Movie Tab II [Archive] - Page 81

Sane

04-13-14, 11:08 PM

Natural Born Killers (1994) - Oliver Stone
I was a big fan of this when it came out but watching it now I didn't like it as much. I found the "style" of the movie really distracting. By "style" I mean anything and everything that Stone could pack into two hours. Harrelson & Lewis were good though and the idea is interesting. Also gets extra points for Robert Downey Jr being the only American actor ever to do a passable Australian accent :) rating_3-

Magnolia (1999) - Paul Thomas Anderson
Great story telling & great acting. rating_4_5

Two Women (1960) - Vittoria De Sica
Loved the first half of this but sadly didn't love the second half. Particularly disliked what happened to the two main charachters - just felt too forced to try and make it dramatic (and, to be honest, it seemed kinda racist). rating_3

New York, I Love You (2009) - Iwai/Portman/Akin/Ratner etc.
12 or so short films focussed on romances in New York. I've read criticisms that say that it didn't really relate to New York but, having never been there, I thought it did. That's probably the problem - most of the directors probably hadn't spent much time there either so it was like short films about the New York we see on TV. Anyway, the whole thing never really goes anywhere but I liked all of the contributions in some way. rating_3_5

Repulsion (1965) - Roman Polanski
Lots to like about this thriller/horror movie but I was perhaps hoping for a bit more. rating_3_5+

High & Low (1963) - Akira Kurosawa
It took 12 movies but I finally found a Kurosawa film I loved. IMO it was Toshiro Mifune's best performance and the directing was fantastic. rating_5

Oldboy (2013) - Spike Lee
I tend not to have any problem with re-makes. Sure, they tend to suck but I don't care if someone wants to try. The original Oldboy is one of my favourite films and I was looking forward to seeing Lee's interpretation. Unfortunately I was left thinking "why?" The things he kept the same were inferior to Park's and the things he changed seemed kinda pointless. Brolin did a decent job but I was left feeling unimpressed overall. rating_2_5+

My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) - Stephen Frears
I've enjoyed the other Frears films I've seen - Dangerous Liaisons, High Fidelity and Philomena. I didn't think this reached those standards but it wes pretty good. I would imagine that people who lived in the UK at the time it was made would get more out of it than I did. rating_3

The Gunslinger45

04-13-14, 11:11 PM

High & Low (1963) - Akira Kurosawa
It took 12 movies but I finally found a Kurosawa film I loved. IMO it was Toshiro Mifune's best performance and the directing was fantastic. rating_5

This makes me happy!

Sane

04-13-14, 11:20 PM

This makes me happy!
Me too :) Going to watch Ikiru and Red Beard next - no more Samurai films for me!

Monkeypunch

04-14-14, 12:18 AM

The Lone Ranger - Okay, this was pretty crazy. It's a Disney film, but it features cannibalism, murder, prostitutes, and a lot of gun violence...and it's seriously a lot of fun. Johnny Depp gives a weird performance as Tonto, a seemingly insane indian who leads The Lone Ranger (Armie Hammer) on the path to avenging his brother's death. I heard bad things about this, but it's much better than I expected.

The Heat - Sandra Bullock as a straight laced FBI agent and Melissa McCarthy as a crazed Boston cop in a funny as hell buddy cop action comedy. Kind of like a female Lethal Weapon if it were made by Judd Apatow. I laughed my butt off.

mark f

04-14-14, 04:08 AM

Officer Down (Brian A Miller, 2013) 2
The Courtship of Andy Hardy (George B. Seitz, 1942) 2
A Map of the World (Scott Elliott, 1999) 2.5
The Night Porter (Liliana Cavani, 1974) 2+
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In 1957 Vienna, concentration camp survivor Charlotte Rampling rekindles an S/M relationship with Nazi-in-hiding Dirk Bogarde.
The Medallion (Gordon Chan, 2003) 2+
Spider Lilies (Zero Chou, 2007) 2
Getting Even with Dad (Howard Deutch, 1994) 2+
Shaft (Gordon Parks, 1971) 2+
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Supercool private detective Richard Roundtree battles both the cops and the mob while looking for a kidnapped woman.
Leprechaun 2 (Rodman Flender, 1994) 1.5+
The Cave (Bruce Hunt, 2005) 2+
Point Blank (Matt Earl Beesley, 1998) 1.5
My Side of the Mountain (James B. Clark, 1969) 3
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Young Ted Eccles runs away from home to the wilderness, learns survival skills, performs experiments, finds a few humans and trains a peregrine falcon.
A Family Affair (George B. Seitz, 1937) 2
You're Only Young Once (George B. Seitz, 1937) 2
Fraulein (Andrea Staka, 2006) 2
The Call (Brad Anderson, 2013) 3-
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911 operator/cop Halle Berry interrupts kidnapper Michael Edlund while he tries to scalp Abigail Breslin.
Skeletons in the Closet (Wayne Powers, 2001) 2
U.S. Seals (Yossi Wein, 2000) 1.5-
The Shortcut (Nicholaus Goossen, 2009) 2
Pakeezah (Kamal Amrohi, 1972) 2.5 (146 min.)
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Meena Kumari’s final song and dance brings her llfe, and those of her father and the man she loves, full circle.

Pussy Galore

04-14-14, 12:21 PM

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I absolutely loved it! It was my second Bunuel and it made me want to watch more. I've read somewhere that the 2 actress for the same role was not planned by Bunuel and that Carol Bouquet just left in the making of the film, I don't know if that's that, but it really made the film even more special. I loved the character of Conchita and the way she played with Fernando Ray. I didn't really get the ending, but after a few rewatch I'm sure I'll get it.
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I love beautifully shot road movies and that's what I got. In addition to that, I got an interesting way of discovering Marxism, Che wasn't Marxist at all at the beginning of the film, but the injustice he saw and the mentality of the ''bourgeois'' toward the ''prolétaire (don't know the English word)'' make him what he is. Just a great film!
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I was a really good, well made movie. I loved the black and white cinematography and the father daughter relationship.
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It's also a beautifully shot road movie, but the difference is that the characters are not really good. I don't care for them, I get the point of the Pacino character of always laughing, and at the end the importance that a friendship can have, but from the beginning of the film I didn't connect with the characters which made it hard for me to love the film, I still really enjoyed it.
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I liked it, it started good with the scene in the shower, but then it became a little cliché. The scene where Carrie goes berserk was pretty cool. I'm not a huge horror fan, so for what it was I liked it.
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I know it won't be a popular rating, but I don't like it. I didn't care for the character and I especially didn't care for Michael Myers. I like some more artistic and character driven horror (Psycho, Rosemary's Baby, Shining and even The Exorcist), but that one didn't do it for me.

Swan

04-14-14, 12:27 PM

I've read somewhere that the 2 actress for the same role was not planned by Bunuel and that Carol Bouquet just left in the making of the film, I don't know if that's that, but it really made the film even more special.

I think what happened was they originally had a totally different actress, who left shortly after shooting began, and then Bunuel got the idea to have two different actresses play the same part, and cast the two actresses who are in the film. That's what I gathered anyway.

Pussy Galore

04-14-14, 12:46 PM

Yep it would make sens, because their scenes were really randomly spaced threw the film.

Tyler1

04-14-14, 11:50 PM

'Til Madness Do Us Part (Wang, 2013) - 3.5
Blind Detective (To, 2013) - 3
Katatsumori (Kawase, 1994) - 4
*Funeral Parade of Roses (Matsumoto, 1969) - 4-
Fire in Castilla (Val Del Omar, 1960) - 3+
The Memory of Justice (Ophuls, 1976) - 4.5

*rewatch

mark f

04-15-14, 12:37 AM

Angel Heart (Alan Parker, 1987) 3
Silver Bullets (Joe Swanberg, 2011) 1.5
This Theatre and You (Felix Jacoves, 1948) 2
Biutiful (Alejandro González Iñárritu, 2010) 2.5
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Living on the fringes of the law, Javier Bardeem learns he has cancer and has to plan for the future of his children Hanaa Bouchaib and Guillermo Estrella.
Song of Hiawatha (Jeffrey Shore, 1997) 2+
Cavalcade of Archery (Howard Hill, 1946) 2.5
Deal (Gil Cates Jr., 2008) 2
The Escapist (Rupert Wyatt, 2008) 2.5
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London prison lifer Brian Cox learns his daughter is near death and concocts an intricate scheme with other inmates to escape and see her.
Intersection (Mark Rydell, 1994) 2-
The Quick and the Dead (Robert Day, 1987) 2.5
The Target aka The Piano Player (Jean-Pierre Roux, 2002) 1.5
Warrior (Gavin O’Connor, 2011) 3
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A lifetime of recriminations comes to a head at something akin to an MMA Super Bowl for brothers Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton and their father Nick Nolte.
Timebomb (Avi Nesher, 1991) 2
Tonight You're Mine (David Mackenzie, 2011) 2+
Jackie's Back! (Robert Townsend, 1999) 2
In Time (Andrew Niccol, 2011) 2.5+
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In a future where time is both used as currency and is limited to one year past 25, Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried team up to right some wrongs.
Steep (Mark Oberhaus, 2007) 2.5+
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Big Parade Hits for 1940 (Cairo Theatre Opening) (No Director Listed, 1940) 3
Je Tu Il Elle aka I, You, He, She (Chantal Akerman, 1976) 1
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Anne Akerman, 1975) 1
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Eventually, Jeanne does two significant things – this is one.

Mr Minio

04-15-14, 07:05 AM

Not only does mark f hate Akerman (I could forgive it), but also SPOILS THE MOVIE.

Iroquois

04-15-14, 10:42 AM

Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Guillermo Del Toro, 2008) - 3

Decently made superhero sequel with Ron Perlman reprising his role as the titular demonic anti-hero, this time trying to stop a vengeful demon prince from resurrecting the titular army and taking over the human world. Del Toro's usual visual flair is on display and there are some decent performances but it's not especially great.

Kung Pow! Enter the Fist (Steve Oedekerk, 2002) - 1.5

Given how much I like a) old-school martial arts movies and b) hilarious dubs of old-school martial arts movies, it seems like I should like this at least a little. "A little" is accurate. Writer-director-star Oedekerk digitally inserts himself into an obscure kung-fu film following a stock-standard revenge plotline, adding in new scenes and redubbing every single character in the film by himself. Sounds halfway promising, but what little potential is ruined by the jokes falling flat at almost every turn (ironically, the one moment I actually laughed at was the villain telling a deliberately unfunny joke to an audience) and making a film that's not even 80 minutes long drag for the most part.

Village of the Damned (John Carpenter, 1995) - 2

I haven't seen the original and was watching this mainly to get through the Carpenter films I hadn't seen (now it's only The Ward left out of his main films) and...yeah. I guess not having seen the original made it a little interesting to watch and it had the odd moment here or there, but overall definitely one of Carpenter's weakest films but not exactly awful.

Grave of the Fireflies (Isao Takahata, 1988) - 4

I started this several years ago and never finished it. I honestly can't remember why I didn't. Studio Ghibli delivers more gorgeous animation in telling the harrowing tale of a brother and sister trying to survive in Japan during World War II. All-around excellent work and definitely earns its reputation as an utterly depressing cinematic experience.

Winter's Bone (Debra Granik, 2010) - 3

Serviceable neo-noir about a lower-class teenager (Jennifer Lawrence) who's forced to find her missing father in order to keep the family home, butting heads with various low-lifes in the area along the way. Decent enough thriller, if not particularly exciting when all is said and done. Lawrence delivers a good performance here and makes me understand the hype better than her other Oscar-nominated turns did while John Hawkes comes very close to stealing the whole show as Lawrence's sinister uncle.

Wayne's World 2 (Stephen Surjik, 1994) - 2.5

I hadn't seen this all the way through before, despite seeing enough to know how it ended, so I watched this back-to-back with the original. Not as funny as the original and once again Garth's subplot just feels like padding, but the scene where Wayne has a kung-fu fight with Cassandra's dad is definitely worth watching. That's without mentioning Ralph Brown recycling his burnout act from Withnail and I - that's still a homage I can't quite believe happened.

Bee Movie (Simon J. Smith and Steve Hickner, 2007) - 2.5

My main motivation for watching this was because it suddenly became a massive in-joke on Tumblr due to its especially outlandish premise and execution (even for a computer-animated family movie). Jerry Seinfeld co-writes and voices a bee who decides he wants more out of life than just being a mindless drone (pun somewhat intended) so he leaves his hive and has all sorts of adventures in the human world such as befriending a human woman (Renée Zellweger) and eventually putting the whole human race on trial over stealing honey. It could have been another generic piece of G-rated fluff that would've been forgotten within a couple of years of its release, but the sheer absurdity at work here is actually rather amusing in both intentional and unintentional ways. Sure, there's a lot of predictably bee-related puns and jokes the kids won't get, but most of the humour derives from the feeling of "I can't believe what I'm watching" and occasionally one of the actual jokes is kind of funny. Ultimately, though, ironic appreciation only gets you so far and two-and-a-half popcorn boxes might actually be overrating it.

The Raid: Redemption (Gareth Evans, 2011) - 3

Action movie about a team of police that raids a fortress-like apartment building run by a legendary crime boss, but of course it doesn't go smoothly. Notable for its emphasis on flashy martial-arts action over its very lean narrative, pure action only goes so far when it's mostly the same fights again and again (even if they do look kind of cool and fast-paced).

Killer Joe (William Friedkin, 2011) - 3.5

Incredibly trashy neo-noir about a young drug dealer (Emile Hirsch) hiring the titular hitman (Matthew McConaughey) to murder his mother for her life insurance policy, but things get complicated by Hirsch's other family members. McConaughey plays against type well, balancing his natural charisma with an incredibly disturbing sinister side, while everyone else serves just fine. The low-budget vibe helps the film's low-life sensibilities and the twists and turns are rather interesting. Also, that scene near the end with the piece of Kentucky Fried Chicken is one of the most unsettling things I've seen in a movie in a long time.

Rififi (Jules Dassin, 1955) - 4

Classic French noir that now seems like the archetypal heist movie (first act involves getting a team together, second act involves the actual heist, third act involves things unravelling due to human error and/or bad luck). Maybe a bit on the long side considering its suspenseful nature, but the entire heist sequence being conducted in near-silence is interesting to watch, plus the third act is suprisingly less predictable than you'd think.

Upton

04-15-14, 10:53 AM

The Raid: Redemption (Gareth Evans, 2011) - rating_3

Action movie about a team of police that raids a fortress-like apartment building run by a legendary crime boss, but of course it doesn't go smoothly. Notable for its emphasis on flashy martial-arts action over its very lean narrative, pure action only goes so far when it's mostly the same fights again and again (even if they do look kind of cool and fast-paced).

Ya, people got way too excited about this movie when it came out. Action itself isn't even all that great imo but either way as you say it's so repetitive and samey it goes numb pretty fast. Glad the sequel didn't get the same kind of praise this one got so I don't feel obliged to see it.

mark f

04-15-14, 12:16 PM

There's nothing I posted that spoils the movie for anyone who hasn't seen it, so nobody should explain to anyone how I did. :)

Upton

04-15-14, 12:51 PM

Ha obviously after seeing the picture + what you wrote someone watching it for the first time would be tipped off right away. But who cares really.

Mr Minio

04-15-14, 03:55 PM

There's nothing I posted that spoils the movie for anyone who hasn't seen it, so nobody should explain to anyone how I did. :) Fair enough. How many Akerman films have you seen? Do you rate any of them positively?

Sedai

04-15-14, 04:26 PM

Mortal Instruments : City of Bones (Zwart, 2013) 1_5

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"Guess where I had this hidden..."

Well crud. I didn't hold out much hope for this, and lo and behold, it was terrible. Character development? Who needs it!? Not these people, apparently. Lena Heady is stranded in her bit part, while everyone else hams it up around her. Every dark fantasy trope is here, forming a mish-mash of events and story threads that are all just sort of thrown up on screen for the hell of it. Have you ever asked youself what The Hunger Games would be like without the acting prowess of J Law or the supporting cast of studied thespians? I am pretty sure it would come out something like The Mortal Instruments. None of the charm, none of the elegance, ham-fisted allegory...Skip this one!

Sane

04-15-14, 06:39 PM

Spider-Man 2 (2004) - Sam Raimi
I didn't really understand why Spider Man was re-booted so quickly - but after watching the first two Maguire movies I get it. They are really bad. I'm not sure I've seen a movie with as many performances phoned in as this one. rating_2-

Battle of Roses (1950) - Mikio Naruse
Doesn't come close to the best Japanese movies of the era but it's enjoyable enough. rating_3

Still Walking (2008) - Hirokazu Koreeda
I think Ozu would probably be proud that fifty years after his death his influence is still involved in the making of brilliant movies. This is about a somewhat dysfunctional family that gets together on the anniversary of the death of the eldest son. It has great characters and great performances and makes you feel like you know and understand the people on screen. rating_5

Le Samourai (1967) - Jean-Pierre Melville
I struggled a bit with much of this - largely because I didn't really get the point of it. However, once it clicked with me it was very good. rating_4

Only God Forgives (2013) - Nicolas Winding Refn
This is the first Winding Refn film I've seen and I was pretty impressed. It's fantastic looking and creates an interesting picture of a messed up family. rating_4-

Mother (2009) - Bong Joon Ho
Bong is perhaps one of the better known Korean directors in the west - maybe second only to Park Chan Wook - but he's not really one of my favourites. I like his films but not as much as those of Park, Kim Ki Duk or Lee Chang Dong. This is definitely one of his best - up there with Memories of Murder. rating_4

Snowpiercer (2013) - Bong Joon Ho
I enjoy post-apocalyptic movies but unfortunately this missed the point of what makes them great. They are about people put into an extreme situation and how they develop and deal with that situation. In Snowpiercer it was an interesting story but the people were really just cardboard cut-outs with no development - mainly because most of them died just when they were getting interesting. It wasn't terrible but it was a missed opportunity. rating_2_5+

The Host (2006) - Bong Joon Ho
The third in my little Bong Joon Ho/Song Kang Ho movie festival. This movie is lots of fun but perhaps goes on a bit long. rating_3_5

mark f

04-15-14, 06:46 PM

Fair enough. How many Akerman films have you seen? Do you rate any of them positively?
I thought I'd seen a couple before, but looking at them, none of them sound familiar, so I suppose those were the first two.

bluedeed

04-16-14, 12:09 AM

Still Walking (2008) - Hirokazu Koreeda
I think Ozu would probably be proud that fifty years after his death his influence is still involved in the making of brilliant movies. This is about a somewhat dysfunctional family that gets together on the anniversary of the death of the eldest son. It has great characters and great performances and makes you feel like you know and understand the people on screen. rating_5

Mother (2009) - Bong Joon Ho
Bong is perhaps one of the better known Korean directors in the west - maybe second only to Park Chan Wook - but he's not really one of my favourites. I like his films but not as much as those of Park, Kim Ki Duk or Lee Chang Dong. This is definitely one of his best - up there with Memories of Murder. rating_4

Snowpiercer (2013) - Bong Joon Ho
I enjoy post-apocalyptic movies but unfortunately this missed the point of what makes them great. They are about people put into an extreme situation and how they develop and deal with that situation. In Snowpiercer it was an interesting story but the people were really just cardboard cut-outs with no development - mainly because most of them died just when they were getting interesting. It wasn't terrible but it was a missed opportunity. rating_2_5+

The Host (2006) - Bong Joon Ho
The third in my little Bong Joon Ho/Song Kang Ho movie festival. This movie is lots of fun but perhaps goes on a bit long. rating_3_5

Koreeda is one of the great exponents of Ozu influenced cinema, Still Walking and Maborosi are my favorites of his probably because they're the most influenced by him. The other exponent of Ozuian cinema (though he did not know of Ozu until his later career) is, of course, Hou Hsiao-Hsien.

I really liked Mother when I first saw it, I'm not sure how I'd feel about it now, but I felt similarly on the other two. The Host was okay, definitely overlong, and Snowpiercer was just not very good.

mark f

04-16-14, 04:34 PM

Return of the Living Dead III (Brian Yuzna, 1993) 2.5
Dinosaur Island (Jim Wynorski & Fred Olen Ray, 1994) 1.5
TRON: Legacy (Joseph Kosinski, 2008) 2.5-
Emporte-moi aka Set Me Free (Léa Pool, 1999) 2.5
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Karine Vanasse seems to be the choice of her friend Charlotte Christeler rather than her brother Alexandre Mérineau.
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (Henry King, 1951) 2.5
Lockdown (John Luessenhop, 2000) 2+
Arabesque (Stanley Donen, 1966) 3
Bad Lieutenant (Abel Ferrara, 1992) 2.5-
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When detective Harvey Keitel isn’t firing his gun, he’s gambling, doing drugs and crying.
Mr. 3000 (Charles Stone III, 2004) 2.5
Gene Autry and The Mounties (John English, 1951) 2
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (Troy Miller, 2003) 1.5+
The Adventures of Tintin (Steven Spielberg, 2011) 3.5-
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Journalist Tintin, his dog Snowy and drunken Captain Haddock search for a treasure while threatened by baddie Sakharine.
Go, Johnny, Go! (Paul Landres, 1959) 2
Jamboree! (Roy Lockwood, 1957) 2
Agrarian Utopia (Uruphong Raksasad, 2009) 2
Planet of the Apes (Franklin J. Schaffner, 1968) 4
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After crashlanding on a remote planet, somebody takes the clothes and destroys the supplies of stranded astronauts Robert Gunner, Charlton Heston and Jeff Burton. [Close but no cigar(s), Sexy. :)]
Nobody’s Fool (Robert Benton, 1994) 3
Hannibal Rising (Peter Webber, 2007) 2
Raiders from Beneath the Sea (Maury Dexter, 1964) 1-
The Buddy Holly Story (Steve Rash, 1978) 3.5
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Guitarist Buddy Holly (Gary Busey), his drummer (Don Stroud) and his bassist (Charles Martin Smith) perform for the boppers at a Lubbock roller rink.

