Last Movie You Watched (and what you thought of it) II

[MarxSchmarx]

Continuing this thread:

http://www.revleft.com/vb/last-movie-you-t166923/index.html

that exceeded 500 posts.

[Dennis the 'Bloody Peasant']

The A-Team...eugh, not bad, I laughed a few times

[GiantMonkeyMan]

Just watched Following (1998) Christopher Nolan's first feature length. I saw a lot of Memento in it and he was just a tad enamoured with shaky-cam. Interesting film, people should watch. Not brilliant like Memento but still good.

[Os Cangaceiros]

The Campaign - OK

Chimpanzee - worth watching if you like monkeys.

[Danielle Ni Dhighe]

Rewatched the extended editions of the Lord of the Rings trilogy on Blu-ray to get ready for today's release of The Hobbit. Still 5 star films.

[Blake's Baby]

Saw The Hobbit. Spectacular, but also (as a purist) somewhat annoying.

[Danielle Ni Dhighe]

Saw The Hobbit. Spectacular, but also (as a purist) somewhat annoying.
Did you see it in 48fps?

[Blake's Baby]

Is that HD? No, couldn't justify the extra expense. There were some bits where it looked kinda blurry, maybe it would have been better to do so.

[Danielle Ni Dhighe]

Is that HD? No, couldn't justify the extra expense. There were some bits where it looked kinda blurry, maybe it would have been better to do so.
It's not HD in the sense of being higher resolution, but doubling the frame rate does make for sharper images especially during action scenes. It's the first film to be shot in the format, which I believe is marketed as High Frame Rate 3D.

I've read very mixed reviews of the format so far, with the worst reports saying it looks like a daytime soap and is so real looking that the sets look fake. Only 5-10% of cinema screens the film is being released to have actually upgraded to the format, so most people will see the film in standard 2D or standard 3D.

[Blake's Baby]

Right, in which case, it wasn't available at my local. 2D, 3D, 3D-HD were the formats on offer I think. We went with 2D, if god had meant us to see in 3D we'd have sensurround eyes, or something.

[piet11111]

We went with 2D, if god had meant us to see in 3D we'd have sensurround eyes, or something.

We have binocular vision to allow for depth perception.

[Danielle Ni Dhighe]

The Hobbit. What a disappointing film. And 48fps? Makes it look like a daytime soap set in Middle Earth.

[Blake's Baby]

We have binocular vision to allow for depth perception.

Witchcraft. 'Depth perception' is a myth. Things aren't far away, they're small. Then they inflate and hit you in the face.

[Ostrinski]

Anyone seen Lincoln yet?. Supposed to kick ass.

[Devrim]

The Hobbit. What a disappointing film. And 48fps? Makes it look like a daytime soap set in Middle Earth.

I think I am going to have to go and see it this week. It is not really my sort of film, and something technically innovative was one of the things I was looking forward to about it. Never mind.

Last week we went to see Anna Karenina. My partner really liked it, but I thought it didn't really work, and it was too concerned over style as opposed to story-telling.

Devrim

[Danielle Ni Dhighe]

I think I am going to have to go and see it this week. It is not really my sort of film, and something technically innovative was one of the things I was looking forward to about it. Never mind.
48fps definitely provides impressively sharp, clear, and deep images on screen. If they could have that without the "live video production" look, they would have something.

[skitty]

Did you see it in 48fps?

Did anyone hear that 48fps was making some people ill? When it opened here they had three formats: 48fps, IMAX and normal.

[The Intransigent Faction]

Just watched Shawshank Redemption for the first time since high school...phenomenal!

[Red Sun]

I just saw The Hobbit. I loved it. A lot of people seem to be complaining about the length and pacing, but I thought it was perfect (but then I'm a pretty big fan of the books). I saw it in regular 2-D, but I'm planning on seeing it again in 3-D (maybe even IMAX).

[Danielle Ni Dhighe]

Did anyone hear that 48fps was making some people ill?
There was one sequence where the 48fps makes you feel like you're on a rollercoaster.

[Althusser]

I saw Django Unchained. Best movie I've seen in a long time. I got a chance to see the premiere.

[Althusser]

Anyone seen Lincoln yet?. Supposed to kick ass.

I saw it. They really pushed the idea that Lincoln actually had a problem with slavery. Either way, it was a good film.

