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Just a few recently.

Cloverfield: Very good film, wasn’t sure how it would turn out before watching it since its all shaky cam but was very enjoyable. Also the monster was clearly a giant Chimera from the Resistance universe that had its legs blown off :D

Blood Lake: Very strange film, good but not what I was expecting. Like the fact
You don’t find out what the husband did to the son in law.
Also
finding out about Joseph was a complete shock as it’s the exact opposite of what you expect him to be

Bug: Also very good film, another that goes in a direction you wouldn’t expect.
 
Watched The Insider last night after reading through the Michael Mann appreciation thread. Great film, I really enjoyed it. And I love Mann's selection of music in his films. I'd still put The Insider below Collateral and Heat, but I love the latter two. And Miami Vice isn't bad either...
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I'd say The Insider is his best but it's a close call. I wish more people watched it.

Gallants
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Never even heard of this film, thanks for the words on it. Hopefully Netflix picks it up soon.

Inception - Nolan delivers as usual. Loved everything about it, except that I wished it was R and was a little harder-hitting in some of its execution. Still amazing though.

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead - Disappointing doesn't even begin to describe this film.

Men Who Stare At Goats - I can see why it was never given a big release, but I really loved this film. Enough to watch it twice in three days. The cast and writing is excellent, but I'm sure I'm biased. Hard to describe the film, really. :lol
 
Bootaaay said:
I think a lot of the praise came from people who weren't Star Trek fans, those who had been put off by the sci-fi geekiness of the series, and in that respect that dumb, plot-hole ridden action movie we got was perfect for them. There were some things I liked and a whole lot of things I didn't, but if this movie can serve as the starting point for a much superior sequel that couples the intense action with something sci-fi fans can enjoy, then it's not all bad.
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Yep. I'm one of the people who had never seen a Star Trek movie or tv episode prior to the seeing the new movie. And I liked the movie a lot. I still will never go back and watch the older movies or tv shows. That crap looks terrible. JJ Abrams did the impossible: he made Star Trek cool!!
 
I loved that new Star Trek, but I don't really like anything else from that franchise. At the risk of ruining the movie for myself, what were the plot holes? Story seemed to make sense to me.
 
Expendable. said:
Don't ever watch Boondock Saints 2. No wonder why it took him so long to get made, it's terrible on every level (except CC Jr.)
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Uh, yeah... That's what I saw last too, and I was pretty shocked by how amazingly terrible it was. I'm still in pain from cringing so fucking hard during those absurd "spin the camera around really fast while the main characters stand around in a hockey rink and talk about random shit" scenes. What the fuck was that about?

Boondock Saints 2 is one of those rare movies that actually got me kinda pissed. I feel like Troy Doffy personally came to my house and stole my time. Even typing this post I'm getting remorseful that I spent 2 hours on that piece of shit... :(
 
I've been trying to watch films from the IMDB's top 250 that I have not seen before these last couple weeks.

Seven Samurai - Great movie. It seemed really ahead of its time. No character from any older movies made me laugh quite as much as Kikuchiyo did in this movie. This was the first Kurasawa film I've seen, and I'm looking forward to watching more. 10/10
M (1931) - The guy who played M played the role as a perverted child rapist perfectly. 8.5/10
Paths of Glory - 9/10
The Third Man - I think I need to rewatch this one later on to better appreciate it.
Dial M for Murder - Love Hitchcock, but for some reason, I had never seen this movie. 8/10

I will be getting the Blade Runner final cut disc in the mail today from netflix, so that is next.
 
A Prophet: Thought it was all right. I like how French prisoners each receive a government issued baguette for lunch.

Shadows: It was like, cool daddy-o. Not really a great movie but it was interesting. I thought that main guy with the big sunglasses that looked kinda like Lou Reed had an awesome look. I wish i could look like that. The main girl was an especially bad actress. It was a little weird watching it from today's perspective and trying to figure out everyone's prejudices. I was like, what is the big deal what's going on here, OH RIGHT everyone hates black people. I forgot. This was my first Cassavetes but from what I understand it's kind of an anomaly as far a style goes, so I'll definitely check out more.

Greenburg: Man this movie tries REALLY hard to get you to not like it, but I won in the end cause I still kinda did. Great Gerwig was hot as hell in this.
 
