Last movie you watched [Archive]

zxc

21st-May-2010, 09:26 AM

I used to be more Fantasy, but Sci Fi is growing on me.

Which is awesome, because I have so much to catch up on! It's like a never ending list of movies-you-should-watch.

I already have a never ending list of movies I should watch :D . I have only recently discovered that there's a world of film outside of action flicks and such. My recent film-viewing has included the likes of Memento, Dr. Strangelove, Fight Club, The Life of Brian, Reservoir Dogs, and many more incredible films :)

Iron man 2, opening day :X it sucked
My friend said Iron Man 2 was bad but enjoyable, and that Robin Hood was ok but not enjoyable, hehe

Tuesday

22nd-May-2010, 11:56 AM

The only movie from that list I'd like to see too, is Dr. Stranglove, and then only because I can mock the stupid americans.

Everyone should watch 'cloudy with a chance of meatballs'. That is the best animation movie I ever saw. My mom just bought it for me for when exams are done.

I'm such a kid.

Cogwulf

22nd-May-2010, 12:53 PM

Akira.
Still a great film, even though the dubbing is a bit crap in places. (I prefer watching subtitled anime to dubbed because the translation doesn't need to be altered for the timing to fit)

citrusbreath95

23rd-May-2010, 05:19 AM

I actually saw Iron Man 2 today, it was rather stupid. It didn't really have a great plot to it, and the action/script was dull and unexiting. It was a bit too draggy, and the climax wasn't as great as one would expect from a drawn-out script. Oh yes, the comedy was too cliche' and the audience annoyed me whenever they laughed at it :slashnew:

zxc

23rd-May-2010, 07:19 AM

I watched Stalker (1979) last night. It was really quite interesting. It's a Russian film, with English subs, by director Andrei Tarkovsky. The title is of course referring to the Russian meaning, of 'guide'. The STALKER games are related to this film, and anyone who has played them will find connections.

It's supposed to be deep, but slow. I found it deep but not all that slow really. I need to see it again, as it had a lot of philosophical stuff about life etc. Visually, the film was amazing. I loved the slow cuts, the atmosphere, and the Zone itself. I had been recommended to see it with the original mono soundtrack, as opposed to the 5.1 dvd one, and the soundtrack was quite sparse (which is how I like it).

asmit127

23rd-May-2010, 01:25 PM

The last film I watched was Jumper back in February (I think?). Weak storyline, complete lack of believability and just a general glorification of the "fuck everyone else, do what's fun without care for the consequences" mentality so prevalent in society today. I was off work sick and bedridden but still found some energy to get angry at how shallow it was.

Hardly going to encourage me to watch (suffer) more...

reprographist

25th-May-2010, 05:57 AM

Into The Wild.
I wasn't too impressed with it, but it had a nice quality I liked. Not such a great storyline for a movie though. I loved the way it was filmed.

shoeless

25th-May-2010, 09:09 AM

"the little shop of horrors" (with the the) original version from the 1960's with jack nicholson and shit. wasn't a musical.

i was just in the musical for my high school, so this was super weird. also i may or may not have been a little high at the time, making it super duper weird. jack nicholson's character made no sense. and the dentist wasn't abusing audrey. so that made me sad.

also, "audrey junior"? wtf? no, it's audrey TWO, bitch. get it straight.

(though it's kind of funny since this is the original after all... ah well.)

Adymus

25th-May-2010, 10:11 AM

Robin hood, the new one with Russel Crow. It was a complete piece of shit, save your money.

Words

25th-May-2010, 03:26 PM

'99 Fight Club. Tyler Durden-INTP and ENTJ? has relation with the theory? or INTJ-ENTP?

zxc

25th-May-2010, 03:31 PM

'99 Fight Club. Tyler Durden-INTP and ENTJ? has relation with the theory? or INTJ-ENTP?

I'd say quite possibly INTP and ENTJ. What about Marla?

Words

25th-May-2010, 10:03 PM

If it is so then it reflects a personality's liking for its shadow. Sadly, it implies that ENTJ>INTP.

Marla is ExTP? I really don't know.

Ben

25th-May-2010, 10:07 PM

The Barbershop with Ice Cube, its actually better than it looks so dont judge it until you see it.

Kokoro

13th-June-2010, 04:07 AM

Just saw 'Pi' (1998), overall... I liked it okay, but I'm still pondering. So far, the more I think about it, the more I like it. So it has the potential to be a favorite in the long run.

Impressed by:
1. Good use of black and white.
2. Very effective atmosphere that conveys the feeling of obsession/paranoia well. It does this on a small budget($60,000), too.
3. Has the longest movie title in all of cinema.

Interesting note: This was the first film for both director Darren Aronofsky and composer Clint Mansell. Neat.

The Barbershop with Ice Cube, its actually better than it looks so dont judge it until you see it.

'Friday' is the only movie with Ice Cube in it that I can think of which I liked. I know that I saw 'Barbershop' before, but it must not have been very memorable because I can't remember much of anything about it. What was it that made the movie "better than it looks" for you?

zackp24

13th-June-2010, 06:36 AM

Just watched "Stalker" by Andrei Tarkovsky. If you've never seen it I cannot recommend it highly enough. This is the third time I've seen it and the experience was completely different from the first two. It absolutely blows me away every time.

edit: I see I'm not the first to bring up Stalker. Speaking of sound, this was my first time to watch it with a really great sound system. It really brought out how brilliantly Tarkovsky manipulated sound effects for the film. I truly can't rave enough...

zxc

13th-June-2010, 10:44 AM

Seen a few films since my last post: Das Boot (1981) Director's cut, The Road (2009), The Haunting (1963).

Das Boot was spectacular, and I also really liked The Road and The Haunting. Now that my semester exams are over, I have time to watch more films than previously ;). I'm intending on Requiem for a Dream sometime soon. Hope I won't be scarred for life.

zxc

21st-June-2010, 04:59 AM

Just watched Gattaca (1997), excellent, excellent

bananaphallus

21st-June-2010, 05:36 AM

I liked that movie. Must've been pretty flattering for Jude Law - being cast as an ideal human being.

zxc

21st-June-2010, 05:48 AM

Going to watch The Hunt for Red October (1990) now, will report back afterwards. I hope I haven't been spoiled by watching Das Boot (regarded as the greatest submarine war film) before all submarine films that I'm about to do.

Edit: Enjoyable film, Das Boot was more to my tastes though. I also noticed that this was more based on exceptional circumstances and Das Boot based on rather normal circumstances.

Kokoro

22nd-June-2010, 08:33 PM

Just watched Felon (2008). I am glad that I had never heard of it before seeing it, because I probably would have passed it up as just another prison movie. The film was excellent in many different aspects and overall very enjoyable.

The characters are solid. The story is a little cliché, however, it is based on at least one actual occurrence(Corcoran Sate Prison) and is portrayed somewhat realistically. Speaking of which, a lot of film was done very realistically(that is, for a Hollywood movie), from the police/judicial handling of the crime, to some guards' attitudes, and prison politics. That is what makes the film stand out above other prison movies for me.

LeeRain

23rd-June-2010, 10:01 PM

Avatar is the last movie i watched :D

zackp24

24th-June-2010, 04:09 AM

Ichi the Killer... what fun! It was alright, easily the most violent film I've seen, but nowhere near the most disturbing/messed up. I can't decide if it's a very stylish but ultimately empty film, or one that has some interesting things to say that get hidden behind all the glitz and violence. I guess the fact that I do see interesting and defensible ideas mean that there's at least something.

Anchorite

24th-June-2010, 04:12 AM

The last movie I watched was "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" (1963)

It's almost totally nonsensical. It stars Spencer Tracey, is full of slapstick, reckless driving, and has possibly the most absurd ending I've ever seen in a feature film. I loved it.

Polychrome

27th-June-2010, 12:27 PM

The last movie I watched...Toy Story 3. It was probably better than the first one...but I don't remember the first one that well. Never saw the second...Anyway, as usual, Pixar knows what it's doing in terms of storytelling! Even the short at the beginning was smart and entertaining. They showed what the experience of playing with toys is like from a child's perspective, which better developed the human characters. This is probably the best movie I've seen in awhile. (Oh my God...that Ken doll...!)

Moniker

2nd-July-2010, 06:31 PM

Toy Story 3 here too. It was indeed, fantastic.

zxc

6th-July-2010, 12:18 AM

Watched Sin City about a week ago. Fantastic how overblown the noir elements are. Vivid film, the characters were a highlight, and the narration, and of course the eye candy. The city really comes to life too.

ckm

6th-July-2010, 12:33 AM

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which I enjoyed.

Cavallier

6th-July-2010, 07:18 PM

I saw Ink yesterday. It as well done for a low budget independent film. I enjoyed it thoroughly.

YouTube- Ink Official Trailer 1 (HD)

Before that I watched the 1974 release of Murder On the Orient Express. The accents were horrible. However, it's a classic and I loved Ingrid Bergman in it.

tashi

6th-July-2010, 11:10 PM

Prince of Persia....Ehh. Not worth the money, and the ticket only cost $2.50.

Tempestas

7th-July-2010, 04:29 AM

Donnie Darko. And just before that, Primer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primer_(film)). Both amazing movies, they really make you think. Especially Primer, and it's even more notable for its small budget ($7,000).

RubberDucky451

7th-July-2010, 06:27 AM

Memento, I love it. I can't wait for Inception.

echoplex

7th-July-2010, 08:04 AM

I think it was The Wolfman (2009?). Had some entertaining moments, but overall nothing really sets it apart from most other omgmonster! horror movies. I actually don't know why I continue to watch these kinds of movies, seeing as I've (mostly) hated the genre for years now. I suspect I enjoy seeing unimportant characters disemboweled/decapitated juuuust enough to justify it. It's porn, basically.

Just saw 'Pi' (1998), overall... I liked it okay, but I'm still pondering. So far, the more I think about it, the more I like it. So it has the potential to be a favorite in the long run.

Impressed by:
1. Good use of black and white.
2. Very effective atmosphere that conveys the feeling of obsession/paranoia well. It does this on a small budget($60,000), too.
3. Has the longest movie title in all of cinema.
:D
I just thought this deserved recognition.

zxc

11th-July-2010, 07:30 AM

Memento, I love it. I can't wait for Inception.

Memento is one of my favourites! Now I'll have to read what Inception is.

I think it was The Wolfman (2009?). Had some entertaining moments, but overall nothing really sets it apart from most other omgmonster! horror movies. I actually don't know why I continue to watch these kinds of movies, seeing as I've (mostly) hated the genre for years now. I suspect I enjoy seeing unimportant characters disemboweled/decapitated juuuust enough to justify it. It's porn, basically.

:D
I just thought this deserved recognition.

The Wolfman was alright; I loved the setting and just everything visually :smiley_emoticons_mr but it was agonisingly predictable.

My latest movies watched:

Blue Velvet (1986): Verrrry strange. Actually probably less strange than other Lynch films I've seen, but still way strange. Good film, I enjoyed it.

The Shawshank Redemption (1994): Great film, lived up to its reputation. I hate prisons but this is one excellent film.

Shutter Island (2010): Great atmosphere and setting. Liked the start and middle a bit more than the end. Became a bit too familiar towards the end but it was a good film nevertheless.

Kokoro

12th-July-2010, 05:20 AM

Law Abiding Citizen (2009)
Some aspects of the latter half really dropped the movie's overall quality. Therefore, I didn't like it immediate after seeing it. However, after remembering the solid first ≈2/3 and thinking more about the ending, I really liked it a lot more.

