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Pussy Galore
09-29-13, 02:07 AM
Rear Window 5
The Matrix 4.5
Le gamin au vélo 4
I had already seen the first 2 they are amazing ..
Le gamin au vélo which is a recent movie from the Dardennes brothers is a really good movie about childhood
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Three Colors: Blue (1993) by Krzysztof Kieslowski (http://www.criticker.com/people/Krzysztof_Kieslowski/) 4+
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Enter the Void (2010) by Gaspar Noé (http://www.criticker.com/people/Gaspar_Noe/) 3
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Unstoppable (2010) by Tony Scott (http://www.criticker.com/people/Tony_Scott_b/) 3
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Deja Vu (2006) by Tony Scott (http://www.criticker.com/people/Tony_Scott_b/) 1.5+
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Tuesday, After Christmas (2010) by Radu Muntean (http://www.criticker.com/people/Radu_Muntean/) 4
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4d/Letyat_Zhuravli.jpg/220px-Letyat_Zhuravli.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Letyat_Zhuravli.jpg)
The Cranes Are Flying (1957) by Mikhail Kalatozov (http://www.criticker.com/people/Mikhail_Kalatozov/) 3.5+
Mr Minio
09-29-13, 04:54 PM
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Tuesday, After Christmas (2010) by Radu Muntean (http://www.criticker.com/people/Radu_Muntean/) 4
"dupa" means ass in Polish and there's butt on the poster. :p
Iroquois
09-30-13, 01:35 AM
Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson, 2012) - 3.5
Chronicle (Josh Trank, 2012) - 3
The Princess and the Frog (Ron Clements, 2009) - 3
Brave (Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman, 2012) - 3
Rocky IV (Sylvester Stallone, 1985) - 2
The World's End (Edgar Wright, 2013) - 4
The Blade (Tsui Hark, 1995) - 3.5
Trouble Along the Way (Michael Curtiz, 1953) 2
Mr. Nice Guy (Sammo Hung, 1997) 2.5+
Jackie Chan’s First Strike aka Police Story 4 (Stanley Tong, 1996) 3
Black Dragon aka Miracles - Mr. Canton and Lady Rose (Jackie Chan, 1989) 3-
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Infernal Affairs (Andrew Lau & Alan Mak, 2002) 3
Hell Drivers (Cy Endfield, 1957) 3-
Cave Explorers (Heinz Scheiderbauer, 1957) 2.5
Cast Away (Robert Zemeckis, 2000) 3+
http://www.moviestarspicture.com/photos/tom-hanks-movies/tom-hanks-in-movie-cast-away-2000.jpg
Night of the Demon (Jacques Tourneur, 1957) 2.5
Boat Trip (Mort Nathan, 2002) 2
Eyes of Laura Mars (Irvin Kershner, 1978) 2
Crimes and Misdemeanors (Woody Allen, 1989) 3.5
http://cinema10.com.br/upload/filmes/filmes_3435_Crimes%20e%20Pecados04.jpg
Rich and Strange (Alfred Hitchcock, 1931) 2
The Woman in Green (Roy William Neill, 1945) 2.5
Suspicion (Alfred Hitchcock, 1941) 3
Runaway Train (Andrey Konchalovsky, 1985) 3.5
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The Mysterious Lady (Fred Niblo, 1928) 2+
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (Steve Oedekerk, 1995) 2.5
Dial M for Murder (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954) 3.5
Strangers on a Train (Alfred Hitchcock, 1951) 3.5
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linespalsy
09-30-13, 10:34 PM
The Blade (Tsui Hark, 1995) - 3.5
That's funny, I re-watched this movie last weekend, for the first time in at least a few years. Uneven but still a favorite. The scene at the "lumberyard" is amazing.
jiraffejustin
10-01-13, 12:15 AM
Just finished Outland (1981; Peter Hyams), it was a largely forgettable experience. I have no doubt that in two weeks time all I will be able to tell you about the film is Sean Connery looked like he didn't even try and a few dudes exploded or something.
Iroquois
10-01-13, 11:42 AM
That's funny, I re-watched this movie last weekend, for the first time in at least a few years. Uneven but still a favorite. The scene at the "lumberyard" is amazing.
Hell, yes. Calling it uneven but still pretty good is about how I'd call it. Seeing it in a theatre with grammatically horrible English subtitles really made the experience worthwhile.
On the Avenue (Roy Del Ruth, 1937) 2.5
Nola (Alan Hruska, 2003) 2
Susan Slade (Delmer Daves, 1961) 2.5
Stripes (Ivan Reitman, 1981) 3
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Menno’s Mind (John Kroll, 1997) 2
The Rocker (Peter Cattaneo, 2008) 2.5
Pierrot le fou (Jean-Luc Godard, 1965) 2
Stagecoach (John Ford, 1939) 3
http://www.campingferie.dk/h2_rejseinspiration/s/images/2010_usa1_dag09b_18_stagecoach.jpg
Room 237 (Rodney Ascher, 2012) 2.5
W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings (John G. Avildsen, 1975) 2.5
The Yards (James Gray, 2000) 2
Week End (Jean-Luc Godard, 1967) 1
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Amityville 3-D (Richard Fleischer, 1983) 1.5
Under the Cherry Moon (Prince, 1986) 2+
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (Henry King, 1952) 2
Blow Out (Brian De Palma, 1981) 3
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Inventing the Abbotts (Pat O’Connor, 1997) 2.5
Two Loves (Charles Walters, 1961) 2
The Jackals (Robert D. Webb, 1967) 2
Michael Clayton (Tony Gilroy, 2007) 3
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linespalsy
10-01-13, 04:53 PM
Seeing it in a theatre with grammatically horrible English subtitles really made the experience worthwhile.
I'm quite jealous.
Masculin Feminin (Jean-Luc Godard, 1966) 2
The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising (David L. Cunningham, 2007) 2
The Flying Scotsman (Douglas Mackinnon, 2006) 3-
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (Je-kyu Kang, 2004) 3.5+
http://ricksflickspicks.animationblogspot.com/files/2008/07/TaeGukGi-BIG.jpg
The Eyes of the Mummy Ma (Ernst Lubitsch, 1918) 2-
Bolero (John Derek, 1984) 1.5-
Crazy/Beautiful (John Stockwell, 2001) 2.5-
Bringing Up Baby (Howard Hawks, 1938) 3.5+
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Hero (Zhang Yimou, 2002) 3
The Desperados (Henry Levin, 1969) 2+
The Mercernary aka A Professional Gun (Sergio Corbucci, 1968) 3
Dredd (Pete Travis, 2012) 3
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Ghost Son (Lamberto Bava, 2007) 2
My Neighbor Totoro (Hayao Miyazaki, 1988) 3
Doctor Dolittle (Richard Fleischer, 1967) 2.5
Witness (Peter Weir, 1985) 3.5+
http://www.tasteofcinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/witness-movie.jpg
Walk Don’t Run (Charles Walters, 1966) 3-
Dr. Crippen (Robert Lynn, 1964) 2
Only God Forgives (Nicolas Winding Refn, 2013) 1.5-
The Collector (William Wyler, 1965) 4-
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edarsenal
10-03-13, 09:47 PM
Rope (1948) 4 First time seeing this one and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The little side glances made by the actors were priceless and the fact that it was a one piece set with dialogue only and kept my apt attention says a lot about this play brought to the silver screen.
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Number Seventeen 3.5 (1932) another hitchcock flick I've never seen and got a kick out of. Especially the gentleman holding the candle; regular scene-stealer that one
http://www.hitchcockwiki.com/1000/Number%20Seventeen%20(1932)/0251.jpg
REWATCH Libeled Lady (1936) 3 Jean Harlow, Spencer Tracy, Myrna Loy and William Powell run the comedic gambit trying to get a newspaper article written WITHOUT getting sued for libel.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4F7z0GbvnV8/Tkhqk5loupI/AAAAAAAACdY/CaADY3x4xr4/s1600/libeledlady4.jpg
Monkeypunch
10-04-13, 12:02 AM
This is The End - I don't think i've seen a funnier or more perverse movie in a while. Saying anything about it would ruin the sicko surprises in store. I usually totally HATE Danny McBride (I just do not find the man funny), but he is genius here. Thumbs way way up.
Miss Vicky
10-04-13, 04:41 AM
Lars and the Real Girl (Gillespie, 2007) 1.5
Eight Men Out (Sayles, 1988)2.5+
The Factory (ONeill, 2012)3+
Max (Meyjes, 2002)3.5-
Grosse Pointe Blank (Armitage, 1997) 4
Midnight in the Garden Of Good and Evil (Eastwood, 1997) 3.5+
High Fidelity (Frears, 2000) 3-
*Batteries Not Included (Robbins, 1987) 4
Igor (Leondis, 2008)2.5+
Benny & Joon (Chechik, 1993) 4
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http://www.angelfire.com/music6/walteregan/MoFoPics/batteriesnotincluded1.jpg
donniedarko
10-04-13, 08:45 PM
Rush (2013 Howard)
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Adult style racing film Rush is a huge comeback for director Ron Howard. This isn't to suggest he was previously on an endless downhill fall, but after a three in a row succes (The Davinci Code, Frost/Nixon, and Angels & Demons) he directed the junk film, The Dilemma. But that's all in the past with Rush. The film focuses on the real life battles between James Hunt and Niki Lauda. I knew nothing of these two coming in, so the final race scene was especially gripping for myself. The characters are played by Hemsworth and Bruhl, who both put up solid performances. These two forces of racing are highly different, I was switching between the one that I prefer. These aren't just two different racers, they are different style of lives. You have party lover James Hunt on one side, and Lauda who won't stay up past nine on the other.
The cinematography in this movie is some of the best I've seen in awhile, in it's tecnological saviness. Car lovers will orgasm over some of the shots, fast moving, and beautiful to the eye. The film has notable make up artists as you can see in the development of Launda's face after the accident. Speaking of which, Rush has the greatest cringe scene ever, perhaps only behind Clean, Shaven, and Irreversable. As Launda is in the hospital, they must pump the junk out of his lungs, through a long metal pipe. In a scene that can't end soon enough, I was left cringing and looking away in my seat. I'm going to be keeping a closer eye on screenplay writer Peter Morgan after this, he's written two other non fiction film that I've respected, Frost/Nixon and The Dammed United. In all three of these movies the dialogue is a crucial factor.
So yes I loved Rush. Despite having sex, drugs, profanity, the film is classy as all hell in style. Has a similar intense yet comftrable feeling as 2012 Oscar winner Argo. I strongly reccomend this film to those interested in racing, or those like me, who know near nothing about it. 4-
My other watches from September
REWATCH: Dimensions of Dialogue 4.5
Ferris Buellers Day Off 4
REWATCH: Shrek 2 3
Reluctant Revolutionaries 3-
REWATCH: Sherlock Jr. 4
Black Widow (1987) 1.5
The Man Who Cried 1
Orlando 3+
The Breakfast Club 3
Twister (1989) 2
Elephant 2.5
Trespass 1.5-
Bad Ass 2
Senna 3.5+
Happy Birthday To Me 2.5
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Senna & Orlando
honeykid
10-04-13, 10:22 PM
Pleased to see another good review and rating for Rush. Could you give a few thoughts on Black Widow and Senna?
donniedarko
10-04-13, 10:28 PM
Sure!
Black Widow I saw due to your 80s list, so thank a lot :p. A problem I had early on was how quickly Alex was catching on, and this ruined the whole rising action/climax/falling action, ect. The film bored outside the few sexy scenes. Senna I loved, it told a whole story through just videos from F1, and showed Senna as a great athlete. And it actually pushed me to believe racing is a sport. It was thrilling and the end was a great emotional moment to dwell in.
edarsenal
10-04-13, 11:09 PM
Lars and the Real Girl (Gillespie, 2007) 1.5
Eight Men Out (Sayles, 1988)2.5+
The Factory (ONeill, 2012)3+
Max (Meyjes, 2002)3.5-
Grosse Pointe Blank (Armitage, 1997) 4
Midnight in the Garden Of Good and Evil (Eastwood, 1997) 3.5+
High Fidelity (Frears, 2000) 3-
*Batteries Not Included (Robbins, 1987) 4
Igor (Leondis, 2008)2.5+
Benny & Joon (Chechik, 1993) 4
http://www.angelfire.com/music6/walteregan/MoFoPics/grosse-pointe-blank.jpg
http://www.angelfire.com/music6/walteregan/MoFoPics/batteriesnotincluded1.jpg
serious reps for multiple john cusack viewings AND glad to see you enjoyed Grosse Pointe Blank, yay
Miss Vicky
10-04-13, 11:15 PM
serious reps for multiple john cusack viewings AND glad to see you enjoyed Grosse Pointe Blank, yay
Yeah, I'm kind of having a John Cusack marathon (have I mentioned yet that I think he's really hot?). I've still got a bunch of his movies in my collection that I've not watched in a long time plus there's at least a couple more on netflix that I've not seen at all. I plan to get through all of them in the next week or two.
And Grosse Pointe Blank is awesome. It's actually a rewatch but I only recently added it to my collection. Speaking of Cusacks, sister Joan is great in GPB too. I love when the siblings work together.
Gabrielle947
10-05-13, 03:04 AM
I want to see Rush,too,looks like an awesome movie :up:
Skepsis93
10-05-13, 11:46 AM
Broken Flowers (Jim Jarmusch, 2005) 4+
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Steven Spielberg, 1984) 4
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Steven Spielberg, 1989) 4
The Elephant Man (David Lynch, 1980) 3.5
Witness (Peter Weir, 1985) 3.5+
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (Karel Reisz, 1960) 3.5-
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http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Media/Pix/pictures/2008/05/19/IndianaJones460.jpg
Get Low (Aaron Schneider, 2009) 2.5
Izzy & Moe (Jackie Cooper, 1985) 2.5
The Devil and Max Devlin (Steven Hilliard Stern, 1981) 2
Return from the Ashes (J. Lee Thompson, 1965) 3
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First Comes Courage (Dorothy Arzner, 1943) 2
Ice Castles (Donald Wrye, 1978) 2.5
Hard, Fast and Beautiful (Ida Lupino, 1951) 2
Defiance (Edward Zwick, 2008) 2.5
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Bronson (Nicolas Winding Refn, 2008) 2.5
Adios Sabata (Gianfranco Parolini [Frank Kramer], 1971) 2.5
Pat and Mike (George Cukor, 1952) 3-
Quiz Show (Robert Redford, 1994) 4-
http://mercurymovies.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/d8b0d8a7-d983d988d98ad8b2-d8b4d988.jpg
Billie (Don Weis, 1965) 2+
Thin Ice aka The Convincer (Jill Sprecher, 2011) 2.5
Underworld U.S.A. (Samuel Fuller, 1961) 2.5
White Dog (Samuel Fuller, 1982) 2.5
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Don’t Trust Your Husband aka An Innocent Affair (Lloyd Bacon, 1948) 2.5
It Happened to Jane (Richard Quine, 1959) 3-
Myra Breckinridge (Michael Sarne, 1970) 1.5
Before Midnight (Richard Linklater, 2013) 2.5
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-d1Ub8CTqm8k/Uc5Q9ZKq0lI/AAAAAAAABWY/Wrt7B62fdHw/s500/before+midnight-ethan-hawke-celine-delpy-julie-before-sus=nset-sunrise.jpg
Daniel M
10-05-13, 12:13 PM
Sure!
Black Widow I saw due to your 80s list, so thank a lot :p. A problem I had early on was how quickly Alex was catching on, and this ruined the whole rising action/climax/falling action, ect. The film bored outside the few sexy scenes. Senna I loved, it told a whole story through just videos from F1, and showed Senna as a great athlete. And it actually pushed me to believe racing is a sport. It was thrilling and the end was a great emotional moment to dwell in.
I loved Senna when I watched it, and like you I don't have much interest in F1, which makes me really interested in seeing Rush, that seems to be getting great reviews.
Skepsis93
10-05-13, 01:14 PM
Would you mind expanding a little on Before Midnight, Mark? What do you think of the other two?
Gabrielle947
10-05-13, 01:28 PM
5 ^^
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I give them all 2.5. I think they're quite romantic films but conversely they're mostly anti-cinematic. They do have beautiful locations and long takes, but they don't really find a visually-interesting way to film conversations. Midnight is different in that we hear several other characters' thoughts on love and relationships, and a few of these are the most affecting in the film. As to the primary couple, they do have some interesting things to say, and their lives definitely seem to have evolved since we last met them, but ultimately, their arguments seem more generic than enlightening. I applaud the films for daring to try to be more literate and adult than most nowadays, but again I find the intentions only worth so much compared to the results. However, if you love these characters, I think you'll love reconnecting with them here. I halfway did. :)
edarsenal
10-05-13, 03:03 PM
Defiance (Edward Zwick, 2008) 2.5
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I kinda thought the same way when i watched this one. Which was a shame, having read the book a few years before and thinking how great a movie this would make and it just didn't stand up to its full potential.
Yeah, I'm kind of having a John Cusack marathon (have I mentioned yet that I think he's really hot?). I've still got a bunch of his movies in my collection that I've not watched in a long time plus there's at least a couple more on netflix that I've not seen at all. I plan to get through all of them in the next week or two.
And Grosse Pointe Blank is awesome. It's actually a rewatch but I only recently added it to my collection. Speaking of Cusacks, sister Joan is great in GPB too. I love when the siblings work together.
