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TheKaeptain
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Snowman Prophet of Doom said:
I've only been posting since last summer and I have more than you. lol.
Snowman Prophet of Doom
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Salazar said:
If they were ALL about Kubrick, I would consider it a job well done.
HRD: There's not anything wrong with it, per se, except that I use GAF as an excuse to not do other things that I should be doing (writing, homework, working on my acting, etc.). Having that many posts illustrates to me how much of a time-sink this place has been for me, which is rather sad. I'm going to be more productive from now on. If I didn't like this thread so much, I'd consider requesting a ban.
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Hanna-
Saw it earlier tonight.
Probably my favorite film of the year so far.
Beautiful Locations, Beautifully shot, Awesome action, Great story.
The Chemical Brothers soundtrack topped it all off, I think it hit every note.
Highly recommend it.
Hanna-
Saw it earlier tonight.
Probably my favorite film of the year so far.
Beautiful Locations, Beautifully shot, Awesome action, Great story.
The Chemical Brothers soundtrack topped it all off, I think it hit every note.
Highly recommend it.
Nappuccino
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Just finished Escape From New York.
Loved the idea, loved Snake, loved most of the execution of the idea... but it also became a bit scatter shot when the boxing ring was added in. Most of the movie was pretty serious but that ring was cheesy- it would have been much better if they were just circled by the crowd i think. Also the resolution seemed... a bit non-resolutiony. The President taking out the duke may have been just desserts but I also don't feel like we know the president well enough to really feel anything about it. I kind of enjoy that Snake didn't give the president the correct tape but I'm just not sure what implications that has for Snake much less the world. A bit more for building towards both of those ideas would have been nice.
All in all, definitely a solid 7, possibly 8 depending on how later viewings go.
Also, this is one movie where I'm kind of intrigued about the re-make. There were enough flaws (imo) that I can see a remake being a good thing... but I have no doubt that the positives (i.e. Kurt Russel as Snake) won't be matched in the remake.
Loved the idea, loved Snake, loved most of the execution of the idea... but it also became a bit scatter shot when the boxing ring was added in. Most of the movie was pretty serious but that ring was cheesy- it would have been much better if they were just circled by the crowd i think. Also the resolution seemed... a bit non-resolutiony. The President taking out the duke may have been just desserts but I also don't feel like we know the president well enough to really feel anything about it. I kind of enjoy that Snake didn't give the president the correct tape but I'm just not sure what implications that has for Snake much less the world. A bit more for building towards both of those ideas would have been nice.
All in all, definitely a solid 7, possibly 8 depending on how later viewings go.
Also, this is one movie where I'm kind of intrigued about the re-make. There were enough flaws (imo) that I can see a remake being a good thing... but I have no doubt that the positives (i.e. Kurt Russel as Snake) won't be matched in the remake.
Discotheque
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Juanadams said:
the soundtrack and camerawork really propelled this. Plus Cate Blanchett was just creepy as hell in here, but most intriguing was Saiorse Ronan. Love her performances so far.AwesomeSauce
MagsMoonshine
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Movie was interesting although some things hit or miss. Some characters were underused etc(The Detective, Kevin Bacon's character.). I liked the violence of the film, had some bloody and gory moments actually. Let me say that Ellen Page as Bolty the sidekick was hot in this movie them tight spanex outfits.
I didn't really feel the ending too much although i get it, the final act was all kinds of crazy
Was overall entertaining and about the same feeling towards Kick-Ass, still haven't seen Defendor so i'll compare them another time. Im guessing if you like Comic book movies, or Kick-ass then this movie is a definite watch. You can catch it OnDemand the IFC channel with TWC for 6.99 i think. Interesting since i just found out about it being available recently and the movie is still making its rounds around theaters.
7.5/10
Movie was interesting although some things hit or miss. Some characters were underused etc(The Detective, Kevin Bacon's character.). I liked the violence of the film, had some bloody and gory moments actually. Let me say that Ellen Page as Bolty the sidekick was hot in this movie them tight spanex outfits.
