Hot Rod (2007) - Grossly underrated comedy, I didn't stop laughing through nearly the entire film. I saw it years ago but I didn't remember it being this funny, hard movie to recommend though, it very bizzare and reminds me of Napoleon Dynamite (Which a lot of people hate) style humor mixed with slapstick.
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Movies You've Seen Recently |OT| July 2015
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Dragon1893
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I'm not sure what that means.
Not that I have to explain myself to you but my son woke up (slept less than usual that day) and I haven't been able to find the time to watch the rest yet.
Is that surprising?
Net_Wrecker
Member
ViewtifulJC is an advocate for deadbeat parenting confirmed.
What an a-hole
What an a-hole
Charles Foster Kane
Rosebud
Yeah, that's why I was wondering. I saw the bd and the Criterion DVD and the difference was huge. It's a lot darker and washed out. The Criterion version looks really nice.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
movies > kids tbh
Charles Foster Kane
Rosebud
So what's S C U S T B O Y Z? Pls.
Sometimes I wonder if I don't get things because I'm just not from the USA. lol
Sometimes I wonder if I don't get things because I'm just not from the USA. lol
ViewtifulJC
Banned
you foreigners and your lack of meme knowledge
Watched Hard to Be a God last night. Man, I don't even know what to say. I liked it, I think, but...man. And I know every single review has mentioned it, but it is seriously the filthiest fucking movie I've ever seen. Everything and everyone is plastered in mud and shit and no one can go five minutes without expelling some sort of bodily fluid. It's like a case study in dirt and grime. On top of that it's so claustrophobic. Every interior shot is packed so full of people that it seems like the camera can barely move, and all the time people and objects are right in front of the camera, blocking its field of vision. It was like watching a nightmare.
PassiveObserver
Member
Broadway Danny Rose
One of the better Woody Allen films, say top 10ish. Short and sweet, shot in beautiful B&W. Thought it was really cool that Allen cast an actual lounge singer for the part of Lou.
One of the better Woody Allen films, say top 10ish. Short and sweet, shot in beautiful B&W. Thought it was really cool that Allen cast an actual lounge singer for the part of Lou.
Wait, we don't have to? That changes everything!
George Oscar Bluth II
Banned
Locke
I liked it, but I need to think it over some more.
Tom Hardy was fantastic.
I liked it, but I need to think it over some more.
Tom Hardy was fantastic.
Caramel is a really great, authentic Middle Eastern movie. I'd recommend it.
George Oscar Bluth II
Banned
Not in a bad way, just... It's kind of a hard film for me to write about (and I'm not that great at writing about them in the first place). The performances were great and the fact that it was pretty much a one man show was outstanding. Seeing his life fall apart so quickly and how he reacts to it all in one environment is really interesting to watch. The "interaction" with his father also gives a huge look into the character and was a really good way of letting us know what he feels about everything happening.
I guess it's easy to write about but not in depth, but that's because I'm not that great at writing. Or analysing film. But I did really like it.
Snowman Prophet of Doom
Member
I have eyes on every screen, fingers on every keyboard. You can't escape me.
"12 Years a Slave" is great, but it is, in some respects, the more conventional work. "Shame" is more singular, has fewer parts that can be argued as weak, and has more dramatic complexity and heft.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
"There's a 2 minute unbroken shot of a man jogging accompanied by classical piano music, that's how you know its art" - actual quote inside Shame DVD box sleeve
Fancy Clown
Member
Shame is great. I'm not an alt account as far as I know either.
Hunger >Shame>12 years
All 3 are A+ legit awesome fucking movies tho
Hunger >Shame>12 years
All 3 are A+ legit awesome fucking movies tho
Messofanego
Banned
More people watching Hard To Be A God and getting this reaction. Loving it. It's like that scene in Valhalla Rising where a dude smears the other in the mud extended to a whole movie. My reaction was similar:
It's so filthy.