Sane

04-16-14, 05:56 PM

Koreeda is one of the great exponents of Ozu influenced cinema, Still Walking and Maborosi are my favorites of his probably because they're the most influenced by him. The other exponent of Ozuian cinema (though he did not know of Ozu until his later career) is, of course, Hou Hsiao-Hsien.

I've never thought of Hou as being particularly Ozu-like but I can see the connection now you've said it. I've only seen three of his movies (all from the 80s) but they feel a bit more complex with a larger array of characters. If his later movies are even more Ozu inspired I'll move them up my watchlist :)

Skepsis93

04-17-14, 10:24 PM

Very busy lately with the end of the semester coming up, so I'm in the middle of a drought movie-wise. :( Partially because I've been blowing through It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia in my spare time but whatever. Here's what I've managed to see anyway. And yes, I'm shamelessly stealing Daniel's format because it looks awesome.

Belleville Rendez-vous
(Sylvain Chomet, 2003) 3.5+

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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask
(Woody Allen, 1972) 2.5

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Before Sunrise
(Rewatch, Richard Linklater, 1995) 4.5

Before Sunset
(Rewatch, Linklater, 2004) 4.5

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Dead Poets Society
(Rewatch, Peter Weir, 1989) 4-

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The Perfect Human
(Short, Jorgen Leth, 1967) 3

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Boyz n the Hood
(John Singleton, 1991) 3

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The Darjeeling Limited
(Wes Anderson, 2007) 2.5+

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Gates of Heaven
(Errol Morris, 1978) 3.5

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Your Father's Murderer: A Letter to Zachary
(Kurt Kuenne, 2008) 4+

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donniedarko

04-17-14, 10:33 PM

Skepsis93

04-17-14, 10:51 PM

Gates of Heaven is a decent documentary, for everyone who hasn't seen it I'd recommend watching Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe directly before as a pre-show. I watched it after I finished the movie, but still hilarious.

Ebert called Gates one of the 10 greatest films ever. I don't know if I see that, but there's certainly something fascinatingly weird going on with that movie.

Dead Poets Society, :rolleyes:

I'm writing about it for an assignment on youth cinema. I see why people don't like it and it's dropped in my estimation since rewatching, but I think it's a lot more complex than most people give it credit for.

Daniel M

04-17-14, 10:56 PM

Watching It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is a good enough excuse for lack of movie watching, it's great :D

donniedarko

04-18-14, 01:05 AM

Guess I'm going to have to check it out before sending in my Television list. It's on FX, right? It's one of the shows I scroll past every time.

honeykid

04-18-14, 01:37 AM

Boyz n the Hood
(John Singleton, 1991) 3

http://kellimarshall.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/furious.jpg
I was going to ask WTF is with that rating for Boyz n The Hood? But then I realised that it's probably been close to 15+ years since I last saw it, so, maybe, it's not aged too well... Then I thought, "nah, that can't be it!"

So, WTF is with that rating for Boyz n The Hood? :D

Sisters 2 - It's Rear Window and Psycho meets Vertigo or, at least, it probably was in De Palma's head. Being that I'm rarely pleased by the man he's imitating, it's not a surprise that I found his attempt at Hitch-lite to be pedestrian at best. I did like the ending, though. Not enough to bump the rating, but enough to point it out.

The Conformist 1.5 - Sigh. Why do I put myself through it? I was about 30 minutes into this before I was sure that I'd seen it before. Despite that, I only had a vague recollection about a couple of scenes. My guess is, in about a years time, I'll be feeling the same way. There is some nice cinematography, though, and I love the Art Deco styling but, other than that, what's the point of it?

Point Break 5 - It's Point Break! It's on my 100. I love it. The day I don't laugh when Reeves says "I AM AN F.B.I AGENT!" will probably be my last viewing and a very sad day. Thankfully, it's not one I expect to experience.

Fantastic Voyage 4 - A film which often comes to mind when I try and put together a list of favourites. Don't worry about the hows and whys, just sit back, watch the pretty colours and enjoy the ride. Everytime I watch this I think the Art Dept and Set Design people must've had a field day. Now this would all be CGI and wouldn't have any of the charm. :(

Daniel M

04-18-14, 12:07 PM

You got your ratings for The Conformist and Point Break mixed up :p

mark f

04-18-14, 03:12 PM

Brain Smasher... A Love Story (Albert Pyun, 1993) 1.5
Sporting Blood (Charles Brabin, 1931) 2
Carnival Boat (Albert Rogell, 1932) 2+
Deceiver (Pate Bros., 1997) 2.5
http://www.tateco.ru/img/kino/deceiver1.jpg
Wealthy murder suspect Tim Roth undergoes a polygraph in the presence of cops Chris Penn and Michael Rooker, but Roth knows a lot about them.
Hell Divers (George Hill, 1931) 2
LOL (Lisa Azuelos, 2012) 2-
Leprechaun (Mark Jones, 1993) 2+
Salt (Philip Noyce, 2010) 3
http://a.imageshack.us/img6/4476/so11.jpg
CIA agent Angelina Jolie may be a deep-cover Russian spy without knowing it, but when she goes on the run, she gets involved with some predicted assassinations.
Priest (Scott Stewart, 2011) 2
Night of the Cobra Woman (Andrew Meyer, 1972) 0.5
Cheerleader Massacre 2 (Brad Rushing, 2011) 1
Secret Defense (Jacques Rivette, 1998) 2.5
http://www.artificial-eye.com/database/dvd/ART451DVD/images/02.jpg
When Sandrine Bonnaire struggles with Laure Marsac, she’s perpetuating her family’s destiny.
Dark Floors (Pete Riski, 2008) 1.5+
Phat Beach (Doug Ellin, 1996) 2
Vampire (Shunji Iwai, 2011) 2-
Clerks II (Kevin Smith, 2006) 3
http://i.imgur.com/eiKgkjb.jpg
Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, Trevor Fehrman and Jeff Anderson can’t believe what they’re watching during a donkey show.
Brain Dead (Adam Simon, 1990) 2.5
The Whistleblower (Larysa Kondracki, 2010) 2.5+
The Lickerish Quartet (Radley Metzger, 1970) 2.5-
Harold and Maude (Hal Ashby, 1971) 4
http://www.thedatereport.com/dating/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/haroldandmaude.gif
Harold and Maude romantically celebrate her 80th birthday.

Lucas

04-18-14, 06:09 PM

Summer with Monika - Ingmar Bergman
4.5

Viy - Konstantin Ershov
3.5+

http://owen.20three.com/files/gimgs/34_witch07.gif

The Prestige - Christopher Nolan
3-

Woman in the Dunes - Hiroshi Teshigahara
4.5

Au Hasald Balthazar - Robert Bresson
4+

http://media.giphy.com/media/11IckDhYfqJZlu/giphy.gif

The Big Heat -Fritz Lang
3.5+

Mean Streets - Martin Scorsese
3.5

http://37.media.tumblr.com/9f215ad16c2adb1842bdca8f58ca3e64/tumblr_mx8i96e45F1sv20fqo1_500.gif

Mr Minio

04-18-14, 06:13 PM

Did you watch Viy after I wrote about it in this thread?

Lucas

04-18-14, 06:16 PM

Did you watch Viy after I wrote about it in this thread?

Indeed I did. :)

Daniel M

04-18-14, 06:18 PM

I remember a time when you were unsure about Bergman, I think, Lucas. And now you have slowly fell in love with him it seems :) Woman in the Dunes looks interesting, I noticed that in Tyler's Japanese thread too and was thinking about watching it, so definitely want to now.

Lucas

04-18-14, 06:20 PM

Definitely give it a viewing Daniel. I was too lazy to write a review of it, but I think it's one of the most terrifying films I've ever seen. Its very surreal,claustrophobic and it is ripe with allegory and heavy symbolism.A bonafide masterpiece, no doubt about it.

Mr Minio

04-18-14, 06:22 PM

Even though I slightly prefer The Face of Another, Woman in the Dunes is a glorious film as well.

Swan

04-18-14, 06:22 PM

Woman in the Dunes is absolutely fantastic, it was a contender for the tenth spot on my top ten.

Daniel M

04-18-14, 06:24 PM

Yeh. Did you first notice it in Tyler's Japanese thread? Because I noticed you saw Sansho the Bailiff and gave it five stars too, that's another film I have been meaning to seen. Those two and Tokyo Story I need to see sooner rather than later as I love most the Japanese films I have seen and there seems to be so many great ones still.

Mr Minio

04-18-14, 06:26 PM

Get your Japanese flicks straight, Daniel M!

JayDee

04-18-14, 09:18 PM

You got your ratings for The Conformist and Point Break mixed up :p

Eh...no! He most certainly did not! :D

The Conformist rating_1_5 - Sigh. Why do I put myself through it? I was about 30 minutes into this before I was sure that I'd seen it before. Despite that, I only had a vague recollection about a couple of scenes. My guess is, in about a years time, I'll be feeling the same way. There is some nice cinematography, though, and I love the Art Deco styling but, other than that, what's the point of it?

May not have gone quite as low with the rating but right with you on this one. It does look pretty great thanks to the cinematography, use of colours, direction etc. But good god did I find it dull!!! Just painful to try and get through

Oh and you've definitely seen it! :D I think you commented on it shortly after I had watched it and was so happy to find I wasn't alone in my thoughts on it.

Just searched and you commented on it in June 2012. That's less than 2 years ago! Man your memory must be going. :D

God, The Conformist is a dull piece of cinema, but then, it was directed by Bertolucci so I was expecting little else. OK, so it looks pretty, but so does a still and it doesn't take an hour forty-five to look at a still. I say an hour forty-five, it actually took about 4 days, as I could only do 25-40 minutes at a time, so mind-numbingly dull was this film.

Oh and :up: on Point Break as well. You are indeed a wise man.

Daniel M

04-18-14, 10:39 PM

Just because The Conformist isn't filled with action doesn't mean its boring, in fact its far from it. I think it's harsh to see "what is the point?" although I know HK is stubborn in his film views :p

If you (two) find it dull and hard to get through then that's a shame, because I think it's a masterpiece and far from pointless, the plot and main character is complex and it deals with a number of issues thematically.

Mr Minio

04-19-14, 05:10 PM

Horror Express [Panic in the Trans-Siberian Train] (1972) - rating_3

http://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lys86cpjJV1qi66kho1_400.gif

Enjoyable slack entertainment. Surprising Telly Savalas cameo. Stupid and cheap yet charming monster movie.

জলসাঘর [The Music Room] (1958) - rating_3_5

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzctldAFea1qzg2mso1_500.gif

A bizarre viewing experience and it's not the movie that's weird, but the way I felt during watching it and after. I was ready to rate it rating_2_5 in the halfway, but from then it only kept growing on me. By the end I was giving it rating_3_5, but after it's finished I was even ready to increase the rating to full four stars. I feel I just watched a true gem, but didn't appreciate it enough.

Kustom Kar Kommandos (1965) - rating_2_5
Scorpio Rising (1964) - rating_3_5
Rabbit's Moon (1950) - rating_3_5
Puce Moment (1949) - rating_3
Fireworks (1947) - rating_2_5
Eaux d'artifice (1953) - rating_3
Invocation of My Demon Brother (1969) - rating_4
Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome (1954) - rating_3

http://theremainsoftheweb.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/tumblr_magwhr6ves1rw6lx6o2_500.gif

Kenneth Anger marathon! Scorpio Rising could've been as good as Lucifer Rising, but the second part is distinctly worse. Blissful soundtrack! Invocation of My Demon Brother is pure mind-f*ck. A great piece of art. Pleasure Dome widely regarded as his best is actually one of his worst. Well, in my opinion.

Адажио [Adagio] (2001) - rating_4

http://gwdr.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/adagio-e1377688025480.jpg?w=640&h=204

The most powerful short I've seen recently! A thought-provoking retelling of the story of Jesus Christ.

Le sang des bêtes [Blood of the Beasts] (1949) - rating_3_5

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkdl16qxl81qe6mn3o1_r1_500.gif

A great documentary about French slaughterhouse. Animal lovers will have hard time watching it. I enjoyed it while eating my ham sandwich.

毒戰 [Drug War] (2012) - rating_3

http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/Gunfight-6001.jpg

This kinda movies is not down my arthouse heart alley, but the final shootout was really electrifying. Johnnie To is an okay director, but not even close to 'John Who? John Woo!'.

Dreszcze [Shivers] (1981) - rating_3_5

http://www.brockau-brochow.strefa.pl/images/Dreszcze---zdj-cie-Kondrat.jpg

Communism vs. Church. The beginning of Communism in Poland. Indoctrination. Its influence on young minds.

Elephant (2003) - rating_4

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6gcufYNPR1rz2ry6o1_400.gif

Psycho remake? ABOMINATION! I wanted to avoid Gus Van Sant's films like fire, but eventually decided to give this one a try and you know what? It's a great movie. Tracking shots and different POVs of events occuring at the same time are something I love. Yeah, I don't care about plotless movies, but in this one it actually helps. It makes it more realistic. No twists, no plot, no heroes (Benny was close, but close no cigar), no happy nor sad ending, the life just goes on, some people die, some don't. A great way to end the movie too. I have to watch more of this guy. Even though Gerry seems to be hated by mark f, who made me laugh with his posts about it, and Rebel Without a Cause seems to be a highly-appreciated one, I'm thinking about watching some other Sant films.

PS: I also watched the rest of Russian Sherlock Holmes except for the last episode. Some great whodunit flicks!

Upton

04-19-14, 05:18 PM

Gerry, Paranoid Park, Last Days & Mala Noche are all quality :up:

To Die For, Milk and Drugstore Cowboy are ok

honeykid

04-19-14, 05:23 PM

Just because The Conformist isn't filled with action doesn't mean its boring, in fact its far from it. I think it's harsh to see "what is the point?" although I know HK is stubborn in his film views :p
You're not really saying I need a film to be filled with action to enjoy it, are you? :skeptical:

If you (two) find it dull and hard to get through then that's a shame, because I think it's a masterpiece and far from pointless, the plot and main character is complex and it deals with a number of issues thematically.
That maybe so, but it doesn't mean it's interesting. What is it you like so much? Frankly, I think I was a little forgiving in my rating for it.

Also, how complex is he? He's a repressed homosexual who's unable to relate to anything and anyone with any honesty because he's forever trying to achieve something he feels others have/are. What he considers normality.

Mr Minio

04-19-14, 05:33 PM

Wait, did I actually write "I don't care about plotless movies"? That's not true. All I meant was I don't care if a movie doesn't have any plot. :D

donniedarko

04-19-14, 05:43 PM

You might want to check out Paranoid Park, Mr. Minio. Weaker than Elephant, but same style and also Gus. I would give both a 2.5

Mr Minio

04-19-14, 05:45 PM

Mr. Minio That dot will haunt me for life.

i'm watching Gerry next. It's said to be one of the slowest and most boring films ever, which tells me it can be great.

The Gunslinger45

04-19-14, 05:48 PM

That dot will haunt me for life.

i'm watching Gerry next. It's said to be one of the slowest and most boring films ever, which tells me it can be great.

I doubt it. I was bored to tears by it. I will be interested in hearing your take on it.

mark f

04-19-14, 06:40 PM

I won't. :D

mark f

04-20-14, 11:58 AM

Kangaroo: The Australian Story (Lewis Milestone, 1952) 2
Bloodfist (Terence H. Winkless, 1989) 1.5+
The 24 Hour Woman (Nancy Savoca, 1999) 2
The Illusionist (Sylvain Chomet, 2010) 3-
http://uc.exteenblog.com/filmsome/images/2011/02/illusionist.jpg
The Illusionist and Alice take a walk through the streets of Edinburgh and she spots a pair of shoes.
Gunnin' for That #1 Spot (Adam Yauch, 2008) 2.5
The Toxic Avenger Part II (Michael Herz & Lloyd Kaufman, 1989) 2
Champagne Charlie (James Tinling, 1936) 2
Charulata (Satyajit Ray, 1964) 2.5-
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwognqlac21qlzsfyo1_500.gif
Lonely wife Madhabi Mukherjee uses her opera glasses to hide her feelings (both literally and metaphorically) in this tale of budding feminism in 1870s India.
Mexican Spitfire's Baby (Leslie Goodwins, 1941) 2
5up 2down (Steven Kessler, 2006) 1
I Am an American (Crane Wilbur, 1944) 2.5
Twister (Jan de Bont, 1996) 3.5
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8voc5kLcm1r1rbwco1_500.gif
Fun movie about flying stuff and loud noises in and around a tornado. (This scene must be an homage to The Wizard of Oz)
Eva (Joseph Losey, 1962) 2.5-
The Iron Curtain (William A. Wellman, 1948) 2+
Soul Plane (Jessy Terrero, 2004) 1.5
Hatchet for the Honeymoon (Mario Bava, 1970) 2.5
http://horrornews.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Hatchet-for-the-honeymoon-1970-movie-8.jpg
Crazy Stephen Forsyth is haunted by wife Laura Betti whom he murdered, along with other women, with a meat cleaver.
On Location: Where Eagles Dare (No Director Listed, 1968) 2.5+
The Terror (Roger Corman, 1963) 2
Barabbas (Richard Fleischer, 1961) 3+
To Live and Die in L.A. (William Friedkin, 1985) 3.5
http://i.imgur.com/dKJr4NV.gif
The film contains perhaps the greatest car chase in history, part of which goes against the freeway traffic.

Daniel M

04-20-14, 02:11 PM

You're not really saying I need a film to be filled with action to enjoy it, are you? :skeptical:

Nah, that comment was towards JayDee as he always jokes about my film tastes :p

That maybe so, but it doesn't mean it's interesting. What is it you like so much? Frankly, I think I was a little forgiving in my rating for it.

Also, how complex is he? He's a repressed homosexual who's unable to relate to anything and anyone with any honesty because he's forever trying to achieve something he feels others have/are. What he considers normality.

Fair enough, but I found it to be interesting and fascinating. The whole film and its beautiful look had me in like a trance and I couldn't stop thinking about it and enjoying it, the opposite from boring to me, it's meant to be 'slow'/cold/silent, like the repressed character it represents, I feel.

honeykid

04-20-14, 02:51 PM

Yes, that's a good point. However, just because that effect is intended didn't add any enjoyment to the experience, for me. It's not cold like Kubrick, though. :D I did, at least, feel these people were human and going through emotions, although the pictures weren't anything like as pretty as most of Kubrick's work. Also, I didn't think the whole film was beautiful. Some of the shots, especially those which used, what I felt, was an overuse of blue light, screamed of trying too hard, IMO,

These are the only three scenes I can remember that really worked for me and where the cinematography really stood out to me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5jjAcvXUx4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2QsJCzXTH0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrRoV0smaJg

The last one in particular I like. It's simple, but the contrast between the light and shade of the blinds and the black and white of her dress just works wonderfully, IMO.

Also, for those who know these things, were the Coen's big fans of The Conformist? The assassination scene reminds me of Miller's Crossing, especially the use of sound in that scene.

Mingusings

04-20-14, 03:19 PM

Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014): 3
Under the Skin (2014): 2+
American Beauty (1999): 3_5+
The Raid: Redemption (2011): 3_5
Re-Animator (1985): 3_5
Dead Man (1995): 3_5+
Rushmore (1998): 3+
Kick-Ass (2010): 4
Reservoir Dogs (1992): 4_5-

Pussy Galore

04-20-14, 04:48 PM

Manhattan (1979) rating_5rating_3_5
Great film, A typical Woody Allen intelligent, well written movie with astonishing cinematography
Titanic (1997) rating_5rating_3_5
I know it's cliché, unrealistic, it's the typicall Hollywood cheesy movie, but I really liked it. I don't know why because when I analyse it it's all I usually dislike, but I had a really good time watching it and the movie stayed with me so I'd have to rewatch it this summer to have a real opinion on it, bur as of now I love it!
Breaker Morant (1980) rating_5rating_3_5
I love a good courtroom drama and this is if definitely a great one. How can the ''great'' british empire put the blame of their colonial system on 3 Australian soldiers. The corruption of the system and also how in war the rules should not be the same than outside of war
The Tenant (1976) rating_5rating_3
The third entry in Roman Polanski apartment trilogy (repulsion, rosemary's baby) it's definitely the least good, but it was still a really well made psychological horror film.
Stalker (1979) rating_5rating_2_5
I've alreasy said it in the topic I created. It's intelligent, great and everything, but I can hardly enjoy the film because first i'm an atheist and second the look of it is a little depressing. Nonetheless it's one of the more philosophical movie I've seen and for that reason I might rewatch it eventually.
From up on Poppy Hill (2011) rating_5rating_2_5
Good little ghibli movie. Goro is not as good as his father Hayao, but there was still some nice touch
In the Heat of the Night (1967) rating_5rating_2_5
Pretty good anti racist cop flick. Nothing that special, but really well made.
Requiem for a Dream (2000) rating_5rating_1
I didn't care for it. I watched it because my friend Derek Vinyard really made me to watch it, but I knew (because of the subject) that I wouldn't care for it. Personally drugs don't interest at all, so I obviously don't care for a movie based on them.

