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Tangled 3D

Best Disney animated feature since Lilo and Stitch. I only recently saw The Princess and the Frog (that's what you get when you wait months for a Blu-Ray bargain) and was terribly disappointed. Yes, it was hand drawn animation, but I didn't really liked the designs, didn't like the protagonists as frogs, found the side kicks obnoxious, disliked the setting and *hated* the music. And it wasn't funny.

Then a few weeks later and I get to enjoy a Disney CGI animation that does everything right. Gorgeous designs, terrific animation, characters you love instantly, great sidekicks, lots of laughs and a story with heart. 3D was impressive too, the best I saw since Avatar.

THIS is the Disney I love.

10/10

 

[DieH@rd]

Black Dynamite- Saw it on Netflix and decided to give it a try since I heard so many positive reviews on it. I thought it was excellent from beginning to end. I've never really watched a blaxploitation film before but I knew enough about them to understand what the film was about. It was straight up hilarious and I would recommend it if you haven't seen it yet.

/girls vocals
DYNAMITE!

 

[Not a Jellyfish]

I enjoyed it a lot but the film has a very odd pacing at times, there is a point in the film where I thought the main character had given up on her search and I was pretty much just waiting for the film to end. Luckily it picked back up again and the best scenes of the film followed.

3 1/2 stars, was almost great but came up short, still making it a pretty good film.

 

[TheKaeptain]

Listen to this man and watch Love Exposure.

Where can I get this?

 

[Tucah]

127 Hours - Loved it. James Franco will certainly get a well-deserved Oscar nomination for this movie, he was fantastic. The

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scene where he cuts his arm off

was very well done although the hype had me believing it would be worse than it was - I flinched more at some of the other scenes

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drinking his own urine, for example

than that one. Watching the credits at the start, I really liked how it had some of my favorite young actresses (Lizzy Caplan, Amber Tamblyn) but they were barely in the film :lol - not really a complaint, I just thought it was amusing. I definitely recommend anyone interested in a story of survival to go see the film, it was very well made, emotional and one of the most memorable movies of the year so far.

 

[ChoklitReign]

Can you describe how bad the (obvious spoiler alert)

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arm-cutting scene

is? I want to see it with my family but my mom is extremely anxious about it.

 

[Blader]

Can you describe how bad the (obvious spoiler alert)

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arm-cutting scene

is? I want to see it with my family but my mom is extremely anxious about it.

It's not that explicit, but it is kind of intense (mostly because of the sound design in that scene more than anything else).

 

[ChoklitReign]

Great. She can cover her eyes but she'll hate the screams.

 

[Tucah]

Yeah, the sounds during the scene are easily the most disturbing part about it.

 

[Blader]

Great. She can cover her eyes but she'll hate the screams.

It wasn't the screaming I was talking about (and I don't think there was much of that anyway).

I'll just say, make sure you're not sitting next to a speaker during the movie. I did, and the bass during that scene nearly made my heart explode :lol

 

[KidA Seven]

Where can I get this?

It's on youtube uploaded in HD. There are 22 parts all english subbed.

 

[junesongprovider]

also, i saw LOVE & OTHER DRUGS with a friend and i actually thought it was pretty enjoyable. there were some really heightened perspectives on what it means to be a drug representative, and the marketing scenes were stylized to the point of absurdity, but the actual romantic scenes and the handling of the parkinson's i thought was pretty textured. and i love jake gyllenhaal, god help me, so damn much. he is just cool as hell.

Agreed! I didn't know about the Parkinson's thing going in, but it really effectively helped the film transition from casual sex to genuine love and devotion without feeling forced. Full disclosure: I went to see it mostly for the promise of Anne Hathaway's boobs, but it really surprised me. It's a shame it will be written off by most

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men

as a chick flick/ date movie, since it's just plain good cinema.

Also, recently saw Morning Glory. It features Harrison Ford at his most loveable/grumpy, and Rachel McAdams being generally awesome. Again had relatively low expectations (expected something light and fun, but ultimately forgettable) but it ended up being sincerely funny and sweet. I may be biased on this one, since I absolutely love Harrison Ford, Rachel McAdams, and Jeff Goldblum, but they were all excellent and so was the film.