Zozobra said:
I loved that new Star Trek, but I don't really like anything else from that franchise. At the risk of ruining the movie for myself, what were the plot holes? Story seemed to make sense to me.
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It's nothing too major - firstly, Nero's ship is chock full of Red Matter, a tiny drop of which can create a black hole singularity large enough to consume a planet, yet apparently exploding a whole ship full of the stuff does nothing at all. Secondly, why is it only Spock's ship that can blast the chain attaching the mining drill to Earth? Even if it's because the phasers of that era were ineffective against the drill, which is from the future, they never take a moment to explain this, we never see Federation/Vulcan ship futilely attempt to stop the drill. Thirdly, in any military structure I doubt that a cadet, removed from duty for insubordination and a stowaway on a ship would be deemed fit to command a vessel when there's a whole line of officers in front of him. Fourthly, what the hell was Nero doing in those 20 or so years between killing Kirk's father and Old Spock appearing on the scene? Fifthly, Young Spock jettisons Kirk from the ship (and no one objects at a clear violation of procedure when there's a perfectly good brig to lock Kirk in) on to a planet that just happens to be the same planet Nero strands Old Spock on, and Old Spock, the only character who can explain to Kirk what is going on, just happens to be close enough to quickly find Kirk and take him to a nearby Federation outpost that just happens to house Montgomery Scott, the only man capable of beaming onto a ship at warp. Old Spock is from a separate, now erased, timeline, so he couldn't possibly have remembered stranding Kirk on the planet as Young Spock, which means the writers didn't expect anyone to question this amazing coincidence.
 
The Apartment (Billy Wilder, 1960)

An absolutely amazing piece of work, and further proof that Billy Wilder, as a writer/director, was absolutely ahead of his time. It's kind of strange to see a 50 year old movie speak candidly about suicide and adultery, but it has such a maturity and sensitivity (not fake PC sensitivity, just common sense human understanding) in the way that it deals with the issues that you can't help but be impressed. Jack Lemmon is a wonder to behold in this movie; as an actor myself, I am still trying to figure out how he moves so dexterously between the silliness of the "bosses fucking in my apartment" plot and the stone cold seriousness of the "girl tried to kill herself in my apartment" plot; he is just so damn lovable in this movie that it's hard not to feel for him, even in those moments where you see him making poor (but nonetheless understandable) choices. Maclaine, meanwhile, was damn good in this film, as I think that she captures the sadness and melancholy of this character quite well (as well as the substance-addled, can't-walk-straight parts) but never gets lost in feeling or emotion; you can see her fighting for the love that she so desperately wants, even as she intellectually identifies that that's an impossibility. The writing in this movie is just so good; there are countless memorable lines, but they all feel like they are perfectly in context, allowing you to stay in the movie without the quality of the line 'snapping you out of it,' so to speak. This is not my FAVORITE Wilder movie (Ace in the Hole and Sunset Boulevard both beat it, in my opinion), but it's proof to me of the decline of 'adult-ness' in cinema; I'm honestly not sure why there are so few movies willing to speak about adult issues in adult ways, but I hope that that changes sometime soon.
 
Snowman Prophet of Doom said:
The Apartment (Billy Wilder, 1960)

An absolutely amazing piece of work, and further proof that Billy Wilder, as a writer/director, was absolutely ahead of his time. It's kind of strange to see a 50 year old movie speak candidly about suicide and adultery, but it has such a maturity and sensitivity (not fake PC sensitivity, just common sense human understanding) in the way that it deals with the issues that you can't help but be impressed. Jack Lemmon is a wonder to behold in this movie; as an actor myself, I am still trying to figure out how he moves so dexterously between the silliness of the "bosses fucking in my apartment" plot and the stone cold seriousness of the "girl tried to kill herself in my apartment" plot; he is just so damn lovable in this movie that it's hard not to feel for him, even in those moments where you see him making poor (but nonetheless understandable) choices. Maclaine, meanwhile, was damn good in this film, as I think that she captures the sadness and melancholy of this character quite well (as well as the substance-addled, can't-walk-straight parts) but never gets lost in feeling or emotion; you can see her fighting for the love that she so desperately wants, even as she intellectually identifies that that's an impossibility. The writing in this movie is just so good; there are countless memorable lines, but they all feel like they are perfectly in context, allowing you to stay in the movie without the quality of the line 'snapping you out of it,' so to speak. This is not my FAVORITE Wilder movie (Ace in the Hole and Sunset Boulevard both beat it, in my opinion), but it's proof to me of the decline of 'adult-ness' in cinema; I'm honestly not sure why there are so few movies willing to speak about adult issues in adult ways, but I hope that that changes sometime soon.
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I was thinking of watching this one after having watched The Graduate late last year, but never got around to it. I loved Ace in the Hole though, didnt know its by the same guy. Will watch tonight probably.
 
