Last movie you watched

[Sixup]

Just watched "John Dies at the End"

Really liked it. Seems like an INTP movie. Fucking chaos and ridiculousness everywhere. Will watch again.

 

[Priest_Azrael]

Pirahnna 3DD was on yesterday. Kinda clung to my morbid humour.
Wish I had a few of em.

 

[Gather_Wanderer]

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

I've long been an Eastwood fan.

 

[Alias]

The Kill Bill series. I'm a Tarantino fan, so they were good. I like how lots of his movies tie in with each other.

 

[Pyropyro]

Watched Inside Out yesterday.

Probably good fun with the kids but has some stuff in store for adults. This film can be used to portray a personality's cognitive functions.

 

[Sinny91]

Final Destination is mine.

Makes me paranoid....er.

 

[Alias]

Watched Inside Out yesterday.

Probably good fun with the kids but has some stuff in store for adults. This film can be used to portray a personality's cognitive functions.

I had the feeling a movie like that would be about functions and personality theory. Hmm.

 

[Pyropyro]

I had the feeling a movie like that would be about functions and personality theory. Hmm.

It's mostly about emotional repression, healing and maturity. I'm also thinking that Fear is the main pilot in the INTP's mind :P (The protagonist's pilot was Joy).

 

[Rook]

Watched reservoir dogs for the first time.
First film I've watched in months.

Tarantino's preference for diners and bloody backseats is mildly amusing.

Pulp fiction had more allure, kill bill was decently entertaining though I did not watch it under ideal circumstances last year.
May merit a re-visitation.

Inglorious bastards is mostly stricken from memory, the only details left within my mind being improbable propagandist historical alternativety.

How normal.

 

[Cheeseumpuffs]

Watched reservoir dogs for the first time.
First film I've watched in months.

Tarantino's preference for diners and bloody backseats is mildly amusing.

Pulp fiction had more allure, kill bill was decently entertaining though I did not watch it under ideal circumstances last year.
May merit a re-visitation.

Inglorious bastards is mostly stricken from memory, the only details left within my mind being improbable propagandist historical alternativety.

How normal.

I liked Reservoir Dogs a little more than Pulp Fiction actually. Both of them are certainly better than his more recent stuff. Don't get me wrong, Inglorious Basterds and Django Unchained are both well-made, technically solid movies, but the older ones are definitely better.



I just watched a delightfully antisocial Korean movie called Attack the Gas Station!. It follows four delinquents as they rob a gas station for the second night in a row because they got bored. I'd recommend it, for sure. It may not be the best movie ever, but it's certainly an experience.

 

[Auburn]

Tale of Tales...
A delightfully bizarre, artsy, tragic, rather disjointed, highly fictitious (yet not fantastical) three-story movie. Inheriting the essence of fairy tales as they were really told in centuries past; with rather horrid themes, endings and non-disney characters.

I don't know if I disliked it, really enjoyed it, or if enjoyment was even what I received from it. But somehow I feel it... may've been just what my body needed to digest. None of it felt hollywood. Very little appeal was made to babysit the audience's perception; the story told itself and that was that.

That was last night. Tonight it was Mission Impossible, where Tom Cruise (does this guy even age?) yet again proves that he's a boss.

 

[Auburn]

err, I just gotta post this one too. c.c. Watched it today.

Contact (1997) based on the novel by Carl Sagan

Incredible for its era, I think. Great directing and special effects (not overdone). Very believable sci-fi, which is to be expected from Sagan. He died just a year before this film was completed. x(

It's also a curious window into some of the cultural perspectives 20 years ago. Would definitely recommend to anyone who likes Star Trek and the like.

 

[Jennywocky]

err, I just gotta post this one too. c.c. Watched it today.

Contact (1997) based on the novel by Carl Sagan

Incredible for its era, I think. Great directing and special effects (not overdone). Very believable sci-fi, which is to be expected from Sagan. He died just a year before this film was completed. x(

It's also a curious window into some of the cultural perspectives 20 years ago. Would definitely recommend to anyone who likes Star Trek and the like.

If you didn't see the extended version, you might like that even better -- I think the extra scenes helped give the movie more nuance.

I liked Zemeckis' film more than the actual book. it was a shame Sagan didn't live to see it completed. Silvestri wrote a nice score, especially the closing credits.

 

[Rook]

12 monkeys

Bruce willis goes back in time to do stuff and so on, while being somewhat insane in the process.
Not exceedingly excellent, though not a waste of time.