 

[bud]

scott pilgrim vs. the world: i admit: i just saw it for miss winstead, but it has ended up being up my surprise of the year so far. i'm not sure why he had to had to fight the evil exes, though, but i didn't really care. i enjoyed it a lot--it was funny, had great action sequences, and was nice to look at.

before sunrise & before sunset: i now have a mancrush on ethan hawke ho ho ho. the chemistry between both actors is so good, you forget they're acting. their first kiss is the best (first) kiss ever captured on film, i'm sure of it. the buildup to it was great--first the scene in the booth in the record store, followed by the scene on top of the ferris wheel. it was so beautiful. *cries* the sequel's great, too.

mysterious skin: well, uh, i had no idea what this was about when i started watching, but the next thing i know, i see a child masturbating to the guy who's banging his mom... yeah. beautiful and touching film, though, with a terrific performance by gordon-levitt who has become one of my favourite actors (loved him in brick as well).

 

[big ander]

scott pilgrim vs. the world: i admit: i just saw it for miss winstead, but it has ended up being up my surprise of the year so far. i'm not sure why he had to had to fight the evil exes, though, but i didn't really care. i enjoyed it a lot--it was funny, had great action sequences, and was nice to look at.

The whole idea is that the fights are a representation of "dealing with baggage." Where in a musical the characters would break out into song and get emotions out and deal with problems, in SP they break out into fights to deal with problems.
Glad you enjoyed it, favorite movie of the year for me

 

[StuBurns]

before sunrise & before sunset: i now have a mancrush on ethan hawke ho ho ho. the chemistry between both actors is so good, you forget they're acting. their first kiss is the best (first) kiss ever captured on film, i'm sure of it. the buildup to it was great--first the scene in the booth in the record store, followed by the scene on top of the ferris wheel. it was so beautiful. *cries* the sequel's great, too.

Amazing films, seen any other of Linklater's movies? There's lots of awesome to be had there.

 

[bud]

i saw school of rock a couple of years ago--and i loved it.

tape sounds great (will get on that), and i remember looking forward to a scanner darkly (keanu <3) a couple of years ago. is it worth watching? the visuals look cool.

The whole idea is that the fights are a representation of "dealing with baggage." Where in a musical the characters would break out into song and get emotions out and deal with problems, in SP they break out into fights to deal with problems.
Glad you enjoyed it, favorite movie of the year for me

cool, thanks. i'm glad it didn't turn into a musical, btw; i'm not a fan of those. i was getting worried when patel started singing. phew.

 

[StuBurns]

i saw school of rock a couple of years ago--and i loved it.

tape sounds great--will get on that--and i remember looking forward to a scanner darkly (keanu <3) a couple of years ago. is it worth watching? the visuals look cool.

A Scanner Darkly is really good, very witty prose, very creepy too, and great to look at. His film Waking Life is using the same 'rotoscoping' technology, and I prefer that film a lot actually (even has a scene with the couple from the Before films in it).

I think Slacker is my favorite of his films. Tape is also excellent "I'm too high to be high and mighty", so good. Dazed and Confused is a must see too.

I also recommend Two Days in Paris, which is kind of similar to the Before films, has the same female lead, she wrote and directed it, there is a sequel to that coming soon too.

 

[junesongprovider]

cool, thanks. i'm glad it didn't turn into a musical, btw; i'm not a fan of those. i was getting worried when patel started singing. phew.

In addition to the "breaking into fights instead of breaking into song" angle, it's also supposed to be like a video game. Scott Pilgrim is a guy who grew up on video games, and negotiates the world accordingly. His life has big boss battles, and his enemies drop money when he beats them.

(when I first saw the movie, I got nervous at the Patel fight too. I eventually realized that up until that point the movie (like the book) is a quirky, video game referencing story about a normal guy, and after this point it is that but with the addition of tons of crazy battle scenes. The first ex fight needs to be extra over-the-top to set up the magical realism that goes down for the rest of it.)

 

[junesongprovider]

A Scanner Darkly is really good, very witty prose, very creepy too, and great to look at. His film Waking Life is using the same 'rotoscoping' technology, and I prefer that film a lot actually (even has a scene with the couple from the Before films in it).

I don't mean to be a douche, but does movie dialogue count as prose? The PKD original was great prose, certainly. I've always thought of "prose" as meaning written word, distinguishing it from "verse" (aka poetry) and "drama".