Totally agree about watching the cusack siblings when they work together and I've always been a fan of John from the get go as a teenager geek in sixteen candles, which can actually include joan as well for that one, lol and i've always loved grosse pointe blank.
They actually filmed that movie about 2 miles from where i was living, on the east side of detroit, at the time. My roomate got to watch them filming at the high school.
Does that collection include Runaway Jury? I was pleasantly surprised by that one
Miss Vicky
10-05-13, 03:07 PM
Does that collection include Runaway Jury? I was pleasantly surprised by that one
It doesn't and I haven't seen that one. It doesn't appear to be on Netflix instant either. Looks like Amazon's got the DVD for less than $5 so I might just blind buy it.
Sexy Celebrity
10-05-13, 03:08 PM
Totally agree about watching the cusack siblings when they work together and I've always been a fan of John from the get go as a teenager geek in sixteen candles, which can actually include joan as well for that one, lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3UWT6JzMAQ
What exactly was the point of Joan Cusack's neck braced character in Sixteen Candles? And that whole scene with her drinking from the water fountain? She is a nameless character who gets this whole scene with her in a neck brace just trying to use the drinking fountain (see Youtube video above). It's funny as Hell, and I love it, but the point is?
I wonder if her character is supposed to be John Cusack's sister in the movie, since he's in it, too. It's never said, but I wonder if.
Miss Vicky
10-05-13, 03:18 PM
I think the point was simply that it was funny. I don't think they were supposed to be brother and sister in the movie. They've worked together a lot, but usually their characters aren't siblings. Martian Child is the only one I can think of where they play siblings. Usually they're just friends or something else.
Frightened Inmate No. 2
10-05-13, 03:18 PM
I give them all 2.5. I think they're quite romantic films but conversely they're mostly anti-cinematic. They do have beautiful locations and long takes, but they don't really find a visually-interesting way to film conversations. Midnight is different in that we hear several other characters' thoughts on love and relationships, and a few of these are the most affecting in the film. As to the primary couple, they do have some interesting things to say, and their lives definitely seem to have evolved since we last met them, but ultimately, their arguments seem more generic than enlightening. I applaud the films for daring to try to be more literate and adult than most nowadays, but again I find the intentions only worth so much compared to the results. However, if you love these characters, I think you'll love reconnecting with them here. I halfway did. :)
this is fair enough, i guess, but i loved this movie. the characters are so great and so unbelievably lovable that i just enjoy seeing them do anything. in all of the films i was incredibly fascinated and hanging on every word, and it was pretty much 100% dialogue. the conversations are kind of generic, but that's kind of the point. the substance of the conversation isn't what matters, it's about their relationship, and what they say about the characters, and how incredibly realistic the dialogue is. it makes john cassavetes dialogue seem contrived. i've never seen any movie like it.
edarsenal
10-05-13, 03:37 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3UWT6JzMAQ
What exactly was the point of Joan Cusack's neck braced character in Sixteen Candles? And that whole scene with her drinking from the water fountain? She is a nameless character who gets this whole scene with her in a neck brace just trying to use the drinking fountain (see Youtube video above). It's funny as Hell, and I love it, but the point is?
I wonder if her character is supposed to be John Cusack's sister in the movie, since he's in it, too. It's never said, but I wonder if.
The point? Why, she was the "love interest" of Long Duck Dong!! His sexy, american girlfriend. Their lil tryst on the excercise machine and him telling her his name is a pretty good chuckle too
It doesn't and I haven't seen that one. It doesn't appear to be on Netflix instant either. Looks like Amazon's got the DVD for less than $5 so I might just blind buy it.
I've always been lucky enough to find it at my library and i really need to add it to the collection. It has a suspense/court room premise and rachel weisz(sp?) and gene hackman do damn fine jobs in it, so, if that sounds like something you'd enjoy . . .
and hell, if you get it and you don't like it, I'LL buy it off ya lol
Mingusings
10-05-13, 03:41 PM
Saw some recent films:
Prisoners: 3_5+
Rush: 2_5
Gravity: 3+
Sexy Celebrity
10-05-13, 03:56 PM
The point? Why, she was the "love interest" of Long Duck Dong!! His sexy, american girlfriend. Their lil tryst on the excercise machine and him telling her his name is a pretty good chuckle too
No, she isn't. That's a completely different girl.
http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=11438&stc=1&d=1380998934
That is not Joan Cusack.
When they're dancing on the dance floor, you even see Joan Cusack dancing with someone else -- A GIRL, I believe, who looked like a lesbian to me -- and then the camera moves over to find Long Duck Dong dancing with this chick.
This girl is named Marlene, AKA Lumberjack.
Joan Cusack only appears four times in the movie -- on the bus with Anthony Michael Hall; dancing with some lesbian on the door floor; drinking water from a water fountain; and drinking beer at Jake Ryan's party and falling backwards.
She has no character name -- except "Geek Girl #1", even though there isn't a #2 (well, maybe the geeky lesbian) -- she is just someone they included for some odd reason so she could wear a neck brace and a bizarre shirt that had a woman's skirt that could raise up as a piece of cloth and reveal her panties as a design.
edarsenal
10-05-13, 04:04 PM
HOLY CRAP, i remember it being her - my serious bad!
Hey, can i claim alzeimer's on this snafu? Or bad memory?. . . how about Old Fart Syndrome. It's VERY common and quite sad, really. Well it would be if i didn't look forward to it for most of my life
Sexy Celebrity
10-05-13, 04:06 PM
Your rational mind probably thought it was Joan Cusack because Joan Cusack's actual character is rather pointless except as someone to laugh at for being geeky, odd, in a neck brace, and in a strange sweatshirt.
edarsenal
10-05-13, 04:09 PM
bless you for even considering the possibility of my mind having any kind of rational function to begin with
The Silver Bullet
10-05-13, 10:37 PM
Not sure I even watch movies anymore.
We're the Millers, I guess. Which I actually rather liked.
TheUsualSuspect
10-06-13, 01:35 PM
Were The Millers 3
Kick Ass 2 2.5
The Big Wedding 1.5
Taken 2 2
Jack Reacher 4
This week in movies:
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The Grandmaster (2013) by Wong Kar-wai 3.5
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Camille Claudel 1915 (2013) by Bruno Dumont 4.5
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A Married Woman (1964) by Jean-Luc Godard 3.5+
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Pain & Gain (2013) by Michael Bay 2
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Un Amour D'enfant (2007) by Ben Diogaye Beye 1.5+
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L'afrance (2001) by Alain Gomis 1.5
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Fahrenheit 451 (1966) by François Truffaut 3.5
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Film Socialisme (2010) by Jean-Luc Godard 3.5
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In Praise of Love (2001) by Jean-Luc Godard 2.5+
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The Garden of Words (2013) by Makoto Shinkai 1.5+
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The Kings of Summer (2013) by Jordan Vogt-Roberts 1.5+
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Stoker (2013) by Park Chan-wook 2.5
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World War Z (2013) by Marc Forster 1.5+
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Mud (2013) by Jeff Nichols 3
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Behind the Candelabra (2013) by Steven Soderbergh 2.5+
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This Is the End (2013) by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg 1.5+
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Paradise: Hope (2013) by Ulrich Seidl 3
bluedeed
10-06-13, 06:01 PM
I give them all 2.5. I think they're quite romantic films but conversely they're mostly anti-cinematic.
This is not true plain and simple. While this could possibly be said about the first and clearly weakest film, the latter two are excellently directed films by an experienced and thoughtful, if not very innovative, director. Linklater's greatest strength, from Slacker onward, has always been making his rigidly formal way of shooting and writing, seem casual and conversational. Have you seen footage of what it's like shooting his films? It's chaos! Linklater's long takes are extraordinary because we're likely not to notice them unless we're looking for it. While I'm not going to defend Before Sunrise, which I didn't like, Before Sunset and Before Midnight are uniquely cinematic visions of a romance.
Before Sunset's main trick, is remaining as firmly grounded in the reality as it is the surreal. That first scene in the bookshop sets it up, with a terrifically cinematic moment when Jesse describes his new book. As we realize the clear metatextual allusions being made here, Linklater dissolves the boundaries between the first and second film in a simple, and certainly not flashy, manner. This feeling of cinematic elevation would be sustained if it weren't for the clear and focused break that follows. The rest of the film takes place in real time, or as close as anybody's ever gotten to it while also including cuts. The conversation continues and the moments of deja vu continue as some conversation refracts from the prior film. Everything is condensed, and everything is shown, because Linklater knows that it's all important. The film's ending boasts one of the most tantalizing and terrifying fades I can recall. Utterly crushing in its slow inevitability, this fade reminds us of the cinematic fantasy we're in, but also the realism of the life we've just witnessed, and will go on without us. Simplicity elevated to art is the film's mantra. Linklater uses techniques that we've seen in countless films, but in such intuitive ways that they feel new.
I've only seen Before Midnight once, so excuse me for rehashing some previous remarks. The film begins with a deceptively simple shot of two people walking, we instantly assume it's Jesse and Celine, the only two people we've seen before walking together, but the specifics of it confuse us (types of shoes). The following cut reveals Jesse's son, which both makes perfect sense, and catches us off guard. They talk at the airport until he has to leave, after which we get the extraordinary shot of condensed narrative. Jesse walks outside and moves right. We see Celine nonchalantly talking on the phone and leaning on a car. Already we know that they are together and have been for a long time, but the excellent shot comes as, to our delight, Jesse enters the car and the camera wraps around to show two girls asleep in the back seat. A simple and naturalistic camera movement suddenly reveals everything we need to know about the couple, for those who are new to the series, and faithful fans. I will rewatch this soon and have more to say on its cinematic merits, which are many, I just haven't written about it enough to properly recall at this point.
The Gunslinger45
10-06-13, 07:01 PM
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Point Blank - BORING!
2
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Vice Squad - Good old 80's sleaze! A movie that gets across the life on the streets and frank sexual themes with surprisingly little nudity. Strange choice given the subject matter but one to be commended in it's restraint.
4.5
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (Renny Harlin, 1988) 2.5
The Wasp Woman (Roger Corman, 1959) 1.5
711 Ocean Drive (Joseph M. Newman, 1950) 2
The Gorgon (Terence Fisher, 1964) 2.5
https://cineoasis.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/the-gorgon-6.jpg
The Devil Rides Out aka The Devil’s Bride (Terence Fisher, 1968) 2.5
All Eyes on Sharon Tate (No Director Listed, 1967) 2.5
Waking Up in Reno (Jordan Brady, 2002) 2
Manhattan Murder Mystery (Woody Allen, 1993) 4
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The Last Days of Disco (Whit Stillman, 1998) 2.5+
Billy the Kid vs. Dracula (William Beaudine, 1966) 1.5
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter (William Beaudine, 1966) 1.5
The Freshman (Andrew Bergman, 1990) 3.5
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Engagement Party (William Thiele, 1956) 2
Mistress (Barry Primus, 1992) 2.5
Fly Away Home (Carroll Ballard, 1996) 3
Mr. Lucky (H.C. Potter, 1943) 3.5
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Losing Isaiah (Stephen Gyllenhaal, 1995) 2.5
Mumford (Lawrence Kasdan, 1999) 3
Another Woman (Woody Allen, 1988) 2.5
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (John Huston, 1972) 3
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TheUsualSuspect
10-07-13, 12:24 AM
I like Manhattan Murder Mystery and it's never really mentioned among Allen's best work. Maybe that's enough to say that it is underrated or under seen.
The more I watch it, the more I think it's my fave from the Woodman.
honeykid
10-07-13, 01:27 AM
It's one of my favourites, too.
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Gravity (2013) - 3.5
An American Werewolf In London (1981) - 4+
Nights of Cabiria (1957) - 2
Way of a Gaucho (1952) - 3.5
El (1953) - 4
Los Olvidados (1950) - 3
The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer (1984) - 2.5
Mr Minio
10-08-13, 04:05 PM
I don't care about the rest of films I've seen lately. Besides I ain't got time for them, but then again I have time to post this post.
My Name is Nobody 4.5
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The only one other spaghetti I rated that high is The Good, The Bad and The Ugly and I mean even Django - an epitome of badassity in movies scored 'only' 4, but just look at the intro scene:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amR-EVNOxxo
It's just so feel good with that awesome music and laid back Terrence Hill character. And at the very end the movie made me cry even though there wasn't anything soppy or even sad about it. Or nothing like that in a common sense of the words. Not to mention the movie has a lot of comedy elements I normally hate, but loved in this one. Truly one of the best feel good films I've seen.
Glad you loved it. Here's what I said about it last time. :)
My Name is Nobody (Tonino Valerii, 1973) 3.5 http://www.rowthree.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/my_name_is_nobody_onesheet.jpg
Great spaghetti western with the "team" of old man Jack Beauregard (Henry Fonda) who just wants to quietly retire and sail to Europe and a young Nobody (Terence Hill) who looks up to him and wants him to become a hero worthy of the history books so others will have someone to positively influence them. The cinematography is beautiful and Ennio Morricone's score has many memorable themes as well as weird la-la backing vocals and a synthesized take on "Ride of the Valkyries" as well as a lift from what sounds like "My Way". The plot isn't especially important but the set-pieces are terrific. It does have ample comedy but I don't really think it's a spoof of the genre. It works itself up a few times to things resembling a Biblical saga and to a real feeling of warmth between the two lead characters.
Gideon58
10-08-13, 04:40 PM
Joan Cusack is one of the definite highlights of SIXTEEN CANDLES and she's not even a main character. Of course it goes without saying that Cusack has ALWAYS made the most out of every moment she has ever been given onscreen. The woman is comedy gold.
Vanishing Wilderness (Arthur R. Dubs & Heinz Sielmann, 1974) 2.5
A Stranger Among Us (Sidney Lumet, 1992) 2.5
Going Ape! (Jeremy Joe Kronsberg, 1981) 2-
Small Time Crooks (Woody Allen, 2000) 3
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The Ride Back (Allen H. Miner, 1957) 2+
Hollywood Without Make-Up (Rudy Belmar, Loring D. D'Usseau & Ken Murray, 1963) 3
Love Is Better Than Ever (Stanley Donen, 1952) 2
Pather Panchali (Satyajit Ray, 1955) 2.5
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Week-End at the Waldorf (Robert Z. Leonard, 1945) 2.5
Miss Firecracker (Thomas Schlamme, 1989) 2
Hollywood Ending (Woody Allen, 2002) 2.5
Ziegfeld Follies (Vincente Minnelli, 1945) 3
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The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (Woody Allen, 2001) 3
Hotel Anchovy (Al Christrie, 1934) 2.5
Putney Swope (Robert Downey, 1969) 2-
Ziegfeld Girl (Robert Z. Leonard & Busby Berkeley, 1941) 2.5
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The Sky’s the Limit (Edward H. Griffith, 1943) 2.5
Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra (Jean Negulesco, 1943) 2.5
Les maudits aka The Damned (Rene Clement, 1947) 2.5
Interiors (Woody Allen, 1978) 2.5
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Miss Vicky
10-08-13, 05:21 PM
Joan Cusack is one of the definite highlights of SIXTEEN CANDLES and she's not even a main character. Of course it goes without saying that Cusack has ALWAYS made the most out of every moment she has ever been given onscreen. The woman is comedy gold.
Please learn to use the quote function and stop yelling movie titles at us.
Sexy Celebrity
10-08-13, 05:48 PM
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (Renny Harlin, 1988) 2.5
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Sexy Celebrity
10-08-13, 05:50 PM
Please learn to use the quote function and stop yelling movie titles at us.HUSH!
Ssssshhhhhh!
Mmmm Donuts
10-08-13, 07:29 PM
Much quieter, Sexy. Thanks...
BlueLion
10-09-13, 12:29 AM
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The Shining (1980) rewatch - 5
Kubrick at the top of his game. It has some of the best camerawork I've ever seen in film, and although I don't find it very scary, it's still quite unsettling and I think it's an incredibly well made film.
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After Hours (1985) - 5
Just finished it, and wow. It's more than a great movie. So bizarre, so dark, so tense, yet funny in an odd way, and entertaining in an even more weird way. It's so brilliant I can't stop thinking about it. A criminally underrated Scorsese masterpiece.
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Before Midnight (2013) - 4
The hotel scene was truly exhausting, and I sometimes can't stand Delpy's character. I don't know why, something about her just annoys me. Hawke, on the other hand, was quite likable, although I found him a little annoying in the first film. But it was in the second installment, Before Sunset, where both characters shined, and it's one of the reasons why I think it's the best of the trilogy.
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This Is the End (2013) - 3.5
Didn't expect to enjoy it as much as I did. There's nothing special about it, and I don't think it has any rewatch value, but it's quite funny nonetheless. Michael Cera is the sh*t.
honeykid
10-09-13, 02:03 AM
Machete 2.5 - Unlike everyone else, naturally, this wasn't the fake trailer that grabbed me from Grindhouse, so I really didn't care when it was announced/made/released or since. However, it was on tonight and I felt like giving it a chance, so I did. It's OK. It's actually a little better than I thought it'd be, sadly that's not saying a great deal. My problem with it is the same problem I have with most/all the neo-exploitation films made since Grindhouse's release, they don't feel like exploitation films. Make no mistake, this is one, but it still doesn't have that 'feel'. There's too many "woah, cool!" moments and it often veers into parody or spoof, as was the case by the end of Machete. I also have a problem with CGI blood and this film was bathed in it. I'd much rather see an obviously fake hand covered in bright red paint lying on the ground, than a CGI effect.