I am surprised to see such bad reviews of it. It's not perfect by any means, but I think that it is much better than what the reviews describe. It is a great criticism of the modern U.S. legal system.

zxc

12th-July-2010, 05:47 AM

Just watched Intolerable Cruelty (2004). It was funny and amusing. Certainly entertaining :p

sniktawekim

12th-July-2010, 10:46 PM

Sling Blade.
was about a guy who just got out of a mental institution after being there for a really long time. Sounds rather typical, but it is a very different feeling sort of movie. i would recommend watching it.

zxc

15th-July-2010, 05:59 AM

Just watched Kick-Ass (2010).

It kicked ass I admit :p

Sparrow

18th-July-2010, 06:54 PM

Inception.

A must see.

Can't stop thinking about it...just beautiful.

Cavallier

18th-July-2010, 07:28 PM

I also just saw Inception. It was visually stunning and you get to see lots of handsome men in pin stripe suits. However, that isn't really a good reason to see the film. You can get "visually stunning" out of Avatar and the plot of that movie was horrible. You can find lots of pin stripe suits from Gangs of New York. The pacing however made the movie for me. It was masterfully handled to the point of being a central motivating force in this film. It is rare to see a movie that isn't simply an awkward fumbling in it's pacing these days. Dicaprio has become a capable actor. He pulls off a tortured hero powerfully but more importantly he manages his role with subtly. There is no hamming or extraneous silliness. The humerus moments are carefully placed so that the audience can catch it's breath before plunging headlong into the next psychological crescendo.

Damn. This was a good movie. I think it will be the best movie I've seen this year other than Shutter Island that is.

Gather_Wanderer

18th-July-2010, 07:56 PM

Inception is one of the best movies I've ever seen. I haven't even had time to analyze it because I've been so blown away since I went to see it on Friday.

Jaico

19th-July-2010, 03:57 AM

Despicable Me - the film's actually pretty funny. There's a lot of shout outs to pop culture, and its brand of humour is one that can appeal to kids and adults. I'd recommend seeing it with a friend (so you can catch as many references as possible).

zxc

19th-July-2010, 11:16 AM

Going to watch Inception this Thursday! First night it's in Australia (cinemas at least). I love how much praise is being heaped on this film :D Can't wait. Been a long time since I've seen an excellent film at the big screen instead of in my bedroom. I think the last one was LOTR: The Return of the King.

Films I've seen since my last post: Vanilla Sky (2001), liked but I prefer my strange films to be strange from the beginning; Primer (2004), watched after it was mentioned in this thread by Tempestas, I enjoyed it but this is the sort of film which gets noticeably better the more times you see it. First year university level physics isn't going to get me to grips with the film on the first viewing. I'll be watching it again, with my dad, sometime soon.

Jennywocky

19th-July-2010, 02:42 PM

I watched Inception last night.

I'm pretty sure Nolan is a TP, and (N)TPs really seem to resonate with his movies.

I won't go into a full review here, but it was definitely worth seeing and now my brain is trying to puzzle through all the intricacies of the plot... it's one of those that could be worth a second watch, just to get a firm handle on what happened and why. I really enjoyed it.

zxc

20th-July-2010, 06:44 PM

Watched Memento again for the 5th or so time. Excellent as always.

Watched Primer for the 2nd time. I understand it a lot more now. It's becoming more brilliant the more I understand the timelines involved.

snafupants

20th-July-2010, 09:39 PM

primer is a great movie. however, the last movie i saw was bully. i liked it because it realistically created the scene of clueless kids, co-opted by pop culture, endeavoring to murder their faux friend in a florida marsh.

sniktawekim

21st-July-2010, 06:11 AM

well i just saw inception, and it was worthwhile.
it references poe.
i would have enjoyed it much more if it didnt strongly remind me of recursion.

ckm

21st-July-2010, 09:07 PM

I was Inception on Friday, but the last movie I saw was The Departed. I enjoyed both a lot.

zxc

22nd-July-2010, 03:36 PM

Just saw Inception! Woohoo!

I'm going to renew my attempts at lucid dreaming now.

Yodon

23rd-July-2010, 02:49 PM

Just saw Inception! Woohoo!

I'm going to renew my attempts at lucid dreaming now.

I saw it the other week and thought exactly the same thing lol, i just don't get why i can never seem to do it, all i see is black then im awake and 8 hours are gone lol.

zxc

23rd-July-2010, 05:02 PM

I saw it the other week and thought exactly the same thing lol, i just don't get why i can never seem to do it, all i see is black then im awake and 8 hours are gone lol.

Same here, except more like 10 hours. I do realise that I've been dreaming, once I've woken up, but I forget FAST!

Next films on my to-see list are 2001: A Space Odyssey and The Dark Knight.

Antler

25th-July-2010, 10:06 PM

I watched Telstar a few nights ago; a good mix of humour and a mans decent into psychotic paranoia.

RubberDucky451

26th-July-2010, 04:00 AM

Same here, except more like 10 hours. I do realise that I've been dreaming, once I've woken up, but I forget FAST!

Next films on my to-see list are 2001: A Space Odyssey and The Dark Knight.

If you're looking for more Nolan check out Following, I enjoyed it a lot. It has a low budget feel but it has a very intricate plot line - typical of Nolan.

Last movie I saw was North by Northwest. Hitchcock is a genius, the cinematography was superb.

zxc

28th-July-2010, 08:20 PM

If you're looking for more Nolan check out Following, I enjoyed it a lot. It has a low budget feel but it has a very intricate plot line - typical of Nolan.

Last movie I saw was North by Northwest. Hitchcock is a genius, the cinematography was superb.

I'm going to check out all of Nolan's films, except perhaps not Batman Begins because I'm really not into batman. I'm only going to watch The Dark Knight because everyone says it's really good. I just have something against superheroes *shrug*, although I really enjoyed Kick-Ass.

Last watched Ronin (1998), kind of liked but it really isn't my type of film.

Offtopic: I find it hard to give negative reviews sometimes about films and music. It's a bit because some people work hard on it, and I realise it's pretty subjective. This is rather uncharacteristic for an INTP I think...

ckm

3rd-August-2010, 09:35 AM

The last movie I watched through was The Departed for the second time, though I've mentioned that already. Yesterday I saw some of Burn After Reading, which I had seen about a year ago, but the DVD player stopped working. I was thankful because I didn't want to sit through my family's reaction to a dildo machine, though I would have liked to see Brad Pitt get punched by John Malkovich again.

Those aside, Romeo + Juliet. It's probably safe to say I'm going through a DiCaprio phase at the moment, having seen The Departed and Inception twice each within the last couple of weeks, and Shutter Island earlier this year. I really enjoyed it, particularly: a young and attractive DiCaprio, the soundtrack (Talk Show Host and Exit Music (For a Film) being two of my favourite songs of Radiohead's), the visual style and the dialogue.

Saeros

3rd-August-2010, 11:58 AM

- Thumbsucker (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318761/) : Trailer (http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi335413529/)
- The Chumscrubber (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0406650/): Trailer (http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi1475346713/)
- I Heart Huckabees (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0356721/) : Trailer (http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi4186964249/)

Brilliant movies. Must watch.

zxc

4th-August-2010, 09:00 PM

Just watched The Shining (1980). Disturbing... I loved the hotel... not sure if I want to go there after watching that though...

Maybe if I had an army of giant cats... :aufsmaul:

ckm

4th-August-2010, 09:27 PM

Just watched The Shining (1980). Disturbing... I loved the hotel... not sure if I want to go there after watching that though...

Maybe if I had an army of giant cats... :aufsmaul:

I bought that a few weeks ago and haven't brought myself to watching it yet.

I've watched a number of movies over the last few days:

The Squid and the Whale - I enjoyed it, though seeing a young child spread his semen all over the place is a little unsettling.

Into the Wild - Really enjoyed this.

A Single Man - Lots of people I talked to found this boring, but I found it pretty engaging. The use of colour was cool. I liked the ending.

Alice in Wonderland - The new one, that is. Visually stunning, but other than that I didn't find it very impressive. I thought the story predictable and dull.

Going to rewatch Shutter Island tonight.

Cavallier

4th-August-2010, 10:05 PM

The Shining is one of my favorite movies of all time. It's a tie between that and Rosemary's Baby.

I watched Snow White: A Tale of Terror yesterday. It was campy horror movie fun. The high point was Sigourney Weaver as the Stepmother/Witch. Tag Line: Evil, like an apple, comes around.

Edit: Fine, fine. I edited it. :p

Dunno

4th-August-2010, 10:20 PM

I watched Inception today.

A friend of mine told me it was an interesting movie, and I didn't regret to spend six euros for entering the cinema.
Great stuff. Incredible special effects. At least one good french actor, Marion Cotillard was just amazing (almost all other french actors, such as Kad Merad, Clovis Cornillac, Mélanie Laurent... are awful and think they're good). Sensual, consistenting. DiCaprio too (but well, no surprise, he's DiCaprio). The best thing is the rapidly growing complexity of the stuff. 3 and then 4 levels, the mathematical rule that makes you spend 10 years in a dream in a dream in a dream, yeah, that movie rules.

Now I'm just listening to the original soundtrack. Downloaded it 2 hours ago, fine music too.

Vegard Pompey

5th-August-2010, 03:32 AM

The Shinning is one of my favorite movies of all time. It's a tie between that and Rosemary's Baby.

http://www.horrorstew.com/images/TheShinning.jpg

Dormouse

5th-August-2010, 04:40 AM

So, just finished watching Shutter. ( A Thai horror film, not Shutter Island.)

It was pretty cool, some genuinely disturbing moments and a very satisfying ending. The second-to-last reveal I found fairly predictable, but I suppose in some ways that just means the story and characters had good flow. The last one I had no idea about, though, and it was pretty chilling.

Agent of Chaos

5th-August-2010, 04:49 AM

Donnie Darko, then The Butterfly Effect and after that I think I'll kick on Dark City:evil:

zxc

5th-August-2010, 06:44 AM

Donnie Darko, then The Butterfly Effect and after that I think I'll kick on Dark City:evil:

Ooh I loved Dark City :twisteddevil:

Anthile

5th-August-2010, 07:37 PM

Those aside, Romeo + Juliet. It's probably safe to say I'm going through a DiCaprio phase at the moment, having seen The Departed and Inception twice each within the last couple of weeks, and Shutter Island earlier this year. I really enjoyed it, particularly: a young and attractive DiCaprio, the soundtrack (Talk Show Host and Exit Music (For a Film) being two of my favourite songs of Radiohead's), the visual style and the dialogue.

You should watch Blood Diamond, if you haven't done that already. Sometimes it's painful to watch because most of what's said in this movie is actually true and even worse. It's a great movie but I think it doesn't get the attention like the other DiCaprio movies. If you like The Departed you might enjoy Infernal Affairs, of which The Departed is a remake, as well. It's arguably an even better movie.

ckm

5th-August-2010, 08:25 PM

You should watch Blood Diamond, if you haven't done that already. Sometimes it's painful to watch because most of what's said in this movie is actually true and even worse. It's a great movie but I think it doesn't get the attention like the other DiCaprio movies. If you like The Departed you might enjoy Infernal Affairs, of which The Departed is a remake, as well. It's arguably an even better movie.

I haven't seen it yet, though I've heard it's very harrowing. A few weeks ago I found a shop that had a good few cheap DVDs, and I had narrowed it down to The Departed, The Shining and Blood Diamond of which I got the first two. Kinda regretting not getting Blood Diamond now. I'll watch it soon hopefully.

Last night I watched Shutter Island for the second time. It was probably more interesting this time round as knowing the ending made made me watch it from a very different perspective.