 

[StuBurns]

I don't mean to be a douche, but does movie dialogue count as prose? The PKD original was great prose, certainly. I've always thought of "prose" as meaning written word, distinguishing it from "verse" (aka poetry) and "drama".

According to Apple dictionary it does, and I thought it did.

written or spoken language in its ordinary form

 

[JimiNutz]

Was a huge surprise for me...
I hate rom-coms (although this isn't strictly a rom-com), or films about relationships/romance in general, but this film was really well done and left a smile on my face.
I don't think it's you typical romance film, although I haven't seen many - are they all this good, have I been missing out all these years? :lol
Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays a really likeable character that made me lol on several occasions, and this Zooey Deschanel woman is pretty adorable (first thing I've seen her in).
Overall was just a thoroughly watchable movie, really didn't expect to like it as much as I did - decent soundtrack too.
I think the director is doing the new Spider-Man as well...will be interesting to see how that turns out.

 

[KidA Seven]

^Welcome brother. You may now join in the Zooey love fest we here at GAF partake on.

<3 Zooey

 

[StuBurns]

this Zooey Deschanel woman is pretty adorable (first thing I've seen her in).

She & Him - In The Sun

 

[Tucah]

before sunrise & before sunset: i now have a mancrush on ethan hawke ho ho ho. the chemistry between both actors is so good, you forget they're acting. their first kiss is the best (first) kiss ever captured on film, i'm sure of it. the buildup to it was great--first the scene in the booth in the record store, followed by the scene on top of the ferris wheel. it was so beautiful. *cries* the sequel's great, too.

Two of my favorite movies, glad others like them as well.

 

[Empty]

rewatched master and commander earlier. such an amazing film. it's kinda underrated because i think people were expecting a sequel to gladiator with russell crowe as the lead, when what they got was a melodrama free, meticulously crafted period piece. the attention to detail in recreating the experience of living on an eary 19th century naval vessel is superb, whether it be through the sound design, the costumes, the set or the character writing, and the authenticity pays off so much in creating the riveting atmosphere of the film. you really feel a part of the ship as the story examines the various aspects of what makes it tick, from the dependency on the weather, the scars of war, the trials of leadership, the claustrophobic conditions, the superstition to the crew camaraderie, elegantly weaving those parts into the main narrative of chasing the french vessel along the coast of brazil.

the central relationship between the captain and the doctor is very well written, capturing both the tense disagreements that emerge from their different perspectives along with the challenges that face them at sea and the warmth of their aged friendship; it feels very real and balanced. paul bettany puts in a strong performance, with his joy at the discovery of new species of animals infectious, and while i'm not normally a big fan of crowe, his authoritative and powerful presence as the captain is central to making the film work. peter weir shows great restraint in cutting down the swashbuckling action to a few crucial scenes, and those scenes are a joy to watch as a result, with wonderful outmaneuvering and exciting action, yet to their credit they are always rooted in reality and never afraid to truly show the consequences of the situations that the characters put themselves in. in fact restraint defines his direction in this picture, the genre meant that he could have focused on the familiar storyline of scurvy, he could have made the deaths and wounds more emotionally manipulative, he could have made it faster paced, more "epic", yet he chooses to focus on place, atmosphere and character and i'm so glad he did even if it meant reducing the mainstream audience appeal and hurting the chances for a much needed sequel.

 

[JimiNutz]

She & Him - In The Sun

Aaaaawwwww
I just want to hug her :lol

 

[junesongprovider]

According to Apple dictionary it does, and I thought it did.

Yeah, I did a little digging after posting that, and its technically correct. Apparently, I was operating under the literary definition. In common parlance, the definition is a little broader. My bad.

 

[ChubbyHuggs]

Wait...what?????

You read that right, he plans on having it out by 2012.

 

[Snuggles]

oh yeah, I finally saw Scott Pilgramm.

I was a bit turned off by it at first, too over the top but I warmed up to it. By the end, I was quite enjoying it. It was certifiable eye candy, the casting was good and thanks to the fast pace, there wasn't a single dull moment. My man Edgar has yet to disappoint.

I'd give it a ¶/10

 

[KidA Seven]

oh yeah, I finally saw Scott Pilgramm.

