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Movies You've Seen Recently |OT| JULY 2014

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Borgnine

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The Raid 2: 7/10. Pretty much just as good as the first one, great action hung on a video game story. I HAVE NOT been desensitized to all the knifings, good lord. I thought the final boss battle went on way too long. When is Arafin Putra going to come to Hollywood? He was the guy who played the son. He's extremely good looking and speaks English without an accent and totally doesn't look Indonesian, he could totally make it past racist Americans.

Blue Velvet: 7/10. Well, it wasn't nonsense which was good, just bizarre. Dennis Hopper's character was incredible. How come this guy doesn't make movies anymore?

Ida: 8/10. Gorgeous. One of those deals where you're just going along with a simple story and then bam you get hit with this beautiful 2 second shot that snaps you back to attention. Apparently it's evocative of the donkey movie but I don't remember enough of that to say, I should revisit it though.
 
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StuBurns

Banned
Lynch is disenfranchised by the studio system. Inland Empire, his last film, was funded by fans, but I gather doing something equal or grander in scope is currently beyond viable for him. Although I'm sure if he did a KS, he could fund something comfortably.
 
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Expendable.

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He said in an interview last week that he simply has no plans for a new movie. Not sure if that means ideas or if he wants to explore other avenues. If he did a Kickstarter, it would EASILY get a few million. I'd be shocked if actual producers wouldn't want to finance one of his features, too.
 
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ViewtifulJC

Banned
I feel everything he's been trying to say about the dualities between dreams and reality, blondes and brunettes, day-worlds and underworlds, American iconography and American Dreams, and his various thematic obsessions/visual motifs he did in Mulholland Dr as his career thesis statement. Like, there's no topping that so why even bother. Time to fuck around sniffing women's panties and figuring out how Twitter works.
 
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StuBurns

Banned
Mulholland Dr was certainly his high point, but he's made films that don't adhere to those themes. Straight Story is a stunning film, and completely unlike MD. I'd welcome him exploring other areas.
 
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Fancy Clown

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Femmeworth said:
It just occurred to me that I kind of want to see Evans and Refn team up. A film with a narrative like Only God Forgives's with the action of The Raid 2.
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I want nothing like the narrative of Only God Forgives. I love Refn, but apart from the cinematography that movie was horrible. Now something like Drive or Valhalla Rising with the action of The Raid 2? That's something I could get behind.
 
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Femmeworth

Banned
Fancy Clown said:
I want nothing like the narrative of Only God Forgives. I love Refn, but apart from the cinematography that movie was horrible. Now something like Drive or Valhalla Rising with the action of The Raid 2? That's something I could get behind.
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I'm not a fan of Only God Forgives but its narrative was way more entertaining than The Raid 2's.
 
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QuantumBro

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Expendable. said:
He said in an interview last week that he simply has no plans for a new movie. Not sure if that means ideas or if he wants to explore other avenues. If he did a Kickstarter, it would EASILY get a few million. I'd be shocked if actual producers wouldn't want to finance one of his features, too.
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Could you link me to the interview? I'm sorta disappointed that I won't be able to see a new Lynch film in theaters now.
 
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burnfout

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Lone Survivor.

I really really enjoyed this. If only for the spectacular AV quality of the bluray, great picture quality, and probably the best audio I've ever heard.

Absolute reference level.
 
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UrbanRats

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I watched Man Bites Dog, and i was wondering if this movie would work with Michael Richards in the part of Benoit (i mean from the Seinfeld days).
 
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MidnightCowboy

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UrbanRats said:
I watched Man Bites Dog, and i was wondering if this movie would work with Michael Richards in the part of Benoit (i mean from the Seinfeld days).
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Man Bites Dog is fucking hilarious, but wow does it have an unsettling rape scene. I don't know if Kramer could pull that off.
 
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Setre

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The Raid

Good action scenes and an okay story. I saw Dredd last year and it seems to me that someone in that production must have loved the Raid. Will probably watched The Raid 2 tomorrow.

Snowpiercer

Amazing movie, I know it's not a lot of peoples cup of tea but it sure as hell was mine. Going to have to watch the rest of Bong Joon-ho's movies now.