Tonight I might watch Philadelphia or The Sixth Sense, neither of which I have seen before. Kinda skeptical as the whether I'd enjoy The Sixth Sense, having been told the ending countless times. Or maybe, finally, The Shining.

ckm

6th-August-2010, 01:21 AM

Watched the Shining. Frankly I found it terrifying.

zxc

6th-August-2010, 09:23 AM

Watched the Shining. Frankly I found it terrifying.

The last 20 minutes... *shudder*

ckm

8th-August-2010, 12:12 AM

I kind of want to watch it again though. Maybe not alone this time.

Last night I watched The Lookout. I thought it was okay, but I like Joseph Gordon-Levitt a lot so that ups it.

I just watched The Graduate. I thought it was great. Loved the ending and the first couple of scenes especially. And the soundtrack.

Cavallier

8th-August-2010, 04:44 AM

I kind of want to watch it again though. Maybe not alone this time.

The scene where the wife waves the bat around ineffectually while climbing the stairs drives me crazy. I find my self gripping each side of the tv and screaming, "JUST BEAT HIS HEAD IN YOU IDIOT!"

I will not go into the plot because I don't want to ruin the movie for anybody who hasn't seen it. However, the psychology behind that scene is as frustrating as it is fascinating. It just goes to show that sometimes the right decision is the most emotionally devastating. You can't afford waffle when death and destruction is bearing down on you.

ckm

9th-August-2010, 12:28 AM

The Basketball Diaries. I found it unsettling, but I liked it. I think DiCaprio was great.

ckm

9th-August-2010, 01:26 AM

The scene where the wife waves the bat around ineffectually while climbing the stairs drives me crazy. I find my self gripping each side of the tv and screaming, "JUST BEAT HIS HEAD IN YOU IDIOT!"

I will not go into the plot because I don't want to ruin the movie for anybody who hasn't seen it. However, the psychology behind that scene is as frustrating as it is fascinating. It just goes to show that sometimes the right decision is the most emotionally devastating. You can't afford waffle when death and destruction is bearing down on you.

One thing I found interesting was that despite knowing that Jack would eventually try to kill his family, during the earlier parts of the movie I was so unsettled by the atmosphere in hotel itself I felt less scared when Danny and/or Wendy were in his company than when they weren't.

Mr.W

9th-August-2010, 05:05 AM

I finally saw Die Hard and was floored by how great it was. Classic action flick.

If you're looking for more Nolan check out Following, I enjoyed it a lot. It has a low budget feel but it has a very intricate plot line - typical of Nolan.

As I was reading through the thread I was going to reply with a recommendation for just this. I finished Following recently and it certainly has Nolan's now-recognizable touch all over it.

I also have to recommend The Prestige. It is my favorite Nolan film, and, in my opinion, his best.

Hot fuzz :D

More people need to see this movie. I love this.

zxc

9th-August-2010, 09:22 AM

One thing I found interesting was that despite knowing that Jack would eventually try to kill his family, during the earlier parts of the movie I was so unsettled by the atmosphere in hotel itself I felt less scared when Danny and/or Wendy were in his company than when they weren't.

Yeah, it was pretty obvious from the beginning what was going to happen with Jack going crazy, but I think knowing it would happen made it even more suspenseful leading to it

emptiminded

9th-August-2010, 01:32 PM

Last movies:
Bad boy bubby and
Mononike hime.
Enjoyed both of them. However strange it would sound both movies are very humane and worth watching. BBB is visually disturbing/disgusting but reveals that human nature is basically good; mononoke is visually beautiful/fairy tale like but uncovers some destructive aspects of human and civilization.

ckm

10th-August-2010, 01:10 AM

House of Flying Daggers. I had seen a couple of scenes before, but knew nothing of the plot. I liked it, there was certainly some food for thought. Initially I suspected it would be a martial arts flick but I was pleasantly surprised. I didn't find it emotionally satisfying though, because I didn't connect with the characters (which I suspect was the intention of the writers). Still, I enjoyed it.

Oldboy. I saw it about a year ago with a friend who had seen it many times before. My friend had to explain the twist, and having watched it just now I've got to conclude that I really wasn't concentrating at all the first time because though it was subtle, it was very obvious when paying a shred of attention. I don't care much for gore, but it obviously added to the shock factor. Plenty to think about. I liked it more than House of Flying Daggers.

zackp24

10th-August-2010, 03:45 AM

Just saw Wild Grass (Alain Resnais). It's lots of fun to watch a master having fun with the form. I still marvel at how something as deliberate and involved as a film can be made to feel completely spontaneous.

Jennywocky

10th-August-2010, 01:09 PM

Shutter Island.

Not sure how I feel about it.
I had already seen Inception and liked that much better.

Despite all the sleight of hand, Shutter Island was far more straightforward in terms of narrative truth and pretty much explains itself. It definitely got more interesting after the first half or so.

ckm

10th-August-2010, 07:08 PM

I watched about half an hour of The Kite Runner but stopped because:

The DVD player jammed and I didn't feel like switching the computer on;
I wasn't really engaging with it;
I haven't read the book, but I read A Thousand Splendid Suns last year and loved it so I think I should read the book first.

Before that I watched The Beach, and though I wasn't particularly riveted by the ending and thought it dragged on a bit at some points, I really liked it. It left me with plenty to think about and I really liked Richard's development and the stuff about idealism and community. I also loved the soundtrack.

ckm

11th-August-2010, 01:55 AM

snafupants

11th-August-2010, 03:25 AM

Just finished Match Point. I thought it was great. Hated every central character except Scarlett Johansson's, who was needless to say utterly stunning. It's also the first Woody Allen movie I've seen. I really liked the tone of it. I hope to watch more of his films soon.

that movie was spliced together in an interesting way. 3/4 of the way through (90 min mark) the climax occurs and then it turns into poe's tell-tale heart. that tennis/luck motif was a good one, and scarlett j doesnt look too bad either :D i like her in lost in translation more though, although match point provides competition. then again, i cant disparage any woody allen movie, that guys great; he has that clint eastwood actor/director/writer situation working, but in a different way.

Dormouse

11th-August-2010, 03:49 AM

Well, I've been watching a ton of movies lately, so in no particular order:

Shutter Island (Meh. Liked it, but been watching too many twist movies lately.)
Alice in Wonderland (Entertaining, but the whole world began to seem fake after a while.)
Se7en (Rather loved this one.)
Rent (Two-hundred twenty-five thousand six-hundred minutes...)
Kick-Ass (Yesssssssss. I am a sucker for action flicks.)
The Sixth Sense (I am the only one who hated this movie? Maybe my expectations were too high. Dull.)

House of Flying Daggers. I had seen a couple of scenes before, but knew nothing of the plot. I liked it, there was certainly some food for thought. Initially I suspected it would be a martial arts flick but I was pleasantly surprised. I didn't find it emotionally satisfying though, because I didn't connect with the characters (which I suspect was the intention of the writers). Still, I enjoyed it.

Visually that one's quite stunning. I don't much recall the plot, but I did find it dragged on when I first watched it. (The death scenes at the end, maybe?)
Have you seen Hero?

ckm

12th-August-2010, 12:46 AM

I have seen Hero, yes, but it was on poor reception television and I didn't engage with the plot at all. It's a movie I certainly hope to see again, and hope its impact will not be lessened by recalling some parts.

Blood Diamond, which I thought was great. I engaged emotionally, but also found myself contemplating many large issues that were brought up in it. As far as I'm concerned if a movie has that effect on me it's a success. There was a part, near the end of the trip to get the diamond where I started to get bored though, and I reckon I'd have enjoyed it a lot more if some of that had been cut out. After all, it's almost two and a half hours long. That said, I still really liked it.

Derocrates

12th-August-2010, 03:59 AM

*Snort* ZombieLand. That move was hysterical. Then again my sense of humor is non-sequitur.

Can't find Inception online anywhere with decent quality :confused:

zxc

12th-August-2010, 07:21 PM

Just watched The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, followed by The Girl who Played With Fire. Riveting stuff.

ckm

14th-August-2010, 01:12 AM

Transamerica. I thought it was very good. Very challenging to watch in that I'm not particularly familiar with - let alone used to - transsexuality, but entertaining for the same reason. I loved the theme song.

archimonde

14th-August-2010, 04:33 PM

Me and you and Everyone We Know.

Watch the movie to find out what ))<>(( means!

ckm

15th-August-2010, 12:23 AM

North by Northwest. It was the first Hitchcock film I have seen. I enjoyed most of it, particularly the gradual flow of information to the audience. Piecing it together was very enjoyable. However, I thought it dragged on:
I really liked the scene where Eve "shot" Roger, but after it was explained I got bored. The scenes at the house (though I liked the use of the pack of matches and the gun with blanks) and Mount Rushmore seemed far too long. The ending seemed very abrupt too.
What I found very irritating was:
The scene at the cornfield, iconic as it may be. When it transpired later (unless I am mistaken) that Vandamm simply wanted Roger dead, I found the use of the plane completely illogical. Why not just send someone to shoot him on foot?

ckm

19th-August-2010, 02:45 PM

Paris, je t'aime. I loved every minute of it.

La Vie En Rose. Marion Cotillard was great, and she was the image of Edith Pief. It was a very tragic story, but I didn't really engage with it. If it hadn't been for the non-chronological storyline I think I would've been very bored.

s0nystyle

19th-August-2010, 08:44 PM

SCOTT PILGRIM NEONE? The plot was pretty stupid, but the action+comedy+shenangians was worth it :)

AnExperimentalTom

19th-August-2010, 08:51 PM

The last film I watched was one I was asked to watch with the rest of the family. I think it was Transformers 2? I remember there being lots of robots, explosions and crap. It so ridiculously full of mistakes and plot holes and tediously mind numbing amount of explosions that by the end of it I was imagining my own story in place of the lack of story it had.

No idea why people seemed to like it.

Minuend

20th-August-2010, 09:25 PM

Fight Club: I was surprised to see how faithful the movie was to the book. It was was okay.

Nine: It's ok, I suppose. It could've been better. Tim Burton's movies are usually very predictable, it would seem.

Armageddon: .....did a day dreaming driller write this? Reminded me of this (http://xkcd.com/208/). I suppose it's a good movie, though.

Cavallier

25th-August-2010, 01:44 AM

Brothers Bloom: It was surprisingly good. I don't see why people thought the plot twists were too hard to follow though. Don't listen to them. This movie is easy to follow but not stupidly easy. I enjoyed this for the recurring language and the idea that life is a story you tell yourself. The storybook style in which this story is told keeps this movie from being too serious. It was humorous.

BigApplePi

26th-August-2010, 03:35 AM

I rented "Into the Wild" because it was mentioned in one of the INTP forums. Not sure if it was this one. What interests me is whether you think INTPs tend to be "loners" as the character in this movie seemed to be. I always thought of myself as a loner up to a few years ago when I decided that was not a useful way to be.

