[CREMSteve]

Cargo I just finished watching this flick on Netflix, what a great little foreign gem. It's from 2009, surprising that I had never seen it before. Highly recommended!

https://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/C...0?locale=en-US

[brianjones]

Sanshiro Sugata - jujitsu.. the art of grabbing your opponent and throwing them.. feels very "first film".. solid and doesnt overstay its welcome. gonna take the swoon approach and do kurosawa chronologically


rumble fish - the story was pretty limp but i loved the visual flair and dillon and mickey rourke were great
the outsiders - a lot more straightforwardly shot.. nice bro movie


ken russel's the devils

a little too batshit for me but dude from gladiator gave a great performance

the red shoes was a bore

[ThisWreckage]

Call me crazy, but I thought the Swedish version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was better than Fincher's. In fact, if it wasn't for the soundtrack and the wonderful cinematography, I'd say that Fincher's efforts were largely wasted. I felt that Mara and Craig were both miscast.

[Scullibundo]

Call me crazy, but I thought the Swedish version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was better than Fincher's. In fact, if it wasn't for the soundtrack and the wonderful cinematography, I'd say that Fincher's efforts were largely wasted. I felt that Mara and Craig were both miscast.

Okay, Crazy.

[T Dollarz]

Jaws - So cool to watch this on bluray. Many great scenes, love the banter between the three guys on the Orca. 10/10

The Cabin in the Woods - Fucking awesome movie. The story idea just seems so fresh to me. It's been a good year for Whedon. Easily one of the best "scary" movies I've seen from... well, it probably is the best scary movie I've seen made in the past 20 years. My favorite at least. 9/10

[I Push Fat Kids]

Did not enjoy Hunger Games. The writing, pacing, and filmmaking are all better in the Twilight series - not kidding. The story is wack on both counts but man, shoddy stuff.


Was glad to see Wes Bentley alive and well. I worked with a script by George Pelancanos called Shoedog that had him attached as lead and I was all pumped because he was ready for a post-P2 comeback. He got dropped from the project though and it seems it's still in development limbo. Too bad, fairly enjoyable noir-ish. Fit him perfectly too :(

[C4Lukins]

Just watched "The Tall Man" starring Jessica Biel from the director of "Martyrs." I never saw Martyrs so I really had no expectations going into this film.

I really enjoyed it. The trailers make it out to be a horror film, but it is really a suspense film that is best seen without any knowledge of what the film is about. A well acted twist filled movie that sort of reminded me of something like The Vanishing or Malice where you do not really see where the movie is going.

I watched it On Demand, but IMDB says it will be released in theaters in the US on the 31st. Looks like it was sent to die, but I had a lot of fun with it.

Just saw Moonrise Kingdom as well. Loved it. Up there with Rushmore and Royal for me.

[CREMSteve]

Just watched "The Tall Man" starring Jessica Biel from the director of "Martyrs." I never saw Martyrs so I really had no expectations going into this film. I really enjoyed it. The trailers make it out to be a horror film, but it is really a suspense film that is best seen without any knowledge of what the film is about. A well acted twist filled movie that sort of reminded me of something like The Vanishing or Malice where you do not really see where the movie is going. I watched it On Demand, but IMDB says it will be released in theaters in the US on the 31st. Looks like it was sent to die, but I had a lot of fun with it.

I watched this last week as well, really enjoyed it. I agree, had no idea where it was taking me, and I loved every minute of it.

[MidnightCowboy]

The Player is hilarious and thoroughly entertaining. Some weird zooms though. I need to watch more Altman.

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari was all right.

[C4Lukins]

The Player is hilarious and thoroughly entertaining. Some weird zooms though. I need to watch more Altman. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari was all right.

The Player is probably the only Altman movie I love. Not to say you should not check out some more of his stuff, but ouside of Short Cuts and maybe Gosford Park I am not a big fan of his.

[A Human Becoming]

Adaptation: A fascinating movie that for me had no comedic elements to it. I didn't like it turning into a thriller at the end but everything prior affected me so much emotionally that I still thoroughly enjoyed it. Best acting I've ever seen from Nicolas Cage.

[C4Lukins]

Adaptation: A fascinating movie that for me had no comedic elements to it. I think the film falls a bit apart at the end when it acts like a thriller, but everything prior to that affected me so much emotionally that I still thoroughly enjoyed it. Best acting I've ever seen from Nicolas Cage.