Some noteworthy scenes with adequate madness.

 

[emmabobary]

The last movie I remember I loved is Miyazaki's "When the wind rises" it brought a deep sense of melancholy that doesn't leave yet.
This Sunday on my free day I'm having a LOTR marathon -aw yeah!- at last!

 

[Jennywocky]

Just got the new release of Angel Heart on bluray... great movie, with great music (sax and tinny piano, + some jazz), decent acting (one of the better things Mickey Rourke has done), and just such a great ambiance of foreboding. Its twists might seem dated now and a bit obvious, considering all the movies that came after, but it was one of the first of its kind in that respect... I like the muted visual palette, although it makes the scenes with any outdoor greenery (or the indoor scenes with red) seem to pop.

12 monkeys

Bruce willis goes back in time to do stuff and so on, while being somewhat insane in the process.
Not exceedingly excellent, though not a waste of time.

Some noteworthy scenes with adequate madness.

Yeah, it's not my favorite movie in that genre but definitely worth seeing.

Brad Pitt kind of plays against type too; his tics are amusing.

And of course it's got Gilliam's wacky sensibilities, especially with some of the visuals.

 

[Pizzabeak]

Ant-Man. It was more on the lame side, unfortunately. Everyone need not be reinstated on the whole Edgar Wright fiasco. Needless to say I am fairly certain it would have been loads more fun had he retained the helm. Rather, we got a rushed studio product which adhered to the same tired formula as the much too overrated Guardians of the Galaxy. The Avengers/Falcon cameo was clearly rushed and slapped in there to appease gullible, non-thinking audiences - whether the majority are American or whether it is targeted at some other demographic remains to be determined. I cannot wait until the comic book film fad dies down, not completely disappears per se, but hopefully a decrease in popularity will someday lead to a quality comic book film movement in which the Disney musical plot pattern is ditched in favor of, what, I won't begin to speculate here. The worst part are those three extra characters they slapped in there. Honestly, I am not sure why. They added some dumb Mexican guy for comic relief (?)(as if Paul Rudd's flat, detached, "I have no idea the techniques being used to make this film right now" delivery wasn't comic relief enough), plus the stereotypical hacker and stock black guy (really? T.I? I don't get it.) were thrown in for good measure, on seemingly such short notice. There should have only been, like, one other guy or else that whole gang could have been scrapped and the movie would have been a lot better. If Ant-Man represented the Caucasian counterpart of that miserable coup then I can only surmise someone really thought racist Three Stooges style humor actually belonged in a comic book film and, worse yet, America actually was looking forward to seeing that, instead of explosions. That is not what we signed up for. How bad are we as a species so that that has actually happened, made itself into an official commercial product, and was gobbled up by citizens, and they actually thought it was commonplace. On the other hand, it can be lauded for introducing the concept of a smalltime, neighborhood hero in which the dangers are apparently not on the scale of say something Batman would deal with. But even that aspect felt forced; the use of only three sets throughout the whole feature, actually, did not help in that regard. Paul Rudd maintained no chemistry whatsoever with any of the other characters and Evangeline Lilly was awful at whatever character she attempted to fool us as being important. The studios actually will not stop until audiences realize these films are terrible and stops seeing them in theaters. Hopefully the Marvel Netflix spinoffs end up being decent (not to mention upcoming DC comic book films), as everyone knows TV has been better than movies for the past 6 or so years now. And in addition, I hope to make a return to my initial cyberpunk roots and check out some newer films like Zero Theorem. Hopefully I end up not being disappointed.

 

[Cheeseumpuffs]

I just watched the original 2003 Korean version of Oldboy.


Holy fuck, I feel dead inside.


Fantastic movie, don't know if I ever want to watch it again, though.

A tiny bit of a bummer, since I kind of predicted the twist at the end within the first half an hour of the movie, but it was still very well done.

Also a huge bummer because that twist rips your heart out along with the characters' and you just sit there numbly watching this guy fall apart.

Fuck, man...

 

[Jennywocky]

I just watched the original 2003 Korean version of Oldboy.


Holy fuck, I feel dead inside.


Fantastic movie, don't know if I ever want to watch it again, though.

A tiny bit of a bummer, since I kind of predicted the twist at the end within the first half an hour of the movie, but it was still very well done.

Also a huge bummer because that twist rips your heart out along with the characters' and you just sit there numbly watching this guy fall apart.

