thehillissilent
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What!!! This movie was awesome. However, I agree with the other potser. You need to watch this movie twice to really appreciate it. I personally give it a 9.5/10.Trent Strong said:
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PantherLotus
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mello said:
While its impact is often overplayed, it's just cunty contrarianism to say "ZERO OUT OF TEN!!"
PantherLotus said:
I myself wouldn't steep that low, nor would I rate a film I didn't fully watch. But it isn't "cunty" to give it a zero if you totally did not find anything worth enjoying or appreciating in film. I've never given a film a zero, but some people rate movies on enjoyability and I can understand that completely.
I am unintentionally watching movies that I differ from the majority of GAF on.
I watched Cars again last night and it's every bit as great as I remember.
The ending is absolutely PIXAR perfect.
I love the scenes that seem to get on others nerves like the boardwalk stroll and the actual racing which nails the look and feel of a NASCAR race.
I watched Cars again last night and it's every bit as great as I remember.
The ending is absolutely PIXAR perfect.
I love the scenes that seem to get on others nerves like the boardwalk stroll and the actual racing which nails the look and feel of a NASCAR race.
PantherLotus
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mello said:
That's fine, but if one is doing that they have no business rating a film in the first place.
afternoon delight
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Amazing movie, amazing actor that needs to be working 24/7. Like Casey Affleck. So we all may benefit.
PantherLotus said:
I don't think that's a fair thing to say. If it's on a professional level, I agree with you. But out of general interest everyone is entitled to give a score on a film to scale the level of entertainment they had with it. I recently watched A Serious Man with two other friends of mine, and for kicks when it was over each one of us gave it a score. I said I'd give it ~8/10 one of them said 2/10 and the other said -10/10. I think it's interesting and only re-enforces that we shouldn't be taking movie ratings seriously in the first place.
PantherLotus
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Ok, I rate his rating a negative million billion for thoughtfulness and actual contribution to society. Also, I rate your thoughts on the subject negative infinity billion. OUT OF TEN.
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PantherLotus
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mello said:
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3/10
Totally crap.
PantherLotus
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ALTERNATE ENDING!
This comment was quite tiresome and tedious to read. I couldn't withstand much to even consider finishing it all. I stopped reading after about 3 sentences, but I'm not surprised someone would rate this comment negative infinity billion out of ten.
mello said:
This comment was quite tiresome and tedious to read. I couldn't withstand much to even consider finishing it all. I stopped reading after about 3 sentences, but I'm not surprised someone would rate this comment negative infinity billion out of ten.
I swear to Obama himself that I'm just fuckin' with you. good times, man.
First post in this thread was inspired by this excellent film:
An Education (9/10)
Well paced, intelligent film with a great cast and interesting characters. I predict it will be shown in high school English classes, not just for character study purposes, but also for the messages (and warnings) it sends to young people which are still relevant (if not more so) today.
An Education (9/10)
Well paced, intelligent film with a great cast and interesting characters. I predict it will be shown in high school English classes, not just for character study purposes, but also for the messages (and warnings) it sends to young people which are still relevant (if not more so) today.
brianjones
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Crow said:First post in this thread was inspired by this excellent film:
An Education (9/10)
Well paced, intelligent film with a great cast and interesting characters. I predict it will be shown in high school English classes, not just for character study purposes, but also for the messages (and warnings) it sends to young people which are still relevant (if not more so) today.
i dunno about showing it in school but i did find it very relevant.
good movie.. carey mulligans a cutie
PantherLotus
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Ok, I'm looking for TAoJJ and An Education now. Thanks GAF, but I'm hoping both are better than There Will Be Blood.
PantherLotus
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HiResDes said:
That's the difference. I wouldn't have ever, EVER given it a 0/10. I think it was a very good movie but hard to watch. Read: fucking beautiful, and wounderous acting, but long and fucking boring. It is possible to hate great films, you know. This is one I hated.
PantherLotus
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Borgnine said:
Fuck you I have to now!
JumpJeff84
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Danielsan said:
Will I like it?
Assassination of Jesse James is essentially the exact same movie as There Will Be Blood. They're both just a bunch of cowboys talking to each other for 160 minutes (I'm serious the running times are 2 minutes apart). Jesse James has all the pacing and excitement of There Will Be Blood except without an oil rig exploding.
You are not going to like it.
