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[RustyO]

Whoa there, that's my #1 of the past decade. You weren't completely wrapped up in the idea or the action scenes at the very least?

4/10=average and children of men wasn't good?
You are just pushing accepted norms here man.

Aguirre is... hilarious? Methinks you simply miss the point of Herzog pretty much completely. Your ratings for both movies are shitty, but that point about Aguirre stuck in my craw quite fully.

What? its a damn great movie.

Not trolling.

I watched it. It didn't grab me. I didn't think it was that awesome.

I can see the appeal, and I can see why others would like it.

It just didn't rock my world.

Different tastes, no?

C'est la vie.

 

[Nappuccino]

Not trolling.

I watched it. It didn't grab me. I didn't think it was that awesome.

I can see the appeal, and I can see why others would like it.

It just didn't rock my world.

Different tastes, no?

C'est la vie.

Fair enough. I guess it was your laughing at the IMDB rating that struck me the wrong way but different strokes etc

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i'm watching it as we speak to spite you :lol

 

[Cosmic Bus]

I can see the appeal, and I can see why others would like it. It just didn't rock my world. Different tastes, no?

I got yer back. Didn't think there was anything too special about it, either.

 

[Cuban Legend]

Really?

When are hearing people speak in a language you dont understand, this can be true for some people.

I noticed this with Animes and Anime films I've watched before, but only happens early in the viewing of said media, when I don't yet know the characters by the tone of their voice. Once I recognize characters by the tone of their voice then that is no longer a problem.

This becomes especially apparent when they are speaking offscreen and you're still reading the subtitles.

 

[I NEED SCISSORS]

Really?

For a completely different language / dialect, I don't think what I said was unreasonable.

 

[Snowman Prophet of Doom]

Well, the thing that struck me is...

...

...hm.

You know, it's really not worth the argument; I know that I'm on the minority side in this thread in thinking that good/bad and like/dislike are completely different things. Simply put, I believe that while it's perfectly fine to be struck or not struck by something, Rescue Dawn and Children of Men are both, objectively, much better than the scores that you gave them. I didn't mean that the ratings were shitty because they don't align with my taste, I said that because your indication that you found Aguirre 'hilarious' suggested to me a lack of engagement with the art.

Edit: Also, while I personally prefer subtitles, they certainly do detract from the visual part of cinema. While it personally distracts me, some sort of well-done dubbing would probably be a better solution than the subtitles+bad dubbing system that's going at the moment, though it'd be more expensive and thus not viable.

 

[Discotheque]

Herzog can foad (okay I'll leave the die part out, that's not nice). I only enjoy his documentaries these days.

And Bad Lieutenant would be crap without Cage.

 

[Snowman Prophet of Doom]

Rescue Dawn, historical inaccuracy (not really a consideration in the long-term for art but unfortunate for the man's relatives in the short-term) aside, is a damn good movie. Plus, of COURSE Bad Lieutenant would be bad sans Cage; that's kind of the point. Between him and Herzog (yes, Herzog has a lot to do with why the movie is the way it is), what was probably an otherwise shitty police procedural was turned into some sort of hallucinogenic comedy; the movie was, wisely and deliberately, built around Cage being crazy and chewing the scenery.

Granted, Herzog's recent stuff is not as great as Aguirre/Fitzcarraldo/Kasper Hauser/etc., but it's certainly not bad.

 

[HiResDes]

Herzog can foad (okay I'll leave the die part out, that's not nice). I only enjoy his documentaries these days.

And Bad Lieutenant would be crap without Cage.

I think "Even Dwarfs Started Small" is a fantastic film, though I'm not usually as wowed by Herzog as others.

And while I'll back you on finding Children of Men a little less compelling than others, even I'd have to give it a 7 just for it's cinematography and Clive's acting job.

 

[RustyO]

You know, it's really not worth the argument; I know that I'm on the minority side in this thread in thinking that good/bad and like/dislike are completely different things. Simply put, I believe that while it's perfectly fine to be struck or not struck by something, Rescue Dawn and Children of Men are both, objectively, much better than the scores that you gave them. I didn't mean that the ratings were shitty because they don't align with my taste, I said that because your indication that you found Aguirre 'hilarious' suggested to me a lack of engagement with the art.

Agreed, it's really not worth the argument, and objectivity is a personal thing. I'm quite cynical in many ways. If you think you are in the minority with having a disassociation between your appeal for something, and being able to objectivly critique it, your not alone.