Yodon

26th-August-2010, 12:43 PM

Just saw Scott Pilgrim Vs The World Last night and OMG it was amazing i have to go see it again, its everything i ever wanted in a movie wraped up in to a pack labeled with awesomeness

Anthile

26th-August-2010, 02:51 PM

Armageddon: .....did a day dreaming driller write this? Reminded me of this (http://xkcd.com/208/). I suppose it's a good movie, though.

http://www.greensmilies.com/smile/smiley_emoticons_skeptisch2.gif

Armageddon: .....did a day dreaming driller write this? Reminded me of this (http://xkcd.com/208/). I suppose it's a good movie, though.

http://www.greensmilies.com/smile/smiley_emoticons_gucker2.gif

Armageddon: .....did a day dreaming driller write this? Reminded me of this (http://xkcd.com/208/). I suppose it's a good movie, though.

http://www.greensmilies.com/smile/smiley_emoticons_ahh01.gif

Armageddon...

http://www.greensmilies.com/smile/smiley_emoticons_ahh02.gif

...it's a good movie, though.

http://www.greensmilies.com/smile/smiley_emoticons_ahh03.gif

Armageddon: .....did a day dreaming driller write this? Reminded me of this (http://xkcd.com/208/). I suppose it's a good movie, though.

http://www.greensmilies.com/smile/smiley_emoticons_ahh04.gif

Armageddon [...] good

http://www.greensmilies.com/smile/smiley_emoticons_ahh05.gif

Armageddon: .....did a day dreaming driller write this? Reminded me of this. (http://xkcd.com/208/) I suppose it's a good movie, though.

http://www.greensmilies.com/smile/smiley_emoticons_ahh06.gif

Nezntrqqba: .....qvq n qnl qernzvat qevyyre jevgr guvf? Erzvaqrq zr bs guvf (http://xkcd.com/208/). V fhccbfr vg'f n tbbq zbivr, gubhtu.

http://www.greensmilies.com/smile/smiley_emoticons_ahh07.gif

ハルマゲドン: .....穴あけ機を夢を見る日を書くこれをしたか。これの私思い出させる。私はそれがよい映画、しかしであることを仮定する。

http://www.greensmilies.com/smile/smiley_emoticons_ahh08.gif

Armageddon: ..... tat einen Tag Bohrer träumend schreiben dieses? Erinnert mir von diesem. Ich nehme an, daß es ein guter Film, zwar ist.

http://www.greensmilies.com/smile/smiley_emoticons_ahh09.gif

Armageddon... ...good movie

http://www.greensmilies.com/smile/smiley_emoticons_skeptiugly.gif

Armageddon: .....did a day dreaming driller write this? Reminded me of this (http://xkcd.com/208/). I suppose it's a good movie, though.

http://www.greensmilies.com/smile/smiley_emoticons_ritzen.gif

Vegard Pompey

26th-August-2010, 05:36 PM

Spent the day watching Paprika, Tokyo Godfathers and Millennium Actress, in that order, in memory of Satoshi Kon. I didn't watch Perfect Blue 'cause I had already seen it, same with Paranoia Agent.

Paprika was very good, visually in particular, but the visuals were so consistently fantastic that it grew somewhat tiring. The plot was also kinda slow-started, but the climax was amazing.

Tokyo Godfathers, I kinda found inferior to Paprika but in a sense I still liked it more because it was much more relaxing to watch. Had probably the strongest characters out of all Kon's movies. The heavy reliance on bizarre coincidences and deus ex machina, while obviously intentional, didn't sit well with me. I'm not sure what the purpose of it was.

Millennium Actress had a core plot that I could relate to, actually one very similar to that of a story I once tried to write. It's always interesting to see your own ideas so efficiently realized by other people, although way before you even had them in the first place. It's both a good and a bad thing to see things done the way you would have done them yourself though, and the final line of the movie was fucking stupid.

I enjoyed all these movies but found them all quite inferior to Perfect Blue.

Anthile

5th-September-2010, 12:54 AM

Please, somebody kill me. I just watched Undefeatable (is that even a proper word?)and it's gotta be one of the worst movies I have ever watched, right next to stuff like IKU and Space Mutiny. Really, I can't even explain how offensively bad it was. It's one of these movies that has to be seen to be believed - and you shouldn't. Whenever people ask me why I am so hateful and cynical, it's because of stuff like this. Only notable because wikipedia says it has the worst fight scene ever.
Don't believe me? Here is a review to demonstrate just a fraction of the pain I have suffered in the last 95 minutes:

http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/ol/olp/23799-undefeatable

This movie makes me ashamed to be a human being.

Infernus1349

5th-September-2010, 01:16 AM

Watched Stephen King's It a few days ago. A classic.

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i93/jdknuck/stephen-kings-it.jpg

BigApplePi

5th-September-2010, 01:35 AM

http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/ol/olp/23799-undefeatable

This movie makes me ashamed to be a human being.

Indeed. Being a human being can be reprehensible at times . Fortunately there is relief:
YouTube- Star Trek - Kirk vs. Gorn

Minuend

5th-September-2010, 10:01 AM

Ha, Anthile! I didn't see that until now. What can I say, I'm fond of sad endings that include death and destruction. And if I'm lucky, I'll get to see someone in tears!

I realize the plot wasn't particularly believable. But I don't think I pay too much attention to the obvious plot when I watch movies, I realize now. I rather look for what's underneath, that's where all the fascinating stuff lies. And few movies pull that off successfully. Either they are all "I am weird movie that obviously has hidden meaning" or "I am action movie, watch me kill things". Armageddon isn't on my "like list", though.

Fight club wasn't tragic enough. Though, I actually find myself enjoying it more now. I watched it again some days ago, and it got upgraded to my like list.

Public Enemies: It was boring, but I liked Dillinger's girlfriend. I could somewhat relate to her.

I think I'm going to watch Pan's Labyrinth next. It's been a while since I saw it, but I really enjoyed the ending. There's also more than one thing going on. It has a sense of desperation to it that I'm drawn to.

Ed: I used the word "like" too many times, so I changed them >_>

Cavallier

5th-September-2010, 08:49 PM

Signs by M. Night Shyamalan

I was relatively impressed with Mel Gibson's performance. He seemed believable and surprisingly hilarious as the straight man in the lighter comedy scenes. Plot wise it was a bit weak. All the running through corn fields made my skin itch. The aliens weren't actually very creepy at all and disappointingly human-like. Joaquin Phoenix played the part he generally plays which is a weird combination of childlike wonderment and broken adult disillusionment. The kids were suitably odd. All in all I give this movie a B-.

Anthile

5th-September-2010, 09:12 PM

Nerd.

6th-September-2010, 02:31 AM

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.

I don't know what to say. I'm stubborn. I should have watched it a long time ago. All the recommendations made me feel rebellious. It rocked. You can't go wrong with Gary Oldman and Tim Roth. They were brilliant. The dialog was hilarious. I couldn't stop laughing. My cheeks hurt now. Too much funny. And it was clever.

Heads.. Heads.. Heads.. Heads.. Heads.. Heads.. Heads.. Heads.. Heads..

TruthSeeker

7th-September-2010, 07:54 PM

Donnie Darko, I think (I watch small chunks of movies all the time on TV so I don't know if that counts).

Cavallier

7th-September-2010, 08:13 PM

According to my theory
the aliens are actually demons.

Pray tell, what is your theory and how did you come to this conclusion?

Dormouse

7th-September-2010, 11:34 PM

So, I was dragged to watch The Sorcerer's Apprentice by my family, and although there were quite a few details that just bothered me, it was a nice little bit of escapism, and I'm glad that for once a physics nerd is honoured with the central role.

Their attempts to merge science and magic were noble, if dumb and contrived.

Also, I've been trapped in an urn for the past ten years, too! A figurative urn. Of ridicule.

Cavallier

7th-September-2010, 11:44 PM

I've decided I've seen far to few film noir genre movies so I started with The Big Sleep with Bogart and Bacall. It was interesting. The tropes developed from this genre are epic and this movie included quite a few of them. I've been deluded into thinking that women of good reputation were not allowed to show any skin back then. It was interesting seeing that sex and alcohol is a big part of this genre but in a less obvious manner than modern movies.

Anthile

8th-September-2010, 12:19 AM

Pray tell, what is your theory and how did you come to this conclusion?

Basically what I said in the spoiler. Assuming that Shyamalan is not an incredible lazy writer (he probably is), the alien invasion is not supposed to be a real alien invasion. Just keep in mind how easily the aliens are beaten - with water. Unless those aliens are the thickest aliens since Jar Jar Binks, invading a planet that is mostly covered in a deadly substance, pretty much everything that moves consists mostly of that substance and in most areas said deadly substance falls from the sky is beyond suicidal. It's like us humans try to invade Venus - naked. Now everyone who has watched Signs knows that the story is not about aliens but about a man regaining his faith. Graham is a priest. It's his water that kills the aliens - it's holy water. Considering how contrived the events in the last part of the movie are, "God send alien-demons to teach him a lesson" does not seem too far off.

I've decided I've seen far to few film noir genre movies so I started with The Big Sleep with Bogart and Bacall. It was interesting. The tropes developed from this genre are epic and this movie included quite a few of them. I've been deluded into thinking that women of good reputation were not allowed to show any skin back then. It was interesting seeing that sex and alcohol is a big part of this genre but in a less obvious manner than modern movies.

Fun fact: whenever you see blood in b&w movies, it's most likely chocolate syrup. Good old Kensington Gore looked too 'unrealistic'.

Cavallier

8th-September-2010, 01:41 AM

Okay, yes. That makes sense to me. I had thought it ridiculous that these things ran through damp fields of corn with no apparent injury. While Graham's relationship with God is the center of the story I hadn't thought about the holy water aspect of it which is just blindness on my part since he was a priest formally. I just didn't make the connection since he wasn't a Catholic priest. It was utter silliness having the children be the source of information about how to deal with an alien invasion. I can see where that was meant to undermine the notion that the creatures were aliens. Although, endangering the entire planet just so one man can get his faith back is equally silly. Makes God seem very shallow and small. Meh, while I wouldn't be surprised if Mr. Night meant to make the creatures be demons I doubt he meant to make a point that God is a spoiled child. Then again there was that whole Happening fiasco.

Minuend

14th-September-2010, 08:14 PM

Coraline (sounds like an airline company).

I enjoyed this one. I watched it in 3D. Equipment wasn't optimal, but even though I saw mostly greenish/ grayish, I was so fascinated that I watched the whole movie in it, (never watched anything in 3D before). I'm easily amused...

Keary

15th-September-2010, 04:31 AM

Hot Fuzz, Simon Pegg is freaking awesome.

zxc

15th-September-2010, 06:30 AM

Tomorrow, When the War Began. It was one of my favourite book series since I first came across them in 2000 (and now I'm rereading them again). Seeing it come to life visually was a very interesting experience. A few little things I didn't like (such as the good old multi-angle replay of a large explosion) but overall it was good and faithful to the book. In particular Homer and Ellie were very much like how I imagined them to be in the books.

snafupants

15th-September-2010, 06:53 AM

YouTube - Best Scenes From "The Wicker Man"

Anchorite

19th-September-2010, 01:17 PM

"The Men Who Stare at Goats". Pretty fantastic movie. Lot more to it than I thought there would be.

Beat Mango

19th-September-2010, 01:39 PM

^ definitely! I wonder if it appeals to us INTPs in particular because of its silliness.

The Frood

20th-September-2010, 06:13 AM

Saw "the Others" last night, after a "Back to the Future" marathon. It was alright I guess.

Traianus

21st-September-2010, 08:07 AM

North by Northwest and The Big Sleep are both great movies. The last one I watched though was Arabesque. People that like old film noir won't be disappointed.

Cavallier

21st-September-2010, 09:36 PM

Then I shall move on to Arabesque next!