Fuck, man...

Finally watched that earlier this year. Yup, pretty insane. I didn't quite guess the twist but... wow. And then the movie doesn't stop, there's still MORE to come. It just keeps on going.

As it was, I ended up seeing it (with that infamously cool tracking shot) within the same few weeks I saw the Daredevil series on Netflix with a similar continual tracking shot in episode 2, just from a different angle. (Oldboy's slowly scrolls from left to right, Daredevil's is from back to front)... so they both reminded me of each other. Usually the other tracking shot mentioned nowadays as similar is the 6-minute scene from episode 6 (?) of True Detective (HBO) season 1.

I haven't really had the heart to watch the remake, which I just get the impression wasn't as well-done.

 

[r4ch3l]

Trainwreck. I never watch movies in theatres. It was actually really good.

 

[Cheeseumpuffs]

Finally watched that earlier this year. Yup, pretty insane. I didn't quite guess the twist but... wow. And then the movie doesn't stop, there's still MORE to come. It just keeps on going.

As it was, I ended up seeing it (with that infamously cool tracking shot) within the same few weeks I saw the Daredevil series on Netflix with a similar continual tracking shot in episode 2, just from a different angle. (Oldboy's slowly scrolls from left to right, Daredevil's is from back to front)... so they both reminded me of each other. Usually the other tracking shot mentioned nowadays as similar is the 6-minute scene from episode 6 (?) of True Detective (HBO) season 1.

I haven't really had the heart to watch the remake, which I just get the impression wasn't as well-done.

Yeah, considering how well the original holds up I'd question the need to even bother with an American remake. It just kind of feels like a money grab from the studio, which always bums me out.

How is True Detective? I've never watched it and somehow no one who ever talks about it mentions anything of note as far as giving me an impression of the quality and/or what it's about. I get a little of a Fargo the TV series vibe from it, which could be good, since I really enjoyed that.

 

[Jennywocky]

Yeah, considering how well the original holds up I'd question the need to even bother with an American remake. It just kind of feels like a money grab from the studio, which always bums me out.

How is True Detective? I've never watched it and somehow no one who ever talks about it mentions anything of note as far as giving me an impression of the quality and/or what it's about. I get a little of a Fargo the TV series vibe from it, which could be good, since I really enjoyed that.

I very much enjoyed Season 1 -- it felt focused, McConaughey and Harrelson played off each other perfectly, and I have to say that the shit McCon was saying was probably the most reasonably I've ever heard existentialism articulated by a character in a popular TV show. Most of the season was very dark/bleak, but very thought-provoking.

Season 2 -- many people disliked it because it couldn't hold up a candle to Season 1. Also, it really was a "new" story, a different angle, a different location... it's a true anthology series, so the two seasons (aside from the 'grit') had little to do with each other and have to be judged separately.

For me, I thought the tone and ambiance was spot on, and there was just a few really great sequences (such as the shootout at the end of episode 4 and the sex party sequence in episode 6). I also became a believer in Colin Farrell and Rachel McAdams after their performance in Season 2, they were just so damned good; Taylor Kitsch was also good, but his character didn't give him as much room to maneuver as written. I thought Vince Vaughn was really weak as Frank as written -- Pizzolatto gave him all these really clunky lines that I think McConaughey could pull off but Vaugn just is not a great drama actor; he did best when his character was just allowed to react violently and be intimidating in action, not by trying to offer long-running soliloquys. It was a misstep IMO.

Another issue with season 2 was that it was like a real crime investigation -- you're engulfed by a lot of detail that you have trouble recalling an episode later, 95% of which ends up being unrelated, and the key to the case ends up hinging on some passing details that are lost in the spaghetti-like plot. Points for realism, sure; but when you're watching an 8-episode story arc, you want more direction and coherence if you want to be emotionally and intellectually invested; it's not even the kind of thing where your intellectual investment mattered, you don't really have a shot in hell of guessing what's going on until you are told.

Anyway, if you enjoy some gritty performances and the mood/ambiance of a modern-Chinatown / LA scenario, then it might be worth working through Season 2 just for the experience.

 

[Jennywocky]

Everest (just came out), in IMAX 3D.

It's amazing they managed to strip it down to two hours, considering all the detail and backstory that could have been explained.