Her sex scene with Crimson Bolt was pretty hot and unexpected
Bolty getting half her head shot off sucked 
7.5/10
The Outsider
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Just had a nice double feature of Scream and Scream 2. Both very enjoyable. I'm obviously doing some prep work before I head off to see Scream 4. It's getting a bit late here on the East Coast, so I must save my viewing of Scream 3 until tomorrow, then it's off to the theater for me.
Watched Shutter Island yesterday and this film is a perfect example why i don't wanna know that there
but anyway, awesome movie and I guess it's even more fun when you watch it again, the ending
is some twist at the end, because If you know that I'd say 90% of people can tell what it's gonna be when most of the movie takes place in an asylum...
was a bit sad..with him acting like he's in his fantasy world again knowing they will basically kill him
Outrage, by Kitano.
Nice photography and good directing, but that's about it, for me.
The screenplay was confused and with a bunch of holes too many, the performances were ok, but nothing mindblowing. Plus it was hard to get emotionally invested in the characters, so the events were like.. "ok".
I think it would have worked as a TV show, since there were a LOT of characters, but like this? It was just a bit of a mess to me.
And also the pace was very slow (nothing wrong with it) so the name wasn't really that spot on either.
Nice photography and good directing, but that's about it, for me.
The screenplay was confused and with a bunch of holes too many, the performances were ok, but nothing mindblowing. Plus it was hard to get emotionally invested in the characters, so the events were like.. "ok".
I think it would have worked as a TV show, since there were a LOT of characters, but like this? It was just a bit of a mess to me.
And also the pace was very slow (nothing wrong with it) so the name wasn't really that spot on either.
I usually love these kind of Asian gangster/action/revenge-type films, but I just couldn't get in to Outrage. I tried watching it three times, but it just couldn't grab my attention so I got distracted and eventually just stopped watching. Good thing most reviews don't label it like a must-see otherwise I feel like I was missing out.UrbanRats said:
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I watched Armadillo, which was pretty good. It was basically like a Danish version of Restrepo as both documentaries have tons of similarities. It had some strong emotional moments, some intense sequences and it really succeeded in showing how surreal it must be there. I'd rate it a 7/10 and would definitely recommend it to people who liked Restrepo.
There's this crazy moment when a local man comes to the camp explaining how Danish bombardments killed his mother and daughter, and they just give him some money so he can replace his lost properties that were destroyed during the bombardment. Crazy.
AlternativeUlster
Absolutely pathetic part deux
Damn, I just saw my post count at 9.3k for 4.5 years. Golfham!
Finally saw Tangled. 8/10
Animation looks wonderful. Some of the shoots were great. They could've done away with the musical, though the bar scene was pretty entertaining. I didn't pay full attention to the movie though since I was playing cards at the same time lol so I'll have to rewatch it.
Animation looks wonderful. Some of the shoots were great. They could've done away with the musical, though the bar scene was pretty entertaining. I didn't pay full attention to the movie though since I was playing cards at the same time lol so I'll have to rewatch it.
Jack Scofield
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Snowman Prophet of Doom said:
You can still read gaf when you're banned, so I don't see how that would help matters. Just exhibit some, you know, self-restraint and stop visiting this site if it's so unproductive to you.
The Outsider
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choodi said:
See, I've had two of my friends have completely different opinions regarding it. One felt exactly the same as you, and the other thought it was a ton of fun. I've seen bits and pieces already because I work at a theater, and what I've seen seems entertaining, although the tone seems pretty starkly different from the first one. But even the second one was a lot more self-aware, so I don't know.
I don't have to pay to see it, if that makes you feel better about me wanting to see it.
samus i am
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I just saw Salt and it wasn't half as bad as people on Gaf were saying. I rather liked it.
Saw Limitless a couple of days ago. The intro was very trippy, very neat effect. I thought the movie was pretty good. De Niro wasn't in it as much as I thought. Seeing Bradley Cooper do a serious role was weird at first (only movie I've seen of him was The Hangover), but he pulled it off.