I personally did not find neither Children of Men, nor Rescue Dawn to be as awesome as some of the scores others would give them, yet I can appreciate the value that others may put on them.

As I stated before, I found lol's to be had in Aguirre.

Who knows, potentially I do have a lack of engagement with the art, I fear for my eternal soul, maybe I should watch Aguirre again tonight? Or maybe you should watch it again for the lol's?

Anyways, vive la différence, no?

 

[AkuMifune]

The Mechanic (1972) - Interesting film. Bronson is badass as ever, even in his robe and slippers. Young Jan-Michael Vincent seemed to have a lot of potential. Shame. Also a shame, the upcoming remake, I'm sure. What made this film good was Bronson's world-weary hitman, who will just be another one-note Statham character.

funny, thats the exact scene i was thinking of.

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been quite awhile since i saw it, but iirc he made reference to him being a prophet for that and letting him live because of that? something along those lines i was thinking

That's what I assumed as well. After

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the accident, they kind of looked at him as some kind of spiritual figure.

But there were a few little things like that which were a bit strange. Still, great movie.

 

[Meliorism]

Children of Men isn't even Cuaron's best movie.

*coughytumamatambiencough*

Put me on the Children of Men is okay but not great boat/train/whatever you put people on/in/whatever.

I watched An American Werewolf in London tonight. Pretty cool stuff. Probably will watch a Spanish horror movie tomorrow.

 

[RustyO]

I watched An American Werewolf in London tonight. Pretty cool stuff.

Stay on the road. Keep clear of the moors. Beware the moon, lads. :lol

Probably will watch a Spanish horror movie tomorrow.

Intrested. I think the last spanish horror movie I recall watching was REC

 

[MMaRsu]

The Mechanic (1972) - Interesting film. Bronson is badass as ever, even in his robe and slippers. Young Jan-Michael Vincent seemed to have a lot of potential. Shame. Also a shame, the upcoming remake, I'm sure. What made this film good was Bronson's world-weary hitman, who will just be another one-note Statham character.


That's what I assumed as well. After

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the accident, they kind of looked at him as some kind of spiritual figure.

But there were a few little things like that which were a bit strange. Still, great movie.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435696/

Anything like that movie? Also called The Mechanik.

 

[Trent Strong]

The hive mind loves Children of Men?

I don't understand it either. Found Children of Men pretty boring.

 

[TheLastJovian]

I saw A Serious Man last night; I must say, it's seriously riveting. I was engaged the entire time.

 

[electristan]

Four Lions

One of the funniest films I've seen in a long time.

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And really frikkin sad and scary at times

 

[WorriedCitizen]

Rampage (2010)
I believe that was my first Boll movie. I tried to watch it without any prejudices regarding the director. For a B-movie i found it pretty decent. The story was interesting, the actor who played the main character did a good job. I liked that Boll broke some clichés (

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for example the Sheriff who appeared to become the generic counter part that will confront the killer in the final scene, just when his sub plot seems to get momentum he gets murdered

.
What i didn't like was the extreme shaky cam. I usualy don't mind it but in that one it really bothered me.

 

[ChubbyHuggs]

You should be ok watching the trailer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWtiC1JFRnE

Asked around and one of my friends has it, so I will be watching this sooner than I thought.
I'm also probably going to re-watch the Dollars Trilogy since I haven't seen them in years.

 

[swoon]

I got yer back. Didn't think there was anything too special about it, either.

here here.

Halloween (on film) pretty awesome. i hadn't really noticed pj soles' awesome speech about books before for some reason.

 

[Snowman Prophet of Doom]

Oh, don't get me wrong; I'm not in love with Children of Men either. I simply think that it's better than a 5/10 by pretty much any metric.

 

[Salazar]

Asked around and one of my friends has it, so I will be watching this sooner than I thought.
I'm also probably going to re-watch the Dollars Trilogy since I haven't seen them in years.

Cool.

I think it's a damned good film. The first time I watched it, I was basically delightedly glutting myself on Korean cinema - but I watched it after a while had passed and it stood up.

 

[JGS]

Oh, don't get me wrong; I'm not in love with Children of Men either. I simply think that it's better than a 5/10 by pretty much any metric.

Love Children of Men (In my top 10) but if everybody did it would have made 300 million.