Daniel M
10-09-13, 01:24 PM
Not a film I've seen but on the weekend I am going to the BFI London Film Festival and I am seeing a film called Youth, should be interesting. A dark comedy/moral type film about two boys who kidnap someone for money, well that's what I remember about it, we'll see :p
edarsenal
10-09-13, 09:40 PM
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After Hours (1985) - 5
Just finished it, and wow. It's more than a great movie. So bizarre, so dark, so tense, yet funny in an odd way, and entertaining in an even more weird way. It's so brilliant I can't stop thinking about it. A criminally underrated Scorsese masterpiece.
And this is why i want to wait before sending in my 80's list, to find something i missed during the eighties and since that could, very well make my list. Watched the trailer on youtube and with several actors/ess i really like so...
As for me,
The Lodger (1944) 3.5+ Just outside White Chapel during the Jack the Ripper murders, a family takes in a polite lodger with very odd hours, played by Laird Cregar. Also starring Merle Oberon and George Sanders. Great pacing and very well done.
http://img2-2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/071029/horrormovies/lodger_l.jpg
The Chaser (Korean) 4+ An ex-cop, now a pimp, believing his missing girls have been sold, goes a-hunting only to find a serial killer. Tense, violent, visceral and, like Korea is so excellent at doing, there is a mixture of humor and tragedy that is truly touching and effective.
http://www.bloodygoodhorror.com/bgh/files/reviews/caps/chaser%20still%201.jpg
REWATCH Kung Fu Panda (Dreamworks) 4.5 Now, I'm pretty luke warm when it comes to Jack Black, but, with this (and the sequel) I love watching them for soooo many reasons. Everything works on this from the talents behind the voices, the action sequences, the comedic work, the story writing, et al
http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44791000/jpg/_44791839_pandabody.jpg
The Foxes of Harrow (1946) 3.5 Rex Harrison playing the gentleman rogue to the obstinate southern belle, Maureen O'Hara, in old new orleans.
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the samoan lawyer
10-10-13, 05:12 AM
^^ rep for Kung Fu Panda and especially The Chaser, outstanding film.
honeykid
10-10-13, 06:35 AM
Hobo With A Shotgun 2.5++ I was left confused about how I feel about Hobo and I think it's because the film itself is confused. It simply doesn't know what it is or wants to be. With the exception of the soundtrack, which I thought worked really well, everything else pretty much fell between the same two stools as Machete and the other neo grindhouse films I've seen. However, it picks up points for using real effects, some wonderfully overly complex and inventive contraptions for killing people and, on occasion, finding the right balance and being truly entertaining. I'll watch this again, if only to see whether it works as a flat out comedy. I don't think it will, because I don't think it is one, but it's the only way I can see me enjoying it more.
Suspiria (Argento, 1977) 4
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What a trip. I have been meaning to get to this for ages, and I finally got around to seeing it. Definitely a product of its time; a 1st gen Final Girl flick with heavy psychedelic overtones. A bunch of sort of disparate and cheap parts combine into something that is rough around the edges, but it works! Seems pretty groundbreaking, and the gore was probably considered over-the-top at the time of the films release, although it will seem fairly tame to those weened on torture-porn garbage like the Saw series. This film is on a different level than chaff like that, and is worth a watch, for sure. Pretty sure D lynch drew heavily from this film in some of his work.
September (Woody Allen, 1987) 2.5
Summer Stock (Charles Walters, 1950) 2.5+
Can-Can (Walter Lang, 1960) 2+
Johnny Guitar (Nicholas Ray, 1954) 3.5
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The Music Room (Satyajit Ray, 1958) 2.5
The Mirror Crack’d (Guy Hamilton, 1980) 3+
It Happened in Brooklyn (Richard Whorf, 1947) 2
Los Olvidados (Luis Bunuel, 1950) 2.5
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Great Expectations (Alfonso Cuaron, 1998) 2.5
Just This Once (Don Weis, 1952) 2
It Should Happen to You (George Cukor, 1954) 3-
Royal Wedding (Stanley Donen, 1951) 2.5
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Baby Boy (John Singleton, 2001) 2.5
You for Me (Don Weis, 1952) 2
One Good Cop (Heywood Gould, 1991) 2.5
Love and Death (Woody Allen, 1975) 3.5
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Support Your Local Sheriff! (Burt Kennedy, 1969) 3.5
Where’s Poppa? (Carl Reiner, 1970) 3+
Enter Laughing (Carl Reiner, 1967) 2.5
Murder by Death (Robert Moore, 1976) 3.5
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Gabrielle947
10-10-13, 02:26 PM
I've been watching a bunch of new films lately,I think there's about 2 or 3 more films and I'll post them all here.Unless someone has something more to offer from the 2012/2013 :D
TheUsualSuspect
10-11-13, 12:59 AM
Gravity 4
bluedeed
10-11-13, 02:46 AM
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Before Midnight (2013) - 4
The hotel scene was truly exhausting, and I sometimes can't stand Delpy's character. I don't know why, something about her just annoys me. Hawke, on the other hand, was quite likable, although I found him a little annoying in the first film. But it was in the second installment, Before Sunset, where both characters shined, and it's one of the reasons why I think it's the best of the trilogy.
Someone's not really getting the point...
Miss Vicky
10-11-13, 03:23 AM
Mansome (Spurlock, 2012) 2-
Old School (Phillips, 2003) 4-
Foxy Brown (Hill, 1974) 3
Being John Malkovich (Jonze, 1999) 5
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The Ice Harvest (Ramis, 2005) 3.5+
America's Sweethearts (Roth, 2001) 3.5+
The Raven (McTeigue, 2012) 4+
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Rush (Howard, 2013) 4+
Runaway Jury (Fleder, 2003) 4
Casualties Of War (DePalma, 1989) 4.5
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BlueLion
10-11-13, 08:25 AM
Someone's not really getting the point...
Care to elaborate, genius?
bluedeed
10-11-13, 11:36 AM
Care to elaborate, genius?
I didn't elaborate last night because of schoolwork. Are you a guy, or a girl? I think there's probably a big correlation with how people feel about the characters in the third one especially and their gender. Why is it important to the film if the characters are likable? These movies, while playing on your desires for romantic closure and fulfillment, aren't interested in creating characters that we'll love. The first film is about all of the hopes and fears of young people, the second is about that terrible feeling that all of the hopes are gone and the fears realized, and the third is coming to grips with the idea that maybe it's not escapavle. The characters obviously talk like movie characters in the first two films. The third film, however, breaks this in its second half, and they begin to talk like real, troubled people. The film invites us to dislike the actions and words of characters that we used to be able to justify. They argue like a real married couple, with heaping amounts of passive aggressiveness and pinpoint accuracy. I don't like either characters in the hotel room, just like I hate myself when I'm arguing with someone important, and I think that's the point. I don't know who would watch the film and think that both characters were likable throughout.
BlueLion
10-11-13, 12:15 PM
I didn't elaborate last night because of schoolwork. Are you a guy, or a girl? I think there's probably a big correlation with how people feel about the characters in the third one especially and their gender. Why is it important to the film if the characters are likable? These movies, while playing on your desires for romantic closure and fulfillment, aren't interested in creating characters that we'll love. The first film is about all of the hopes and fears of young people, the second is about that terrible feeling that all of the hopes are gone and the fears realized, and the third is coming to grips with the idea that maybe it's not escapavle. The characters obviously talk like movie characters in the first two films. The third film, however, breaks this in its second half, and they begin to talk like real, troubled people. The film invites us to dislike the actions and words of characters that we used to be able to justify. They argue like a real married couple, with heaping amounts of passive aggressiveness and pinpoint accuracy. I don't like either characters in the hotel room, just like I hate myself when I'm arguing with someone important, and I think that's the point. I don't know who would watch the film and think that both characters were likable throughout.
I'm a guy. And please quote the part where I said it was important for the characters to be likable. You didn't have to explain the movies to me because I've seen them. I know perfectly well what the first two films are about, just like I know what the third is about. Delpy's character still annoys me in the third film. Hawke's annoys me in the first. What's wrong with that? Am I still missing the point? If disliking one character in a movie means missing the point of the whole movie (or a trilogy in this case), well then... I don't know what to say. Just lol.
bluedeed
10-11-13, 07:15 PM
And please quote the part where I said it was important for the characters to be likable.
That's where it seems that you don't understand the movie. You think that the movie's quality is dependent on the likability of the characters, which is why you said the second one is the best. The films, however, aren't trying to make their characters likable, and especially in the third (or, depending on your point of view, all of them), they're being very critical of them. To reduce the quality of the film down to something that's irrelevant to the film is not getting it.
You don't seem to get it either, at least what he said in that post. :)
bluedeed
10-11-13, 07:25 PM
You don't seem to get it either, at least what he said in that post. :)
True
edarsenal
10-11-13, 07:55 PM
The Raven (McTeigue, 2012) 4+
http://www.angelfire.com/music6/walteregan/MoFoPics/movietabraven.jpg
Runaway Jury (Fleder, 2003) 4
YAY, glad to see you enjoyed runaway jury AND Raven; rather enjoyed that one as well. Cusack did a great rendition of Poe
BlueLion
10-11-13, 08:57 PM
You think that the movie's quality is dependent on the likability of the characters
How can you know what I think? You're totally wrong. I hated Alex DeLarge, for instance, but I think A Clockwork Orange is a great film. If there is somebody missing the point here, it's you.
The films, however, aren't trying to make their characters likable, and especially in the third (or, depending on your point of view, all of them), they're being very critical of them.
Thanks, I needed somebody to explain the trilogy to me because it was extremely complicated and really hard to get.
To reduce the quality of the film down to something that's irrelevant to the film is not getting it.
Whatever.
What Every Woman Knows (Gregory La Cava, 1934) 2.5
Quality Street (George Stevens, 1937) 3
The Admirable Crichton aka Paradise Lagoon (Lewis Gilbert, 1957) 3
Leon Morin, Priest (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1961) 2.5+
http://ww2.sinaimg.cn/large/876c331cjw1e5rz1qarcjj20c808m75b.jpg
The Good Die Young (Lewis Gilbert, 1954) 2
Loss of Innocence aka The Greengage Summer (Lewis Gilbert, 1961) 3
The 7th Dawn (Lewis Gilbert, 1964) 2+
Images (Robert Altman, 1972) 2.5
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Hit! (Sidney J. Furie, 1973) 3+
Dangerous Mission (Louis King, 1954) 2
Son of Sinbad (Ted Tetzlaff, 1955) 2
The Baron of Arizona (Samuel Fuller, 1950) 2.5
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Cliffhanger (Renny Harlin, 1993) 3
Paradise (Mary Agnes Donoghue, 1991) 2
Which Way Is Up? (Michael Schultz, 1977) 3-
Dracula aka Horror of Dracula (Terence Fisher, 1958) 2.5
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The Pride and the Passion (Stanley Kramer, 1957) 2.5
Ship of Fools (Stanley Kramer, 1965) 3.5
R.P.M. (Stanley Kramer, 1970) 2.5
The Defiant Ones (Stanley Kramer, 1958) 3+
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bluedeed
10-11-13, 09:48 PM
How can you know what I think? You're totally wrong. I hated Alex DeLarge, for instance, but I think A Clockwork Orange is a great film.
Because I'm psychic! Or that I interpreted your saying that the second film was the best because both characters shined, but in the first Hawke was annoying and in the third Delpy is. It seemed you were saying that the reason, or a major contributing factor, in your view of the movie's quality, was the characters likability. Just drawing conclusions from that, not interpolating you view of films as a whole, of course. I'm hate (too strong a word, dislike really, but it matched your phrasing) A Clockwork Orange, but Alex is pretty funny, not that that's very relevant.
Thanks, I needed somebody to explain the trilogy to me because it was extremely complicated and really hard to get.
They're not complex plot wise of course, like any Linklater film really, but yes, your sarcastic remark is actually true, because these films are very emotionally complicated, contradictory films, and I've barely explained, and barely could explain, anything about them.
Gravity (Cuaron, 2013) 4_5
Brilliant stuff. Excellent allegory and a subtle score - I was captivated for the entire film. I left the theater feeling peaceful and contemplative.
The Gunslinger45
10-12-13, 12:51 AM
Captain Phillips 3.5
It is a good film. Good, but not great. The acting on the part of Tom Hanks was excellent, the casting was particularly good for the Somali pirates and the SEALS, and the shots were very well done giving me a feeling of being in tight corridors to the point it almost felt claustrophobic. But much like Zero Dark Thirty, I felt it did lag a bit in the middle, but the conclusion was very good. Actually that is not a bad comparison. Both are based on true events (given the Hollywood treatment of course), both are thrillers, both involve the antagonists being very nasty people, both focus heavily on one key character, and in the end there is a tactical operation which ends with the SEALS killing bad guys. However with this movie you get to know the antagonists much more, and you get to see them more as people and not faceless shadows with the case of Bin Laden in Zero Dark Thirty. A good thriller worth the price of admission.
edarsenal
10-12-13, 03:19 PM
A Big Hand For the Little Lady (1966) 3.5++ The extra pluses is for what I had hoped that this movie was and became in the end as well as the excellent ride throughout. A great cast including Henry Fonda and Joanne Woodward; a homestead bound couple who find themselves out of their depth in an intense high stakes poker game with the likes of Jason Robards and four other "richest men in Texas" who neglect EVERYTHING, once a year, to play poker.
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REWATCH I Love You To Death (1990) 4 loosely based on actual events and featuring a fantastic cast, this dark comedy centers around a cheating husband and a wife who would rather see him dead than divorce him with Kevin Kline, Tracy Ullman, River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves and John Hurt making attempted murder hilarious.
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Mr Minio
10-12-13, 04:03 PM
Keeping up with 2013 films...
The Conjuring
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2.5
I'm too old for horrors I guess. I really liked the way it was shot and quite the atmosphere at the beginning (minus the very beginning introduction showing earlier case), but as goes for all horrors following this formulae after the first ghost was shown the whole tension vanished and although the ghostbuster part was quite interesting (you know all the tapes and hand-held camera) then they had to add more and more action and, which resulted in some unnecessary things like ravens breaking the windows. The exorcism scene was really upside-down (who've seen the movie will get the joke) and at the moment I thought they only need a Frankenstein with a rocket launcher and army of zombie-chickens. The finale was weird. Of course it's got some cheesy phrases and soppiness and I really thought they got rid of, say, problem too easily. Not too convincing part. But of course the evil can't be killed and it's present in nature as well as goodness, blah, blah, blah. Schematic. But then ending titles come and damn, man, aren't they atmospheric with those grainy old press photos. Could've made great essay film using those. Nitpicking, nitpicking, but really the movie was advertised as the scariest and best horror movie of this decade. Jump scares are not scary. It's just a natural reaction that you shudder when all of sudden something appears and screams like a psycho. Wow, I made it sound like a one (cupcake?) star movie, but in fact it's not that bad. If you're a horror fan add one star.
Before Midnight
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4
Now that's what I call a good film! The third meeting with Jesse and Celine is second best in terms of awesomeness, inferior only to the first installment. It's completely dialog-driven, visually captivating, witty and sometimes even hilarious. If you have seen the previous ones do not hesitate to watch the final part of the trilogy. If you haven't, watch these two first.
Oh, and if anybody of you is wondering why am I watching films and writing about them instead of learning, my answer is you can't learn all the day and after a seance your brain is prepared for more knowledge. :)
Gabrielle947
10-12-13, 04:20 PM
Jump scares are not scary.
yes they are! I have it ready to watch but all horror movies especially with jump scares scare me. :D I will watch Shame soon :P
Mr Minio
10-12-13, 04:35 PM
yes they are! Well, I'm not an expert at terminology, but I'd say jump scares cause a very short cause of temporary shock that lasts two seconds max. At least to me. :)
I will watch Shame soon :P
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bluedeed
10-12-13, 07:03 PM
Well, I'm not an expert at terminology, but I'd say jump scares cause a very short cause of temporary shock that lasts two seconds max. At least to me. :)
Right, it's like, I'm scared briefly at the jump scares, but I'm not going to lose sleep because of it. That will come from everything before the jump scare. I've had nightmares about walking to the dumpster behind Winkies on Sunset Blvd, but I've never had any about the man behind there.
The Gunslinger45
10-13-13, 12:12 AM
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4.5
WOW! ... This is the best film I have seen this year... so far.
Bustin’ Loose (Oz Scott, 1981) 2.5
Isle of the Dead (Mark Robson, 1945) 2
Greased Lightning (Michael Schultz, 1977) 2.5+
The Haunting (Robert Wise, 1963) 3
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Southwest Passage (Ray Nazarro, 1954) 2
Horror Castle (Antonio Margheriti, 1963) 2.5
Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll aka House of Fright (Terence Fisher, 1960) 2
Scream of Fear aka Taste of Fear (Seth Holt, 1961) 2.5+
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Spring Breakers (Harmony Korine, 2012) 1.5
Battle of the Bulge (Ken Annakin, 1965) 2.5
The Mack (Michael Campus, 1973) 2
An American Tail (Don Bluth, 1986) 3
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The Thief Who Came to Dinner (Bud Yorkin, 1973) 3.5+
Killing Them Softly (Andrew Dominik, 2012) 2+
Monsieur Beaucaire (George Marshall, 1946) 3-
West of Zanzibar (Tod Browning, 1928) 2.5
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The Prophet’s Game (David Worth, 2000) 2
Hit the Deck (Roy Rowland, 1955) 2
True Colors (Herbert Ross, 1991) 2.5
Fourteen Hours (Henry Hathaway, 1951) 3+
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Gabrielle947
10-13-13, 03:03 PM
Glad to see some Spring Breakers and Killing Them Softly dislike. :up:
Mr Minio
10-13-13, 03:53 PM
Could you elaborate on Spring Breakers?
jiraffejustin
10-13-13, 04:12 PM
Can you elaborate on Killing Them Softly?