Diseased Yak
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Scream 4 - Uh, meh? I guess? It was, ok. I laughed a few times. I jumped only once, and it was about 15 minutes into the film and was a jump scare that didn't involve anything germane to the plot. It almost felt to me, and this is hard to describe accurately, but it felt to me that everyone in the film had a sort of "man, I'm totally phoning this in" vibe about them. Perhaps that's what Wes Craven directed them to do. If so, it worked, because it annoyed me. The only one that appeared to be trying was Neve Campbell; her performance made me wonder why she's not in more movies. To sum up, by the end of the movie I just didn't care enough to be surprised about the ending. 5/10
I Saw The Devil - Fucking AWESOME movie! Basically one giant revenge-against-the-killer-of-my-loved-one movie, but holy hell does it amp up everything.
. 9/10 The movie was fantastically shot, well acted, and just plain fun to watch. Not for the squeamish.
I Saw The Devil - Fucking AWESOME movie! Basically one giant revenge-against-the-killer-of-my-loved-one movie, but holy hell does it amp up everything.
I loved how the dude getting revenge didn't fucking care how much collateral damage his not ending the life of the killer early on (like he could have done) caused. Who cares how many women get raped, or how many innocents die, I'm giving this motherfucker one long send-off into the next world!
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The fact that anyone supports Hillary boggles my mind... I have tested between 130-160 on IQ tests
It took me five separate sittings but I finally made it through Novencento (1900) and the most remarkable thing I got from it was Robert de Niro's Cock. Maybe I'm just not a period piece kinda guy.
Also watched Easy A and Before the Devil knows You're Dead. The former was a popcorn teen flick, but I found it entertaining, and the latter was excellently depressing.
Also with all this Kurosawa talk how comes no one mentions his best and final film, Dreams?
Dersu Uzala is also good and gets no love. Talk about endearing characters.
Also watched Easy A and Before the Devil knows You're Dead. The former was a popcorn teen flick, but I found it entertaining, and the latter was excellently depressing.
Also with all this Kurosawa talk how comes no one mentions his best and final film, Dreams?
Dersu Uzala is also good and gets no love. Talk about endearing characters.
Watched THE BROTHERS BLOOM today. If I'd put two and two together and realized it was by Rian Johnson of BRICK fame I would have seen it far sooner than I did. A wonderful movie. The quality of light they caught in some of the scenes was just breathtaking. And after having next to no reaction to Rachel Weisz in the Mummy films, I completely fell in love with her character in this.
Easily one of the best films I've seen this year.
Easily one of the best films I've seen this year.
Mister Wilhelm
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KidDork said:
A fun movie but it's so flawed that I ended up liking it much less than I should have.
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Blader5489 said:
Hmm i don't know. What exactly didn't you like about Kick-ass?
Macbeth (1948)
Oh God he's doing another accent. His Scotsman is better than his Irishman tho. And his Macbeth better than his Othello. But not the movie. Scene where he sees Banquo's ghost is amazing. Not a hint of Welles remains, just madness. Photography is great, very shadowy and spooky. Oh I saw Citizen Kane again. Some scenes have these neat little rhymes or echoes in them. When he says "I intend to keep that promise" and then later (about something else but still) "You don't expect me to keep that promise?" Some other stuff, but I forgot already. And I'm a slobbering moron because only now did I realize how poignant the scene is where his son is driven away in a taxi. Pretty good movie IMO.
Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)
Really enjoy Michel Simon's acting. From La Chienne to this within a year is very impressive. It's a funny movie. This untamed soul with no regard for anything coming and going as he pleases and floating down a river which I'm told is the ultimate Renoirism. He's at once fascinating and off-putting.
Underground (1995)
Didn't like it as much as Time of the Gypsies but it's still great. Love this guy's wild funny Big Movie Emotions style, though he sometimes goes way overboard. Don't put an upside-down crucifix and a white horse in the same frame (again??) man. But then again if he did have any self-restraint I probably wouldn't like his movies so much. I see where Zizek is coming from tho.
White Heat (1949)
Only other movie I've seen by Walsh is Pursued, which is a bit darker but strangely enough also has a protagonist who has a weird relationship with a female family member??? Anyway from what I've seen this guy kinda defined Hollywood Craftsmanship. And I don't mean that in a backhanded way. Cagney is a joy to watch.
