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[TheFlow]

my favorite of yesterday was 20th century women, then Elle
, then Jackie

I think Natalie should win the Oscar, but I would not be upset if Humpert won.






Jackie 2016
★★★★
The highs of this movie when they hit they hit hard. Along with the amazing score, and visuals. The film felt like a lot of scenes in the wrong order. Despite that Natalie Portman gives her greatest performance to that, and is worthy of all the praise. I am rooting for her.


Paterson 2016
★★★½
Paterson is one of the more unique movies of 2016 because there is no drama, shock values, or crazy end. Just a well crafted film about finding poetry in your everyday life. It doesn't try hard to be anything, and that is what makes it charming.


Elle 2016
★★★★★
A dark twisted comedy that makes you laugh as much as it makes you jump. Isabelle Huppert's character is one of my favorite on screen performances. Glad I got to experience this in theatres.

 

[UrbanRats]

Sea fog (Haemoo) - Pretty solid thriller.
Tonally is a bit wobbly (something I actually like about Korean movies, like we've seen with The Wailing) but that actually helps keeping you on your toes and making the otherwise somewhat predictable twists hit a bit harder.

 

[overcast]

Man, I really missed out on Elle.

 

[Vault Dweller 111]

Saw Shakespeare in Love the other day. I thought it was pretty good. I don't know about 6 Oscars good but definitely good. Queen Elizabeth was insane, such a good performance and looked so accurate. Colin Farrell's character was lame. I really enjoyed the final 25 minutes.

And finally caught John Wick last night. Awesome movie. I thought Reeves was perfect for the role. I loved the motivation. The different take on the genre was really cool. And the shootout in the nightclub with the pounding music and crazy lighting, loved it.

 

[Net_Wrecker]

Those Zulawski impressions were much appreciated, Net_Wrecker

Had a lot of fun watching them. If even one person in MovieGAF is motivated to check out his stuff that didn't know about him before, I've done my job


And sorry brehs, I love Collateral, but it's e-z-mode Mann. The Insider, Heat, Miami Vice, Thief, and The Last of The Mohicans is the real top 5. Sub in Manhunter for one of the last 2 if you wish, but Collateral is in a fight for 6th or 7th.

Fax only no e-mail.

 

[AngmarsKing701]

Nightcrawler is the better film, it has a much better lasting impact. Enjoyed both though.

Agreed. I watched Nightcrawler last year and the creepiness factor of it still remains with me. I watched Green Room last week and it's mostly throwaway for me.

Misery

Pretty slow moving but enjoyed it. Some truly savage moments towards the end there. I always thought Kathy Bates was holding an an axe in the posters/art but oh no, that wasn't the case lol.

Dat hobbling scene doe

 

[Messofanego]

Had a lot of fun watching them. If even one person in MovieGAF is motivated to check out his stuff that didn't know about him before, I've done my job


And sorry brehs, I love Collateral, but it's e-z-mode Mann. The Insider, Heat, Miami Vice, Thief, and The Last of The Mohicans is the real top 5. Sub in Manhunter for one of the last 2 if you wish, but Collateral is in a fight for 6th or 7th.

Fax only no e-mail.

1. Heat
2. Collateral
3. Thief
4. Manhunter
5. The Insider

I'd even put The Keep above Public Enemies and Blackhat XD

 

[Puck Beaverton]

I'd even put The Keep above Public Enemies and Blackhat XD

christ

I like Blackhat, there is barely anything worth defending with Public Enemies for me.

 

[mariachi507]

Time to expose myself for not having seen as many movies as I think I have.

Wes Anderson:
1. Fantastic Mr. Fox
2. The Grand Budapest Hotel
3. The Royal Tenenbaums

PTA:
1. Boogie Nights
2. There Will Be Blood
3. Magnolia

Mann:
1. Heat
2. The Insider
3. Thief
4. Collateral
5. The Last of the Mohicans
6. Manhunter
7. Ali (it's been a long long time)

Tarantino:
1. Inglorious Basterds
2. Pulp Fiction
3. Kill Bill (cheating by combining)
4. Reservoir Dogs
5. Django Unchained
6. Death Proof
7. The Hateful Eight

I'll add one for good measure.