[Jesus Saves Gretzky Scores]

I saw No Country For Old Men a week ago, and saw Resevoir Dogs yesterday, loved both.

[Blake's Baby]

WARNING, HOBBIT SPOLIERS


I just saw The Hobbit. I loved it... I thought it was perfect (but then I'm a pretty big fan of the books)...

Really? I don't see how that's possible. What about the fact that Azog isn't dead? Doesn't that rather contradict the fact that Dain is supposed to have killed him 150 years ago? What about the ridiculous notion that Thranduil was subservient to Thror? Radaghast turning up in the Shire? Orcs west of the Misty Mountains? None of this bothers you?

There are some things I don't have a problem with - I quite like the idea of the White Council meeting in Rivendell while the Dwarves are there, for instance - but some of it directly contradicts the history established in the books, for no good reason as far as I can see.

[brigadista]

watched Heathers again - still like it

[Red Sun]

WARNING: HOBBIT SPOILERS


Really? I don't see how that's possible.
I'm a fan of the books, but that doesn't mean I'm a purist. What I meant was that because I am a fan of the books, I didn't agree with critics who felt like the pacing was bad because they spent too much time on things like the Shire or the Dwarf's song. I wanted to see all of that. Most of the changes I felt were understandable, and I much preffered having additions that tie it in to The Lord of the Rings to having them have to cut scenes out.

Also, as for Thranduil, I didn't get the impression that he was subservient to Thror exactly, just recognizing him as a great king, and then later being called upon to help as an ally. I guess I might be wrong, though, I'll have to pay more attention to that when I'm watching it again.

[Rugged Collectivist]

Anyone seen Lincoln yet?. Supposed to kick ass.

I saw it today. Daniel Day Lewis did pretty good but he gave Lincoln a weird voice.

I feel I have an obligation to tell you that the vast majority of the film centers around Lincoln's plan to get the 13th amendment passed. It isn't really about his whole life (which I expected it to be) and there's only one battle scene. It's mostly just politicians doing politician shit with a bit of Lincolns personal struggles with his family thrown in. I can confirm that they explicitly state that Lincoln gave a fuck about slavery, and they make the actual abolitionists look kind of like naive idiots.

all in all it was a good film. 3.5 out of 5. Would watch again.

[bcbm]

american ninja 3 - holy crap this was awful

death wish 4 - charles bronson doing his thing. nothing spectacular here but easy to watch

shogun assassin - havent seen the actual lone wolf movies and i hear they are better but this was still pretty fun

blast of silence - if they got rid of the voiceover this would be a great noir movie. with the voiceover it is still good though

new york: a documentary film parts 4 and 5 - fell asleep for some of this but enjoyed it all the same. feel like they dont focus on some stuff enough while giving some minor stuff way too much focus but its good overall

walking with dinosaurs, walking with beasts, walking with monsters - fun stuff even if the cgi doesnt make them very realistic. the monsters one was the weakest though, really didnt cover that any animals



I saw it today. Daniel Day Lewis did pretty good but he gave Lincoln a weird voice.

lincoln had a weird voice

[Einkarl]

Che 1&2 (2008)- long movies, at times feels it's length, good otherwise.

The Hobbit-Good movie, I'm not sure why all the hate. I thought it was fun. I saw it in that fucking stupid high frame rate crap, which makes all the characters move jittery. If you haven't seen it stick with normal 2D.

[Danielle Ni Dhighe]

The Birds (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056869/combined)

Hitchcock's last great film, which turns 50 next year, builds a perfect mood of apocalyptic suspense culminating in a chillingly ambiguous ending. Well-written by Evan Hunter (aka Ed McBain), based on the Daphne du Maurier story. Disney animator Ub Iwerks oversaw the still impressive visual effects.

[Danielle Ni Dhighe]

This (http://www.geekgirlsrule.net/?p=1718) is my review of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.

[Dennis the 'Bloody Peasant']

Ted - enjoyable, I like Seth and all the shows he's done etc, obviously loved the Flash Gordon stuff and hearing Patrick Stewart say 'shit' is a bonus.

[Lord Daedra]

I saw it today. Daniel Day Lewis did pretty good but he gave Lincoln a weird voice.