Hard To Be A God
Possibly the most putrid and nihilistic movie world I've been immersed in. Shocking news, russian film is bleak and unrelenting with no hope for anything better. So much mucky muck. Mud, body waste like human shit, bird poop, spit, piss, vomit, decaying bodies, hanging bodies, and there's even a lair of hanging entrails where characters converse like it's completely ordinary. The peasants seem to relish on richer people's shit, painting it over their face as if they're getting blessed. Because of how depressing it all is, some intense dark comedy comes about such as when a kid (kids are thieves who often scour through dead bodies for valuables) picks on one body and entrails fall out with humorous timing.
Discotheque
Banned
Scust.
Anyways thanks for all the movie recommendations. Will note them and check them out over time
you've written a good analysis, actually. Love that you liked it much, I was just bracing myself for a slamming because damn, Locke is one of my faves in recent years
Inside Out
Incredibly disappointing. After so many glowing reviews I had hyped myself too much over this. The idea with the emotions is a clever one but not enough to sustain the entire film in it. My biggest complaint however is how predictable it was. Everything from the journey and story beats you could see a mile off away and were boarding on clichéd.
I actually think the short volcanoes movie at the start stole the show and was better than the entire film. Overall I don't want to sound too negative as while not a masterpiece it is a decent film.
Incredibly disappointing. After so many glowing reviews I had hyped myself too much over this. The idea with the emotions is a clever one but not enough to sustain the entire film in it. My biggest complaint however is how predictable it was. Everything from the journey and story beats you could see a mile off away and were boarding on clichéd.
I actually think the short volcanoes movie at the start stole the show and was better than the entire film. Overall I don't want to sound too negative as while not a masterpiece it is a decent film.
Isn't that the intro to Birth, too?
Infernostew
Member
Video games taking up my whole life... only watched 2 movies "recently"...
Why Don't You Play In Hell? - Fuck Bombers! Pretty funny satire. I've only previously seen Suicide Club way back when I was in high school (so.. 10 years ago? or so) and wasn't all that hot on that film (needs a rewatch) but this was completely over the top fun. Great characters and a climax to behold. 7/10
The Magician - It's good but there's something about early Bergman that's completely hit or miss with me. I loved The Virgin Spring but pretty much every other late 50s-early 60s haven't really stuck with me as I feel like they should. This film shifts in tone quite a bit throughout which kind of threw me off a bit. Maybe late 60s and 70s Bergman may resonate a bit more with me since the same thing happened with a friend of mine. Still good. 6/10
Seeing Southpaw tomorrow. I have a feeling it's gonna suck. I hope not.
Why Don't You Play In Hell? - Fuck Bombers! Pretty funny satire. I've only previously seen Suicide Club way back when I was in high school (so.. 10 years ago? or so) and wasn't all that hot on that film (needs a rewatch) but this was completely over the top fun. Great characters and a climax to behold. 7/10
The Magician - It's good but there's something about early Bergman that's completely hit or miss with me. I loved The Virgin Spring but pretty much every other late 50s-early 60s haven't really stuck with me as I feel like they should. This film shifts in tone quite a bit throughout which kind of threw me off a bit. Maybe late 60s and 70s Bergman may resonate a bit more with me since the same thing happened with a friend of mine. Still good. 6/10
Seeing Southpaw tomorrow. I have a feeling it's gonna suck. I hope not.
wasn't it written on Noah Baumbach's card as well?
and I like Noah Baumbach. I also like enunciating his name
Fancy Clown
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Harakiri:
You're okay, Ridley
You're okay, Ridley
Snowman Prophet of Doom
Member
I'll ignore VJC's attempt to bait me further and express my happiness that people are watching Harakiri. What a film.
I actually think "Samurai Rebellion" could be argued as a near-equal, so check that one out as well, if you haven't.
I actually think "Samurai Rebellion" could be argued as a near-equal, so check that one out as well, if you haven't.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
at least we all agree Harakiri is great
ya know, for a 1962 film and the standards of the time and all that
ya know, for a 1962 film and the standards of the time and all that
Fancy Clown
Member
Yeah the primitive films of the 1960s certainly aren't up to the standards of our civilized cinema today. Some of them didn't even have any color, it's barbaric. How's a movie even supposed to hold my interest if it only has black and white to look at???
Thanks, prophet o doom I'll check Samurai Rebellion out for sure.