AnkitT said:
I was thinking of watching this one after having watched The Graduate late last year, but never got around to it. I loved Ace in the Hole though, didnt know its by the same guy. Will watch tonight probably.
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It's completely worth it.

Strange that The Graduate, of all films, was the impetus for your wanting to watch this one, though.
 
Borgnine said:
Shadows: It was like, cool daddy-o. Not really a great movie but it was interesting. I thought that main guy with the big sunglasses that looked kinda like Lou Reed had an awesome look. I wish i could look like that. The main girl was an especially bad actress. It was a little weird watching it from today's perspective and trying to figure out everyone's prejudices. I was like, what is the big deal what's going on here, OH RIGHT everyone hates black people. I forgot. This was my first Cassavetes but from what I understand it's kind of an anomaly as far a style goes, so I'll definitely check out more.
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I just watched Shadows the other night as well. And then I watched Minnie and Moskowitz as well.

I enjoyed both. I don't know if the next movie I watch will be something from Cassavetes but these are the next of his on my to watch list (and also on Netflix's watch instantly):

Opening Night
Husbands
A Woman Under the Influence
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Faces
 
I actually just watched Shadows for the first time as well.

Frankly, it's several notches below other work that he's done. It has much spottier acting, a jazz score that I don't think is particularly fitting, and little in the way of a 'core,' something that grounds the whole thing and gives it direction. I do agree, however, that Benny was a cool-looking motherfucker.

The film certainly is illustrative of Cassavetes' potential, but it's something more for Cassavetes fans looking to get an idea of his progression as an artist than it is something recommendable to a larger audience.

Edit: And of course, the film is historically important in terms of its effect/influence upon independent cinema, but that doesn't necessarily make it artistically accomplished.
 
Hot Tub Time Machine- Was Enjoyable. Loved Rob Cordroy's Character. Solid B.

Chloe- A+ Just because of Amanda Seyfriend's tits and ass. That girl has some serious curves. NOM NOM NOM.
 
Snowman Prophet of Doom said:
I actually just watched Shadows for the first time as well.

Frankly, it's several notches below other work that he's done. It has much spottier acting, a jazz score that I don't think is particularly fitting, and little in the way of a 'core,' something that grounds the whole thing and gives it direction. I do agree, however, that Benny was a cool-looking motherfucker.

The film certainly is illustrative of Cassavetes' potential, but it's something more for Cassavetes fans looking to get an idea of his progression as an artist than it is something recommendable to a larger audience.

Edit: And of course, the film is historically important in terms of its effect/influence upon independent cinema, but that doesn't necessarily make it artistically accomplished.
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Out of the 5 movies I listed, which would you say I should watch next?
 
Meliorism said:
Out of the 5 movies I listed, which would you say I should watch next?
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I've actually only seen A Woman Under the Influence and The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (yes, I'm behind on my Cassavetes), but they're both two of the best films that I've ever seen. Your mileage may vary, but I'd suggest A Woman Under the Influence first because I think that while it's not quite as good a film (close call, though), it is probably the more accessible one.
 
I think I'm going to go chronological since I already started at the beginning, at least for the Cassavetes stuff on Netflix streaming:

Faces
Husbands
Woman Under The Influence
Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Opening night

fake edit: whoa faces has the horse head dude from the Godfather. Bad ass.
 
YuriLowell said:
Hot Tub Time Machine- Was Enjoyable. Loved Rob Cordroy's Character. Solid B.

Chloe- A+ Just because of Amanda Seyfriend's tits and ass. That girl has some serious curves. NOM NOM NOM.
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Exactly.