I love that movie. And I really think the ending is great. I would recommend watching it again if that ending seemed a little off to you. The ending is a direct commentary on things mentioned earlier in the film. Maybe you caught that, but if you did not I would give it another shot.

[&Divius]

The Cabin in the Woods - Very enjoyable. I liked how meta it was and those crazy last ~20 minutes were fun to watch. 7/10
Hot Rod - Has a few hilarious scenes but is too uneven overall. Cool beans. 5/10
The Grifters - Decent enough neo-noir about conmen, but in the end utterly forgettable. 6/10
Top Gun - Awesome music, awesome flight scenes and a great look, but all the story and character parts are way underdeveloped and shallow. Still very entertaining and very eighties. 5.5/10

[Rei_Toei]

Saw Daydream Nation today, and quite enjoyed it. Kat Dennings doesn't really play anything more than her usual Kat Dennings character--smart, world weary, geek adorable--which is fine with me. The tone of the film reminded me a lot of the Canadian TV series Durham County, especially with the background of industrial pollution, small town despair, and a serial killer at large. I liked how everyone in the film seems to barely holding on, with personal disintegration seemingly only a few minutes away. My only criticism would be Andie McDowell seems wasted here,relegated to a secondary character whose arc seems to sputter and stop halfway through. I've seen Nation described as a David Lynchian take on Juno, which doesn't seem to fit. It's broken people trying to be less broken, and not always succeeding.

You're pretty forgiving on the movie, imo. I've got praise for the cinematography and Dennings's spiel, but that's about it. Sloppy, forced and cliché storytelling, underused or one-dimensional characters, lots of story progression that leads absolutely nowhere. The movie also completely failed in explaining or convincing me why Denning's character would get involved in either of her two love interests. Motivation for the teacher seems nothing more like 'for the lulz' and the stoner classmate isn't the most interesting dude ever. Past the teacher relationship it's completely unclear why she would suddenly should be madly attracted to stoner boy. The stripper chick introduced in the beginning was interesting, but that didn't last long. Denning's verbal lashout against the chick that later throws the party was also solid stuff - but the movie just doesn't have enough of those quality moments. And to finish of with some minor nitpicking: who did the CGI for the smoke plume? I've seen more realistic smoke in a PS2 game.

[Mge]

So my brother was planning on coming home last week from school on Thursday. For over a week I was planning on taking him to the Museum of the Moving Image to see Taxi Driver on Friday night. Eventually he ended up coming home on Friday night so Taxi Driver was postponed to the Saturday showing. At the last second while deciding to trek out 45 minutes to the museum I made an executive decision to see Paranorman. While excellent in its own right the news I just stumbled across on the internet has me ripping my hair out. Apparently a nice fellow made a blog post that he went to see Taxi Driver on Saturday night and lo and behold he found Paul Thomas Anderson in the lobby beforehand. Paul was holding a secret 70MM screening of The Master after Taxi Driver. This fellow was the only person in the entire museum that recognized Paul and was invited to watch The Master after Taxi Driver. He got to talk to Paul Thomas Anderson, take a picture with him, and watch his new movie before release date in 70MM, with PTA and his friends and family. My brother and I could have been #2 and #3. Boogie Nights is my favorite movie of all time and I'm a keen admirer of all of PTA's work. Seriously did I mention I'm pulling my hair out? I figured you guys could understand this situation like no one else I know since I don't know any PTA fans. Fucking Paranorman.

[Messofanego]

Adaptation: A fascinating movie that for me had no comedic elements to it. I didn't like it turning into a thriller at the end but everything prior affected me so much emotionally that I still thoroughly enjoyed it. Best acting I've ever seen from Nicolas Cage.

But...that was the point. Watch it again lol.

