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

Fitzcarraldo is sitting on my shelf, need to find the time to watch it but I've been so busy with college work and stuff recently, not had the time to watch films. It's up there though. Check out his version of Nosferatu, it's incredible. Better than the original imo. Kaspar Hauser is really beautiful, and his 2009 film Bad Lieutenant starring Nicolas Cage (not a remake of the Ferrara film, well it kinda is but only because producers wanted it to be one. It's really not.) is actually excellent and Cage gives one of his best performances in it. His character in ways reminisces Aguirre.

Thief 4/5 If you liked Drive, you'll probably like this. Pretty good heist film.

her - 9.5/10 this movie is fantastic was super disappointed that when I was leaving the theater I heard people say that it was weird and that it was terrible

[QUOTE=Yumyumbublegum;43541526]her - 9.5/10 this movie is fantastic was super disappointed that when I was leaving the theater I heard people say that it was weird and that it was terrible[/QUOTE] Don't fret; those are probably the people who enjoy movies like Transformers.

Dredd 8/10

[QUOTE=redBadger;43542778]Dredd 8/10[/QUOTE] Just finished watching it, I'd give it an 8/10 also. Good quality action flick, with no boring bits. The Blu-ray had a few digital noise issues in some of the darker scenes, but overall image quality was quite good.

Wall of Wolf Street - 7.5/10 ehh it was cool

[QUOTE=redBadger;43541755]Don't fret; those are probably the people who enjoy movies like Transformers.[/QUOTE] I enjoyed transformers.

[B]Vanilla Sky[/B] eh. just eh. interesting concept, sloppy execution. 5/10 [B]Collateral[/B] didn't expect it to be this good. Great chemistry between Cruise and Foxx, and nice story. Ended too abruptly, but that doesn't kill the movie. 7/10

Oblivion 3.5/5 Really well shot and had pretty great special effect. It's a little unoriginal, but some of the elements were done really well. Definitely worth a watch. One question though, [sp]When did Tom Cruise bang the woman for her to have a daughter at the end? The daughter just kind of appeared out of nowhere.[/sp]

It's been awhile since I've seen it but[sp]I'm sure they banged each other at Tom's secret lake-house place.[/sp]

I finished the original Star Wars trilogy. Should I bother with the prequels? Are they as bad as everyone says?

[QUOTE=darcy010;43545090]Oblivion 3.5/5 Really well shot and had pretty great special effect. It's a little unoriginal, but some of the elements were done really well. Definitely worth a watch. One question though, [sp]When did Tom Cruise bang the woman for her to have a daughter at the end? The daughter just kind of appeared out of nowhere.[/sp][/QUOTE] Basically; [img]http://i.minus.com/d7ztPrmMatz4b/ed.jpg[/img] Kiss to- [img]http://i.minus.com/ibbummrdJvHGXn.jpg[/img] Dragging him off to- [img]http://i.minus.com/i5bDVC8D4Q9WW.jpg[/img] Sexy time at night you get the idea

One Day In September 4.5/5 [t]http://www.vhscollector.com/sites/default/files/vhscovers/onedayinseptember-columbia1%20(VHSCollector.com)%20.jpg[/t] (I got to admit I love their cover box design for some reason) The Documentary showed both sides of the ordeal and just how much the Germans fucked up against Black September, it also shows the IOC being ignorant by continuing the games during the whole situation, then revealing the massive cover up the Germans had with the Palestinians to try and make the world forget 1972. Documentary is very well edited and brought out I thought it was wonderful, interesting and shocking

So I don't know how many of you have seen Adaptation. but I just noticed this on its wikipedia page [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/DZXNguq.png[/IMG] fucking with me so much

[QUOTE=mikeyt493;43546814]So I don't know how many of you have seen Adaptation. but I just noticed this on its wikipedia page [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/DZXNguq.png[/IMG] fucking with me so much[/QUOTE] It's just a joke. But Charlie Kaufman is a fantastic writer...

Aha I know but that just came across as so weird, considering he's a fictional character from the film... Although the film stars Charlie Kaufman... Who wrote the film... Who invented a brother because he struggled writing an unadaptable screenplay... Who couldn't write the adaptation so instead wrote about the struggle of the adaptation... But also wrote the adaptation INSIDE his film of the actual adaptation of the novel... It fucks with my mind. Charlie Kaufman is absolutely one of the best writers of our time, and Jonze one of the best directors (I'm SO excited for Her. Like, absolutely crazily excited) Going to watch Adaptation. tonight if I can get all my college stuff finished with enough time :v:

dude you think thats mindfuck, his film Synedoche... now that's mindfuck.

My parents had Synecdoche, NY on DVD but it seems to have disappeared, I've seen the second half. God only knows what was happening, since I missed the first half it made even less sense than it would have had I started from the beginning. Love Kaufman and adore Hoffman, two of the great artists of our time imo, so I need to watch it properly. Going to do a Jonze marathon leading up to the release of Her I think. Watched the trailer again and it honestly looks perfect. I can see it being a 10/10 film. Should probably lower my hype though in case I disappoint myself, but I don't wanna read anything negative in case it then sticks out during my watching and ruins it :(

I didn't like SNY.

I don't remember a thing from that film, it screwed with my brain too much... I really need to see it properly.