I was a bit turned off by it at first, too over the top but I warmed up to it. By the end, I was quite enjoying it. It was certifiable eye candy, the casting was good and thanks to the fast pace, there wasn't a single dull moment. My man Edgar has yet to disappoint.

I'd give it a ¶/10

<3 Envy

 

[ChubbyHuggs]

oh yeah, I finally saw Scott Pilgramm.
I'd give it a ¶/10

The whole time I watched that I kept thinking Wallace looks really fucking familiar.
Kieran Culkin, besides my rediscovery of one of the Culkins. 9/10

 

[CharminUltra]

Saw this yesterday.

One of the most disturbing films I've ever seen. I can totally see early 80's people walking out of the theater in disgust.

 

[Kitschkraft]

Was a huge surprise for me...
I hate rom-coms (although this isn't strictly a rom-com), or films about relationships/romance in general, but this film was really well done and left a smile on my face.
I don't think it's you typical romance film, although I haven't seen many - are they all this good, have I been missing out all these years? :lol
Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays a really likeable character that made me lol on several occasions, and this Zooey Deschanel woman is pretty adorable (first thing I've seen her in).
Overall was just a thoroughly watchable movie, really didn't expect to like it as much as I did - decent soundtrack too.
I think the director is doing the new Spider-Man as well...will be interesting to see how that turns out.

One of my all time favorite movies is Amelie. A very quirky, french rom-com with some fantastical elements thrown in. Audrey Tautou pretty much defines adorable in it, if you like that cutesy doe-eyed Hepburn thing that Deschanel tends to do, you'll love Tautou in this. Can't recommend it enough if you've never seen.

As bus just pointed out, both of the 'Sunrise films are fucking fantastic, definitely worth a peak.

I'm guessing that gaf probably hates the fuck out of it, but I'd also recommend Garden State with Natalie Portman and Zach Braff.

Wong Kar-wai has a handful of great romance films. I'd check out "In the Mood for Love" and "2046" first.

There are tons really, I would indeed say that you're missing out.

 

[1stStrike]

I just watched Megamind. I actually really enjoyed it. It was a fun movie, and I'm usually oblivious to sappy parts, but I found myself genuinely grinning during some parts of it, and even got some laughs. Definitely recommend it.

 

[Spider from Mars]

One of my all time favorite movies is Amelie. A very quirky, french rom-com with some fantastical elements thrown in. Audrey Tautou pretty much defines adorable in it, if you like that cutesy doe-eyed Hepburn thing that Deschanel tends to do, you'll love Tautou in this. Can't recommend it enough if you've never seen.

There are tons really, I would indeed say that you're missing out.

Check out Love me If you dare. It's another french rom-com and one of my favorites. It's on netflix instant so there is no excuse!

 

[Not a Jellyfish]

Just finished watching this a couple minutes ago, loved it. Kept my interest the whole way through, keeps you guessing till the very end and creates an amazing amount of tension throughout. Amazing.

 

[Salazar]

One of my all time favorite movies is Amelie. A very quirky, french rom-com with some fantastical elements thrown in. Audrey Tautou pretty much defines adorable in it, if you like that cutesy doe-eyed Hepburn thing that Deschanel tends to do, you'll love Tautou in this. Can't recommend it enough if you've never seen.

Tautou is naked and gorgeous in Le Libertin. Vincent Cassel plays Denis Diderot. Pretty good. Slightly filthy.

 

[TheKaeptain]

Check out Love me If you dare. It's another french rom-com and one of my favorites. It's on netflix instant so there is no excuse!

Why did you have to mention that? I've trying to forget it...

 

[snack]

Resident Evil: Afterlife. I was in it for the lawls.

 

[Net_Wrecker]

Since I saw a couple of people mention it on the previous page, and a whole thread filled with nothing but praise I just tackled

Love Exposure (2008) Directed by Shion Sono: Yeah, didn't leave me with the whole "Best Movie Ever" vibe that thread was filled with. It started out amusingly enough, but 2 hours into this 4 hour beast the tone changes drastically and started losing me big time. Went from weird to disturbingly weird, and the last 45 minutes in particular just put me into "ugh" mode. I was pushing through the whole

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upskirt shot stuff

just cause there was a bit of quirkiness to the characters, but when it went into full on

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brainwashing, religious cult, broken will, 5 minute silence in a van, quoting whole Bible verses, suicide mode

, my brain bailed out. It didn't click to say the least.