Thanks, prophet o doom I'll check Samurai Rebellion out for sure.
lazybones18
Banned
The Tale of Princess Kaguya
I think I've found my new favorite Studio Ghibli film
I think I've found my new favorite Studio Ghibli film
Those movies were like some shitty unfinished Google algorithm, was tasked with recreating the stereotypical Kitano yakuza movie, but it crashed halfway through.
It's funny especially since i watched Outrage after seeing Takeshis', which sort of makes fun of all his Yakuza movie shenanigans.
It felt particularly hollow then.
Fancy Clown
Member
Is Tetsuya Nakadai in literally every samurai movie ever
I want to see Pixels just because of the moviebob review.
He's at least in every other one that Toho put out. Probably.
That's fine, though, since he's usually pretty damn great. Speaking off...
-I'll get into it right away: good god almighty, The Sword of Doom is one gorgeous film. Director Kihachi Okamoto and his cinematographer pore all their ability into every shot of the film, and it pays off handsomely with a film that is simply breathtaking to look at from beginning to end, filled with stunning widescreen compositions and expert tracks and pans as well as being a vital storytelling tool, ensuring that its beauty isn't merely skin deep. With how well made the fights are, it could almost pass as a thrilling piece of entertainment if it wasn't for the encroaching and suffocating darkness that consumes our subject (played with by a convincingly sociopathic Tatsuya Nakadai) as he finds himself looking for any excuse he can to cut people down. The story is well-told, too, with the sweep of three years being nicely counteracted by focusing on a smaller cast of characters who all have their own ties to Ryunosuke's path of destruction and ruin. As I read afterward, this was intended to be the first part of a trilogy that never came to be, but it's hard not to believe that there wasn't some degree of finality inherent to the material, as the ending feels less like a cruel ellipsis than a blood-soaked exclamation point that sees only one real outcome that we don't need to be present for. Absolutely terrific from start to finish.
-After kicking off this week with Sword of the Beast, I turned back the clock a year to Hideo Gosha's first film in Three Outlaw Samurai. There's a lot to admire here, as Gosha already had a pretty good grasp on his strengths in staging fights as well as his excellent ability to shoot outdoors. I've also been a fan of Tetsuro Tamba since his swagger threatened to steal You Only Live Twice from everyone involved, so it was nice to see him in a heroic role after the decidedly unheroic one he played in Harakiri earlier this week, and he brings a nice presence of a quiet, knowing confidence in his ability and his resolve. Where the film falls apart for me is that it's simply going too fast and doesn't have the runtime to resolve everything satisfactorily, so it winds up barreling past a lot of the finer details that would have led to the bigger changes feeling more resonant and important, which is disappointing as the film doesn't start out pressed for time in such a manner. Character allegiances shift without much elaboration, including what unfortunately feels like a Hail Mary play with the film's dark ending. Taken as it is, I feel like it's more than entertaining enough to watch, with a more-than-capable presence behind the camera and a good cast in front of it, but it's hard to shake the feeling that it could have been even better.
Fancy Clown
Member
The ending of sword of doom is so cool. Fuck da haters
Jealous! I'm nothin but a S C U S T B O Y Z
Jealous! I'm nothin but a S C U S T B O Y Z
xrnzaaas
Member
As Above, So Below - It was pretty good. Kinda like a mix of Descent, an Indiana Jones (and the Philisopher's Stone 
) movie and a found footage flick with increasing number of mindfucks. Only the scares were pretty light and predictable.
) movie and a found footage flick with increasing number of mindfucks. Only the scares were pretty light and predictable.User 479360
Banned
Ouija - Going in, I knew it wasn't very good, so I went in with low expectations. As a result, I didn't hate it, but I'd never call it good. As it ramps towards its ending, things get pretty silly/stupid overall. It had some nice eye candy, too, in Olivia Cooke, her 'sister' and friend.
they really look deliberately lifeless. You could tell Kitano hated working on them, which is even more baffling considering his - not infallible though - pedigree
True Savior
Member
We should all agree Sword of Doom is the greatest movie ever made. With or without conclusion.