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
Someone somewhere must have written something explaining how 3+ hours of daily chores can be so entrancing. Has a weird vibe, lulls you and then startles you, very rhythmic. Jeanne is tragic from the first moment. The OCD way she flicks the light switches every time, some nervous kind of prisoner. When she tells this storekeep she wouldn't know what to do without her son it's all . Ending is wow. I sensed there was something coming by how agitated she became during the third day but in no way was I expecting that. Made a hell of an impression.
Mary and Max (2009)
A cute movie. Comes too close to Tim Burton territory and the visual style unnerved me a bit, but it's sincere, nothing false or too mawkish about it. Feels almost like a very stylized documentary more than based-on-a-true-story fiction.
The Fly (1986)
Man, this goes all out. I was expecting (hoping for) something more like his later movies with that kind of anxiously sedate pacing and steady descent into hell, but this is still very 80s Cronenberg with the mad science and "synthetic" dialogue, which kinda fits his movies anyway. But yeah, some (monster) movie cliches notwithstanding this is of course great stuff. Goldblum is fantastic.
Oh God he's doing another accent. His Scotsman is better than his Irishman tho. And his Macbeth better than his Othello. But not the movie. Scene where he sees Banquo's ghost is amazing. Not a hint of Welles remains, just madness. Photography is great, very shadowy and spooky. Oh I saw Citizen Kane again. Some scenes have these neat little rhymes or echoes in them. When he says "I intend to keep that promise" and then later (about something else but still) "You don't expect me to keep that promise?" Some other stuff, but I forgot already. And I'm a slobbering moron because only now did I realize how poignant the scene is where his son is driven away in a taxi. Pretty good movie IMO.
Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)
Really enjoy Michel Simon's acting. From La Chienne to this within a year is very impressive. It's a funny movie. This untamed soul with no regard for anything coming and going as he pleases and floating down a river which I'm told is the ultimate Renoirism. He's at once fascinating and off-putting.
Underground (1995)
Didn't like it as much as Time of the Gypsies but it's still great. Love this guy's wild funny Big Movie Emotions style, though he sometimes goes way overboard. Don't put an upside-down crucifix and a white horse in the same frame (again??) man. But then again if he did have any self-restraint I probably wouldn't like his movies so much. I see where Zizek is coming from tho.
White Heat (1949)
Only other movie I've seen by Walsh is Pursued, which is a bit darker but strangely enough also has a protagonist who has a weird relationship with a female family member??? Anyway from what I've seen this guy kinda defined Hollywood Craftsmanship. And I don't mean that in a backhanded way. Cagney is a joy to watch.
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
Someone somewhere must have written something explaining how 3+ hours of daily chores can be so entrancing. Has a weird vibe, lulls you and then startles you, very rhythmic. Jeanne is tragic from the first moment. The OCD way she flicks the light switches every time, some nervous kind of prisoner. When she tells this storekeep she wouldn't know what to do without her son it's all
. Ending is wow. I sensed there was something coming by how agitated she became during the third day but in no way was I expecting that. Made a hell of an impression.Mary and Max (2009)
A cute movie. Comes too close to Tim Burton territory and the visual style unnerved me a bit, but it's sincere, nothing false or too mawkish about it. Feels almost like a very stylized documentary more than based-on-a-true-story fiction.
The Fly (1986)
Man, this goes all out. I was expecting (hoping for) something more like his later movies with that kind of anxiously sedate pacing and steady descent into hell, but this is still very 80s Cronenberg with the mad science and "synthetic" dialogue, which kinda fits his movies anyway. But yeah, some (monster) movie cliches notwithstanding this is of course great stuff. Goldblum is fantastic.
Mishima : A Life in Four Chapters
My god.
What is this?
I don't event know how to describe this to anyone. Probably the most unique movie I have ever seen. Works such as this make me tear up in a very special way. I would give anything, to feel what Paul schrader must have felt, when this vision came to him.
I'm gonna go watch it again right now.
p.s Anything else out there like it?
My god.
What is this?
I don't event know how to describe this to anyone. Probably the most unique movie I have ever seen. Works such as this make me tear up in a very special way. I would give anything, to feel what Paul schrader must have felt, when this vision came to him.
I'm gonna go watch it again right now.
p.s Anything else out there like it?
