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Meliorism said:
Anyway, I just finished watching Sweet Movie. Someone in this thread mentioned it, and so I finally got around to watching it. It was pretty fucked up. Glad I watched it...I guess.
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Fuck yeah!

It's sweet.
 
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It was beautiful and had great music. Though I do have to admit that the whole "we're all gonna die!" tone at the end sorta turned me off. Still I'd recommend it.
 
Sommaren med Monika (1953)
Damn beautiful movie. Romantic and tragic. Wonderful actors. I believe Woody Allen mentioned that this was his first Bergman movie and left him with a deep impression.
8/10

Miller's Crossing (1990)
One of the Coen's that i didn't liked as much as their others.
7/10

Zerkalo (1975)
I have read so much praise about that one. Yes it is extremely beautiful from a cinematographic pov. It's not gonna be one of my favourite movies tho. The lack of story gave me a hard time to actualy enjoy it. I like all three other Tarkovski films that i have seen better.
7/10

Black Narcissus (1947)
Gorgeous, gorgeous movie. It's so beautiful to look at that even the shitty story and mediocre acting didn't bother me too much.
7/10
 
Cobra Verde (Herzog, 1987) - Middle of the pack for me as far as the Kinski/Herzog collaborations go. I know it seems like I say this everytime I write about a film with Kinski-- but he was fucking amazing here.The story itself isn't terribly interesting, but the visuals and music in this film are stunning. The final scenes will stick with me for a long time.

Even Dwarfs Started Small (Herzog, 1970) - Simply brilliant. This is Herzog at his most surreal. Again, he puts the camera on individuals often ignored. An entire cast of dwarves playing out an increasingly vicious and maligned rebellion against the facility (also dwarves) that oppresses them. Captivating from the first shot to the last.

Touch of Evil (Welles, 1958) - Film noir with the Welles touch. Much like Timber said earlier in the thread-- forget about Heston's casting as a Mexican, this film is all about Welles' commanding performance in front of and behind the camera. His turn as the repugnant Captain Quinlan is one of the finest on screen villains I have ever had the pleasure of hating. Welles is such a masterful actor.

Night and the City (Dassin, 1950) - Already my favorite Dassin and destined to become a film noir favorite of mine. I absolutely LOVE Richard Widmark in this film. The way his eyes bulge from his head while he runs in fear, the way he slithers his way through shady dealings-- it's all handled so believably. Fantastic performance.

Mr. Hulot's Holiday (Tati, 1953) - I wanted to watch something light for a change the other night, and this was it. Although Holiday marks the debut of Tati's Mr. Hulot character, this film is not so much about his breezy slapstick antics as it is about the quirky charms of humanity that go unnoticed every day. Holiday is not an uproarious comedy, nor does it need to be. Mr. Hulot brings us along with him on vacation not simply to laugh, but to make us fall in love with the foibles of human nature all over again.

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (Ford, 1949) - At this point, my mancrush on John Wayne is reaching an all-time high, so it's no surprise that I loved him here. Again we get the typical Ford approach to dealing with people (see McLaglen's ridiculous bumbling Irish drunkard and the old Cheyenne converted to Christianity that wants to smoke pipes and get drunk with Colonel Brittles). The romantic subplot here felt even more incidental than it did in Fort Apache, and McLaglen's barfight scene was just absurd and ate up far too much screen time. Not a bad film, but I didn't like it nearly as much as Fort Apache.

Mon Oncle (Tati, 1958) - There are some great gags here and its no doubt interesting from a visual standpoint, but it all dragged on a little too long. Still, there's a certain whimsy that makes it impossible for me to dislike it. I vastly preferred the tighter affair of Holiday.

La Collectionneuse (Rohmer, 1967) - I'm finally getting around to finishing up the Six Moral Tales. I enjoyed this film. A lot. The pettiness and narcissism of its characters reminded me a lot of Suzanne's Career, but this was a much better film in all aspects. Also, I'm totally in love with Haydee Politoff.
 
Ratatouille- I saw this back when it was first released, and remembered enjoying it, but didn't give it much thought. Recently after rewatching both Toy Story movies I've been craving Pixar. I decided to buy this one on Blu-Ray and it's even better than I remember. The animation's beautiful, the humor is well-done, the food looks delicious, and it's amazingly sweet and emotional. The scene where
Ego takes his first bite of the ratatouille
really gets to me. Brad Bird has hit three out of the park, and I'm anxiously waiting for his next project.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit- Just finished watching this. It's really amazing how differently I view this movie now, as opposed to when I watched it as a kid. It's so adult, and yet I loved it as a kid, even if I didn't understand the plot. It's still funny, and Bob Hoskins and Christopher Lloydd are both great. The blending of animation and live-action is mostly seamless, aside from a few things moving around unusually. Still a great movie, and I wish Robert Zemeckis would make some more movies like this and his earlier work.
 