I just saw BBC's 4 episode adaptation of North and South by Gaskell yesterday. It's a period film about industrialized Northern England and the more idyllic Southern England. It attempts to define the class wars of the time but focuses mostly on the love story of Margaret and John. I enjoyed it though I have to admit I wouldn't have enjoyed it so much if the male lead wasn't quite so attractive or the female lead quite so independent. Sadly, the history just wasn't as accurate or as detailed as I would have liked. The story was the usual tale of a headstrong girl with multiple suitors who eventually chooses the least likely suitor. You know the type. He's the one that is misunderstood and socially inept or inappropriate right up until the last 10 minutes where he suddenly changes his behavior or new information makes it clear that he's been a principled person all along. It's the usual comedy of errors kind of story. Alright, it's more complicated than I make it sound but only just. Those who enjoy dialogue heavy period films like myself will enjoy this. It's not as dialogue heavy as BBC's (Colin Firth's) Pride and Prejudice which has an entire meal's worth of witty banter. I suppose North and South is the Turkish Delight or Chocolate Covered Cherry of the period film world. Dainty and delicious but not a whole meal. This is my new guilty pleasure I think.

:elephant:

Anchorite

22nd-September-2010, 01:09 AM

^ definitely! I wonder if it appeals to us INTPs in particular because of its silliness.

There must be something about it that appeals to a certain aspect of us because I checked it out on Rotten tomatoes after watching it, expecting it to have an 80-90% Fresh rating and it wound up with a 53% rotten. For some reason I just can't understand, it isn't considered by most people to be a particularly good movie. I, on the other hand, loved virtually every minute of it.

Anthile

22nd-September-2010, 07:10 AM

Here's the last mvoies I watched.

The Element of Crime:

It's a post-apocalyptic, almost cyberpunk-ish film noir detective something! It's Lars von Trier's debut film and it's kinda hard to describe. On the one hand, it's extremely pretentious arthouse cinema without any point or meaning and on the other hand it's beautifully shot, using a lot of fancy monochrome and it shows that von Trier is a huge Tarkovsky and Welles. The actual plot is kind of lackluster and one can only suspect that it only serves to show off all the references. If you like stuff like Chinatown or Bladerunner, you might enjoy this movie as well because it captures a similar atmosphere, although it never really comes near those two masterpieces. But it looks pretty nifty:
http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/protectedimage.php?image=NoelMegahey/elementofcrime2.jpg

Suspiria:

I mainly watched this because I was told this was the main inspiration for the Umineko games/anime. I was genuinely surprised when I later on read on wikipedia that this was voted one of the best and scariest horror films of all time. I admit, I'm easy to scare when it comes to movies but this one didn't much to me. In fact, in my opinion Suspiria waddled constantly through three phases: genuinely scary, goofy and plain weird and you never know what you get next. The plot is basically, an American dancer goes to a German ballet academy in Freiburg, a murder happens and things are not what they seem to be! Any further description would be spoileriffic. The acting could be better, the cinematography is great and the soundtrack is outstanding, made by the Italian Prog Rock band Goblin. I admit, this was actually a pretty good movie. It just didn't work as a horror film for me. It's worth watching for the vicious and elaborate murder scenes alone.

Black Moon:

Black Moon is pretty much what happens if David Lynch decided to make a remake of Alice In Wonderland. No plot, no point and truckloads of meaningless, pretentious symbolism. Unwatchable, unenjoyable. Surreal cinema at its worst. The only thing you will get out of this movie are bragging rights.

Strange Days:

An interesting underworld thriller with cyberpunk elements written by none other than James Cameron. Made in 1995 and set in the distant future of 1999, Strange Days plays shortly before the Millennium and basically follows the "main character gets his hands on evidence of an unspeakable crime" trope but with a lot of twists and turns, echoing the film noir genre. The characters are well-written and especially Lenny and Mace come over as very sympathetic. For some reason, it was a complete box office disaster. Overall, this is a very enjoyable movie.

Death And The Compass:

I watched this movie mainly because it's based on a Jorge Luis Borges story. In a way, it's very much like The Element of Crime. A pretentious, low-budget film noir-esque crime story. If you are familiar with the short story, you won't get anything out of this, it's the same story, that is actually just a few pages long, spread over 90 minutes. Naturally, it cannot work and so it's dragging on forever. Boring.

A Fistful Of Dollars:

http://yourwaytosanjose.com/images/clinteastwood.jpg

Causeless

22nd-September-2010, 07:27 AM

Just watched Kick-Ass (2010).

It kicked ass I admit :p

I thought it was cool, but the main character was a weenie! Hit Girl, however, rocked some goddamn socks off. Good thing I'm not a pedophile.

Also, the trailer gave me the impression there would be a greater number of heroes, so that disappointed me a bit.

mke2686

22nd-September-2010, 08:27 AM

clockwork orange

BigApplePi

23rd-September-2010, 03:10 AM

House of Games, screenwriter David Mamet. I rented this from the library and renewed it. I watched it, then again with commentary and now two weeks later again. There is something logical about every step. Every step fits making me feel very comfortable. I had trouble understanding the characters. I recommend this to INTPs who I think would like it. I wonder if you would agree.

Cavallier

23rd-September-2010, 03:46 AM

I've heard from several people that I'd like Element of Crime. Maybe I'll check it out.

I just finished Roman Polanski's Ghost Writer. I really enjoy Polanski movies for their dialogue. My favorite line: "He's not going to drown two ghost writers, for god's sake. You're not kittens!" The plot flows intuitively and the actors played their part subtly. McGregor made a good unwitting but curious/suspicious outsider who's always one step behind. The soundtrack is in a lot of ways non-existent except to accentuate the mood of the scene. This is a talking movie and there is very little action and the main violent scenes happen off screen. I think INTPs might enjoy this movie. I certainly did.

blotfelt

4th-October-2010, 10:09 PM

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Extremely good, imho.

BigApplePi

5th-October-2010, 11:16 PM

Last night saw "Silent Light." Not sure if this would appeal to INTPs. It appeals to intuition, not thinking (I think). I don't qualify for reviewing it as these reviews are better than anything I could say -- unless someone else saw it for discussion:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0841925/usercomments

onthewindowstand

6th-October-2010, 12:01 AM

Because I watched dinotopia I am automatically cool

Cavallier

6th-October-2010, 01:06 AM

I watched Robogeisha the other day. It was hell in a Kimono. Don't do it. However, if you like really bad films then you should see it. It was hilarious but also not hilarious. I don't really know what to make of it. I saw it in Japanese because I couldn't find a quality English or Italian or Spanish dub/sub to torrent borrow. Lots of weapons come out of lots of orifices.

YouTube - [Trailer] Robogeisha

NoID10ts

6th-October-2010, 03:26 AM

^ Damn. That's one of those things that can't be unseen.

Who knew Geisha's were so versatile?

"Fried Shrimp", lol.

Anyway, I just watched Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" on Blu-Ray with the kids. Is it me, or does the fact that the beast becomes a pretty boy in the end kind of negate the whole "inner beauty" message of the film? Sure they fall in love, but the story just isn't complete unless he ends up looking like he should be on the cover of GQ stroking a 12" cock, with teeth that sparkle in any lighting condition, and hair that is so long and luscious it makes women throw their panties at him like they're at the New York Stock Exchange. Some fucking fairy tale you sick bastards. Oh and I did the math and that fucking curse was placed on him when he was ten years old! What ten year old boy isn't a selfish little prick?

...... Just sayin'

DesertSmeagle

6th-October-2010, 03:33 AM

just saw the new resident evil movie. First 3d movie ive seen, didnt expect the 3d to be that good.

NoID10ts

10th-October-2010, 02:41 AM

Just watched "The Secret of Kells" and loved it. Based on the trailers, I didn't think I would care for the animation, but something about it had me transfixed and I found it to be a really beautiful film with great atmosphere and music. I think it's a good idea to do a little reading on the Book of Kells before watching the movie, though.

Anchorite

10th-October-2010, 03:18 AM

I watched "UP" for the 4th time yesterday. Everyone loves that movie and I'm no exception.

Irishpenguin

10th-October-2010, 05:21 AM

I went and saw "Social Network" last week, and I actually really enjoyed it, and had no idea that there was so much drama involved at all in the making of facebook.

But as my avatar might show, I just watched the movie "Labyrinth" and yea...

http://www.handstandcreative.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/labyrinth3.jpg

David Bowie was a total badass...but that fox/squirrel/dog thing was teh coolest :)

Cavallier

13th-October-2010, 01:00 AM

^That movie took a little dramatic license with the actual facts behind those guys but it was interesting.

I really liked the animation style of Secret of Kells. I must needs find the book or learn more about it.

I just watched Malice in Wonderland. It was fun and actually rather different from the usual twisted-fairytale version of Alice in Wonderland. I rather enjoyed the white rabbit as a fast talking street smart cab driver. Also, almost died laughing when he trashed a romantic moment by telling the girl he was just giving her a once over so he'd have something to think about when he was rubbing off a quickie later. I say check it out if you aren't a prude.

Anthile

13th-October-2010, 06:38 AM

I just watched Malice in Wonderland. It was fun and actually rather different from the usual twisted-fairytale version of Alice in Wonderland. I rather enjoyed the white rabbit as a fast talking street smart cab driver. Also, almost died laughing when he trashed a romantic moment by telling the girl he was just giving her a once over so he'd have something to think about when he was rubbing off a quickie later. I say check it out if you aren't a prude.

That sounds suspiciously like a porno spoof... :kilroy:

Last two movies I've watched besides a lot of Farscape episodes:

Encounters At The End Of The World

Directed and narrated by my favorite director besides Kubrick, Werner Herzog, it's a documentation about Antarctica. Philosophical, thought-provoking and beautifully shot, Herzog shows the South Pole like you have never seen it before, showing humans and other animals, why and how they live in this seemingly uninhabitable place. The narration, spoken in Herzog's heavily German-accented English adds an odd layer of his own brand of dry and pessimistic humour. Also, Kierkegaardian penguins:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7kdDeGXUjI

Air Doll

This is a very Japanese tale. It's about an inflatable sex doll that suddenly becomes alive and develops a soul without any give explanation as to why this happens. It doesn't really matter anyway. Now hear me out before you go and shout Oh, those wacky Japanese did it again! because it's actually a good movie. Nozomi, that's the name of the doll, then begins to explore the world outside of her owner's apartment. She soon learns what it means to be human and what the urban life does to people. In fact, the whole movie with its "magical realism" reminded me a lot of Amélie. If it was directed by Friedrich Nietzsche. While stunningly beautiful at times, it's absolutely soul-crushingly depressive. I don't think it's too much of a spoiler when I say it doesn't end well.
A special mention goes to the soundtrack because it's one of the best you will ever hear in your life, made by one of my all-time favorite artists, World's End Girlfriend. In fact, the soundtrack was the reason I watched this in the first place.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2T3YkiazkM

s0nystyle

13th-October-2010, 07:37 AM

Just watched "The Town" starring and directed by Ben Afleck. It's average at best with large portions that could be cut out and wouldn't have changed the story. I feel like it's a watered down variant of "The departed" with lots of shooting, a weak plot, but solid character development.

My verdict? Don't waste $11 watching this at a theatre, your 2 1/2 hrs are better spent elsewhere. Maybe when it comes out on DVD or bluray the special features would change this but until then, not really worth your time.

Anthile

16th-October-2010, 10:41 AM

So, after I watched about 50 episodes from Monday to Friday, I watched the concluding mini-series The Peacekeeper Wars in the morning which consists of two 90 minute long movies. What can I say? It's awesome. And crazy. And tragic. And touching. And Awesome. A worthy ending to a great but underrated show.

Not sure what to watch next, I still have a dozen or so of all kinds of movies lying around here...

Device Burst

16th-October-2010, 03:03 PM

Splice, last night. I watched it shortly after it first came out, but decided to rewatch it as many people I know rave about it whereas I can't get over some of its faults (how two fairly small fighting beings could unbolt and tip over a metal cabinet, how Elsa holds about five drawings when she's about to burn Dren's things and how she seems to have at least ten when the camera moves, how painfully cheesy Dren's line in the rape scene was, and so on). It didn't help.