Cronenberg:
1. The Fly
2. The Brood
3. Videodrome
4. A History of Violence
5. Shivers
6. Rabid
7. Scanners

 

[big ander]

Cronenberg:
1) Dead Ringers
2) The Brood
3) Videodrome
4) A History of Violence
5) The Fly
6) eXistenZ
7) Crash
8) Cosmopolis
9) Shivers
10) A Dangerous Method
11) Naked Lunch
12) Maps to the Stars
13) Dead Zone
14) Spider
15) Rabid
16) Scanners
17) Fast Company
18) M. Butterfly
19) Eastern Promises
Still haven't seen Stereo or Crimes of the Future.

QT:
1) Pulp Fiction
2) Kill Bill Vol. 1
3) Reservoir Dogs
4) Kill Bill Vol. 2
5) The Hateful 8
6) Inglourious Basterds
7) Death Proof
8) Jackie Brown
9) Django Unchained
10) "The Man from Hollywood" in Four Rooms
Hope to see The Whole Bloody Affair someday.

Mann:
only seen half and haven't seen his transition to digital really but...
1) The Insider
2) Thief
3) Heat (due for a rewatch)
4) Manhunter
5) The Last of the Mohicans
6) Ali

Sofia Coppola
1) Lost in Translation
2) The Virgin Suicides
3) Marie Antoinette
4) Somewhere
5) The Bling Ring

Anderson (Paul T.)
1) Punch-Drunk Love
2) Inherent Vice
3) Magnolia
4) Boogie Nights
5) There Will Be Blood
6) Hard Eight
7) The Master

Anderson (Wes)
1) The Grand Budapest Hotel
2) Rushmore
3) The Royal Tenenbaums
4) Moonrise Kingdom
5) The Darjeeling Limited
6) Fantastic Mr. Fox
7) Bottle Rocket
8) The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Anderson (Paul W.S. Aka the one true Anderson)
1) Resident Evil: Retribution
2) Resident Evil
3) Event Horizon
4) Resident Evil: Afterlife
Really wanna catch up on Shopping, Three Musketeers and The Final Chapter

 

[Cripplegate]

Kung-Fu Yoga (6.5/10) - Incredibly dumb, but also incredibly fun, if you can roll with it. I won't go to bat for this (poor writing, sloppy filmmaking, uncritical praise of Chinese national policy because that comes bundled with every Jackie Chan film these days, stanning for the mainland as he does) but as a throwback to the 90's era globetrotting Jackie Chan (think First Strike and Who Am I? and even Operation Condor, which this sometimes echoes better than CZ12 could) it made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Chan is still a great entertainer, and the relentless silliness and optimism he brings to a project is infectious. I know the guy doesn't have many adventures left at his age (and, wow, he's looking really damn old and slow in this one), so I can't help but cherish what little remains.

Toni Erdmann (8/10) - A lot less funny and a lot more sad than I was led to believe, and maybe a bit too long given what it is, but it's still pretty damn good. I do think it's kinda weird that film critics rallied so hard around this one (or even continue to feel the need to go on the offensive against claims of film being dead, but that's another topic), but I'll give it to them, they at least chose an interesting one. The final stretch is the only time the film achieves greatness, but it leaves a deep and lasting impression, and overall this is one of the most singular experiences of the year. I don't know if it will make my Top 10, but I will give it a hearty recommendation.

 

[AngmarsKing701]

I haven't seen all of the Mann movies, and apparently I need to get on The Insider sooner rather than later, but I'm surprised to see The Last of the Mohicans so low.

One of my favorite movies.

 

[Messofanego]

Anderson (Paul W.S. Aka the one true Anderson)
1) Resident Evil: Retribution
2) Resident Evil
3) Event Horizon
4) Resident Evil: Afterlife
Really wanna catch up on Shopping, Three Musketeers and The Final Chapter

How can you forget Mortal Kombat, the best licensed videogame movie ever?

Paul W.S. Anderson

1. Event Horizon
2. Mortal Kombat
3. Resident Evil
4. Resident Evil: Afterlife - "Star power, bitches"

 

[Divius]

I'm contemplating watching all the Resident Evil movies for the upcoming 31 days of horror in October.

 

[Infernostew]

I'm contemplating watching all the Resident Evil movies for the upcoming 31 days of horror in October.