Mr Minio

04-20-14, 05:13 PM

> Rating Titanic higher than Stalker
> I'm OK with this, since it's your opinion

Hah! Now that was unexpectable. Wasn't it?

Pussy Galore

04-20-14, 05:16 PM

mark f

04-20-14, 05:16 PM

Being an atheist or anti-drugs should have no effect on your appreciation of a specific movie. The subject matter shouldn't matter. Neither should your politics, race, age, language, or anything similar. It does affect some watchers way more than it should, and I'm sure that it affects me, but honestly I try not to let it (for my sake more than the film's). But consider that as your movie watching experience progresses. :)

wintertriangles

04-20-14, 05:17 PM

I'd echo what mark said. I can be irreligious and enjoy things like Dreyer's work nonetheless. Stalker I never even considered to be a spiritual allegory until it was mentioned here.

As for Titanic, I can't help you there

The Sci-Fi Slob

04-20-14, 05:18 PM

Well, by normal use of the ratings, Requiem for a Dream was rated very highly..;)

Mr Minio

04-20-14, 05:19 PM

Stalker isn't about any certain kind of God or entity.

You don't have to believe in anything to love it.

Pussy Galore

04-20-14, 05:24 PM

I don't want to be helped on Titanic lol, I know it's not good, but I liked it like 50 First Dates and those kind of films, I might call it a guilty pleasure

Mark it's not that I am anti drug it's just that I don't care for drugs. If I absolutely don't give a **** about a subject matter even though the movie is well made I don't see how I can love it.

As I said I'm on a forum on the internet not on a paid critic job for a journal I give biased, personal opinions on the films I watch not an objective review.

Mr Minio

04-20-14, 05:27 PM

Is there even something like an objective review?

bluedeed

04-20-14, 05:28 PM

> Rating Titanic higher than Stalker
> I'm OK with this, since it's your opinion

Hah! Now that was unexpectable. Wasn't it?

I'm blown away, no hyper-exaggerated GIF?!?! A surprisingly kind turn for the king of kinkiness

Mr Minio

04-20-14, 05:29 PM

Hahaaha, you obviously feel guilty for not enjoying Stalker. All these posts with explanations.

Pussy Galore

04-20-14, 05:30 PM

Yes I think so. If I was hired by a journal to review Requiem for a Dream I would of compliment Aranofsky original directing and the way he criticize drug use by showing how different people using them are falling. Also that the acting (specially Ellen Burstyn) was excellent

But in a personal review I can say that I don't care for drugs at all so that even if I can appreciate the directing and the acting I don't really like the film and I probably won't rewatch it

Swan

04-20-14, 05:30 PM

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope* (George Lucas, 1977) – 4+
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back* (Irvin Kershner, 1980) – 4+
The Grand Budapest Hotel (Wes Anderson, 2014) – 3+
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi* (Richard Marquand, 1983) – 3.5+
Oculus (Mike Flanagan, 2013) – 4
Evil Dead* (Fede Alvarez, 2013) – 2+
This is 40 (Judd Apatow, 2012) – 2
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (Anthony & Joe Russo, 2014) – 3.5
Noah (Darren Aronofsky, 2014) – 4
Captain America: The Winter Soldier* (Anthony & Joe Russo, 2014) – 3

*Rewatch

mark f

04-20-14, 05:32 PM

You think I get paid? I'm an underachieving (and underpaid) bum. I don't like Requiem either, but it's not because of the subject matter. I just mean to be open to the movies you watch. Meet them half way because otherwise too much of almost anything will fly over your head. :)

Mr Minio

04-20-14, 05:34 PM

"Watching films mark f doesn't like" is my tested strategy to find new great movies. Some films he champions are great. I give him that.

Pussy Galore

04-20-14, 05:35 PM

No I don't think you get paid, but what I meant by saying that was that I don't feel obligated by any way to be impartial to the movies. It might be wrong and unfair to them, but I don't really care because I watch movies to enjoy myself not to find what movie is the best. I really think there is a difference between what is my favorite movie and what is objectively the best movie.

Mr Minio

04-20-14, 05:38 PM

The best film objectively is the best one subjectively. Objectively.

mark f

04-20-14, 05:45 PM

Derek Vinyard

04-20-14, 06:03 PM

L.A. Confidential by Curtis Hanson 53
The Killer by John Woo 53.5
Clerks 1 by Kevin Smith 53
Clerks 2 by Kevin Smith 54
http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsxxw3uIvy1qh4j3to1_500.gif
The Straight Story by David Lynch 53.5
Superbad by Greg Mottola 54
http://i.imgur.com/6PvbV5P.gif
Law Abiting Citizen by F. Gary Gray 52.5
Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest by Gore Verbinski 54
http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lq1s1caSIS1qlqeyz.gif
Shawshank Redemption by Frank Darabont 55
The Watch by Akiva Schaffer 52
http://strawburry17.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/The-Watch.gif

Sane

04-20-14, 07:23 PM

Trust (1990) - Hal Hartley
I loved Hartley's debut, The Unbelievable Truth, but for some reason forgot to watch more of his movies. So, time to fix that. His early films are interesting because the look very 80s and the acting is average but they draw me in and I become very interested in the characters. rating_3_5+

Simple Men (1992) - Hal Hartley
Everyone should watch this if only for this scene:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqUSTpL8RHo
rating_4

Surviving Desire (1991) - Hal Hartley
Only an hour long but Hartley's writing got me involved in the characters. rating_3_5+

Speed Racer (2008) - The Wachowskis
I know this movie has its fans but I hated it. The acting, the script, the visuals, pretty much everything. rating_1_5-

A Time For Drunken Horses (2000) - Bahman Ghobadi
Very good Iranian melodrama that never crosses the line into being overly manipulative. rating_4

Dances With Wolves (1990) - Kevin Costner
What I want to know is who actually directed the first three hours of this? The last hour was the same crap that we got from Costner in one of the worst movies I've ever seen, The Postman, but before that it was very good. rating_3

How to Steal a Million (1966) - William Wyler
Great performances from Audrey Hepburn (as always) & Peter O'Toole. Only down side is that the last hour dragged quite a lot - really should have only taken about 15 minutes. rating_3_5

The Conformist (1970) - Bernardo Bertolucci
After seeing that people who loved Point Break hated this I decided it must be my kind of movie ;) To be honest, I can see why people dislike it. I found it hard to become fully engaged in the story but the visuals and the atmosphere mostly made up for it. rating_3_5+

The Virgin Suicides (1999) - Sofia Coppola
A good debut with good performances - particular Giovanni Ribisi as the narrator. rating_3_5+

honeykid

04-21-14, 11:48 AM

Is there even something like an objective review?
Yes, it's when I give Kubrick a rating that isn't 0 :p

Or my rating for The Conformist.

A View To A Kill 2 - Never a film I thought was great, but I did think it was better than this. Whilst I probably still enjoy it more than most Bond films (that aren't Roger Moore) Christopher Walken is the only reason to watch this. Everything else feels really tired and it runs out of steam long before the end.

Mr Minio

04-21-14, 06:24 PM

The 39 Steps (1935) - rating_3_5

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I decided to watch some early Hitchcock and this film was first in a queue. A successful effort at creating a spy film with some funny moments like the handcuffs scenes. The speech scene reminded me of The Great Dictator's final scene. An inspiration, maybe?

Ondskan [Evil] (2003) - rating_4

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A James Dean type revolutionist tries to fight against private school rules that allow older boys to bully freshmans. Is it possible to fight violence with peace just like Gandhi, or do one have to use force?

Mandariinid [Tangerines] (2013) - rating_4_5

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An anti-war drama. An Estonian, Georgian and Chechen in one house during a dangerous conflict. It asks us about the sense of life, death, war and hate.

Le passé [The Past] (2013) - rating_3_5

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Not as good as A Separation, but still quality slice of life drama. Gotta check earliest movies of the director.

The Lady Vanishes (1938) - rating_3_5

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Early Hitchcock - continued. A lot of comedy in here. Was it Hitchcock's take on screwball genre? Nuns don't wear high heels. :D

God on Trial (2008) - rating_3_5

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Prisoners of a concentration camp decide to put God before the court and convict him for indifference to their suffering. A lot of good points made here, but nothing ground-breaking, really.

La cicatrice intérieure [The Inner Scar] (1972) - rating_4

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If you type the name of this movie in Google Images, there's a picture from Gerry as one of the results and it makes a lot of sense as I watched it as a warm-up before Van Sant's two-guys-at-the-desert flick (still didn't see it, though). This one seems more diverse as there's not only two guys, but two men, a woman and a child (... a horse and some sheep as well!!!) and they not only walk through the desert, but also ice and some grass. Nico playing the main heroine walks around either screaming at the top of her lungs or reciting some German poetry. Garrel, the director, is unmoved by her shrieks and walks in a circle with poker face. Then appears the second guy. Naked. With a bow and arrows. On a horse. Okay. That's it. A great movie, overall.

Saute ma ville [Blow Up My Town] (1968) - rating_3
La chambre (1972) - rating_3_5

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Two Akerman shorts. mark f made me remember her and now I'm planning to watch some of her films. Akerman is the only actress in both. The second one features the director herself waking up from bed and looking at camera while it's spinning around. Sexy.

mark f

04-21-14, 06:37 PM

Well, she's in Je, tu, il, elle too, and the third act is pretty sexy when she and her lady friend "wrestle" naked in bed for 10 minutes. But the rest of the flick is bottom of the barrel.

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Mr Minio

04-21-14, 06:42 PM

Kinky! I already spotted it as I was peeking at random scenes to see the quality of the movie I just "got". I will watch Hotel Monterey next, though. It's silent and shows bare rooms and corridors of the hotel. Looks like my kind of thing. I will try to watch it late at night with some ambient or drone as a soundtrack.

Daniel M

04-21-14, 06:57 PM

Not sure if you noticed but I saw those two Hitchcock films recently too, and would rate them about the same, glad you liked them :up:

Pussy Galore

04-21-14, 10:39 PM

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Well that's the greatest film I've seen in a very long time! I urge all of you to see this masterpiece! Yeah it's French Canadian, but it's not in any mean a hard film to watch just a beautiful movie that criticize our society and that deals with death in a beautiful way. I'd suggest you to watch The Decline of the American Empire before (that one is like a sequel) 54.5
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A great unique film with fantastic action scenes, it made me think of Mad Max a little bit 53
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It was a pretty good, well acted thriller. 52.5

mark f

04-22-14, 06:41 AM

No Way Home (Buddy Giovinazzo, 1996) 2.5
Prom Night (Paul Lynch, 1980) 2
Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II (Brad Pittman, 1987) 2
Hugo (Martin Scorsese, 2011) 3.5-
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Asa Butterfield and Hugo both fall in love with movies and want to preserve them and memorialize early filmmakers.
Big Sur (No Director Listed, 1965) 2.5
Apart from You (Mikio Naruse, 1933) 2.5
Street Without End (Mikio Naruse, 1934) 2.5
No Blood Relation (Mikio Naruse, 1932) 3
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Yukiko Tsukuba longs for her stepdaughter who’s taken away by her biological mother who abandoned her years earlier.
Muscle Beach Party (William Asher, 1964) 2-
Bikini Beach (William Asher, 1964) 2
Beach Blanket Bingo (Wlliam Asher, 1965) 2
Head (Bob Rafelson, 1968) 2.5+
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Davy Jones is freaked out by the Big Eye.
The Big Fisherman (Frank Borzage, 1959) 2.5
In Walked Charley (Warren Doane, 1932) 2.5
Five Easy Pieces (Bob Rafelson, 1970) 4
The Big Trail (Raoul Walsh, 1930) 2+
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22-year-old John Wayne’s first starring role is a big movie full of wagon train spectacle filmed in the early Glamour widescreen format.
Haunted Gold (Mack V. Wright, 1932) 2
Somewhere in Sonora (Mack V. Wright, 1933) 2
Not of This Earth (Jim Wynorski, 1988) 2
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (Steven Smith, 2008) 3.5
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Baby Face with Barbara Stanwyck is a perfect example of pre-Code Hollywood’s obsession with sex, drugs and violence.

Mr Minio

04-22-14, 06:47 AM

Is there any Spielberg film you really dislike, mark f?

Cobpyth

04-22-14, 09:07 AM

I know it's horrible. Stalker is a really better movie, but when I share my rating it's more a personal appreciation of the film than an objective movie critic.

Stalker is an intelligent, brilliant film, but I didn't have a really good time while watching it. And as an atheist it's hard to love a film that has as a thesis that a certain god exist.

Titanic I know it's cheesy, generic, the bad guy is just an accessory more than a character. I almost only have negative words for the film, but I just had a great time watching the 3 hour film in one sitting

You should look past the superficial subject matter and think about why the director/writer uses it and what he tries to say about/with it. Stalker for instance, is not about theism or atheism at all, in my opinion. It merely uses something supposedly magical to show that modern humanity may still be doomed (because of its main flaws) whether or not there is something 'more' or not (there's more to the film, but that's what I think it's mainly about). It doesn't make any statements regarding the true existence of something in this real world, but it rather creates a world of its own to observe certain issues and themes.

Whether you're an atheist or a religious person shouldn't matter here. A film with a theistic premise can still be interesting to watch for an open-minded atheist who is willing to explore the movie's themes in depth.

Movies that contain a lot of drugs use are for instance not always movies about drugs. They might just be using the drugs as a tool to transfer a deeper message.

honeykid

04-22-14, 09:42 AM

Requiem isn't about drugs, it's about addiction.

bluedeed

04-22-14, 03:14 PM

Shame isn't about sex, it's about cultural misdiagnosis

jiraffejustin

04-22-14, 06:23 PM

Forrest Gump is about running?

Sane

04-22-14, 08:55 PM

Werckmeister Harmonies (2000) - Bela Tarr
Finally got around to watching this. Loved how it looked and what it is actually about has been swirling around in my head for a few days. I liked it marginally less than Satantango but that may change upon re-watching it. rating_4_5

Band of Outsiders (1964) - Jean-Luc Godard
Only the second Godard film I've seen. Not as good as Breathless but very enjoyable. rating_4

MASH (1970) - Robert Altman
I'm a fan of the TV series but wasn't overly impressed with the movie. Just seemed too much like a frat house movie for my tastes. Things like them all lining up to watch as the side of the shower tent gets lifted so they can see if Hotlips is a natural blonde and a football game that goes on way too long and is not entertaining. I understand what Altman was going for but it was all too hit or miss. Having said that, I'm giving it a decent rating because Donald Sutherland and Elliott Gould were very good. rating_3

Catch-22 (1970) - Mike Nichols
I loved the book and I think Nichols did a good job of putting it on screen. The only issue I had was that condensing the book into a movie with a focus on all the double-talk made it a bit draining to watch. Still, I liked it. rating_3_5

Gone Baby Gone (2007) - Ben Affleck
I probably appreciated this movie more than I actually liked it. The moral dilemma at the end is an interesting one but at times it felt like the dilemma was the whole point and the rest of the story was built around it rather than things playing out "organically". It has been criticised for being contrived and I would agree but overall it's a good effort and well worth watching. rating_3_5

Ordinary People (1980) - Robert Redford
OK, this may not be a popular opinion but I'm going to say it anyway - this was fully deserving of winning Best Picture ahead of Raging Bull. Whilst I rated Raging Bull slightly higher this was an excellent family drama and it winning the Oscar that year was completely understandable IMO. rating_4_5-

Antwone Fisher (2002) - Denzel Washington
Washington is a great actor ... who is in so many mediocre movies. Therefore, I guess it's not really a surprise that his directing debut would be the same. Overall it was OK but was full of so many clichéd characters and situations. rating_2_5

The Warrior & The Wolf (2009) - Tian Zhuang Zhuang
This is perhaps Tian's most critically unpopular movie and I can certainly see why. I had to refer to Wikipedia a few times to work out WTF was going on and it has the weirdest casting I've ever seen. The two leads don't speak Mandarin (one is Japanese and the other is Maggie Q whose background is Vietnamese) so their parts were dubbed. But, visually, it's stunning. rating_3+

donniedarko

04-22-14, 09:09 PM

Ordinary People (1980) - Robert Redford
OK, this may not be a popular opinion but I'm going to say it anyway - this was fully deserving of winning Best Picture ahead of Raging Bull. Whilst I rated Raging Bull slightly higher this was an excellent family drama and it winning the Oscar that year was completely understandable IMO. rating_4_5-

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100% correct

seanc

04-22-14, 09:44 PM

Some Ordinary People love. I am completely on board but where were you guys for the 80's list. I thought I was on an island loving this film.

It is still not better than Raging Bull though.:D

Derek Vinyard

04-22-14, 09:55 PM

Requiem isn't about drugs, it's about addiction.

exactly what i'm trying to explain to him

donniedarko

04-23-14, 12:27 AM

Some Ordinary People love. I am completely on board but where were you guys for the 80's list. I thought I was on an island loving this film.

It is still not better than Raging Bull though.:D

I had it on my list, went back and checked and it was my #15

rauldc14

04-23-14, 01:14 AM

How is Antwone Fisher clichéd? Its based on a true story and the real Antwone Fisher has said that the story was 100% accurate with what actually happened to him. Please elaborate Sane :)

Sane

04-23-14, 01:44 AM

How is Antwone Fisher clichéd? Its based on a true story and the real Antwone Fisher has said that the story was 100% accurate with what actually happened to him. Please elaborate Sane :)
Because we've seen it all before. It is a basic "feel good" Hollywood story in the mould of Good Will Hunting where someone rises up to overcome adversity and make the audience walk out of the theatre with a big smile on their face. There was no depth - it was all a simple journey with characters whose only purpose was to drive the story to it's feel good conclusion. Good people were good ... bad people were bad.

In regards to what Fisher himself said, I'm sure he believes it to be 100% true. If I recounted my high school years it would be like a horror movie with evil people out to make my life hell. May not be what actually happened though ;)

Mr Minio

04-23-14, 09:09 AM

rauldc14

04-23-14, 09:54 AM

Because we've seen it all before. It is a basic "feel good" Hollywood story in the mould of Good Will Hunting where someone rises up to overcome adversity and make the audience walk out of the theatre with a big smile on their face. There was no depth - it was all a simple journey with characters whose only purpose was to drive the story to it's feel good conclusion. Good people were good ... bad people were bad.

In regards to what Fisher himself said, I'm sure he believes it to be 100% true. If I recounted my high school years it would be like a horror movie with evil people out to make my life hell. May not be what actually happened though ;)

Its a powerful film to me. But to each his own.

honeykid

04-23-14, 12:09 PM

rauldc14

04-23-14, 12:11 PM

True stories can be cliched, though. In fact, they usually are. That's part of the reason why there's so many of them.

Eh, it's a good film regardless. Haters gonna hate.

honeykid

04-23-14, 12:36 PM

I didn't say cliche was bad. Simply that true stories can be cliched. Let's face it, if we only watched films where we didn't have any idea of what was going to happen, there wouldn't be much narrative cinema to watch.

Derek Vinyard

04-23-14, 09:17 PM

Thank You For Smoking 53.5
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Very Nice Movie against Cigarettes give a lesson to everyone who smoke's.

Network 54
An awesome adaptation and the casting is incredible

Blow 54
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Johnny Depp is once again completely incredible

Requiem For A Dream 55
One of my favorite movie of all-time the best adaptation against the drugs and the addiction

The Possesion 52.5
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A nice creepy 2000's horror movie. Jeffrey Dean Morgan is awesome.

Forgetting Sarah Marshall 53
Nice comedy for everyone . Kristen Bell is GORGEOUS

Project X 53.5
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Yes I know it's not a movie for all and it's not a great movie but it's exactly what a great party is and I love party . Brief , it's not a movie for everyone but for me it's very nice .

JayDee

04-23-14, 09:42 PM

Nah, that comment was towards JayDee as he always jokes about my film tastes :p

:mad:

Well if it had a few car chases. And explosions. And an alien invasion or two. Oh and Nicholas Cage! If The Conformist had Nicholas Cage...and was directed by John Woo then perhaps it could have been interesting. :p

And despite what you may think I don't need action to enjoy a film. There are plenty of films I love that don't have any action. It's just that I also like them to be not completely boring!!! Anyway what happened to you man? I miss the Daniel M who used to love Con Air! :D

mark f

04-23-14, 09:47 PM

Dinocroc (Kevin O’Neill, 2004) 2-
The Telegraph Trail (Tenny Wright, 1933) 2
The Big Stampede (Tenny Wright, 1932) 2
Poltergeist II: The Other Side (Brian Gibson, 1986) 2.5
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Reverend Julian Beck is a lot more than a door-to-door proselytizer and he has his eyes on Carol Anne.
Sagebrush Trail (Armand Schaefer, 1933) 2-
Randy Rides Alone (Harry Fraser, 1934) 2-
Monster Island (Jack Perez, 2004) 1
The Last Picture Show (Peter Bogdanovich, 1971) 4
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After Cybill Shepherd puts his hand there, Jeff Bridges lets his fingers do the walking.
Allegheny Uprising (William A. Seiter, 1939) 2+
Sun Don't Shine (Amy Seimetz, 2012) 2
Wishmaster (Robert Kurtzman, 1997) 2
Little Big Man (Arthur Penn, 1970) 5
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Chief Dan George as Old Lodgeskins, the wise but hilarious adoptive grandfather of Jack Crabb (“Little Big Man”) [Dustin Hoffman].
Fort Apache (John Ford, 1948) 2.5-
Rio Grande (John Ford, 1950) 2+
The Wings of Eagles (John Ford, 1957) 2+
The Quiet Man (John Ford, 1952) 4.5
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Quiet, peace-loving American John Wayne returns home to Ireland and falls for Maureen O’Hara, which makes his life a lot noisier.
Dead Noon (Andrew Wiest, 2007) 1.5-
Use Your Imagination (Roy Mack, 1933) 2.5
Friends with Kids (Jennifer Westfeldt, 2011) 2.5+
Jesus Christ Superstar (Norman Jewison, 1973) 4-
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Jesus (Ted Neeley) asks God to take the cup (his upcoming death) away from him.

honeykid

04-23-14, 11:09 PM

Anyway what happened to you man? I miss the Daniel M who used to love Con Air! :D
Yeah, he's lost to us now, JD. :( Not that Con Air is any good, but you know what I mean.

