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

[QUOTE=Rofl_copter;43674329]what[/QUOTE] realistically, the film [sp]is a lot of filler and wants you to feel for these guys, sure. but the first entire hour is a lot of hooplah that probably could have been avoided or trimmed down. now, don't get me wrong, the second hour surely makes the film because holy shit those guys go through some serious shit, that's without question. but, where i think act of valor is better is that it focuses moreso on the seals themselves, hence the meh acting and generic as hell plot. also, you already know how lone survivor goes, act of valor not quite.[/sp] anyways, just watched the secret life of walter mitty - 9/10

The lion in winter is genius.Smart dialogues,Sneaky plots and more decieving than a basketfull of snakes. 10/10 [MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72vIkvjRpqY[/MEDIA]

I, Frankenstein Pleasantly surprised, instead of a complete shitburger it was only 95% of a shitburger

Walter Mitty Disappointed by this one. Was enjoyable but it didn't meet my expectation. 7/10

[QUOTE=Wealth + Taste;43677524]I, Frankenstein Pleasantly surprised, instead of a complete shitburger it was only 95% of a shitburger[/QUOTE] Last I looked, it was 5% on Rotten Tomatoes. It's a gleeful feeling when a movie I thought was going to be terrible turns out to be worse.

Final Wars - Good/yes The fighting is cool I liked the characters I liked the somewhat cheezy plot The Godzilla cameos were great.

Filth - 9,5/10 Amazing movie go see this now if you dont you are filth.

[QUOTE=A B.A. Survivor;43679053]Last I looked, it was 5% on Rotten Tomatoes. It's a gleeful feeling when a movie I thought was going to be terrible turns out to be worse.[/QUOTE] Basically, my College English course read/analyzed Frankenstein earlier this year, and as a joke me and a few friends went to see it. It basically picks up after the book leaves off, and except for the major detail that the monster said he would commit suicide at the end of the book it actually is pretty consistent. References a lot of things from the book, which I definitely didn't expect for it to do. The CGI was OK, nothing terrible. The movie didn't do anything egregiously bad, it just didn't do anything good either.

[MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBWS6c709IQ[/MEDIA] I knew those pants in "her" were akward.

[b]Mulholland Drive (rewatch)- 10/10[/b] What a fantastic piece of cinema. Lynch is a visionary genius, and this is perhaps his best work (blue velvet does exist tho- plus I've not seen all his stuff). Dreamy, sexy, stylish, confusing and terrifying, this film is a challenge of the senses but a worthy one. This is my second time watching the film and I must say I understood it significantly more than my first time (which must have been at least a year ago, maybe even 2). You really need to pay attention the whole time as there are subtle hints and clues to things going on; words, images, vignettes that mean something but you don't know what they are at the time. I loved watching it and working things out. The film is fantastic and the puzzle is one of the best parts. I'm on my phone and really want to discuss some of my ideas on this film as there's so much to say so I'll do another post tomorrow. I might even watch it again tomorrow. I literally never do that but for this film I just might. Incredible. Very highly recommended. Lynch at his best- hell, this is cinema at its best.

1978 Invasion of the Body Snatchers. I've never watched the original, but this film was fantastic. It really gave me a sense of dread like no other film has done before. The scene with Amazing Grace playing on the bagpipes sent shivers down my spine. I honestly can't fault this film, so 10/10 I guess.

Captain Phillips was a great and intense movie, Tom Hank's acting made me cry at the end

Filth 7.7/10 It was good - better than Shame and Don Jon

Machete Kills 4/10 I got what I expected.

toy story 3 - 10/10 for the nostalgia value i cry evrytim [editline]27th January 2014[/editline] no but seriously it was pretty damn good

[QUOTE=Hellsten;43688412]Filth 7.7/10 It was good - better than Shame and Don Jon[/QUOTE] It's really not difficult for any film to be better for the latter, it only needs to be decent. However I still cannot find the point comparing it to Shame.

[B]Goodfellas- 7/10[/B] Yeah, good but nothing amazing... Not a whole lot of note to say about this tbh. It's pretty stylish, quite funny, Ria Liotta is decent, Deniro was good but I wish he had more screentime. A good flick but I don't get the hype. A let down in that aspect. [editline]27th January 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=Joz;43690491]It's really not difficult for any film to be better for the latter, it only needs to be decent. However I still cannot find the point comparing it to Shame.[/QUOTE] Don Jon was a good movie imo. I liked it quite a lot. Shame however is a modern masterpiece. One of the best films of the past few years easy.