Could you elaborate on Spring Breakers?
Endless shots of "students" drinking, smoking, snorting and shaking their booty. That's the good half. When the idiotic James Franco character appears, and the message (?) that his and the spring breakers' lifestyles lead to a dead end seems to be presented, it becomes even more boring, pointless and obvious (in a convoluted, nebulous manner).It is Korine's best-looking film, but that means little when what cinematics on display fail to be coherent or meaningful. I suppose the best I could say about it is that it's more successful than Only God Forgives. I know you love both, but that's the movie it reminded me of, both stylistically and in what I consider their muddled messages.
Can you elaborate on Killing Them Softly?
First off, Brad Pitt is excellent, but it takes a half hour before he shows up. Instead, the main characters are two Mutt and Jeff losers who are just plain boring and pathetic. I didn't find them very funny or interesting at all. Well, their best scene was when they tried to blow up the car. :) The film felt very fragmented to me, and the message, summed up by Pitt in the film's final line, was way too obvious. Still, I felt it improved a little as it progressed, but it seems far too much an exercise in style over tension and substance. Even so, I felt it was a big step up from Spring Breakers and Only God Forgives.
Gabrielle947
10-13-13, 06:41 PM
Okay,I'm on new movies marathon:
Detachment (2011) - decent movie about teachers,children their parents and caring for each other.The idea was awesome and the acting was good but I didn't like commentaries and some surrealistic(?) scenes.I prefer movies movies which go straight from A to B.It might have been great if it was told in Scorsese's storytelling style. :) 3.5
The Lone Ranger (2013) - absolutely mediocre.Watched,enjoyed,forgot the next day. 2.5
This Is the End (2013) - maybe my taste in humor is weird but I found this comedy absolutely unfunny and all the characters were extremely boring. 1
Yi dai zong shi/The Grandmaster (2013) - Although it is supposed to be a movie about Ip Man I felt that it's about his "friend" Gong Er.The story really focuses about that girl more than about Ip Man himself.Another thing which I disliked is the action sequences which I am personally just not a fan of.Overall movie felt not like something I would like to see again. 2
Mud (2012) - didn't expect it like it but it was enjoyable and entertaining. :) Matthew McConaughey can act.But I don't think I understood what it tried to tell,guess I don't have enough experience with love. :D 3
Ill Manors (2012) - It's something like a modern Pink Floyd:The Wall because a band called Plan B created songs for this movie and both the album and the movie are named the same.That was good because the music really fitted and the movie,although deals with bored to death "hood,drugs and prostitutes" theme,still managed to be interesting to watch. :) 3
Jagten (2012) - this was a good movie. :) It's about a teacher who is suddenly accused of sexual assault against kids.Whoever did the cinematography,manages to create warm and then totally cold atmosphere when the protagonist is hated by everyone.Don't want to spoil it but the last scene is clever. :)) The movie is intact,well-acted,understandable,entertaining,well shot and it managed to prove its point about the impact of accusations,especially false ones.I didn't knew what it was about so at the beginning I was pretty bored as I thought nothing will happen.I was wrong. 3.5
The Iceman (2012) - Decent gangster movie,I liked Liotta in this as he was playing a tough guy again. ^^ 3
The Heat (2013) - watched,enjoyed,forgot. 2.5
Only God Forgives (2013) - I love stylish movies but this one purely fails story-wise.I liked the mother(character) so that's the only reason why I wasn't really mad at this film.Anyway,film is still a visual art,have to give some praise for the great Asian atmosphere.But seriously,when there's all style and no emotions,it just fails. 2
Pacific Rim (2013) - I'm one of those people who absolutely don't care for the special effects and special effect movies. :D It's a good experience, especially in the cinema, but it's never something that buys me.It was a typical special effects movie with very cliche characters but I liked the alien idea.If you like CGI,you'll like it.Otherwise,you won't see something that will take your breath away.2.5
Disconnect (2012) - now this might be one of the better 2012/2013 movies I've seen.It covers some 21st century things - illegal webcam pornography,cyber bullying and identity theft.4 different stories in one movie usually bothers me and it did (would have been much better without the bullying stuff which was very predictable) but I still enjoyed how new the movie is and that it is actually quite decent,so I forgave everything and just let myself enjoy it.The actors are quite unknown but they did a good job. :) 3.5
Du zhan/Drug War (2012) - watched,enjoyed and forgot.It's a movie about cops going undercover.But it has one decent shootout scene so 3
Got fed up with the boring new movies
Taxi Driver (1976) - I still find it very uncomfortable to watch.But only watching for the third time I noticed how relevant and accurate it is.I really love Scorsese's ability to tell a story so fluently.The final shootout is completely haunting,the acting is exceptional and the cinematographer is a genius.Actually,now when I watch dramas,I compare how close they are to Taxi Driver. :D But it's not a very enjoyable movie for me,I read somewhere that men understand this movie better,not sure if that's true. 4
Back to 2010s
Trust (2010) - a movie about a girl which becomes the victim of Internet sexual predator.It's quite good if you're interested in the topic as it is very accurate and characters are well presented and analyzed.But the cinematography is mediocre and the very end makes me feel that the story could have been approached very differently. 2.5
Broken (2012) - my first thought of the movie was that it is just.. pointless.I felt like watching Mystery Train again. :))) 2
Shame (2011) - I find this movie somewhat similar to Taxi Driver(both deal with loneliness in New York) but I think that it doesn't have a powerful ending and overall,watching again,it felt a bit monotonous.But it sure is one of the better dramas of the recent years.Fassbender was very good,how come he wasn't even nominated?It was a poor year for lead actors. 3.5
Pain & Gain (2013) - very enjoyable! :)) some scenes were way over the top but I actually spend time very well. 3
Iron Man 3 (2013) - I watch Iron Man only for Downey Jr. because he owns his role and he's funny but overall I am not a big fan of the franchise. 2.5
The Conjuring (2013) - I didn't watch most of it's creepy scenes as I was afraid. :[ No,seriously,I don't like watching new horror movies,wanted to see it only because it's so acclaimed.But I didn't like it,it wasn't even that interesting but I'm not a fan of horror overall. 2
Thank you,see you soon
Daniel M
10-13-13, 08:13 PM
Youth (Tom Shoval, 2013) 3.5
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I have spent the past weekend in London as part of a film society trip to see a film from the BFI London Film Festival. We could choose a film from three choices, all in the first feature section and my choice was Youth, an Israel-Germany joint production by Israeli director Tom Shoval that takes a look at two brothers who attempt to aid their struggling family through criminal ways: kidnapping a young girl.
The film is quite uncomfortable at times, but even in its most violent moments it is difficult to feel a real hatred towards the two main characters, largely down to their development as real human beings in a real struggling family. The actors are actually both identical twins in real life, and both give fantastic performances in the film. The for most the time incompetent when it comes to kidnapping, and do not have a clue what to do to help their family, they feel like they are being kept away from the dark reality of the world by their parents and simply want to help.
It is a very powerful film, and like I said, it feels very real. Eitan and David Cunio are the stars, but the other actors involved are also very good, such as the kidnapped young girl played by Gita Amely. The film poses many moral questions and takes a true look at relationships between brothers and family as a whole, and some Israeli people watching it also commented on its accuracy in portraying the country's situation.
What was even better was the fact that the director was at the screening and after it had finished he talked about the film and took questions from the audience. This was really interesting an made the viewing a whole lot better, it explained a lot of things and made it feel more personal and put certain scenes into better perspective.
He had a lot of interesting things to say, one of the things he said was he auditioned loads of random sets of brothers for the main roles and when he eventually decided on these two he wanted to test them out more as the had never acted before, so he asked them to steal something from a supermarket together (which all other parties in on the test) and he was surprised when they were stopped that they never revealed they had been told to do it, not your usual audition for a role.
Another interesting point he mentioned was in regards to one scene where the two brothers take the kidnapped girl on board a bus, one of the brothers is fully dressed in military uniform with a gun on his lap pointing towards the girl, and the girl has bandages covering her eyes with sunglasses on top. He explained how although to us viewers it might seem unrealistic he actually did the scene without filming as a test on a real bus to see how people would react, and nobody did anything, in fact people felt a lot safer with military people on board. Part of the film is about how the characters themselves feel like, or try to be superheroes, with lots of direct references to some modern American action films with t-shirts worn by the characters. There are quite a lot of funny scenes in the film too, some intentional, some maybe not, but in many of even the most uncomfortable scenes we are able to laugh at some of the actions of the brothers.
I got to ask him a question myself and asked about the influences in terms of films and directors on himself and this film. The one film he sighted as a big influence was the French film Naked Childhood (aka L'enfance nue) and he said that British director Alan Clarke's (Scum) films (known for their social realism) also influenced the film.
linespalsy
10-13-13, 10:11 PM
The Dunwich Horror (1970) - suave warlock offers free mustache rides to virginal coeds in exchange for unspeakable services. also unspeakable: the cheapo hippy-trippy colour (sic) hallucination scenes.
the ending - like lovecraft's prose - drags on and on and on but has none of the bizarre commitment. i dare you to see it, you'll understand why The Brain That Wouldn't Die is an underrated classic. 0.5-
The Hole (Joe Dante, 2009) - decent low budget horror, story gets predictable at about the same time it grows a sense of humor but the style powers through to the end. would really like to rate it higher but any closer to my Gremlins rating just isn't allowed. gets my recommendation for the seasonal marathons. 2.5+
Gravity 4 probably overrating this slightly; blame IMAX. reminds me of the space bits of Mission to Mars - which I don't mean as an insult.
Safety Not Guaranteed - 2+
re-watches:
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (Edgar Wright) - 3.5+
The Blade (Tsui Hark, 1995) - 4.5
Popeye (Robert Altman, 1980) - 4
donniedarko
10-13-13, 11:51 PM
Could you expand on Safety Not Guarunteed?
honeykid
10-14-13, 04:26 AM
The Haunting (Robert Wise, 1963) 3
I know that 3 is a good, strong rating from you, but I still think it's a little low. There again, I have it on my 100. :D
This Is the End (2013) - maybe my taste in humor is weird but I found this comedy absolutely unfunny and all the characters were extremely boring. 1
Yes, I'd think if you have a sense of humour than this probably wouldn't satisfy.
linespalsy
10-14-13, 01:01 PM
Could you expand on Safety Not Guarunteed?
I had originally written something but it was too harsh for how I actually feel. I respect the super low budget (it cost less than Sharknado!), but that's not an excuse for a script that is so bland it just shows how played out all its devices are. I recently saw Silver Linings Playbook, which is no less of a formulaic romance with poignant misfits, but is so witty and well acted it's impossible to care about what it isn't.
Like I said, I'm being too harsh; I didn't mind it, I just didn't like it much either. I also originally gave Safety Not Guaranteed 2.5 but had to recalibrate it against The Hole (which as I said I was calibrating against Gremlins). Now you know my inner workings.
I think Safety Not Guaranteed is probably above-average movie 95% of the way through, and transforms into a very good one with its ending. Though I'll be the first to admit that I have trouble putting my finger on why I particularly liked it before that. Difficult to put into words. Still need to write more about the symbolism, though.
linespalsy
10-14-13, 01:13 PM
Wow, really? I thought the ending was actually one of the weaker parts of the movie, but I never for a second believed it would end in any other way (which kind of undermined the promising investigative journalism/"lets-discover-a-quirky-story" set-up). And I'm not sure what you're talking about with the symbolism. Do you mean how the quest for time travel was really about fixing their regrets and losses? And then it sort of became about them sharing "the journey of life"? That felt sophomoric to me, though I guess that could just be how symbolism is, it loses it's magic if you look at it too closely. Anyway, I'm sure I could like a movie with this movie's basic premise. Just not this one.
linespalsy
10-14-13, 01:45 PM
Sorry if I came across as overly combative in that last post. I misunderstood your last sentence, Yoda. Thought you meant that I needed to write more about the symbolism.
No worries! I have a couple of quick thoughts in reply. The first is spoilery:
I'm surprised to hear you say you thought the film couldn't end any other way. I feel like it went to great lengths to make it clear that there was no real sci-fi element to it, precisely so that we'd be pleasantly caught off guard when the machine actually worked. It's aggressively realistic most of the time, and I think that was by design.
As for the symbolism, I think it's basically about marriage. That still fits with "the journey of life" of course, but I think that's what it's getting at: that to take that leap with someone means believing in them and with them, even when it seems crazy to the rest of the world, and even when you're the only two people who "get it." And the reward is that, for the two of you, it's made real. That kind of thing.
Thanks for the nudge, though, because I've wanted to write more about this and this'll probably get me to finally do so. :)
donniedarko
10-14-13, 03:06 PM
I actually do agree looking back that the ending wasn't the greatest, it's not what sticks with me from the movie at all. I don't really recall how I felt at the time of watching. But I believe before the ending the film has a really nice mood to it. It might not be the most realistic characters, and their reactions to events probably aren't the most normal, but it still feels genuine. Also I like Plaza and Duplass
Skepsis93
10-14-13, 05:46 PM
*rewatch
Singin' in the Rain* (Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly, 1952) 4.5
Godzilla (Ishiro Honda, 1954) 3
Frida (Julie Taymor, 2002) 3
The Ipcress File (Sidney J. Furie, 1965) 3.5
Sanjuro (Akira Kurosawa, 1962) 3.5
Peeping Tom (Michael Powell, 1960) 4
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What rating is Gene Kelly?
Skepsis93
10-14-13, 06:28 PM
Oops. Thanks Mark. Edited my post.
The Big Chill (Lawrence Kasdan, 1983) 3+
The Bling Ring (Sofia Coppola, 2013) 2
The Hearse (George Bowers, 1980) 2
The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick, 2011) 2.5
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The Plague (Hal Masonberg, 2006) 2
The Thomas Crown Affair (Norman Jewison, 1968) 3
Raffles (Sam Wood, 1939) 2
Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson, 2009) 3.5
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One Romantic Night (Paul L. Stein, 1930) 2-
Cul-de-sac (Roman Polanski, 1966) 2
Vampyr (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1932) 2.5+
Nosferatu (F.W. Murnau, 1922) 3-
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The Vampire Bat (Frank R. Strayer, 1933) 1.5+
The Vampire (Paul Landres, 1957) 2
Porgy and Bess (Otto Preminger, 1959) 3-
The Scarlet Letter (Victor Sjostrom, 1926) 2.5
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The Cobweb (Vincente Minnelli, 1955) 2+
All About Steve (Phil Traill, 2009) 1.5+
Beau Hunks (James W. Horne, 1931) 3-
Eraserhead (David Lynch, 1977) 2
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donniedarko
10-15-13, 03:10 PM
Ouch, some of these ratings are desperately low. I understand why you would give The Tree of Life and Eraserhead such cruel ratings, even though I love one and appreciate the other. And I share about the same rating for Vampyr. But can you expand on Cul-de-Sac? It seems like a film that you would like.
Cul-de-sac is Polanski in freewheeling mode, but here I think he goes too far. It starts out interesting but then begins spinning those wheels. The characters are unusual but they aren't utilized well, although they have their moments, and the location and photography keep things watchable for the most part. Polanski early in his career often preferred experimentalism and absurdity to classical storytelling, so some of his earlier films are often intentionally uncomfortable in style as well as content. Maybe he did influence David Lynch more than I thought. :)
BlueLion
10-16-13, 10:26 AM
Wild Strawberries (1957) - 4+
The Mirror (1975) - 4
Persona (1966) - 4
Moneyball (2011) - 4-
Let the Right One In (2008) - 3.5+
Winter's Bone (2010) - 3.5
Unbreakable (2000) - 3+
The Elephant Man (1980) - 2.5
Garden State (2004) - 2
honeykid
10-16-13, 12:55 PM
The Black Panther 3.5 - This is, what today would probably be best described as a docu-drama. However, as it's made in the 70's, it's far more subtle and low key than it would be if made today. Being a British film probably plays into that, too. Donald Sumpter's portrayal of Donald Neilson dominates the film as Neilson dominates his family. Neilson's shown as a small man, a bully who dominates and terrorises his family and, while he plans his crimes with precision, not leaving anything to chance, he's unable to carry them out with the same abillity. The film works just as well as a psychological study of a man who'll always fails because, despite all his preparation, he's unable to adapt to any change in that plan and loses it the moment anything goes wrong.
Daniel M
10-16-13, 01:04 PM
The Elephant Man (1980) - 2.5
Can you explain why this is so low?
The Elephant Man - 2
I've come to expect a lot better from Marvel. Worst superhero movie yet.
BlueLion
10-16-13, 01:13 PM
Can you explain why this is so low?
I just don't really know what to make of it. I didn't dislike it, but I didn't like it either. What's there to like? It's a really well made film and I appreciate the mood it creates throughout, but I don't really like what it is about. I'm not an unsympathetic bastard but the film left me cold.
Daniel M
10-16-13, 03:31 PM
The Elephant Man - 2
I've come to expect a lot better from Marvel. Worst superhero movie yet.
Eh? :p
I just don't really know what to make of it. I didn't dislike it, but I didn't like it either. What's there to like? It's a really well made film and I appreciate the mood it creates throughout, but I don't really like what it is about. I'm not an unsympathetic bastard but the film left me cold.