If there is a movie out there, then there's somebody out there that didn't like it.

 

[Blader]

Excellent film, one of the year's best. I really enjoyed it. Though I have to admit, I don't really understand all this discussion about

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whether or not MBW is real, and whether or not the whole film was a hoax concocted by Banksy. I never got that impression at all. Was there in something in the film I just missed that suggested it isn't real?

 

[BloodySinner]

Splice.

This movie scared the fuck out of me and it's NOT even a horror flick.

 

[Yes Boss!]

Children of Men isn't even Cuaron's best movie.

*coughytumamatambiencough*

Put me on the Children of Men is okay but not great boat/train/whatever you put people on/in/whatever.

.

I'd easily put A Little Princess as Cuaron's best movie. Cuaron and Lubezki in top form

 

[CajoleJuice]

Children of Men hate time? I guess it's been about 3 years, seems about right.

(I know it's not hating, but yeah)

 

[Meliorism]

I have not seen A Little Princess. I'll have to check it out.

I watched The Devil's Backbone and really dug it. I don't think I'm wrong in saying that Del Toro explored some of the same stuff in Pan's Labyrinth that he started here.

 

[Yes Boss!]

I have not seen A Little Princess. I'll have to check it out.

I watched The Devil's Backbone and really dug it. I don't think I'm wrong in saying that Del Toro explored some of the same stuff in Pan's Labyrinth that he started here.

Yeah, do! A real special movie. I've a feeling it is Cuaron's personal favorite but he has never said as much. DVD is a bit of an old one as it was released at the beginning of the format but still worth it. The movie is breathtaking in 35 and it is now pretty clear that Lubezki is the heir apparent of Storaro.

On Del Toro, Cronos comes out as a Criterion blu-ray by the end of the year. Cronos/Backbone/Pan make an awesome informal trilogy!

 

[Zombie James]

Watched it last night. Ending was pretty unsatisfying, even if it left me in the fetal position.

 

[Snowman Prophet of Doom]

Let Me In (Matt Reeves, 2010)

Wow. I am a huge fan of the original and still have a slight moral quibble with unnecessary remakes, but as unnecessary remakes go, this was pretty fantastic. For one, it had pretty wonderful acting from the leads; I didn't think they'd be able to find kid actors to match the original, but they actually managed to find two actors that were possibly even better. I'd say the orders are switched slightly, though; whereas I thought the actress playing Eli did a better job than the actor playing Oskar in Let the Right One In, I thought Kodi Smit-Mcphee was superior to Chloe Moretz in this one. That kid has a future ahead of him, I think; a lot of kid actors have trouble breaking into adult acting when their cuteness goes away, but as he is not particularly cute to begin with, I think he'll have a lot easier time of it. Moretz has a future ahead of her as well, of course; she was very, very good as Abby, as she managed to capture the sense of loss and loneliness that would accompany such a creature. Giacchino's score is also very great - understated and quiet, with a slightly mysterious quality.

What's weird is that I think that this was shot better than the original sometimes and worse in others. The original has a few indelible shots (the pool, the woman on fire) that this movie does not match simply because it did not have the freedom to shoot them in the same way. However, this film has several great shots (the car crash, Abby getting undressed in the blurred background while Oscar listens) that really work to give the movie its own identity. Plus, this movie has a really good sense of place; it captures the feeling of the 1980's quite well, and setting the moral gray area of the story against the Moral Majority of Reagan era America was a pretty brilliant choice.

Overall, this is pretty much as good of a remake of the original as I could have possibly imagined; if it's worse, it's only by a hair, and it does a lot of things even better. After something totally average like Cloverfield, I'm glad to see that Reeves may have an artist in him after all. Here's hoping that he gets to work on something that's not an unnecessary remake next time, excellent as Let Me In may be.

 

[TOM f'N CRUISE]

way better then Diary of the Dead 4/5

 

[jakncoke]

Chinatown- good

True Romance- good

Once upon a time in america- good

 

[AnkitT]

Chinatown- good

True Romance- good

Once upon a time in america- good

I wonder how long your memoir would be.

 

[FOOTE]

It's amazing.

 

[jakncoke]

I wonder how long your memoir would be.

About 2 possibly 3 sentences, my life is uninteresting

 

[Count Dookkake]

A bunch of stuff at Fantastic Fest, most notably HELLDRIVER, Nishimura's zombie epic. Pure insanity. Not for all tastes, but viewers who make it to the end will probably love it. Mixes references from all kinds of movies into a sci-fi zombie plot. Lots of gore and comedy.

