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[Net_Wrecker]

suckerpunch - Enjoyed it far more than I probably should have but I'm a sucker for half naked hot chicks kicking robot,samurai,monster ass (who isn't.)

Am I wrong for enjoying this way more than I was "supposed to" as well? I mean, it's not all all time favorite or anything, but I had fun watching. The "long take" sequence on the train in particular I thought was amazing and probably gets overlooked because of the overwhelming hate of the movie.

 

[orion434]

That's really not accurate. The case is closed when the person who actual murdered the guy openly admits it to police.

I'm gonna re-watch that part, they find something which leads to the Director confessing. He just doesn't openly confess...

and for the record, I'm righty and I hold it with my left.

 

[koene]

Raiders of the lost Ark... Now I want to play Uncharted 2/3

 

[StuBurns]

I'm gonna re-watch that part, they find something which leads to the Director confessing. He just doesn't openly confess...

and for the record, I'm righty and I hold it with my left.

I remember it as him confessing because it was too late to stop the launch, but regardless, the eye lash was not ignored at all, nor was the case closed without good reason, they got the guy. And by the end it's very clear why the lash didn't implicate the lead sooner.

 

[.la1n]

Am I wrong for enjoying this way more than I was "supposed to" as well? I mean, it's not all all time favorite or anything, but I had fun watching. The "long take" sequence on the train in particular I thought was amazing and probably gets overlooked because of the overwhelming hate of the movie.

if we are wrong, I don't want to be right

 

[orion434]

I remember it as him confessing because it was too late to stop the launch, but regardless, the eye lash was not ignored at all, nor was the case closed without good reason, they got the guy. And by the end it's very clear why the lash didn't implicate the lead sooner.

I remember it as the Director spit on the guys face... I believe it's in a scene with Anton when they explained why the director confessed. I remembered it as they had the evidence there the whole time, but went on this goose-chase with the eyelash... I mean if they didn't there wouldn't be a movie.

 

[Mr. B Natural]

The Graduate - what a classic. Felt almost like a modern day Catcher in the Rye a little bit, but with a good sense of humor and more focus on the smart minimalist plot.

 

[Raist]

X-men first class. Was really meh, too much cheese.

 

[Borgnine]

The Naked City: Holy shit did you see that guy's wife? I thought this was going to be a noir but it was like an extended episode of Law & Order. Had a good time though, I loved everyone's reaction when they learned the girl was dead.

Police: She's dead!

Them: :O

Memories of Murder: Law & Order: Korean Victims Unit. Not sure how I managed to watch two L&O spinoffs back to back. It was mildly entertaining watching them fumble around for 2 hours, wish there was more to it than that. Thankfully the electric piano/synth string cheese was kept to a minimum.

 

[JGS]

9/10. Really enjoyed it. Some great acting, even from the young girl. The ending left me with a hollow feeling though. I mean it wasn't a bad ending but more like a brutally honest ending. I didn't like it but then I didn't dislike it either. It's hard to explain but the rest of the movie was excellent.

I have a tendency to like kid actors in good movies, but agree the movie is great. Way funnier than I imagined even for a Coen Brothers movie.

I also didn't care for the ending except that it showed who really had "true grit".

Spoiler

I felt sorry for the horse too but get why Rooster did it.

 

[Cosmic Bus]

el sur **** it's odd watching this almost right after tree of life - this is a much more successful exploration between a father and daughter - it doesn't quite change my world like spirit of the beehive, but what can? the house in this film is the best set as character i've ever seen. watch this film.

I watched this a couple of years ago on Youtube of all places and was equally impressed. The few Saura films that are readily available here have all wowed me, and I'm always keeping an eye out for more opportunities to see the others as they come along. Also, regarding one of your posts from last month:

raise the red lantern **** it's fucking shame that this isn't on blu-ray.

Coming in September in France.

 

[RepairmanJack]

The Adjustment Bureau-I really liked the concept of the adjusters themselves. I wish it was a little more about them and their concience of dealing with what they are doing. Not sure why, but I just didn't care too much about Damon and Blunt getting together. Still good overall though.