Just don't make me watch one. Assuming it's on Netflix

 

[big ander]

How can you forget Mortal Kombat, the best licensed videogame movie ever?

Paul W.S. Anderson

1. Event Horizon
2. Mortal Kombat
3. Resident Evil
4. Resident Evil: Afterlife - "Star power, bitches"

Is it really that good? I can't see it unseating RE for that video game title (I don't really count the sequels as vg adaptations). I'll probably see it eventually though–it and AVP, that I'll probably do when I get around to running the Predator series.
Also nice Afterlife edit lol

Spoiler

ARCADIA remember??!?

Just don't make me watch one. Assuming it's on Netflix

The first one is legit good. 90s Carpenter meets an Alien franchise knockoff (in a good way) meets a post-The Matrix application of Alice in Wonderland to the dangers of virtuality, technological advancement and corporatization run amok.
Retribution is overrated by bedroom vulgar auteurists on letterboxd, and has the accessibility drawback of only being good if you've watched the 3 others of middling-to-bad quality, but if you make it there it builds on the themes of the first in an awesome way

 

[omgkitty]

I'm contemplating watching all the Resident Evil movies for the upcoming 31 days of horror in October.

I remember enjoying the 1st film. Not that I thought it was good, but I didn't hate it. The 2nd and 3rd films are just bad. I dropped off after that, but I kinda want to go back and watch all of them. They're kinda terrible, but watchable. It's strange seeing such a terrible series get so much money pumped into it.

 

[Puck Beaverton]

I'm contemplating watching all the Resident Evil movies for the upcoming 31 days of horror in October.

prepare for mediocrity and sexy milla jovovich

the first feels like a masterpiece in comparison to the rest of the series

 

[lordxar]

prepare for mediocrity and sexy milla jovovich

the first feels like a masterpiece in comparison to the rest of the series

Accurate description.

 

[kevin1025]

The Wailing

This movie was fascinating. It took a turn I hadn't quite expected, and further makes me want to watch South Korean cinema all day long. Great shots, great moments, and the main lead going from bumbling, lazy cop to doing something about his town's problem really was refreshing to see.

Paterson

I watched three movies last night, and this one is the most special of them. It's a super simple movie, a week in the life of a bus driver poet, and it worked for me on every level. Well worth your time!

Nocturnal Animals

This movie ate at my mind and I lost a little sleep thinking about it so much. I think it's very good, expertly done even. But it felt cold, which I suppose is the point. Michael Shannon, though, hoo boy. That guy will forever be the best. As much as I love Amy Adams, she was surprisingly the weak link of the movie for me... but again, that was sort of by design, I feel. Still, I liked this movie a whole lot.

Elle

This one didn't click for me, mainly for the subject matter. Isabelle Huppert's performance? Perfect, and she deserves any and all awards for it. The movie around her, though, I certainly appreciate, but it felt a little too exploitative on such a touchy subject. Cool to see Styx, though!

 

[omgkitty]

Did anyone else who saw The Wailing also feel that the lead should have been Song Kang-ho?

 

[Blader]

Glad I could help spark a lively conversation last night.

The Intruder Shatner in a Corman flick about racism in the 60's made in 1962? I had to watch this. So Shatner is the white devil in all his shiny, white suit glory. His teeth almost gleem in the sun too. Take me to n****r town. I shit you not, Shatner says that. If you want to see some watered down 60's film that shies away from segregation, this is most definitely not that. Right off the bat he goes right into the hotel and starts chatting up this old bat that runs the place about his agenda and she is enthusiastically on board. Eventually he's inciting the Klan and mob mentality. Also, deep south backwoods hillbillies are on full display here in all their glory. I wasn't sure how to describe this but I will say if you have the chance to see this, watch it. This is not only a very well done film its also got a good message for tolerance and seeing the kinds of shit people had to endure back then to get us where we are today. I was born just a decade after this so I've heard my dad tell first hand stories of the way things used to be and I can say we've definitely came a long way since then. Were not perfect by any means but compared to those days were a lot better.

Yep, that's Captain Kirk drving:

This movie is so good and more people need to see it. I watched it a couple summers ago when I was discovering the good films of Roger Corman's career. Apparently this was only the movie he directed that didn't make money, which discouraged him from doing anything but more commercially-driven schlock, which is a goddamn shame.