Randy Rides Alone

:D

mark f

04-23-14, 11:50 PM

Randy Rides Alone

:D
It's the Duke!

Daniel M

04-24-14, 04:25 PM

Anyway what happened to you man? I miss the Daniel M who used to love Con Air! :D

I still love Con Air. I like a lot of the films you do despite what you think actually, just artistic ones too!

Mr Minio

04-24-14, 05:11 PM

I don't know why, but all of sudden I want to watch The Last Picture Show.

Gabrielle947

04-24-14, 05:13 PM

I don't know why, but all of sudden I want to watch The Last Picture Show.
omg my first thought as well when seeing the picture :D

BlueLion

04-24-14, 05:34 PM

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Chungking Express (1994) 4.5

Raging Bull (1980) rewatch 4

Umberto D. (1952) 4

The Skin I Live In (2011) 3.5

The Fountain (2006) 3.5

Last Year at Marienbad (1961) 1.5

Mr Minio

04-24-14, 05:36 PM

omg my first thought as well when seeing the picture :D You are kinky. I like you.

Mr Minio

04-24-14, 05:41 PM

Last Year at Marienbad (1961) rating_1_5 Elaborate.

Daniel M

04-24-14, 05:43 PM

I saw The Last Picture Show the other day. Give it the same :)

BlueLion

04-24-14, 05:58 PM

Elaborate.

It's all style and no substance to me. I thought it was artsy as hell, which isn't always a bad thing, but it was also extremely boring, hence the low rating. I also didn't care about anything that was happening (or not happening) in the film, or any of the characters for that matter. The dialogue was repetitious, it made no sense, and the film itself is totally uninteresting. I've seen a lot of complex movies which I didn't really love but at least appreciated to some degree for trying to challenge the viewer. Movies like Primer, or Persona, for instance. What does this film try to do?

Lucas

04-24-14, 06:04 PM

Yeah Last Year at Marienbad does absolutely nothing for me either.

bluedeed

04-24-14, 06:06 PM

Marienbad isn't complex, and it's certainly nothing like a puzzle movie like Primer

Cobpyth

04-24-14, 06:24 PM

I don't know why, but all of sudden I want to watch The Last Picture Show.

I'm also watching it this week (probably).

Captain Spaulding

04-24-14, 06:28 PM

The Last Picture Show will place very high on my 70's list. I hope more people watch it and fall in love with it.

Sane

04-24-14, 06:42 PM

Synecdoche, New York (2008) - Charlie Kaufman
I have the same problem with all Kaufman written films - I love them for a while and then they lose me. Not sure if it's me or him ... rating_3_5

Spider-Man 3 (2007) - Sam Raimi
Not much to say. rating_1_5

L'Âge d'or (1930) - Luis Bunuel
Loved it. Earns extra points for being only an hour long :) rating_4_5

Donnie Darko (2001) - Richard Kelly
My memories of this weren't particular positive but watching the director's cut was a big improvement. rating_4-

The Howling (1981) - Joe Dante
Like many classic horror movies it's quite dated now but it was effective enough. rating_3+

Escape From Tomorrow (2013) - Randy Moore
Really liked the first half but it went in an unexpected direction in the second half and I don't think it worked overly well. Still, a decent debut. rating_3

Lola (1961) - Jacques Demy
The first film I've seen by Demy. A really interesting look at love from different angles. I really enjoyed the camera work in this - it felt like I was floating around the characters at times. Great music too. rating_4

Monkeypunch

04-24-14, 07:42 PM

Noah - Russell Crowe is good, Jennifer Connelly is even better, and the film is beautiful looking. But it is also dark, unpleasant, and depressing. I can't even describe this one in a short blurb...Wow. WTF did I see?

Captain America: The Winter Soldier - Best Marvel film ever in terms of engrossing story, bad ass action, character development, and special effects. My favorite film this year so far.

Lucas

04-24-14, 08:35 PM

The Passion of Anna 2.5
Weakest Bergman I've seen yet. The performances are of course great, and the direction is rather good. The rest is sadly unremarkable, and for a number of reasons.There are Subplots that go absolutely nowhere, the meandering script feels heavily unfocused and there's these awkward segments where the film's leads offer some insight into their characters. These jarring transitions are odd and completely out of place. I suppose its worth checking out, but only if you are a big Bergman enthusiast. Otherwise steer clear.

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The Wrestler 4.5
Definitely Aronofsky's best film. A powerful,intimate character study of a broken man. Mickey Rourke gives a powerhouse performance, its outstanding. The Wrestler works for me on a number of levels,mostly because its wrecking ball of emotions. It feels raw and truthful,Rourke's performance as Randy"The Ram" Robinson is in my opinion one of the great acting performances of the 21st century. This is definitely a film I'll continue revisiting many times over my lifetime, it just hits a personal chord with me. Now that Aronofsky did that Bible epic, lets see him do something like this again. This is definitely the work of a talented director,a director that really knows how to tell a story.

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Hour of the Wolf 3.5
Bergman's version of a horror film. Much better than The Passion of Anna.Not much I can quite say about this, as it is a typical film you can expect from Bergman although with a strong hint of surrealism and existential horror.

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Floating Weeds 4
A beautiful little film, and It'll definitely merit a rewatch from me in the future. I've only this and Tokyo Story from Ozu, and I am very impressed so far. There are alot of blindspots in the directors I haven't explored fully yet, but I'll definitely see more from Ozu going forward.

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The Color of Pomegranates 2.5
I know its so damn cliché to say this, but this is definitely a case of style over substance. Yes,its gorgeous.Yes,its a visual marvel.But it is such a chore to sit through. I completely understand that this is supposed to be an unconventional film, as its supposed to be poetic rather than literal. But when each scene is nothing but highly personal symbolism and allegory, it quickly becomes very tedious. I'm not going to make some hyperbolic statement about how this film is trash or something. Its definitely not, and I can see how it can have alot of merit for many viewers. But it just doesn't work for me.

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The King of Comedy 4.5
In my opinion, this is one of Scorsese's best films. Definitely in the upper tier alongside the likes of Goodfellas,Taxi Driver and Raging Bull. Its an intelligent satire of the media, celebrities and our culture's overwhelming obsession with them. I'd even go as far as call this film, a companion piece to Taxi Driver. In this film DeNiro plays an obsessive,delusional comic Rupert Pupkin who wants to become a famous comedian like his idol Jerry Langford. At first his obsession is rather tame, but as the film progresses you see that this is not the case. This are certainly numerous parallels to Travis Bickle, and the film's closing scene definitely harkens back to Taxi Driver's much discussed ending. The King of Comedy isn't just a sardonic comedy, but an intelligent,subtle character-study of how far people would go to attain fame.

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honeykid

04-24-14, 09:51 PM

At first his obsession is rather tame, but as the film progresses you see that this is not the case
Do others feel this way? Because I didn't see his delusion deepen or his obsession grow at all. He's loony tunes from the get go. The only difference is that, once he gets access and it doesn't go as he thought his actions become more extreme and you get the second half of the film. But I didn't think his obsession was tame, at all.

linespalsy

04-24-14, 11:35 PM

Strangers with Candy (Paul Dinello, 2005) 3
Mud (Jeff Nichols, 2012) 3
Wet Hot American Summer (David Wain, 2001) 4
Nacho Libre (Jared Hess, 2005) 4
The Frighterners (Peter Jackson, 1996) 2.5

Guaporense

04-24-14, 11:56 PM

Even if you're what you call subjective (and proud of it ), you should be able to discuss what you think are a film's problems without resorting to saying you don't like the subject. Describing the director's technique as great in a film you don't care for is something I don't understand (maybe that's just me).

Movies are certainly not an objective thing that can be evaluated like a mathematical proof (which is right, wrong or partially right/incomplete). Art doesn't have any strictly objective standards: what touch us, touch us, and we really cannot say specifically why.

Though it's true that movies can be compared with similar ones more than with completely different ones. For instance, while it's perfectly subjective in my part to consider Nausicaa the best movie ever made one cannot say that Citizen Kane is better because they are completely different films in every sense. Nausicaa is usually regarded as the best of it's particular genre (animated science fiction) and so better than other comparable movies which I obviously agree.

mark f

04-25-14, 03:36 AM

À Tout de Suite (Benoît Jacquot, 2004) 2
They Were Expendable (John Ford, 1945) 2+
Operation Pacific (George Waggner, 1951) 2
State of the Union (Frank Capra, 1948) 3.5+
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Newspaper heiress Angela Lansbury wants to make her lover Spencer Tracy the Republican candidate for President while his wife Katharine Hepburn tries to keep him true to himself and their marriage.
The Friendship Train (No Director Listed, 1948) 2.5-
The Fighting Seabees (Edward Ludwig, 1944) 2
Flying Tigers (David Miller, 1942) 2
Blue Like Jazz (Steve Taylor, 2012) 2.5
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Hidden in their costumes, college students “astronaut” Marshall Allman and “speaker” Claire Holt become friends, which even includes discussing God.
The Green Berets (John Wayne & Ray Kellogg, 1968) 2-
Devil’s Pond (Joel Viertel, 2003) 2+
Flying Leathernecks (Nicholas Ray, 1951) 2
Bad Company (Robert Benton, 1972) 3
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Avoiding enforced conscription during the Civil War, Barry Brown and Jeff Bridges head west but find life hard and violent.
The Sea Chase (John Farrow, 1955) 2
Cast a Giant Shadow (Melville Shavelson, 1966) 2.5
Sentinels in the Air (Howard Winner, 1956) 2
The Hollywood Sign (Sönke Wortmann, 2001) 2+
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Actors Burt Reynolds, Rod Steiger and Tom Berenger pose as police detectives to try to obtain some scammed Vegas money and make a novie comeback.
Blood Alley (William A. Wellman, 1955) 2+
Trailer Park of Terror (Steven Goldmann, 2008) 2+
The Tanks Are Coming (B. Reeves Eason, 1941) 2+
Erotikon (Mauritz Stiller, 1920) 2+
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Etomology professor Anders de Wahl espies his flirtatious wife Tora Teje about to take a spin with a Don Juan of the air.

Cobpyth

04-25-14, 06:28 AM

For instance, while it's perfectly subjective in my part to consider Nausicaa the best movie ever made one cannot say that Citizen Kane is better because they are completely different films in every sense..

Citizen Kane is a much better film than Nausicäa. :p

Miss Vicky

04-25-14, 10:49 AM

Nausicaa [is]the best movie ever made one cannot say that Citizen Kane is better.

Yes, one can.

Being of different genres does not exclude the relative merits of two movies from being compared to each other.

Mr Minio

04-25-14, 10:53 AM

Touch of Evil >>>>>> The Trial >>> Citizen Kane

The Passion of Anna is one of my favourite Bergman films, but actually the majority of what I've seen are my favourites. :)

TokeZa

04-25-14, 11:10 AM

Mine would be

1. Citizen Kane
2. Touch of Evil
3. The Trial

But its been ages since ive seen The Trial, maybe 5-6 years or so. I really need to see Chimes at Midnight (1965) and The Magnificent Ambersons (1942).

I havent seen The Passion of Anna, but i would like to, but yeah i also need to see Fanny and Alexander and Scenes from a Marriage.

Hour of the Wolf is in my top 20 of Horrors.

The Wrestler is decent enough but not that hot, still one of the best Aronofsky films i have seen.

I dont get the whole Last Year at Marienbad is only style, no substance. Its easily one of the big masterpieces of French New Wave together with stuff like Breathless, Pierrot le fou and The 400 Blows. I really liked the circular narrative.

BlueLion

04-25-14, 03:46 PM

I dont get the whole Last Year at Marienbad is only style, no substance. Its easily one of the big masterpieces of French New Wave together with stuff like Breathless, Pierrot le fou and The 400 Blows. I really liked the circular narrative.

If you say you don't agree with the statement then you should support your own statement. Where exactly is the substance in the film then, if you believe that it's not a case of 'only style and no substance'? What exactly is so great about it?

Last Year at Marienbad, Pierrot le fou (2.5) and Breathless (3) are far from masterpieces in my book.

But to each his own, as they say.

bluedeed

04-25-14, 03:51 PM

How about you support your own statement then, BlueLion? What makes Last Year at Marienbad all style and no substance?

BlueLion

04-25-14, 04:01 PM

How about you support your own statement then, BlueLion? What makes Last Year at Marienbad all style and no substance?

To me, the purpose of cinema is to either entertain or provoke. The only emotional or any responses Last Year at Marienbad can cause to a casual audience are frustration and boredom. It is neither comprehensible nor interesting. It's empty. It's about nothing, it says nothing, and to me it was a very cold experience.

bluedeed

04-25-14, 04:06 PM

Ah, sorry, I didn't know you were interested in being a casual audience. Marienbad requires that you engage with it, rather than sit back and wait for meaning.

Mr Minio

04-25-14, 05:20 PM

Hehe, me and bluedeed despise casual audience, these plebeians.

TokeZa

04-25-14, 05:47 PM

If you say you don't agree with the statement then you should support your own statement. Where exactly is the substance in the film then, if you believe that it's not a case of 'only style and no substance'? What exactly is so great about it?

Last Year at Marienbad, Pierrot le fou (2.5) and Breathless (3) are far from masterpieces in my book.

But to each his own, as they say.

I will keep it in short because im tired. As far as i understand it, it tries to capture the fleeting essence of memory / memories. This is imo supported by the discontinuity in time and space. The dream like nature of the movie correlates really well with the narrative elements of the movie. I would say that the substance and style reenforces eachother in a near perfect way.

It might be an odd comparison, but i think it bears similarities to the contemplative work of Tarkovsky, namely The Mirror. This is also a very dreamlike film which incorporates memories in a nearly stream of conciousness kind of way.

Whether you like it or not this is the kind of movie that for instance David Lynch pays homage to.

As far to say that the movie doesn't have any substance, is absurd. It might seem incomprehensible to casual viewers, but its pretty well in line with other surrealist works. The narrative might not be served on a golden platter, but thats actually what i like. Some of my favorite movies whether surrealist or contemplative, keeps you on the toes and keeps you dragged in.

Its not like you are watching a piece of conceptual art like James Benning. Dont get me wrong, I love Benning, but if you take a film like Ten Skies. Thats a pretty straightforward film with pictures of the sky, with no narrative or camera movement.

I know that you have proclaimed, with a pretty empty statement i must say, that Godard is "pretentious". But its not out of the blue that for instance Breatless is featured so highly in Sight and Sounds Directors poll. His influence on (american) cinema, has a reason.

To me, the purpose of cinema is to either entertain or provoke. The only emotional or any responses Last Year at Marienbad can cause to a casual audience are frustration and boredom. It is neither comprehensible nor interesting. It's empty. It's about nothing, it says nothing, and to me it was a very cold experience.

I would say that its pretty simplistic to say that the purpose of cinema is either to entertain or provoke. What about contemplation, enlightenment or mediation of a certain subject matter.

Im sorry that you were bored and that it didnt trigger a (positive) emotional response, but that does not mean that it doesnt have any substance.

That you didnt like it is fine by me.

BlueLion

04-25-14, 06:39 PM

As far as i understand it, it tries to capture the fleeting essence of memory / memories. This is imo supported by the discontinuity in time and space. The dream like nature of the movie correlates really well with the narrative elements of the movie.

And this is precisely why I hated it. The fact that it tries to manipulate the viewer into thinking it's deep when it's not. I respect your point of view, but this is not what I got from the film. I don't want you to explain it to me. The film is pointless. You make it sound extremely interesting, challenging, and thought-provoking, when it simply isn't.

I don't care how 'groundbreaking' or influential it is or if Lynch references it in his works, the movie bored me to death.

It might be an odd comparison, but i think it bears similarities to the contemplative work of Tarkovsky, namely The Mirror. This is also a very dreamlike film which incorporates memories in a nearly stream of conciousness kind of way.

To compare it with The Mirror, is imo an insult to The Mirror.

I know that you have proclaimed, with a pretty empty statement i must say, that Godard is "pretentious". But its not out of the blue that for instance Breatless is featured so highly in Sight and Sounds Directors poll. His influence on (american) cinema, has a reason.

I did indeed say that Godard is pretentious and overrated, but I never denied his influence on American cinema or the fact that he has made some really good movies (i.e Vivre Sa Vie, Le Mepris).

Godard imo is pretentious because he often gets on my nerves by going on referencing sprees and by trying to 'reinvent' the language of cinema. He insists on making everything revolutionary and life changing, but more often than not, he simply doesn't have the writing skill to pull it off.

Mr Minio

04-25-14, 07:01 PM

Possession (1981) - 3.5

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The movie gets more and more eerie with every minute.

Watched this during my "day of the last chance". As I've mentioned before, Żuławski is a hit or miss for me, but in this case it's neither a masterpiece nor garbage. Bloasted declamations aren't that annoying in English as they are in Polish and over-expressionistic acting actually fits the theme (see the title). At the beginning during the quarrel I wasn't sure if it's supposed to be a black comedy. Their argument was so hysterical that it was hilarious at times. As the plot progresses the movie gets more and more disturbing including some hentai tentacle sex. I like Adjani's boobies as well. And the ending. It was so random, it was actually a blast!

کلوزآپ [Close-Up] (1990) - 3.5

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We all are!

The second movie I watched during my made-up "day of the last chance". It's actually my favourite Kiarostami out of the total three I've seen. Just like in Possession, the ending is the best thing about it and really adds up to it. Interesting idea for a movie, btw.

Czy Lucyna to dziewczyna? [Is Lucyna a Girl?] (1934) - 3.5

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Polish pre-war comedy! It's very entertaining and features a girl dressed like a man (nobody could tell she is a girl xDDD). Eugeniusz Bodo - the star of cinema before the war is present as well and, as you probably already know, these two fall in love. Or rather one of them does. Anyway, a good flick.

Der Sieg des Glaubens [The Victory of Faith] (1933) - 4
Tag der Freiheit: Unsere Wehrmacht [Day of Freedom: Our Armed Forces] (1935) - 3.5

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Not as known as Olympia and Triumph of the Will these documentaries are still great with their dazzling cinematography.

Hôtel Monterey (1972) - 4

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Contemplate!

It's an one-hour-long structural film. It's silent, so I was watching it while listening to Coil's Time Machines. Very trippy at first, it quickly became scary. Since it mostly shows bare hotel rooms, corridors and elevators going up and down the slightest movement on the screen combined with the music I've chosen was really frightening. Then - a revolution - moving camera! Moving forward and backwards along the corridor. A beautiful light reflections on lustrous walls. Then a peek through the window. A lone hardly visible car glides on the road. The camera moves back, back into the nihil. Then it's on a roof. Some cars beneath, sky above. It slowly looks up - at the sky. Then gets back. A nice view on the street. And the movie abruptly ends. Black screen and the music. I finished the album gazing at the blackness thinking about my supper sandwich. How should I have it? With ham or cheese?

Der blaue Engel [The Blue Angel] (1930) - 3.5

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Ich bin kinky. Bist du kinky?

Great scenography, acting and sad story. Then again, the movie got me thinking on something completely else. Why in so many movies girls pick up guys, like they just look at them and almost say "put it inside of me". In early Bergman movies, Summer with Monika, for instance, it's girls picking up guys.

City Girl (1930) - 4.5

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What a pity it's not as known as Sunrise. It's my second favourite Murnau after the aforementioned Sunrise! It's Sunrise in reverse, you could say. Rural areas <==> City, married for a long time <==> newly married, etc. It's got a lot of totally stunning scenes, some tearjerking moments (one of these rare moments when I have watery eyes, because the film is so beautiful) and oh-my-God cinematography. Just watch the video below. If you don't find beauty in it... well, I don't know. I do.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPNg9iruqU0

Mocny człowiek [A Strong Man] (1929) - 4

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Polish silent! It resembles German Expressionism films. The protagonist is a bad person and pretty much never really fully improve or become good, like in so many films. Glorious visuals in the second part as well.

Shorts:

Солдатский сон [Soldier's Dream] (1995) - 3.5
Szél [Wind] (1996) - 3.5

bluedeed

04-25-14, 07:56 PM

And this is precisely why I hated it. The fact that it tries to manipulate the viewer into thinking it's deep when it's not. I respect your point of view, but this is not what I got from the film. I don't want you to explain it to me. The film is pointless. You make it sound extremely interesting, challenging, and thought-provoking, when it simply isn't.

To compare it with The Mirror, is imo an insult to The Mirror.

I did indeed say that Godard is pretentious and overrated, but I never denied his influence on American cinema or the fact that he has made some really good movies (i.e Vivre Sa Vie, Le Mepris).