[Meliorism]

So my brother was planning on coming home last week from school on Thursday. For over a week I was planning on taking him to the Museum of the Moving Image to see Taxi Driver on Friday night. Eventually he ended up coming home on Friday night so Taxi Driver was postponed to the Saturday showing. At the last second while deciding to trek out 45 minutes to the museum I made an executive decision to see Paranorman. While excellent in its own right the news I just stumbled across on the internet has me ripping my hair out. Apparently a nice fellow made a blog post that he went to see Taxi Driver on Saturday night and lo and behold he found Paul Thomas Anderson in the lobby beforehand. Paul was holding a secret 70MM screening of The Master after Taxi Driver. This fellow was the only person in the entire museum that recognized Paul and was invited to watch The Master after Taxi Driver. He got to talk to Paul Thomas Anderson, take a picture with him, and watch his new movie before release date in 70MM, with PTA and his friends and family. My brother and I could have been #2 and #3. Boogie Nights is my favorite movie of all time and I'm a keen admirer of all of PTA's work. Seriously did I mention I'm pulling my hair out? I figured you guys could understand this situation like no one else I know since I don't know any PTA fans. Fucking Paranorman.

It comes out in just a few weeks...I mean, I guess it sucks that you didn't get to see it before its theatrical release/festival screenings but you're gonna get to see it soon enough. Celebrity adulation is dumb.

[Scullibundo]

So my brother was planning on coming home last week from school on Thursday. For over a week I was planning on taking him to the Museum of the Moving Image to see Taxi Driver on Friday night. Eventually he ended up coming home on Friday night so Taxi Driver was postponed to the Saturday showing. At the last second while deciding to trek out 45 minutes to the museum I made an executive decision to see Paranorman. While excellent in its own right the news I just stumbled across on the internet has me ripping my hair out. Apparently a nice fellow made a blog post that he went to see Taxi Driver on Saturday night and lo and behold he found Paul Thomas Anderson in the lobby beforehand. Paul was holding a secret 70MM screening of The Master after Taxi Driver. This fellow was the only person in the entire museum that recognized Paul and was invited to watch The Master after Taxi Driver. He got to talk to Paul Thomas Anderson, take a picture with him, and watch his new movie before release date in 70MM, with PTA and his friends and family. My brother and I could have been #2 and #3. Boogie Nights is my favorite movie of all time and I'm a keen admirer of all of PTA's work. Seriously did I mention I'm pulling my hair out? I figured you guys could understand this situation like no one else I know since I don't know any PTA fans. Fucking Paranorman.

That sucks. Seeing it in 70mm would have been great.

[sefskillz]

Trouble In Mind (1985) -- This is Streets of Fire in noir garb, and my favorite little discovery of the summer. So many odd anachronisms and stylistic choices (the military presence in Seattle Rain City, the way people randomly break into Korean speech, Keith Carradine's wildly escalating wardrobe and hair, Divine as a criminal overlord) that it feels far ahead of its time without leaving behind the comfortably distinctive '80s panache. The climactic shoot-out, if it could even be fairly called that, is true "theater of the absurd." Can't wait to check out Alan Rudolph's prior film, Choose Me, as I've heard similarly strong comments about.

i didn't even need to read the rest, bought. amazon owes you referral $ for making something so damn alluring

[Mister Wilhelm]

Existenz was pretty awful.

What, you don't like your console games in the form of a parasitic udder?

[C4Lukins]

Paper Moon and Brother's Keeper were fantastic. Thank you movie lords...I needed that. Then I tried to watch This Movie is Not Yet Rated after Brother's Keeper and I could not stop saying "Shut the hell up" at the screen. Get some perspective and shut up you whiny idiots.

Glad you caught Paper Moon, such a wonderful film.

I see a lot of talk about Existenz. It is not horrible, but by Cronenberg standards, it is bottom tier. I would take Spider over it, and Spider was not very good.

[A Human Becoming]

I love that movie. And I really think the ending is great. I would recommend watching it again if that ending seemed a little off to you. The ending is a direct commentary on things mentioned earlier in the film. Maybe you caught that, but if you did not I would give it another shot.

But...that was the point. Watch it again lol.

I got that was direct commentary on Donald's cliche script. I guess it was "funny" in that regard.

[eLZhi]

Okay, awful might have been an exaggeration. But it sure was underwhelming considering the reputation it has.

No, you were right the first time. It's awful.

Call me crazy, but I thought the Swedish version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was better than Fincher's. In fact, if it wasn't for the soundtrack and the wonderful cinematography, I'd say that Fincher's efforts were largely wasted. I felt that Mara and Craig were both miscast.

I found the original to be, while not great, pretty interesting. Definitely enjoyed it. The Fincher version was just boring and plodded along. Noomi Rapace was so much better than Rooney Mara it's ridiculous.