 

[UrbanRats]

Did anyone else who saw The Wailing also feel that the lead should have been Song Kang-ho?

No, leave something for the rest of Korea!

 

[omgkitty]

No, leave something for the rest of Korea!

I guess. IDK I've probably seen like 10 or 15 Korean films, and he's been in like half of them, so it makes sense that I would expect him to be in it, especially when the character seems a perfect fit for him.

 

[UrbanRats]

I guess. IDK I've probably seen like 10 or 15 Korean films, and he's been in like half of them, so it makes sense that I would expect him to be in it, especially when the character seems a perfect fit for him.

I only remembered Kwak Do-won as the slimeball in A Company Man, so it was nice to see him pull off the good hearted bumbling idiot.
Not that Song Kang-ho couldn't, since he was great as one in The Host.

Looking forward to Asura.


Edit: Looking at his wiki, i've actually seen a ton of movies with him in it, lol.

 

[Sean C]

Wes Anderson:

1. Moonrise Kingdom
2. The Grand Budapest Hotel
3. The Royal Tenenbaums
4. Rushmore
5. The Darjeeling Ltd.
6. Fantastic Mr. Fox
7. Bottle Rocket
8. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Quentin Tarantino:

1. Inglourious Basterds
2. Jackie Brown
3. Reservoir Dogs
4. Django Unchained
5. Pulp Fiction
6. Kill Bill (Parts 1 & 2)
7. The Hateful Eight

 

[Vault Dweller 111]

Who dares to rank the films of the GOAT?

I'll give it a shot:
1. Goodfellas
2. Taxi Driver
3. Silence
4. Wolf of Wall Street
5. Raging Bull
6. Aviator
7. Departed
8. Cape Fear
9. Gangs of New York
10. Shutter Island.

Still a few I haven't seen though...

 

[Net_Wrecker]

I'd even put The Keep above Public Enemies and Blackhat XD

This is a crazy person statement btw. The Keep is an unfinished failure that even Mann, the ultimate re-editor, has completely disowned. One day his digital work not named Collateral will receive the proper reassessment it deserves, and I'll laugh knowing I've been on the right side of history all along. You'll see. YOU'LL ALL SEE.

 

[Infernostew]

Oh god.. are we doing director lists... here goes

Wes Anderson
1. The Royal Tenenbaums
2. Rushmore
3. The Grand Budapest Hotel
4. Bottle Rocket
5. Moonrise Kingdom
6. Fantastic Mr. Fox
7. The Darjeeling Limited
8. Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Paul Thomas Anderson
1. Magnolia
2. There Will Be Blood
3. Boogie Nights
4. Hard Eight
5. Punch Drunk Love
6. Inherent Vice
7. The Master

David Cronenberg
1. Videodrome
2. The Brood
3. Naked Lunch
4. The Fly
5. eXistenZ
6. Eastern Promises
7. Maps to the Stars
8. The Dead Zone
9. A History of Violence
10. Shivers

Quentin Tarantino
1. Pulp Fiction
2. Inglorious Basterds
3. Jackie Brown
4. Django Unchained
5. Reservoir Dogs
6. The Hateful Eight
7. Kill Bill Vol 1
8. Kill Bill Vol 2
9. Death Proof

 

[Discotheque]

This is a crazy person statement btw. The Keep is an unfinished failure that even Mann, the ultimate re-editor, has completely disowned. One day his digital work not named Collateral will receive the proper reassessment it deserves, and I'll laugh knowing I've been on the right side of history all along. You'll see. YOU'LL ALL SEE.

bless up. I think his work post-Collateral threw a lot of people off because it got so much more inclusive to his style. He started to move away from the straight forward plot structure and the dialogue shifted to even more emphasis on professional jargon and the like.

Like Miami Vice and Blackhat feel like the 8th episode of the 4th season of a series or something lol. Seems less concerned about easing you into the story, opting to throw you in the deep end instead.

Anyways:
Heat
The Insider
Miami Vice
Thief
Last of the Mohicans
Ali
Manhunter
Collateral
Blackhat
Public Enemies
fuck the keep

 

[Freewheelin']

Who dares to rank the films of the GOAT?