AlternativeUlster said:
Fuck yeah!

It's sweet.
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Recommend me more movies, dude. I swear that you and someone else went through a string of posts where you were talking about movies that seemed interesting, but I can't find it.

One of them was some weird Asian Scooby Doo type that was oddly humorous or something. I don't know..I'm not so good with descriptions.

Edit: I found the movie I was talking about. I don't know how terrible my description was, but I guess it's Hausu.
 
Hot Tub Time Machine

Laughed more than I expected to, but this is nothing more than a dumb comedy - it's good for a few laughs, but it's not something i'll be clamouring to watch again. John Cussack is pretty good and fits the role well given his 80's celebrity.

The Hurt Locker

I enjoyed the film for the most part, but I have to say the ending left me TOTALLY underwhelmed - a friend of mine had told me that "the twist at the end is fucking AWESOME!", and in the future i'll be disregarding his advice on anything movie related as the 'twist' was the horribly telegraphed fact that
Will has spent so long with the straightforward decision of life/death in the field that he can't cope with multiple-choices in the real world, can't live life without being in the forces
. Also, I didn't like that
Sandborn's plan to kill Will and make it look like an accident comes out of the blue and then goes abso-fuckin-lutely nowhere - without any followup, it's an unnecesary scene
.
 
Saw Titans in 3D yesterday. Film was exactly what I expected, no fucking love scenes, no stupid speeches just a fun ride with pretty good CGI. The 3D effect was nice, definitely gonna watch some movies in 3D again. Are there any (good) movies that make really good use of that effect?

And my god I can't wait for 3D porn..But when I said that to my (female) cousin, she didn't seem to agree..
 
Once Upon a Time in America

I'm not sure how this film has ever passed me by for so long, considering the gangster genre is by far my favourite genre, but I'm glad I finally got around to watching it. I'm not sure that three and a half hours has ever gone by quicker when watching a film. The last half an hour or so has definitely left me a bit puzzled, though, and I think on repeat viewing I'll be able to make more sense of its rather ambiguous nature. That may not be for a while though as I don't think I want to sit through it all again just yet, despite it's quality. :lol
 
Bootaaay said:
The Hurt Locker

Will has spent so long with the straightforward decision of life/death in the field that he can't cope with multiple-choices in the real world, can't live life without being in the forces
. Also, I didn't like that
Sandborn's plan to kill Will and make it look like an accident comes out of the blue and then goes abso-fuckin-lutely nowhere - without any followup, it's an unnecesary scene
.
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couldnt agree with you more.
i wouldnt really call it a twist ending either

Foliorum Viridum said:
Once Upon a Time in America

I'm not sure how this film has ever passed me by for so long, considering the gangster genre is by far my favourite genre, but I'm glad I finally got around to watching it. I'm not sure that three and a half hours has ever gone by quicker when watching a film. The last half an hour or so has definitely left me a bit puzzled, though, and I think on repeat viewing I'll be able to make more sense of its rather ambiguous nature. That may not be for a while though as I don't think I want to sit through it all again just yet, despite it's quality. :lol
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man, i totally forgot about this movie, i still havent seen it yet, thx for the review, i'm gonna have to find some time to watch this.
 
We say Fantastic Mr. Fox and that movie is genius. We watched it a second time immediately after we got done. Have not done that in ages.
 
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Gattaca
Been wanting to watch this one for a good while now; I wasn't disappointed.
I've got a soft spot for near future noir stories, and this one delivers the mood. Futurism all around, but you also have Studebaker Avantis from the 60's, and sharp suits & hats plucked away from the 50's.
I don't want to go into much detail, since discovering this world is an integral part of the movie, but the bleak genetic predisposition laid out feels like something that could happen, just pushed far enough for the story's sake.
Movie looks, sounds gorgeous, and Jude Law is just awesome in it.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

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Revanche
Went in knowing it was a tragedy, but holy wow, it's Greek tragedy caliber.
Great characters all around, each living in their own personal misery that gets compounded by the events of the movie.
I like how the story spends just enough time with each of them.

★ ★ ★ ★ •
 
Bad Lieutenant. Port of Call: New Orleans.

I loved it. Nic Cage is his old brilliant self again. He's been on auto-pilot for a long time, but with this and Kick-Ass he's back in business. I hope he can keep this up. The movie itself was also very cool. The ending was quite weird though, I'm still not sure what to think about it, you can really see it in a few different ways. All in all though it was a really fun movie, but Nic Cage is definitely the star.