Godard imo is pretentious because he often gets on my nerves by going on referencing sprees and by trying to 'reinvent' the language of cinema. He insists on making everything revolutionary and life changing, but more often than not, he simply doesn't have the writing skill to pull it off.

There is a type of cinema, which I think Marienbad is a part of, that becomes so introspective it's almost as though the movie goes away. In films like Marienbad, Stalker, The Mirror, and especially The Wind Will Carry Us, the viewer becomes the filmmaker. Finding any of these films boring can only really result from finding yourself boring, not being comfortable or interested in your own thoughts.

As for Godard, he's said, "I don't think I'm a good writer, but I can sometimes be a good director." Why do you think Godard's films are so full of quotes and references? Because he has thoughts in his head that he can't figure out how to express in words, it's the same reason he's a filmmaker and not a writer, and why his film criticism is on video and not in writing anymore. Jean-Luc Godard is a well read and well versed in cinema, and if his use of excessive references angers you because they are too frequent or out of your vocabulary, you need to get over your American anti-intellectual biases and start to think about why these references are actually very important to each moment.

The Gunslinger45

04-25-14, 07:57 PM

There is a type of cinema, which I think Marienbad is a part of, that becomes so introspective it's almost as though the movie goes away. In films like Marienbad, Stalker, The Mirror, and especially The Wind Will Carry Us, the viewer becomes the filmmaker. Finding any of these films boring can only really result from finding yourself boring, not being comfortable or interested in your own thoughts.

As for Godard, he's said, "I don't think I'm a good writer, but I can sometimes be a good director." Why do you think Godard's films are so full of quotes and references? Because he has thoughts in his head that he can't figure out how to express in words, it's the same reason he's a filmmaker and not a writer, and why his film criticism is on video and not in writing anymore. Jean-Luc Godard is a well read and well versed in cinema, and if his use of excessive references angers you because they are too frequent or out of your vocabulary, you need to get over your American anti-intellectual biases and start to think about why these references are actually very important to each moment.

If memory serves me correctly, BlueLion is not American.

bluedeed

04-25-14, 07:59 PM

If memory serves me correctly, BlueLion is not American.

Thanks, I thought he was. My statement still applies to him, just not the nationality of his biases.

donniedarko

04-25-14, 08:16 PM

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The Return

Recent Watches:
From Russia with Love (T. Young, 1963)- 2.5-
[REWATCH] The Sixth Sense (Shyamalan, 1999)- 3.5-
Nosferatu the Vampyre (Herzog, 1979)- 1.5
The Return (Zvyaginstev, 2003)- 3.5
[REWATCH] Insidious (J. Wan, 2010)- 3
L'age D'or (Bunuel, 1930)- 2
Occupant (H. Miller, 2011)- 1.5+

Excuse the few overly harsh ratings and lack of write ups, I've been sick these past few days :sick:

Mr Minio

04-26-14, 06:35 AM

Nosferatu the Vampyre (Herzog, 1979)- rating_1_5 Nosferatu is disgusted with your harsh rating.

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mark f

04-26-14, 02:01 PM

Hey, that's Count Dracula, and he likes the rating for The Return - more blood. Nosferatu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosferatu_(word))

Dragonball: Evolution (James Wong, 2009) 1.5+
West Point on the Hudson (James A. FitzPatrick, 1942) 2.5-
The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie (Michael Herz & Lloyd Kaufman, 1989) 1.5+
Mapa (León Siminiani, 2012) 3
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The director travels the world, in this case Varanasi, India, on the Ganges, to help resolve his loss of whom he considers his life partner.
Tycoon (Richard Wallace, 1947) 2
Blackball (Mel Smith, 2003) 2.5-
Big Jim McLain (Edward Ludwig, 1952) 2
The Hard Word (Scott Roberts, 2002) 2.5
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Joel Edgerton & Guy Pearce get involved in a "discussion" in the prison food line.
Big Business (Jim Abrahams, 1988) 2.5+
Fertile Ground (Adam Gierasch, 2011) 2
When Angels Fall (Roman Polanski, 1959) 2.5
I ♥ Huckabees (David O. Russell, 2004) 3
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Firefighter Mark Wahlberg isn’t happy with Huckabees’ exec Jude Law who’s working against environmentalist Jason Schwartzman.
Slumming (Michael Glawogger, 2006) 2.5+ (weak ending)
On Location with Westworld (No Director Listed, 1973) 2.5
The Sons of Katie Elder (Henry Hathaway, 1965) 2.5-
The Shootist (Don Siegel, 1976) 3.5
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Aging gunfighter John Wayne learns he has cancer and a short time to live, so he decides to leave the world a better place.
Big Jake (George Sherman, 1971) 2
His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th (Daniel Farrands, 2009) 3-
Mexican Spitfire at Sea (Leslie Goodwins, 1942) 2.5
The Red Badge of Courage (John Huston, 1951) 3
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Audie Murphy prepares to battle Johnny Reb while Bill Mundin reacts to his anger.

Sane

04-26-14, 08:23 PM

Rescue Dawn (2006) - Werner Herzog
One if the weaker Herzog films I've seen. It was decent I guess and Steve Zahn was good but I struggled with Christian Bale's performance. It seems like Herzog always has a "Kinski character" and Bale didn't really pull it off. rating_3-

Next (2007) - Lee Tamahori
After the brilliance of Once Were Warriors I am constantly frustrated by Tamahori going on to make pretty standard Hollywood films. He has a talent for realistic powerful dramas - not for "whatever genre this is" movies :( rating_2-

Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) - Richard Fleischer/Kinji Fukasaku/Toshio Masuda
This was a little dry with no characters to latch on to but I still quite enjoyed it. It was interesting to just watch what I assume was a relatively accurate account of what happened at Pearl Harbour. rating_3_5+

Waterworld (1995) - Kevin Costner
Costner's entry for worst film ever made ... Nah, just kidding, that was The Postman. Waterworld is OK. rating_2_5+

Jar City (2006) - Baltasar Kormakur
Thriller about a cop investigating two murders 30 years apart. Uses the harsh Icelandic terrain as an effective backdrop to create quite a dark movie. rating_3_5

Martha (2010) - Marcelino Islas Hernandez
Very low budget Mexican movie about an elderly lady who loses her job. Very quiet and mostly depressing movie. My wife was reading while I watched it and even decided she had to go and sit in another room due to how much she hated its general tone. Considering she sat through Antichrist, that's saying something... Anyway, I quite liked it. rating_3

The Burbs (1989) - Joe Dante
Pretty good comedy/thriller/horror with Tom Hanks. If not for the presence of Corey Feldman I'd probably rate it higher ;) rating_3

Lake Placid (1999) - Steve Miner
Of all the directors that I had rated four or more of their movies, and there have been 79 of them, Steve Miner had the lowest average - 3.8/10. Well, now he has rocketed up to 78th because I quite like this film. A lot of it is crappy but it has a decent cast and as a comedy it's pretty funny at times. rating_3

The Gunslinger45

04-26-14, 08:35 PM

Mark you rating of Dragonball Evolution is far too high! :D

Mr Minio

04-26-14, 08:53 PM

Hey, that's Count Dracula, and he likes the rating for The Return - more blood. Nosferatu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosferatu_(word))

Isn't he called count Orlok?

honeykid

04-26-14, 08:57 PM

No, he's Count Dracula in it. He might be Orlok in Vampires In Venice, though, but, confusingly, I think he's Nosferatu in that. :D

mark f

04-26-14, 10:46 PM

Waterworld (1995) - Kevin Costner
Costner's entry for worst film ever made ... Nah, just kidding, that was The Postman. Waterworld is OK. rating_2_5+
Costner may have finished the movie, but the credited director is Kevin Reynolds. :)

Sane

04-27-14, 02:29 AM

Costner may have finished the movie, but the credited director is Kevin Reynolds. :)
Good point :) I even looked at that before I wrote it ...

I think I've just always thought of it as his movie because of all the criticism he got at the time.

Daniel M

04-27-14, 07:43 PM

They Knew What They Wanted (Garson Kanin, 1940) 2.5

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A decent film but ultimately not that memorable and not something I'd want to watch again. The plot is a bit unbelievable and the moral story doesn't really make for a compelling film in today's age, in my eyes.

La Grande Illusion (Jean Renoir, 1937) 4

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I have seen The Rules of the Game and thought it was very good, although don't remember much now. Watching this makes me want to re watch it. It is a great war film with an extremely intelligent script that takes a realistic look at humanity and warfare. I have strong opinions on social issues (class divide) and warfare, and this film addresses both of them strongly. Great performances and for an intelligent film about relationships, it also has quite an 'exciting' prison escape story.

Notorious (Alfred Hitchcock, 1946) 4-

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Another great film from one of my favourite directors. Great performances from Grant and Bergman in what is a more mature love story than other Hitchcock films. Still has his usual large dose of suspense done brilliantly in a fascinating spy story.

Laura (Otto Preminger, 1944) 4+

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One of the finest noirs I have seen. Obviously a big influence on my favourite TV shows Twin Peaks. Complex, with fantastic characters, great dialogue and cinematography and twists until the very end. Could easily become a massive favourite.

Monsters University (Dan Scanlon, 2013) 3+

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Pretty good enjoyable fun, but a typical underdog friendship story. Nothing too memorable like the original, but I did like it.

The Lavender Hill Mob (Charles Crichton, 1951) 3

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Very good in parts, I like heist films/scenes, so enjoyed some of the intricate planning and actual execution of the heist. But not really very funny and sometimes over the top without the effect it desires, similar to The Ladykillers.

The Wrestler (Darren Aronofsky, 2008) 3.5

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Very good film with a great central performance from Mickey Rourke. I feel maybe it could have been longer, lots of interesting different stories and scenes, but as a whole it feels like it is perhaps missing something. Want to see more from Aronofsky.

The Thin Red Line (Terrence Malick, 1998) 4.5

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On of the greatest war films I have ever seen and now my favourite Malick film. A truly astonishing film of great beauty and power. Some haunting scenes, horrific yet beautiful. The Tree of Life but with a war setting basically, really does hit you powerful, leaves you in a state of awe, making you question the world in which we live in.

Porco Rosso (Hayao Miyazaki, 1992) 3

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Good idea for the story, so ridiculous and over the top at times it's unbeleivable. I didn't laugh once, and it seemed like I was supposed to. I really don't get some of the 'humour' in here and there are many scenes that just distract from the central story and make it only 'good' overall and prevent it from being great.

seanc

04-27-14, 07:58 PM

The Virgin Suicides:3One of those movies that is a little preachy about folks being preachy. Not a bad movie though. Coppola is not my favorite besides Lost In Translation. She doesn't ever make terrible movies though.

Casablanca:4 Ashamed to say this was my first viewing. I can see what all the fuss is about to be sure, but won't be my favorite film like it is for many.

Castle In The Sky:3 Slowly getting through all these Ghibli films. I like the premise and the main characters here quite a bit. About five too many chase scenes for me to become immersed.

Cutie And The Boxer:3.5 Very good documentary with engaging personalities.

Milius:3 Not the best of documentaries. If you don't know a lot about this director/writer, like me, it is certainly worth your time though.

The American:4 I fell asleep watching this about two years ago and have never returned to it. I absolutely loved it. I am usually a dialogue guy but this is a master class on how to develop a character and make him engaging without a lot of words.

Rope:4 How is this not talked about along with the other Hitchcock greats. Really great premise with the usual Hitchcock interesting characters. One of my top 5 Hitchcock movies.

Out Of The Furnace:2.5 Trying awfully hard to be relevant but in the end, forgettable.

2 Guns:1.5 The Washington-Whalberg banter was very good at times. Stupid plot and way too many bullets destroyed any chance I had of enjoying it.

Transcendence:2 The idea of technology evolving to the point of our destruction is not new. Sci-fi films either have to move on from this premise or fill it with interesting characters. Transcendence is way too self serious to care about having interesting characters.

Nashville:4.5 My second viewing and I loved every second of it. Every character and every scene is interesting to me. Funny, melancholy, and at times poignant. Hard to ask much more than that from a film. Add in one of the great endings and I am going to have a hard time leaving this off my next 100 list.

rauldc14

04-27-14, 08:02 PM

Sean, try Castle of Cagliostro I liked that one from Hayao.

rauldc14

04-27-14, 08:24 PM

As far as Rope, I really do enjoy a majority of the Hitchcock over it. I prefer a Dial M for Murder or even Notorious. I guess the story seems better to me in those, but I can see why people like Rope.

honeykid

04-27-14, 09:55 PM

I like Rope, it's one of my favourite Hitchcock films. But then, I'm not a fan of Hitch, so maybe that's why his fans like it less?

Lucas

04-27-14, 10:39 PM

The Bridge on The River Kwai - David Lean
4

An outstanding War classic, and a marvelous technical achievement. Epic in scope and beautifully filmed. Cant expect any less from the man who made Lawrence of Arabia, which is one of the biggest visual marvels in cinema history.For a war film,there's surprisingly very little on-screen violence and combat. Instead its more of a study of the psychology of war, and it's effects rather than pure adrenaline filled combat like one is accustomed to seeing. This is a lengthy feature,clocking in at over 160 minutes but because of it's excellent script,outstanding performances and visual splendor it manages to fly by without a hitch. Its extremely well-paced as well, so its an absorbing viewing which seldom leaves you disinterested. Pacing can make or break a film such as this.

The Bridge on the River Kwai is wonderful for another reason as well. It shows the duality of war, and makes it so that there are no clear-cut villains or bad guys. As the film progresses, you begin to realize that you aren't sure what side you're on. It all leads to an explosive finale which again reinforces the chaotic nature and absurdity of war.

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Easy Rider - Dennis Hopper
3

I admit I found this classic to be highly overrated. I'll get right down to the point of what I didn't quite like. For one, the film is almost insufferably dull for most of it's runtime. I understand that this is a shallow criticism, but it should never be such a colossal chore to watch a movie. The story isn't all that interesting as well.It follows two-motorcycle riding hippies as they traverse the U.S looking for good ol' America. The cinematography I found rather lackluster as well, Its very pedestrian and some of the camera movements are disorientating and take you out of the experience. I suppose that might be the point, but it just doesn't work for me.

The film does manage to pick up, once we get to the boozed up lawyer,played by the one and only Jack Nicholson. His wild persona and charm lends the film a much needed boost of humor and energy. The soundtrack is rather cool as well. There's a few memorable scenes sprinkled in here and there, and the finale is excellent. But as a whole,the film just feels incoherent and messy.

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Rocky - John G. Avildsen
4.5

I honestly forgot how excellent the first Rocky is. I haven't seen this one in quite some time now, so a rewatch for a potential spot in the best of the 70's list was mandatory. I dont think this is one of the best underdog films out there, I think this is THE best underdog film.

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This is still obviously the best Rocky film, but Rocky IV is still pretty badass.
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All the President's Men - Alan J. Pakula
3.5
High-quality political thriller about how the details relating to the Watergate scandal were uncovered. Its a very well-made film, and the performances from Redford and Hoffman are great. The cinematography is impressive as well. When watching this film however I was never fully invested. I was kind of waiting for the film to hook me, but that moment never came. Its a high-quality production, but It simply felt a bit too familiar. Without a doubt a solid film, I'm just saying its missing that special something which makes it a great.

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rauldc14

04-27-14, 10:45 PM

Kwai is one of my top 100 favorites. Rocky I saw for the first time last week and I enjoyed it.

seanc

04-27-14, 10:57 PM

Love the Rocky love. I watched Easy Rider for the first time last year and share your sentiments. I rate it at least a star lower though.

mark f

04-27-14, 11:03 PM

Your comments on Easy Rider's cinematography being lackluster are odd to me since I consider Laszlo Kovacs' work during this period (Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, The King of Marvin Gardens) some of the greatest of all-time. For a first-time viewing, your remarks about it being messy and incoherent are understandable, but the film is actually quite pointed and cogent throughout.

rauldc14

04-27-14, 11:05 PM

I haven't seen Easy Rider,but I loved Five Easy Pieces and The King of Marvin Gardens was great too.

mark f

04-28-14, 01:39 AM

Big Spender (Paul Schneider, 2003) 2.5
The Candy Snatchers (Guerdon Trueblood, 1973) 1.5
Ancient India (James A. FitzPatrick, 1952) 2.5
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Jacques Demy, 1964) 3.5
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Catherine Deneuve finds great love but great heartache when her lover is drafted and goes to fight in Algeria for two years and leaves her pregnant.
Friday the 13th (Sean S. Cunningham, 1980) 2
Friday the 13th Part II (Steve Miner, 1981) 2
The Bounty (No Director Listed, 1962) 2
Frankenweenie (Tim Burton, 2012) 3.5-
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Victor Frankenstein loves his dog Sparky who gets run over by a car but is brought back to life through electricity.
The Glass Slipper (Charles Walters, 1955) 3-
A Modern Cinderella (Roy Mack, 1932) 2.5
8MM 2 (J.S. Cardone, 2005) 1.5
The Bad News Bears (Michael Ritchie, 1976) 3.5
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Tatum O’Neal ices her pitching arm while manager Walter Matthau drinks his now-warmer Buds.
Delightful Denmark (James A. FitzPatrick, 1953) 2+
The Hunger Games (Gary Ross, 2012) 3
The Dentist 2 (Brian Yuzna, 1998) 2
Beauty and the Beast (Jean Cocteau, 1946) 3
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After Belle faints at the sight of him, Beast carries her through the hallways of his castle to her room.
Alvarez Kelly (Edward Dmytryk, 1966) 2.5
Vittorio D. (Mario Canale & Annarosa Morri, 2009) 3.5
Don’t Bother to Knock (Roy Baker, 1952) 2
Short Cuts (Robert Altman, 1993) 3
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A mosaic of suburban Los Angeles stories by Raymond Carver about mostly unhappy people with an all-star cast.

TokeZa

04-28-14, 01:43 AM

Im really happy that you liked The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. Its one of my favorite musicals!

Beauty and the Beast by Jean Cocteau looks like a must see for me. His Orpheus trilogy was brilliant.

I also have Short Cuts lying around, but im not in a hurry to watch it...

Captain Spaulding

04-28-14, 04:27 PM

Easy Rider - Dennis Hopper
3

"They're not scared of you. They're scared of what you represent to 'em."

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I love movies that are time capsules of the past--- movies that so perfectly capture the era in which they were made that it's like stepping into a time-machine. Easy Rider is a movie that could not have been made during any other time in history--- not without losing its authenticity, at least. The 60's is in its DNA; it lives and breathes and bleeds the 60's. You can practically smell the exhaust from their bikes. I get a contact high just from watching it.

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(Hey, Mr. Nicholson, don't bogart that joint!)

I've often wished that I could've been a teenager during the 60's (as long as I don't have to worry about being drafted to 'Nam or anything like that). I've always loved everything about that decade: the movies, the music, the fashion, the hairstyles, the rampant drug use, the ideals, the winds of change that blew in the air. When I put on Easy Rider, I'm transported to a time period that I wasn't alive to experience. I get to hop on the back of a bike with Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda and drive across the country. Like Gravity allowed me to visit space, Easy Rider allows me to visit the age of peace and love and flower-power--- which, as the movie illustrates, isn't as full of peace and love as one might expect.

Besides being the greatest road movie in history, Easy Rider is also one of the most important and revolutionary films ever made. It opened the door to a new breed of independent film-makers, something for which everyone on this forum can be grateful. Since it's deemed a classic, I think many younger people watch it expecting a movie that's much more polished; they're a bit taken aback by how rough around the edges it is. But that's what makes Easy Rider brilliant, in my opinion. It's a landmark counter-culture film made by people who were part of that counter-culture. When they drop acid in a graveyard, they're actually dropping acid in a graveyard! Hopper, Fonda and Nicholson weren't acting so much as just embodying for the camera what they already were. The attitude that serves as the movie's soul was already present in each of them.

No, there isn't much of a plot, but, for me, this is a "hang-out" movie. The soundtrack is phenomenal. Jack Nicholson turned himself into a star with his show-stealing performance. The editing, still to this day, feels inventive, as if even the camera has an acid blotter under its tongue. It's a great film, an important film, and one of my top-twenty favorite films of all time. I love everything about it, warts and all.

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Holden Pike

04-28-14, 06:19 PM

I basically agree with most everything you said about Easy Rider, Cap. Revolutionary, landmark, important, time capsule, Nicholson at his best, and on and on. But for me that still doesn't add up to much of a movie. It is a benchmark and watershed, and thank god it was made...but I think it's pretty tedious. Should be seen by any and every movie fan at least once, for sure. But it's not a movie I find myself returning to. Far less influential and key fillms from that period delight me endlessly, while Easy Rider is only historically significant for me. If nothing else, it birthed Albert Brooks' Lost in America (1985), and for that I am eternally grateful. "Have you seen Easy Rider? Great movie, you gotta see it, it's historic."

But, right on, Brother. :D

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Miss Vicky

04-29-14, 12:22 AM

Harry and Tonto (Paul Mazursky, 1974) 3+

Kramer Vs. Kramer (Robert Benton, 1979) 4

Cries & Whispers (Ingmar Bergman, 1972) 3.5+

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Rewatch) (Jim Sharman, 1975) 3+

Foul Play (Colin Higgins, 1978) 3-

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wintertriangles

04-29-14, 12:26 AM

Whoa 3.5 for Cries and Whispers, care to elaborate (in the film club thread :D)?

