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

[QUOTE=Devil Traitor;41403095]Despicable Me 2: 5/10 I don't why I give a 5 because I think I forgot everything in this movie. Probably because of Cult References, slapsticks humour or probably some annoying character.[/QUOTE] While theres nothing wrong with a bit of slapstick humour, there is something wrong when the movie has little or nothing else going for it other than slapstick. The minions were funny occasionally, that is all. The romance sidestories (both gru's and the child's) just seemed crowbarred in and pretty inconsequential. Jokes weren't funny at all, Steve carrell is annoying in this too. I preferred the first one.

day after tomorrow haven't seen it in a while, saw it when i was a kid near release with my father, i enjoyed it then and decided to rewatch it. Kinda shitty in a lot of aspects, and it gets pretty preachy in some parts, but it was a neat film I think. Didn't really like the characters at all except for the father honestly, but the situation and the way things play out in the movie are pretty interesting. 6.5-7/10

[QUOTE=evilweazel;41403433]day after tomorrow haven't seen it in a while, saw it when i was a kid near release with my father, i enjoyed it then and decided to rewatch it. Kinda shitty in a lot of aspects, and it gets pretty preachy in some parts, but it was a neat film I think. Didn't really like the characters at all except for the father honestly, but the situation and the way things play out in the movie are pretty interesting. 6.5-7/10[/QUOTE] still better than 2012 fuck john cusack

Once Were Warriors - 10/10 One of the hardest films I've ever watched, it changed the domestic violence laws in New Zealand within 6 months of it's release. It's got a whole lot of production problems in it, but the plants are fantastic, it all gets paid off, the ending is fantastic, the feels...

[QUOTE=AK'z;41401582]just watched El Topo (The Mole) Well... I wasn't expecting that, in any way. It's the most [I]acid[/I]ic western I've ever seen, there really is nothing that even steps close to what this film did for me. It's so surreal, yet real and pure. I thought I'd be very distant from the way this film moved but in all truth there wasn't a second that left me. It journied inwards and broke me again towards the end. Extraordinary film that needs to be mentioned more. Very significant and also [sp]sand-sex[/sp]. I really have no intention to compare this to another film, it's just a bewildering spiritual film with its own unique engine. Grab the blu-ray too it's good. [/QUOTE] I love that film, it's one of my favourites. [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP0-GXg8tEk"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP0-GXg8tEk [/URL] If you liked it, I'd recommend Jodorowsky's other films.

[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;41400852]The Cabin in the Woods - 9/10 Why haven't I seen this movie until now? It's basically [sp]SCP Foundation: the movie[/sp] [editline]10th July 2013[/editline] Unintentionally appropriate spoiler tag.[/QUOTE] Greatttt movie. Tucker and Dale vs Evil 8/10 HILARIOUS.

The Internship - 2/10. It's like they knew it had gotten completely stale and decided to add nude women and fights. Completely predictable cliché plot. Really disliked it after the first 30 minutes. Scream 4 - 7/10. Some damn good plot twists and Ghost face was a lot more aggressive in this one, despite the fact that he swore sometimes, a bit out of character but yeah, a good film.

[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;41400852]The Cabin in the Woods - 9/10 Why haven't I seen this movie until now? It's basically [sp]SCP Foundation: the movie[/sp] [editline]10th July 2013[/editline] Unintentionally appropriate spoiler tag.[/QUOTE] I can't disagree more with this. "but there's a [I]TWIST[/I] to it" is just not enough to legitimate the It's-A-Tribute spirit that seems to be in most reviews in it. After all they ended up using the very same clichés they said they wanted to show "in a fresh perspective". In a different context, maybe, but still the same boring clichés, especially for the characters. There was no twist, nothing new to the stoner being a stoner and the jock being a jock and the cheergirl being a cheergirl. [editline]11th July 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=Daylight;41406574]Greatttt movie. Tucker and Dale vs Evil 8/10 HILARIOUS.[/QUOTE] This was more of a fresh approach than CITW could ever be.

Trance 83/100, really liked it

What's so great about Trance, I didn't get it. The plot didn't work for me

Watched Schindlers List for the first time. god damn excellent, maybe a 8 or 9/10

[QUOTE=shian;41410633]What's so great about Trance, I didn't get it. The plot didn't work for me[/QUOTE] i loved everything about trance up until everything just died and it became a stupid serious romance story :( also saw Hummingbird (or Redemption as its changed now i think) - 6/10 wins the award of Most Meh Movie Of The Year

[QUOTE=Xephio;41411121]stupid serious romance story :( [/QUOTE] sure are stupid them love stories...

[QUOTE=Araknid;41410685]Watched Schindlers List for the first time. god damn excellent, maybe a 8 or 9/10[/QUOTE] What? Nah, it's a solid 10/10 for me.