Anchorite

16th-October-2010, 11:57 PM

I finally watched Ponyo last night. It was pretty awesome. Hayao Miyazaki is definitely one of my favorite film makers.
I have nothing else to say. . .

zackp24

17th-October-2010, 05:32 AM

Lost Highway

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMWMCbQxEsE

Brilliant, brilliant movie. Very surreal, and extremely dense and difficult, but a sheer masterpiece, I'm just blown away.

Anthile

20th-October-2010, 02:45 PM

I watched some other movies meanwhile, mainly two Edgar Allen Poe flicks from 1914 and a Poe biopic from 2006; all of which were alright, I guess, but nothing noteworthy.

I'm here because of another movie. When I stumbled through Cinemageddon these days, I mistyped while using the search function and thus accidentally found a movie with the rather odd name Survive Style 5+ [sic!]. As experienced cineastes may have already guessed from the title, it's Japanese. Well, I have consumed enough Japanese products in my life to become very careful with them. However, the description was intriguing enough to let me download it anyway. I'm glad that I can trust my intuition so much because, as it turned out, Survive Style 5+ is one of the best movies I have ever seen in my life, definitely Top-10 worthy. You see, the reason why I write so much about me acquiring and watching and so little about the actual content of the movie is because Survive Style 5+ is really more of an experience. It's impossible to explain or describe it to someone who has not seen it. I cannot even describe any memorable scene because the whole movie consists of about two hours of memorable scenes. Well, I guess you could say that it is basically a black comedy with surreal elements, embedded into an episodic narrative, but that doesn't really do it justice. I'd probably call it an ode to absurdism or something. I could even show you a trailer or screencaps but it wouldn't really mean anything, nothing I can tell you could prepare you for Survive Style 5+.
You simply have to watch it for yourself.

Here is the original plot summary from Cinemageddon if you're interested:
Some things can't be explained, and SURVIVE STYLE 5+ is one of them. A candy-colored comedy from Japan, it stars British footballer, Vinnie Jones, and ICHI THE KILLER star, Tadanobu Asano, in a movie that assumes the shortest distance between two points is via the fifth dimension.

A salaryman wins tickets to the latest stage sensation: hypnosis show VIVA FRIENDS! In the middle of the act an assassin shows up and sticks a pin through the hypnotist's skull just when the salaryman has been turned into a bird. A gang of housebreakers roams the suburbs, dealing with their budding lust for one another. A man kills and buries his wife, only to have her claw her way out of her grave and go after him with missile arms and fire breath, over and over again. An advertising executive goes off the deep end and begins bringing her clients some of the funniest and most vulgar commercials ever seen on TV.

Somehow director Gen Sekiguchi pulls all these strands together into a movie that is thrillingly original. Jettisoning traditional movie tricks this flick aims for something more, and it gets there. The ending will leave your brain and your heart feeling freshly scrubbed, and you will be absolutely unable to explain any of it to anyone else. So bring everyone you know so they, too, can experience the one-of-a-kind adventure that is SURVIVE STYLE 5+. A movie where love means never having to kill your wife more than five or six times.

Oh, and the soundtrack is pretty cool too.

smash_the_control_machine

20th-October-2010, 10:18 PM

"The Final" I liked it but I think that there should have been more torture. :D

Cavallier

27th-October-2010, 03:55 AM

I watched a 1974 movie called Vampyres (A.K.A. Daughters of Dracula).

I'm not entirely certain I want anybody to know that. :phear:

BigApplePi

31st-October-2010, 08:05 PM

Anthile

3rd-November-2010, 07:58 AM

If you followed my posting in the Five Things thread, you may have noticed that I was going to watch the worst movie I have ever seen up to this point. Ho boy, was I right with that!
First, I have seen quite a few terrible movies - some of which are even on the bottom 100 of IMDB. I have my very own "unholy trinity of suck" consisting of IKU, Undefeatable and Space Mutiny. Now IKU is more of a joke and while it is a terrible movie, the reason why I chose it was because of the huge difference what I was promised (basically Blade Runner 2) and what I got (a bisexual hardcore porno). It's probably not that atrocious if you are into bisexual Japanese porn. I am not.
Undefeatable is just terrible from beginning to end. But hey, it's a Cynthia Rothrock movie so at least you get some chuckles out of it!
Of these three movies, Space Mutiny is probably the worst. It's so bad, not even Reb Brown can save it. It makes both IKU and Undefeatable look like Oscar material. Yeah. Oh, and it was also partially funded by the South African apartheid regime... Well, you can watch the very amusing MST3k version on Google Video, it's definitely worth it.
So why am I telling you about these three movies? Because Monster a-Go-Go makes them all look like Citizen Kane. Monster a-Go-Go is is the worst possible movie in existence. I have a hard time describing this without using adjectives like bleak, hollow, nihilistic or soulcrushing. Mainly because they wouldn't do this movie justice. It's devoid of any kind of joy, fun or entertainment. It's the ultimate anti-movie. You can't even make fun of it.
Some people have lifechanging or even spiritual experiences while watching some movies? I had some of those too, while watching masterpieces like 2001, Stalker or Fitzcarraldo. Monster a-Go-Go gave me one of those too but it was like staring into the abyss. It is like a a Great Old One from a Lovecraft story, it's not even evil, it surpassed mere humanoid semantic constructs a long time ago and became living metaphysics to sing the song that ends the world.
You know, the only time I ever cried during a movie was with The Last Unicorn. This was almost the second time.
If you ever come near a copy of Monster a-Go-Go, run. Run like hell. There is nothing else you can do.

ProxyAmenRa

3rd-November-2010, 08:42 AM

Watch the human centipede. Some people told me it is quite amusing.

zxc

3rd-November-2010, 07:02 PM

Posted in wrong thread xD

zxc

3rd-November-2010, 07:06 PM

Saw "Downfall" last night. This is a film on the last 10 days of the 3rd Reich with Hitler in his bunker. Saying I "liked" the film doesn't describe it. Who wouldn't want to know the real Hitler? This one gets very close. One feels they are really there in the bunker. Claustrophobic, Hitler the man, how the generals felt, the women and why they obeyed, etc. This is the film where they made all the jokes about this scene. I had played many of those parodies but never realized they came from the Downfall film. I thought it was a German advertisement but didn't really think about it.

Downfall's great! Watched it the first time during history class in Year 11.

I last watched The Legend of Drunken Master (or Drunken Master 2) with Jackie Chan. I loved it! Hilarious, and with some spectacular fights. I had seen it before and I think I enjoyed it as much or more the second time. The dubbed version is particularly good, as far as dubs go...

LPolaright

3rd-November-2010, 09:04 PM

I watched Kill Speed.

Childish, retarded, low budget and lousy actors.
Seriously, don't repeat my mistake.

Trebuchet

5th-November-2010, 06:02 PM

I just watched Amadeus (1984) for the first time in about 20 years. Although it has long been one of my favorite movies, I had forgotten how excellent it was, especially F. Murray Abraham. It won all kinds of awards.

Amadeus is an adaptation of a play, offering a fanciful account of the supposed rivalry between Mozart and Salieri, which is not historically accurate but is in every other way delightful. And it has great music.

Audentia

18th-November-2010, 01:44 PM

Broken Arrow (1950) the only James Stewart movie I hadn't seen. I have to see every single one. Rear Window & Anatomy of a Murder will always be faves. Before that, The Old Man and The Sea.

Audentia

18th-November-2010, 01:47 PM

JoeJoe

18th-November-2010, 02:10 PM

I watched:

YouTube - Sintel - Third Open Movie by Blender Foundation

BigApplePi

18th-November-2010, 02:32 PM

Have you seen "The White Ribbon"? That's the last one I saw. It takes place in a small village before WWI back in Germany. I thought I was actually there, not that I have ever been actually there to recognize it as such.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1149362/

gruesomebrat

20th-November-2010, 08:13 AM

Elizabeth, Hunt for Red October, Luther were my last three... 1st and 3rd were at school though, so I don't know if they count...

JoeJoe

21st-November-2010, 05:42 PM

Machete

Bloody, sexy and hilarious. :smiley_emoticons_mr

cheese

26th-November-2010, 11:12 AM

500 Days of Summer (again). Does anyone else love that movie? It's not perfect but it's so nicely done. I thought Summer might've been INTP at first, but I suspect that's mistaken (considering the actress is - according to Adymus - ISFP; also, she recently married Ben Gibbard, frontman of Death Cab etc, which seems sort of creepily perfect).

I've also just seen Year One 2 1/2 times. Great movie. I know it was panned and the timeline was shit and the story was a bit confused but it was a great movie. I mean come on, it wasn't taking itself too seriously and it still managed to be really funny/fun. And it wasn't all lowbrow humour. Some of it was pretty clever and subtle, not in the standard American tradition (makes me wonder if some of the reviewers simply missed it). Plus the characters were great, the acting better, and the whole cast came together seamlessly. So what if it was mostly plotless? A lot of the 'good' movies suck ass at plot, but they prance about pretending to be fancy and smart and get an A+. I don't know why I'm talking so much about this shitty movie. I loved it.

Red Devil

26th-November-2010, 12:13 PM

MacGuffin

26th-November-2010, 05:04 PM

Anchorite

27th-November-2010, 06:21 AM

Harry Potter 7. It was better than I expected. Definitely more my taste than the previous films. It went by very quickly and I didn't get bored, so that's all good and sexy.

Cosmic Monster

28th-November-2010, 12:37 PM

I just watched Die! Die! My Darling!, a 1965 Hammer film starring Tallulah Bankhead and Stefanie Powers. Bankhead plays a religious fanatic who tortures her dead son's Fiancé (Powers) after finding out that she plans to marry another man.
I loved it!

Fiddling Lass

28th-November-2010, 07:30 PM

Billy Elliot (for the first time)! And I can say with certainty it's now one of my favourite films.

Gather_Wanderer

28th-November-2010, 11:13 PM

"The Expendables", just last night after a basketball game.

Well, no attempt at a script at all there. Just, awful.

BigApplePi

28th-November-2010, 11:31 PM

"Wings of Desire" like so: Re: Wings of Desire and INTPs (http://intpforum.com/showthread.php?p=206715#post206715)

alphaxys

29th-November-2010, 03:37 AM

The Seventh Seal.

Antonius Block - "Who are you?"
Death - "I am Death."
Antonius Block - "Have you come for me?"
Death - "I have long walked by your side."
Antonius Block - "So I have noticed."

Fantastic movie. One of the best I've seen in recent times. It is set during the black plague and is about a knight who challenges Death to a fateful game of chess.

PS - A few of Agalloch's songs are inspired from the movie I believe. Their song 'The Hawthorne Passage' includes a sound clip from the movie.

Totally watching that tonight. It's been a while, I just remember it affecting me deeply, like most of Bergman's films do.

The last movie I watched was 8 1/2. Fellini is a nut.

Cavallier

29th-November-2010, 05:47 AM

I watched The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus again today. It's a wonderful little movie. Yes, I rather hate the girl but she is adorable to look at. I enjoy that many of the imaginarium scenes are based on famous paintings. Though, mostly I watch the movie for Percy's lines and Tom Waits as Mr. Nick.

Tony: Where the hell are we?
Percy: Geographically speaking, in the Northern Hemisphere. Socially, on the margins. And narratively, with some way to go.