Monkeypunch

04-29-14, 12:37 AM

Pitch Perfect - After much prodding from a few friends, I finally broke down and watched this one. Despite the film's obvious love for The Breakfast Club (a movie that I loathe and could rant about for hours), I had a good time watching it. Lots of funny lines, good music, and Rebel Wilson. :love: 4

Miss Vicky

04-29-14, 12:42 AM

Whoa 3.5 for Cries and Whispers, care to elaborate (in the film club thread :D)?

If I can gather my thoughts into something even resembling coherence, I'll post in there.

Mr Minio

04-29-14, 06:40 AM

Miss Vicky actually liking an arthouse flick? Nice!

TheGirlWhoHadAllTheLuck_

04-29-14, 08:33 AM

The Next Best Thing (2000) 1

The film started off as a two; a sort of mediocre rom-com. Yoga instructor Abby (Madonna) has a midlife crisis after yet another loser boyfriend dumps her. After she turns to her gay best friend Robert (Rupert Everett) the two drunkenly end up in bed and all of a sudden Abby's pregnant. Flash-forward (a blink and you'll miss it) and Sam is six years old. When Abby falls in love with banker Ben (Benjamin Bratt) that complicates everything.

It starts off as what the trailer promises- a light rom-com in which Everett is wonderfully charming and Madonna is bland but not too irritating. Then all of a sudden half-way through it becomes a sort of mean sprited tragedy with a cruel and unnecessary twist in which the witty gay best friend is now a poor broken gay man with no prospects. Abby's character becomes irredeemably deceptive and Robert becomes so miserable and pathetic that it's impossible to like anyone and the pace of the film drags until it's a weepy depressing mess. Luckily for Madonna no one could have saved that film so being a bit unconvincing didn't matter so much.

What could have been a nice light-hearted look into 'alternative families' or even, had the writing been up to it, a look at what happens if you sacrifice your romantic life in order to become a parent, becomes a tale of how being gay will always make you second best.

Upton

04-29-14, 03:54 PM

Sounds like I need to watch Modern Romance.

He meant Lost in America, but you should watch both they're way less annoying than Easy Rider.

Derek Vinyard

04-29-14, 06:21 PM

50/50 (Jonathan Levine ,2011) 54.5
A beautiful movie about life , frienship , relationship and survival. Awesome flick I LOVE IT .

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Knocked Up (Judd Apatow ,2007) 53.5
Very nice comedy. Seth Rogen surprise me in this one. the acting is excellent .

21 and Over (Jon Lucas&Scott Moore ,2013) 52.5
Very nice decent comedy. Party , frienship and Beer definitely not a movie for all but for me is very nice . Miles Teller Rock .

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows : Part 2 (David Yates ,2011) 54
The best of the entire series of the Harry Potter movies ... great acting , great ending (of the series) and great direction. Congrats.

Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson ,2012) 54
I very like this one too , very nice storyline and GREAT acting and casting . Wes Anderson is such an amazing director .

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Panic Room (David Fincher ,2002) 53
One of my favorite director of all time Fincher once again strike in this very nice thriller . good casting and great direction .

rauldc14

04-29-14, 06:31 PM

My watches the past 3 days

Terminator- 7/10

I much prefer the original, but this one was still pretty good action. Not sure why I hadn't gotten around to seeing it until now, but I say that a lot.

Gran Torino- 9.5/10 (rewatch)

A good blend of comedy and drama. Eastwood is a complete badass here, and he never disappoints me. It's too bad my iPad was acting up during this commentary.

The Insider- 7/10

Like I said in another thread, it was good but I honestly expected it to be a bit better. Crowe put up another good performance, but in the year 1999, I still prefer Denzel in The Hurricane. I probably also prefer Spacey and Farnsworth too. It was a good movie, but I've liked better from Mann.

Psycho- 9.5/10

better than I remembered it. So many great scenes in this movie, a film that keeps you on the edge of your seat and is beautifully shot by Mr. Hitchcock. Norman Bates played by Anthony Perkins is perhaps the best villain we have seen on screen.

Fantastic Planet- ?/10

I don't want to give away any opinions until Movie Club thread is posted.

2 Guns- 6/10

I'm a Denzel fanatic, so I finally got around to it. I don't know. It wasn't bad, but there seemed to be something missing. I'll have to see it again at some point, but for now, it's down with the likes of Unstoppable and The Taking of Pelham 123.

rauldc14

04-29-14, 06:38 PM

Miss Vicky actually liking an arthouse flick? Nice!

It took her longer to like one than it did for me!

mark f

04-29-14, 09:31 PM

The Unholy Night (Lionel Barrymore, 1929) 2
Free and Easy (Edward Sedgwick, 1930) 2.5-
Warm Bodies (Jonathan Levine, 2013) 2.5+
North Dallas Forty (Ted Kotcheff 1979) 3.5-
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Wide receiver Nick Nolte and quarterback Mac Davis are more into the sex and drugs than the teamwork their football coaches want, but things may change.
Disconnect (Henry-Alex Rubin, 2013) 2+
Guilty Hands (W.S. Van Dyke, 1931) 2.5+
Looking Forward (Clarence Brown, 1933) 2.5-
Arsene Lupin (Jack Conway, 1932) 3-
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Crook Karen Morley loves Count John Barrymore but works for detective Lionel Barrymore who wants to prove he’s the daring thief Arsene Lupin.
Night Flight (Clarence Brown, 1933) 2.5-
Should Ladies Behave (Harry Beaumont, 1933) 2
Sweepings (John Cromwell, 1933) 2.5
Ip Man (Wilson Yip, 2008) 3
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Yip Man (Donnie Yen) takes on 10 Japanese black belts to appease but show up an occupying general.
A Thousand Words (Brian Robbins, 2012) 2+
The Wonderful Country (Robert Parrish, 1959) 2-
A Good Day to Die Hard (John Moore, 2013) 2+
Ryan’s Daughter (David Lean, 1970) 3.5-
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In 1916, Irish village schoolmaster Robert Mitchum courts wild Sarah Miles, and after their marriage, she begins an affair with a British officer.
The Way Way Back (Nat Faxon & Jim Rash, 2013) 2.5+
The Racket (John Cromwell, 1951) 2
The Steel Helmet (Samuel Fuller, 1951) 2.5
Pacific Rim (Guillermo del Toro, 2013) 2.5
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An art house flick with contemplative longueurs and deep metaphysics amid fights between giant creatures and robots.

Skepsis93

04-30-14, 09:46 AM

It Happened One Night
(Frank Capra, 1934) 4-

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Capra's predictably warm, optimistic seminal screwball comedy has aged remarkably well, due in no small part to Gable and Colbert's timeless performances.

Mon oncle Antoine
(Claude Jutra, 1971) 3

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Bleak and depressing, and a fairly interesting observation on coming-of-age in a tough environment. Not a whole lot else that I can see.

Holy Motors
(Leos Carax, 2012) 3.5

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I could try to sum this up by talking about metaphors for the life of an actor, or how we "act" in everyday life, or a whole host of other readings, but none of it seems good enough. Just enjoy the visceral blast of creativity and imagination. It defies logic.

The Big Lebowski
(Rewatch. Joel & Ethan Coen, 1998) 4.5-

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Just keeps on giving.

Alice in the Cities
(Wim Wenders, 1974) 4+

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Complex, believable characterisations and heartfelt performances combine to make an extremely memorable experience. Watch this for the 70s countdown!

Daniel M

04-30-14, 03:46 PM

You know I love The Big Lebowski and so I am continually delighted when you now rate it so highly, definitely a film that holds up/gets better on repeat viewings. I am a fan of Holy Motors and I think it was HK who also recommended me to check out Alice in the Cities, so I will definitely try to now for the 70s list.

jiraffejustin

04-30-14, 06:00 PM

I watched some pretty heavy hitters recently.

Get Carter (1971; Mike Hodges) - 3.5

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972; Luis Bunuel) - 5

4:44 Last Day on Earth (2011; Abel Ferrara) - 4

Barry Lyndon (1975; Stanley Kubrick) - 5

The Godfather (1972; Francis Ford Coppola) - 5

Death Race 2000 (1975; Paul Bartel) - 4.5

The Omega Man (1971; Boris Sagal) - 2

A couple of shorts too

Henpecked Hoboes (1946; Tex Avery) - 4

Screwball Squirrel (1944; Tex Avery) - 4.5

cricket

05-01-14, 12:04 AM

April, 2014 movies watched-

The Werckmeister Harmonies (2000) 2.5 It's just not the type of movie I can fully appreciate, but I'm glad I watched it

The Long Goodbye (1973) 3.5 Very cool and Elliott Gould was great

The Apartment (1960) 5 Terrific mix of comedy, drama, and romance with great performances from Lemmon and MacLaine

Spring Breakers (2012) 1.5 I liked the concept but not realistic enough for a drama

Patton (1970) 3.5 Really good movie with a great performance from George C. Scott

The Gunfighter (1950) 3.5 This classic western starring Gregory Peck is a very easy watch

Sleeper (1973) 2.5 A little zany for my liking, but plenty of laughs

All the President's Men (1976) 4 Superbly crafted and acted with no waste

The Searchers (1956) 2.5 I know it's held in high esteem, but there was just as much I didn't like, as I did like

Coming Home (1978) 5 I don't know how I missed this all these years. Two of the best performances I've ever seen from Jon Voight and Jane Fonda

The Shooting (1966) 3.5 Short western with not a whole lot to it, but it's a very solid film with a great ending

An American in Paris (1951) 2 There's nothing wrong with this movie; it's just not for me

The Iceman (2012) 3 It's a good movie, but it doesn't do anything to make it memorable*

The Beguiled (1971) 4.5 This unique Clint Eastwood movie is freaky, creepy, kind of disturbing, and very good

Twelve Monkeys (1995) 3 I liked this, but overall, I'm not a fan of Terry Gilliam movies

Don't Look Now (1973) 3 Donald Sutherland is very good in this creepy British horror film, but it's very slow*

Harold and Maude (1971) 3 Unique and funny; I enjoyed it but didn't love it

Modern Times (1936) 3.5 My first Chaplin film; I went from being amused to enjoying it very much

Jaws (1975) 4.5 Repeat viewing- This classic has aged incredibly well

The China Syndrome (1979) 2 Good cast, but this was just ok for me

The Philadelphia Story (1940) 3 Not my kind of movie but the cast made it very enjoyable*

Pan's Labyrinth (2006) 3.5 I'm not into fantasy, but I really liked this movie

Witness for the Prosecution (1957) 4.5 2nd viewing, Love this movie, especially love Charles Laughton in it

Paper Moon (1973) 4 Very sweet movie that grew on me; great performances from the O'Neals

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) 2 Tough to rate because it's just too old for me; my problem, not the film's

Nights of Cabiria (1957) 2 There wasn't anything I disliked about this movie, but there wasn't anything that I particularly liked either. Well made though

When Harry met Sally (1989) 3 I enjoyed it the whole way through; nothing special, but it was good

The Sound of Music (1965) 1.5 This all time classic was just torture for me

Wait Until Dark (1967) 4 Terrific, crafty thriller with great performances from Audrey Hepburn and Alan Arkin. Richard Crenna is also very good

Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) 2.5 Not bad, I thought it had it's moments

The Aviator (2004) 3 An all around impressive movie that I thought was very good for a one time watch

It Happened one Night (1934) 4 I loved it, maybe my new favorite romantic comedy. Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert were great

The Way Way Back (2013) 4 I know that it's not as good as I'm rating it; I just liked it so much

Kids (1995) 3 I like movies like this, although it falls a little short of being very good. It has it's merits

Tony (2009) 2.5 Worth a watch if you would like a gritty British film about a serial killer

Manhattan (1979) 3 My fifth Allen film; like the others, witty and enjoyable, with plenty of great performances

McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971) 2.5 I liked it and can't think of any negatives; it didn't grab me though

Stalker (1979) 2.5 It looks great and I enjoyed it overall. Still, not my kind of movie

A Woman Under the Influence (1974) 3.5 Powerful and realistic look at mental illness with great performances from Rowlands and Falk. It does drag at times

The Way We Were (1973) 2.5 Streisand, Redford, and the theme song are great, but there's nothing else

The Shootist (1976) 4 A surprisingly touching Western featuring an awesome performance from John Wayne, and a great supporting cast

Grand Hotel (1932) 2 There's nothing wrong with this movie; I just couldn't get into it

The Andromeda Strain (1971) 3 Pretty good deadly virus movie from the top 100 Sci-Fi list

Walkabout (1971) 3.5 Beautiful, captivating, and freaky; this is a movie I won't forget

Suspiria (1977) 3.5 Creepy with great visuals and music

Movies watched year to date-
January-46
February-37
March-45
April-45
Total-173

rauldc14

05-01-14, 12:12 AM

Particularly glad you enjoyed Witness for the Prosecution and It Happened One Night. Both are favs of mine! And glad you don't like Spring Breakers!

Gabrielle947

05-01-14, 12:35 AM

Nymphomaniac Volume 1 & 2 (2014)

What can I say.. very dirty film and very pretentious.It was interesting to watch it because it's quite original and I wanted to see how far it can go.I kind of liked the character development and the idea of a damaged person who is never at peace and probably never will be. But Trier's decision to tell the story the way he did and especially Seligman's allegories to Joe's life story was just stupid and too fake to be believable,interesting or touching. 2.5 for both.

Mingusings

05-01-14, 01:29 AM

Cheap Thrills (2014): 3-
Cool, but a bit too redundant.

Proxy (2014): 3_5+
Great modern horror-thriller in the vein of De Palma. Definitely Recommend.

Blue Ruin (2014): 3
I didn't feel like I was as engaged as I should have been. Still a decent film.

Big Bad Wolves (2014): 3_5
Fairly standard plot, but extremely well directed.

Sin City (2005): 4-
After what I believe is my fourth viewing of this movie, I have finally bumped its rating up to 4 stars. The film manages to just create a whole new world that we shamelessly want to live in. Not many films can do that.

Taxi Driver (1976): 4
Probably my sixth viewing. I still really like it, but don't have an overpowering love for it.

The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007): 3_5+
Can't believe it has taken me this long to watch it. Super creepy documentary-style horror film. One of the scariest of the decade.

Summer with Monika (1953): 3
Not one of my favorite Bergman films. I found the two main characters to be so dang annoying.

mark f

05-01-14, 05:04 AM

The Five-Year Engagement (Nicholas Stoller, 2012) 2.5
Popeye for President (Seymour Kneitel, 1956) 3
Two Gates of Sleep (Alistair Banks Griffin, 2010) 2-
Upstream Color (Shane Carruth, 2013) 2.5
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Amy Seimetz and Shane Carruth seem to share many of the same memories but they can’t understand why.
Identity Thief (Seth Gordon, 2013) 2.5
Cheerleader Massacre (Jim Wynorski, 2003) 1.5
Dream House (Jim Sheridan, 2011) 2
Going Places (Bertrand Blier, 1974) 3.5
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Thugs Patrick Dewaere & Gérard Depardieu travel around in various stolen cars, making love with Miou-Miou & Isabelle Huppert among others.
Gerald McBoing! Boing! on Planet Moo (Robert Cannon, 1956) 2.5
Vehicle 19 (Mukunda Michael Dewil, 2013) 2
Snitch (Ric Roman Waugh, 2013) 2.5-
Oblivion (Joseph Kosinski, 2013) 2.5+
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Tom Cruise is a drone technician who learns things about his post-apocalyptic world he could never imagine.
In the Bag (Jack Hannah, 1956) 3
The Island (Michael Bay, 2005) 2.5+
The East (Zal Batmanglij, 2013) 2.5-
The Debt (John Madden, 2011) 2.5+
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Massad agent Helen Mirren must finish what she set out to do over 40 years earlier.
Bullet to the Head (Walter Hill, 2013) 2
The Campaign (Jay Roach, 2012) 2.5
The Heat (Paul Feig, 2013) 2.5+
Marriage Italian Style (Vittorio De Sica, 1964) 3
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Prostitute Sophia Loren always knew she would get her lover Marcello Mastroianni to the altar.

Sedai

05-01-14, 10:08 AM

Class of 1984 (Lester, 1982)

1

Trash Rating 4

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An ode to Used Future. It had been far too long since I watched an old trash flick, and this fit the bill nicely. Terrible stuff, but also awesome. A VERY young Michael J Fox in his first role as a picked-on band student at a high school that is run by a band of punker thugs. Some ******* took an eleven year old me to see this when it came out, and for the time, it is pretty brutal. Plenty of violence, nudity and swearing is to be had, pushing this one close to exploitation territory. Bad acting across the board, an abysmal licensed tune from Alice Cooper, but for some reason...sigh...this works as 80s trash.

honeykid

05-01-14, 11:44 AM

It's fantastic, I love it. :D One of my favourite films when I was 10. I agree that it's brutal. I think it's a lot more harsh that most of what I've seen because it has a real nasty streak.

linespalsy

05-01-14, 09:49 PM

The Big Year (David Frankel, 2011) 2.5
Misery (Rob Reiner, 1990) 4
Napolean Dynamite (Jared Hess, 2004) 3.5
Robin Hood: Men in Tights (Mel Brooks, 1993)) 2
Margot at the Wedding (Noah Baumbach, 2007) 2.5

BlueLion

05-02-14, 07:05 AM

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The Last Picture Show (1971) 3.5

Batman Begins (2005) 3.5

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) 3

Enemy (2013) 3

Fallen Angels (1995) 3

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) 2

El Topo (1970) 1.5

Mr Minio

05-02-14, 08:10 AM

26 April till yesterday in movies:

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What it lacks in plot, it makes up in the beauty of cinematography and Grace Kelly.

人情紙風船 [Humanity and Paper Balloons] (1937) - 4
小城之春 [Spring in a Small Town] (1948) - 3.5
He Who Gets Slapped (1924) - 4.5
The Last Command (1928) - 4
Zéro de conduite [Zero for Conduct] (1933) - 2.5
Ménilmontant (1926) - 4
Les berceaux (1935) - 3.5
Brumes d'automne [Autumn Mists] (1929) - 4
Danses espagnoles (1928) - 2.5
La coquille et le clergyman [The Seashell and the Clergyman] (1928) - 3.5
Конец Санкт-Петербурга [The End of St. Petersburg] (1927) - 4
Leo es pardo (1976) - 3.5
The Wind (1928) - 4
Un chant d'amour [A Song of Love] (1950) - 3.5
Trust (1990) - 4
四月物語 [April Story] (1998) - 3
不良姐御伝猪の鹿お蝶 [Sex and Fury] (1973) - 4
Arrebato [Rapture] (1980) - 4.5
Brzezina [The Birch Wood] (1970) - 3.5
Usłyszcie mój krzyk [Hear My Cry] (1991) - 4
Korczak (1990) - 4
Her (2013) - 3.5
To Catch a Thief (1955) - 3
隠し砦の三悪人 [The Hidden Fortress] (1958) - 4
青少年哪吒 [Rebels of the Neon God] (1992) 4

Daniel M

05-02-14, 11:07 AM

El Topo (1970) 1.5

Why so low?

BlueLion

05-02-14, 11:57 AM

Why so low?

I guess it's one of those instances when I can say it's not really a bad film, I just didn't like it very much. I appreciated some of its surreal imagery and it was quite watchable and interesting for about an hour or so, but then I began to lose patience and I found the last hour pretty hard to sit through. That said, I look forward to seeing the rest from the director, especially The Holy Mountain, which I expect to enjoy a lot more.

Captain Spaulding

05-02-14, 02:29 PM

Alice in the Cities
(Wim Wenders, 1974) 4+

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Complex, believable characterisations and heartfelt performances combine to make an extremely memorable experience. Watch this for the 70s countdown!

Great movie. It won't make my 70's list, but I hope it receives enough votes from others to still make an appearance on the countdown. I need to see more Wenders. The only two I've seen--- this and Paris, Texas--- left quite an impression on me.

I watched Alice in the Cities on TCM, and host Robert Osborne noted how the movie could never be made today. Part of the reason is because of how sensitive modern audiences are to anything reminiscent of pedophilia (even though the movie itself is completely innocent). But the biggest reason is that the story could no longer take place in a world where cell phones exist.

mark f

05-02-14, 03:36 PM

The only movie I’d seen before was Zelig. Sorry if too many others get my standard, boring rating, but if there's blame to be assigned, I'd blame the movies.
Magoo's Puddle Jumper (Pete Burness, 1956) 2
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (Don Scardino, 2013) 2.5
The Apparition (Todd Lincoln, 2012) 1.5
Zelig (Woody Allen, 1983) 3.5
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Leonard Zelig (Woody Allen), the “Human Chameleon”, became world-famous in the 1920s.
Promised Land (Gus Van Sant, 2012) 2.5
Trouble with the Curve (Robert Lorenz, 2012) 2+
Jack the Giant Slayer (Bryan Singer, 2013) 2.5
Ghost in the Shell (Mamoru Oshii, 1995) 2.5
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A cyborg takes a moment before she goes to her job which involves ferreting out a cyber terrorist.
Pitch Perfect (Jason Moore, 2012) 2.5+
Taken 2 (Olivier Megaton, 2012) 2.5-
Hide and Seek (John Polson, 2005) 2
42 (Brian Helgeland, 2013) 2.5+
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Pee Wee Reese (Lucas Black) shows his support for Jackie Robinson (Chadwick Boseman) before a game in front of an antagonistic crowd.
Love in the Time of Hysteria aka Sólo con tu pareja (Alfonso Cuarón, 1991) 2.5
Two for the Money (D.J. Caruso, 2005) 2.5
The Man with the Iron Fists (RZA, 2012) 2-
Just Like Heaven (Mark Waters, 2005) 2.5+
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Reese Witherspoon and Mark Ruffalo share an apartment, but only one of them seems to be alive in the traditional sense.
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (Timur Bekmambetov, 2012) 2.5
Chasing Mavericks (Curtis Hanson, 2012) 2.5
Lola Versus (Daryl Wein, 2012) 2+
The Girl (Julian Jarrold, 2012) 2.5
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Tippi Hedren (Sienna Miller) & Alfred Hitchcock (Toby Jones) attend the premiere of The Birds.