[QUOTE=AK'z;41401582]just watched El Topo (The Mole) Well... I wasn't expecting that, in any way. It's the most [I]acid[/I]ic western I've ever seen, there really is nothing that even steps close to what this film did for me. It's so surreal, yet real and pure. I thought I'd be very distant from the way this film moved but in all truth there wasn't a second that left me. It journied inwards and broke me again towards the end. Extraordinary film that needs to be mentioned more. Very significant and also [sp]sand-sex[/sp]. I really have no intention to compare this to another film, it's just a bewildering spiritual film with its own unique engine. Grab the blu-ray too it's good. [editline]11th July 2013[/editline] honestly it's one of the strongest, yet a dumb rotten tomato and imdb rating. Even though I'll put this among "acid" films, I really don't mean it literally. When things like this get associated with drug taking, it really degrades the reputation as well as the discussion of it.[/QUOTE] I just watched this and sure it was pretty trippy but i wouldn't call it a trip film (although it's probably excellent to watch under the influence)- I feel it degrades the film to call it that, I agree with you. It's super heavy in religious iconography and symbolism. It's about the beginning of Christianity. I'd probably give the film overall a 4/5 but I feel it really lost quality during the second part. Not that it was bad but I absolutely loved the first half. I rate part one 5/5 and part 2 3/5. I understand that one cannot exist without the other and that's how the film had to go because of what it represents but I found myself enjoying the first half much more. I'm writing just now about what it means, for /r/truefilm and I'll post my interpretation soon when it's done. Obvious spoilers for those who haven't seen it. [editline]12th July 2013[/editline] here is what I wrote- It's not complete at all and there's loads I've skipped over cos I didn't understand it.. But yeah. I'll not spoiler it since that'll make it an eyesore but this is chock full of spoilers, obviously. [B]-SPOILER WARNING AHEAD-[/B] I just watched this and here's what I think (as well as some stuff I read, mostly to help fill out my ideas)... This is by no means close to everything I think about this film, and I also don't think it's close to everything the film has to offer. There's lots of things I'm not sure about and lots of what I say here will probably be incomplete but still. Something to go from, hopefully! I think the film is, quite clearly to be honest, an allegory for the formation of Christianity. El Topo embodies the religion (I would not say he's Jesus or any specific figure though). The woman represents a follower. I'm not sure of the son. While with the son, he comes across a slaughtered village and encounters the Colonol with his followers and the female slave. I view this as a Pagan religion, the slaughtered villagers being an instance of either Christianity's view on this particular religion or perhaps anything pre-Christianity. He saves the woman and she becomes his follower, having converted. But, the four gunmen represent other ideals, religions, philosophies that challenge christianity. I'm not sure on them all, but the first is clearly Taoism/Zen philosophies of the East. El Topo realises he can't defeat him on equal footing and so tricks him by digging the hole- his followers refuse to convert so they die, which seemed to be the way they went about it as Christianity was growing. (although I'm far from a scholar when it comes to religion). This is how he defeats all four masters- perhaps saying that Christianity tricks people into believing? Master two... Possibly science? He has found his own reason to live and studies craft and brings the world something Christianity can't, due to the skill and technical prowess needed- as a scientist, or architect, or any kind of specialisation I guess, will spend years mastering their craft to create something. You can't learn that by having faith. I dunno. Christianity once again wins through trickery, by hurting his mother whom he has devoted his life to. I'm not sure what that means. Master three I don't really know at all. I'm not sure of what the dying rabbits mean, his confidence in needing only one shot... Being unable to kill Christianity yet Christianity easily puts him down and then buries him with his own rabbits. Not sure. Master four is simply a man who believes in nothing. He has no faith whatsoever. He has given up all earthly desires- he has no fear and no longer needs his gun, he let it rust and traded the bullets for a butterfly net. because of this, nothing Christianity brings is of any want to him. He can't harm him at all, or make him think any differently- bullets do nothing and neither does fighting. He cheated and still couldn't win. The master kills himself just to prove a point. By doing so he robs El Topo of his victory- This is a humbling defeat for Christianity. He realises that he could have learnt from these people, but instead he destroyed them for his own ends. He lost out and regrets it, realising what he has done. He visits all the masters he killed. He eats the first master's corpse, which is now a honeycomb- perhaps to attempt to gain knowledge, but it's to no avail. We also have the girl, who is a follower. She is the reason El Topo goes on his quest. He wants to make her fall in love with him, convert her. She falls for him more each time he succeeds, however another woman, dressed very similarly to El Topo, appears and eventually seduces the woman to leave Christianity and follow her. El Topo is killed by this woman on the bridge in a very obvious Stigmata fashion. He is taken away by dwarves and mutants, and part two of the film begins. I think this is representative of the old testament, where Christianity was relentless and brutal. The second half is the New Testament where he becomes a sort of Jesus figure, I guess. He has become some sort of Deity to these people, and their savior from the mountain they're stuck in, to lead them to the town nearby. The town is something along the lines of Sodom and Gomorrah. I don't really know much about them other than that they're full of sin and all that. Slaves, murder, lust, etc. I don't have nearly as much to say here as the masters... But yeah. El Topo and his girlfriend escape the mountain and begin to beg in the town to buy dynamite, so they can free the rest of the people trapped inside. I guess this is to give El Topo another chance? He is reincarnated to accept humility, for before he was proud which ultimately led to his death. The religion of the town seems a bit weird I guess, the thing with the gun shows both that in church you hear what you want to hear (blanks in the gun are "miracles") and that blind belief is dangerous (the actual bullet killing the child, because the last people didn't die- also perhaps, don't force religion on children, allow them to decide when they're old enough?) They find El Topo's abandoned son, who is a minister at the church, but also appears to be a gunslinger himself- Once again the film leaves me unsure of what it means. All I know is that he doesn't have it in him to kill his own dad. Anyway, the mutants escape and are gunned down by the townspeople mercilessly because they don't fit in and don't look like they could work (they're all crippled or deformed in some way) The mother has El Topo's child and they go off with his son, to start something new. Not 100% on that but I guess it means branching out to form a new religion? So yea that's some of my thoughts on El Topo. I'll be watching it again at some point and definitely will explore more Jodorowsky. He seems fascinating.