If you like odd movies, if you like Terry Gilliam movies, or if you like visually stunning movies you'll probably enjoy this one.

cheese

29th-November-2010, 01:02 PM

I've seen several arguments the actress is in fact INTP, but I've always been skeptical of that.

That's at least sort of believable. What do you think of the claim that the Olsen twins are INTPs?

And what made you skeptical? I'm curious.

MacGuffin

30th-November-2010, 03:45 PM

That's at least sort of believable. What do you think of the claim that the Olsen twins are INTPs?

And what made you skeptical? I'm curious.

She's hot and introveted and intelligent and OMG SHE MUST BE INTP TOO!!!!11!!

Probably the same reasons why I'm skeptical every time yet another artist/musician/writer/leader is typed as an iNtuitive. God knows a Sensor could never achieve anything beyond assembly line foreman.

zxc

30th-November-2010, 03:50 PM

Last saw Harry Potter 7 Pt 1. Seemed a lot slower than the book, but I can't remember the book that well now. 'Spose all the action is in Pt 2.

The Seventh Seal.

Antonius Block - "Who are you?"
Death - "I am Death."
Antonius Block - "Have you come for me?"
Death - "I have long walked by your side."
Antonius Block - "So I have noticed."

Fantastic movie. One of the best I've seen in recent times. It is set during the black plague and is about a knight who challenges Death to a fateful game of chess.

PS - A few of Agalloch's songs are inspired from the movie I believe. Their song 'The Hawthorne Passage' includes a sound clip from the movie.

Hey that film is like, next on my to-see list.

zackp24

30th-November-2010, 10:56 PM

Hausu:
YouTube - Trailer for House aka Hausu (1977)

There are no words to properly describe this film...just...see it. But make sure to bring friends, otherwise it would be entirely reasonable to assume you had fallen asleep and dreamed the entire thing.

cheese

1st-December-2010, 06:24 AM

She's hot and introveted and intelligent and OMG SHE MUST BE INTP TOO!!!!11!!

Probably the same reasons why I'm skeptical every time yet another artist/musician/writer/leader is typed as an iNtuitive. God knows a Sensor could never achieve anything beyond assembly line foreman.

Oh yeah, that sort. "Sensor" is just a euphemism for "asshole", the way it's used.

indigofireflies

2nd-December-2010, 08:33 AM

Megamind. It's quirkiness and just overall excellence pulled at every one of my emotional heart-strings it possibly could. Probably one of my new favorite movies.

Jesse

2nd-December-2010, 10:06 AM

Seen two kids movies: Megamind and Tangled. Megamind was quite boring. Not dark or funny enough. An ok movie but nothing special. I liked Tangled better but again not amazing. I liked the bad guy better and it looked more beautiful at times while Megamind just looked cool. It's getting to the point where kids movies are ruined by how good Pixar movies are. Saw HP7:P1: I found it disappointing although the material there working with is kinda weak. There were some good scenes but it's just not as good as past HP movies, (Mainly 3,5 and 6). I also re-watched Slumdog Millionaire. Not much to say except its one of the best movies made this decade/

Cavallier

6th-December-2010, 02:33 PM

I finally watched Moon yesterday. It was quality though I was disappointed with certain plot points.

Mr.W

9th-December-2010, 01:15 AM

Most recently saw Black Swan. I didn't particularly care for it, myself, but it was a good film--not very good, or great, just good. Darren Aronofsky is rarely ever subtle with his films, and it felt like he was hammering his points home as loud as he could. This includes having a character explain the entire plot of the film in the very beginning, beating me over the head until I heard him loud and clear: "They are putting on a performance of Swan Lake in the movie, ANDANDAND this FILM is a performance of Swan Like at the same time!"

Saw Tangled and loved it. Also saw Harry Potter 7 and liked it.

But I also watched the Man From Earth, and that had a profound impact on me. Pretty much every aspect of the film is pretty poor, but it so thoroughly convinces the viewer that a man could live to be 14,000 years old. I loved it for that.

BigApplePi

11th-December-2010, 01:38 AM

I just finished James Dean's "Rebel Without a Cause." Am watching the DVD commentary right now. It's about a guy who can't make contact with his parents. It's about a loner. I can't believe INTPs would not have an interest in this film. I recommend it.

James Dean was an INFP? Is that right?

Jesse

11th-December-2010, 01:52 AM

Watched Aliens. Nice to know there have been zero original ideas since this movie came out.

BigApplePi

12th-December-2010, 11:39 PM

Repulsion by director Roman Polanski. The reviews say it's about a woman's descent into madness. I say its about a psyche that can't make contact. Seems the ultimate in loneliness as she is caught up in internal horrors that keep her separate.

Döden

13th-December-2010, 12:18 AM

The Seventh Seal.

Antonius Block - "Who are you?"
Death - "I am Death."
Antonius Block - "Have you come for me?"
Death - "I have long walked by your side."
Antonius Block - "So I have noticed."

Fantastic movie. One of the best I've seen in recent times. It is set during the black plague and is about a knight who challenges Death to a fateful game of chess.

PS - A few of Agalloch's songs are inspired from the movie I believe. Their song 'The Hawthorne Passage' includes a sound clip from the movie.

YESSSS. That's where my username comes from (initially heard the Agalloch song and then watched the movie). I ended up doing a research paper for college on T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land" and "The Seventh Seal." Personification of death and meaning of life, etc.

Last movie I saw was Martian Child. It was cute.

Ey guys, can I get a recommendation for a super thrilling intellectual adventure/mindfuck film thrown my way?

Anthile

13th-December-2010, 01:17 AM

Ey guys, can I get a recommendation for a super thrilling intellectual adventure/mindfuck film thrown my way?

Cemetery Man
Primer
El Topo
Paranoia 1.0
Cypher
The Cell
Synecdoche, New York (Vegard's all-time favorite movie)
Welt am Draht (World on Wire)
Revolver (okay, not a very good movie)
Most Tarkovsky movies
Most Nolan movies

indigofireflies

15th-December-2010, 03:24 AM

Marley and Me. Cute little movie that tugs at the heartstrings.

Also watched G-Force and lied through my teeth that I liked it. I felt my IQ drop about 10 points within that hour and a half.

Watched Megamind -- again. I'm a little obsessed.

And for the future -- watching Tron: Legacy on Friday. :D

BigApplePi

20th-December-2010, 02:06 AM

Anyone here seen "Showgirls"? Saw it long time ago and liked it. Much later I read reviews and they were horrible. I wondered why so I rented it and saw it just now. It's the perfect film. I liked it better the second time because I was watching it for understanding not just entertainment. If you've seen it, tell me if you disagree and I'll tell you WHY I like this film. (I'll check back here every few months, lol.) I'd see it a 3rd time.

gcomeau

20th-December-2010, 07:26 PM

Went and saw the new Tron the other night. Story is meh, but you can watch it for eye candy and to get nostalgic about the first one.

BigApplePi

21st-December-2010, 11:42 PM

Decided to publish my review of Showgirls. I dare you to see it:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114436/usercomments-452

Linsejko

24th-December-2010, 04:45 PM

Noi Alboi, on the recommendation of someone on this forum.

Not bad, but depressing.

(Icelandic film)

L

Spectrum

25th-December-2010, 09:48 PM

Inception....again....

Vegard Pompey

25th-December-2010, 10:16 PM

Noi Alboi, on the recommendation of someone on this forum.

Not bad, but depressing.

(Icelandic film)

L

Was 'someone' me?

Mary

25th-December-2010, 10:55 PM

A documentary on my favorite musician~
She's such a sweetheart.

Dimensional Transition

25th-December-2010, 11:52 PM

The Big Lebowski. What a wonderful absurdist/surrealistic movie. Even though I barely understood the plot, I loved it.

gephura

26th-December-2010, 12:23 AM

The Big Lebowski. What a wonderful absurdist/surrealistic movie. Even though I barely understood the plot, I loved it.

The plot is apparently loosely based on whodunits from the 20s. I love that movie, but it's surrealistic indeed.

My last movie was Harry Potter 7. I liked it.

Nocturne

29th-December-2010, 06:26 AM

I love that movie also.

lol. Me too. I love Mozart's laugh!

BigApplePi

29th-December-2010, 03:31 PM

If you have an Oedipus or Electra Complex, this will interest you:

Knife in the Water by Roman Polanski. It has only 3 (three!) actors.

Vodhgarm

9th-January-2011, 02:48 PM

Pan's Labyrinth and Bridge to Terabithia. Both are really good.

CowSavior

12th-January-2011, 08:29 PM

The last movie I saw was Tron.
And I had several orgasms during the film.

Cavallier

12th-January-2011, 09:59 PM

Last few movies I saw:

The new Tron: The original was vaguely interesting and attempting to do something new. This new movie was a steaming pile of bleh. I love me some good sci-fi fantasy but this one was uninspiring. The soundtrack was bleh, the dialogue was bleh, the main character was bleh, the side characters were all bleh, hell even the special effects were bleh. I suppose it doesn't help that I went to the theater to see a different movie and then was forced to watch this one instead. I took a break about 20 minutes in so I could talk to the popcorn boy about how much selling popcorn sucks just so I could escape the utter blehness of this movie for a few minutes. I idea of the Isomorphs was interesting but it's been done before and wasn't fully explored in this movie. It was a fun blockbusterish movie but nothing to write home about.

True Grit: I generally enjoy Cohen Bro. movies. Suitably violent and Mr. Bridges made for a good hokey Rooster. Though it's important to understand that the original Rooster in the book and the movie were also a bit hokey. The actress portraying Madie (Mady?) was very good. The language was interesting as everybody else has mentioned. I enjoyed it. It was certainly a better waste of a couple of hours than that horrible Tron movie.

The Fighter: Good. Surprisingly good actually. Christian Bale showed some acting chops and I'm impressed he was willing to play such a complete loser of a person.

zackp24

16th-January-2011, 06:45 AM

Badlands:

YouTube - 1973 Badlands - Trailer

Brilliant film by Terrence Malick, beautiful cinematography and one of the best and most complete uses of an unreliable narrator that I've seen in film.

zxc

22nd-January-2011, 04:14 AM

Recently watched Black Swan (2010) and Buried (2010). Liked both. Black Swan was nice and weird, eerie. Buried was an experience for sure, an awesome film it is.

kinetickyle

26th-January-2011, 04:55 AM

The last movie I saw in theaters or at all?

In theaters: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt. 1
On Netflix: Tenure (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1198408/)

Cavallier

27th-January-2011, 03:04 AM

Valhalla Rising - It was good. Don't be fooled by the trailer. The dialogue is nil in this movie. In fact I'm certain that there is only about 20 minutes of dialogue spread out during the course of the entire movie. It's meditative, dark, grizzly, and I think some guy is raped but I'm not entirely certain.

I recommend it to those that like art house films and are not put off by violence, gore, or hideous disfigurements. :D

Here's the trailer:

Lol. He certainly isn't one of the Judeo-Christian "God's own soldier".

YouTube - Valhalla Rising trailer

Anchorite

29th-January-2011, 01:18 AM

Amélie. I love that movie. It's been out since 2001 and I think I first saw it in 2008 or so. It's 100% in French but after a while you get so wrapped up in the character and the story you don't even care or even notice that your reading subtitles for 2 and a half hours.

tashi

29th-January-2011, 07:49 AM

True Grit. Not the original, but the one that is now in theaters. I actually really enjoyed it, although I'm some what regretting not reading the book first, because I will want to read it eventually and prefer to read books before I watch the movie renditions.