Daniel M

05-02-14, 04:00 PM

To be fair, looking at those films I don't think you'll hear too many complaints for that post :p

Mr Minio

05-02-14, 04:12 PM

Good to see mark f watching films he haven't seen before.

mark f

05-02-14, 04:30 PM

I bitched that my cable/internet/landline (yes - still have one) bill was too high, so they dropped the price $20/month and gave me free HBO/Cinemax for three months. I'm catching up. Most these flicks aren't bad, but they're nothing special either. :)

rauldc14

05-02-14, 04:34 PM

I'm just surprised there's actual films that exist that you haven't seen :)

mark f

05-02-14, 04:35 PM

Hundreds of thousands. Now, more than ever.

Miss Vicky

05-02-14, 04:45 PM

The Man with the Iron Fists (RZA, 2012) 2-

That is far too generous of a rating.

mark f

05-02-14, 04:55 PM

My friend and I were making fun of it quite a bit, but I couldn't quite go to the next-lower rating. If you saw The Apparition, it might be more acceptable. I also got to watch it for free (at least as far as money). :)

Lucas

05-02-14, 05:08 PM

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (rewatch) 4.5

Magnificent film, and a perennial 70's classic. Remarkably powerful, and a triumphant showcase of great storytelling. And to think this might not have even made my 70's list. Much better than I remember it being.

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Repulsion 4+

With this horror gem, I can finally say I've completed Roman Polanski's Apartment trilogy. This is an exceptional film, and while it falls short of being as masterful as Rosemary's Baby, its still extremely impressive. The Tenant of course is the weak link of the trilogy, but its still watchable though.

Repulsion is more than a simple horror-film, it is a striking character-study of a young beauty's descent into madness. From the get-go we can sense that something isn't quite right with the film's main character Cinderella, and as the film progresses she clashes with personal demons.Her mental state deteriorates, and Polanski's splendid camerawork makes the viewer feel just as claustrophobic as the film's protagonist. There are hidden clues to what may be wrong with Cinderella, yet most of this is left to interpretation. The film's bone-chilling final scene literally terrified me, and it definitely reinforced my interpretation of the film as being quite possibly correct.

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A Streetcar Named Desire 4

Superb melodrama about a woman who is hopelessly trying to escape her past. The characters of the film feel real, they aren't simple caricatures. One second you despise them, the next you are consumed with empathy for their well-being. The sharp cinematography and astounding performances make this chamber drama highly engrossing and compelling. Definitely an essential viewing to those that like excellent character-driven dramas.

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The General 4

Buster Keaton>Charles Chaplin

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The Lego Movie 3.5+

Had alot of fun with this one.Immensely enjoyable,fun, and it should be entertaining for all audiences:Young Or Old. Its quite hilarious and the film is ripe with meta-jokes and self-aware humor.It also is very sweet and endearing. I couldn't help but smile while watching it, and that's all I was asking for before I sat down and gave this a viewing. It also manages to subvert many cliches we are all so accustomed to with modern Blockbusters, and that actually surprised me quite a bit.

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kkl10

05-02-14, 05:23 PM

Repulsion rating_4+

With this horror gem, I can finally say I've completed Roman Polanski's Apartment trilogy. This is an exceptional film, and while it falls short of being as masterful as Rosemary's Baby, its still extremely impressive. The Tenant of course is the weak link of the trilogy, but its still watchable though.

Repulsion is more than a simple horror-film, it is a striking character-study of a young beauty's descent into madness. From the get-go we can sense that something isn't quite right with the film's main character Cinderella, and as the film progresses she clashes with personal demons.Her mental state deteriorates, and Polanski's splendid camerawork makes the viewer feel just as claustrophobic as the film's protagonist. There are hidden clues to what may be wrong with Cinderella, yet most of this is left to interpretation. The film's bone-chilling final scene literally terrified me, and it definitely reinforced my interpretation of the film as being quite possibly correct.

Completely agree with your take on Repulsion, a great film. Your review is pretty similar to mine actually. I still have to see Rosemary's Baby though. Very curious!

By the way, I don't get what's the difference between this thread and "Rate the last movie you saw"?

Mr Minio

05-02-14, 06:26 PM

The Shining

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Jack laughs at people trying to interpret every pixel of this movie.

rating_3_5 (bumped from rating_2_5)

Still a disappointment. I'm very generous giving it a 3.5 and was thinking about 3 for a long time. It's a really well made film, but it didn't amaze me just as it didn't the first time I'd seen it. Then again, I'd like to rewatch it again in a couple of years. Maybe after I'd seen it 10 times it becomes my favourite film, or something.

bluedeed

05-02-14, 07:28 PM

The Shining

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Jack laughs at people trying to interpret every pixel of this movie.

This wouldn't be happening if they saw it on film!

Buster Keaton>Charles Chaplin

Well, clearly...
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donniedarko

05-02-14, 07:51 PM

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The General 4

Buster Keaton>Charles Chaplin

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Haters gonna hate
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Daniel M

05-02-14, 08:03 PM

If you haven't already see it Lucas, watch Sherlock, Jr., very short running length so doesn't take up much time, and definitely worth it.

By the way, I don't get what's the difference between this thread and "Rate the last movie you saw"?

Not much. People tend to go for multiple films here and single film ratings/reviews in the other, I don't see much point in the other and I think even the thread creator has said it might as well be closed and people post in here, but it doesn't matter much :)

mark f

05-02-14, 08:30 PM

The main difference is I post in here. :cool:

Sane

05-02-14, 09:06 PM

Air Doll (2009) - Hirokazu Koreeda
An inflatable doll comes to life ... A different style to the other Koreeda films I've seen. Probably not as good as his others but I still enjoyed it. Excellent performance from Bae Doo Na - or Doona Bae as she is probably better known in the west thanks to Cloud Atlas. rating_4

The General (1926) - Buster Keaton/Clyde Bruckman
For me it misses the mark slightly in terms of developing any emotional attachment to the characters but as a train chase movie, well, it's the best I've ever seen. rating_4-

Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) - Michael Curtiz
Mostly good but a few minor things annoyed me. Mainly the fact that we really only need one James Cagney in a movie but having six teenage versions was a bit much. Still, I liked it. rating_3_5

Late Autumn (1960) - Yasujiro Ozu
Can't really go wrong with Ozu, Hara and Ryu. rating_4_5

The Fountain (2006) - Darren Aronofsky
At times I really liked it but couldn't help thinking, once it was finished, that it didn't really work - or at least didn't work as well as it could have. rating_3_5-

Night on Earth (1991) - Jim Jarmusch
Five taxi rides in one night. I really enjoyed all except the New York story with perhaps Helsinki being the best. rating_4

An Autumn Afternoon (1962) - Yasujiro Ozu
A very good film but thematically perhaps we've seen this once too often from Ozu. My rating is based on it being a standalone movie rather than comparing it to his similar films. rating_4-

A Zed & Two Noughts (1985) - Peter Greenaway
Rated this on face value - because I have no idea what it was actually about ;) Visually fantastic and, in terms of story, very interesting. rating_3_5+

He's a Woman, She's a Man (1994) - Peter Chan
Hong Kong comedy designed to take advantage of Leslie Cheung's superstardom. Unfortunately it's not very good. rating_2

Tyrannosaur (2011) - Paddy Considine
I only know Olivia Colman from the Peep Show TV series but she was outstanding in this story of two very broken people finding each other. Great movie. rating_4_5

Asian movie challenge movies:

Ma Jiang (1996) - Edward Yang rating_2_5
The Coast Guard (2002) - Kim Ki Duk rating_2+
About Elly (2009) - Asghar Farhadi rating_4
Beautiful City (2004) - Asghar Farhadi rating_4+

Mr Minio

05-03-14, 06:15 AM

The main difference is I post in here. :cool: And I as well.

mark f

05-03-14, 01:33 PM

And I as well.
Yeah, some of my minions post in here too. ;)

Pussy Galore

05-03-14, 06:58 PM

I don't like to rate movie anymore, i just think about that while watching it instead of trying to understand the movie itself haha. So I prefer to just give my appreciation without necessarily rating it

Belle de Jour (1967): Really good erotic surrealistic movie that non only have one of the most beautiful women of all time, but also a nice study of a really bored rich women who on the outside is cold and very fit bourgeois type, but on the inside as some really strong, non conventional sexual desires. I really liked it.

House (1977): Not my thing, not at all. Some weird stuff just very very very weird. The only reaction I had after it was wtf di I just watched.

Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970): Great movie and great performance by Gian Maria Volonté that plays a fascist that commits a murder and wants to prove that he can't be caught. Not because he is particularly intelligent, but because he is a cop and he as certains status. He wants to prove that he is a citizen above suspicion. I learned that both the director and Volonté were friendly with the communist party, it makes sens with the very arch portrayal that Volonté makes of the police. It may be on my 70's list.

Nashville (1975): Very cool minimalist movie. At first I thought Altman was laughing at the southern american culture and the Nashville country music, but I think it goes beyond that. It's just a plotless movie that shows what he sees about humans and the way they interact. I loved the part when Keith Carradine sings I'm easy.

The Conformist (1970): It's not a movie that is enjoyable because it's very cold and hard to get into, but it's a really important movie. It portrays someone that is not really a fascist, but because is country is fascist he conforms to it and became a fascist himself. At the end we see that when is country is not fascist anymore he denies is past. Actually the main character is a coward. I still liked it, but not as much as Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion, also it seems like the main character was speaking french and it got dubbed and that bothered me a little.

The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973): A really really really cool crime movie, it reminded me a little bit of The French Connection, but in Boston instead of being in NY. Robert Mitchum is really good as this quiet old familly man that keeps realtion with the mob. It's not a flashy action packed movie, but a quiet and I think more realistic crime film.Not as good as Friedkin's movie, but I still really enjoyed it and it may be on my 70's

Whisper of the Heart (1995): I'm not a fan of romance nor coming to age movie usually, but it was ghibli so I gave it a shot. I don't regret it, it's not as much about a romantic relationship, but more about dreams and decisions we make. Both main characters have dreams that are non conventional and not what their parents would recommend them to do, but they still do it and they're happy. We can add to that the beautiful ghibli visuals that are astonoshing and we have a masterpiece. I really loved that film!

Daniel M

05-03-14, 09:08 PM

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A Field in England (Ben Wheatley, 2013) 3

Very interesting an overall enjoyable British artistic effort. Great use of little resources, with a few costumes this could have been made by anyone. A little confusing at times, and nothing spectacular that will go down in history in terms of art house, but a very good effort overall.

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Planes (Klay Hall, 2013) 1.5

Pretty poor, generic unmemorable story. Worse than Cars which is not very good itself. Clear cash-in sequel that is everything you would expect from its production.

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Drowning by Numbers (Peter Greenaway, 1988) 4

Watching this film actually made me reconsider giving A Field in England a potentially higher rating. My second Greenaway film, it was bizzare as I expected, great use of imagery, numbers, combined with a fairy tale like story and great use of location and objects. Every frame is like a painting with everything meticulously placed to create a beautiful image. Not as great or haunting as The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, but still an excellent film.

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The Meaning of Life (Terry Jones & Terry Gilliam, 1983) 4

I would probably rate all three Monty Python feature films around the same. When I put this on I was a little confused by the 'supporting feature' and whether it was part of the film, as I did not catch anyone from the usual cast (although, I think they are there) and did not really laugh. But once the proper film kicks in, there were many laughs to be had. Many hilarious moments. Want to watch the TV show now, hopefully Monty Python can be represented on the 70s list.

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Videodrome (David Cronenberg, 1983) 4+

Much better than I thought it was with every Cronenberg film impressing me more than the last one. One of the greatest horror film experiences I have had, whilst not always that scary, there was something about it which made me feel fully uncomfortable all the way through - a real dirty, disgusting feel combined with paranoia and a great performance by James Wood makes this film unforgettable.

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Children of Men (Alfonson Cuarón, 2006) 3.5+

A very interesting story and visually this film is fantastic, with many great moments and scenes that show the talent of Alfonson Cuarón. Whilst it certainly impress me, it did not thrill me as much as Gravity.

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The Last Picture Show (Peter Bogdanovich, 1971) 3.5+

Very good film that really feels like a 70s movie. I hope that this shows up on the 70s list overall although it probably won't be on mine. Films like this capture time and place perfectly, there is something in them that you just do not get in modern films. Great performances all round but I think overall it just fell short of 'greatness' for me, which has made me lower the rating just a little bit than what I was going to originally give it.

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Bernie (Richard Linklater, 2011) 3

Jack Black is brilliant in the main role giving a weird, campy performance that really matches up with what the entire film is going to do. An interesting blend of fictional and documentary film making from Linklater who is always experimenting in terms of time in his films. But overall I think this film is good, but not fully with the desired effect Linklater might have wanted, but a very interesting effort nonetheless.

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The Pledge (Sean Penn, 2001) 3.5-

Very good police film that has a real independent non-blockbuster, down to earth feel to the whole thing that keeps it interesting and realistic. Jack Nicholson is one of my favourite actors and gives another great performance.

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Ace in the Hole (Billy Wilder, 1951) 3.5+

Very good film that seems highly relevant in today's media obsessed world. Great performance from Kirk Douglas but I thought the film had certain periods where it was not that great unlike other Wilder films I could watch all day.

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This Is the End (Evan Goldberg & Seth Rogen, 2013) 3.5

The rating might seem generous, but giving it any lower would be an unfair representation of how much I enjoyed it. Lots of laughs to be had from the actors who seem to be having a great time, an interesting and enjoyable story. Good fun and I loved the cheesy use of music. Loved the homages to Rosemary's Baby and The Exorcist.

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Major Dundee (Sam Peckinpah, 1965) 3-

Moments of greatness but on the whole this film seems like a bit of a mess, too long and the relationship between the two main characters does not seem as fully realised as it could of been. I enjoyed the end.

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Spring Breakers (Harmoney Korine, 2012) 2.5

A weird film which I am not sure if I dislike or not. Overall the feel of the film is very Drive-esque, slow and cool feel with a soft score Cliff Martinez and wonderful use of vibrant colours. The film moves along like a very slow dream, trying to be as cool as possible but probably failing. I enjoyed James Franco's weird performance.

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Howl's Moving Castle (Hayao Miyazaki, 2004) 3+

A film that aims big and has lots of great elements that you normally see in fantasy films, but I am not sure they come together as a whole. Had the potential to be one of Miyazaki's best, a fantasy epic, it is quite complex and sometimes that puts you off.

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Caught (Max Ophüls, 1949) 3.5-

My first Max Ophüls film. One of his American productions, and it is a very interesting film with some great performances, but I do not think overall that adds up to a great movie. Some great camerawork and cinematography, really good looking film. It seems from what I read that Ophüls was mainly interested in painting a negative image of Howard Hughes who is represented by Smith Ohlrig in this film.

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The King of Marvin Gardens (Bob Rafelson, 1972) 3.5-

Not on the same level as Rafelson's Five Easy Pieces, but still a very good film. Interesting performances from Nicholson and Dern. Has some bizarre scenes, especially in its look at the strange relationship between Dern and the two women. I thought the ending was very strong, and probably gives the film an extra half popcorn than what it would have had.

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The Candidate (Michael Ritchie, 1972) 3.5

Very interesting political film that is excellently written and has a great performance from an actor I really like in Robert Redford. Works well as a satire, not really a 'laugh out loud' comedy but a very clever film.

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Re watches:

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The Graduate (Mike Nichols, 1967) 4+

Fantastic coming of age film with great performances. Some great and hilarious scenes, fantastic use of music and an overall quite relatable film about life. A film that leaves you with a smile on your face and I am sure will continue to like it with many more viewings.

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Senna (Asif Kapadia, 2010) 3.5+

Watched this again as it was showing on the day of his death, very good documentary that works as a great tribute to the man. Not a big formula one fan but that does not matter. Works on emotional level and showing what type of person Senna was.

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The Sixth Sense (M. Night Shyamalan, 1999) 2.5+

Seen this ages ago but could not remember it much. Watching it again, the twist seems so obvious. Some really scary images too that I did not remember. Okay overall, but nothing that good.

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MASH (Robert Altman, 1970) 3.5

Re watched this twice actually. The first re watch I probably would have gave it 2+/5, but for the first time I now give it a positive rating. I think it still has its faults (Hot Lips transformation for the football scene), but overall I think I 'got' it a lot more on my third watch after listening to members on here and reading about it. Watching it with my brother helped, as I rarely laugh as I sit and watch comedies on my own. Lots of clever little moments that made me chuckle that I perhaps did not appreciate before.

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Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1942) 5

Just re watched this today. Wow, what a film. I would have gave it 4/5 off memory, but this viewing it hit me with great emotional power that I did not feel on my first viewing, or at least did not remember. One of the greatest films ever created, Bogart and Bergman are great, as are the rest of the supporting cast. Really interesting to see a love story where a man is the naive one who gets his heart broken, and a film where the minor characters play such a huge part in the usual Hollywood story of a 'hero' (Victor Laszlo). Fantastic dialogue throughout, and many fantastic scenes. The 'Le Marseillais', the put it on 22 roulette scene, and the ending are almost tear inducing, possibly the most tragic, complex and importantly greatest romance of all time.

rauldc14

05-03-14, 09:14 PM

I was hoping you would like The King of Marvin Gardens a bit more, but at least u liked it.

Daniel M

05-03-14, 09:18 PM

I was hoping you would like The King of Marvin Gardens a bit more, but at least u liked it.

It was very good, but not great, unlike Five Easy Pieces, which I recommended you hurry up and watch :p

mark f

05-03-14, 09:32 PM

Daniel M

05-03-14, 09:41 PM

You overrated it but that's generally to be expected. :) You're right about the great ending though. Too much flip-flopping on MASH - first way too low, then too high. What's with your sense of humor when you're alone? Too many comments to mention, but I started to cry when you wrapped up the Casablanca review. Here, I'll hide my eyes. :cool:

I think I might have overrated it too, but the ending did it that favour. And yeh I know MASH is a bit weird, but I did honestly find it very funny when I watched it with my brother. I wouldn't say may sense of humour is different but I tend to 'laugh out loud' more when I watch films with others, but I definitely appreciated some of the more subtle humour this time.

I know there's load of films there and I tend to rate from 3 to 4 now, with 4-5 mainly for re watches, but I think my ratings are pretty fair for most even though you'd disagree probably with a few (Drowning by Numbers, Spring Breakers and A Field in England I guess (if you have seen it).

And I know you love Casablanca. Really a great film that I definitely got the 'love' for more this time than my first viewing even though I appreciated then, a bit like when I re watched The Godfather. Even with my 'art house turn', I still appreciate great classic American films, you and JayDee should be grateful! :p

Cobpyth

05-03-14, 09:48 PM

I generally agree with all of your short reviews there, Daniel (especially the one about Casablanca).

Small remarks:

I got more out of Spring Breakers than it just trying to be cool. I thought there was some genuine meaning behind the whole experience. I saw it as a coming of age story that specifically perceived and dealt with the "intrinsic moral limits" of (young) people. It worked for me, because I was also attracted by the film's hallucinatory atmosphere and it resulted in a semi-profound experience for me.

I agree with your opinion about The King of Marvin Gardens. It has a few great moments, but as a whole it doesn't completely come through (for me). You should definitely check out Carnal Knowledge (if you haven't already) before composing your '70s list! It's another great film from the early '70s featuring Jack Nicholson and in my opinion it's on par with Fice Easy Pieces. It's a provocative and deliciously dark comical experience. It's also directed very stylishly by Mike NIchols, so that's also a plus. Be sure to let me know when you give that one a watch!

mark f

05-03-14, 10:05 PM

Well, I took the meaning of Spring Breakers to be that if you suck off a gun, you'll end up eating it.

rauldc14

05-03-14, 10:10 PM

It was very good, but not great, unlike Five Easy Pieces, which I recommended you hurry up and watch :p

I've seen that one already based off your recommendation.

rauldc14

05-03-14, 10:13 PM

Spring Breakers has no meaning. It just tries to be cool.

The more Nicholson the better for the 70s list.

Daniel M

05-03-14, 10:18 PM

I agree with your opinion about The King of Marvin Gardens. It has a few great moments, but as a whole it doesn't completely come through (for me). You should definitely check out Carnal Knowledge (if you haven't already) before composing your '70s list! It's another great film from the early '70s featuring Jack Nicholson and in my opinion it's on par with Fice Easy Pieces. It's a provocative and deliciously dark comical experience. It's also directed very stylishly by Mike NIchols, so that's also a plus. Be sure to let me know when you give that one a watch!

Yeh I will definitely check out Carnal Knowledge before sending my list as it looks like something I would like. Five Easy Pieces and Chinatown are definitely on my 70s list, and I know Cuckoo's Nest will make it without me. 70's Jack is indeed great :cool:

Cobpyth

05-03-14, 10:20 PM

Spring Breakers has no meaning. It just tries to be cool.

No.