Although I can't admit Seyfried is hot until Dakota Fanning turns 18 :(
 
Inception - Really enjoyed it. Not as good as Nolan's older stuff, but still quite enjoyable.
A Scanner Darkly - Just read the book, then watched the movie. Loved it, but I'm quite partial to PKD.
 
The Last Dragon

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RIP Julius Curry (I like Sho'nuff a lot more than Leroy)

awesome movie even though Taimak is a horrible, horrible actor.
 
Dilly said:
Moon

Reminded me of 2001 in a way, they really found a great way to capture the empty and lonely feeling in space. Good performance by the actor and a very intereseting story.
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except he had a buddy for most of the movie!! this is the area i think moon completely failed to explore.
 
Borgnine said:
This was my first Cassavetes but from what I understand it's kind of an anomaly as far a style goes, so I'll definitely check out more.
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I wouldn't say it's an anomaly. It contains most of the building blocks of his style, but because of several factors - the extremely low budget, the experimentation - it's a bit more amateurish than his later movies. I remember the scene where one of the brothers sees off his sister at a subway station as having some teeerrible editing.

It's difficult for someone who wasn't born at the time of Shadows' release to fully place it in historical context. I've seen it described as a one-film American New Wave, and this is all the more impressive when you consider that the French New Wave was (mostly) founded by a tightly-knit group of critics and intellectuals, while Cassavetes just went on a radio show, asked listeners to help finance his movie, and then went out and made it with some friends and acquaintances without any such kind of intellectual underpinning.

I agree with Snowman that Cassavetes' style was polished (though this hardly seems the right word) with his later movies, but I think Shadows more than holds its own because of its mood and kineticism and, even 50 years after the fact, a certain newness.

Anyway, seeing his films in chronological order seems a good way to go about it. Shadows was my first as well, and I'm holding off on watching Love Streams until I've seen the rest.
 
I've watched a lot of foreign movies lately.

Love Exposure
Amelie
City of God
Adrift in Tokyo
Taegukgi
Dolls


Liked them all. Every single one was different and worth the watch.
 
saw Kick Ass, I'd give it a C


the violence was fine at first but it got boring towards the end as they used it as a crutch for shock value, what the director failed to realize is that shock gimmicks don't last
 
i just watched shadows cause all you cool kids were talking about it.

enjoyed it, but definitely amateurish with some odd edits and other weird audio dubs.

dug the jazzy ny vibe.. i had the same reaction as the other guy about the race aspects of the movie.. I guess because i'm just not used to it. wasn't a big deal though

this and the killing are the only 2 cassavetes ive seen so far
 
Hey, I just watched Shadows too!

Gonna work my way through Cassavetes chronologically (at least the streaming ones) so this was my first taste. Honestly, this might be the fastest 80 minute movie I've ever seen. When it was over, I kind of couldn't believe it.

Anyway, it's totally rough and amateurishly acted (with good reason), but there's something about this movie that's alive and thrilling. Despite the poor acting and weird sound and continuity glitches, at times it actually felt like I was just eavesdropping on some random people. I especially loved the scene where Lelia and her brothers were totally fucking with the dude who was there to take her out.

So yeah, can't wait to watch more of JC's movies.
 
Meliorism said:
I watched Chungking Express and enjoyed it. I've seen that and In the Mood for Love as far as Wong Kar Wai goes. Which should I watch next?
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Fallen angel follows Chungking express in that it was suppose to be the third story.
In the same way In the Mood for Love would the middle of the unofficial trilogy with Days of Being Wild and 2046.

Coincidently chunking express was made because wkw needed a break from Ashes of time. And some would say Haopy Together might be his best.

So looking forward to the Grand Master for a new take on the Ip Man craze.
 
A Single Man (2009)

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The actors were great specially Colin Firth. The music, the setting and the colors all blended so well. It had a lot of symbolism in it which reminded me of American Beauty, but for me, that was a good thing.
 
The Apartment - Quite enjoyed it, comedywise and dramawise. Loved that there wasnt an air of obligation towards the main characters like there almost always is in current romance movies. Quite a mature take on life in some sense. Loved the dynamics of how the protagonist handled the relationship with the neighbours and his co-worker.
 