 

[NewFresh]

Green Lantern

It is hard to like a movie when its main character, who you are supposed to be rooting for, lacks redeeming characteristics besides a dead dad. I came into not thinking that it would be good or bad, but it was the super hero movie I was the least interested in this summer. It was an extremely formulaic film with an boring and predictable ending.

What made it even worse was that I saw it as a double feature with X-men First Class, which was even more amazing seeing after Green Lantern.

Memories of Murder: Law & Order: Korean Victims Unit. Not sure how I managed to watch two L&O spinoffs back to back. It was mildly entertaining watching them fumble around for 2 hours, wish there was more to it than that. Thankfully the electric piano/synth string cheese was kept to a minimum.

I feel like calling it a L&O spinoff is underselling it.

 

[Borgnine]

I feel like calling it a L&O spinoff is underselling it.

All right, well then it's like the main L&O, the one with Jerry Orbach that they cancelled. I honestly didn't get much more out of it than that.

 

[swoon]

I watched this a couple of years ago on Youtube of all places and was equally impressed. The few Saura films that are readily available here have all wowed me, and I'm always keeping an eye out for more opportunities to see the others as they come along. Also, regarding one of your posts from last month:



Coming in September in France.

oh i didn't realize there was another el sur, this is the one by víctor erice not saura. it isn't based on the borges story.

exciting news about the blu-ray.

 

[Cosmic Bus]

Hah, actually I'm the one who's wrong here. It was the Erice version I watched; my head mixes up Saura and Erice sometimes.

 

[DesertEater]

suckerpunch - Enjoyed it far more than I probably should have but I'm a sucker for half naked hot chicks kicking robot,samurai,monster ass (who isn't.)

Besides the parts where the characters actually interact with each other and talk, I thought the movie was awesome.

 

[BaronLundi]

The King's speech - Tom Hooper
Much better than my prejudice led me to expect. Not very daring and quite predictable : scenes and build up are so neatly arranged, all shots are so very clean (bordering on boring). Yet it was well executed and acted. All in all pretty entertaining.

 

[ToyMachine228]

Watched Se7en recently. Thought it was pretty great all around.

Then I watched 12 Monkeys. And pretty much didn't care the whole time I was watching it. Wasn't impressed.

 

[Ashhong]

Fair enough. Just seems to happen a little more blatantly with movies.

You must not go into music threads. People post daily in dedicated album threads wondering if the album had leaked yet. In fact, like 80% of the Hip Hop thread is leaked music.

Sucker Punch was a freakin masterpiece of a movie. Of course the plot and characters were pretty poor, but Snyder did a fantastic job with the action sequences and even all of the slow-mo in other parts. I'm probably not explaining myself correctly, but I was amazed at what I was watching. Its like Speed Racer except without the awesome characters and plot.

 

[Darth Pinche]

Grown Ups Terrible movie, but had Salma Hayek in tight clothes the whole movie so I was happy. It felt like a bunch of ad-libs edited together. It literally felt like they wrote and filmed this on their spare time during a holiday weekend.

 

[Mister Wilhelm]

Watched this today and thought it was excellent. The music towards the end is wonderful. Good ending.

Sword of the Stranger

I loved the animation but the plot was too typical for an anime to keep my interested throughout.

Trade. Give it a 9/10. Must watch.

I don't mean to degrade you, but I felt this was one of the most shockingly exploitationist and silly movies I've ever seen.

Strange Days - I can't remember if I posted anything about this? It's alright. The first-person cam concept is interesting but done about 1000x better and more fully in Enter the Void. Other than that, it's too straight and shallow to be the interesting and probing science fiction film I wanted it to be (and which it wants to be, I think. Maybe have a different writer and different director entirely take on this concept, because you can tell it's too much for Cameron & Bigelow.) It's also way too fucking long, at 2.5 hours, for what little it manages to actually say.

