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Movies You've Seen Recently |OT| April 2015

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I PVRed The Purge: Anarchy, and am hoping to watch it tonight provided I'm not too tired.

The first one was okay, though it had a good premise, but Anarchy's trailer didn't make it look all that good. I figured it'd be a shitty cash-in, which it may be, but some people told me they loved it.
 
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OCDChewie said:
I PVRed The Purge: Anarchy, and am hoping to watch it tonight provided I'm not too tired.

The first one was okay, though it had a good premise, but Anarchy's trailer didn't make it look all that good. I figured it'd be a shitty cash-in, which it may be, but some people told me they loved it.
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Depends if you like a Carpenter-esque nightly action thriller featuring The Punisher.
 
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My Winnipeg was very interesting. like a structuralist, navel-gazing Ken Burns. An experience no doubt, if not an entirely pleasurable one.
I wish "LedgeMan" were real.

Others from this weekend:
The Ringer - plain atrocious and unfunny for the huge majority, though around an hour it becomes more surreal (protracted water balloon fight, a choreographed artifice-heavy dance by all the men in the showers) and nears genuine insight—before promptly returning to terribleness.
Citizen Ruth - disarming melodrama/satire, Dern's amazing. Ruth looking straight into the camera or her extended recollection of the story so far complete with voiceover quotations are graceless, but the repeated bursts of song and creative POV shots make up for it.
My Summer of Love - liked it about as much as Ida, the only other Pawlikowski I've seen—which is to say just mildly. Every moment with the born-again brother is gaunt and boring, when Emily Blunt and Natalie Prass are flirting along class lines and "maturity" levels it's far more endearing. Preferred Ida's overemphasized framing to the shakycam here.
Also watched a few avant-garde shorts by George Landlow aka Owen Land, the best of which was the educational film-skewering "Remedial Reading Comprehension".
 
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I haven't rented from a video store in ages. It felt damn good. I'll be checking out Inherent Vice tonight

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So Noah is on Netflix and I started it....seems like Lord of the Rings meets the Bible. Got real shitty real fast. Any reason to actually sit through this turd?
 
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lordxar said:
So Noah is on Netflix and I started it....seems like Lord of the Rings meets the Bible. Got real shitty real fast. Any reason to actually sit through this turd?
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The creation sequence, the rock giants, growth of Russell Crowe's glorious beard, and some of the shots are nice.

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Secret Fawful said:
Sleeper - Were a lot of Woody Allen's movies this inspired by silent comedies? I saw snippets of Lloyd, Keaton, and even Chaplin in this.
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Take the Money and Run is very similar, but with elements of Keystone Kops and early gangster movies added in ...

He wears his influences on his sleeve, whether it's Russian novels, Ingmar Bergman or French new wave ...
 
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A girl walks home alone at night - Had the bad idea of watching it while battling with sleep, so that didn't help in the slower scenes, but i still found it pretty interesting, especially since last month i watched Spring, which also had the theme of a young man down on his luck, going after (and accepting)
a monstrous, murderous partner
, though this one feels even more like a [dark] fairytale.
Cool use of costumes, too.
I was a bit too excited to see it, though, and i won't deny that i did feel a bit disappointed in the end.
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I finished watching A Girl last night. I think I only saw the trailer a while ago which got me a bit interested.

The film surpassed my expectation. I thought it would be a typical vampire film, but it was more than that. I loved the soundtrack and many of the shots were amazing. Great film.
 
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The Water Diviner

Could have done without the relationship-esque stuff at the hotel but other than that, I thought it was pretty good. Curious if any of the Aussie posters in here saw it when it came out and what they thought of it
 
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DesertEater said:
I finished watching A Girl last night. I think I only saw the trailer a while ago which got me a bit interested.

The film surpassed my expectation. I thought it would be a typical vampire film, but it was more than that. I loved the soundtrack and many of the shots were amazing. Great film.
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It's a film that grows on you a bit in time i think, however my expectations were simply too high, something that rarely happens with movies, for me.
Generally outside of a few big blockbusters i intentionally let myself get "hyped" for (but i always know what type of film i'm getting) like Mad Max, i try to keep expectations in check.
The trailer got my imagination running though.
Last time i did that was for Tree of Life i think, watched that trailer too many damn times.
 
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Currygan

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Secret Fawful said:
Sleeper - Were a lot of Woody Allen's movies this inspired by silent comedies? I saw snippets of Lloyd, Keaton, and even Chaplin in this. People seem to think this is a bad film of his, but I thought it was funny enough. Probably the most dated version of the future I've ever seen, though. Diane Keaton was gorgeous, and still is.
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The Sleeper is so funny, but yeah, probably one of his minor works, expecially compared to his masterpieces
 
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Of the Dirty Harry movies the last two weren’t very good, the last one (Dead Pool) was almost a slasher and the previous one (Sudden Impact) was boring. The First three are the best ones. I know Dirty Harry is the classic one but probably Magnum Force is as good if not better than all the others including the first one. It’s also longer and allowed to develop better all the story and its build-up.
 