[Rei_Toei]

Bound (Andy/Lana Wachowski, USA 1996 IMDb). Arguably one of the best things coming out of the nineties. Tilly just does the sultry/smokey voice like a champ, Gershon pulls of the perpetual duckface and gets away with it and as a noir crime thriller, it works most of the times too. 'One thing I can't stand is women apologizing for wanting sex'. HNNGGG.

[Snowman Prophet of Doom]

Giving your movie a terrible, totally unfitting, and cliche ending because it's billed as being co-written by the non-existent writer of cliche-filled scripts is clever for about 20 seconds, but the farther that you get away from the movie, the more it seems very lazy and very bland. Funny that The Player is mentioned just before it in this thread, as it's a much more interesting and fulfilling commentary on the Hollywood creative process, with much better writing, more interesting filmmaking, a better lead (Cage is fine in Adaptation, but it's arguable that he mostly skims along the surface of the text, while Robbins's performance in TP is alot more mysterious and interesting), and an ending that uses Post-Modernism to open possibilities to the audience without calling too much attention to itself.

[Jo Shishido's Cheeks]

rumble fish - the story was pretty limp but i loved the visual flair and dillon and mickey rourke were great

Yes! Personally I think Rumble Fish is one of the most beautiful films in the world.
At his best Coppola stands alongside Welles and Kurosawa as being amongst the best visual storytellers.

[A Human Becoming]

Giving your movie a terrible, totally unfitting, and cliche ending because it's billed as being co-written by the non-existent writer of cliche-filled scripts is clever for about 20 seconds, but the farther that you get away from the movie, the more it seems very lazy and very bland.

That's pretty much how I felt about it.

This is further credence I need to see The Player.

[big ander]

out of 5
The Meaning of Life - not held up as much of Life of Brian or as annoyingly meme-ified as Holy Grail, I think Meaning of Life might be my favorite Monty Python film. Because it's funnier. The troupe was always best at sketch comedy so they really shine here. *** 1/2
Pit and the Pendulum - some enjoyably trippy visuals and a campy performance in Price. And decently thrilling. ***

God Bless America - Problematic.
The assumption that the film needs to demonstrate the frequent meanness and stupidity and indecency in media so thoroughly is silly. It's acting as if "things aren't what they used to be" isn't already a platitude. Any member of society is at the very least slightly aware of cultural change. Still, being so superfluous in its depiction of reality TV and asshole parkers and pop-political analysts could have worked had the film had something smart to say.
Rather than identify a specific or deeper problem or propose even the beginning to a solution, Bobcat Goldthwait's content to say "everything's shit and there's nothing to do." I'm not content with that statement, and not because it bums me out or anything but because it's juvenile. It's more uneducated and myopic than the Roxy character (who Tara Lynne Barr does a pretty awesome job portraying anyway). God Bless America doesn't once acknowledge the existence or other media other than what Frank hates so much. It's working under the assumption that there is zero good media. Goldthwait and his surrogate (once again the acting from Joel Murray is decent here in the face of shaky-at-best writing) have their blinders on. Not simply with respect to the rest of culture, but with the rest of people. Never once does Frank question his killings by wondering if there might be decency left somewhere in his victims. Frank, Roxy, and Bobcat have seen the worst, erased the rest from memory, and chosen to act against those they perceive as indecent. That action is just as indecent. It's anti-discourse and anti-humanity and dumb. Having seen plenty of Bobcat's work, I don't think that this is what he actually thinks. But the film doesn't even have subtext about how wrong Frank's actions are, or about how silver linings exist in places. And that's ignorant and childish.
By the halfway mark I was hoping for an ending in this vein: Roxy and Frank are punished for their actions, but they and society learns to look on the bright side more. Or they die and don't learn anything, but the film somehow shows a minor reconstruction of or shift towards decency. Hell, a depressing ending that gave you hope that goodness could return only to crush those hopes would be good. An ending somewhere along those lines is still ignorant of history's numerous examples of critics in a time proclaiming culture has reached a low point only for time to show it's a simple shift with little or no change in human nature, but it would be more dynamic and broad. As is, the film decides that Frank and Roxy are right but there's no hope. Culture's screwed! Oh well! Silly. * 1/2

[KidDork]

You're pretty forgiving on the movie, imo. I've got praise for the cinematography and Dennings's spiel, but that's about it. Sloppy, forced and cliché storytelling, underused or one-dimensional characters, lots of story progression that leads absolutely nowhere.

