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Movies You've Seen Recently |OT| June 2016
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mariachi507
Member
PTA Rankings:
1. There Will Be Blood
2. Boogie Nights
3. Magnolia
I need to see more.
1. There Will Be Blood
2. Boogie Nights
3. Magnolia
I need to see more.
Discotheque
Banned
Boogie Nights
There Will be Blood
Punch Drunk Love
Magnolia
The Master
Inherent Vice
There Will be Blood
Punch Drunk Love
Magnolia
The Master
Inherent Vice
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Discotheque
Banned
what a tough decision.
Fancy Clown
Member
Yeah why would you ever see nice guys over tmnt 2
TheSlySoul
Member
TMNT 2 really surprised me in being what I wanted from a Turtles movie. Had some issues, but yeah compared to Batman v Superman, no contest in TMNT2 teabags it.
4/5
Popstar oh boy, where do I start? I like the songs and some select scenes. However, it relied way too much on crude humor and it is a 90 minute Beiber joke. Some points hit hard (pancakes) and other was ehhhh (way too many cameos). Would have been better if not 100% documentary.
3/5
4/5
Popstar oh boy, where do I start? I like the songs and some select scenes. However, it relied way too much on crude humor and it is a 90 minute Beiber joke. Some points hit hard (pancakes) and other was ehhhh (way too many cameos). Would have been better if not 100% documentary.
3/5
eddievanclaylen
Member
Just saw Xmen Apocalypse. Loved it.
-Stranger-
Junior Member
The Boy and the Beast
Fluid and vivid animation that really is quite striking.
A heartfelt story which i found quite engaging.
Mamoru Hosoda has another winner here, can't wait to see what he does next.
4/5
Fluid and vivid animation that really is quite striking.
A heartfelt story which i found quite engaging.
Mamoru Hosoda has another winner here, can't wait to see what he does next.
4/5
I've also seen it. After a movie I always write my thoughts down in a little book and I think the only positive thing I had to say about "London Has Fallen" was "Not as terrible as Taken 3".
The story, dialogue and characters are all mind-numbingly stupid. Straight out of an 80s B-Action-Flick. Most of the action scenes are overedited and riddled with terrible CGI. And all the pathos and 'Murica-patriotism are just laughable.
element
Member
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - I actually quite like it. Don't understand the hate.
A-Team - Stupid, but fun.
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation - Rare series where it actually gets better.
The Count of Monte Cristo - Sadly this movie has not aged well.
The Finest Hour - This was just a bad movie. Not very interesting. Didn't care about the characters. Casey Affleck mailed it in.
London Has Fallen - Actually wasn't that bad. Nothing to win awards, but for a blow shit up movie, I was entertained.
Animal House - I watch this after watching National Lampoon: Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead and learning about Douglas Kenney. It is a classic.
A-Team - Stupid, but fun.
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation - Rare series where it actually gets better.
The Count of Monte Cristo - Sadly this movie has not aged well.
The Finest Hour - This was just a bad movie. Not very interesting. Didn't care about the characters. Casey Affleck mailed it in.
London Has Fallen - Actually wasn't that bad. Nothing to win awards, but for a blow shit up movie, I was entertained.
Animal House - I watch this after watching National Lampoon: Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead and learning about Douglas Kenney. It is a classic.
I'd seen it before but a cinema chain in the UK is running a "Ghibli Forever" season which is providing the rare chance to see the films on the big screen.
Went to see Kiki's Delivery Service and it was such a great experience (despite a few... Japan Enthusiasts in the audience). Film was much longer than I'd remembered but was still a lot of fun.
I've got tickets to Princess Mononoke too and might get tickets for Wind Also Rises if I'm back from holiday in time.
Expendable.
Member
1. Inherent Vice
2. There Will Be Blood
3. The Master
3. Magnolia
4. Boogie Nights
6. Punch Drunk Love
7. Junun
8. Hard Eight
His worst film is better than the best from most directors though.