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The Purge: Anarchy - I didn't end up liking it. It wasn't immersive, and was pretty uninteresting outside of a couple of scenes. As expected.

I'd like to watch the first one again, though. I really like the idea of the Purge, though I wouldn't want it in real life, nor would I ever dream of participating or hurting people.
 
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Infernostew said:
It also has some god awful dialog and the acting is a joke.
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Serpentine said:
yeah, Anarachy has like a couple of decent scenes but there's no suspense in-between
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Agreed

The unexpected murder was memorable, but I didn't care about the characters or their plight. I texted through a lot of it and just paid half attention to it.

Next will be Total Recall starring Arnold, because I've only seen the remake.
 
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Age Of Ultron -I was expecting something more from it. Im going to rewatch on Thursday with some friends maybe I'll enjoy it more

Heathers - Winona Ryder! I cant believe I had never seen this. Perfection

Willow Creek - This was a waste of time. I cant tell if its a parody of Blair Witch or they just loved it so much that they wanted to remake it with Bigfoot. The tent scene felt like it went on for 20min

Inherent Vice - This was a fun little ride. It kind of reminds me of Brick.
 
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8BitsAtATime said:
Inherent Vice[/B] - This was a fun little ride. It kind of reminds me of Brick.
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Have you seen much film noir? I like both of those movies but as neonoirs I don't see them as overlapping as much as both referencing classical noir. So if you like Brick and Inherent Vice and haven't seen In a Lonely Place, The Maltese Falcon, The Big Sleep, Double Indemnity--I highly recommend checking them out
 
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8BitsAtATime said:
I haven't rented from a video store in ages. It felt damn good. I'll be checking out Inherent Vice tonight
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Oh what the hell? Awesome.
big ander said:
Have you seen much film noir? I like both of those movies but as neonoirs I don't see them as overlapping as much as both referencing classical noir. So if you like Brick and Inherent Vice and haven't seen In a Lonely Place, The Maltese Falcon, The Big Sleep, Double Indemnity--I highly recommend checking them out
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I liked Brick quite a bit but wasn't huge on Vice. Brick was definitely a bit off putting (at first) due to how noir-y it was with the voice over. Gonna have to see that again though.
 
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big ander said:
Have you seen much film noir? I like both of those movies but as neonoirs I don't see them as overlapping as much as both referencing classical noir. So if you like Brick and Inherent Vice and haven't seen In a Lonely Place, The Maltese Falcon, The Big Sleep, Double Indemnity--I highly recommend checking them out
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No I havent. I definitely put them on my most watch list.

Femmeworth said:
Wait, what? There's a Blockbuster in Texas let alone one with Criterion Collection releases? o_O
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Yeah El Paso has like 4 or 5 of them. I was surprised at how busy it gets,
 
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Max Armstrong said:
Well good, now stop posting on GAF while in the middle of a film!
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Nappuccino said:
Why would you post anywhere if it was going good?
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I posted while I was getting a snack, I was just excited that I finally got to watch it.

Anyways it was great, very different than a lot of films that I've seen recently; Robert De Niro was fantastic as Travis. The movie didn't end like I thought it would at all, sort of reminded me of how I felt when American Psycho ended; two different premises, but just unexpected endings. Unpredictability is great when it makes sense. I need to catch up on my Scorsese films, this was the third one I've seen (other two were The Wolf of Wall Street and The Departed). Any recommendations for the fourth?
 
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I watched Laura but couldn't get into it at all. So I might have to rewatch it several months down the line or something, but i just thought it was super boring

Gnome Scat said:
I posted while I was getting a snack, I was just excited that I finally got to watch it.

Anyways it was great, very different than a lot of films that I've seen recently; Robert De Niro was fantastic as Travis. The movie didn't end like I thought it would at all, sort of reminded me of how I felt when American Psycho ended; two different premises, but just unexpected endings. Unpredictability is great when it makes sense. I need to catch up on my Scorsese films, this was the third one I've seen (other two were The Wolf of Wall Street and The Departed). Any recommendations for the fourth?
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Goodfellas
 
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Gnome Scat said:
I posted while I was getting a snack, I was just excited that I finally got to watch it.

Anyways it was great, very different than a lot of films that I've seen recently; Robert De Niro was fantastic as Travis. The movie didn't end like I thought it would at all, sort of reminded me of how I felt when American Psycho ended; two different premises, but just unexpected endings. Unpredictability is great when it makes sense. I need to catch up on my Scorsese films, this was the third one I've seen (other two were The Wolf of Wall Street and The Departed). Any recommendations for the fourth?
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Raging Bull, The King of Comedy, Mean Streets, Goodfellas, The Aviator
 
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Charles Foster Kane

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Gnome Scat said:
I posted while I was getting a snack, I was just excited that I finally got to watch it.