Ginger Snaps - It's ok, feels kind of like a less-heavy Heavenly Creatures with more quips. Werewolf transformation as a metaphor for female puberty is interesting, but by the end it's turned into a pretty straight horror movie with weak-ish effects and I still haven't been convinced to care about any of the characters.

Totally agree with all of this. Strange Days had so much potential and the amazing performances were wasted on such a long, silly mess.

Sometimes I feel like Ginger Snaps is praised simply for not being horrible. The creature looked awesome, though (when it wasn't moving).

The Graduate - what a classic. Felt almost like a modern day Catcher in the Rye a little bit, but with a good sense of humor and more focus on the smart minimalist plot.

One of my favorite endings ever.

Grown Ups Terrible movie, but had Salma Hayek in tight clothes the whole movie so I was happy. It felt like a bunch of ad-libs edited together. It literally felt like they wrote and filmed this on their spare time during a holiday weekend.

I can't believe I actually watched this on Netflix streaming. I really can't believe it's got a 3.8 average on the website either.

 

[nilbog21]

YELLOW SEA

I really liked The Chaser, but i feel the director showed some of his weaknesses here with the gratuitous gore. i don't mind gore, but i felt like it didn't actually mean anything in the context of the movie. Overall a solid piece of cinema, very much enjoyed.

Memories of Murder: Law & Order: Korean Victims Unit. Not sure how I managed to watch two L&O spinoffs back to back. It was mildly entertaining watching them fumble around for 2 hours, wish there was more to it than that. Thankfully the electric piano/synth string cheese was kept to a minimum.

what? LAW & ORDER? I hope you are not trying to draw any anologies here..I thought the movie was one of the best suspense/thrillers i've ever seen tbh. i think you have to enjoy/appreciate the dark humor in order to like this film, great social commentary too

 

[TheKaeptain]

The director's cut is supposed to be better. Supposedly, comes out this year over here in the states.

 

[Decado]

Bedevilled


Very unflinching violent revenge type movie from Korea, reminded me in a way of "I saw the devil" but much better imo. Worth checking out.

Very very done. Not more entertaining than I Saw the Devil, though it felt a bit more "real".

Looking back, 2010 is turning into an excellent year for South Korean cinima, even if one or two didn't quite live up to their promise. Better than the wasteland that was 2009, that's for sure. Still a lot of hope for Korean film, even if Hollywood is pillaging some of the better directors (for what will no doubt be some rather underwhelming PG-13 schlock).

 

[Decado]

The director's cut is supposed to be better. Supposedly, comes out this year over here in the states.

For what?

I preferred The Chaser over MoM by a large margin. MoM got pretty dull at times. The Chaser is probably one of the most entertaining mystery/thrillers I've seen.

Let the Bullets Fly - WTF did I watch? I assume it was supposed to be a comedy. I never really enjoyed Chinese humour, for the most part. Couldn't get into it.

 

[TheKaeptain]

For what?

I preferred The Chaser over MoM by a largeo margin. MoM got pretty dull at times. The Chaser is probably one of the most entertaining mystery/thrillers I've seen.

Let the Bullets Fly - WTF did I watch? I assume it was supposed to be a comedy. I never really enjoyed Chinese humour, for the most part. Couldn't get into it.

Yellow Sea. He edited in the last half of his text after I posted.


Edit: I had no problem with the gore either. Maybe I am just use to it.

 

[UrbanRats]

tree of life **** it's good study in pov beyond anything else. the pacing seems off during the main narrative piece. the ending is insignificant at best. the mother dancing might be the best scene i'll see all year. people say a lot of dumb things about this movie.

What do you mean?
Also:

el sur **** it's odd watching this almost right after tree of life - this is a much more successful exploration between a father and daughter - it doesn't quite change my world like spirit of the beehive, but what can? the house in this film is the best set as character i've ever seen. watch this film.

This is impossible to find.
Been looking for it for some time now, no dvd available.

