[shintoki]

I haven't seen this movie yet, but from what I keep hearing, it seems like this movie isn't really for kids. I don't mean that it has violence or inappropriate content. It just seems like it doesn't hold their interest.

Just a boring movie.

[_Isaac]

Just a boring movie.

Oh I see. Boring for all ages!

[ViewtifulJC]

I don't know how they managed to suck alllll the energy out of the wonderful children's book and make that boring, maudlin sad sack of a movie, but they did it! Good job, Spike Jonze!

The Arcade Fire song in the commercial is the best thing about that film's existence.

[Buckethead]

The Town .

See "The Friends of Eddie Coyle".

[Charles Foster Kane]

Tokyo Story (1953)

What a beautiful film. This is the first time I watch it.

I loved the camera work, it is like we are observers. It usually stays fixed around knee level as we see these people go on their lives, as if we were sitting there with them.

There is great subtlety in this. It was such a humble movie and felt very natural. The characters were so tridimentional and real. This surprised me for a movie from 53.

One thing that caught my attention was the lack of sentimentality. It didn't feel manipulative one bit. It felt unlike anything I've seen. What a simple story.

I must admit the movie feels very slow at the beginning. I didn't think I could be moved by this and had to take a little break (shame), but it grew on me; and oh boy was I moved. After all life is slow.

I'm still teary eyed. Maybe it's because my own mother died two years ago that I was able to relate more.

There was this concept throughout the film about the kids being busy and not having time to spend with their parents. I think in a way they may have been trying to protect themselves from getting too attached to them. After all they hadn't seen them in a long time. This is accentuated in the scene after the mother's death. They were saying why they had leave, one of the sons had reports to do and a baseball game to attend. We are sometimes so afraid to confront death that we find refuge in the trivialities of life.

4/4

[Scullibundo]

Ruby Sparks.

Good, not great.

Where as something like Stranger Than Fiction places more importance on the artifice of writing and the narrative itself, Ruby uses it as more a means to an end to explore a particular type of dominating relationship.

Tonally, it certainly went beyond where I expected it to end up. My immediate reaction was "WELL THAT ESCALATED QUICKLY!"

[TheDanger]

Downfall (Der Untergang)


Watched this movie yesterday and was blown away again.

The acting in this movie is beyond good, especially Bruno Ganz the only believable Adolf Hitler I have seen.

The amazing realism touches you from the beginning until the very end, it's not a war movie IMO, it shows Hitlers personality and is extremely accurate according to historians.

For this movie I'm happy German is my native language.

Bruno Ganz deserves an oscar.

Watch this movie guys, you won't regret it.

There is no English dub though, you'd have to watch it with subtitles, but it's definitely worth it.

10/10

[An-Det]

The Bourne Legacy

We did a marathon of all four Bourne movies yesteday (friend bought the blu ray trilogy, then we went to see Legacy in theaters). How they tied it into the backstory was neat (Renner is a v2 of Bourne created in Outcome, and some of the events of Legacy are set in motion by the shitstorm from Ultimatum) if a bit Saw-ish as the series continued, but ultimately it fell a bit flat. I liked Renner as Cross, and Rachel Weisz is always great, their interaction worked well and Renner was good in his more "Bourne" moments, but there relatively little decent action, particularly with the final enemy. The restrictions of being a side story also hurt (since they wanted to keep Damon's Bourne open for the future), but it was fine. It's definitely the weakest of the series, but it wasn't awful. I'm curious to see where they go from here.

[Diseased Yak]

Lawless - Really loved it, especially the blend of humor that ran throughout the movie. Needed more action, less Shia (though I think he's a good actor), and WAY more Gary Oldman. Talk about underutilization! Still, he was rock solid.

The standout, though, is Guy "Fucking" Pierce, who so nails the slimy corrupt cop that he deserves at least a nomination. God damn he tore up the screen. My eyes were nailed to him every time he was in frame. Bravo, Guy. I give it a 4/5, if for nothing more than Tom Hardy's work, and Guy Pierce.

The Possession - It was pretty good. I watched it in a theater packed with teens so that caused me to have a better time than I think I would have watching it alone. The constant gasps of horror, screeches, etc. from the audience were a hoot. Normally that kind of thing would have bothered me, but not this time.

I thought Javier Bardeem rocked it, as did the two daughters in the film. There were some really effective yet subtle scenes. My standout favorite (mid-movie spoiler) is when the possesed girl orders more food at the diner, saying "She's still hungry" as her voice changes to that deeper, demonic tone. Fucking amazing!. Overall, 3/5 I suppose. Nothing original, but still well executed. I was never bored.