It was a high-quality cast, and the landscape shots were gorgeous and intimidating. Also, assuming that the mapping of landmarks was correct, it's nice to finally get a realistic visual representation of what everything looks like, including the topology. They also managed to get a ton of characters into the movie.

Unfortunately, so many characters made it difficult to get a good grasp of many of them. I think Doug Hansen, Beck Weathers,and Rob Hall got the most attention. The portrayal of Scott Fischer at least contrasted his differences in style with Hall, but I didn't feel it clearly evoked him as described in the literature. Pittman is also pretty thinly drawn, and there are other characters whose names are recognizable but in the end how the story handled is pretty predictable, and you lose a sense of the richness of the people.

Still, there was only two hours to tell this story, and they paced it pretty well, saving the last half of the movie for the May 10 push.

I'll say that Anatoli (Boukreev) came off just as I imagined him IRL. And damn, that guy was an ox. He took a lot of criticism for guiding without supplemental oxygen, but he was incredible in the mountains. He was up and down and back and forth during the May disaster, saving as many climbers as he could, without really seeming to lose his stride even when everyone else was exhausted. it was a shame he was taken out only about 18 months later by a freak avalanche on Annapurna I.

 

[Jennywocky]

Going back and rewatching Daniel Craig's "Bond" movies, in preparation for Spectre in a month or so.

Watched Casino Royale last night. it's fun watching Mads Mikkelsen after getting to know him over a few seasons of "Hannibal"; I think Casino Royale's "Le Chiffe" was the first role I saw him in.

It's kind of an interesting movie as a quasi-origin movie, leaving Bond in the present era while restarting his career. Also mixes together an element from "On Her Majesty's Secret Service," since Bond (portrayed with anti-social tendencies) falls in love, considers leaving the business to move on with life, and then becomes more embittered due to what happens and ends up back in the business.

I like how Craig manages to capture a guy who is terrifyingly violent while seemingly taciturn (almost internally feral), except you can see inner pain lurking in the corners of his eyes and smile. It feeds into Skyfall, when you realize what his relationship with M is like... that she's like a mother to him and on some level he's been looking for her approval even though they often seem to be in the "scolding mother / unruly child" relationship. It's the very beginning of Bond's career, so you can see how he is extreme/rough here in some ways, and becomes more polished as Craig's movies unfold. I felt like it was also a return to the roots of Bond, where the character was more like the book version and the movie wasn't inundated with fancy explosions and funky gadgets but focused on character.

So the high critical acclaim this Craig opener produced is pleasurably ironic compared to all the whining that occurred when Craig was originally cast. This was like a gymnast where expectations were only modest, doing a highly complex routine on the bars that blew away the competition, and then sticking the landing.

The parkour scene of course is always pretty awesome to watch; the guy is like a gazelle and Bond more like a tiger... no slouch, but he's completely outshined by this guy's speed and dexterity and manages to stay on his tail (even if a bit behind) out of sheer ferocity and strength.

 

[TheManBeyond]

the visit: cool movie, short, has some humor and some terror, you'll be enterntained, perhaps i was expecting a bit more of mr shayamalan, more like one anthem like signs or the village but whatsoever 8/10
everest: good one too, don't have much to say xd, 7/10

 

[Gather_Wanderer]

Going back and rewatching Daniel Craig's "Bond" movies, in preparation for Spectre in a month or so.

Watched Casino Royale last night. it's fun watching Mads Mikkelsen after getting to know him over a few seasons of "Hannibal"; I think Casino Royale's "Le Chiffe" was the first role I saw him in.

It's kind of an interesting movie as a quasi-origin movie, leaving Bond in the present era while restarting his career. Also mixes together an element from "On Her Majesty's Secret Service," since Bond (portrayed with anti-social tendencies) falls in love, considers leaving the business to move on with life, and then becomes more embittered due to what happens and ends up back in the business.

I like how Craig manages to capture a guy who is terrifyingly violent while seemingly taciturn (almost internally feral), except you can see inner pain lurking in the corners of his eyes and smile. It feeds into Skyfall, when you realize what his relationship with M is like... that she's like a mother to him and on some level he's been looking for her approval even though they often seem to be in the "scolding mother / unruly child" relationship. It's the very beginning of Bond's career, so you can see how he is extreme/rough here in some ways, and becomes more polished as Craig's movies unfold. I felt like it was also a return to the roots of Bond, where the character was more like the book version and the movie wasn't inundated with fancy explosions and funky gadgets but focused on character.