 

[Takao]

I caught a screening of Super 8 last night. It was pretty cool in an 80's Spielburg kind of way, but I definitely echo the feelings of it missing the heart of those films. I did enjoy it, but it was a forced effort.

Also, dude's gotta stop using lens flares everywhere.

 

[JaseC]

An Education - a clichéd coming-of-age story elevated above its average creative foundations by strong acting from the ensemble cast. However, it's Carey Mulligan that steals the film as the intelligent and mature yet naive and impressionable schoolgirl. Oh, how I wish she was the Violet to Saoirse Ronan's Daisy as initially rumoured.

 

[Astery]

source code - very enjoyable. I expected more twist and a longer story as after 45 minutes I still felt it's just beginning.

 

[Verendus]

Starter for 10 - Meh, I don't think I was in the mood to really watch this. It was okay.

Dylan Dog: Dead of Night - Honestly, one of the worst movies I've ever seen. It really is a piece of crap. I shouldn't have gone in blind and actually read about it. I would have saved two hours of my life.

 

[NewFresh]

source code - very enjoyable. I expected more twist and a longer story as after 45 minutes I still felt it's just beginning.

Also watched this about a week back. The movie was good but the ending really bugged me.

Spoiler

The whole alternate timelines being created can be cool but here it seemed out of place. Almost like they needed a happier ending to appease movie goers. The scene where everyone freezes I thought would have been a perfect ending for the movie.

It is also weird that he would be OK continuing to live in the body of another person and stay together with a woman that I did not get the impression he actually loved.

Duncan Jones continues to keep me excited about whatever he works on.

 

[Fady K]

I caught a screening of Super 8 last night. It was pretty cool in an 80's Spielburg kind of way, but I definitely echo the feelings of it missing the heart of those films. I did enjoy it, but it was a forced effort.

Also, dude's gotta stop using lens flares everywhere.

I just got back a couple of hours ago - an excellent film, Super 8, possibly the best of this year for me so far - but yes - you nailed it - it lacks the heart.

 

[Drewsky]

I expected more twist and a longer story as after 45 minutes I still felt it's just beginning.

That's a really good way of describing how I felt about it. I didn't really like it, especially when compared to Moon.

 

[brianjones]

i stand alone really dark and humorous but messed up lol

wild strawberries didnt really do anything for me.. bergmans a tough one. i feel like this is something that might resonate with me more were i older . the creepy dream sequence at the beginning was cool.. i wish there was more stuff like that

 

[strasza]

Black Swan. I'd heard it was bizarre, and wasn't disappointed. I did enjoy it, though it was scarier than I expected. D:

 

[roosters93]

It's a Wonderful Life - first time seeing this Christmas classic and it was fairly enjoyable. Stewart was good as always. I enjoyed the normal part of the movie more than the supernatural part. I would've liked a realistic way of reaching the same ending, although I guess he wouldn't be as grateful for his life then.

 

[Kitschkraft]

Daybreakers - Vampire film starring Ethan Hawke, William Dafoe, and Sam Neill. I guess it went straight to video, but it was actually better than I thought it would be. Avoided some of the genre pitfalls I thought it was going to have (Thought it was about to become a monster hunting movie, it didn't) and was better than most of the genre movies that make it to theaters.

Man, Woman, & The Wall - Raunchy, creepy, Japanese romance movie. Some guy begins listening in on his female neighbor through a very thin wall, he eventually finds out that she is also being spied on by her (even weirder) boyfriend, strangeness ensues. I liked it, oddly enough, I found the main character to be an overt example of having "nice guy syndrome". After I watched it, I found out on IMDB that the lead actress used to work in porn.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Daybreakers - Vampire film starring Ethan Hawke, William Dafoe, and Sam Neill. I guess it went straight to video, but it was actually better than I thought it would be. Avoided some of the genre pitfalls I thought it was going to have (Thought it was about to become a monster hunting movie, it didn't) and was better than most of the genre movies that make it to theaters.