All I remember is something about the futility of life. That and it was extremely pretentious.

[QUOTE=Scot;43547687]All I remember is something about the futility of life. That and it was extremely pretentious.[/QUOTE] No way man, it was a heck of a ride, just needed figuring out. It's definitely not something I'd say was throw-away... The way it was made just threw me off probably and that's rare.

I wouldn't say pretentious. but postmodern, definitely. [editline]15th January 2014[/editline] Kaufman is one of the most capable and original writers working (im aware ive said this 3 times now i dont care), and is known for being able to execute extremely complex and thought provoking screenplays dealing with really deep themes without being convoluted and remaining coherent. Kaufman is not pretentious at all in my opinion, as he delivers exactly what he wants, possibly more. Pretentiousness is subjective I suppose but I hate it as an argument. I'll repost my point on "pretentious" as a film criticism from another thread (only tangentally related, but still)- [quote=ME]Revolver to me is one of the biggest straight up failures made. it's so ridiculously convoluted and retarded, full of pseudo intellectual plot twists and "themes" which aren't really there that it just insults the viewer. not to mention the horrendous use of colour and weird camera angles. Worse films have been made, with worse acting, worse scripts and worse direction and production values, but I just inexplicably hated those films. Well I know why I hated them -the reasons stated above and more- it's just they really were abysmal. Troll 2 and The Room exist but they're funny-bad. they're so bad you can just laugh at them and be like "hah, at least they tried" or something. These films are just utter failures and messes. The attempts at intelligence and originality and such make it much worse because it's an assault on the senses. Edited: People call directors like Terrence Malick pretentious. Fuck that. Guy Ritchie and whoever made The Purge are pretentious as it gets. Malick is at least able to do what he says he can do (and he is incredibly talented, unlike either of these 2 filmmakers) Malick is humble. These dudes are pretentious as all hell.[/quote] [editline]15th January 2014[/editline] as addendum, I'll chuck Zack Snyder and Uwe Boll in there as well as horrifically pretentious. Both think they're geniuses, claim that they are, say their work is packed with symbolism and themes with little evidence to back it up. They think they are auters but in reality they're not at all, they're bad filmmakers who think they're genius. As said up there, someone like Malick, possibly the director most called pretentious, holds no pretentions. He doesn't claim to be great. In fact he doesn't claim to be anything. he lets his films speak for him and if you find messages in them then great, if you don't then well that's fair enough too. But he's not pretentious. He doesn't claim to be an auter (but he definitely is) and doesn't state his themes and symbols. He just makes films without claims of greatness and people can interpret them however they want. To me, that is the opposite of pretentious. That is humble.

Her 9/10 I like that it concentrated on the consequences of an AI os rather than the philosophical implications but at the same time I missed him reflecting about himself for a bit, that was making it a bit unrelateable for me.

[QUOTE=mikeyt493;43547764]I wouldn't say pretentious. but postmodern, definitely. [editline]15th January 2014[/editline] Kaufman is one of the most capable and original writers working (im aware ive said this 3 times now i dont care), and is known for being able to execute extremely complex and thought provoking screenplays dealing with really deep themes without being convoluted and remaining coherent. Kaufman is not pretentious at all in my opinion, as he delivers exactly what he wants, possibly more. Pretentiousness is subjective I suppose but I hate it as an argument. I'll repost my point on "pretentious" as a film criticism from another thread (only tangentally related, but still)- [editline]15th January 2014[/editline] as addendum, I'll chuck Zack Snyder and Uwe Boll in there as well as horrifically pretentious. Both think they're geniuses, claim that they are, say their work is packed with symbolism and themes with little evidence to back it up. They think they are auters but in reality they're not at all, they're bad filmmakers who think they're genius. As said up there, someone like Malick, possibly the director most called pretentious, holds no pretentions. He doesn't claim to be great. In fact he doesn't claim to be anything. he lets his films speak for him and if you find messages in them then great, if you don't then well that's fair enough too. But he's not pretentious. He doesn't claim to be an auter (but he definitely is) and doesn't state his themes and symbols. He just makes films without claims of greatness and people can interpret them however they want. To me, that is the opposite of pretentious. That is humble.[/QUOTE] this is a correct post kaufman is far from pretentious. pretentious is acting like you're making smart shit but actually making dumb shit. he does write very smart movies.

Kill List: 8/10. Great slow-paced horror film that managed to make me feel very uncomfortable and when it reached it's end, I was successfully disturbed. Mostly works because of the mood, the score and the way it's shot which makes it seem genuine without being annoying POV shit. [sp]I do hate however, when people compare this film to a Serbian film simply because of the ending, since A Serbian Film is so awful in general compared to this film.[/sp]

No Country for Old Men - 7.5/10 I feel like I should like this movie more than I do. The characters and cinematography were amazing, but I was pissed off at the end of the movie. Plot was so ambiguous, but I guess that's on purpose.

Not ambiguous, takes a bit of thought.

[QUOTE=AK'z;43555623]Not ambiguous, takes a bit of thought.[/QUOTE] [sp]I understood the final scene and the symbolism of the dream, but I just hate how the movie didn't actually confirm much of anything, it just implies (example: you don't actually know if Chigurh killed Lluwelyn's wife, you're just left to assume that he did).[/sp]