I thought the stories that weren't resolved weren't mean to be, that we were just seeing how life was in this small town. I liked Denning's lashout at the townie girl, and also really liked how it was just a spiel that she has obviously worked on and is looking for an opportunity to use. The stripper storyline was something I liked and didn't really think about again until you mentioned it--it showed such a dark side to the town that was never returned to. I guess you could say the serial killer did that but I had the impression he was just someone that drifted in, much like the smoke from the fire .

And to finish of with some minor nitpicking: who did the CGI for the smoke plume? I've seen more realistic smoke in a PS2 game.

Ha ha! Yes, a few dollars should have been thrown towards the FX department. It looked like a charcoal smudge against the film.

Since then, I've seen two other films.

The Ward--a John Carpenter joint that shows how far he's fallen in terms of budget. The ghost in this film just looks terrible, like a badly fitting rubber suit. Which, uh, it probably was. The story itself is pure Grade B horror film, and while there are moments when it starts to hang together, the film is undone by sheer ridiculousness and cookie cutter characterizations. I'm not asking for clear cut logic in a horror film, but it falls apart very quickly once you look back on it after the film's ending. And oh, that ending. Amber Heard isn't bad in the lead role and I think she could do well as a scream queen, but please tell her agent to look for better scripts in future.

I also saw Moneyball. I've been putting this one off since I have zero interest in both organized sports and Johah Hill. And yet, it surprised me. Even with the eye glazing that discussion of sports generates in me, I enjoyed this. A restrained Hill is a good Hill, and Pitt's turn as a man beset by failure trying to not fail again was well crafted. I'm not sure if it was worthy of an Oscar nomination, but still.

[beelzebozo]

i rewatched BATMAN '89, and i'm amazed at how paper-thin and just poorly written the thing is. it flies along and is full of the most ridiculously convenient scenes and dialogue, and is generally speaking almost offensively stitched together with the barest of threads. it's just a bunch of disconnected scenes that flow awfully. it's bizarre watching it again, because so many of those scenes are fairly memorable (thinking specifically of the joker "the mirror!" scene, "dance with the devil in the pale moonlight", and so on), but those scenes don't seem to lead to each other in any way that feels right.

i plan on watching BATMAN RETURNS again to confirm my thoughts, which can pretty much be boiled down to the perception that BR is a much more cohesive, better constructed film, and a huge step up from burton's first movie.

[Discotheque]

Call me crazy, but I thought the Swedish version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was better than Fincher's. In fact, if it wasn't for the soundtrack and the wonderful cinematography, I'd say that Fincher's efforts were largely wasted. I felt that Mara and Craig were both miscast.

Call me crazy. But I think neither are very good. Although the Fincher one had me entertained because of Fincher and Craig and Mara and the soundtrack.

Still he's way above this boring source material and I hope he abandons the sequels.

[Jables Swan]

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm: Anyone who is a fan of the Animated Series should enjoy this movie. It's a great Batman story with more amazing voice acting by the likes of Conroy and Hamill. 7/10

Superman/Batman: Public Enemies: Another enjoyable DC animated movie, this time with Superman. I would much prefer to watch Batman but this was quite enjoyable also. Batman's guest starring role steals the show for me though. 6/10

[Squirrel Killer]

So I watched The Treasure of the Sierra Madre a couple of nights ago, and just now finished watching Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Once Cassidy and the Kid got to Bolivia, I was thinking how much more I would have gotten out of both movies had I only paid attention in Spanish class. But then I saw this:

and I couldn't help but think of this:

Think about it, virtually the same brand both on stolen mules giving away the thieves to the boy that uncovered the brand who then runs to the authorities that in both cases leads to their deaths. But I wonder how recognized it would be.

[big ander]

So I watched The Treasure of the Sierra Madre a couple of nights ago, and just now finished watching Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Once Cassidy and the Kid got to Bolivia, I was thinking how much more I would have gotten out of both movies had I only paid attention in Spanish class. But then I saw this: and I couldn't help but think of this: Think about it, virtually the same brand both on stolen mules giving away the thieves to the boy that uncovered the brand who then runs to the authorities that in both cases leads to their deaths. But I wonder how recognized it would be.