Oldboy (2013))

While the Korean version is superior I still really enjoyed this. Was honestly surprised they kept
him having sex with his daughter
as part of the plot. I thought they would wimp out on that particular plot point but I'm glad they didn't.
 
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ViewtifulJC

Banned
I feel like I could watch Jessica Chastain in anything, doing anything. Her character in Take Shelter is the reactive wife to Michael Shannon's increasingly crazy character, and its such a wonderfully fleshed-out, human performance, the center of gravity for the paranoid drama unfolding around her. Not to take anything away from Shannon, who's made a career out of playing this types of characters, and since this is the best-written version of that character, this is also his greatest performance. But Chastain tho...I'm a total fanboy for her.
 
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Ridley327

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The 70s were so full of films like The Visitor that even a film that has John Huston gesturing towards a blue-screened cosmos to produce some kind of weird light show in an effort to stop an evil little girl that is the descendant of who is probably Space Satan (maybe?) from fulfilling her destiny has to do a little better than that. Occasionally, it does offer up some interesting visuals, particularly the strong emphasis on unusual architecture in and around late 70s Atlanta, and there's a better film to be spun off from all the stuff revolving around the daughter of Space Satan that could have made for an entertaining sci-fi sendup of The Omen, but it's pretty much what you expect: nigh incomprehensible gobbledygook that doesn't have the production values to pull off the quasi-interesting images, staffed with a lot of acting veterans who should have known better. I suppose that Franco Nero at least was wise to not take credit, even if portraying Space Jesus should generally be something you put on a resumé.

In other news, The Long Goodbye was pretty damn great.
 
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Fancy Clown

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Femmeworth said:
I'm not a fan of Only God Forgives but its narrative was way more entertaining than The Raid 2's.
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I did not. The Raid 2's was not exceptional, but it was serviceably entertaining and paced out the fight scenes nicely.

Only God Forgive's narrative is simultaneously ugly, baffling, embarrassing, and unintentionally hilarious. Refn got a little to far up his ass with this one. There were so many cringe worthy scenes, and the movie utterly wastes Ryan Gosling's talent by having him do the 'deer in the headlights' look for an hour and half and only saying like 5 words. Really beautiful looking film, though for the most part.
 
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lazybones18

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The Americanization of Emily

Well I can see why James Garner thinks this is his favorite film he's been in. Not only was the movie great, but so was his performance as well. Really loved his outbursts at the thought of storming the beaches on D-Day. RIP
 
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jtb

Banned
Inside Llewyn Davis

not what I was expecting at all; was thinking it would be one of the Coens more straightforward, traditional films. and the whole folk music/60s new york art scene stuff... it wasn't a turn off but it also didn't really interest me, so I put off watching this one for a while. very funny and slyly surreal—so, basically, tonally it was completely different from what I was expecting in the best way possible. I really enjoyed it. Llewyn's character was great too.

only complaint was that I really didn't like the look of the film; it's got that washed out, bloom-y look that's supposed to remind us that it's the 60s I guess but it's just way too obvious and comes off as a bit lazy. it wasn't shot by Deakins, which maybe has something to do with it or maybe that's just me putting Deakins on a pedestal. I dunno.
 
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Divius

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Thinking of seeing Boyhood this Thursday morning. Either that or some time next week. I'm really excited. They're also showing Dazed and Confused, but I watched that not too long ago :(
 
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Frustrated_Grunt

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Predator is still a timeless action film.
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9/10
 
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UrbanRats

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Stoker - nice thriller, and nice to see Park Chan-wook still has it, despite the cross to Hollywood.
I wonder if Ozymandias can be cast in any other role though, he just has a natural creep face.
 
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AnkitT

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Dawn of the planet of the apes - I wasn't that into the first one but this one had some fantastic scenes. Overall it exists within the same primary framework of The Blockbuster, sometimes flashing bright with instances of breaking "character" but then retracting back into safety of the familiar. The music gets a bit too danny elfman-esque playful at moments but remains in concurrence with the mood mostly. The battle scene was a clear standout with alternating loud bombast and slow(literally) quiet moments which are rarely seen done with such serviceable restraint in the peers of this sort of movie.
 