That makes sense I guess with the rating seeing as you didn't find it genuinely bad, but when I watched it I thought it was a really powerful, moving film, as many do, have you seen The Straight Story?
bluedeed
10-16-13, 03:37 PM
Vampyr (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1932) 2.5+
Nosferatu (F.W. Murnau, 1922) 3-
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The Vampire Bat (Frank R. Strayer, 1933) 1.5+
The Vampire (Paul Landres, 1957) 2
No Herzog?
Those four were on in a row on TCM the other night. I tabbed Herzog's German version of Nosferatu on Feb. 3, 2012 and rated it 2.5. I'm going to watch the Englisb version soon since I remember it being noticeably different in acting and even some staging and camera angles.
The Elephant Man - 2
I've come to expect a lot better from Marvel. Worst superhero movie yet.
It was good to see Tony Hopkins reprise his role of Odin, though.
BlueLion
10-16-13, 04:16 PM
That makes sense I guess with the rating seeing as you didn't find it genuinely bad, but when I watched it I thought it was a really powerful, moving film, as many do, have you seen The Straight Story?
I have, yes. I rate it 3.5+
Mr Minio
10-16-13, 04:57 PM
The Elephant Man - 2
I've come to expect a lot better from Marvel. Worst superhero movie yet.
Dial M for Murder was a hell of a weird Kurosawa sci-fi movie, but I kinda liked it. Ingrid Thulin's performance was flawless! 3.5
Monkeypunch
10-16-13, 05:55 PM
Carrie - Started re reading the novel, so i put the Brian DePalma directed film on to compare and contrast. Initially, I was not happy with the film. It seems like a surface adaption, the film barrels along at a fast pace, ignoring character development, and it all seemed to lack the pure human tragedy of King's book. I don't like DePalma as a director, and he made some questionable choices in Carrie (focusing a large amount of the film on the more attractive, popular teens instead of Carrie herself, montages that seem to verge on dumb comedy, and gutting the ending quite a bit.). The thing that snuck up on me though was Sissy Spacek. She plays the lead character like a wounded animal, mostly mute from years of abuse and ridicule, barely a person anymore. The director forces us into an almost too intimate knowledge of the girl from frame one, every skinny, awkward inch of her. Her nudity is not to titillate the viewer, but to show her at her most vulnerable, to force us to acknowledge her humanity. Which makes what happens to her than much more devastating. It's an astonishingly ego-less performance. Sissy Spacek saved this movie for me. I can't imagine the remake will be this raw and painful to watch...
Peeper (Peter Hyams, 1975) 3-
The Guns of Fort Petticoat (George Marshall, 1957) 2
A Shot in the Factory (Erkko Kivikoski, 1973) 2-
Valhalla Rising (Nicolas Winding Refn, 2009) 2
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Metro (Thomas Carter, 1997) 2.5+
Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnes Varda, 1962) 2+
Dirty Deeds (David Caesar, 2002) 2.5
Carry On... Up the Khyber (Gerald Thomas, 1968) 3+
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Mobsters (Michael Karbelnikoff, 1991) 2.5
Billy Rose’s Jumbo (Charles Walters, 1962) 2.5
The Black Cat (Albert S. Rogell, 1941) 2+
Bedtime Story (Ralph Levy, 1964) 3.5 (remade as Dirty Rotten Scoundrels)
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The Sorcerers (Michael Reeves, 1967) 2.5
Autumn Sonata (Ingmar Bergman, 1978) 2+
I Am Curious (Yellow) (Vilgot Sjoman, 1967) 2
Heavy Traffic (Ralph Bakshi, 1973) 3
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If Winter Comes (Victor Saville, 1947) 2
Kind Lady (John Sturges, 1951) 2
The Last House on the Left (Wes Craven, 1972) 1.5 (stupid remake of Bergman's The Virgin Spring)
The ‘Burbs (Joe Dante, 1989) 3.5-
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Mr Minio
10-16-13, 06:49 PM
Autumn Sonata (Ingmar Bergman, 1978) 2+
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Pretty much my response too. :) There's obviously some good acting, a couple of powerful exchanges and occasionally a striking image, but it's very repetitive and just so damned oppressive (especially the crippled daughter - talk about piling it on). I've never really liked Woody Allen's Bergman homage Interiors from the same year, but it seemed better to me last time, and coincidentally I gave that 2.5 last week.
Daniel M
10-16-13, 07:22 PM
Watched these two at my Uni film society...
The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson, 2001) 3.5
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I had already seen this film before, but it seemed to be even stranger than I remembered it. It's very funny and enjoyable in parts but as with other Anderson works it also has a bit of a dark side when it comes to humour. It seemed a lot shorter this time too, and the ending seems to come a bit too soon, but that's not too say it isn't a very good film. The direction and some of the shots are excellent as in all of Anderson's work, and there are some great performances too with a number of loveable odd ball characters, I think my favourites are Gene Hackman and Gwyneth Paltrow.
The Lives of Others (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, 2006) 3.5+
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There are so many good, even great things about this film that make me want to give it a higher rating, but I am not going to right now until I probably see it again. I am not sure what it is about the film, perhaps its ending, that prevents me from calling it truly 'great'. The mood and atmosphere built up is superb, the performances are great, and the story is an intriguing one. The problem is that it is so captivating that we get carried away in the 'dreamworld' (for want of a better term) that the main character has created, not wanting to realise that in the end somebody is always going to lose out. I don't think the ending was bad, I don't know what else could have happened, I just felt there was room for maybe something more, maybe the film should have been even longer. Once the main story finishes, the rest of the film felt it was just 'put there' to wrap it up.
meatwadsprite
10-16-13, 07:54 PM
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My girlfriend hasn't seen Star Wars but she's seen these two somehow. I've always heard about these two. As important film landmarks, I'm not so sure. As hilariously dated comedic masterpieces, they really work. The most fun I've had watching movies in a long while, but I can only barely credit the actual films.
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Critics are going ape **** over this. It is a visual ride, but the writing turns corny pretty quick and then the movie.
Gabrielle947
10-16-13, 08:13 PM
Evil Dead (2013) - I thought that I didn't like the original Evil Dead but compared to this,it's much better.Don't get me wrong,it's not a terrible movie but I see no point in this remake.This film is dull,predictable and it's not even scary(this is said by a person who is afraid every time when watching a horror flick:D).The original had style,it was absurd but this one...it seems that it tries to copy the original,then it seems to be serious and then again stupid.However,it's much better technically but then again,in the original I had no problem with its effects.2
New World (2013) - decent and I'd recommend it for crime fans,however,I need to watch it again to truly appreciate. 3
The Fly (1986) - well,that's one creepy film.Enjoyable and a bit disgusting,well-made and never seems too unreal.3.5
Machete (2010) - this is a decent exploitation film but I'm not sure if I actually like the genre.I don't mind the gore but I mind the occasional obvious absurdity(like using someone's bowel as a rope,I just facepalmed on that scene).Plot isn't the strongest thing about this film but it's stylish and I liked that. 3
Shurayukihime / Lady Snowblood (1973) - It sure has a lot similarities with Kill Bill which I think is still superior to this.I liked this movie,very artistic and brutal still in an elegant way,well-acted and the story is awesome but somehow I find it too slow for me.Although it runs for hour and a half only,I felt longer.Maybe it's because I watch too much QT and I'm more used to speed? :D 3.5
thracian dawg
10-16-13, 08:58 PM
Funny Girl * (1968) Wyler - 2.5
Saw this in the theatre. On the big screen I noticed a couple of things: during the preggers Showgirl number, not one, but two nipples slipped past the censors. Two of the dancers had rather large areolas, and they covered them over with flesh colored make-up, but up on the big screen they are clearly visible. Also an Ameliie moment; after the Lobster dinner, when Nick Arnstein tells her he's falling in love with her, there's a small spider on her shoulder.
Baggage Claim (2013) Talbert - 2
Kind of enjoyable chick flick, if you look past the total lack of suspense or tension, while she's jet setting all over the country, the guy she's looking for lives across the hall from her and he's literally called Mr. (w)Right. Egregious displays of wealth; palatial apartments, expensive restaurants, millionaire boy friends, ugh! The interesting thing is, you could recast the same film with white actors and no one would even notice.
Gravity (2013) Cuarón - 3
This is basically the future of film: one actor (paid 25 million dollars) mugs and gesticulates in front of a green screen. The film is only about 1¼ characters long. There's a mild body count, but the film could care less. Three stars for three images: the oxygen womb; the tear drop scene; and the climbing out of the primordial sludge scene.
Betrayed * (1988) - Costa-Gravis - 3
Tom Berenger gets great mileage out of playing the misunderstood martyr: "Gee whiz, I"m a violent Neo Nazi plotting to overthrow the ZOG, but I love my kids. Why can't you love me, Debra Winger?" A few great images and a nice cast.
Blue is the warmest color (2013) - Kechiche - 2.5
Undeniably, Adèle Exarchopoulos is drop dead, smoking gorgeous, and the director knows it. Unfortunately after the first act, this love story (girl meets girl, girl loses girl) slowly loses any kind of momentum and interest as it goes on.
Watermark (2013) - Baichwal & Burtynsky - 3.5
The film explores the human connection to water with great photographic imagery. Water is taken for granted and almost invisible in wealthy countries, but sacred as the giver of all life in poorer ones. Unfortunately, as Burtynsky states in the film, his work lamentably documents our decline.
edarsenal
10-16-13, 09:05 PM
Bedtime Story (Ralph Levy, 1964) 3.5 (remade as Dirty Rotten Scoundrels)
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had NO IDEA that dirty/rotten was a remake. I will have to find this one and check it out
Annnd, finding it on YouTube I just finished watching it. 3.5++. It seems the remake kept nearly all of the dialogue and scenario while adding, rather nicely, to the comedic portions and the individual roles, and, i think, i rather like the remake's ending a little more while still enjoying the original for everything it had to offer as well.
Thanks MarkF!!
Miss Vicky
10-17-13, 12:30 AM
The ‘Burbs (Joe Dante, 1989) 3.5-
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I completely forgot about this movie. I'll have to give it a rewatch before I submit my 80s list.
Frit Villt (Uthaug, 2006) 2_5
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Norweigian stalker/slasher flick that actually attempts to develop the characters a bit before the carnage ensues. The acting is slightly above average for the genre, and I liked the lighting schemes in some of the scenes. Good, not great.
The Conjuring (Wan, 2013) 3_5
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After literally months of listening to my GF whinge on about wanting to see this, we finally got to sit down and give it a go. Not the horror masterwork people have been going on about, but certainly a step up from the usual fare. James Wan has clearly improved since his silly and over-the-top debut with Saw, a film I can't get through without a few unintentional laughs. Using a much more restrained approach, The Conjuring aims to build suspense and tension using long takes, creative camera angles, and an above average script with A-list actors like Patrick Wilson and Vera Formiga as the glue that holds it all together.
Although the script is pretty tightly written, it offers up virtually nothing new, and we have seen this all before. That said, I enjoyed it quite a bit, and there are a few scenes where the tension is pretty well handled.
Nightmare Alley (Edmund Goulding, 1947) 3
The Wall (Joseph Sargent, 1998) 2.5
Somewhere (Sofia Coppola, 2010) 1.5-
Chappaqua (Conrad Rooks, 1966) 2-
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Insomnia (Christopher Nolan, 2002) 3
On Any Sunday (Oliver Stone, 1999) 3
Mister Buddwing (Delbert Mann, 1966) 2
Medium Cool (Haskell Wexler, 1969) 3
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The Village (M. Night Shyamalan, 2004) 2.5
Verboten! (Samuel Fuller, 1959) 2.5
Water’s Edge (Harvey Kahn, 2003) 2
The Cove (Louie Psihoyos, 2009) 3+
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Assignment Berlin (Tony Randel, 1998) 2
The Hero and the Terror (William Tannen, 1988) 2-
Russkies (Rick Rosenthal, 1987) 2
Trick ‘r Treat (Michael Dougherty, 2007) 3
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Out of the Dark (Michael Schroeder, 1988) 2
Halloween (John Carpenter, 1978) 2.5
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Tobe Hooper, 1974) 2- (probably rated too high)
Night of the Living Dead (George A. Romero, 1968) 2.5+
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Mr Minio
10-18-13, 01:48 PM
Halloween (John Carpenter, 1978) 2.5
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Tobe Hooper, 1974) 2- (probably rated too high)
Night of the Living Dead (George A. Romero, 1968) 2.5+
Massacre and Night are truly great classic horror flicks, but although being good Halloween quite disappointed me. Why did you rate Chain Saw Massacre so low? I doublechecked to make sure you rated the original one and positive. Why dislike it?
Daniel M
10-18-13, 01:50 PM
Massacre and Night are truly great classic horror flicks, but although being good Halloween quite disappointed me. Why did you rate Chain Saw Massacre so low? I doublechecked to make sure you rated the original one and positive. Why dislike it?
He posted ages ago why he hates a handful of these horror films that people like, I guess he'll link it if he knows where it is. But from what I recall, a 2 star rating, as Mark says, is generous from him for Massacre :p
The original TCM is SO good...Definitely one of the best in the genre.
honeykid
10-18-13, 02:17 PM
2/5 is definitely generous from mark. I think I'd struggle to give it a rating that high, too, but that's mainly because I can't stand that screaming woman.
I had it at 1.5 but changed it, hoping not to have to explain my opinion again. Look at the ratings. In descending order, Living Dead uses its low budget and poor acting to create some real tension; Halloween has the opening scene and the last 20 minutes; Chain Saw has 75 minutes of boring, idiotic characters, three minutes of credits and about three minutes of primal horror. And Trick 'r Treat is better than all of them. You have to remember that I've lived with all these films (except the last one) a long time and have seen them often. I saw Massacre at the theatre when it came out. I just thought I'd go out of my way to watch some extra horror films this month, including the "greats", and share my ratings. If you want the consensus, use IMDb, but I often disagree with the consensus, so I understand why some people are incredulous. The funny thing is that people don't question all my ratings. :)
Daniel M
10-18-13, 03:29 PM
Here is the post I remember seeing from Mark ages ago: http://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?p=473327
I have never actually seen Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Halloween, or any of the Dead films :o
jiraffejustin
10-18-13, 03:45 PM
Jeeze. Mark really hates those films.
Which ones? Massacre seemed slightly more competent than before, but I still feel the same about Blair Witch. The latter would be the only one I might hate, not only for the (non-)film itself but how at the time many of the teenagers in my class thought it was actually real.
jiraffejustin
10-18-13, 03:58 PM
The jeeze was not meant to be incredulous, but instead an indicator of my fear for my life if I ever accidentally admit to liking the Blair Witch Project in front of you. Which I may or may not like.
Would your F13 rating hold up? It seemed like you might have even given that a high score compared to your thoughts on it.
I'm way past getting overexcited about differences in opinion, especially since I'm often the one whose opinions seem "different" nowadays. Friday the 13th is another one I watched in the theatre when it came out. Did you know the director was the producer of The Last House on the Left? It was OK with that twist ending but really wasn't all that well-made. I couldn't believe it was popular enough to spawn so many others, but I'd still give it 2.
jiraffejustin
10-18-13, 04:44 PM
Are there any slashers that you like? and what are some of your favorite horror films?
Of what I consider slashers I most like Peeping Tom, Psycho, Black Christmas, Deep Red, Dressed to Kill, Nightmare on Elm Street and Scream. My fave horror films include The Innocents, Rosemary's Baby, The Exorcist, Jaws, The Omen, Carrie, Alien, An American Werewolf in London, Poltergeist, The Thing, Gremlins, Fright Night, etc. I also like James Whale, Tod Browning, William Castle and Roger Corman for their eccentricities, and I have a soft spot for Hammer although I don't think many are very good. Of course, I love Vincent Price, Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. There are many others. I'm probably not that big a fan of recent horror films. I suppose Let the Right One In is my fave. That's enough for now.
Monkeypunch
10-19-13, 12:32 AM
Carrie (2013) - This has already gotten many unfavorable comparisons to the DePalma film, but frankly, I liked it a LOT better. It fixes many of my complaints, it's truer to the novel, and it cuts all the camp and superfluous Hitchcock references that mar the 1979 film in my eyes.
Chloe Grace Moretz plays Carrie White, and she does a fantastic job. I had my doubts about her, but she really delves deep into the role, as does Jullianne Moore as Carrie's mother. The interesting thing is that the film, while brutal at points, isn't really a horror film until the last...half hour or so. It captures the humanity and tragedy of King's novel so much more than the earlier film, and builds a sickening feeling of dread at the inevitable climax of the film. I found myself wishing desperately that Carrie could have her happy ever after...just this one time. It's a devastating experience, but one well worth having. Thumbs way up for me.
Convicts 4 (Millard Kaufman, 1962) 2
Kentucky Kernels (George Stevens, 1934) 2.5+
Vigil in the Night (George Stevens, 1940) 2+
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (Steven Spielberg, 1997) 3+
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Master of the World (William Witney, 1961) 2.5
Have a Heart (David Butler, 1934) 2
The Littlest Rebel (David Butler, 1935) 2.5
Tetsuo, the Iron Man (Shin'ya Tsukamoto, 1989) 2.5 (makes Eraserhead look like a Saturday morning cartoon)
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The Command (David Butler, 1954) 2.5
The Room (Tommy Wiseau, 2003) 0.5 WTF?