Last night I geeked it out with two comic book films:

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I got to admit this surpassed my expectations. I think what I was mainly worried about is actually seeing a film a where an ordinary nerdy kid who has absolutely no expedience or training in physical combat become a badass fighter in the vein of Batman for no reason. Looks like the film was anything but that. Anyway the film was highly enjoyable. It was a fun ride with some very well choreographed scenes (especially those with Hit Girl). It also didn't exactly always do the expected as at least some unpredictable things happened. But I absolutely also loved how this was an "R" rated film. Due to its concept and premise (on paper) it seems like a sure shot at PG-13. I mean yeah the comic books were obviously superviolent. But I wasn't expecting there to be a market for this type of film and it turns out that there was as it didn't bomb. Because of this there aren't too many superhero films like this. It's either PG-13 with a teenager becoming the hero, R with some mid/late 30's badass becoming the hero, or PG-13 with some 20 something badass being the hero. Nice to see something different.

In short it was highly enjoyable and I wouldn't mind seeing it again.

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The sentence on the bottom says it all. Just pure epicness. Easily the most enjoyable film that has come out this year IMO. Never laughed so constantly in the theater and have rarely been so entertained. Will buy the DVD.

In short it was an epic of epic epicness.
 
I just finished watch cape fear(remake) and goodfellas. Goodfellas is definitely one of my new favorite movies. Cape fear, while not as good, was still awesome.

I also watched Bronson which is on netflix streaming. Very cool movie, especially if you are looking for something different.
 
i watched kick-ass couple nights ago. was fun. never read the graphic novel so i don't know how close to the original story it is, but still, worth watching.
 
Watched The Killer earlier today. It took a bit for me to really start enjoying it, but by the end I loved it. I would say Hard Boiled is the better movie, but this is still fucking awesome. I'm convinced that nobody does gun fights better than John Woo, not a very controversial opinion, but this movie sealed it for me.

It really makes me want to watch more John Woo movies. I own Red Cliff so I'm probably gonna go through that next, then I'll probably hit his other 80s stuff.
 
Calcaneus said:
It really makes me want to watch more John Woo movies. I own Red Cliff so I'm probably gonna go through that next, then I'll probably hit his other 80s stuff.
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Check out 'Bullet in the Head', it's probably my favourite of all Woo's films - some criticize it for being overly melodramatic at times, but it's the melodrama that provides such a stark contrast to the action which, unlike a lot of Woo's action work, is far more savage than balletic. Also, 'A Better Tomorrow' is a must watch.
 
Book of Eli

Really liked the colors and the Western tones. Pretty good movie, but I was clueless
as to why everything was in ruins
since I know nothing about the story.
 
Bootaaay said:
Check out 'Bullet in the Head', it's probably my favourite of all Woo's films - some criticize it for being overly melodramatic at times, but it's the melodrama that provides such a stark contrast to the action which, unlike a lot of Woo's action work, is far more savage than balletic. Also, 'A Better Tomorrow' is a must watch.
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Yeah, Bullet in the Head is definitely one of the ones I want to see. But there doesn't seem to be a recent US dvd release as far as I can tell (from checking Amazon mostly).
 
Hatredcopter said:
Book of Eli

Really liked the colors and the Western tones. Pretty good movie, but I was clueless
as to why everything was in ruins
since I know nothing about the story.
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Only saw it once in theaters, but from what I remember the actual cause of the apocalypse isn't too important. I think it was nuclear though.
It is a very good movie, and it was actually written by a Gaffer.
 
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Very fucked up, but hilarious. From the trailer, it was a lot slower than I imagined. Dear god though, the last third is just insane. :lol

It's the Antichrist of this year.
 
Expendable. said:
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Very fucked up, but hilarious. From the trailer, it was a lot slower than I imagined. Dear god though, the last third is just insane. :lol

It's the Antichrist of this year.
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No it isn't.

Watch A Serbian Film :)
 
DesertEater said:
A Single Man (2009)

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The actors were great specially Colin Firth. The music, the setting and the colors all blended so well. It had a lot of symbolism in it which reminded me of American Beauty, but for me, that was a good thing.
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I just saw this too. Great movie, and it was really tight. It felt so confident. Tom Ford fucking rocked it.

So stylish too. Goddamn.
 
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