I missed a Malick rating cycle:
Tree of Life > Days of Heaven > Thin Red Line > The New World > Badlands > To the Wonder
excited to get Knight of Cups and probably fka Weightless next year. I'm resuming to doubt Voyage of Time will actually come out.
I only know Iranian cinema at all, but there are some stellar/acclaimed directors/movies from there:
—Abbas Kiarostami: Certified Copy is fantastic but sort of Kiarostami transitioning to an nation-less international art house style, so for something more representative of Iranian cinema's blend of allegory and poetic documentary-realism I'd start with Close-Up. which is kinda a masterpiece
—Children of Paradise. sort of cutesy but still dramatically sound.
—Jafar Panahi: I haven't seen any of his actually, but he's had international acclaim in recent years for This Is Not a Film, Closed Curtain and Taxi. Believe his 90s works are loved as well.
—Mohsen Makhmalbaf: same as above in that I haven't seen any. A Moment of Innocence is regularly labeled a classic. His daughter is a writer/director of note too.
—The Cow. I've only seen 20 minutes of it in a class (don't recall why we didn't simply watch the entirety)
The above-mentioned Hot Rod also fits into this I think. MacGruber too. Lord & Miller films on the fringes.
Oof I can comprehend not liking Inside Out, as I thought it was just nice—I just couldn't escape the feeling that so much of it was clunkily worked backwards to from the personified-emotions gimmick—but thinking Lava was better, let alone good? You're in a minuscule camp there, hah. That song was painful, the concept vapid and ludicrous and self-parodic, the animation was ugly.
Tree of Life > Days of Heaven > Thin Red Line > The New World > Badlands > To the Wonder
excited to get Knight of Cups and probably fka Weightless next year. I'm resuming to doubt Voyage of Time will actually come out.
Bahaha perfect review.
Huh, sounds interesting. on the watchlist.
I hated this movie, so moronically pseudo-weird, like Quentin Dupieux at his very worst. I did have a fun time with Matsumoto's Symbol however. Far more cartoony and surreal and funny.
Like CFK said, Farhadi's earlier movie (which was only just released in the US a couple months ago), About Elly, is great. His latest The Past was purportedly pretty good as well.
I only know Iranian cinema at all, but there are some stellar/acclaimed directors/movies from there:
—Abbas Kiarostami: Certified Copy is fantastic but sort of Kiarostami transitioning to an nation-less international art house style, so for something more representative of Iranian cinema's blend of allegory and poetic documentary-realism I'd start with Close-Up. which is kinda a masterpiece
—Children of Paradise. sort of cutesy but still dramatically sound.
—Jafar Panahi: I haven't seen any of his actually, but he's had international acclaim in recent years for This Is Not a Film, Closed Curtain and Taxi. Believe his 90s works are loved as well.
—Mohsen Makhmalbaf: same as above in that I haven't seen any. A Moment of Innocence is regularly labeled a classic. His daughter is a writer/director of note too.
—The Cow. I've only seen 20 minutes of it in a class (don't recall why we didn't simply watch the entirety)
It's disheartening that Seltzer/Friedberg have caused people to forget how funny a ZAZ or Brooks-style spoof can be. WHAS is hysterical, They Came Together is less incredible but well worth a watch or two. (Wain's other films, like Wanderlust and Role Models, aren't all-out insane and rapid-fire with the jokes—they're traditional narrative comedies. Wanderlust is a decent time.)
The above-mentioned Hot Rod also fits into this I think. MacGruber too. Lord & Miller films on the fringes.
Oof I can comprehend not liking Inside Out, as I thought it was just nice—I just couldn't escape the feeling that so much of it was clunkily worked backwards to from the personified-emotions gimmick—but thinking Lava was better, let alone good? You're in a minuscule camp there, hah. That song was painful, the concept vapid and ludicrous and self-parodic, the animation was ugly.
I realized this week that Why Don't You Play In Hell?'s final shot was my favorite final shot of 2014. Awesome movie. wish Tokyo Tribe had been as good. Sono has something like 4-6 movies coming out this year, he's a psycho.
brianjones
Member
wait till you watch her eat
and I ain't talkin kitty
and I ain't talkin kitty
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