So the high critical acclaim this Craig opener produced is pleasurably ironic compared to all the whining that occurred when Craig was originally cast. This was like a gymnast where expectations were only modest, doing a highly complex routine on the bars that blew away the competition, and then sticking the landing.

The parkour scene of course is always pretty awesome to watch; the guy is like a gazelle and Bond more like a tiger... no slouch, but he's completely outshined by this guy's speed and dexterity and manages to stay on his tail (even if a bit behind) out of sheer ferocity and strength.

I just did this about a month ago. I'm very excited for Spectre. I was in the camp that thought Skyfall was arguably the best bond flick ever, even moreso than Casino with Craig's efforts. Skyfall was the best impression of classic Bond fused with Craig's taciturn detachment. And the visuals, the rich, vivid color and scale of some of the shots was outstanding. Casino was very good (Eva Green was a total beauty and made that loss at the end hard to watch) but for me wasn't paced quite as well.

Its going to be hard not to hold Spectre to the standard set by Skyfall but I'll be happy as long as it comes close. Also, Christoph Waltz is one of my favorites in Hollywood right now.

 

[Sixup]

Hulu has one on it called "Sweet Movie"

Some crazy twisted sexual Yugoslavian(I think?) satire movie. Pretty funny in spots, fucked in others. Enjoyable in a weird way. Just when you think it's getting fap-worthy, it mindfucks you.

 

[Jennywocky]

I just did this about a month ago. I'm very excited for Spectre. I was in the camp that thought Skyfall was arguably the best bond flick ever, even moreso than Casino with Craig's efforts. Skyfall was the best impression of classic Bond fused with Craig's taciturn detachment. And the visuals, the rich, vivid color and scale of some of the shots was outstanding. Casino was very good (Eva Green was a total beauty and made that loss at the end hard to watch) but for me wasn't paced quite as well.

I'm glad they did some fade edits on the long casino of the section of the movie, but I can see what you mean. Also, when you think it's over... it keeps going for a bit. Of course, the story needed that particular plot to be fleshed out believably, so... not sure how it would have been fixed. Casino clocked in around 2:25 or so; Quantum actually was only around 1:45 but felt shorter and not like quite as much happened in comparison.

(In fact, it's one of those rare instances where the FIRST part of a movie two-parter felt stronger than the closing part; usually in multi-movie releases nowadays, like Hunger Games and the like, the first movie usually feels like it just exists to set up the latter one.)

I noticed also that Bond is objectified as a male moreso than the women are, with some posed shots and even at the end when he's tortured by Le Chiffre; it was an unexpected turnabout.

I feel redundant continuing to talk about it in some ways, because I feel like I'm still only glossing the surface; I feel like Craig tapped an edginess in the character that usually hasn't been touched by past actors and was good at conveying his internal state through such a taciturn mask.

I might come back to talk about Skyfall later, I'm at work currently and multi-tasking...

Its going to be hard not to hold Spectre to the standard set by Skyfall but I'll be happy as long as it comes close. Also, Christoph Waltz is one of my favorites in Hollywood right now.

I actually like Sam Smith's song. I think it brands itself as Bond (with the sliding strings and blaring brass in spots) while still highlight Smith's skills and style as a singer... but what I'm hoping is that it fits with the tone of the movie. Because the song itself seems to suggest some kind of melancholy loss, with epic depths and heights of past pain -- exquisitely heart-wrenching -- and the movie is being played as a mystery of Bond's past finally catching up with him. He's always been running, to avoid the ramifications of that past, and now he has to stand and face the music. If that tone filters throughout the movie itself, then it will be a good mesh.

I also appreciated the reworking of "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" in the trailer... I get chills when the deep brass comes in.

Complete sidenote: listening to a lot of older Bond music recently... Totally forgot how much they cribbed the Incredibles soundtrack from Bond. I think Barry was actually supposed to score that Pixar flick, but Giacchino ended up doing it... and he did it very well. Instrumentation was right on.

 

[Jennywocky]

3D movies went on sale again this week at Best Buy and I was able to snag both Coraline and Paranorman (which I haven't been seeing the local stores even carry until now again) for cheap prices ($16-17 each). I've seen them both in the past and had Paranorman on Bluray but upgraded to the 3D.