2. There Will Be Blood
3. The Master
3. Magnolia
4. Boogie Nights
6. Punch Drunk Love
7. Junun
8. Hard Eight
His worst film is better than the best from most directors though.
Junior Asparagus
Member
Saw The Nice Guys the other day and enjoyed it quite a bit. It was better than I expected. Crowe and Gosling were both great, and Angourie Rice was outstanding as Gosling's daughter. Really funny and surprisingly good action as well.
On the other hand, I thought Neighbors 2 was pretty terrible. But it's at 63% on RT, so maybe I'm missing something.
On the other hand, I thought Neighbors 2 was pretty terrible. But it's at 63% on RT, so maybe I'm missing something.
TheSlySoul
Member
I am going to try as well.
Edit: Good to hear The Boy and the Beast being good. Next week it comes out on BR!
Edit 2: In terms of PTA have not seen much but I really did like Punch Drunk Love. Very underrated movie.
I loathed the original and I think it was 70% on RT when it came out. Pretty much confirms I do not agree with critics with adult comedies.
Tar-Miriel
Banned
Gaf, go watch "All The Way." Bryan Cranston is great. I you don't know its an HBO movie about LBJ during his first year in office after Kennedy was shot, and his fight for civil rights.
Haloid1177
Banned
I guess I started a PTA discussion. I haven't seen Magnolia, Punch Drunk Love, or Hard Eight, so I guess I should get to those at some point. Admittedly if his older films are more Boogie Nights and less There Will Be Blood I'll probably enjoy them.
Also I really enjoyed Neighbors 2, but I like most movies Seth Rogen does. It isn't a great film, but Efron and Chloe Moretz are fun and Rose Byrne is the real MVP.
Theaters around me finally picked up The Lobster so instead of TMNT this weekend I think I'll see that instead.
Also I really enjoyed Neighbors 2, but I like most movies Seth Rogen does. It isn't a great film, but Efron and Chloe Moretz are fun and Rose Byrne is the real MVP.
Theaters around me finally picked up The Lobster so instead of TMNT this weekend I think I'll see that instead.
Freewheelin'
Member
Nice Guys was good. Like Inherent Vice and LA Confidential fucked and had a baby. Gosling was fantastic.
Gaf, go watch "All The Way." Bryan Cranston is great. I you don't know its an HBO movie about LBJ during his first year in office after Kennedy was shot, and his fight for civil rights.
Holy hell is that Cranston? Damn good makeup.
B
bomb
Unconfirmed Member
Crazy Inherent Vice love there.
PTA:
1. The Master
2. There will be Blood
3. Punch Drunk Love
4. Boogie Nights
5. Inherent Vice
Dislike Magnolia. Oh and if anyone is interested check out this crazy interesting theory about how punch drunk love might be secretly a Superman film: http://youtu.be/2untlg3bFmk
1. The Master
2. There will be Blood
3. Punch Drunk Love
4. Boogie Nights
5. Inherent Vice
Dislike Magnolia. Oh and if anyone is interested check out this crazy interesting theory about how punch drunk love might be secretly a Superman film: http://youtu.be/2untlg3bFmk
Expendable.
Member
It's the one film from him where every scene is perfect. It's also by far his funniest, yet it has such a fantastic underlying dramatic tone. Everytime I turn it on to watch a few minutes, I end up sitting there for 2.5 hours.
Puck Beaverton
Banned
Does the video mention the whole alien thing?
Boogie Nights, Magnolia, and There Will Be Blood are all masterpieces and I have no idea how to choose between the three. Maybe Boogie Nights is my favorite; there's never any part where I think something is unnecessary or annoying.
Junun is a fun little doc. Music was great.
The Master and Hard Eight are ok. I was a little disappointed with the former and don't remember much about the latter, so I'd say these are middle of the road PTA for me.