Words

29th-January-2011, 07:56 AM

American History X

...excellent film is excellent.

milesck

30th-January-2011, 05:21 AM

I haven't been to the movie theater since Inception, but I am an avid user of Netflix

Streaming: Humbolt County- After his father (Peter Bogdanovich) fails him, med student Peter Hadley (Jeremy Strong) spends a night drowning his sorrows and awakens in a tiny community on Northern California's Lost Coast, where his hosts, Jack (Brad Dourif) and Rosie (Frances Conroy), live off the grid and grow marijuana. Peter's totally out of his element in this town of counterculture horticulturists, which could prove to be the reality check he needs.

DVD: Rushmore - Wunderkind Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman), a sophomore at upscale Rushmore Academy and the president of myriad school clubs, sees his world turn topsy-turvy when he's smitten with widowed first-grade teacher Rosemary Cross (Olivia Williams). To win her heart, Max enlists the aid of self-made steel magnate and school benefactor Herman J. Blume (Bill Murray), only to end up vying with the millionaire industrialist for Rosemary's affections.

ProxyAmenRa

30th-January-2011, 10:32 AM

I recommend 'The King's Speech'. It was a pretty damn good movie.

BigApplePi

30th-January-2011, 01:10 PM

Master and Commander with Russell Crowe. This is the wettest film I've ever seen. My DVD player got water-logged. Realistic shipboard experience of 1805.

snafupants

30th-January-2011, 06:12 PM

Thaklaar

30th-January-2011, 10:28 PM

Network (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_(film)) - This had been sitting in my Netflix queue for a couple of years before we watched it a couple of weeks ago. Phenomenal film. An almost chillingly prophetic satire.

snafupants

12th-February-2011, 05:35 AM

A Serious Man

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Teeth

A Very Long Engagement

Orphanage

Kokoro

15th-February-2011, 01:59 AM

A Serious Man

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Teeth

A Very Long Engagement

Orphanage

Any comments?

BigApplePi

15th-February-2011, 02:37 AM

No Man's Land. Great film. War movie for INTPs. Serbian and Bosnian Everyman's and how they deal with each other.

BigApplePi

15th-February-2011, 02:39 AM

Good. Not a pleasant film. About a German professor who finds himself forced to participate in National Socialism and what happens when he does so.

Polaris

15th-February-2011, 01:54 PM

Sanctum. Action-filled, gory, clichéd, predictable and poor dialogue to top it off.

Cavallier

15th-February-2011, 08:38 PM

Deathwatch: A handful of British soldiers during WWI stumble upon a German trench with a ghostish sort of monster in it. Very muddy, very gory, and very horrible. Actually, it was fun and I was surprised by how many well known actors were in it.

BigApplePi

24th-February-2011, 02:12 PM

"M". That's all to the title. Saw it for the first time and if you haven't seen it, it's a wonderful film. Shows German culture in 1931 before the Nazi came on the scene. It's about the passions of the pedophile, believe it or not. Both the perpetrator and the social reactions to the criminal. If you have never seen Peter Lorre, you are in for a treat.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022100/

Dr. Manhattan

25th-February-2011, 04:07 AM

Encounters as the End of the World

Filmmaker Werner Herzog takes you on a wild and woolly journey to the South Pole in this Oscar contender -- from the National Science Foundation's headquarters on Ross Island to some of Antarctica's most remote and dangerous terrain. With a keen eye for the wonders and sometimes hilarious peculiarities of this icy land's animal and human inhabitants, Herzog offers an astounding look at the world's most inhospitable landscape.

It was an awesome movie--def recommend.

snafupants

25th-February-2011, 07:39 AM

Last week I saw An Education with Peter Sarsgaard and Carey Mulligan. Peter Sarsgaard was good in this one, sort of a niche actor who has done some decent movies (e.g., Kinsey) as well as some real stinkers. Someone already mentioned pedophiles, and this movie is sort of about that, and Carey Mulligan sort of plays a minor, but not really. There are clues from the beginning of their relationship (ew, I said that word) that things are too perfect, and you wait for the catch, but it's still a fun ride. Crucially, Carey plays someone smart and resilient enough so you don't pity her, which is why the movie works. Basically, if the movie were about some charmer getting his rocks off with an innocent high schooler the movie would have floundered and been awkward.

BigApplePi

26th-February-2011, 05:10 PM

Zmaster

27th-February-2011, 03:14 AM

I saw The Rite with Anthony Hopkins and thought it was very well done.

snafupants

27th-February-2011, 05:09 AM

Attack. Great WWII psych film about doing versus not-doing.
http://homecinema.thedigitalfix.co.uk/content.php?contentid=5367

I read another review that said Jack Palance would have won an Academy Award in 1956 for best acting by a dead man if they gave such awards. I agree, but burst out laughing when I read that. I won't easily forget his performance.

Ironically, I think that was the year a dead man (James Dean) won an Academy Award. Whoops, looked that up and he was only posthumously nominated for best actor. Damn facts.

snafupants

27th-February-2011, 09:20 PM

Some folks on the forum like Woody Allen, I love Woody Allen, and so the movie Whatever Works might be their schtick. Also it stars Larry David. Basically, the movie has the same probabilistic view of reality as Match Point but, instead, completely denigrates love and is overall more cynical. If you like Woody and don't love this movie, I would be shocked: unless you hate Larry David. An awesome movie, actually written thirty odd years before its release. See it!

http://www.mountainx.com/movies/review/whatever_works (http://www.mountainx.com/movies/review/whatever_works)

Cavallier

28th-February-2011, 01:47 AM

White Ribbon

It was interesting. I can't seem to come up with words to describe it yet other than "disturbing". I'll have to process it for a little longer I guess.

BigApplePi

28th-February-2011, 08:10 PM

White Ribbon

It was interesting. I can't seem to come up with words to describe it yet other than "disturbing". I'll have to process it for a little longer I guess.
Hey Cavallier. I think I posted I saw that but don't recall. My memory of it is that they were vague on the logic of the plot but tried to steer it nonetheless. If that was deliberate, not sure. Probably deliberate. The great thing about the movie was the setting. It captured an era and presented it so you felt it.

Does that sound close?

Yet

28th-February-2011, 09:49 PM

Black Swan

't was creepy ... must be a good film, but I somehow did not enjoy it.

Inception

very entertaining

Cavallier

1st-March-2011, 12:28 AM

^Black Swan made me feeling shaky and jumpy. It was brutal and melodramatic but then so is the world of ballet. This film was not reticent about showing the day to day difficulties of being a ballet performer. Natalie Portman was good but I think Mila Kunis should be praised for her role as the foil to Natalie Portman's character. Mila's character drove the character plot and served to highlight the strung out emotions of Natalie's character. Did anybody else want to stab Vincent Cassel's character in the face?

I think you may be right Apple. White Ribbon sort of went beyond "liking" or "disliking" for me and was simply just fascinating in a neither positive or negative way. So much emotional disconnection. The setting and the acting was phenomenal. There was no emotionally manipulative music to distract the audience. The long silences were soul sucking. (I think intentionally so.) I could not look away during the silent moments that, had they not been so carefully balanced, might have made the film boring. There was no attempt to provide a solution to the mysteries. There seemed to be a cold hard fascist sort of gloom hanging over everything which was interesting given the setting. One generally imagines a small country village in Northern Germany before WWI to be idyllic and filled with sweet cheeked farmers daughters holding steins of beer. Utter nonsense of course but that is the typical association. Instead you get a brutal and harshly regimented society were violent Biblical retribution for infractions are carried out regularly. A forshadowing of historical events to come I suppose. The only characters I was able to identify with was the intellectual school teacher. Then again that makes sense since he was the narrator.

snafupants

1st-March-2011, 08:31 AM

Fish Tank was the one I saw last night. It won some awards (e.g., Cannes) and I had heard good things, so I popped it in. After watching it I felt the same way as I did after Requiem for a Dream, and to a lesser extent The Rules of Attraction. The feeling was distinct from Requiem though, whereas that was just plain emotionally draining, this made me process the main character's future direction, which seemed bleak, and think beyond the scope of the movie. She, the main character, had this huge depth of inner feeling but it was expressed through rage, misplaced sexuality and affection, and boredom, which ultimately amounted to more pain. So, the movie sort of has you think about what came before what it is showing you (where is her father?, what sort of correctional program is she in?, etc.) and where is she going, what comes after what we see. Because the character was so pitiable, this was painful to do. Like Requiem, I am not anxious to watch it again (or maybe I am), but I will probably do it anyway.

Jesse

1st-March-2011, 09:31 AM

I liked Black Swan but didn't feel that much emotion during the film. The end shocked me not because I didn't see where it was going (I have seen the Wrestler) but just the melodramatic sadness got to me. What I love most about the film is discussing it. People have interesting differences about what happened and how they feel about the characters.

Chasm

2nd-March-2011, 03:57 PM

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. Not as surreal as many other movies written by Kaufman (surreal in a good sense), but an entertaining watch nonetheless.

Cogwulf

2nd-March-2011, 04:20 PM

I decided to watch predator, after I saw the predator musical

YouTube - Predator: The Musical (The Final Schwarzenegger Musical)

Not the best film ever, but great just for the wild firing of machine guns into trees

Dr. Freeman

2nd-March-2011, 05:31 PM

Serenity.
Enough said.

powerpenguin

2nd-March-2011, 06:05 PM

Serenity.
Enough said.
Odd... I came here to say this (I just finished my first Firefly "binge"), but found you had beat me to it by only half of an hour.

Dr. Freeman

2nd-March-2011, 06:44 PM

Why was Firefly canceled anyway? Production costs?

powerpenguin

2nd-March-2011, 11:06 PM

I heard a variety of things. Along with the production cost, apparently Fox didn't like what Whedon was doing with the characters and the show and the ratings weren't as high as they would like, among other things.

Dr. Freeman

2nd-March-2011, 11:55 PM

One of the saddest things ever.

Cavallier

4th-March-2011, 04:43 AM

Insomnia with Al Pacino, Robin Williams, and Hilary Swank.

It was a little heavy handed but still a good morality thriller. Two L.A. detectives go to Alaska to solve a murder mystery and end up dealing with the morality of doing what you think is right personally and doing what is right according to law. I liked the way director/screen writer tied in the common mythos of Alaska with the plot and moral dilemma. "Two kinds of people live in Alaska. Those that were born here and those that are trying to get away from something." I chose to see the constant summer sun as a metaphor. Good movie.

Jesse

4th-March-2011, 05:07 AM

Firefly was dead on arrival what with the mixing of episodes and not showing the original pilot. I love that show.

LoveofINTP

4th-March-2011, 06:23 PM

Inception/The day the earth stood still.
I think there is no need to write the summary of Inception here since a lot of people know about the movie.
I only downloaded and half-watched 'The day the earth stood still' because I read somewhere that there was an INTP character in it.

Dr. Freeman

4th-March-2011, 06:30 PM

Inception was a great movie. (Just to be redundant)

jzono1

6th-March-2011, 12:43 PM

Enter The Void

It made me feel sick and empty.

It's an experience, and one of the rare movies which remind me why I like this medium; I don't think I could stand watching it again when sober though.

BigApplePi

6th-March-2011, 06:16 PM

Metropolis. 1927. I'm not a fan of silent films but I picked up a copy at the library and didn't even know what it was. Believe it or not 1/4 of this film is missing, lost. They put it back together as best they could. It has unbelievable imagery. The reviews are right when they say you can't forget them. It's the 1st science fiction film and I recognize a lot in it that went to films I saw long ago, as Frankenstein and Dr. Strangelove. The way they treated the workers. I'd never seen anything like that. Marvelous. Ever seen "Dark City"? That too.

Holy macro! Anyone ever seen this? Metropolis.
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100602/REVIEWS08/100609989/1023