Watched Paranorman again tonight. It's actually one of my favorite animated movies. If you watch the extra features, you realize that it's actually using a lot of stop-motion animation, which means the characters are actually sculpted -- and it's a pretty crazy process, to build the steel flexible/jointed skeletons, covered with skin/body, faces that can be animated in a variety of positions, with clothes that are hand-made out of the same materials as the real clothing would be. Apparently it takes someone a week just to do the hair on a Norman doll. The care and time taken really shows in the finished product.

Anyway, the art design is very unique, the picture has its own visual design (just like Coraline did). And the script is very natural. A lot of animated movies seem to have heightened comedy or sardonic commentary/parody of the real world; but this story aside from the supernatural element is pretty low-key and natural in the conversation and humor that filters into it.

The whole movie does have an IFP quality to it, especially in the themes as well as the character of Norman himself, and it's really another version of the "coming of age" story for the outlier who is perpetually misunderstood among his peers, town, and family... where he finally comes to terms with what he can do, his own ethical values, and his own agency in the world.

This is the kind of movie that does teach a kind of "moral" lesson that could have easily become heavy handed but never becomes unreasonable -- it makes a lot of sense. The turning point halfway through, when he finally understands the nature of what has happened, spins the perspective of the movie around. And the final sequence when he finally confronts the "witch" (of which I won't say more) is very powerful, not just artistically (she's a hybrid of stop-motion, lighting, and computer-generated effects) but dramatically. It's just a pretty impressive sequence, in that it works story-wise and that they could pull it off in a stop-motion feature.

It's just pretty exquisite, that art design and especially ported into 3D.

Compare it to Mega Mind, which I rewatched over the weekend, and Paranorma has a much more tangible and large heart, although Mega Mind does have a bit of a soul itself. I would classify Mega Mind as the typical kind of Dream Works movie -- humor often drifting into parody/meta, but still a lot of fun, and usually some kind of character drama where the lead has to grow or change in some way. It's a bit more detached in approach.

The reviews weren't quite as kind to Mega Mind and some critics found it derivative, but I still thought it a great concept -- what happens to the villain when he finally wins? I even like the way it explores how being the good guy can be a cage in itself as well.

Will Farrell has a great skill at coming across as amusingly maniacal while still evoking sympathy and likability (and he definitely comes off as a "poser for evil," try as he might but you just know he's not really at core an evil guy), and the rest of the cast was well-chosen as well... even Jonas Hill, who normally can come off as kind of a pushover/loser sort but here he digs down believably into some kind of angry core in a few key scenes. I think the humor most succeeds when it's playing off the superhero meme (including origin stories); I think the story succeeds at really tracking why someone might become a villain but then how redemption might reasonably develop.

many decent amusing lines, but I really like that moment when Roxanne Richi tells Mega Mind what his greatest strength is:

Spoiler

"Megamind... I don't even know if you're listening... but if you are, you can't give up! The Megamind I know would NEVER run from a fight, even if he knew he had no chance of winning! It was your best quality!"

Also funny -- the difference between a regular villain and a super one.

 

[ygnextend]

unfortunately I just watched GONE GIRL. I had no idea that she was that insane. I got the horrible feeling that fictional character maybe more closer to the truth about certain females nature. it was closer to a snuff film in my opinion.

 

[Frankie]

The Martian

I left the theatre screaming 'best movie ever!' in my mind.

As I walked back home, I started asking:
What makes a man want to live when he is 140 million miles away from home, all alone, in a hostile environment? What makes him want to fight and conquer extremely uncomfortable challenges?

 

[Reluctantly]

As I walked back home, I started asking:
What makes a man want to live when he is 140 million miles away from home, all alone, in a hostile environment? What makes him want to fight and conquer extremely uncomfortable challenges?

I saw this last night, since I missed the beginning to sicario.

But, why not try? If it's not possible, you die anyway, so why not put in a good effort to be sure? And if successful, it will probably feel worth it just to get what you wanted in the end.

Plus, it would be interesting to do what he did, using his intelligence in the best ways possible to survive. Sounds challenging in an interesting way. Well I think so anyway.​

 

[marie]

Mean Girls.. I kinda enjoyed it.

 

[Jennywocky]

I saw this last night, since I missed the beginning to sicario.

But, why not try? If it's not possible, you die anyway, so why not put in a good effort to be sure? And if successful, it will probably feel worth it just to get what you wanted in the end.

Plus, it would be interesting to do what he did, using his intelligence in the best ways possible to survive. Sounds challenging in an interesting way. Well I think so anyway.