Inherent Vice was a confusing, frustrating disappointment. I hated Punch Drunk Love.
So maybe my ranking ends up as something like this, with the first three being basically even:
1. Boogie Nights
2. Magnolia
3. There Will Be Blood
4. Junun
5. The Master
6. Hard Eight
7. Inherent Vice
8. Punch-Drunk Love
Junun is a fun little doc. Music was great.
The Master and Hard Eight are ok. I was a little disappointed with the former and don't remember much about the latter, so I'd say these are middle of the road PTA for me.
Inherent Vice was a confusing, frustrating disappointment. I hated Punch Drunk Love.
So maybe my ranking ends up as something like this, with the first three being basically even:
1. Boogie Nights
2. Magnolia
3. There Will Be Blood
4. Junun
5. The Master
6. Hard Eight
7. Inherent Vice
8. Punch-Drunk Love
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Niggas in the PTA/DDL thread going in on the scenery chewing in TTBB, thinking that's a DDL thing. Nigga, that's a PTA thing. I think he finds the biggest, broadest fuckin' take possible and puts that in. Magnolia in particular has some of the most inconceivable patches of overacting I've seen in my damn life. With that constant soundtrack, its like a 3 hour torrent of hysterics.
"WHAT'S...WRONG! YOU SUCK MY DICK!
"WHAT'S...WRONG! YOU SUCK MY DICK!
Broseybrose
Member
How can anyone dislike Magnolia?
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin. This was pretty incredible. There's a huge training montage that wasn't a montage like 80's movies had. This felt more like a part of the journey where something from the 80's made those parts feel different. I hated to see it end actually. The last few battles were worth it but the training part was definitely the high point.
Julianne Moore's insufferable character is what keeps Magnolia from being my #1.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
now you must REALLY shut the fuck up now *please* shut the fuck up
like she did like four different line readings in one line of dialog, thats kinda amazing
like she did like four different line readings in one line of dialog, thats kinda amazing
Queen of Earth: Fearless, ugly, beautiful - 'Queen of Earth' is as elegant as it is complex, as numbing as it is trenchant, masterfully shot and composed, with a great tonal sense for both moderation and exaggeration. A film of intensities and a brilliant portrayal of the destructive coalescence of psychological opacity and emotional clarity.
Without a doubt one of the few substantial contemporary works that will (hopefully) remain.
Without a doubt one of the few substantial contemporary works that will (hopefully) remain.
The Martian is a fairly enjoyable blockbuster. Taking cues from Apollo 13 but applying it to a fictional story hasn't been done before, and ultimately, the traditional structure works for the film. Matt Damon is excellent as Mark Watney, and his performance grounds the movie in a truly excellent way. Sadly, Ridley Scott's direction is not nearly as inspired as Damon's performance, being a throwback picture in the sense that little evolution of filmmaking style has affected Scott. Outside of a montage set to David Bowie's "Starman," the film is content with looking and sounding average, despite potential to be more. The Martian is fun, disposable entertainment, elevated by a strong central performance, but overall, fails to really stand out among other films of its genre.
Discotheque
Banned
Magnificent Seven
Rewatched this and Seven Samurai about a week or 2 ago. Surprised at how many plot beats they took from Seven Samurai, including the young cocky gunman who ends up following them to the village.
This has a more charismatic ensemble (Brynner, Mcqueen, Bronson..god damn) and better action than Seven Samurai, but the latter had a lot more substance and political/social commentary to it. Also Magnificent Seven goes with a more hollywood ending to it's love story while Kurosawa chose to end it with realism.
Still I found it pretty damn fun, great soundtrack too.
The Do-Over
Aiight I actually kind of enjoyed Blended with Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore (though that's because I really like these two together in movies) and That's My Boy. So I thought I had a decent tolerance for modern Sandler movies. This was a pile of shit though. Fuck them for making it and to hell with me for sitting through it.