Finally got around to watching Zack & Miri Make A Porno. It was ok, just a very middling comedy for me. There were some funny moments, and the performances were nice. I just didn't find anything truly great in it. It was definitely worth watching, but also definitely the last time I watch it. Also a lot of the jokes fell flat on me and it soured the experience a little.
Can't really think of anything to say about it, so yeah, just an average comedy there. You'd think with a name like that it'd be a little more unique than what it was. Fun movie though.
Saw Insidious
Overall it wasn't too bad. Nice suspense but not alot of 'scares' although I am happy they didn't resort to cheap loud noises stuff. The story is alright and interesting up until 3/4 of the way through then it really begins to fall apart fast and some of the demons look downright ridiculous almost laughable at some of them really look B movieish and the cg is pretty bad really breaks the suspense.The acting is ok pretty typical for this type of film but there were a few characters that were added for comic relief but soon grew old fast. This was directed by the James Wan from Saw and the guys behind Paranormal activity was part of this as well and it shows and I felt that at times this film didn't know which of the two movies it wanted to be.The suspense was right out of Paranormal Activity and James had his signature Saw look to some of the scenes.
More thoughts but spoilers
7.5/10
Overall it wasn't too bad. Nice suspense but not alot of 'scares' although I am happy they didn't resort to cheap loud noises stuff. The story is alright and interesting up until 3/4 of the way through then it really begins to fall apart fast and some of the demons look downright ridiculous almost laughable at some of them really look B movieish and the cg is pretty bad really breaks the suspense.The acting is ok pretty typical for this type of film but there were a few characters that were added for comic relief but soon grew old fast. This was directed by the James Wan from Saw and the guys behind Paranormal activity was part of this as well and it shows and I felt that at times this film didn't know which of the two movies it wanted to be.The suspense was right out of Paranormal Activity and James had his signature Saw look to some of the scenes.
More thoughts but spoilers
The problem I had with the film was that once we started to see the demons it lost its suspense.The sense of seeing some of them in silhouettes and the unknown were done really well.Also the two guys who were used as comedy relief the psychic guys were funny at first but became incredibly silly after awhile and generally when they were around it killed the mood. Also after the ritual part the film got really weird with the gas mask stuff and the family in the dream house I don't see how they really fit into the story they were just kind of there.The story twist was alright as well that the father also had the same problem didn't really see that coming but it was interesting but could have been fleshed out more.Lastly I found it a little weird how only certain people could see certain demons each time not sure why they all couldn't
7.5/10
The Outsider
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Finished my viewings of the Scream franchise with Scream 3 and Scream 4.
I thought 3 was just okay. It was entertaining enough, but it was just lacking the originality and freshness the original brought. Conversely, I thought 4 did a great job with bringing the freshness back with a modern twist. Very enjoyable, and I still can't get over how hot the entire cast was. I said goddamn!
I thought 3 was just okay. It was entertaining enough, but it was just lacking the originality and freshness the original brought. Conversely, I thought 4 did a great job with bringing the freshness back with a modern twist. Very enjoyable, and I still can't get over how hot the entire cast was. I said goddamn!
Just finished Kill the Irishman
Its about a Cleveland gangster in the 70s by the name of Danny Green. Its a pretty solid movie and the story is very interesting because Cleveland had a pretty powerful mob that had national implications.
The movie is low budget but it has some big names with some pretty good performances, especially out of Ray Stevenson who played Danny Greene....but it also has Val Kilmer as a Cleveland PD detective, and Christopher Walken as a jewish mob boss.
I loved it a little more than the average person would because I am from Cleveland and my dad remembers all the stuff that happens in the movie, but even so, I recommend checking it out. Especially if you like mobster stuff.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1416801/
Its about a Cleveland gangster in the 70s by the name of Danny Green. Its a pretty solid movie and the story is very interesting because Cleveland had a pretty powerful mob that had national implications.
The movie is low budget but it has some big names with some pretty good performances, especially out of Ray Stevenson who played Danny Greene....but it also has Val Kilmer as a Cleveland PD detective, and Christopher Walken as a jewish mob boss.
I loved it a little more than the average person would because I am from Cleveland and my dad remembers all the stuff that happens in the movie, but even so, I recommend checking it out. Especially if you like mobster stuff.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1416801/
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