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

The Third Man (1949) I can see why this is one of the classics, it's fucking amazing and holds up incredibly well. Standout are Orson Welles's performance who despite only being featured in a tiny portion of the film and having very few lines steals the show because, well, it's Orson fucking Welles. The score is also amazing and utterly iconic - there was only one instrument used for it. I can't even rate this but I'll just say there's a reason it has 100% on rottentomatoes. Watch this; the amount of stuff wells conveys with a single look is nothing short of breathtaking [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeJVNQ4ngfo[/media] [editline]27th May 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=St. Burke;40793790][B]Furious 6[/B] good/10 [B]Iron Man 3[/B] cool/10 [B]Gatsby (2013)[/B] fine/10[/QUOTE] [b]that post[/b] bad/10

[b] Battle Royal - 9/10 [/b]

[QUOTE=junker154;40794095]I also liked how the psychiatrist explains everything, which is a nice touch.[/QUOTE] I really hate that part. It's just so overwrought and long-winded it sticks out like a sore thumb among what is otherwise a blunt, to-the-point movie. Also it's just plain unnecessary. We already know about Norman's mom issues; we don't need to hear a psychoanalysis session.

[QUOTE=pie_is_good;40795954]I really hate that part. It's just so overwrought and long-winded it sticks out like a sore thumb among what is otherwise a blunt, to-the-point movie. Also it's just plain unnecessary. We already know about Norman's mom issues; we don't need to hear a psychoanalysis session.[/QUOTE] That's what it made so special, most movies today don't explain anything and leave the explanation to the viewer alone, which is a nice touch of course but ultimately leaves me with no real explanation. It was a nice change, most psychological thrillers don't explain anything.

But Norman's mom issues are already something that's pretty much explained without a long-winded monologue. Also I'm not really seeing how "most movies today don't explain anything". examples? Also, what's wrong with a little mystery? Having everything explained in a movie can make it pretty boring: you watch it once and because you already know all the tricks it doesn't linger in your mind like more complex films. It's like it just blows its wad and everything's cold afterwards.

Star Trek Into Darkness 9/10 Ending wasn't really satisfying

[QUOTE=junker154;40791636][b]Butterfly Effect[/b] I liked the idea and concept behind this movie but it had a bad execution, also Ashton Kutcher was really miscast in this movie. But it seems like the movie cannot decide what it wants to be.[/QUOTE] Which ending did you see? The directors cut ending turns it from an okay film to a pretty great film with about 1 minute of extra footage.

I watched good movies this weekend Gummo (Dir./Written by Harmony Korine, 1997) I'd heard a lot about this film, for the past few years, but I never watched it. I'd heard people say it was an absolute masterpiece, while others called it pointless garbage and laughably bad. I definitely think I'd put it more into the first category. There is something absolutely beautiful about this movie. A powerful look into the American lower class Deliberately abandons the classic hollywood narrative, doesn't follow a 3-act structure- it's instead following the days of Solomon and Tummler, and alongside, three sisters (one of them Chloe Sevigny, who is just perfect in this) Aside those two storylines there are a bunch of little vignettes of the townsfolk just kinda, doing things. Hugely powerful movie. It brings out emotions in the strangest of places. The town might just be the worst town in America. I'm not even totally sure why a lot of the scenes made me feel the way I did. The scene in the basement and the scene right near the end in the swimming pool were amazing. I think Chloe Sevigny, despite not being her most challenging or impressive role in her career, gave her best performance. Just the way she contrasts everything in the town, how she seems to be the only glimmer of hope in a hopeless world, trying to give her life and her sisters' lives meaning when there isn't any. I feel like the scene at the end in the swimming pool is really perfect. 8/10 Kids (1995, Dir. Larry Clark written by Harmony Korine) Korine's first venture into cinema at only the age of 18. I really liked this movie. I can understand why a lot of people say this is Korine's best movie- it's the closest thing to a standard 3-act structure he's done and so more accessible. I wouldn't say it follows it completely but it's a day in the life of some kids, told chronologically and it isn't surreal or anything. Quite the opposite in fact- painfully realistic. It's scarily realistic, it almost feels like a documentary (Apparently a lot of people did think this was documentary? I mean looking at the camerawork and sound it's obvious it wasn't but ok lol. Leo Fitzpatrick apparently got a lot of hassle after it was released because they really thought Telly was a real character.) The plot plays out in two related stories that come together- The main one follows Telly and Casper, two 16ish year olds. Telly is pretty much a borderline pedophile, who goes out of his way to deflower virgins (the film opens with him sweet talking a 12 year old then totally abandoning her and bragging in detail to Casper- pretty much sums up his entire character in a couple minutes) and Telly's mission to find then eventually fuck a 13 year old girl. Little does he know, the other story is about a girl whose virginity he took the year before (played by Chloe Sevigny, she did a fair bit of work on Korine material when she was starting out) discovering she has HIV. She then decides to track down and tell Telly, partly to warn him, partly to save other girls from the same fate (probably mostly the latter) It got a lot of controversy on release due to its content, which is understandable but it's annoying that a lot of the controversy came from the content displayed but also saying it had no merit and was pure exploitation cinema. It's not exploitation, it's a scarily real depiction of youths. One of the most real I've ever seen, definitely. From the drug and solvent abuse to heavy drinking, to unprotected sex and STI's. Fantastic dialogue, incredibly real performances, powerful message. I know people just like the kids in this film. I can see parts of myself in them as well which is a bit worrying but whatever. They feel like real people. The kind of people that are ignored, especially in American cinema (british BBC style films however do it to death but I for sure have never seen anything that can hold a candle to this in message or quality) The film is darker than it appears on the surface (the HIV thing is more a subplot and so it's more like a danger hidden below that no one knows about rather than feeling like a huge thing, which actually makes it scarier) Highly recommend this movie, 8/10 Dogville (Wr/Dir. by Lars Von Trier, 2003) I went in not having a clue what this was about other than it was a Lars Von Trier movie starring Nicole Kidman- so I was interested to see what would come of a Hollywood star acting in a Danish art movie. Safe to say, the result is brilliant. The film takes place entirely on a [URL="http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/dvdreview/dogville/9.JPG"]minimalist theatre stage[/URL]. That image is all we see for the entire 3 hours of this film, and while at first that feels daunting, the cast is so great with such powerful characters, that you forget within 15 minutes. The writing in this film is absolutely outstanding. The characters colourful, the performances excellent. The film starts off in a seemingly nice but boring little town when Grace (Nicole Kidman) ends up there, hiding from the mob for reasons unknown. She gets allowed to stay in the town as long as she pulls her own weight. It starts of innocent enough, and I was curious as to how this would last 3 hours, but it definitely is able to justify it's length (I think it was meant to be longer- I wouldn't complain about a 3 1/2-4 hour version of this) as things about the townspeople are uncovered, and no one is as nice as they seem. This film has some really powerful themes which I won't mention due to spoilers but it is quite shocking- it starts off seeming a bit basic for Lars Von Trier (excluding the whole stage thing) but then falls very much into his style (that is, kinda weird and pretty disturbing) The film is a truly fantastic character study with an interesting plot and amazing ending which really wraps up all morals and questions and closes the film perfectly. I really recommend watching this movie. So good. 8/10