I'll give it a shot:
1. Goodfellas
2. Taxi Driver
3. Silence
4. Wolf of Wall Street
5. Raging Bull
6. Aviator
7. Departed
8. Cape Fear
9. Gangs of New York
10. Shutter Island.

Still a few I haven't seen though...

No king of comedy

s c u s t

 

[Vault Dweller 111]

No king of comedy

s c u s t

I haven't seen it yet

I'm working on it.

 

[Discotheque]

Silence is his best movie this century. As for his other work Goodfellas, Mean Streets and Taxi Driver has to be top 5.

 

[Puck Beaverton]

I'm telling you, get rid of Hemsworth and opinion on Blackhat shoots up.

 

[Timeaisis]

What about Hugo though huh guys.

 

[Puck Beaverton]

Hot Take:

I do not care for any 21st century Scorsese film except for Silence.

 

[Discotheque]

I liked the movie, he was serviceable in the role but yeah they could have done a better job with casting the lead on that one.

Also Public Enemies is one I really wanted to like. I think Depp and some of the other actors like Lang and Graham are great in it and there are some fantastic scenes in there. His digital approach to the period gangster movie was novel as well, but man the movie as a whole aint too hot.

 

[Infernostew]

I haven't seen it yet

I'm working on it.

Get on that quick. Best De Niro performance.

What about Hugo though huh guys.

Hugo is amazing and better than Silence.

 

[Hexxen-Panda]

I tried watching the Boris Karloff Frankenstein, but turned it off halfway through because it missed the point of the novel so much. What's worse is that it's only 1hr long, and I was still bored to shit. And such a shame bc the Mary Shelly book is my favourite novel of all time.

I've loved everything Scorsese has done since The Aviator (the documentaries, not so much), but this decade has been exceptionally impressive for someone of his generation still working today.

 

[gamz]

I tried watching the Boris Karloff Frankenstein, but turned it off halfway through because it missed the point of the novel so much. What's worse is that it's only 1hr long, and I was still bored to shit. And such a shame bc the Mary Shelly book is my favourite novel of all time.

I've loved everything Scorsese has done since The Aviator (the documentaries, not so much), but this decade has been exceptionally impressive for someone of his generation still working today.

Bride is superior in every way

 

[JB1981]

Saw JACKIE tonight and thought it was absolutely mesmerizing. Why are people in this thread talking shit about this movie? It was a searing look into the emotional headspace and grief Jackie experienced after the assassination. Portman deserves the Oscar. She was sensational

 

[Ridley327]

Oh right, I'm supposed to post reviews in here, too.

Finding Dory: About as good as one could realistically hope for, but not as exceptional as you might secretly want. The film leans a bit too hard on nostalgia and, to be honest, really could have done without the presence of Nemo and Marlon, who wind up invoking way too much of the first film without doing much that's actually important to the proceedings. The film is definitely better off focusing on Dory and her often funny and occasionally heartwarming struggle to get to her parents, especially as the always charmingly cantankerous Ed O'Neill is along for the ride as Hank the octopus. The film does try really hard to make Hank happen (gotta keep your third film option open!), but I did feel that the character did hit the mark more often than not, thanks to the creative octopus applications and O'Neill's great voice-over work. Pixar's usual level of ridiculously high quality animation work is present and accounted for, and I have to admit it was nice to see how far they've come since the first film in the short little re-staging at the beginning with so many years of technological advances in place. All in all, this isn't essential Pixar, but it's got a lot of heart where it's needed and it's consistently amusing.

Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids: Pretty much all you could want from a recorded performance for Justin Timberlake: capturing the impressive stagecraft, the talented performers and the sheer electricity of the man himself. Focusing on the performances themselves at the expense of the usual behind-the-scenes moments was a wise decision, as the film lives and dies by the high level of energy.