Haven't read the book / seen the movie yet, but yes, exactly. If death is ensured if you do nothing, then you have nothing to lose by busting your ass and seeing how far you can go before you bite it. Give it your best shot. And if you pull it off? Wow.

Sicario's on my list too. Don't know whether I'll see that in the theater or after it releases for home rental.

 

[Absurdity]

Sicario's on my list too.

Cannot recommend highly enough.

 

[Frankie]

I saw this last night, since I missed the beginning to sicario.

But, why not try? If it's not possible, you die anyway, so why not put in a good effort to be sure? And if successful, it will probably feel worth it just to get what you wanted in the end.

Plus, it would be interesting to do what he did, using his intelligence in the best ways possible to survive. Sounds challenging in an interesting way. Well I think so anyway.​

Well, thanks, that makes sense.
I was having difficulty seeing it that way

 

[Pizzabeak]

Spring Breakers, it was terrible.

 

[nanook]

cowspiracy

neurons to nirvana


bitter lake

 

[Yellow]

Batman Begins. I hadn't seen it yet. I really like Cillian Murphy. I don't know exactly what it is, but I feel compelled by all of his characters. He was even a compelling loser in Intermission.

Can I talk about Intermission instead? It's about to be the next "last movie I watched", I'm sure. I'm not to quick with the Irish accent and slang, so I have to watch it on subtitles (and I have to follow the subtitles as if it's in Chinese), but it's really a fun movie. There are like a dozen or so main characters.

 

[Tannhauser]

A dangerous Method

Quite fitting for this forum, it was about the encounters between Freud and Jung.

Freud was such a bad ass compared to Jung...

Movie was not bad at all. Also, you get to see Keira Knightley getting spanked by Jung.

 

[Jennywocky]

Batman Begins. I hadn't seen it yet. I really like Cillian Murphy. I don't know exactly what it is, but I feel compelled by all of his characters. He was even a compelling loser in Intermission.

Can I talk about Intermission instead? It's about to be the next "last movie I watched", I'm sure. I'm not to quick with the Irish accent and slang, so I have to watch it on subtitles (and I have to follow the subtitles as if it's in Chinese), but it's really a fun movie. There are like a dozen or so main characters.

I'm a big fan of Murphy. Even when he has only a supporting role, he elevates whatever he is in...although if the movie is particularly bad, even he can't save it. (Re: In Time.) Thought he was great in Sunshine playing an e9 (vs e5) intp-ish physicist. Did you ever see him in Peacock? He's so versatile.

 

[Auburn]

@Tannhauser - Yeah, bizarre but intriguing wasn't it? (: Personally, I didn't like Freud very much - he seemed hypocritical and afraid of delving into certain taboo areas of thought for not wanting to loose credibility.

I watched "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind"; one of Miyazaki's films that had slipped past my radar until recently.

As with many of his films I walked away feeling "...man, why do humans have to be so thick-headed and blind all the time". The protagonist is just so ideal... that I don't know whether I'd be joining the ranks of the jaded and wrongly calloused by discrediting her, or if I'm joining the ranks of the naive by liking her.

 

[Jennywocky]

Boogie Nights (Netflix)

Pretty decent movie. Got a little flat in the middle but then picked up again, although it seemed to take an unexpectedly dark turn for a bit.

This movie has SO many award/Oscar nominees/winners in it, it's pretty incredible. It's funny watching Phillip Seymour Hoffman in the background much of the time... he has a minor role but contributes to the movie's success as much as any other. John C. Reilly's another -- not your conventional movie star (which usually demands a certain level of beauty in order to find success, Reilly doesn't get anywhere near that level by any objective standard) -- but he tends to be interesting/quirky and very solid and believable in whatever he does and has found a lot of success over the years... which signifies his talent. (IOW, you don't notice what he looks like; you believe he is who he's playing.)

Alfred Molina. Hoo-boy. i was laughing at that, once I recognized him.

I felt bad for William H. Macy. Probably one of the funniest recurring gags with the saddest ending:

Spoiler

I guess Little Bill's on the camera crew? Well, every time he shows up on the set, he's looking for his wife [who is actually played by an established porn star IRL] and always finds her fucking some random guy, usually publicly while others watch.... so the final time he catches her, around midnight in a crowded NYE party, he quietly leaves, gets his gun, comes back, shoots them both off screen, then blows his own brains out front and center to the camera.