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anyways RIP to the God Muhammad Ali. Gonna watch Mann's Ali and When We were Kings over the weekend. Always thought the montage at the opening was one of the best biopic scenes ever. How they concisely show the racial tensions at the time that Ali takes in as a kid and his early career and training as Cassius Clay.
and of course this incredible ending:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGFr0JCqxb4
Rewatched this and Seven Samurai about a week or 2 ago. Surprised at how many plot beats they took from Seven Samurai, including the young cocky gunman who ends up following them to the village.
This has a more charismatic ensemble (Brynner, Mcqueen, Bronson..god damn) and better action than Seven Samurai, but the latter had a lot more substance and political/social commentary to it. Also Magnificent Seven goes with a more hollywood ending to it's love story while Kurosawa chose to end it with realism.
Still I found it pretty damn fun, great soundtrack too.
The Do-Over
Aiight I actually kind of enjoyed Blended with Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore (though that's because I really like these two together in movies) and That's My Boy. So I thought I had a decent tolerance for modern Sandler movies. This was a pile of shit though. Fuck them for making it and to hell with me for sitting through it.
........................
anyways RIP to the God Muhammad Ali. Gonna watch Mann's Ali and When We were Kings over the weekend. Always thought the montage at the opening was one of the best biopic scenes ever. How they concisely show the racial tensions at the time that Ali takes in as a kid and his early career and training as Cassius Clay.
and of course this incredible ending:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGFr0JCqxb4
sunshine and gasoline
Banned
The Wailing
This was one hell of a good movie. Na Hong-jin once again manages to impress me with this directon and the cinematography was fantastic here.
What makes this movie for me is that the various characters here are more or less likeable. They feel like normal people and so when tragedy and horror begins to settle into the village one can't help but to hope for the best. Kwak Do‑won's character, a bit of a bumbling and easily frightened cop, is what made me like the story so much. Watching him change throughout the movie was a marvel to watch.
And that ending. God damn. Normally, I would love to rewatch a movie this good but I can only watch horror films only once.
This was one hell of a good movie. Na Hong-jin once again manages to impress me with this directon and the cinematography was fantastic here.
What makes this movie for me is that the various characters here are more or less likeable. They feel like normal people and so when tragedy and horror begins to settle into the village one can't help but to hope for the best. Kwak Do‑won's character, a bit of a bumbling and easily frightened cop, is what made me like the story so much. Watching him change throughout the movie was a marvel to watch.
And that ending. God damn. Normally, I would love to rewatch a movie this good but I can only watch horror films only once.
Expendable.
Member
The Fits
The Fits is like Rocky meets Bring It On if it was a physical horror film through the eyes of a kid. Perhaps slightly too thin, yet its meticulous direction and sound design, as well as its authentic acting and sense of place, will win one over.
The Fits is like Rocky meets Bring It On if it was a physical horror film through the eyes of a kid. Perhaps slightly too thin, yet its meticulous direction and sound design, as well as its authentic acting and sense of place, will win one over.
Deadpool: Stupid as hell with a good heart, so pretty damn accurate to the source material! I really enjoyed the chemistry between Ryan Reynolds and Morena Baccarin, though; there were times where I honestly preferred this film as a romantic comedy over the action-comedy it largely is just because of how well both of them played off of each other.
We Are Still Here: A potentially intriguing mix of haunted house tropes with a dose of Lovecraftian undertones that is sadly undone by trading in the atmosphere and dread for increasingly gory special effects and a rather rushed and half-assed mythos that never gels together for any antagonistic party present. There is a more interesting film in here that would have stayed focused on our heroes (for their part, both Barbara Crampton and Andrew Sensenig make for a believable couple dealing with some profound grief) and kept things in the dark a lot longer than it does, figuratively and literally. It all feels very underdeveloped by the end, leaving behind a smattering of solid ideas and visual concepts among the bloody remains to try and sift through.