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kurisu1974

Banned
Watched some classics:

The Last Man on Earth is the first (I think) I Am Legend adaptation starring Vincent Price and made in Italy, a bit slow and badly dubbed, but Price and the bleak take on the story made up for that.

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? was a great, dark, psychological thriller. Amazing performances from Davis and Crawford.

Also watched some small indies:

Freeloaders was pretty weak, they tried to sell it as a Broken Lizard movie but it can hardly be called that. Some funny lines, a TV show cast; overall very forgettable.

A Bag of Hammers had a lot of heart, was really into this for a while, but I didn't really like where the movie went plotwise.
 
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Messofanego

Banned
Fancy Clown said:
I want nothing like the narrative of Only God Forgives. I love Refn, but apart from the cinematography that movie was horrible. Now something like Drive or Valhalla Rising with the action of The Raid 2? That's something I could get behind.
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Raid 2 had fantastic eye-popping cinematography and inventive camerawork along with incredible action. Don't get that often outside of something like wuxia films (Hero; Christopher Doyle, guess I should check out some Wong Kar Wai films).
 
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Discotheque

Banned
UrbanRats said:
Stoker - nice thriller, and nice to see Park Chan-wook still has it, despite the cross to Hollywood.
I wonder if Ozymandias can be cast in any other role though, he just has a natural creep face.
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Yeah I was saying this when I saw stoker. When ppl were rumouring him for batman I was vehemently against it because he's got those permanent rape-eyes
 
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SOME-MIST

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haven't rewatched it yet, but just bought the holy mountain blu-ray on amazon for $15 as it was apparently re-released. blu-ray copies on ebay were fetching between $70-100 before the re-release which was oddly enough on my birthday (07/07) :D

just a heads up for anyone that collects blu rays because I know I missed out on it and didn't want to shell out $70.
 
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Blader

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The Parallax View
Starring Warren Beatty's hair. This was actually really good. I thought the illuminati-ish story was going to be really lame but Pakula played up the of paranoia very well. Some amazing camerawork too (r.i.p. Gordon Willis).

The Long, Hot Summer
Pretty sure I hated this, which surprised me because I really enjoyed Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. I suppose not all Paul Newman Southern gothic plays-as-films are created equally. Speaking of whom, Newman was really goddamn good looking. On the flip side, I can't believe Orson Welles lived a single day longer past this film shoot; he looks like he's about to burst any second.
 
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ViewtifulJC

Banned
Source Code - Rather enjoyed this one. Like Groundhog Day cept as a sci-fi thriller instead of a rom-com, but still has that likable human heart that makes it easy to accept any contrivance, including the Love Conquers All ending. Very compelling throughout, finds new ways to show the same scene over and over, gets in and gets out in 90 minutes. Jake Gyllenhaal's no Bill Murray, but Monaghan is a big improvement on MacDowell so fair trade to me.
 
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Fancy Clown

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Messofanego said:
Raid 2 had fantastic eye-popping cinematography and inventive camerawork along with incredible action. Don't get that often outside of something like wuxia films (Hero; Christopher Doyle, guess I should check out some Wong Kar Wai films).
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Yeah, Raid 2 definitely has fantastic cinematography. The way they filmed the car chase was nuts. I was just saying that if we're going to be mix and matching Refn's movies with Raid 2 I sure as hell wouldn't take the narrative from Only God Forgives.
 
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Nuke Soda

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Frustrated_Grunt said:
Zodiac was just okay. Various cool scenes scattered out, but it dragged on a bit too long for my liking. 6/10
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That sucks.

I saw it in theaters and wanted to see it again right away. :)

Oh and movies:

The Raid 2 (2014)- Badass. Simply badass. I had a lot of fun watching it, the fights were great and I was surprised by the story. I was not expecting a 2 and a half hour crime epic. I wish the bat boy and hammer girl had more screen time because watching them mow through people was fun.

Virus (1999)- Bad movie, good special effects. the premise is silly from the start with an alien creature that is electrical taking over a big Russian science ship and killing it inhabitants. Then Captain Ahab and his doomed crew enter the picture and most of them die, the end. This is a generic bad movie, nothing that will make you laugh or stare in confusion. Not worth time to watch or even remember.
 
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