[B]Lord of War[/B] 8/10 Completely blew away my expectations. The storytelling was excellent, reminiscent of Goodfellas and similar pictures. The cinematography was really good as well, and one of my favorite Cage performances. Great movie.

[B]Filth[/B] I was expecting to love this but I was disappointed. James Mcavoy leads as a junkie cop who has mastered the art of manipulation to fulfill whatever his whims and needs at that particular time are. For me the character was just a fuck up and had no reason or motivation for his method other than his selfish needs. Comparing this to other similar themed films like Keitel in 'the 'bad Lieutenant' just made me realise how one dimentional this character was and why I really didn't care what happened. Other than a promotion and family issues what was this man driven by? I just didn't feel it. [B]Hobbit Smaug pt2[/B] The first installment nearly gave me cancer because its quality was so toxic and awful so I wasn't expecting much from this. The story has a lot more depth but still they focused too much on the cat and mouse scenes between dwarves and monsters. I have to keep reminding myself that if thiss story was worthy of a trilogy like this then they would have made this first. Evangeline Lily was a good addition so fuck the book purists. Whilst this is a big improvement on the first, it still didn't blow me away. [highlight](User was permabanned for this post ("jewdozer" - Rusty100))[/highlight]

[QUOTE=vagina lips;43693249][B]Hobbit Smaug pt2[/B] The first installment nearly gave me cancer because its quality was so toxic and awful[/QUOTE] Why do people like to exaggerate so much when it comes to the hobbit?

[QUOTE=Scot;43693494]Why do people like to exaggerate so much when it comes to the hobbit?[/QUOTE] It was a bunch of miniature garden gnomes running from unscary monsters for 3 hours. It was woeful.

i thought it was mediocre but far from unwatchable

[B]Blue Velvet (rewatch)- 10/10[/B] Goddamn. This is even better than I remember. Aside Twin Peaks I never truly loved David Lynch, until now. I appreciated his stuff, thought it was interesting and his technical skill is admirable. But now, watching this and Mulholland Drive within 24 hours of each other has really helped me understand him and I adore both films. I will need to revisit his other films and I'm going to start watching Twin Peaks again. I'm not sure if it's because his films are better second time through, or because I've changed and appreciate them more and understand. Having seen more cinema, some of it very strange, I think it's the latter, however I do think that anyone who says they fully understand a David Lynch film first time round is probably a liar. Hell, I don't care who you are- if you're not David Lynch and try to tell me you know 100% of what Mulholland Dr. is, I will not believe you :v: I love Kyle MacClachlan in this, as I do in all his Lynch works. I do fancy Showgirls despite its notoriety because it's Paul Voerhoven and Jim Jarmusch said it's a great satirical film. (sadly it destroyed MacClachlan's career and he was brought down to the god awful Sex and the City, one of the most offensively bad, cruel and hateful pieces of TV or cinema I have ever witnessed- I could make a big post separately about this but it's not relevant so yea) Those two things go together very well. His youthful demeanor and sense of adventure contrast so well with the darkness of the world of Dorothy and Frank, both emotionally and the world they live in. Lumberton is so picturesque, so idealistic, it plays so much on cliches I could just about see the cops sitting in the diner with their black coffee and a piece of pie... Something Lynch and MacClachlan revisit 4 years later with Twin Peaks- a show that I was reminded of several times throughout Blue Velvet. I notice now that Lynch truly loves to explore the underbelly. Mulholland Drive, Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet all do the same thing- take a seemingly great place, a lovely place with nice people, and then reveal the darker secrets underneath. To do this he plays on cliche's of old Hollywood and soaps/TV shows. They're obvious enough that I don't feel I need to go into it. It's on purpose though, for sure. Not laziness. It builds the world and makes the second half of the film work so much more; see the brilliant imagery of the first scene, where it continually zooms in on the grass in a lovely garden, until it gets to the insects and the overwhelmingly disgusting sounds make you feel horrible- a metaphor for the town and foreshadowing of what is to come. Insects are a regular motif in this film. See the ants covering the severed ear, Jeffrey's excuse of being the exterminator to enter Dorothy's apartment (he wants to wipe out the filth of the town), then at the end (potentially spoilerish?) [sp]the robin eating the insect on the windowsill, which shows that Jeffrey did his job and "exterminated" the crime[/sp] This film is really something special. Sometimes you experience a piece of art, be it a song, a painting, an image, a film- and it just captures you, and you don't really know why, and you can't really explain it. Lynch has done this three times to me (in his 3 aforementioned pieces). Twin Peaks is my favourite TV show of all time and to me the greatest TV show ever made. Mulholland Drive is the best puzzle in cinema. Blue Velvet is a masterpiece of using cliches, archetypes and genre to keep you guessing to tell a great story. Although Kyle MacClachlan is great in this, Dennis Hopper as the psychotic Frank is the one who steals the show. His total off-on character is the embodiment of evil, he is a cruel sociopath who is totally unpredictable except that you know that wherever it's going, it's not good. His use of an unnamed inhalant just makes him even scarier, because you're not sure what it is or why he's using it. Is it a drug? Does it get him high? Does he need it just to help him breathe (since he only uses it under high tension)? It's a mystery. (Spoilers in this next bit) The character of Dorothy is fascinating to me, though. Specifically duringthe first time we meet Frank and when she catches Jeffrey. I feel there is some real trauma in her past. Her submissive nature and search for a hero, a supportive male in her life, a way out and away from the scumbag that is Frank. He forces her to call him Daddy (although soon after refers to himself as Baby), something not uncommon, but it's not a mutually agreed thing. Dorothy is being blackmailed and abused. She punishes herself for it, I think it's because she enjoys it and hates herself for it (not uncommon in rape victims, to blame themselves for feeling pleasure and being wrought with shame). She isn't allowed to look at him. When Dorothy catches Jeffrey, she takes on the role of the dom, because she now has the power. He isn't allowed to touch her, or look at her. Then also when her and Jeffrey go to have sex, she asks him to hit her, because she thinks she deserves it (but doesn't deserve a loving touch). I think, as well as Dorothy having a victim complex, Frank has masochistic tendencies as well. He punishes himself for being the power holder when he rapes Dorothy. He doesn't let himself like it, he chokes himself, he puts himself in the submissive mindset. There's a battle going on inside. This film's exploration of sexuality and violence is fascinating and to my knowledge has some of the most accurate portrayal of emotional abuse related to sex on film. Also, the wig is an interesting symbol, which I guess shows her constant defense and that she has built up a wall against the world- she can only be herself when she's alone. The soundtrack to this film too is incredible. The song Blue Velvet sung by Dorothy is magical, along with the rest of the score from Lynch's frequent collaborator Badalamenti, whom I rank among the best of film composers. Very highly recommend this film. One of the best.