Children of Men 9/10 I really loved it. I dig the realistic dystopian setting, the story, and everything. The only reason I wouldn't give it a 10 is because I feel like some parts could have been expanded on, but I guess that would make the film too long.

So looking forward to Gravity. Gonna own.

Could anyone recommend some good dramas/romance movies? 2011-2013 preferred.

[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;41420841]It's not everyone's cup of tea apparently, but I really enjoyed "Perks of Being a Wallflower" and "(500) Days Of Summer".[/QUOTE] Saw both, enjoyed both. Thanks though :)

[B]Pacific Rim[/B] 4/5 Fantastic stuff, easily the best film of the summer so far.

oldboy 8/10 woof woof fuckin SHIT

10 Hammered Teeth out of Ten Watch "I Saw The Devil"

what the fuck mikey, that's a nice interpretation. (now lost on the last page) I always think a movie is as good as how much a person gets out of it, and you've written one heck of an essay.. After just one visit that's impressive, but there's a WHOLE bunch beyond the Christianity racket that encompasses the film. I think the audio commentary and a few more watches will get me around the nooks and crannies of the film but yes, you've just proven that a film pretty much deserving of new acclaim is so important. Everything about it is ambiguously and richly symbolic though. Seeing as you set off with this "mole digging for light then being blinded", it just made me think each and every aspect is a symbol of that journey.

[b]From Dusk till Dawn[/b] Such an entertaining movie and somewhat refreshing. I loved how the movie is a usual movie about criminals and then suddently just vampires kick in. Furthermore the fact that they awknowledge them to be vampires after the first encounter is actually really neat instead of the usual "what are those things?" type of discussion. Also George Clooney is badass as fuck in this movie, a funny thing is that Quentin Tarrantino himself was nominated for the worst support character in 1997 during the Razzie awards. I recommend this movie, especially if you like Rodriguez movies.

[QUOTE=AK'z;41423866]what the fuck mikey, that's a nice interpretation. (now lost on the last page) I always think a movie is as good as how much a person gets out of it, and you've written one heck of an essay.. After just one visit that's impressive, but there's a WHOLE bunch beyond the Christianity racket that encompasses the film. I think the audio commentary and a few more watches will get me around the nooks and crannies of the film but yes, you've just proven that a film pretty much deserving of new acclaim is so important. Everything about it is ambiguously and richly symbolic though. Seeing as you set off with this "mole digging for light then being blinded", it just made me think each and every aspect is a symbol of that journey.[/QUOTE] I never expected to write that much :v: I don't feel like I've even scratched the surface... There's clearly more to the woman, child, I didn't get all the masters... Part 2 clearly has a deeper meaning than what I saw. I think it's amazing how much symbolism Jodorowsky packed into the film while keeping it coherent and interesting. A real achievement in filmmaking. I can't believe it's so unknown. Then again, after a few years doing midnight screenings it was apparently lost until 2007- so its popularity is still on the rise. It's over 40 years old now... Crazy. I know Holy Mountain is also acclaimed so I'm going to check that out soon as well. I wonder if there'll be as much to that as there is to El Topo- far as I can tell, there will be.

I just know it'll take years for me to fully digest that guy's films... and he's releasing another one this year too which is autobiographical What makes me happy to live in this time is that the stuff pretty much JUST became available to watch... It's kind of pathetic of the industry when you think about it but at least it's here now. [editline]12th July 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=mikeyt493;41424518]I didn't get all the masters... [/QUOTE] yeah, that one with those pyramid models is definitely a thinker and what ends up of them later on... it's just too much to take in. Really glad the dude managed to do a commentary, so many directors are against it but it's really cool of them when they do it.

Bruce Campbell is in one of them, I think, though he's not a main character if any of that counts.

The sequels are all Direct to DVD shitfests.

And there's that. So yeah.

Pacific Rim - 8.5/10