Anyways it was great, very different than a lot of films that I've seen recently; Robert De Niro was fantastic as Travis. The movie didn't end like I thought it would at all, sort of reminded me of how I felt when American Psycho ended; two different premises, but just unexpected endings. Unpredictability is great when it makes sense. I need to catch up on my Scorsese films, this was the third one I've seen (other two were The Wolf of Wall Street and The Departed). Any recommendations for the fourth?
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A lot of room for growth.

Taxi Driver is his best, though.
 
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Currygan

at last, for christ's sake
Gnome Scat said:
I posted while I was getting a snack, I was just excited that I finally got to watch it.

Anyways it was great, very different than a lot of films that I've seen recently; Robert De Niro was fantastic as Travis. The movie didn't end like I thought it would at all, sort of reminded me of how I felt when American Psycho ended; two different premises, but just unexpected endings. Unpredictability is great when it makes sense. I need to catch up on my Scorsese films, this was the third one I've seen (other two were The Wolf of Wall Street and The Departed). Any recommendations for the fourth?
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Casino

Raging Bull

Mean Streets


watch Casino first though
 
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Atari: Game Over - I shouldn't have expected much from this due to the low runtime but I heard a couple good impressions of the film as of recent and had to check it out since it was added on Netflix. The back and forth transition from the Atari story to the big dig was a bit annoying. I don't mind some transition in docs between exploring the past and the present but in this case it felt unnecessary. They probably tried to use it for some kind of dramatic effect but it pretty much failed in that aspect in my opinion. I really felt the the story of Atari and the characters that worked there would've made a much more interesting subject than the story of digging up the landfill. That event seems like it would've just been a bullet point in a much larger story about the company and then they could move on the the 5200. I also don't really care for all the nerd catering that goes on in recent nerd culture documentaries, like where they need to find these random people who don't really have anything to do and they just talk about how they played ET as a kid (like thousands of other people) and it just feels like boring padding. All in all, I should've seen this coming as a disappointment (like Doc of the Dead) but I was a bit more optimistic from friend recommendations. I'd like to one day see a well done documentary on early video games and Atari. 5/10
 
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I think Depahted and shutter island is his best 00s work

Before all that? Raging bull, goodfellas, mean streets, King of comedy, bringing out the dead, taxi driver are all dope
 
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Gnome Scat said:
I posted while I was getting a snack, I was just excited that I finally got to watch it.

Anyways it was great, very different than a lot of films that I've seen recently; Robert De Niro was fantastic as Travis. The movie didn't end like I thought it would at all, sort of reminded me of how I felt when American Psycho ended; two different premises, but just unexpected endings. Unpredictability is great when it makes sense. I need to catch up on my Scorsese films, this was the third one I've seen (other two were The Wolf of Wall Street and The Departed). Any recommendations for the fourth?
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Yeah...everyone else's already recommend his best stuff but I say give Hugo a go after you watched them all. It's charming.

Don't forget to do Cape Fear, The Last Temptation of Christ and Who's That Knocking At My Door?
 
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Currygan

at last, for christ's sake
8BitsAtATime said:
Yeah...everyone else's already recommend his best stuff but I say give Hugo a go after you watched them all. It's charming.

Don't forget to do Cape Fear, The Last Temptation of Christ and Who's That Knocking At My Door?
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Hugo is so incredibly underrated
 
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8BitsAtATime said:
Yeah...everyone else's already recommend his best stuff but I say give Hugo a go after you watched them all. It's charming.

Don't forget to do Cape Fear, The Last Temptation of Christ and Who's That Knocking At My Door?
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Oh he did Hugo? Ok then I guess I'm looking for my fifth film. But anyways I liked Hugo, I watched it on an airplane and had no idea what it was about so I was surprised where it went.
 
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Raging Bull is so damn great, if you want more De Niro in full out amazing mode then I'd see that.

Goodfellas and Casino are very accessible viewings despite the long length of both.
 
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lordxar said:
Whuuuuuuaaaaaaaaattttt? How is that even possible? Lol. Kidding aside, the remake was good but Arnie's was way better.
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I almost rented it on VHS a few times as a kid/pre-teen, but never did. Something else always took precedence.

I've been meaning to watch it for years. Still needing to, too, because I was too tired last night.
 
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Trey

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Children of Men

It's a success in only two areas for me: the long shot during the climax, and the shot with the car rolling down the hill. Both tense and interesting, these shots proved to be my only hook into the world presented in this movie. Otherwise, the film is a paint by numbers dystopian, "the government is evil!" romp where a bunch of people I couldn't care less about died. The setting of the world didn't feel appropriately baked into the situations that would play out through the film, so all that was left was the spectacle.
 
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Charles Foster Kane

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Furious 7. It's mostly ridiculous, but it works for it. The ending was a little weird
(like we entered some alternate dimension of self awareness)
. It could have been handled a lot worse though. 6/10
 
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