If you want a woeful garden gnome movie, watch Gnomeo and Juliet

[QUOTE=TheKritter71;43694291]If you want a woeful garden gnome movie, watch Gnomeo and Juliet[/QUOTE] Woeful as in a highly developed emotional experience, or woeful as in never ever ever see this movie?

Justice League War 8.5/10 Definitely my second favorite DC movie next to Flashpoint Paradox

[QUOTE=mikeyt493;43690625][B]Goodfellas- 7/10[/B] Yeah, good but nothing amazing... Not a whole lot of note to say about this tbh. It's pretty stylish, quite funny, Ria Liotta is decent, Deniro was good but I wish he had more screentime. A good flick but I don't get the hype. A let down in that aspect.[/QUOTE] I'm genuinely curious to why it didn't work for you. Or are Scorsese's films just aren't your thing? edit: I know that 7/10 ain't bad but what I meant was what's keeping the film from going good to great?

I can understand mikey. The film is great, like really great, but it does try a bit too hard imo to be great. Also one person's 7/10 is not another person's 7/10. All I'm saying is that there are films that are more memorable than Goodfellas

[QUOTE=PollytheParrot;43695248]I can understand mikey. The film is great, like really great, but it does try a bit too hard imo to be great. Also one person's 7/10 is not another person's 7/10. All I'm saying is that there are films that are more memorable than Goodfellas[/QUOTE] I'm not quite sure what you mean by the last statement. Isn't that purely up to the viewer? I found Goodfellas to be extremely memorable and I dunno, "it does try a bit too hard imo to be great"? What do you mean by that? Is Raging Bull or Last Temptation trying a bit too hard to be great too? [editline]28th January 2014[/editline] Also I should point out that I wasn't accusing mikey of anything. Just curious to what aspects let him down.

It seemed like it tried to be too witty and too "stereotypically mafia badass", which led to it feeling somewhat fake to me. Don't get me wrong I love the movie but it strikes in a bad part of the uncanny valley to me Sorry I'm horrible at explaining shit