You are not going to like it.
PantherLotus
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Danielsan said:
Is it a descent into madness like The Shining, a descent into madness like Citizen Kane, or...a descent into madness like There Will Be Blood?
FilthyLies
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Yeah Jesse James is GLACIAL. Fantastic, but I'd be hard pressed to think of a recent movie that's any slower. Not to mention there's no plot tension because the title of the movie literally gives away the climax of the film.Blader5489 said:
That being said, BECAUSE you know the plot it throws the characters into the spotlight even more- you're free to focus on their motivations and absorb every nuance that is thrown at you. It's also an incredibly beautiful and choreographed movie.
But definitely slow, I suspect you will not like :lol
revolverjgw
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The Swimmer. Shit, that ending and everything leading up to it ruined my day. Burt Lancaster really put on an acting clinic from minute 1 up to minute 93, a mini emotional, mental and physical odyssey. There's plenty of ambiguity so I want to watch the movie again from a different perspective, but that would probably ruin my week. It's the kind of movie where you go on the IMDB boards right after to read other people's interpretations, and many of them work. There's a bit of goofy 60's-ness to the adaptation but it only serves to add to the surreal feel.
10/10
PantherLotus
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Borgnine said:
But get this; I'm still going to watch it, and when its unbearably plodding story isn't remotely redeemed by the beautiful cinematography nor it's singular "tense" scene near the end, I'll still come back and blame GAF for making me watch it. So there!
afternoon delight
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You didn't like There Will be Blood so you shouldn't like or deserve the classic that is Jesse James.
JumpJeff84
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Danielsan said:
I loved There Will Be Blood, and I hated Almost Famous. I haven't seen Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, and Pee Wee's Big Adventure is my favorite Tim Burton movie.
What do you think I'll end up rating Jesse James out of 10?
Voor Een Verloren Soldaat (For a Lost Soldier) - 1992, Dutch movie about the romantic relationship between a 12 year old boy and a Canadian soldier during WWII.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108504/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_a_Lost_Soldier
Subject is pretty iffy obvious, but an enjoyable movie, the feeling of childhood/early adolescence was played really well.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108504/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_a_Lost_Soldier
Subject is pretty iffy obvious, but an enjoyable movie, the feeling of childhood/early adolescence was played really well.
Baron Doggystyle von Woof
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I'm just gonna post my scores. It's from 1 to 5.
Book Of Eli 4/5
The Road 4/5
Hot Tub Time Machine 3/5
Agora 5/5
Martyrs 5/5
Book Of Eli 4/5
The Road 4/5
Hot Tub Time Machine 3/5
Agora 5/5
Martyrs 5/5
afternoon delight said:
Great, no; good, yes. I love how focused the movie is: There's this case. Don't know what's in it. But get it. No romance, no lukewarm political intrigue, no trite backstories, just get the fucking case. DeNiro is a little hammy (he got a bit full of himself after Goodfellas, imo) but he and Jean Reno make a fun pair. The movie is well filmed, tense throughout, I've never seen a Frankenheimer that wasn't solid entertainment. Watched it earlier this afternoon, I'd give it 4/5.
revolverjgw said:
The Swimmer. Shit, that ending and everything leading up to it ruined my day. Burt Lancaster really put on an acting clinic from minute 1 up to minute 93, a mini emotional, mental and physical odyssey. There's plenty of ambiguity so I want to watch the movie again from a different perspective, but that would probably ruin my week. It's the kind of movie where you go on the IMDB boards right after to read other people's interpretations, and many of them work. There's a bit of goofy 60's-ness to the adaptation but it only serves to add to the surreal feel.
10/10
I think I put this in my all-time top-10 from that poll someone was doing here a few weeks ago. One of the greatest overlooked movies of the last 50 years.
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PantherLotus said:
I've only seen half of Jesse James, but my advice is to only watch that movie if you have a deep fascination with/fetish for cinematography. Its impossible to enjoy that movie in any sort of normal way. That abortion could only be entertaining to extreme film buffs, and only on some sort of technical level involving the camera work.
thehillissilent said:
I might appreciate it more the second time, but it won't change that terrible ending.
brianjones
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swoon said:
"ponderous" ? can you be anymore vague?
Net_Wrecker
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I'm shocked that so many think that Jesse James is slow/boring. I was completely into it the whole time. Great movie IMO.
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