Of Mice and Men - 7/10 (this rating isn't normalized against the torrent of 8s and 7s above, though) - - of course it hits every intellectual note that Steinbeck wished to hit: it has alienation, indulgence, and how the two interplay with each other almost so seductively, but ultimately never interact together cleanly - eventually conflict must happen. The rough edges (and the more abstract ones) are ably smoothed out; and Sinise and Malkovich do what is wished of them - although I'm guilty of underestimating how much drama Sinise was capable of, and how much pathos Malkovich is able to do based on a bit of typecasting. But otherwise it's circumscribed in concept - of Mice of Men [i]can't[/i] offer much that is both (a) visceral and (b) be expressed in a script treatment easily. There's something to be said about the short-but-well-executed movie, though. The Moment gets the abrupt treatment it needs (for the rest of the movie compensates), and it's sad that I should find it refreshing. [editline]27th May 2013[/editline] And I've just found out that Sinise himself directed the damn thing - and now I consider the thing quite the modest achievement.

saw a film for the very first time, at the front row of a cinema. was a kids film, wasn't my choice but I think this new choice of seat was something else. Film was... "[b]epic[/b]", new release, didn't see it in 3d as I didn't feel kids would enjoy a gimmick just yet.. The film itself, surprised. I was expecting a wash of nothing, but here is a film that will get a good load of average reviews with the audience being pleased by pleasant animation and a mix of colour and texture in terms of themes. In all honesty, it's like "small soldiers meets avatar meets pocahontus". That's the key to detracting people. For me, I knew this before seeing it but what I liked about it is how natural things fell into place. The gripe is gonna be "nothing new = bad", but I liked it, some parts had that child-like euphoria inducing moment that gave the film a good kick up the backside. The humour destroys the likes of Transformer drivel, that's more than enough to put this into a "decent film" category. If you've got kids, or young relatives or even if you feel kiddish, it's a good sitdown. At the very front row... good leg room, good view, but head-tilt does bring it down slightly. I think the front row boosts more "cgi" based things but I'll never watch a live-action from there. Another good thing about front view was that it felt like you're watching it from below and forced to bask in good animation. Do it.

[QUOTE=mikeyt493;40800778]I watched good movies this weekend Gummo (Dir./Written by Harmony Korine, 1997) Kids (1995, Dir. Larry Clark written by Harmony Korine) Dogville (Wr/Dir. by Lars Von Trier, 2003) [/QUOTE] I'm going to try out Gummo on your rec. Kids is wonderful but I enjoyed Ken Park more from Larry Clark. Dogville I hated I'm afraid. The stage theater idea for me just kept me out of the film. Sat in a seat watching it in a theater would have worked for me but not on a screen. Shame because I like some of Von Triers work and most people rate Dogville very highly.