9 Songs (Michael Winterbottom, 2004) 1.5-
The Rescuers Down Under (Hendel Butoy & Mike Gabriel, 1990) 3.5
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Burn, Witch, Burn aka Night of the Eagle (Sidney Hayers, 1962) 2.5
The Tomb of Ligeia (Roger Corman, 1964) 2.5
I Walked with a Zombie (Jacques Tourneur, 1943) 2+
The Seventh Victim (Mark Robson, 1943) 2.5
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The Leopard Man (Jacques Tourneur, 1943) 2
The Witches aka The Devil’s Own (Cyril Frankel, 1966) 2
Kissed (Lynne Stopkewich, 1996) 2.5-
Ms. 45 (Abel Ferrara, 1981) 2.5
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The Gunslinger45
10-19-13, 01:43 PM
The Room (Tommy Wiseau, 2003) 0.5 WTF?
I did no hit her, it's bullsh*t. I did not hit her, I did noooaaaayt!
Oh hi Mark.
Srsly though, a very quotable but dreadful movie.
jiraffejustin
10-19-13, 01:53 PM
Some of the most fun I've had watching a movie was The Room and Jennifer's Body with my friends.
Mr Minio
10-19-13, 02:07 PM
Tetsuo, the Iron Man (Shin'ya Tsukamoto, 1989) 2.5 (makes Eraserhead look like a Saturday morning cartoon)
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Now I finally understand drilling as an synonym of having a sexual intercourse...
That Wiseau guy makes Arnie at his most awkward look like Daniel Day-Lewis. But he was unintentionally hilarious.
Mr Minio
10-19-13, 02:10 PM
It's so hyped on RYM and so hated by mark I know I have to finally watch The Room!
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Stories We Tell (2013) by Sarah Polley 3
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Beyond the Hills (2012) by Cristian Mungiu 3.5+
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Leviathan (2012) by Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Verena Paravel 4+
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Blackfish (2013) by Gabriela Cowperthwaite 2.5+
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White Material (2009) by Claire Denis 4.5
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2 or 3 Things I Know About Her (1967) by Jean-Luc Godard 3.5
http://www.criticker.com/img/films/posters/The_Past_2013.jpg
The Past (2013) by Asghar Farhadi 3.5
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1f/Conjuring_poster.jpg
The Conjuring (2013) by James Wan 2.5
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Pacific_Rim_FilmPoster.jpeg/220px-Pacific_Rim_FilmPoster.jpeg
Pacific Rim (2013) by Guillermo del Toro 2+
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4b/Silent_Light_Cover.gif
Silent Light (2007) by Carlos Reygadas 4
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2b/The_Way%2C_Way_Back_Poster.jpg/220px-The_Way%2C_Way_Back_Poster.jpg
The Way, Way Back (2013) by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash 1.5
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5b/Post_Tenebras_Lux_%28film%29.jpg/220px-Post_Tenebras_Lux_%28film%29.jpg
Post Tenebras Lux (2012) by Carlos Reygadas 3.5
http://www.criticker.com/img/films/posters/The_400_Blows.jpg
The 400 Blows (1959) by François Truffaut 4.5+
https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQT6QBxa12M0cFdRTpUJGMBQSDdihRcYiNiFfTtldjw5_2cT_f8Wg
Rain (1929) by Joris Ivens and Mannus Franken 3
http://www.criticker.com/img/films/posters/A_propos_de_Nice.jpg
About Nice (1930) by Jean Vigo 3.5
http://www.criticker.com/img/films/posters/Berlin_Symphony_of_a_Great.jpg
Berlin: Symphony of a Great City (1927) by Walter Ruttmann 3.5
http://www.criticker.com/img/films/posters/Paris_Texas.jpg
Paris, Texas (1984) by Wim Wenders 4
Godoggo
10-20-13, 12:49 AM
I had it at 1.5 but changed it, hoping not to have to explain my opinion again. Look at the ratings. In descending order, Living Dead uses its low budget and poor acting to create some real tension; Halloween has the opening scene and the last 20 minutes; Chain Saw has 75 minutes of boring, idiotic characters, three minutes of credits and about three minutes of primal horror. And Trick 'r Treat is better than all of them
I don't know that I like Trick 'r Treat better than Halloween but I do like it a lot. It doesn't seem to get that much attention but it's one of my favorite movies to watch this time of year.
Mr Minio
10-20-13, 06:11 AM
I love you TokeZa!
Mr Minio
10-20-13, 08:29 AM
Will you marry me?
BTW:
L'Éden et après - 4
Carrie - Started re reading the novel, so i put the Brian DePalma directed film on to compare and contrast. Initially, I was not happy with the film. It seems like a surface adaption, the film barrels along at a fast pace, ignoring character development, and it all seemed to lack the pure human tragedy of King's book. I don't like DePalma as a director, and he made some questionable choices in Carrie (focusing a large amount of the film on the more attractive, popular teens instead of Carrie herself, montages that seem to verge on dumb comedy, and gutting the ending quite a bit.). The thing that snuck up on me though was Sissy Spacek. She plays the lead character like a wounded animal, mostly mute from years of abuse and ridicule, barely a person anymore. The director forces us into an almost too intimate knowledge of the girl from frame one, every skinny, awkward inch of her. Her nudity is not to titillate the viewer, but to show her at her most vulnerable, to force us to acknowledge her humanity. Which makes what happens to her than much more devastating. It's an astonishingly ego-less performance. Sissy Spacek saved this movie for me. I can't imagine the remake will be this raw and painful to watch...
Carrie (2013) - This has already gotten many unfavorable comparisons to the DePalma film, but frankly, I liked it a LOT better. It fixes many of my complaints, it's truer to the novel, and it cuts all the camp and superfluous Hitchcock references that mar the 1979 film in my eyes.
Chloe Grace Moretz plays Carrie White, and she does a fantastic job. I had my doubts about her, but she really delves deep into the role, as does Jullianne Moore as Carrie's mother. The interesting thing is that the film, while brutal at points, isn't really a horror film until the last...half hour or so. It captures the humanity and tragedy of King's novel so much more than the earlier film, and builds a sickening feeling of dread at the inevitable climax of the film. I found myself wishing desperately that Carrie could have her happy ever after...just this one time. It's a devastating experience, but one well worth having. Thumbs way up for me.
This is the best PSA for not reading and avoiding all books I've ever seen
bluedeed
10-20-13, 02:55 PM
Do you live in a city, TokeZa? I wish I had access to all of the films you do.
Mr Minio
10-20-13, 03:10 PM
I'm moving to Denmark.
Do you live in a city, TokeZa? I wish I had access to all of the films you do.
Yeah i live in Copenhagen. I mostly use Cinemateket (The Danish Film institute) theater, as well as some other smaller ones.
Occasionally i show movies in a local theater called Vester Vov Vov
'Til We Meet Again (Edmund Goulding, 1940) 2
Knute Rockne All American (Lloyd Bacon, 1940) 2.5
Ontario: Land of Lakes (James A. FitzPatrick [producer], 1949) 2.5
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Richard Brooks, 1958) 3.5
http://dakiniland.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/big-daddy-brick.jpg
The Big Sur (No Director Listed, 1965) 2.5
Blown Away (Brenton Spencer, 1993) 1.5
Mirrors (Alexandre Aja, 2008) 2.5-
Humanoids from the Deep (Barbara Peeters, 1980) 2+
http://24.media.tumblr.com/b06780b370a3ab9b38ace0bc08b97eae/tumblr_mjqrzy8Lqs1rpc5kho1_500.gif
Mark of the Vampire (Tod Browning, 1935) 2.5-
Miracles for Sale (Tod Browning, 1939) 2+
The Devil-Doll (Tod Browning, 1936) 3
Freaks (Tod Browning, 1932) 2.5
http://i.imgur.com/kI0pWeZ.jpg
London After Midnight (Tod Browning, 1927) 2 (stills restoration version of the lost film)
Incubus (Leslie Stevens, 1966) 2 (Shatner in Esperanto!)
The Hypnotic Eye (George Blair, 1960) 2
The Plague of the Zombies (John Gilling, 1966) 2.5
http://blogs.whatsontv.co.uk/movietalk/files/2012/06/plague2.jpg
Maniac Nurses (Léon Paul De Bruyn, 1990) 1 (Troma-ized softcore snuff porn)
Wild Gals of the Naked West (Russ Meyer, 1962) 2-
Vixen! (Russ Meyer, 1968) 2+
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (Russ Meyer, 1965) 2.5
http://unrealitymag.bcmediagroup.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/fast-pussycat-kill-kill.jpg
Monkeypunch
10-20-13, 07:54 PM
This is the best PSA for not reading and avoiding all books I've ever seen
What exactly is that supposed to mean? I was simply stating my opinion, and I get snarky, insulting come backs? Not called for, if you ask me. :mad:
Sorry wasn't trying to insult you just expressing how sad I am when people don't like the same things that I like. I think you were spot on about Sissy Spacek, by the way. Do you like Kubrick's Shining movie?
Mr Minio
10-21-13, 04:40 AM
Wow, some people get angry over such trifles. Watch out for trolls. They would make you explode. :D
Brother Blue
10-21-13, 01:26 PM
Songs From the Second Floor (Anderson, 2000) 5
Performance (Cammell & Roeg, 1970) 4
Road to Perdition (Mendes, 2002) 3*
The Lady Vanishes (Hitchcock, 1938) 3
Withnail & I (Robinson, 1987) 3.5
Post Tenebras Lux (Reygadas, 2012) 4.5
Chinatown (Polanski, 1974) 5*
The Conjuring (Wan, 2012) 2.5
The Story of Film: An Odyssey (Cousins, 2011) 4
Alien (Scott, 1979) 5*
Johnny Guitar (Ray, 1954) 3.5
Barton Fink (Coen, 1991) 4*
Kick Ass 2 (Wadlow, 2013) 1
The American Friend (Wenders, 1977) 2.5*
*rw
Very nice to see som love for Songs From the Second Floor and Post Tenebras Lux!
Monkeypunch
10-21-13, 09:31 PM
Freddy Vs. Jason - Cause Halloween is almost here! An awesome dumbass classic.
TylerDurden99
10-21-13, 10:11 PM
What I've been watching over the past few days:
Money Train (1995) 4
First Knight (1995) 2.5+
Sexy Beast (2000) 3.5
Twister (1996) 4.5+
Arthur (1981) 4+
Blind Fury (1989) 3.5
meatwadsprite
10-22-13, 01:44 AM
http://ts4.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4927578480707791&pid=15.1 4.5
http://ts4.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4848873221522175&pid=15.1 3
http://ts4.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4773011214305323&pid=15.1 3
Mingusings
10-22-13, 08:32 AM
12 Years a Slave (McQueen, 2013): 4-
Lesson of the Evil (Miike, 2012): 3
Halloween (Carpenter, 1978): 3_5+
The Exorcist (Friedkin, 1973): 4-
Songs From the Second Floor (Anderson, 2000) 5
If you liked Sft2F so much you should definitely see You, the Living if you haven't already. Songs is probably better overall but some of the vignettes from YtL have stuck with me for years
Brother Blue
10-22-13, 10:04 AM
If you liked Sft2F so much you should definitely see You, the Living if you haven't already. Songs is probably better overall but some of the vignettes from YtL have stuck with me for years
I definitely planned on watching it after I saw Songs. I know it's the second part of a currently unfinished trilogy with Songs being the first part. As soon as I can get myself a copy I'll be checking it out.
I think they're quite romantic films but conversely they're mostly anti-cinematic. They do have beautiful locations and long takes, but they don't really find a visually-interesting way to film conversations. Midnight is different in that we hear several other characters' thoughts on love and relationships, and a few of these are the most affecting in the film. As to the primary couple, they do have some interesting things to say, and their lives definitely seem to have evolved since we last met them, but ultimately, their arguments seem more generic than enlightening. I applaud the films for daring to try to be more literate and adult than most nowadays, but again I find the intentions only worth so much compared to the results. However, if you love these characters, I think you'll love reconnecting with them here. I halfway did
This is from weeks ago so sorry but I love at least two of these movies loads and I think you're underestimating how visually meticulous a lot of scenes are and also I don't think the stuff they talk about is meant to be enlightening. It's meant to illustrate who they are at these points in their lives so I would say you're probably right with regards to the idea that how much you like the characters is a good barometer of how you feel about the movies. Although I think I find them exasperatingly endearing at best sometimes. Also with regards to Midnight, even if the issues they're going through are kinda cliched and predictable, I've personally seen multiple female viewers siding completely with Celine and not willing to understand Jesse's arguments and then vice versa for guy viewers (including me). So I think that has to say something about the films' perceptiveness
BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING! ANTI-CINEMATIC!? I can't think of a more cinematic scene than this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X95Kby19_Ms
I'll let Robin Wood wax rhapsodic about how this scene turns him to mush for the rest of my post
I have to confess, at this point, to a failure: even on first viewing I told myself that I would `one day' analyze in detail the scene in the listening booth of the record store, in which nothing happens except that Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy either do or don't look at each other, their eyes never quite meeting. After a dozen viewings I abandoned the project. I suppose one might try an elaborate system of charts and timings, annotating `direction of the gaze', when and how long each looks (or doesn't)...which would demonstrate nothing of the least importance. With no camera-movement, no editing, no movement within the frame except for the slight movements of the actors' heads, nothing on the soundtrack but a not-very-distinguished song that may vaguely suggest what is going on in the characters' minds and seems sometimes to motivate their `looks' ("Though I'm not impossible to touch/I have never wanted you so much/Come here"), the shot seems to me a model of `pure cinema' in ways Hitchcock never dreamed of (not merely `photographs of people talking', but photographs of them not talking), precisely because it completely resists analysis, defies verbal description. All one can say is that it is the cinema's most perfect depiction, in just over one minute of `real' time, at once concrete and intangible, of two people beginning to realize that they are falling in love.
The Last Exorcism (Daniel Stamm, 2010) 2
The Rite (Mikael Hafstrom, 2011) 2
Come September (Robert Mulligan, 1961) 3
Lover Come Back (Delbert Mann, 1961) 4
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8426/7726980720_aeb16f8647.jpg
Send Me No Flowers (Norman Jewison, 1964) 2.5+
When Strangers Marry aka Betrayed (William Castle, 1944) 2.5
Every Girl’s Dream (No Director Listed, 1966) 2
True Grit (Coen Bros., 2010) 3.5
http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/7986/truegrit2.jpg
Jersey Girl (Kevin Smith, 2004) 2.5
The Cat and the Canary (Elliott Nugent, 1939) 2.5
Timecop (Peter Hyams, 1994) 3
Man on a Swing (Frank Perry, 1974) 3+
http://monstergirl.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/man-on-a-swing.jpg?w=490&h=283
Please Believe Me (Norman Taurog, 1950) 2
Tea and Sympathy (Vincente Minnelli, 1956) 3-
Post Tenebras Lux (Carlos Reygadas, 2012) 1 (sorry, guys)
Au hazard Balthazar (Robert Bresson, 1966) 2.5
http://img.ffffound.com/static-data/assets/6/d2e6f792a51f02a281afc945784c05c302966dc5_m.png
Mondo Trasho (John Waters, 1969) 1
Permanent Vacation (Jim Jarmusch, 1980) 0.5-
Boy (Nagisa Oshima, 1969) 2+
Daisies (Vera Chytilova, 1966) 2.5
http://www.tasteofcinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/daisies.jpg
Permanent Vacation (Jim Jarmusch, 1980) 0.5-
Booooo
Daisies (Vera Chytilova, 1966) 2.5
Had you seen this before? I really love the sensibility of every Czech movie I've seen from around this time but I also haven't remotely seen as many as I want to. I did fall asleep the first time I tried to watch Daisies but then when I watched it again recently it was much better and goofier and I liked how it stuck to its guns til the end
Mr Minio
10-22-13, 02:46 PM
Post Tenebras Lux (Carlos Reygadas, 2012) 1 (sorry, guys)
Au hazard Balthazar (Robert Bresson, 1966) 2.5
Daisies (Vera Chytilova, 1966) 2.5
All these films are a mile better than True Grit, but then again it's only my opinion. Why did you hate Post Tenebras Lux? :D
donniedarko
10-22-13, 09:34 PM
Permanent Vacation was bad, perhaps my 2 was to generous, but damn, Mark
Guaporense
10-22-13, 09:59 PM
Au Hasard Balthazar only 2.5/5? Well, his ratings are strict but I think it's certainly better than True Grit, which is one of the Coen's best movies (IMO), though still weaker than The Big Lebowski.