 

[Scythian Empire]

There's a Univeristy not far from where I live and they have a cinema that usually shows cult and arty films. They're showing Tokyo Story tomorrow in the afternoon and I've heard really good things about it. My friend told me the whole film is one shot? Going to invite a girl along as well who claims she's "into films". I just hope our ideas on what makes a good film are the same haha.

 

[HiResDes]

While the film definitely gets better on repeat viewings and there is definitely a great wealth of interesting cinematographic choices, the subtle plot dealing with the intricacies of aging are not exactly date material...It can definitely get boring.

 

[Scythian Empire]

While the film definitely gets better on repeat viewings and there is definitely a great wealth of interesting cinematographic choices, the subtle plot dealing with the intricacies of aging are not exactly date material...It can definitely get boring.

This is what I was thinking... I've already invited her to this thing now though haha. Might have to change to my local cinema for a screening of Back To The Future :lol

 

[bjork]

I watched Tales from the Hood yesterday. I liked how every white person was evil, so true to life.

 

[Easystride]

Recently rewatched Casablanca. I watched it four years ago when I was still in high school, and I had some trouble appreciating it. Upon rewatching it, however, I loved every second of it. So many quotable lines. Also, this may sound creepy considering that she would be 95 if she was still alive, but Ingrid Bergman was incredibly beautiful.

 

[JGS]

Recently rewatched Casablanca. I watched it four years ago when I was still in high school, and I had some trouble appreciating it. Upon rewatching it, however, I loved every second of it. So many quotable lines. Also, this may sound creepy considering that she would be 95 if she was still alive, but Ingrid Bergman was incredibly beautiful.

Sign me up with the creepy ones who think several old and/or dead women were once beautiful enough to fall for!

 

[blame space]

Finally saw Inglourious Basterds (2009)

it was so fucking good. Christopher Waltz blew my mind.

 

[Rahxephon91]

I saw Max Payne and how the hell do you mess up Max Payne? Just have some intense stylistically shot shoot em up scenes with a hardboild story. Marky MArk just isn't max. Max was a hradboild guy, but still an honorable good guy. Marky Mark just comes off as an angry douchbag. On top of that the movie is pretty boring....

until the lest 20 mins where Max goes into rage mode and the movie goes batshit insane. Truly hilarious to watch.

 

[AlternativeUlster]

A bunch of stuff at Fantastic Fest, most notably HELLDRIVER, Nishimura's zombie epic. Pure insanity. Not for all tastes, but viewers who make it to the end will probably love it. Mixes references from all kinds of movies into a sci-fi zombie plot. Lots of gore and comedy.

Welcome back sir.

I haven't watched much recently but these:
OUT OF FIVE
The Naked Prey - *** 1/2
Rashomon - *** 1/2
Red Hill - * (only film I saw at Fantastic Fest due to work and money conflicts, sad emotioncon)
The Red Shoes - **** 1/2

Enter the Void and Monsters are on demand. Should I get them or wait until they come to theaters?

 

[Nappuccino]

About 2 possibly 3 sentences, my life is uninteresting

I was born.

And then I died.

 

[close to the edge]

Anyone else see Oldboy as a Greek tragedy? Seems to fit a few of them. And it only makes me enjoy it more.

That's definitely a good comparison. I really liked the movie but I probably wouldn't say it's one of my favorites.. yet. Maybe I have to watch it again to really appreciate it.

This topic reminded me that I need to watch more movies. I read through the last pages and I kinda want to see Bad Lieutenant now and I want to watch some Woody Allen movies. (haven't seen any of his movies yet)

 

[HiResDes]

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance is definitely my favorite film out of the trilogy if not just for the opening 30 minutes.

 

[LJ11]

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Excellent film, one of the year's best. I really enjoyed it. Though I have to admit, I don't really understand all this discussion about

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whether or not MBW is real, and whether or not the whole film was a hoax concocted by Banksy. I never got that impression at all. Was there in something in the film I just missed that suggested it isn't real?

There were clues all over the place.

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Mr Brainwash! Someone who attended the gallery called the show one note, but still praised it (something about an entire body of work blah blah blah), dude was essentially brainwashed by the hype.

It's entertaining regardless, but I felt it was a straight up troll.