[Rei_Toei]

The Possession - It was pretty good. I watched it in a theater packed with teens so that caused me to have a better time than I think I would have watching it alone. The constant gasps of horror, screeches, etc. from the audience were a hoot. Normally that kind of thing would have bothered me, but not this time. I thought Javier Bardeem rocked it, as did the two daughters in the film. There were some really effective yet subtle scenes. My standout favorite (mid-movie spoiler) is when the possesed girl orders more food at the diner, saying "She's still hungry" as her voice changes to that deeper, demonic tone. Fucking amazing!. Overall, 3/5 I suppose. Nothing original, but still well executed. I was never bored.

Or honest mistake?

[Charles Foster Kane]

Downfall (Der Untergang) Watched this movie yesterday and was blown away again. The acting in this movie is beyond good, especially Bruno Ganz the only believable Adolf Hitler I have seen. The amazing realism touches you from the beginning until the very end, it's not a war movie IMO, it shows Hitlers personality and is extremely accurate according to historians. For this movie I'm happy German is my native language. Bruno Ganz deserves an oscar. Watch this movie guys, you won't regret it. There is no English dub though, you'd have to watch it with subtitles, bu it's definitely worth it. 10/10

I love this movie. It's really great. I have to get it.

[Talon]

Not sure if the Bardem/Morgan was serious or not...

[Diseased Yak]

;-)

[SillyEskimo]

I watched some Netflix movies while doing various hobbies yesterday. I watched K-19: The Widowmaker, which was actually quite entertaining. The whole scenario is rather remarkable if it is indeed historically accurate. (btw, fuck ever being on a submarine).

Which leads nicely into my next move, Submarine. My wife and I thought it was enjoyable film, but low volume levels and lack of speaking clearly left us shrugging our shoulders during some of the scenes. It was fun to watch and only 97 minutes long to boot. (I wanted to make a Das Boot reference there, but I figured that would be 1 too many submarine related topics in a single post)

I rounded the night off with Transformers: Dark of the Moon which was pretty terrible. It wasn't as bad as the second movie in the series, but it was still not a very good movie. The last hour was nothing but action, just like the second film, and I also had zero investment in any of the characters/robots, just like the second film. At least they made the Autobots and Decepticons somewhat different visually this time. In the second movie they all looked the same so I didn't know if I was supposed to be happy or sad when a robot was destroyed in a flurry of slo-mo. This series is awful. You could swap scenes between the 3 movies and swear you were watching the exact same movie. There is nothing special or unique about a single one of them.

[swoon]

watched (out of 5)

in the city of sylvia (dans la ville de sylvia) *** almost silent move about an artist searching for someone who he met six year prior. it's a touching and sometimes harsh film i think accidentally about obession. it splits the difference between that obscure object of desire and before sunset - to fault. but if you like either movie you'll find something here.

nobody will speak of us when we're dead (Nadie hablará de nosotras cuando hayamos muert) **** spanish neo-noir that explores what happens to the hapless prostitutes that witness murders while on the job with mobsters. also explores the nature of god and family. borrows from riffi and elevators to the gallows, but subverts those expectations quite nicely. it's a pretty great film.

killer joe **** another fun and unexpected neo noir and my favorite film of the year thus far. i think people are focusing on the wrong things about this movie - it's the details like the dolphin keychain - the abandoned pool hall - the brands that i think sell this film on top the of the near perfect acting by all the leads.

v/h/s *** i didn't care for the video glitch/slasher film short or the wrapper in general, but the honeymoon and the whatever the first segment is called are really excellent. i don't understand why people are complaining the length which each element is fairly short.

also i rented v/h/s from vudu and it worked pretty well and was fairly priced. it's also nice that you seemly can get a 5.99 credit for any valid email address you can manage.

[Bowflex]

Cosmopolis.....I enjoyed this a lot. At the same time, I found myself yawning a few times. Neither Cronenberg's past films nor the trailer could prepare me for how slow and strange and dialogue driven this would be. It's an adaptation of a very intellectually dense book after all. I've never read any Don DeLillo and there were some themes and ideas and metaphors in this that really blew me away (ie. the idea of the car representing the hear-no-evil-see-no-evil 'bubble' of utility/safety/separation). For being so sparse and dialogue-based, there were a few really fabulous and intense scenes. I adored the score also, as elusive as it was. Really would like to see this again and definitely a film you spend hours thinking and talking about. The sad thing was my lady and I saw it the evening after it opened here in Dallas and there were no more than a dozen people in attendance.