Derek Vinyard

05-03-14, 10:56 PM

American Beauty (rewatch) 5
-Still one of my favorite . Why ? It's an amazing movie about life and Lester Burnham aka Kevin Spacey is awesome .
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The Machinist 3.5
-A very nice performance by Christian Bale but I find the storyline a little bit weird... not my kind of movie but still pretty interesting ..
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Gran Torino (rewatch) 4.5
-Great movie about racism and redemption ... Clint Eastwood is once again on top and the ending is shocking and at the same time beautiful .
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The Boodocks Saint 4.5
-Awesome movie . Reedus and Dafoe give a solid performance in their respective character and action from the beginning till the end .
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Shutter Island (rewatch) 4
-I never see it coming. Incredible plot-twist at the end. One of DiCaprio best performance and the story is amazing .
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Jaws (rewatch) 5
-A MASTERPIECE . in my top 15 of all time with great performances and Spielberg best movie in my opinion .
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Lone Survivor 3.5
-Typical american wat movie but I enjoy it. Whalberg is so underrated in my opinion and I certainly gonna rewatch it one day ...
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Swan

05-04-14, 12:01 AM

Funny People* (Judd Apatow, 2009) – rating_3+
Source Code* (Duncan Jones, 2011) – rating_3_5+
Breathless* (Jean-Luc Godard, 1960) – rating_3
Ted (Seth MacFarlane, 2012) = rating_3
Gladiator* (Ridley Scott, 2000) – rating_3_5+
The World’s End* (Edgar Wright, 2013) – rating_3_5+
Fantastic Planet* (René Laloux, 1973) – rating_5
The Ring* (Gore Verbinski, 2002) – rating_3_5
Amer (Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani, 2009) – rating_4
Enemy (Denis Villeneuve, 2013) – rating_4+

*Rewatch

mark f

05-04-14, 06:59 AM

The Bourne Legacy (Tony Gilroy, 2012) 2.5+
The Vintage (Jeffrey Hayden, 1957) 2
Admission (Paul Weitz, 2013) 2.5
Me, Myself & Irene (Farrelly Bros., 2000) 3-
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When schizophrenic cop Jim Carrey escorts Renee Zellwager to clear up a legal matter, they get involved with a hitman.
The Cat Concerto (William Hanna & Joseph Barbera, 1947) 3.5
Liverpool (Lisandro Alonso, 2008) 1.5
The Hangover Part III (Todd Phillips, 2013) 2.5
Just Looking (Jason Alexander, 1999) 3-
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Joseph Franquinha learns some facts of life from Ryan Merriman while Allie Spiro-Winn & Amy Braverman hope to get some practical experience.
The Watch (Akiva Schaffer, 2012) 2.5
New Year's Eve (Garry Marshall, 2011) 2
Transporter 2 (Louis Letterier, 2005) 2.5
Road Games (Richard Franklin, 1981) 3.5-
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Trucker Stacy Keach, his dingo Boswell and hitchhiker Jamie Lee Curtis are out to catch a serial killer before he can kill her and frame him.
Getaway (Courtney Solomon, 2013) 2
Pet Sematary (Mary Lambert, 1989) 2.5
Little Manhattan (Mark Levin, 2005) 2+
Too Big to Fail (Curtis Hanson, 2011) 3
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When the financial crisis of 2008 first occurs, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson (William Hurt) says no bailouts, but as it proves far worse than expected, he changes his mind.
Valentine Road (Marta Cunningham, 2013) 2.5
Magic Mike (Steven Soderbergh, 2012) 2
Stay (Marc Foster, 2005) 2.5-
This Is 40 (Judd Apatow, 2012) 2.5+
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Paul Rudd & Leslie Mann find a moment of happiness among all the hassles of turning 40, being married and having familial responsibilities.

Guaporense

05-04-14, 02:09 PM

The Machinist 3.5
-A very nice performance by Christian Bale but I find the storyline a little bit weird... not my kind of movie but still pretty interesting ..
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The physical ideal sought by all girls was attained by Christian Bale in that movie. :D

Gran Torino (rewatch) 4.5
-Great movie about racism and redemption ... Clint Eastwood is once again on top and the ending is shocking and at the same time beautiful .
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Great movie as well.

Shutter Island (rewatch) 4
-I never see it coming. Incredible plot-twist at the end. One of DiCaprio best performance and the story is amazing .
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Indeed, amazing plot twist: I had to watch the movie 5 times before I could understand it.

Guaporense

05-04-14, 02:13 PM

Howl's Moving Castle (Hayao Miyazaki, 2004) 3+

A film that aims big and has lots of great elements that you normally see in fantasy films, but I am not sure they come together as a whole. Had the potential to be one of Miyazaki's best, a fantasy epic, it is quite complex and sometimes that puts you off.

It's considered to be MIyazaki's weakest in Japan, though I still love it because it still has all the Miyazaki magic in it and the plot makes no sense but it doesn't need to make sense. That makes it a different movie every time I watch it.

Harry Lime

05-04-14, 03:30 PM

Got a couple of recs from that last post, mark. Thanks.

Lucas

05-04-14, 06:57 PM

To Kill a Mockingbird 4+

A sweet coming of age classic. Having read the novel in High-School(as I'm sure many of you have as well), i'm not quite sure why it took me so long to knock this one down. I adore films that are able to capture a time and a place, films that are able to immerse you into a bygone time. This is one of those films. Gregory Peck's performance is astonishing, he really is the definition of a hero. Not in a "guy saves the world" sense, but someone who has strong morals and stands up for what is right. I didn't find the film sappy either, it handles the subject matter in a very realistic way. The children experience alot and eventually come of age, sometimes even experiencing racism and prejudice. I have to give credit where credit is due, as the child actors are very good as well. There's not much more praise I can usher on this American classic, it really is a very good film.

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Robocop 3

Wow, another unnecessary remake of a revered classic. Lemme guess it's a complete turd?
Not quite.

I honestly think this is a perfectly adequate piece of popcorn entertainment, and thats all i was asking for. It is obviously inferior to the original in almost every way, but that's perfectly fine with me. But as a pure piece of quick escapism, its more than serviceable. The film looks crisp, the action sequences are enjoyable, and the narrative while disjointed does have a few bright spots. A few areas of the film are genuinely impressive,including a sequence where we see Alex Murphy's disfigured body propped up. Nothing left of him but organs and a head. Its a genuinely touching scene. The film also manages to tackle bigger themes, in a superficial way of course. But at least it tries right?

I enjoyed it for what it was. It's no different than the stuff you'd see from a Nolan film. A highly accessible,entertaining popcorn flick.

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The Double 4

Thoroughly enjoyable and quite unique as well. Visually remarkable.An intriguing,challenging narrative. A great performance from Jesse Eisenberg. There's plenty to like, at least to my tastes. I always love a delicious slice of dark surrealism. It's way too early to tell in the year, but this is my favorite so far.

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The Gold Rush 4

Another impressive film from Chaplin. There are a few hilarious sequences, and some extremely impressive visual effects.

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Daniel M

05-04-14, 07:16 PM

It's considered to be MIyazaki's weakest in Japan, though I still love it because it still has all the Miyazaki magic in it and the plot makes no sense but it doesn't need to make sense. That makes it a different movie every time I watch it.

I liked it and I think I would like it even more on further viewings. I saw a dubbed version as it was what was on TV, but I don't mind them, thought Christian Bale was good as Howl.

So far I'd rank Miyazaki from best to worst:

1. My Neighbour Totoro
2. Princess Mononoke
3. Spirited Away
4. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
5. Porco Rosso
=5. Howl's Moving Castle

But I like them all.

rauldc14

05-05-14, 12:34 AM

A Fish Called Wanda- 5/10

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Just didn't think it was funny at all and really wasn't interested in any of the characters. I didn't think Kevin Kline performance was really oscar worthy at all, and Jamie Lee Curtis somehow strikes me as fairly annoying in this one.

The Ring- 8.5/10 (rewatch)

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One of my favorite modern horror movies of all time. I like it even better than Ringu, which was really good too. The story is engaging and it is fun to see how it all plays out. Swan hit it on the head when he said Gore Verbinski is a very underrated director. And as usual, Naomi Watts was both incredible and stunning.

Reservoir Dogs- 7/10

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A good first effort from Quentin Tarantino. I thought the movie was very well directed and acted for the most part. I still prefer a film like Jackie Brown though. But I am probably the only one who would prefer this over Pulp Fiction.

For Your Eyes Only- 6/10 (rewatch)

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Other than a Brosnan bond film, this is one of the weaker in the series, but it still has it's good moments, particularly with both the ending and the beginning.

The Seventh Seal- 7/10

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And interesting art piece from Ingmar Bergman that puts a lot of human thoughts into question. I like how it all comes,together in the end, and the film itself is shot beautifully. Probably not a film that I could watch endlessly but definitely a film that I can appreciate. Max Von Sydow puts up a great performance as the Knight who takes on Death in his game of chess.

Daniel M

05-05-14, 09:20 AM

If Swan said Verbinski is underrated, then I hope he likes Rango :D

Swan

05-05-14, 11:39 AM

If Swan said Verbinski is underrated, then I hope he likes Rango :D

:up:

Monkeypunch

05-05-14, 05:55 PM

Sometimes...actually, most of the time...I feel incredibly out of place here. I really don't watch art films and so many of you clearly do...Instead, I watch:

The Internship - Amiable comedy about two 40 something salesmen (Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson) who compete with college kids for a job at Google, which they know nothing about. The duo possess no computer skills, but get by on their ability to BS. Funny and enjoyable. 3

CBGB - Alan Rickman is really really miscast as degenerate club owner, native New Yorker, and godfather of Punk, Hilly Kristal. Other than a resemblance, I just don't buy it. The film also suffers from anachronisms galore (bands playing songs that did not exist during the time period being portrayed, Iggy Pop playing CBGB'S which NEVER happened, hell, at one point there's a Ramones flyer in the club long before they audition to play there...) and a lack of research. The only thing it does get right is that Punk all began with John Holmstrom and Legs McNeil's low budget fanzine that coined the phrase. 2 and that's only because Justin Bartha and Rupert Grint own the entire movie as The Dead Boys.

TylerDurden99

05-06-14, 04:52 AM

Beerfest (2006) 2
This Is The End (2013) 5*
Hot Tub Time Machine (2010) 4.5*
We're The Millers (2013) 3*
Timecop (1994) 4*
Superbad (2007) 5*
Tombstone (1993) 3.5
Happy Gilmore (1996) 4*
The Golden Child (1986) 3.5+
Top Gun (1986) 4.5*
Ocean's Eleven (2001) 4*
A Civil Action (1999) 3.5
Replicant (2001) 2.5
Honey I Blew Up The Kid (1992) 4.5
The General's Daughter (1999) 4+*
Club Dread (2004) 3+*
Smokin' Aces (2006) 2.5
The Lego Movie (2014) 4.5+
Super Troopers (2001) 3.5+*
Anaconda (1997) 3*

* indicates rewatch.

mark f

05-06-14, 06:44 AM

Epic (Chris Wedge, 2013) 2.5
Let’s Go to Prison (Bob Odenkirk, 2006) 2
Beginners (Mike Mills, 2010) 2.5
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Chris Columbus, 2002) 3.5-
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Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) accidentally transports himself from the Weasleys’ house to a dangerous place.
Won’t Back Down (Daniel Barnz, 2012) 2.5-
Broken City (Allen Hughes, 2013) 2+
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (Brad Peyton, 2012) 2.5-
Good Bye Lenin! (Wolfgang Becker, 2003) 3+
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After she awakens from a coma, Daniel Brühl tries to keep his mother Katrin Saß from learning that her beloved East Germany has been reunified with the West.
We’re the Millers (Rawson Marshall Thurber, 2013) 2.5+
Gangster Squad (Ruben Fleischet, 2013) 2
Savages (Oliver Stone, 2012) 2.5
Walk the Line (James Mangold, 2005) 3
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June Carter (Reese Witherspoon), Johnny Cash (Joaquin Phoenix) & his band perform “Jackson”.
He Got Game (Spike Lee, 1998) 2.5
Rebound (Steve Carr, 2005) 2
Rise of the Guardians (Peter Ramsey, 2012) 3
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With (Jeff Garlin, 2006) 2.5+
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Waitress Sarah Silverman and comic Jeff Garlin seem to hit it off despite his awkwardness with women.
Fever Pitch (Farrelly Bros., 2005) 2.5
Scary Movie (Keenen Ivory Wayans, 2000) 2.5
The Car (Elliott Silverstein, 1977) 2+
Undercover Brother (Malcolm D. Lee, 2002) 2.5+
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Undercover Brother (Eddie Griffin) has his act so solid that he’s not afraid to fondle his 8 balls in public.

honeykid

05-06-14, 07:24 AM

Sometimes...actually, most of the time...I feel incredibly out of place here. I really don't watch art films and so many of you clearly do...Instead, I watch:

Don't worry, MP. So long as I'm around, there'll always be someone who's watching something worse than you. :D Of course, I say that, but you watched The Internship and liked it, so maybe not. :p:D

cricket

05-06-14, 08:21 AM

Beerfest (2006) 2
This Is The End (2013) 5*

I would swap those 2

Mr Minio

05-06-14, 04:37 PM

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The visual beauty of Underground.
Another Year (2010) - rating_4
Śmierć prezydenta [Death of a President] (1977) - rating_3_5
Sabotage (1936) - rating_3
醜聞 [Scandal] (1950) - rating_4
La haine [Hate] (1995) - rating_3
L' assassinat du duc de Guise [The Assassination of the Duke de Guise] (1908) - rating_2 (told to be the first art movie!)
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The hilarity of The Story of Ricky
力王 [Story of Ricky] (1991) - rating_4
大菩薩峠 [The Sword of Doom] (1966) - rating_4
Sebastian's Voodoo (2008) [short] - rating_3
The Fury (1978) - rating_3
Ďáblova past [The Devil's Trap] (1962) - rating_4
Regen [Rain] (1929) [short] - rating_3_5
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Madness in the eyes of Tatsuya Nakadai - The Sword of Doom
Unsere Afrikareise (1966) [short] - rating_2_5
Обитатели (1970) [short] - rating_3_5
Filmarilyn (1992) [short] - rating_3 (Monroe's boobies!)
Zelig (1983) - rating_3
J'accuse [I Accuse] (1919) - rating_4_5
Underground (1995) - rating_4_5
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[I]'War kills as much the mothers as the sons.'
'You have to understand that there will always be beauty on this earth and that man will never be cruel enough to destroy it.'
'Strike again, o Sorrow, if you find room!' - Lamartine'
A bunch of quotes from J'accuse.

JayDee

05-06-14, 09:22 PM

Sometimes...actually, most of the time...I feel incredibly out of place here. I really don't watch art films

:highfive:

:D

Kaplan

05-07-14, 08:27 PM

The Panic in Needle Park Gritty and realistic, with great performances by a young Al Pacino and Kitty Winn. Not much else, though, that elevates it. B

Bad Taste Super campy fun from Peter Jackson, long before Lord of the Rings.

gajughead

05-07-14, 09:05 PM

Night Moves
Great shots of old Florida

mark f

05-07-14, 09:56 PM

2 Guns (Baltasar Kormákur, 2013) 2.5-
The Presence (Tom Provost, 2010) 1.5+
Scarlet River (Otto Brower, 1933) 2.5
September 30, 1955 (James Bridges, 1977) 3.5-
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College student Richard Thomas’ life seems to lose meaning the day James Dean died, and he finds little solace from friend Tom Hulce.
The Internship (Shawn Levy, 2013) 2.5
Big Daddy (Dennis Dugan, 1999) 2.5-
Leaving Las Vegas (Mike Figgis, 1995) 2.5
Unleashed (Louis Leterrier, 2005) 2.5
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Jet Li was raised to fight to the death as a slave for mobster Bob Hoskins, but he learns a more peaceful way.
Mama (Andy Muschietti, 2013) 2.5-
Beautiful Creatures (Richard LaGravenese, 2013) 2.5
Assault on Precinct 13 (Jean-François Richet, 2005) 2.5
Amer (Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani, 2009) 2.5-
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Empty exercise in style and homage just barely keeps your attention while it’s on. Easy on the eyes though.
The Wedding Date (Clare Kilner, 2005) 2.5
Chernobyl Diaries (Bradley Parker, 2012) 2
The Revenant (Kerry Prior, 2009) 2.5+
Ruby Sparks (Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris, 2012) 3
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Seemingly-delusional novelist Paul Dano wills Zoe Kazan into existence and is able to control her by typing her actions and emotions. They fall in love, but things aren’t all that simple.
The Purge (James DeMonaco, 2013) 2.5-
Lest We Forget (No Director Listed, 1937) 2+
Parental Guidance (Andy Fickman, 2012) 2.5
Beasts of the Southern Wild (Benh Zeitlen, 2012) 2.5-
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Impressionistic fable set in bayou country about six-year-old Quvenzhané Wallis and her cantankerous dad Dwight Henry.

Harry Lime

05-08-14, 12:50 AM

Sometimes...actually, most of the time...I feel incredibly out of place here. I really don't watch art films and so many of you clearly do...
It's probably a 50-50 split, or maybe 45-45 with 10% not watching movies at all. The arthouse goons are likely more vocal and tend to watch more or post in this thread more (except mark, he's a hollywood goon).

BlueLion

05-08-14, 07:53 AM

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Seven Samurai (1954) 4

The Conformist (1970) 3.5

Walkabout (1971) 3.5

Dressed to Kill (1980) 3.5

Funny Games (1997) 3

Hobo with a Shotgun (2011) 3

The Long Goodbye (1973) 2.5

Spirit of the Beehive (1973) 2.5

honeykid

05-08-14, 08:42 AM

I am surprised at the love that Dressed To Kill is getting lately. Pleasantly so, but still surprised. It didn't used to be this well thought of.

Yojimbo 2
Sanjuro 3
Used Cars 2
Mary Pickford The Muse Of The Movies 3
Licence To Kill 3
The Living Daylights 2

Mr Minio

05-08-14, 10:47 AM

Although Body Double and Phantom of Paradise are close, Dressed to Kill is my favourite De Palma film! It's like Hitchcock was kidnapped and gangbanged by Bava, Argento and Fulci and then gave birth to a bastard, who was whispering to De Palma's ear every night.

Lucas

05-08-14, 08:33 PM

There will be Blood 5

Yup, it's a masterpiece alright.

This is my 2nd time around with Paul Thomas Anderson's There will be Blood. Big fan of the director so I always found it weird that I didn't love the film as much as many others. During my initial viewing, I found the film to be very good but I certainly wasn't blown away by this so called modern masterpiece. Luckily with this viewing I see it as not only one of the greatest films of the last 10 years, but one of the greatest of all-time.

The opening 15 minutes are Perfect. We see Daniel Plainview getting his hands dirt to find oil. It's a dirty,grimy job, and we get to see his obsessive determination and hunger for success at play.The film somehow doesn't peak with it's magnificent opening however. Instead my admiration only increases as the film progresses. I can't possibly continue this review without mentioning how striking the photography is. Each shot breathtaking, awe-inspiring even. Jonny Greenwood's compositions and the atmospheric imagery go hand in hand, giving the film an almost permeating sense of dread. Though the entire film is a visual feast, a particular scene involving an oil explosion might quite possible be one of the greatest scenes in cinema history. But putting aside the film's aesthetic perfection, i'll get into what really drives the film.

I love character studies. I love films with compelling main protagonists, and Daniel Plainview is to me one of the most compelling characters out there. A man with an abundance of ambition and intelligence, yet he is someone who is consumed with overwhelming hubris. The man at points is despicable, a walking monstrosity. Yet there's still humanity in him, and you still feel sympathy towards him. This is an epic vision of humanity, and as egotistical Plainview is. He still feels human. I also adore how mature the film's script is. It deals with themes such as religion,capitalism, and human frailty. The acting is superb.....ah I'll stop with these pointless superlatives. I'll just end it at this. I Love this film. Its a reminder of why I love films so much, and it really is an outstanding achievement. I doubt PTA will ever top this, but I sure as hell would want to see him try.

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The Conformist 3.5+

Keeping this mini-review short and sweet. Magnificent cinematography and a story that's quite good. It will not be making my 70's list, but its worth checking out.

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The Last Picture Show 4

I like to think of this film as the Anti-American Graffiti. This isn't a nostalgic look at innocent sweet times of adolescence, in fact it's the complete opposite and I have nothing but respect for that. This film shows us a small little town with bored teenagers who don't really have much to do. The people there are unhappy, and all have problems of their own. Usually films about the teenage years glorify how great it was to be a young. How splendid their little town was, and how cheery the people living there were. This is a portrait of a dying town, a forlorn memory of times long gone.The word that best suits the film is:Bittersweet.

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I'd definitely recommend viewing it at least once before you guys submit your lists.

Don't Look Now 3.5+

A very spiritual horror flick, and beautifully shot too I must add. There's a huge focus on the color red, red almost always signifying doom or impending death. I already knew the "twist" ending coming into it, but that doesn't take away from the film's palpable sense of suspense. The canals and streets of Italy look genuinely frightening,especially during the nighttime sequences.

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Naked Lunch 2.5+

There's a few cool scenes here, but I just got the vibe the film was being odd just for the sake of being odd.I suppose I like it a bit, but it's not top-tier Cronenberg by any means. Awesome makeup and practical effects though. I don't really know who to recommend this film to, but there's a scene in here where a typewriter pops a boner. I mean if that sounds up your alley then give it a go I guess.

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