I feel I have an obligation to tell you that the vast majority of the film centers around Lincoln's plan to get the 13th amendment passed. It isn't really about his whole life (which I expected it to be) and there's only one battle scene. It's mostly just politicians doing politician shit with a bit of Lincolns personal struggles with his family thrown in. I can confirm that they explicitly state that Lincoln gave a fuck about slavery, and they make the actual abolitionists look kind of like naive idiots.

all in all it was a good film. 3.5 out of 5. Would watch again.

According to NPR Lincoln's voice really was kind of gratey. I find it funny that Adventure Time Lincoln is more historically accurate than Disney animatronic Lincoln.

[GiantMonkeyMan]

Planet of the Apes, it's still fucking brilliant. "You maniacs! You blew it up! Damn you!" Going to watch Omega Man and Soylant Green to round off the Heston dystopia trio.

[brigadista]

Carlos
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1321865/

long -
great central performance -
one of the best films i have seen in the last few years -
but deeply depressing...
however - worth it

[Goblin]

Dark Knight Rises. Fucking awesome!

[Lord Daedra]

Dark Knight Rises. Fucking awesome!

No it was dumb as fuck.

1. If Waynes leg brace can crush cinderblock why didn't he use it on Bane before getting his back broken?

2. The league of shadows didn't give a shit whether or not their plan succeeded. If the people who kidnapped an airlplane couldn't put turn the cops vs criminals sequence into a turkey shoot (they had machine guns, more people and tactical control of a narrow road) than i guess i can conquer the planet with ease.

3. Why didn't they use the fucking tanks and turn the fight into Tieneman gotham square?

4. How does no one recognize Wayne in a crowded restaurant?

[GiantMonkeyMan]

Lol, yeah Dark Knight Rises has some dumb shit in it, particularly the fight between Bane's militia and the cops (they've got guns yet they just charge at each other? wtf?). But it also has some gems. I love the People's Court with Scarecrow as the Judge; pretty awesome.

[Art Vandelay]

Saw the Hobbit, was decent, made me want to re read the book and eventually the LOTR; I'll probably watch the trilogy again soon.

[bcbm]

national lampoons christmas vacation - classic shit

home alone 1 and 2 - classic shit


Dark Knight Rises. Fucking awesome!

yeah i just saw this one too, i enjoyed it. totally didnt see the twist coming

[brigadista]

dark knight rises saw it -
not that bothered really - everyone in Gotham are really bad shots

[Luís Henrique]

We went with 2D, if god had meant us to see in 3D we'd have sensurround eyes, or something.

God doesn't exist, comrade. A true communist should say, "if we were to have 3D vision, we would have evolved sensurround eyes or something, Dawkins forbid".

Luís Henrique

[Lord Daedra]

God doesn't exist, comrade. A true communist should say, "if we were to have 3D vision, we would have evolved sensurround eyes or something, Dawkins forbid".

Luís Henrique

Liberation Theologists and Christian Commies beg to differ. Subcommandante Marcos...Away!

[smellincoffee]

Joyeux Noel. I like watching the Christmas eve scene and pretending the workers are walking away from the war forever, not just that night. What a scene, where the German tenor marches into no-man's land holding a Christmas tree and singing at the top of his lungs, being accompanied by bagpipes from the "enemy" trenches...

Truly no war but the class war.

[Danielle Ni Dhighe]

The Nightmare Before Christmas. That's my kind of Christmas classic.

A Christmas Story. Still a warm, nostalgic holiday film with attention to period detail and an appreciation for a child's perspective. One would never guess it was from the director of Porky's.

[GiantMonkeyMan]

They Live, The Black Power Mixtapes, True Grit, Drive, Rear Window and American History X. My christmas presents. :)

(now I have to go back to work instead of lounging about watching dvds... :crying: )

[MrCool]

The Marshal of Finland (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upP-QNtrlqU)

It's about Cal Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Gustaf_Emil_Mannerheim), who led the Whites in the Finnish civil war and the Finnish army through Winter War and the Continuation War. After that, he was elected to be the President of Finland.
He was also elected to be the most greatest Finnish person ever to live.

And YLE shot the film in Kenya with local stars.

Actually, not that bad of a movie. You have to look at it like it's sort of comedy, but also drama.

[TheRedAnarchist23]

I watched Loopers, and I think it is an alright action movie. It is what you would expect from a holywood action movie.