I enjoyed Magnolia better (which Paul Thomas Anderson made two years later) -- I think it has better control over tone, he is able to transition mood more effectively. But watching Boogie Nights, I see him doing things in this big ensemble piece that I see now as exploration and practice of technique that permeated Magnolia.

 

[Cherry Cola]

cowspiracy

more people should watch it

 

[Yellow]

I'm a big fan of Murphy. Even when he has only a supporting role, he elevates whatever he is in...although if the movie is particularly bad, even he can't save it. (Re: In Time.) Thought he was great in Sunshine playing an e9 (vs e5) intp-ish physicist. Did you ever see him in Peacock? He's so versatile.

Not yet. I'd never heard of that one. I will report back when I've seen it.

 

[Cherry Cola]

Inherent Vice

it was like 9/10, purposely convoluted plot, the protagonist was as confused as me, pacing is pretty good tho so its ok

the scenography, the perfomances, and the soundtrack are all outstanding, film has a little bit of a living microverse quality too it, meaning it provides some relief from lifes woes via escapism.. oh and there's humor in it too

Joaquin Phoenix is phenomenal, so is Joanna Newsom (whom Bronto thinks was overacting, I disagree though); Katherine Waterstone's scene's are dense as fuck with an atmosphere of the pleasant tension she radiates by acting so very naturally while at the same time leaving so much unsaid and just barely implied, Josh Brolin as detective Bigfoot is an incredible character, he's the comic relief of the movie but such an archetype cannot contain nearly all his nuances; his relationship with the protagonist is quite fascinating.

I thought it was a great film and everyone should see it, the people who will like it should see it so that they get to see a great film, and the people who won't like it should see it so that they may let other people know they didn't like it. Then the people who did like it can avoid the shity people who didn't like it so that good and evil may congregate into lumps in preparation of the final battle.

I tried to watch Magnolia too, but it didn't really draw me in, I couldn't get past how obvious it was that here we have a young filmmaker doing his best to impress by throwing everything he's got in his book at us. Like a decent chef who's got his hands on world class ingredients and ends up overcomplicating his dish. Or like a magician who's all like "You thought that was cool, well I got more tricks up my sleeve, let me show you this!!" But I only watched like 30 minutes and the films like really long so maybe I'm being retarded. It just felt construed, like the characters were mere vehicles for demonstrating the prowess of the director rather than breathing organisms caught up in life.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7g0thJe_qY

 

[Jennywocky]

I tried to watch Magnolia too, but it didn't really draw me in, I couldn't get past how obvious it was that here we have a young filmmaker doing his best to impress by throwing everything he's got in his book at us. Like a decent chef who's got his hands on world class ingredients and ends up overcomplicating his dish. Or like a magician who's all like "You thought that was cool, well I got more tricks up my sleeve, let me show you this!!" But I only watched like 30 minutes and the films like really long so maybe I'm being retarded. It just felt construed, like the characters were mere vehicles for demonstrating the prowess of the director rather than breathing organisms caught up in life.

Yeah, I think it's kind of silly to complain about not fully grasping the characters in an large ensemble film when you only watched 30 out of 188 minutes. That's barely time to start to be introduced to the characters and then see how everything weaves together.

 

[Cherry Cola]

You can still get an idea of what type of film it is after 30 minutes. It was a film that was trying to dazzle, films which try to dazzle almost never succeed at dazzling, and then its all wasted on that failed attempt. The introduction really made this obvious. Stuff happens and its stuff that connected in some non obvious way, look at these characters and their moral failures and then experience what that says about the state of humanity by feeling dazzled, then get even more dazzled as the narrative comes together like a complex equation being rapidly reduced. It's that kind of "take you along for a cool ride" filmmaking Scorsese loves to make, and Nolan too. And sure, sometimes it works when your in the theater but its a little bit like cheap indian food, whatever simple appeal there was disappears afterwards and you get on with life without feeling enriched in the slightest.

But maybe its not that kind of film? I will probably watch it despite my poor impressions of it since its the only Paul film I ain't seen yet and he's a really fascinating director so I'd like to get a grip on how he's developed as a filmmaker. There will be blood is like the best film evah imo.

 

[Jennywocky]

I liked it because of the characer development and interactions, not because of any attempt at profundity. Probably one of the most raw and open performances by Cruise I've ever seen.

Did you see The Master?

 

[Cherry Cola]

Well maybe I got the wrong impression from the opening then!

Yeah I've seen the master, it was pretty awesome.