Half of them walked out during :(

[Rei_Toei]

watched (out of 5) killer joe **** another fun and unexpected neo noir and my favorite film of the year thus far. i think people are focusing on the wrong things about this movie - it's the details like the dolphin keychain - the abandoned pool hall - the brands that i think sell this film on top the of the near perfect acting by all the leads.

Urrrr, I want to see this one, badly. Shitload of cool actors, genre I really love and good buzz. But have to wait till friggin' november to see it :/.

[&Divius]

Total Recall - It's Total Recall. I love it more every time I watch it. 8/10
Daai si gin AKA Breaking News - It's like The Raid, but with media involvement. And it's more fun and better. 7/10
Jaws - So much tension for so little shark-screentime! Way better then I remembered. Great storytelling, compelling characters and one of Spielberg's best. That monologue about the sinking ship was horrifying. 8.5/10
Loft - Very well acted, entertaining Belgian whodunnit that twists as hard as it can. Remade in Holland 2 years later. Hollywood remake incoming next year. Both not necessary. 7/10

[Borgnine]

Rebecca: 6/10.
Suspicion: 5/10.
Saboteur: 4/10. Ugggh. Going backwards here buddy. Time to skip ahead before I kill myself.
Rear Window: 8/10. All right then motherfucker, that's how you do it. I've seen this a couple times before but I always forget that the guy actually did murder someone. It's like a twist on a twist. You think he murdered someone but no it's all in his head but NO IT'S NOT HE ACTUALLY DID IT. I'm not sure if that's how it was supposed to be back then or if it's just a thing for modern viewers, or just me cause I'm an idiot.
Pandora's Box: 5/10. Nice to look at but didn't do much else for me.
Breakfast at Tiffany's: 5/10. A lot of style but little else. It was neat seeing a young Hannibal Smith not lighting his cigar in an alligator costume. Hepburn was pretty annoying. lol racism.
Pierrot Le Fou: 7/10. I always hate every single Goddard when I see I see it for the first time. I'm always like why the fuck do I like this shit? But then I start thinking about it for a few weeks and I'm like fuck man that movie was cool. So I'm just going to skip ahead and say I like it.
The Major and The Minor: 5/10. Ahh, a wonderful story of the love shared between a career military man and an 11 year old girl. He's present for her sexual blossoming and gives her life lessons and instructs her in the ways of lovemaking. He encourages her to explore her ripening body and to let others taste of her sweet virgin nectar. He enjoys seeing the juices of her peach running down the faces of his cadets, he is in complete control. He is the master.
The Spirit Of St Louis: 8/10. Apparently I'm over rating this but I had a great time. I think I might have an old timey aeroplane fetish, like all the stuff from The Aviator or when that one guy shows up in Days Of Heaven.
Five Graves To Cairo: 4/10.
Sanshiro Sugata: 5/10. I didn't set out to watch 3 wartime propaganda pics at once, it just worked out that way. This is definitely the best of the 3, though that's not saying much. You can see Kurosawa was pretty much 95% of the way there already on his first film. I'm not sure if I'll bother with the sequel.
Scandal: 7/10. Even lesser Kurosawa steps all over the competition. Really really interesting seeing Takahashi Shimura play a real son of a bitch. He's usually such a sweetheart. He still manages to break your heart by the end with that fucking face of his.
The Hidden Fortress: 9/10. Another skip ahead, only this time just because. I've seen this before but it was like 10 years ago. A nice change in tone but it still has that sweet fucking spear fight.
The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou: 8/10. lol.
The Hunger Games: 1/10. Funniest movie of the year. To be fair I'm probably not the intended audience for this. But also, to be fair, this was fucking stupid as shit.

[Eidan]

Saw The Imposter yesterday. A very, VERY good documentary. Like Thin Blue Line good. I loved it.

[MrPink93485]

Watched Warrior for the first time last night. I'm not usually one to enjoy boxing/fighting movies in this sort of vein but this one was really solid as far as these go. The family dynamic was interesting to watch, though often very cliche, and there were great performances all around. Tom Hardy was fierce in this movie, it's actually a bit surprising he went a bit more theatrical in the Dark Knight Rises having now seen this, because he nailed the brooding aspect of his character in this. Ending left a lot of things unresolved though, I was wondering what was going to happen to Pilar and what happens to Tommy after the fight, but I suppose what mattered in the end was that they reconciled. 4/5

[Jitters]

Everything you have ever seen before in a movie, was in John Carter: the "oh-look-the-girl-can-fight?!" moment, the "tough guy crying at a wedding" joke. Everything. I felt like I had seen this movie 100 times. Some of the green screen stuff looked pretty bad. I was at least expecting some good effects ,but that didn't deliver either. Why does Disney need music playing every single second in their live-action movies? Seriously? Its like they need to use either their "sad", "suspenseful", "goofy" music to tell us how to feel.