 

[TheOddOne]

Just finished watching this a couple minutes ago, loved it. Kept my interest the whole way through, keeps you guessing till the very end and creates an amazing amount of tension throughout. Amazing.

Didn't you think that the movie had a lot of unnecessary slow-motion scenes?

 

[Community Forum]

Watched about half of KNIGHT AND DAY yesterday. What a waste of time... not funny, not clever, took way too long to get the plot set up, and I decided to cut my losses and bail out halfway through. Maybe it gets better at the end, but shit.

 

[GullyJuice]

The Secret in Their Eyes

Just... nothing spectacular. Definitely melodramatic - cheesy music came in at the worst times. A scene with a girl chasing after a train - really? I'll give credit for the no-cut chase scene in the football stadium. Everything felt shallow. bleh

 

[big ander]

Cyrus

Really awesome. Reilly and Hill are perfect as the leads. Strikes an ideal balance of awkward humor and drama for an indie dramady.

 

[MedHead]

Unstoppable

It was bad. The elements added to the original story are very obvious, and the actual story isn't all that interesting. The camera work is primarily a sweeping arc from one side of the train to the other.

Star Trek

The glares really annoyed me. I didn't like the characters. The story was just Nemesis again.

Scott Pilgrim

I liked all the video game references, but I don't know why anyone would be interested in Ramona.

 

[maniac-kun]

The Lost Boys
Awesome 80s vampire movie. No sparkling vampires here!

 

[Snowman Prophet of Doom]

Cyrus

Really awesome. Reilly and Hill are perfect as the leads. Strikes an ideal balance of awkward humor and drama for an indie dramady.

...what be the source of your avatar?

Also, I watched Gunfight at the O.K. Corral yesterday. It had its moments, and as usual, Kirk Douglas is awesome; overall, though, I'd say My Darling Clementine is a better take on the story.

 

[Rei_Toei]

Was a huge surprise for me...
I hate rom-coms (although this isn't strictly a rom-com), or films about relationships/romance in general, but this film was really well done and left a smile on my face.
I don't think it's you typical romance film, although I haven't seen many - are they all this good, have I been missing out all these years? :lol
Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays a really likeable character that made me lol on several occasions, and this Zooey Deschanel woman is pretty adorable (first thing I've seen her in).
Overall was just a thoroughly watchable movie, really didn't expect to like it as much as I did - decent soundtrack too.
I think the director is doing the new Spider-Man as well...will be interesting to see how that turns out.

Jalla Jalla might be your cup of tea, too.

 

[big ander]

Unstoppable

It was bad. The elements added to the original story are very obvious, and the actual story isn't all that interesting. The camera work is primarily a sweeping arc from one side of the train to the other.

Star Trek

The glares really annoyed me. I didn't like the characters. The story was just Nemesis again.

Scott Pilgrim

I liked all the video game references, but I don't know why anyone would be interested in Ramona.

Glares?
I liked the ST reboot, but I've never seen previous Star Trek movies. So that may be it.
As for Scott Pilgrim, Ramona is an interesting character. I think she's better in the movie than in the comics. There's definitely chemistry between her and Scott during their first few dates. In the books, however, I love Kim.

...what be the source of your avatar?

Also, I watched Gunfight at the O.K. Corral yesterday. It had its moments, and as usual, Kirk Douglas is awesome; overall, though, I'd say My Darling Clementine is a better take on the story.

It's from this thread...I can't find the video, unfortunately.

 

[1stStrike]

I just watched John Q and damn, that was a good movie. Denzel Washington played that role well and there were some nice touches. I really enjoyed it and highly recommend it.

I got a brand new 40" LED tv yesterday so I've got my PS3 hooked up with Netflix in my room and damn, it's nice. I got it going over the wifi network and after a couple hitches, I changed my router settings to channel 3 and short pre-amble and it's been running perfectly without a single delay or stutter throughout entire movie's since, so overall pretty happy with it.

The price is awesome too - $7.99 a month is well worth it IMO. I just wish they had some more movies on there - and at least the entire LotR trilogy. All they have is part 1 right now which is balls :|