Haha this is an awesome find. No way Roy Hill and Goldman didn't do that on purpose

[Kuroyume]

Noroi: The Curse - 3 out of 5

The story is that an expert on the paranormal begins an investigation on an ancient demon called Kagutaba. He goes missing and investigators find a videotape showing all the events that occured before his disappearance. It's basically a Blair Witch/Cloverfield type mockumentary. It's from the producer of the first Ring film. It suffers from some comically bad overacting, tired staple of the japanese horror genre with spooky weird children, and low quality special effects but it excels in creepiness and suspense. I was always a bit on nerves expecting something to spook me. I think what really made it work was the Japanese setting. Japanese villages and shrines can look creepy as fuck. Especially in low quality videotape footage. I also like the mythology of Kagutaba I just wish they had worked in some good CG or special effects to create a demonic figure of some kind instead of the type of stuff they did in the film.

[Snowman Prophet of Doom]

Murmur of the Heart (Louis Malle, 1971)

Honestly? The movie's just fucking boring. The kid is a very boring actor (Jean-Pierre Leaud he is not), the kid's character is a very boring character without much personality other than his mommy fetish, his brothers are generic decadent rich kids, the other kids at the clinic have the personality of wet rags, the whole thing is visually lackluster (I'd be surprised if I remembered a single shot from the whole film), the use of jazz is passe and transparently poseurish 40 years later, and the incest at the end is somehow pretty much pointless, despite the fact that the entire movie built up to it. The whole thing is just a completely meandering tale without anything particularly interesting happening on any level, and a few scenes of believable spontaneity (mostly on the part of the mother, the only potentially interesting person in the whole affair) doesn't make up for all the dullness that you have to wade through to get there. Waste of my time.

[T Dollarz]

The Raid: Redemption - Absolutely incredible. Best fight choreography I've ever seen. The pacing was fucking great, never a dull moment. Easily one of my favorite action movies ever. Can't say enough about this. Main character was so badass. Story was a little bland, but fuck it, what a great ride.

[Schweini]

Borat.

I cried so many times. It's so fucking funny. This is now my favorite comedy movie.

[lucius]

Three Colors: Blue

Execellent acting from Juliette Binoche, I enjoyed it very much. I saw White from the Trilogy a while back and enjoyed that also, but Blue was better imo although both are great, now need to give Red a try.

[Cosmic Bus]

oh this sounds awesome. i'd rather have people defend ishtar than heaven's gate for sure.

i didn't even need to read the rest, bought. amazon owes you referral $ for making something so damn alluring

Rock on, movie bros. I sincerely hope you get into it as much as I did; my movie watching has declined into the single digits per year, and it's obviously been quite a while since anything pushed so many of my buttons like this one did.

I forgot to mention how Joe Morton's small supporting role made me want to watch Brother From Another Planet again. Love that flick.

i rewatched BATMAN '89, and i'm amazed at how paper-thin and just poorly written the thing is. i plan on watching BATMAN RETURNS again to confirm my thoughts, which can pretty much be boiled down to the perception that BR is a much more cohesive, better constructed film, and a huge step up from burton's first movie.

Having gone through a similar rewatch of '89 and Returns back when Batman Begins was still on the horizon, I was surprised to find how much I disliked '89 after holding it in such high regard all this time. Returns did, in fact, hold up far better and is unquestionably the best in the entire franchise, as far as I'm concerned. One of Burton's only true homerun efforts.

[C4Lukins]

Giving your movie a terrible, totally unfitting, and cliche ending because it's billed as being co-written by the non-existent writer of cliche-filled scripts is clever for about 20 seconds, but the farther that you get away from the movie, the more it seems very lazy and very bland. Funny that The Player is mentioned just before it in this thread, as it's a much more interesting and fulfilling commentary on the Hollywood creative process, with much better writing, more interesting filmmaking, a better lead (Cage is fine in Adaptation, but it's arguable that he mostly skims along the surface of the text, while Robbins's performance in TP is alot more mysterious and interesting), and an ending that uses Post-Modernism to open possibilities to the audience without calling too much attention to itself.

Well I really love both movies, so I am not going to get into where one fails and the other succeeds.