8/10
 
Watchmen | I liked two things about it. The first is everything about Rorschach. The second is a subcategory of the first: everything having to do with Rorschach getting into, residing in, and escaping from
prison
. He was just an awesome character, and the moral center of the film. Great character, great performance. His fate at the end pissed me off so much, because of the shitty logic behind it.

I didn't like anything else about the movie. It was an overlong, overly serious, convoluted, absurd, stupidly plotted and pretentious mess of a film. I was both tired and angry when it ended. Glad I saw it to see what the fuss was about, but um, I don't see what the fuss was about.

4/10
 
The Piano Teacher- I saw this because it was by the director of Funny Games, which I really enjoyed. This movie was pretty good, and extremely awkward. The main characters performance was great, and her character has to one of the most emotionally confused people I have seen in a movie.
 
Delicatessen

Enormously sinister. Also terrifically charming, especially in these two scenes:

1. The guest and the butcher's mistress bounce up and down on the bed, in time with the music.

2. The butcher's daughter rehearses pouring tea and sitting down without her glasses.

Amazing film.
 
Salazar said:
Delicatessen

Enormously sinister. Also terrifically charming, especially in these two scenes:

1. The guest and the butcher's mistress bounce up and down on the bed, in time with the music.

2. The butcher's daughter rehearses pouring tea and sitting down without her glasses.

Amazing film.
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It was a long time ago, but I remember really disliking this movie. Like bored to tears.
 
Ninja Assassin 3/10. I really don't know what to think of it yet. I like bits at the same time I was bored out of my fucking mind.

The Good, The Bad, The Weird. 9/10. I loved, loved, loved it. It played out obviously but damn was it some great action pieces.
 
How to tame a dragon - I loved this movie. It's got vikings and dragons. Don't let the fact that it's made for kids ruin it for you. The story was pretty good and I loved the animation. There were a few moments where I laughed out loud. Highly recommend it! Doesn't matter if you see it in 3d or 2d, pretty much the same experience but some of the flying scenes in 3d were pretty good.

thumbs up!

The Knowing - Nicholas Cage crappy movie which is a modern day retelling of Noah's Ark. Pretty boring and insulting. Much better with company if you want to laugh at the silly/stupid parts.

thumbs down
 
Where the Wild Things Are: Loved how it looked. Didn't like any character interaction at all. Didn't enjoy being in the wilderness with the kid.
 
Watched American Gangster yesterday, awesome movie. Did some reading on some of the figures portrayed and found some really interesting stuff on Azie Faison, Alpo and Silk for instance. Love this gangster shit, there are some really ruthless people out there:

Wayne "Silk" Perry
 
Where The Wild Things Are - Wasn't too bad. Visually impressive. I thought it was a unique take on the book. I just remember my Mom reading it to me as a kid. So there's a lot of memories associated with the book.
 
skads_187 said:
finally got around to watching hurt locker. nice movie
little confused as to why it got best picture though, even though it was really good.
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Because at the end of the day there was a lot of pressure not to give the award to Avatar.

GhaleonEB said:
Watchmen | I liked two things about it. The first is everything about Rorschach. The second is a subcategory of the first: everything having to do with Rorschach getting into, residing in, and escaping from
prison
. He was just an awesome character, and the moral center of the film. Great character, great performance. His fate at the end pissed me off so much, because of the shitty logic behind it.

I didn't like anything else about the movie. It was an overlong, overly serious, convoluted, absurd, stupidly plotted and pretentious mess of a film. I was both tired and angry when it ended. Glad I saw it to see what the fuss was about, but um, I don't see what the fuss was about.

4/10
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You're not going to understand why Watchmen was so highly regarded after watching the movie. That's like trying to understand why Saramago won the Nobel Prize for Literature by watching the movie adaptation of Blindness, or trying to understand the appeal of Dante's Divine Comedy by playing the EA game.
 
Meliorism said:
Recommend me more movies, dude. I swear that you and someone else went through a string of posts where you were talking about movies that seemed interesting, but I can't find it.

One of them was some weird Asian Scooby Doo type that was oddly humorous or something. I don't know..I'm not so good with descriptions.