Man, Woman, & The Wall - Raunchy, creepy, Japanese romance movie. Some guy begins listening in on his female neighbor through a very thin wall, he eventually finds out that she is also being spied on by her (even weirder) boyfriend, strangeness ensues. I liked it, oddly enough, I found the main character to be an overt example of having "nice guy syndrome". After I watched it, I found out on IMDB that the lead actress used to work in porn.

Daybreakers was in theatres.

 

[JaskoX1]

The Way Back

Bit cliche; but this is an amazing movie. My father enjoyed it too. TPB it.

 

[Kitschkraft]

Daybreakers was in theatres.

Really? Hmm, I don't remember ever having heard about it until I saw it on netflix. I thought it was one of this Wesley Snipes type movies made in Europe for cheap.

I usually stay up on these types of movies, not sure how I missed this one.

Edit : I looked on IMDB, and I think I know what happened. Coincidentally, it's theatrical run was in early 2010....during the Avatar domination. I probably just missed it in all the buzz Cameron was generating.

 

[coldvein]

avatar. still garbage.

 

[Caoz]

Kung Fu Panda 2 - 3D Awesomeness. Really helps to take the whole family that 3D tickets are around $4 bucks on Wednesdays here. I think 3D showings were made for animated films and not useful for live action.

Also saw Xmen First Class. Did not liked it that much. Apart from a certain attack scene on a goverment facility the movie did not moved me much.

Of the two I would say Panda is way better. The whole sequence with the dragon was a highlight for me.

 

[jakncoke]

Have not done this in a while, so this what i seen today.

Eraserhead (1976) lil weird but good. my fav Lynch film so far. have only seen Muholland Drive/Blue Velvet so far

The Abominable Snowman (1957) pretty meh

The House is Black (1963) good short documentary on a leper colony in northern iran.

chicken run (2000) decent claymation

Random note of ICM. Holy hell people take ranking is srs business as if they got money invested lol. Don't want cheaters on either but woah man. I bet if they could they'd have that user in a locked going over each check to gather intel to see if (s)he cheated

 

[swoon]

Random note of ICM. Holy hell people take ranking is srs business as if they got money invested lol. Don't want cheaters on either but woah man. I bet if they could they'd have that user in a locked going over each check to gather intel to see if (s)he cheated

monty is going to have an aneurysm of that and it's like the number 2 person on the site is a cheater. that's obviously more important than some lesser known person who might not be cheating.

 

[TheKaeptain]

monty is going to have an aneurysm of that and it's like the number 2 person on the site is a cheater. that's obviously more important than some lesser known person who might not be cheating.

What's going on?

 

[theusedversion]

I was simply blown away by this film. Probably one of the best documentaries I have ever seen.

Armadillo (2010)
In February 2009 a group of Danish soldiers accompanied by documentary filmmaker Janus Metz arrived at Armadillo, an army base in the southern Afghan province of Helmand. Metz and cameraman Lars Skree spent six months following the lives of young soldiers situated less than a kilometer away from Taliban positions. The outcome of their work is a gripping and highly authentic war drama that was justly awarded the Grand Prix de la Semaine de la Critique at this year's Cannes film festival. But it also provoked furious debate in Denmark concerning the controversial behavior of certain Danish soldiers during a shootout with Taliban fighters. The filmmakers repeatedly risked their lives shooting this tense, brilliantly edited, and visually sophisticated probe into the psychology of young men in the midst of a senseless war whose victims are primarily local villagers. Yet more disturbing than scenes in which Taliban bullets whiz past their cameras is the footage of the young soldiers as each tries, in his own way, to come to terms with putting his life constantly on the line.

Armadillo (2010) | Official Trailer

 

[Divius]

I was simply blown away by this film. Probably one of the best documentaries I have ever seen. Armadillo (2010)

Check out Restrepo, if you haven´t yet.

 

[theusedversion]

Check out Restrepo, if you haven´t yet.

I've been meaning to check that out. Thanks for reminding me. Any other similar documentaries out there like Restrepo and Armadillo?