 

[hiredhand]

I had totally forgotten to update this thread. My viewings from the last few weeks of January (sorry for the long post):

Beyond the Darkness (Joe D'Amato, 1979)
Italian necrophilia themed horror film by the very prolific D'Amato. The story is quite original for an Italian horror film but the script is quite non-sensical. Goblin's score is pretty great. 7/10

Paterson (Jim Jarmusch, 2016)
A character study about a bus driver/poet called Paterson in a town called Paterson. Pretty low on plot (and comedy) even by Jarmusch's standards.It's nice to see that even at this stage of his career Jarmusch is still developing as a filmmaker. Definitely his best since Broken Flowers.8/10

Rome, Open City (Roberto Rossellini, 1945)
A neorealist masterpiece about German occupied Rome. An incredible honest and brave film considering it's depicting events that have happened only a year before.I had a hard time keeping track of different characters in the beginning but other than that pretty much a perfect film. 9/10

Tenderness of the Wolves (Ulli Lommel, 1973)
A film about real-life serial killer/pedophile/cannibal Fritz Haarmann. A mixture of arthouse and genre sensibilities. The film feels a bit rushed with a running time of only 82 minutes. Rainer Werner Fassbender's (credited as producer, editor and actor) influence seems really strong on the final product. 7/10

Margaret (Kenneth Lonergan, 2011)
I'm pretty sure there is a true masterpiece hiding inside this mess of a film. Even in this state the film is pretty good but there are some quite jarring editing choices. Anna Paquin is really good as is most of the cast. 8/10.

Kids (Larry Clark, 1995)
I remember the controversy that surrounded this film in the 90's. You could argue that the film is just being edgy for the sake of being edgy but I think it just about stays in the realm of believability. Both Korine and Clark have made better youth films since (Spring Breakers, Bully) but I think this film still has its merits. 8/10

Sabrina (Billy Wilder, 1954)
A delightful but quiet stagey comedy by Wilder. Bogart and Hepburn are great but their age difference (30 years) makes their romance a bit creepy. 8/10

Friday (F. Gary Gray, 1995)
A surprisingly well-aged "hang-out movie" starring (and written by) Ice Cube. 8/10

Joe (John G. Avildsen, 1970)
A heavy-handed melodrama about the clash between the hippies and their parents' generation. Peter Boyle is pretty great as a far-right nutcase. 6/10

A Most Wanted Man (Anton Corbijn, 2014)
A very bleak le Carré adaptation. I love the cinematography and the overall very serious tone of the film but unfortunately it kinda drags. Philip Seymour Hoffman is pretty good in his final lead performance. 7/10

Night and Fog (Alain Resnais, 1956)
One of the greatest and most important documentaries ever made. Even though the Holocaust has been dealt with in several fiction films since it hasn't diminished the impact of this film at all. Everyone should see this film! 10/10

 

[AngmarsKing701]

Every review I see of Paterson suggests it's a dry look at someone's day-in, day-out life, with very little plot. I mean, it sounds like watching me work or surf GAF.

And then the scores are (almost) all high.

 

[Puck Beaverton]

Every review I see of Paterson suggests it's a dry look at someone's day-in, day-out life, with very little plot. I mean, it sounds like watching me work or surf GAF.

And then the scores are (almost) all high.

I hate to say it's like poetry...but it's like poetry

You ever see Stranger than Paradise? It's that but happier.

Or like Only Lovers Left Alive, but happier.

 

[TheFlow]

Every review I see of Paterson suggests it's a dry look at someone's day-in, day-out life, with very little plot. I mean, it sounds like watching me work or surf GAF.

And then the scores are (almost) all high.

It is very simple but good. Hard to explain. It is well done. Can easily bore someone but is rewarding towards the end.

It got the lowest score of the movies I watched but I still recommend it.

 

[TheFlow]

Big Trouble in Little China 1986 ★★★

Whole lot of cheese and stereotypes but it was still entertaining

 

[17 Seconds]

i loved arrival so much, even though the

Spoiler

causal loop

stuff is a little cliche.

Spoiler

"abbot is death process"

broke my heart in such a weird way.

 

[RoyaleDuke]

Bronson

4/5

I don't know what I watched but I was entertained, enthralled throughout and it was my first refn movie.

 

[Vault Dweller 111]

Can someone explain Boondocks Saints to me. I feel like I've heard about that movie my whole life and just assumed it was great. See it on Amazon Prime:

"Oh yea, that movie, I think it's good"

*Rotten Tomatoes

"20%?!?!"

"90% user score?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?"

What's the deal with that one?