We Are Still Here: A potentially intriguing mix of haunted house tropes with a dose of Lovecraftian undertones that is sadly undone by trading in the atmosphere and dread for increasingly gory special effects and a rather rushed and half-assed mythos that never gels together for any antagonistic party present. There is a more interesting film in here that would have stayed focused on our heroes (for their part, both Barbara Crampton and Andrew Sensenig make for a believable couple dealing with some profound grief) and kept things in the dark a lot longer than it does, figuratively and literally. It all feels very underdeveloped by the end, leaving behind a smattering of solid ideas and visual concepts among the bloody remains to try and sift through.
Fancy Clown
Member
Really excited to see this. I like The Chaser quite a bit and I hear this is better.
Right? One of the rare SH movies that I didn't even care about the action. Let me have more of them.
Androidsleeps
Member
Two Palm D'Or winners:
Blue is the Warmest Color - been wanting to watch this forever since it made a big buzz when it came out, but I was putting it aside partly due to its 3-hour running time I guess. I shouldn't have. It does not feel that long at all, and you quickly become fascinated with the characters and the "realness" of the whole film. It's a great coming of age queer film about exploring one's sexuality, love and relationships. Lea Seydoux and Adele were mesmerizing. Their chemistry made even the lengthy sex scenes help in portraying the realism and passion of the relationship, rather than coming off awkward or unintentionally funny.
9/10
Dheepan - Last year's winner, from the director of A Prophet (Jacques Audiard). The story is about three Sri Lankan strangers who manage to flee to France and live together as a family in a dangerous gang-controlled neighborhood. I think most of the criticism for this movie would be directed at the third act, and understandably so. Personally, I didn't mind it and I guess the case can be made that
. I did enjoy the drama around the three characters and how beautiful the film looks. However, I just didn't love it as much as I thought I would...it felt like it was lacking that extra "something" to make it great. It is a good film, with the high points being the acting (from those unknown/first time actors) and the great camera work, and I do recommend it if your a fan of world cinema.
8/10
Trivia: French actor Sandor Funtek appears in both movies. He's so good [looking] in Blue..
No u.
Blue is the Warmest Color - been wanting to watch this forever since it made a big buzz when it came out, but I was putting it aside partly due to its 3-hour running time I guess. I shouldn't have. It does not feel that long at all, and you quickly become fascinated with the characters and the "realness" of the whole film. It's a great coming of age queer film about exploring one's sexuality, love and relationships. Lea Seydoux and Adele were mesmerizing. Their chemistry made even the lengthy sex scenes help in portraying the realism and passion of the relationship, rather than coming off awkward or unintentionally funny.
9/10
Dheepan - Last year's winner, from the director of A Prophet (Jacques Audiard). The story is about three Sri Lankan strangers who manage to flee to France and live together as a family in a dangerous gang-controlled neighborhood. I think most of the criticism for this movie would be directed at the third act, and understandably so. Personally, I didn't mind it and I guess the case can be made that
once Dheepan is shot in the car and the screen becomes hazy for a second, he actually dies and everything we see from that point is dream/not real?
8/10
Trivia: French actor Sandor Funtek appears in both movies. He's so good [looking] in Blue..
No u.
sunshine and gasoline
Banned
Its too early for me to be comparing the two films, I generally like waiting a week or so after watching a movie to start comparing it with others, but you certainly will enjoy The Wailing.
User 479360
Banned
PTA ranking:
Boogie Nights
There Will be Blood
Punch Drunk Love
Magnolia
....I like all those a lot and don't know if my order is perfect.
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The Master (is awful)
Last night my friend put on The 5th Wave. It wasn't very good and ended poorly and abruptly.
Boogie Nights
There Will be Blood
Punch Drunk Love
Magnolia
....I like all those a lot and don't know if my order is perfect.
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The Master (is awful)
Last night my friend put on The 5th Wave. It wasn't very good and ended poorly and abruptly.
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