plot is not very important assuming your characters are good but there wasn't much depth to the characters in Gravity either tbh. It was tense and a spectacle but it has cardboard characters and the plot is nothing special at all.[/QUOTE] I feel like they did pretty well considering what they set up. Ryan is constantly moving and never in a secure, familiar place so we don't get any physical hints about her character (e.g. seeing her quarters or belongings). In addition, she's alone for so long that not much is expanded on through dialogue. Some parts are pretty hamfisted (the "I drive" scene, despite being reminiscent of /tv/'s favorite movie, was a bit of an awkward monologue) but I thought it was solid overall.

Frozen, 9/10 There were flaws, but damn was this movie good!

[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;43062376]I'm seeing that and Catching Fire later this month. Really looking forward to it after Tangled.[/QUOTE] Disney has been on a roll recently after The Princess and the Frog. The only sad thing is that there aren't a lot of hand-drawn animated movies on the future. But, putting that aside, Frozen had catchy songs, amazing visuals, and smart writing. Plus, some really good twists and turns.

[B]Hours[/B] Paul Walker's final completed film. I'm not much of a fan of his career but had the urge to see this. just as i suspected :( it's that last film when you get a glimpse of truly what this actor can do. worth a watch, it's simple yet affecting. It starts us off in a situation but heads down a decent path that does chill along the way. I was only after the performance and I got quite a neatly put together bit of film. There's a lot of humanity in this dude's acting capability, that's what I was wholeheartedly taken in by. And now we won't see that again. [editline]4th December 2013[/editline] It'll also definitely be marketed as some kind of action thriller which doesn't encompass what this film really is at all [img]http://i58.fastpic.ru/big/2013/1125/ac/7990836a2b553c4418ebc962c4c505ac.jpg[/img] Possibly the most inappropriate poster for this tbh.. I do like this one: [img]http://nakino.tv/uploads/posts/2013-12/1385971770_91ae2b6aad.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=Zuimzado;43062357]Frozen, 9/10 There were flaws, but damn was this movie good![/QUOTE] I've been hearing it's good from nearly everyone. It's a neat surprise because I thought the movie looked quite shit when I saw some early teasers and trailers. Disney's on a roll.

[QUOTE=kimchimafia;43062675]I've been hearing it's good from nearly everyone. It's a neat surprise because I thought the movie looked quite shit when I saw some early teasers and trailers. Disney's on a roll.[/QUOTE] The problem is that Disney's marketing has realized that if they actually promote the movie no one will go watch it thanks to the negative stereotype associated with 'princess movies', which is why, since Tangled, they made sure their trailers make the movies look like Dreamworks movies. You'd wonder why would they want to do that, but Dreamworks movies have a broad audience because of how... broad they are. Sometimes.

Serenity Ended up liking it a lot more than I thought I would. Beginning was a little slow, and I didn't really get what they were going for with the movie until later on, partially because it sorta felt like I was watching a series, not sure if that was intentional because of the whole Firefly thing, but it felt like some parts were just too disconnected from each other. Anyway, that doesn't make it bad. It certainly has its charm, and I have to say what really kept me interested was Nathan Fillion's character, IMO he just carries this movie. Overall, I'd still pick something like Riddick over this movie, but I did enjoy it.

honestly I would've liked Gravity more if [sp]George Clooney was the main character instead. Sandra Bullock was aight, but I thought he would've been a lot more interesting (as he always is)[/sp]