[Lord Daedra]

Django Unchained in a theater filled with white people. Epic

[Jesus Saves Gretzky Scores]

Django Unchained and it was fucking amazing.
https://images.nonexiste.net/popular/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Django-Unchained-GIF.gif

[Leftsolidarity]

The Woman in the Black Dress

Fucking awful :thumbdown:

[Kalinin's Facial Hair]

'No'.

Nice film about the 1988 plebiscite on Chile, when they decided to send away Pinochet.
The main actor is Gael Garcia Bernal who interpreted Che on Motorcycle Diaries. He is an advertiser for the No campaign against the dictatorship.

[Rugged Collectivist]

God doesn't exist, comrade. A true communist should say, "if we were to have 3D vision, we would have evolved sensurround eyes or something, Dawkins forbid".

Luís Henrique

But... I thought humans DID see in 3D. I assumed movies were different because the film itself is 2D, and that 3D seems unnatural because it isn't actually 3D, it just tricks the mind into thinking it's 3D.

Anyway, I finally watched 'The Edukators'. It was good.

[Geiseric]

I saw the Hobbit. Fucking mind blowing, peter jackson doesn't need 3 fucking movies though, he could of easily done it in 2, keeping accuracy with the book. you can totally notice the scenes which they wrote, the language and everything is off from Tolkien. Overall good though, i'd reccomend it. Radagast was a good addition IMO. Be prepared for a few fill in scenes which don't need to exist, hopefully a cut will come out on DVD without those included.

[Red Banana]

Swimming with Sharks, it was ok; kind of uneventful in my opinion, but it was really satisfying to watch that guy beat the shit out of his boss.

[Let's Get Free]

I watched "The Spook Who Sat by the Door" on youtube a few days ago. If you are into fighting against the establishment, then this is the movie for you.

[Rugged Collectivist]

I saw "Django Unchained". It was really good, definitely a Tarantino movie.

[Raúl Duke]

I saw the hobbit...pretty good. Although I feel the sequal to it will be more satisfactory. While the hobbit is better/more entertaining, to me, than the first installment of LOTR, it reminded me somewhat of that movie and gives me the sense that the hobbit sequel will be quite awesome since I got the same feeling with the LOTR. Although I might be wrong...I strongly feel like this is going to be the case.

I also saw Cloud Atlas....meh
I felt the film was kinda preachy in tone at parts, pretentious in execution at parts, and at times a little bit like forced. Also the post-apocalyptic hawaii scenes annoyed the fuck out of me at times due to their new dialect of English.

I want to see Django Unchained and the "John Dies At The End" movie.

[smellincoffee]

The Blue and the Grey, a TV miniseries about a large family divided by the American Civil War. The Geysers live in Virginia, the Hales in Pennsylvania. While their sons enthusiastically support the causes of the confederacy and the union respectively, John Geyser despises slavery and the confederacy that defends it. He becomes a nonpartisan journalist attached to the Union army. The film series portrays the cost of war on the extended family, somewhat like Shenandoah. Abraham Lincoln is a recurring character, portrayed of course as folksy and wise....I remember it fondly from my youth, probably because like the main character I'm a southern anti-confederate. The movie is supportive of the Union cause, and it tries to say "Hey, this war sucked" while making parts of it look like a grand adventure. :rolleyes: It covers more areas of the war than most movies to, with characters who are in the balloon corps and with scenes in Vicksburg. Liberties were definitely taken with history, though...Abraham Lincoln gives the Gettysburg Address before Vicksburg surrenders. :lol:

[RedHal]

2003 Japanese production Spy Sorge about the Soviet Spy Richard Sorge in Japan. Ok movie, cartoonish bad guy KGB agents.

Then watched Kurosawa's 1946 No Regrets For Our Youth. Based loosely on the Japanese WWII Communist spy Hidemi Ozaki (part of the Sorge spy ring). Actual story centers on his fictional wife as she matures from a spoiled middle class professor's daughter into a prole fighter:lol::D Great movie, and the lead actress :tt1:

[nativeabuse]

On The Railway 1960

It's a North Korean war film that shows a train engineer pretending to defect and then sabotaging the american/south korean forces. Then he tries to hook up with the North Korean underground forces on the enemy side to get back to the north somehow.

Actually a pretty good movie considering it's from North Korea in the 60s, it is about as good as any old american war film classics you can think of. I would give it about a 8/10.