[BaronLundi]

Breakfast at Tiffany's: 5/10. A lot of style but little else. It was neat seeing a young Hannibal Smith not lighting his cigar in an alligator costume. Hepburn was pretty annoying. lol racism.

I did not know that. My mind is blown.

Pierrot Le Fou: 7/10. I always hate every single Goddard when I see I see it for the first time. I'm always like why the fuck do I like this shit? But then I start thinking about it for a few weeks and I'm like fuck man that movie was cool. So I'm just going to skip ahead and say I like it.

Wise.

[JB1981]

Saw E.T. last night for the first time in forever. What a wonderful movie really.

[swoon]

The Major and The Minor: 5/10. Ahh, a wonderful story of the love shared between a career military man and an 11 year old girl. He's present for her sexual blossoming and gives her life lessons and instructs her in the ways of lovemaking. He encourages her to explore her ripening body and to let others taste of her sweet virgin nectar. He enjoys seeing the juices of her peach running down the faces of his cadets, he is in complete control. He is the master.

the jerry lee lewis remake of this where he is the child is so weird.

[Enco]

Men in Black 3 - What a surprisingly good movie. It had some funny moments and was entertaining from the start. Very fun watch.

[Scullibundo]

Saw E.T. last night for the first time in forever. What a wonderful movie really.

Come.

Stay.

*Sculli cries*

[MidnightCowboy]

All That Heaven Allows- A cheesy, extremely Hollywood 50's romance, but with a compelling class/social struggle narrative. I shouldn't have liked it as much as I did.

[swoon]

man what.

[_Isaac]

A lot of Liam Neeson this weekend.

Gangs of New York - Meh. It was okay. The music was kinda nice sometimes although that struggling flute every time they did a flashback to the battle was pretty funny.

Taken - Also only okay. I think the first half was a little better. It was awkward and funny, but at least it was interesting. Also him shooting that innocent woman and then holding her hostage was MESSED UP.

The Grey - Not too bad. Nicely shot. CGI wolves were sometimes distracting, but for the most part they came off scary and pretty cool. The bunch of little mini flashbacks in the beginning were a little annoying though. That scene with the guy drowning was so frustrating. He was RIGHT under the surface.

and one movie that doesn't have Liam Neeson in it:

The Raid: Redemption - Pretty awesome. Pretty nice action. Well shot for the most part. The fight scenes were a lot of fun. A joy to watch

[nskinnear]

Phantom of the Paradise is still so much fun & I am now pretty sure it's my favorite De Palma, or at least in the top three. Also, I can't believe I somehow didn't pick up the Touch of Evil reference the first time. Whatevs. Best movie.

[Femmeworth]

Punch-Drunk Love


Had to watch this for an intro film class. Really, really not sure what to make of it. This was my first Paul Thomas Anderson film, so now I know what he is like. That certainly is a role suited for Adam Sandler, to say the least.

[Nappuccino]

Decided to watch 'Where The Wild Things Are' yesterday. It's an adaptation of a children's book, so it's not really a movie for adults, but nevertheless some things are handled or executed in such a way that even I felt that this could be too much for kids, in the sense that the monsters in the film do things like fighting over certain subjects, which is more a thing for adults than for children. I know I'm a bit vague right now, but just go see it. It's a great movie in the end. It has a special feel to it. It's about a boy who runs away from home after a fight with his mom, and then he travels to an island where he meets these monsters, and they crown him king.

I honestly love this movie. I don't care if it is too long or the kid is unlikable there's just this wonderful x-factor about this movie that sucks me in and leaves me on the verge of tears the entire time.

I guess it makes me nostalgic for that time just before I started losing innocence about the world. Man, does it nail that feeling so well. (I just wish they cut the action scenes down a bit)

[Yaboosh]

Payback (1999)

I love this movie. Mel Gibson hamming it up in a pop-noir movie about a dude who just wants his money back. The plot is paper thin, but that is all I want out of a cheesy noir movie. Plus it has a very hot Lucy Liu playing a sadomasochistic hooker involved with the Chinese mafia.

[Borgnine]

This was my first Paul Thomas Anderson film, so now I know what he is like.