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (Cline, 1941) - 3-
Body Snatchers (Ferrara, 1993) - 3+
Demons (Bava, 1985) - 1
Threads (Jackson, 1984) - 2
The Ox-Bow Incident (Wellman, 1943) - 4
Canyon Passage (Tourneur, 1946) - 4
Day of Wrath (Dreyer, 1943) - 3
Rosetta (Dardennes, 1999) - 2.5
Shorts:
Jumping (Tezuka, 1984) - 4.5
The Hand (Trnka, 1965) - 4
Spectator (Zwartjes, 1970) - 3+
Balance (Lauenstein, 1989) - 5
Sleepwalkers (Mick Garris, 1992) 2.5
Eye of the Devil aka 13 (J. Lee Thompson, 1966) 2
So You Want to Keep Your Hair (Richard Bare, 1946) 3
Videodrome (David Cronenberg, 1983) 2.5
http://mojtv.hr//images/699b7af3-f9ad-41ad-8f0e-3d6a65a0d041.jpg
Hotel de Love (Craig Rosenberg, 1996) 2.5-
Bank Holiday aka Three on a Weekend (Carol Reed, 1938) 2
Madness of the Heart (Charles Bennett, 1949) 2
Last of the Dogmen (Tab Murphy, 1995) 3+
http://brianorndorf.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54ee7b6428833010534d49bc7970b-500wi
The Master Gunfighter (Frank Laughlin, 1975) 2
Man of the Moment (Monty Banks, 1935) 2.5
Highly Dangerous (Roy Ward Baker, 1950) 2+
Boudu Saved from Drowning (Jean Renoir, 1932) 3
http://www.cinema-francais.fr/images/affiches/affiches_r/affiches_renoir_jean/photos/boudu03.jpg
Something Evil (Steven Spielberg, 1972) 2.5
A Place of One’s Own (Bernard Knowles, 1945) 2
Doctor Detroit (Michael Pressman, 1983) 2.5
Killer’s Kiss (Stanley Kubrick, 1955) 2.5 (awesome Kubrick cinematography)
http://s3.amazonaws.com/auteurs_production/images/film/killers-kiss/w448/killers-kiss.jpg?1292750050
This Gun for Hire (Frank Tuttle, 1942) 2.5
Goodbye, Columbus (Larry Peerce, 1969) 3
The Convent (Manoel de Oliveira, 1995) 1.5
I Am Cuba aka Soy Cuba (Mikhail Kalatozov, 1964) 3 (director & cinematographer of The Cranes are Flying)
http://media.paperblog.fr/i/331/3310676/soy-cuba-mikhail-kalatozov-1964-L-5.jpeg
Mr Minio
10-23-13, 02:36 PM
Is it the first time you've seen I Am Cuba? It's breathtaking visually, isn't it?
edarsenal
10-23-13, 09:19 PM
haven't been seeing too much in regard to movies, been shooting through Fringe seasons 1 through 5. Just started 5 and first time seeing it and very curious to see where it all leads to.
What I have catched, is:
Dredd (2012) 3.5++ For a remake I rather liked this one. Karl Urban carried the growling monolith persona rather well. The storyline, while, basic, was paced well and kept your attention and your interest. The cinamatic background and effects enhanced without overpowering the story and I rather liked the effects when they showed someone under the influence of "slow-mo" drugs.
Definitely will be adding this one to the collection at some point.
http://cdn.fearnet.com/sites/default/files/images/dredd3d.jpg
(REWATCH) Penelope 4 Rom Coms are fairly passable in my viewing agenda with a very small few that I thoroughly like and come back to. This is one of them, and holds a spot in the collection.
A very good cast doing a splendid job with a fairytale premise that always puts a smile on my face.
http://www.tribute.ca/tribute_objects/images/movies/penelope/penelope9.jpg
Wolf Children (Anime) 3.5+++ Now, I have only made it through about 2/3 of this movie in one sitting on YouTube and now, its gone. To be found, hopefully, another day.
A sad, but very beautifully told story of a single, human mother, raising her werewolf children. Its touching, vibrant in emotional context and I yearn to one day finish it.
Saw this on a list of Guap's in a post (I think, was somewhere in reviews), so, as with Magica, I need to give a THANK YOU to Guap, otherwise I never would have known about this one.
http://cdn11.ne.be/movies/12136/38990.jpg
honeykid
10-23-13, 10:07 PM
Good to see some appreciation for Penelope. I was quite surprised that I liked it as much as I did. I've still only seen it once, though and I feel it faded towards the end. I really am looking forward to seeing Dredd.
edarsenal
10-24-13, 01:01 AM
it is a pretty good flick and its the secondary characters/actors that really help it along.
I was pretty surprised how much i did like Dredd. It kept a comic book feel without dumbing down
Daisies (Vera Chytilova, 1966) 2.5
http://www.tasteofcinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/daisies.jpg[/FONT][/SIZE][/CENTER]
I didn't know Carol Burnett made a film with the chick from Bikini Kill!
The Poseidon Adventure (Ronald Neame, 1972) 3+
Shivers aka They Came from Within (David Cronenberg, 1975) 2+
The Brood (David Cronenberg, 1979) 2
Rabid (David Cronenberg, 1977) 2.5
http://goregirl.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/armpit-vagina-examination.gif?w=450&h=338
The Trap (Norman Panama, 1959) 2.5
Three Little Words (Richard Thorpe, 1950) 3
Fathom (Leslie Martinson, 1967) 2
Black Girl (Ousmane Sembene, 1966) 2.5
http://media.tiff.net/contents/stills/blackgirl_01.jpg
Across the Sierras (D. Ross Lederman, 1941) 2
Lovely to Look at (Mervyn LeRoy, 1952) 2
Two Girls and a Sailor (Richard Thorpe, 1944) 2.5
Berberian Sound Studio (Peter Strickland, 2012) 1.5
http://mauricevanturnhout.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/berberian-sound-studio.jpg?w=500&h=270
Sombrero (Norman Foster, 1953) 2
Castle on the Hudson (Anatole Litvak, 1940) 2
Detention (Joseph Kahn, 2011) 2.5+
Visions of Light (Arnold Glassman, Todd McCarthy & Stuart Samuels, 1992) 3.5
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_72a3V3u5fkM/TOgOXmhYYmI/AAAAAAAAJZc/VvosswTgSUo/s1600/tumblr_lc3rk7Pvfs1qa1j4xo1_500.png
Trader Horn (W.S.Van Dyke, 1931) 2
Malaya (Richard Thorpe, 1949) 2
Clay Pigeons (David Dobkin, 1998) 3
Ivan’s Childhood (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1962) 3+
http://img.ffffound.com/static-data/assets/6/2d3e354e27091c2307e963cbbae25409241d78f8_m.jpg
Mr Minio
10-24-13, 05:25 PM
Rabid (David Cronenberg, 1977) 2.5
http://goregirl.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/armpit-vagina-examination.gif?w=450&h=338
Wow! Cronenberg must be mad about things coming out from vaginal holes!
That "hole" is in Marilyn Chambers' underarm!
Mr Minio
10-24-13, 05:33 PM
Yeah and in Videodrome it was in his stomach, but still it looks nasty... and kinky. I like it.
Mark, that Night of the Hunter still is for the film Visions of Light?
And btw, I'm about to watch Black Girl (1966). :)
Yep. There were so many to choose from, it was hard to pick. I hope you like Black Girl; I won't say enjoy since that isn't quite correct...
HandyApe
10-24-13, 10:26 PM
The Blue Angel (Josef von Sternberg / 1930) 4
Death Proof (Quentin Tarantino / 2007) 2-
The Deer Hunter (Michael Cimino / 1978) 4-
Exotica (Atom Egoyan / 1994) 4+
Heaven Can Wait (Warren Beatty and Buck Henry / 1978) 2
Jaws (Steven Spielberg / 1975) 3.5
http://whatculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/jaws-jaws-jaws.jpg
Kapò (Gillo Pontecorvo / 1960) 2.5*
Nights of Cabiria (Federico Fellini / 1957) 2+
One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest (Miloš Forman / 1975) 4.5-
Rebel Without a Cause (Nicholas Ray / 1955) 3.5
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (Pier Paolo Pasolini / 1975) 2.5
http://whatculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/salo.jpg
The Selfish Giant (Clio Barnard / 2013) 3+
*If you've ever seen Kapò, I suggest you read this essay called "The Tracking Shot in Kapò: http://sensesofcinema.com/2004/feature-articles/kapo_daney/
honeykid
10-24-13, 11:28 PM
Berberian Sound Studio (Peter Strickland, 2012) 1.5
Wow. Considering everything I've heard about this, that's an astonishingly low rating. Even if I take into consideration your rather stern ratings. I'd love to hear a few of your thoughts on it. :)
Not much to say. Some good visuals and sound splashed about with no rhyme or reason. Actually worse than that because the "reason" is to drive the viewer just as mad as the lead character, but most filmwatchers, except modern critic-types, would be angry, not "crazy". I was also upset that the "homage" to '70s Italian horror was basically non-existent. There, that should piss off a few people, even UF (sorry).
honeykid
10-25-13, 12:00 AM
Thanks mark. :) Sadly, I think UF has forsaken us.
thracian dawg
10-25-13, 01:03 AM
http://whatculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/jaws-jaws-jaws.jpg
Wow! I nominate this post for the best wtf moment I've seen in a while. Mark f has actually rated a multiple movies with 8 and 9 stars? :eek: What the hell is going on here? Seriously, what the hell? Then I noticed HandyApe had only borrowed his format.
Mr Minio
10-25-13, 04:29 AM
Not much to say. Some good visuals and sound splashed about with no rhyme or reason. Actually worse than that because the "reason" is to drive the viewer just as mad as the lead character, but most filmwatchers, except modern critic-types, would be angry, not "crazy". I was also upset that the "homage" to '70s Italian horror was basically non-existent. There, that should piss off a few people, even UF (sorry).
Sounds like a movie I might enjoy.
honeykid
10-25-13, 12:20 PM
Wow! I nominate this post for the best wtf moment I've seen in a while. Mark f has actually rated a multiple movies with 8 and 9 stars? :eek: What the hell is going on here? Seriously, what the hell? Then I noticed HandyApe had only borrowed his format.
The WTF moment should be that Ape only gave it 3.5. :eek: Jaws, for crying out loud!
The Couch (Owen Crump, 1962) 2.5+
Barricade (Peter Godfrey, 1950) 2+
Slaughter Trail (Irving Allen, 1951) 2
Angel-A (Luc Besson, 2005) 2.5+
http://i1.w.hjfile.cn/doc/201104/anfela32886.jpg
My Outlaw Brother (Elliott Nugent, 1951) 2
Inside Straight (Gerald Mayer, 1951) 2+
Films to Keep You Awake: A Real Friend (Enrique Urbizu, 2006) 2.5
Hud (Martin Ritt, 1963) 4
http://cinemafanatic.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/hud.png
Diary of a Madman (Reginald Le Borg, 1963) 2+
Two Hearts in Wax Time (No Director Listed, 1935) 2.5
House of Wax (Andre de Toth, 1953) 3-
The Tingler (William Castle, 1959) 2.5+ (may be the first cinematic depiction of an acid trip)
http://i500.listal.com/image/5598025/500full.jpg
In the Cut (Jane Campion, 2003) 1.5
M (Joseph Losey, 1951) 2.5
Laurel Canyon (Lisa Cholodenko, 2002) 2+
Peter Pan (Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi & Wilfred Jackson, 1953) 3.5
http://images.mocpages.com/user_images/48287/1366652011m_SPLASH.jpg
The Running Man (Carol Reed, 1963) 3
The Fast and the Furious (John Ireland & Edward Sampson, 1955) 1.5
Little Nikita (Richard Benjamin, 1988) 2.5-
Invasion of the Saucer Men (Edward L. Cahn, 1957) 1.5+
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Too Late for Tears aka Killer Bait (Byron Haskin, 1949) 2.5
Million Dollar Baby (Curtis Bernhardt, 1941) 2.5
Who's Superstitious? (Sammy Lee, 1943) 2.5
The Black Swan (Henry King, 1942) 3.5
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The Walking Dead (Michael Curtiz, 1936) 2
A Bucket of Blood (Roger Corman, 1959) 2.5+
Dementia 13 (Francis Coppola, 1963) 2+
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (Robert Aldrich, 1962) 3.5
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Begotten (E. Elias Merhige, 1990) 1
The Well (Leo Popkin & Russell Rouse, 1951) 3
Maniac (Michael Carreras, 1963) 2
Re-Animator (Stuart Gordon, 1985) 3
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Spider Baby or, The Maddest Story Ever Told (Jack Hill, 1968) 2
Village of the Damned (Wolf Rilla, 1960) 2.5
Night Has a Thousand Eyes (John Farrow, 1948) 2.5+
Sisters (Brian De Palma, 1973) 3
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The Full Treatment aka Stop Me Before I Kill! (Val Guest, 1960) 2
Across the Wide Missouri (William A. Wellman, 1951) 2.5+
Before Sunrise (Richard Linklater, 1995) 2.5
Follow Me Quietly (Richard O. Fleischer, 1949) 2.5
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Harry Lime
10-27-13, 01:02 AM
Now how the heck did you watch that many movies since yesterday, Mark? Or are these backlogged tab entries?
That's about 28 1/2 hours of movies, and I slept about four hours each of the last three days. Eleven were shown on TCM, and I watched six online, so I saw the last set from Thursday/Friday midnight to early Saturday afternoon. Basically did the same thing the day before. :eek: That's what happens when you can't do much of anything else.
Harry Lime
10-27-13, 02:18 AM
Read?
Like a book?
Miss Vicky
10-27-13, 02:21 AM
Read?
From one of Mark's previous posts in this thread:
I don't have much else to do each day since my stroke except pester my wife and daughter and watch movies, usually on cable. I've been averaging about 10-12 a day. TCM shows lots of movies of 80 minutes and less, and I sleep about four hours a day. I know - I'm nuts.
Unless of course you're suggesting that he read instead. But who the hell would want to do that when you can watch movies?
I remember books - something to do with school.
jiraffejustin
10-27-13, 02:23 AM
Subtitles?
jiraffejustin
10-27-13, 02:24 AM
And this is MoFo not BoFo.
Gabrielle947
10-27-13, 05:18 AM
I think it's awesome to find so much time for movies. :)
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Rush (2013) by Ron Howard 2.5+
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La Dolce vita (1960) by Federico Fellini 3
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The Red Shoes (1948) by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger 3.5
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Singin' in the Rain (1952) by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen 3+
http://www.criticker.com/img/films/posters/The_Conversation.jpg
The Conversation (1974) by Francis Ford Coppola 4+
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Annie Hall (1977) by Woody Allen 3+
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Casablanca (1942) by Michael Curtiz 4.5
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Sunset Blvd. (1950) by Billy Wilder 3+
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The Testament of Orpheus (1960) by Jean Cocteau 3+
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The World's End (2013) by Edgar Wright 1.5
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Chasing Ice (2012) by Jeff Orlowski 2.5
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Mushrooming (2012) by Toomas Hussar 1.5
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The Great Beauty (2013) by Paolo Sorrentino 2.5
The Gunslinger45
10-27-13, 09:53 PM
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4 Very charming in a British sort of way.
http://0.static.wix.com/media/89afd76c81971c2cd49496fbfd4d9af1.wix_mp_256
3 Production values are much improved, but it is still shot on sh!ttio crap. But it is my kind of crap.
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4.5 Great f**king movie! Throwback to old action flicks with Arnie and Stallone in the forefront!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f6/Gravity_Poster.jpg
4.5 I decided to see this movie despite my dislike of George Clooney cuz I really do like Sandra Bullock as an actress and the praise it has got on this site. Saw it in 3D, and I have to admit it was worth the extra money. Not better then 2001: A Space Odyssey, but still pretty badass.
jiraffejustin
10-28-13, 05:13 AM
Come and See (1985) - An atom bomb goes off at the epicenter of your emotions.
My Boss’s Daughter (David Zucker, 2003) 2
Them! (Gordon Douglas, 1954) 2.5-
Niagara (Henry Hathaway, 1953) 2.5+
Sans Soleil (Chris Marker, 1983) 3-
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The Mummy (Karl Freund, 1932) 2
White Zombie (Victor Halperin, 1932) 1.5
Cat People (Jacques Tourneur, 1942) 2+
Forbidden Games (Rene Clement, 1952) 3
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Ripley’s Game (Liliana Cavani, 2002) 2.5
The Big Combo (Joseph Lewis, 1955) 2
Chrystal (Ray McKinnon, 2004) 2
House aka Hausu (Nobuhiko Ôbayashi, 1977) 2.5
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Control (Tim Hunter, 2004) 2.5
Hollywood Wonderland (Jack Scholl, 1947) 2.5-
The Crawling Hand (Herbert L. Strock, 1963) 1 (“The Bird’s the Word” scene is good)
The Thin Red Line (Terrence Malick, 1998) 3.5-
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Mr. Skeffington (Vincent Sherman, 1944) 2.5+
Psychomania aka The Death Wheelers (Don Sharp, 1973) 2
Children of the Damned (Anton Leader, 1964) 2
The Phantom of the Opera (Rupert Julian, 1925) 3-
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Mr Minio
10-28-13, 02:00 PM
I thought you'd rate Hausu lower. Same goes for Sans Soleil. I have to watch Forbidden Games. Thanks for the reminder.
honeykid
10-28-13, 05:50 PM
Psychomania aka The Death Wheelers (Don Sharp, 1973) 1.5+
You've watched some good stuff over the last day or so, mark. However, this is a criminally low rating for a film that's so wonderful. This came close to making my 100. It still could one day.:D
Daniel M
10-28-13, 08:35 PM
I thought you'd rate Hausu lower.
That's actually the first thing I thought when I saw the post :p
I have a load of films to post in here eventually, but for now:
Tonight I re watched The Silence of the Lambs as part of Uni film society. I am not sure whether I like it more or less than I did the first time. There are a lot of parts that I really enjoyed and thought were great, then some other things that I disliked slightly more, a lot of the plot is over cinematic/coincidental for dramatic effect, but it does it well and in a thrilling, effective manner. Not sure whether I'd give it 3.5 or 4.
Guaporense
10-28-13, 09:03 PM
Come and See (1985) - An atom bomb goes off at the epicenter of your emotions.