I remember watching Dogville when it first came out. I was too young to understand/appreciate it though. I should watch it again some time.

Mean Creek Not seen this since it was released but it's exactly like I remember it; depressing. This is one of those movies that has no winners, only losers. A few of the characters, mainly Scott Mechlowicz's, are a tad unrealistic but it doesn't detract from the film overall. If you're into this kinda thing then give it a watch.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - 9/10 I cried at the ending.

Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol - 6/10 Braveheart - 9/10

Hangover 3 3/10 Was written as a thriller with some funny bits every now and then. I wanted to watch star trek instead. There wasn't even an actual fucking hangover

[QUOTE=Asmaedus;40812354]Hangover 3 3/10 Was written as a thriller with some funny bits every now and then. I wanted to watch star trek instead. There wasn't even an actual fucking hangover[/QUOTE] [sp]There was at the end :([/sp]

the end sucked way too stupid to be funny. I just kinda cringed to fuck.

The Place Beyond the Pines. 8/10 It was slightly draggy and Ryan Gosling's scream was rather odd, but all in all it was a solid movie and I quite enjoyed it.

[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;40814015]How does it end? I really don't want to see it and I'm just more or less curious as to what made Mikey cringe.[/QUOTE] [sp]Alan gets married to the girl from that fat people comedy show that I can't remember the name of and then they have a big party, there was some mixup with drugs, can't remember what but basically Stu walks out in panties with obviously fake (like bad production values fake- not fake like silicone) and plastered on breast implants[/sp], the reveal is just like one really long and awkward shot and it's not funny just like "UUGHHH WHY" [editline]28th May 2013[/editline] They also totally wasted John goodman's character since he basically had the potential to play what he's best at (that one supporting actor who's only in a few scenes but steals the scene each and every time) but instead he played a serious role that was not very good. It was too dark overall without any dark humour, it was just bad. dont watch even if you like the previous ones.

[QUOTE=mikeyt493;40815427][sp]Alan gets married to the girl from that fat people comedy show that I can't remember the name of and then they have a big party, there was some mixup with drugs, can't remember what but basically Stu walks out in panties with obviously fake (like bad production values fake- not fake like silicone) and plastered on breast implants[/sp], the reveal is just like one really long and awkward shot and it's not funny just like "UUGHHH WHY" [editline]28th May 2013[/editline] They also totally wasted John goodman's character since he basically had the potential to play what he's best at (that one supporting actor who's only in a few scenes but steals the scene each and every time) but instead he played a serious role that was not very good. It was too dark overall without any dark humour, it was just bad. dont watch even if you like the previous ones.[/QUOTE] Wow that's pretty terrible indeed

Tank Girl - 5/10 Has a few redeeming moments, but in general is just bad.

[QUOTE=TheKritter71;40806377]One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - 9/10 I cried at the ending.[/QUOTE] Fuck yeah. Read the book too; the narrative is pretty different (told directly from Chief's perspective). Really nice novel and the film does it well justice

x man last stand 2.5/5

A Good Day to Die Hard - 4/10 I couldn't even finish it because it was so bad. The father bonding thing got old in the last movie. Their russian was horrible. No main character development. Kinda just jumps into it after speaking 5 words. And where the fuck were the cops? Just horrible.

Battleship - 6.5/10. Well-executed, but hits every trope you could ever possibly not want to play out conventionally: layabout loser redeems himself, foreigner redeems himself, old retirees redeem themselves, in general, "others" redeem themselves, American exceptionalism, human exceptionalism, American ingenuity, human ingenuity, explosions are cool to look at but death is not. I have to give it credit from leapfrogging past its initial stimulus, though, and attempting to have quite a few underlying narratives interact nontrivially with what characters do - but the working set of things under consideration is always closed down near the climax, and here the moment of reckoning just comes a little too early. The visual rhythm of the action itself, though, is perfectly pitched and maintained, and that's always an achievement to behold even if you can't do so too deeply. Also, having Fortunate Son play over the credits is priceless.

[B]Sunshine [/B] meh/10 Weak acting and ridiculous premise. I couldn't even tell if it was supposed to be an action movie or a thriller. Also that monster thing wasn't scary at all. [editline]29th May 2013[/editline] Clearly it looks like my opinion for Sunshine is unpopular so far. Tell me what is so redeemable about the movie. I never said it was bad, its just not one of the better movies I've seen. Half of the movie is just people committing suicide and Cillian Murphy puckering his lips

[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;40831206]Breaking Bad Season 4: 9.5/10 Best season yet. Looking forward to finishing the series this summer when it comes back in August.[/QUOTE] Well you can watch the first half of Season 5

Hachiko 9/10 :'(

Hangover III: 3.5/10 The story was more interesting than I thought, but that stupid, fat fuck Alan was a few dead hookers short of Joffrey levels of hate and the humor was very... immature. But that's basically what I should have expected, my fault for watching it.