His other movies aren't like that.

[TheKaeptain]

His other movies aren't like that.

Yeah his other films are not as good.

[Poimandres]

I don't know how they managed to suck alllll the energy out of the wonderful children's book and make that boring, maudlin sad sack of a movie, but they did it! Good job, Spike Jonze! The Arcade Fire song in the commercial is the best thing about that film's existence.

Yeah... film is definitely a downer.

I guess it's almost meant for people who read the book years ago as kids (aka me) and are all grown up now with no innocence or magic in their lives :(

Way too depressing, but it does have its charms as a film.

[Meliorism]

I honestly love this movie. I don't care if it is too long or the kid is unlikable there's just this wonderful x-factor about this movie that sucks me in and leaves me on the verge of tears the entire time. I guess it makes me nostalgic for that time just before I started losing innocence about the world. Man, does it nail that feeling so well. (I just wish they cut the action scenes down a bit)

I feel the same way. I also really dig the Karen O soundtrack.

[BaronLundi]

His other movies aren't like that.

Yeah his other films are good.

[Femmeworth]

Yeah his other films are not as good.

Yeah his other films are good.

I don't know what to believe! I'll check out his other movies eventually.

[BaronLundi]

I don't know what to believe! I'll check out his other movies eventually.

Yeah judging by yourself might be the way. His movies are polarizing to say the least.

[KaizorPenguin]

Since I'm close to dying at the moment(fever/massive cold) I've decided to do a LOTR marathon, LOTR films and Dr. Phil have healing powers. Extended blu-ray versions of course.
Finished Fellowship of the ring, and it still holds up nicely. Boromir is still the best member of the fellowship.
Now I'm 30 minutes into The two towers, Gollum definitely looks worse than I remember, but still leagues ahead of most early 2000's CG. Oh, and Saruman is so boss.

[strafer]

dat Justin Longs scared face

[luso]

Phantom of the Paradise is still so much fun & I am now pretty sure it's my favorite De Palma, or at least in the top three. Also, I can't believe I somehow didn't pick up the Touch of Evil reference the first time. Whatevs. Best movie.

I saw it in a crappy medium long ago and now I have to do it in a proper way. Fun is a good adjective to use, moreover it captures a certain and very specific time and space about glam rock, not necessarly in a realistic way.

Copying Beethoven (2006) - I enjoy classic music and period movies but this is an average, dull one. Acting felt sometimes too much as a theatre play sometimes (not in a good way, blame as well the script), knowing beforehand some of LvB real life facts helped me to avoid connecting with this LvB portrait.
Tous les Matins du Monde should be a better watch.

Blade Runner (1982) - Watched the final cut second time ever. Is still one of the best movies around. Many things were written about it, so I'll just say this is a much watch, CGI will never surpass real craftsmanship and also try to watch the movie from the point of view of the replicants and what they really want, engage in this mode and not only from main character Deckard.

[Blader5489]

I don't know what to believe! I'll check out his other movies eventually.

I'm a PTA fan and love all of his other movies...but hated Punch-Drunk Love. And agreed that it's the least like his other works.

[afternoon delight]

The Hidden Fortress: 9/10. Another skip ahead, only this time just because. I've seen this before but it was like 10 years ago. A nice change in tone but it still has that sweet fucking spear fight.

But can the spear fight make up for how godawful boring and uninteresting the rest of the film is? And I love Kurosawa.

See "The Friends of Eddie Coyle".

Great film, with surprising (to me) cinematography and "aesthetic". Double feature it with "The Conversation".

[Window]

Rear Window: 8/10. All right then motherfucker, that's how you do it. I've seen this a couple times before but I always forget that the guy actually did murder someone. It's like a twist on a twist. You think he murdered someone but no it's all in his head but NO IT'S NOT HE ACTUALLY DID IT. I'm not sure if that's how it was supposed to be back then or if it's just a thing for modern viewers, or just me cause I'm an idiot.

Yeah I went into the film thinking the exact same thing so the ending came across as a surprise even though it shouldn't have...

[JB1981]

Come. Stay. *Sculli cries*

Think it may be the best work Williams has ever done. I almost cried watching it, not gonna lie. The ending is just this unrelenting crescendo of emotion.

[Borgnine]

But can the spear fight make up for how godawful boring and uninteresting the rest of the film is? And I love Kurosawa.

But the guys are so cute and greedy! Also, yes, it does make up for it.

[Solo]

I don't know what to believe! I'll check out his other movies eventually.

See Magnolia next. Its his best.