Really? For me it felt extremely forced.
edarsenal
10-28-13, 09:29 PM
a couple of ole time horrors, to start
The Undying Monster (1942) 3 a mix of detective story and werewolf story. So-so film as far as acting, storyline. . . but truly wonderful cinematic work on camera angles. Director John Brahms really had an eye for such things.
http://s3.amazonaws.com/auteurs_production/images/film/the-undying-monster/w448/the-undying-monster.jpg?1289467253
Mark of the Vampire (1935) 2.5 remake of the now lost, silent movie London After Midnight that starred Lon Chaney with a twist ending that, supposedly, irrated a lot of people, including the actors who were not given the final pages of the script until they filmed it. It reminded me of an Ed Wood flick for some reason.
REWATCH Infernal Affairs (Cantonese 2002) 4.5 I've already posted about this one previously, found it on cable and, as previously, thoroughly enjoyed it.
http://mmimageslarge.moviemail-online.co.uk/Infernal-Affairs1.jpg
Redline (anime 2009) 4 This sci-fi, fatally dangerous race is held every five years on various planets - but the storyline really isn't important and is secondary to the over-the-top artwork, high-powered visuals, crazy characters and all out action and occasional comedy that saturates this ready-for-video game-flick.
http://www.robertthegamer.com/Redline%20-%202009.jpg
Sinny McGuffins
10-28-13, 10:09 PM
The Great Gatsby (Baz Luhrmann, 2013)
Don't like Luhrmann films, and this was no exception. Too much glitz and too much Jay-Z. Apart from two good performances from Di Caprio and Joel Edgerton, Baz's Gatsby is a mess. Might watch the one with Robert Redford soon.
2
Pacific Rim (Guillermo del Toro, 2013)
Was a fun movie, nothing special, could have been a bit brighter, but it was fun while it lasted. Loved Ron Perlman's contribution, didn't like how young Mako's character was in those flashbacks though. She was too young, man! It could only have been ten years ago but she had aged about 20! You probably have to have seen the film to understand my frustration.
3
Prisoners (Denis Villeneuve, 2013)
One of those OK films that I'll never watch again. Nothing good in the film really stood out worth mentioning. Before seeing it I had no idea what it was about (didn't want to watch it, really), so was expecting some sort of prison movie, but no. It turned out to be a kidnapping mystery that was a bit too long, and kind of boring sometimes.
2.5
Mr Minio
10-29-13, 03:06 AM
Really? For me it felt extremely forced. You have no heart.
jiraffejustin
10-29-13, 03:08 AM
Really? For me it felt extremely forced.
At least you felt something. I felt depressed. Both by the film and your reaction to it. :p:D
Gabrielle947
10-29-13, 08:08 AM
Lost In Translation 4.5
Clerks. 5
The Master - I watched it again and I liked it less.I tried to identify the problem and I think I dislike it because it has no effect on me.It has no effect on the characters neither as the movie starts from point A and finished in the point A.I like either entertaining films or movies with some kind of message and this was neither.Acting and cinematography is not enough.Also,I noticed that the scene when Freddie goes to England is basically alike to the scene in There Will Be Blood where Plainview talks to his grown up son.It's like PTA lets his characters to conclude the story.I think it does more bad than good. 2.5
Had the opposite reaction with The Master. First time I watched it I was disappointed and thought it was totally lifeless. But I did get the sense I had missed something and I also saw it in a theater with a friend who was clearly bored so that changed the experience. Second time I saw it I saw it alone and it sat much better with me. I agree the epilogues of his two most recent films are similar but I like the effect both endings have of the characters feeling so packed with shared histories
Our Gang Follies of 1938 (Gordon Douglas, 1937) 2.5+
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (John Harrison, 1990) 2.5
Sex and the Single Girl (Richard Quine, 1964) 2.5
The Naked Prey (Cornel Wilde, 1966) 3.5+
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36 Hours (George Seaton, 1965) 3+
Assault on a Queen (Jack Donohue, 1966) 2
Village of the Damned (John Carpenter, 1995) 2+
Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors (Freddie Francis, 1965) 2.5+
http://whatculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Hands-Dr-Terrors-House-of-Horrors.jpg
Penelope (Arthur Hiller, 1966) 2.5-
A Smell of Honey, a Swallow of Brine (B. Ron Elliott, 1966) 1.5+
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (Cyril Frankel, 1960) 2.5
The Last Picture Show (Peter Bogdanovich, 1971) 4
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Kentucky Fried Movie (John Landis, 1977) 3
The Black Klansman aka I Crossed the Color Line (Ted V. Mikels, 1966) 2
Mean Streets (Martin Scorsese, 1973) 2
Land of the Pharaohs (Howard Hawks, 1955) 3
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Incident at Phantom Hill (Earl Bellamy, 1966) 2
The Outriders (Roy Rowland, 1950) 2
—And Now the Screaming Starts! (Roy Ward Baker, 1973) 2.5
Intruder in the Dust (Clarence Brown, 1949) 3
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Our Gang Follies of 1938 (Gordon Douglas, 1937) 2.5+
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (John Harrison, 1990) 2.5
Sex and the Single Girl (Richard Quine, 1964) 2.5
The Naked Prey (Cornel Wilde, 1966) 3.5+
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36 Hours (George Seaton, 1965) 3+
Assault on a Queen (Jack Donohue, 1966) 2
Village of the Damned (John Carpenter, 1995) 2+
Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors (Freddie Francis, 1965) 2.5+
http://whatculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Hands-Dr-Terrors-House-of-Horrors.jpg
Penelope (Arthur Hiller, 1966) 2.5-
A Smell of Honey, a Swallow of Brine (B. Ron Elliott, 1966) 1.5+
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (Cyril Frankel, 1960) 2.5
The Last Picture Show (Peter Bogdanovich, 1971) 4
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Kentucky Fried Movie (John Landis, 1977) 3
The Black Klansman aka I Crossed the Color Line (Ted V. Mikels, 1966) 2
Mean Streets (Martin Scorsese, 1973) 2
Land of the Pharaohs (Howard Hawks, 1955) 3
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Incident at Phantom Hill (Earl Bellamy, 1966) 2
The Outriders (Roy Rowland, 1950) 2
—And Now the Screaming Starts! (Roy Ward Baker, 1973) 2.5
Intruder in the Dust (Clarence Brown, 1949) 3
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I think The Last Picture Show rating is the highest i've ever seen you give. It's probably the same rating i'd give, i'm especially fond of Ellen Burnstyn's performance a young Jeff Bridges is a plus too of course.
jiraffejustin
10-29-13, 03:46 PM
Nice to see The Naked Prey getting some mark f love. Great film.
Guaporense
10-29-13, 10:20 PM
You have no heart.
:rolleyes:
I don't know why, but even Schindler's List felt much more genuine than Come and See.
jiraffejustin
10-29-13, 10:27 PM
:rolleyes:
I don't know why, but even Schindler's List felt much more genuine than Come and See.
Even during Liam Neeson's crying scene? That's the worst scene in a good movie.
Guaporense
10-29-13, 10:38 PM
Even during Liam Neeson's crying scene? That's the worst scene in a good movie.
That was when I cried. :D
The Gunslinger45
10-29-13, 10:41 PM
I think The Last Picture Show rating is the highest i've ever seen you give. It's probably the same rating i'd give, i'm especially fond of Ellen Burnstyn's performance a young Jeff Bridges is a plus too of course.
The highest rating I have seen him give a movie in this thread was to Temple of Doom, a 5
Daniel M
10-30-13, 10:21 AM
You guys need to visit the thread more often, his four star (and above) ratings are not that rare.
Cobpyth
10-30-13, 11:13 AM
That was when I cried. :D
Same here. That's also when my eyes got teary. Very emotional scene.
linespalsy
10-31-13, 11:31 AM
Beautiful Creatures (Richard LaGravenese, 2013) 1.5
After Earth (M. Night Shyamalan, 2013) 1.5
Pedicab Driver (Sammo Hung, 1989) 2.5
Gremlins (Joe Dante, 1984) 3.5+
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (Joe Dante, 1990) 3.5+
Miami Exposé (Fred F. Sears, 1956) 2
Party Girl (Nicholas Ray, 1958) 2+
The Little Kidnappers aka The Kidnappers (Philip Leacock, 1953) 3-
Badlands (Terrence Malick, 1973) 2.5+
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Films to Keep You Awake: The Baby's Room (Alex de la Iglesia, 2006) 3
Glimpses of Florida (James A. FitzPatrick, 1941) 2.5
Wild in the Streets (Barry Shear, 1968) 3
The Day of the Beast (Alex de la Iglesia, 1995) 3.5
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Whistling in the Dark (S. Sylvan Simon, 1941) 2
Fingers at the Window (Charles Lederer, 1942) 2.5-
Hi, Mom! (Brian De Palma, 1970) 1
Chinatown (Roman Polanski, 1974) 4+
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Experiment Perilous (Jacques Tourneur, 1944) 2
Bluebeard (Edgar G. Ulmer, 1944) 2
Hollow Man (Paul Verhoeven, 2000) 2.5
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (Elio Petri, 1970) 3.5+
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Of Mice and Men (Lewis Milestone, 1939) 3+
Make Mine Mink (Robert Asher, 1960) 3+
The Conversation (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974) 3-
The Swimmer (Frank Perry, 1968) 3.5
http://filmjunkie.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/swimmer4.jpg
You guys need to visit the thread more often, his four star (and above) ratings are not that rare.
Well how about this for rarity? A while back I stumbled across this post, what surely must be the holy grail of MovieForums.
Mark Doles Out Perfection....Twice!!! (http://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?p=576190)
He posted not one, but two films that got 5 stars!!! :eek:
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
2
So it's okay to abandon your dog at a train station?
This movie would have worked if somebody got the dog everyday.
Vaudeville (Joseph Henabery, 1935) 2.5
Asylum (Roy Ward Baker, 1972) 2.5
Castle of the Living Dead (Herbert Wise & Warren Kiefer, 1964) 2
Blowup (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1966) 3.5-
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Black Cats and Broomsticks (Larry O’Reilly, 1955) 2.5
Dracula: Prince of Darkness (Terence Fisher, 1966) 2
The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters (Edward Bernds, 1954) 2
Horse Feathers (Norman Z. McLeod, 1932) 3
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The Scalphunters (Sydney Pollack, 1968) 3
The Devil’s Cabaret (Nick Grinde, 1930) 2.5
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (Freddie Francis, 1968) 2
Horror Express (Eugenio Martin, 1972) 3
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Desert Killer (Larry Lansburgh, 1952) 2
Der Verlorene aka The Lost One (Peter Lorre, 1951) 2.5+
Ghost Treasure (Will Jason, 1941) 2.5
Anguish (Bigas Luna, 1987) 3
http://horrorfanzine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/anguish-04.jpg
Twice-Told Tales (Sidney Salkow, 1963) 3
The Haunted Palace (Roger Corman, 1963) 2+
The Masque of the Red Death (Roger Corman, 1964) 3
Pit and the Pendulum (Roger Corman, 1961) 3+
http://mamegyorai.img.jugem.jp/20130910_37162.jpg
All the Colors of the Dark aka They're Coming to Get You (Sergio Martino, 1972) 2.5
Fortune Seekers (Larry O’Riley, 1956) 2.5
The Wet Parade (Victor Fleming, 1932) 2
The Abominable Dr. Phibes (Robert Fuest, 1971) 3
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2o2x-1n3P04/TXKAffPAa9I/AAAAAAAADFA/77Autlg5QU4/s400/phibes%2Bband%2B2.jpg
linespalsy
11-01-13, 02:14 PM
Wasn't Horse Feathers in your top 100?
Sure is. Maybe I fudged it being on my list. It and Duck Soup are my two fave Marxes, and Soup is always mentioned. If I'm in the right mood, I think Horse Feathers is hysterical.
Daniel M
11-01-13, 05:22 PM
Halloween special...
Suspiria (Dario Argento, 1977) 3
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_96uP6vDZMT8/TH1utukllxI/AAAAAAAASNg/gTnxgK7UnqE/s400/SUSPIRIA12.jpg
My first viewing of Dario Argento, or even of a giallo film, was one of his most famous films. I kind of knew what to expect from the film, having heard a lot about the style of film making, and I was not really disappointed.
What I was not expecting was the amount of colour and type of shots used in the film, but that is not a bad thing. Some of the camera shots and movements are superb, and with the large buildings and interiors used along with the use of lots of pink and blue colours, there are a number of striking images created throughout the film, at times reminding me of Kubrick who was able to create haunting images in a similar way.
The music too was pretty good, although I would guess it is one of those things that people would either love or get really annoyed by, it is repetitive at times, but pretty creepy and effective for the majority. The flaws of the film are obvious, the acting is not particularly great, some of the dialogue just seems so unnatural/obvious and the dubbing is not the best, but I guess that is all part of the fun. In terms of actual plot the mystery element kept me interested and wanting to find out what was happening, it actually reminding me of Rosemary's Baby in terms of the paranoia built up, the main girl wanting to find out if there is witchcraft involved and the mysterious death of girls. The final scenes are particularly crazy/great, and so are the opening ones, the blood and gore bits I am talking about, sometimes I wish there was a bit more.
I will definitely try and check out some more giallo/Argento eventually, it was a pretty enjoyable watch and I am interested to see some of his other work to see how it compares to this, one of his most renowned films.
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Tobe Hooper, 1974) 1
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_izD68UiAE8Q/TMRn77qJ0UI/AAAAAAAACm4/WaDKpoI56mA/s400/142224__texas_chainsaw_l.jpg
I decided to finally watch this after the recent 'disagreement' between Mark and a few other members over how good the film is, and you can clearly see which side I agree with now. I genuinely don't understand why people love this film, is it because it is trash, because it turns out to be so weird and disturbing?
First of all, nothing happens for about half an hour. A group of idiots travelling around obnoxious to the terror of where they are heading is a bad horror cliché, but these characters were unbearable to watch, some of the most annoying characters I have ever seen in a film. Especially Franklin, I wanted his character to be killed so that he would shut up.
During the middle of the film, when the characters actually reached the family house, I honestly thought the film was going to pick up and improve, the scenes where we first see Leatherface, I thought were genuinely good and quite creepy, with the hallway seen reminding me of the detective/staircase one from Psycho. But then it switches to Franklin and that girl back at the van and goes down hill from there, the chase scene is incredibly boring (as is most of the film, it's a horror, even in poor horror films I am always expecting something to happen) and when we get to the other family members it becomes laughable. Even if it's meant to be sick and twisted, it's just stupid, and annoying, the grandpa character is just silly, that whole scene is, it goes on for ages with extremely annoying jarring editing not helping.
Please, someone tell me, how is this so great? The only reason I can think is because of the kind of 'f*cked up' aspect with the whole creepy family that oddly attracts people.
linespalsy
11-01-13, 07:25 PM
Sure is. Maybe I fudged it being on my list. It and Duck Soup are my two fave Marxes, and Soup is always mentioned. If I'm in the right mood, I think Horse Feathers is hysterical.
Fair enough. I've always loved Duck Soup but there are plenty of others on my list that can fluctuate quite a bit enjoyment-wise from viewing to viewing.
Speaking of which, we did a Halloween Double Feature:
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll120/abedalx/carrie.jpg
Carrie (Brian DePalma, 1974) 4.5
Evil Dead II (Sam Raimi, 1986) 2.5+
The Gunslinger45
11-01-13, 09:09 PM
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Tobe Hooper, 1974) 1
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_izD68UiAE8Q/TMRn77qJ0UI/AAAAAAAACm4/WaDKpoI56mA/s400/142224__texas_chainsaw_l.jpg
Please, someone tell me, how is this so great? The only reason I can think is because of the kind of 'f*cked up' aspect with the whole creepy family that oddly attracts people.
It isn't. Overrated crap IMHO.
Daniel M
11-01-13, 09:16 PM
I had no idea about the family/comedy element going into it, it felt more like a comedy than a horror a lot of the time, and I understand now that the second is supposed to be an actual comedy? As I said, some of the middle scenes with just Leatherface, like the first time we see him, are decent, just the beginning and the end... wtf.
donniedarko
11-01-13, 09:19 PM
Would I call Texas Chainsaw Massacre overrated crap, no, but I also wouldn't call it the greatest horror. For me it wasn't scary in the moment and the concept wasn't scary, at the most was slightly disturbing, but it did successfully give me the creeps at times. I found the grandpa scene to be one of the most ****ed up, and what made is so was how long it was, I found it excruciating, but in a good way. I'm interested on what the Chainsaw haters would think about the remakes, which I haven't seen any of
The Gunslinger45
11-01-13, 09:20 PM
Yeah the second movie is campy as hell. Sexy loves that movie! In his top ten last I checked.
jiraffejustin
11-01-13, 09:42 PM
I need to rewatch the first TCM, but Sexy is right for loving the second one. It's wacky fun.
edarsenal
11-01-13, 10:20 PM
the second is pretty hilarious, i've only seen the first in my late teens (30 years ago) and seen the second one several times though its been a decade or more since last seeing it.
And for Marx brothers movies, Night at the Opera has always been my personal favorite
Mingusings
11-01-13, 10:37 PM
I love the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre (see my top 10). I think it is hysterical and so much fun. What often goes overlooked is the fact that there are 3 villains in the movie (actually, 4 if you include the grandpa). Leatherface is of course the most iconic and well-known, but I love how much personality and character development the hitchhiker and the dad are given. The characters just seem so real, and are so much more interesting than the usual "guy in a mask" horror movie villains.
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