Edit: I found the movie I was talking about. I don't know how terrible my description was, but I guess it's Hausu.
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Hausu is so wonderfully delirious. I can't wait for the inevitable Criterion Blu-Ray that comes out later this year. It became an instant favorite for me. If I were you and wanted some more great bizarre, somewhat surreal films I would watch Branded to Kill, Holy Mountain (my favorite Jodorwosky but you can't go wrong with either El Topo or Santa Sangre either), Mister Freedom (it grew on me after my first viewing and actually the whole William Klein Eclipse box), and a whole lot of Guy Maddin movies (my favorites are My Winnipeg, Brand Upon Brain, Saddest Music in the World, and Archangel in that order).
 
Puddles said:
Because at the end of the day there was a lot of pressure not to give the award to Avatar.



You're not going to understand why Watchmen was so highly regarded after watching the movie. That's like trying to understand why Saramago won the Nobel Prize for Literature by watching the movie adaptation of Blindness, or trying to understand the appeal of Dante's Divine Comedy by playing the EA game.
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i think you can look at the list of nominees for the best picture oscar and understand immediately why HURT LOCKER won. UP was animated, so that's out; INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS is a tarantino movie, and was a lot of fun and was at some points campy, so the academy likes to ignore him; AVATAR was bad; BLIND SIDE is an inspirational sports movie with sandra bullock doing a bad acccent; DISTRICT 9 is action/sci-fi.

so the list of remaining candidates which ever had any chance whatsoever are:
  • precious (haven't seen this)
  • a serious man
  • an education (haven't seen this)
  • and the hurt locker

so, again, i just don't see why it's so unbelievable the film won. it met the oscar mould perfectly. i personally think there are at least two movies that are better in the list of nominees, but what're you gonna do? gotta roll with it. HURT LOCKER is, as you say, far less offensive than if AVATAR won.

and for the record, i agree with your WATCHMEN assessment.
 
Well played, Beelzebozo. :lol

I personally think that THL over Avatar will eventually be seen as another Annie Hall over Star Wars, but I don't want to derail the thread with that massive argument.

I tried to watch Jackie Brown right now, and while I loved the first half hour, the search scene in the LAX parking lot made me realize how fucked up our search system is in the U.S. Cops shouldn't be able to search you without a warrant or some really, really probable cause. Period.

Then I tried watching The Clone Wars (2008 bad CG film).

Goddamn, Reboot had better CG back in 1996.

Also, it boggles my mind that anyone would think it was a good idea to base the entire plot around the attempt to rescue Jabba the Hutt's baby slug son.

Goddamit, I just want a cool movie to watch while pounding a bottle of wine that won't piss me off.
 
Having rewatched both volumes of Kill Bill over the weekend, I've decided that KB is definitely Tarantino's best movie (or at least, my favorite). So damn awesome.
 
Blader5489 said:
Having rewatched both volumes of Kill Bill over the weekend, I've decided that KB is definitely Tarantino's best movie (or at least, my favorite). So damn awesome.
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tarantino is brilliant because he sees someone like daryl hannah and says, "yeah, she could beat the ever-loving piss out of someone and be bad ass."

i love this one too, man. great movie.

i presume this bit from her imdb is just typical imdb chicanery?

# Kill Bill: Vol. 3 (2014) (announced) .... Elle Driver
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Puddles said:
Because at the end of the day there was a lot of pressure not to give the award to Avatar.



You're not going to understand why Watchmen was so highly regarded after watching the movie. That's like trying to understand why Saramago won the Nobel Prize for Literature by watching the movie adaptation of Blindness, or trying to understand the appeal of Dante's Divine Comedy by playing the EA game.
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And even with that being said, I thought the Watchmen was excellent on its own rights, though not comparatively.

Anyway, I just saw Clash of the Titans in 3-D, to sum up my thoughts succinctly:

The Good - The CG
The Bad - Some of the choices they made in altering the plot
The Ugly - Sam Worthington's Acting

Overall Rating - 5/10
 
beelzebozo said:
tarantino is brilliant because he sees someone like daryl hannah and says, "yeah, she could beat the ever-loving piss out of someone and be bad ass."

i love this one too, man. great movie.

i presume this bit from her imdb is just typical imdb chicanery?
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Well, supposedly, Tarantino is doing a Volume 3 where Elle and Sophie train Vernita Green's daughter, so that she can get revenge on Beatrix.
 
Yellow Submarine

I got to watch this finally after just seeing clips and I loved it. Trippy and non-nonsensical but really neat and I liked most of the musical interludes. Especially the one in the beginning which was Elenor Rigby.
 
Puddles said:
You're not going to understand why Watchmen was so highly regarded after watching the movie. That's like trying to understand why Saramago won the Nobel Prize for Literature by watching the movie adaptation of Blindness, or trying to understand the appeal of Dante's Divine Comedy by playing the EA game.
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Perfect summation of the Watchmen movie :D
 
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