But there is nothing lazy about Adaptation. The screenwriter wrote himself into the movie which is both original and crazy. Now I am not sure if when he started, he was actually trying to adapt a novel that would not be interesting on the screen, or he somewhere in the middle of writing it went nuts. Either way I found it entertaining, and fascinating as a film that broke a ton of rules while being self aware enough to acknowledge that it had to follow the rules to be interesting.

I am not going to dispute your argument because it is valid outside of the lazy part IMO. But I have great respect for the film, and the amount of negativity you are throwing in its wake seems a little silly. What could you possibly enjoy if this film is not interesting to you?

[&Divius]

The Avengers - I still very much enjoyed it, it's a great popcorn movie and between a lot of disappointing blockbusters I am very glad and relieved I like this as much as I do. 7.5/10
Samurai Cop - Between tears of laughter, tears of madness and a red face from facepalming so many times I thought this was fantastically awful and very entertaining. Thanks to whoever recommended this to me (HRD?) 4/10
Lord of the Flies - Very faithful adaptation of the book (which I did not love to start with), yet I feel a lot of the inner struggle (and with that, a strength of the story) is lost in its translation. 5/10
V/H/S - This found-footage horror anthology has some fun ideas, but the short movies all start out kind off boring and most eventually fail to deliver. Some are better than others and there were some genuine scares and thrills, but as a whole this was disappointing. 4/10

[BareKnuckle]

Just saw waltz with bashir, wish I knew it was a documentary while I was watching it. Thought it was fiction haha

[sefskillz]

Murmur of the Heart (Louis Malle, 1971) Honestly? The movie's just fucking boring. The kid is a very boring actor (Jean-Pierre Leaud he is not), the kid's character is a very boring character without much personality other than his mommy fetish, his brothers are generic decadent rich kids, the other kids at the clinic have the personality of wet rags, the whole thing is visually lackluster (I'd be surprised if I remembered a single shot from the whole film), the use of jazz is passe and transparently poseurish 40 years later, and the incest at the end is somehow pretty much pointless, despite the fact that the entire movie built up to it. The whole thing is just a completely meandering tale without anything particularly interesting happening on any level, and a few scenes of believable spontaneity (mostly on the part of the mother, the only potentially interesting person in the whole affair) doesn't make up for all the dullness that you have to wade through to get there. Waste of my time.

Sorry, I'm trying to make sense of this line. Was Malle also a poseur for having Miles Davis score Elevator to the Gallows in '58 (pre-Kind of Blue)?

[Expendable.]

Rust and Bone



Caught an early screening of this. Not as focused as A Prophet, but Audiard still has a wonderful style and two fantastic lead performances. I think this was adapted from a series of short stories into one so it couldn't help but feeling a bit disjointed. I'd give it a B and I think it hits US theaters in November.

[Snowman Prophet of Doom]

Sorry, I'm trying to make sense of this line. Was Malle also a poseur for having Miles Davis score Elevator to the Gallows in '58 (pre-Kind of Blue)?

I meant that it adds nothing to the film, isn't particularly well-suited to the action happening on the screen, doesn't say much about the main character or help us to understand him on any particular level (and isn't even a particularly compelling superfluous detail), etc. 40 years later, using jazz in the context that it does seems rather transparently an act of trying to give the movie a certain kind of coolness or edge that it doesn't really earn; in this film, it's basically the equivalent of "This Shins song changed my life," in terms of being rather pointless, even pandering.

[Scullibundo]

My editor saw Looper and came back very pleased. Said do not watch or read anything at all and try to go in blind.

[strafer]

Schindlers list

very tough movie to watch but damn, it's masterpiece.

[Count Dookkake]

My editor saw Looper and came back very pleased. Said do not watch or read anything at all and try to go in blind.

Did he explain why they don't just transport people into active volcanoes?

[UrbanRats]

Rust and Bone Caught an early screening of this. Not as focused as A Prophet, but Audiard still has a wonderful style and two fantastic lead performances. I think this was adapted from a series of short stories into one so it couldn't help but feeling a bit disjointed. I'd give it a B and I think it hits US theaters in November.

I was quite interested in this (admittedly, in large part for Cotillard's presence) but the trailer came off as a bit cheesy/melodramatic, how does that pans out in the movie?

Did he explain why they don't just transport people into active volcanoes?

Why not at the bottom of the Mariana trench? The pressure would crush them quickly.