[bcbm]

'honey i shrunk the kids' - had not seen this one in ages, pretty enjoyable and great setpieces

'belly' - i am not sure what this was about

'house' - surrealist experimental japanese horror comedy (?) good visuals and all around wacky time

'showdown in little tokyo' - ugh

[Leftsolidarity]

Starship Troopers 2 while stoned. Awesomeness.

[MarxSchmarx]

Just saw Departures for first time. A tear jerker if I'd ever seen one.

[GiantMonkeyMan]

Watched Life of Pi in 3D after being convinced that it was worth it. It wasn't; 3D added nothing to the experience, in my opinion. Was an alright film with a good story and very visually pleasing. Nothing special, though. My cinema experience was also completely ruined by some fucking annoying kids who chose to loudly eat sweets invented specifically to annoy me in the cinema.

[Oswy]

I saw an Australian horror film on TV recently called The Loved Ones and I didn't know what to make of it, a bit weird and full of torture/violence.

I also recently saw Evil Dead II and found it very funny - does anyone know if it was supposed to be some kind of tongue-in-cheek comedy or if they thought they were making a serious horror? I found the ending totally perplexing.

[Pirate Utopian]

Evil Dead II was ment as a comedy. Really inspired by the Three Stooges.

I saw ParaNorman, I thought it was awesome.

[Dennis the 'Bloody Peasant']

The Prestige

Rather enjoyed it, not quite as interesting as some of his other stuff ..the ending was odd..but I still like Nolan a lot (especially Inception and the Batman trilogy)

[Os Cangaceiros]

I saw an Australian horror film on TV recently called The Loved Ones and I didn't know what to make of it, a bit weird and full of torture/violence.

That's a great one. Robin McLeavy killed it in that movie! She did a really good job, IMO.

Evil Dead 2 is good too, of course.

I watched Malcolm X recently.

[bcbm]

'shogun assassin 3: slashing blades of carnage' - cool

'sayonara jupiter' - i think this was supposed to be serious but it is funny now. worth it for the (spoiler) shark killing a dolphin scene and the general campiness. a bit long though

'bridge over the river kwai' - classic stuff, hadn't watched this in awhile it was good

also been watching the first season of sex in the city

[Leftsolidarity]

Evil Dead II was ment as a comedy. Really inspired by the Three Stooges.

I saw ParaNorman, I thought it was awesome.

Just watched Evil Dead II th other day.

Watching some cheesy Japanese action movie called like "Ironfist" or something. It's pretty awesome.

[Art Vandelay]

Django Unchained. It was good, but no where near as good as Reservoir Dogs.

[bcbm]

been rewatching the found footage festival, really funny stuff i recommend it

[Leftsolidarity]

Watch about half of Joe Dirt but couldn't sit through it. It was pretty bad.

[piet11111]

Watch about half of Joe Dirt but couldn't sit through it. It was pretty bad.

I watched it while drunk only remember the bit about him maybe banging his sister.

[Os Cangaceiros]

Joe Dirt is probably David Spade's best movie (for whatever that's worth)

Well, probably besides Tommy Boy I guess.

[Lobotomy]

Les miserables. Omg I loved it. such a beautiful story and It was told so well. Hugh jackman was just splendid. All of the actors were. Even russel Crowe, who is not particularly talented IMO, was fitting for his role. I know that a lot of people aren't into musicals but I just loved this film.

[Firefly]

Graveyard of the Fireflies

After watching this film last night, I felt so sad.
The movie made me more "anti-war"(Capitalistic/Monarchic/Nationalistic wars).

This movie really hit me in my feels unlike other animated movies.

[Danielle Ni Dhighe]

El espíritu de la colmena (The Spirit of the Beehive) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070040/combined) (1973)

This slow, metaphorical, dream-like tale of a family's disintegration in fascist Spain lives up to its reputation as a masterpiece of Spanish cinema, and is blessed with painterly cinematography and a strong cast, particularly the child actors. It references James Whale's Frankenstein while being a clear influence on some of the films of Guillermo del Toro. Brilliant.

The Possession (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0431021/combined) (2012)

It doesn't break any new ground, but it's a solid genre film that has the relative novelty of being based in Jewish rather than Christian lore, with a Hasidic exorcist rather than a Catholic one. Solid cast, too.

[Dennis the 'Bloody Peasant']

Skyfall...meh, was OK. Not the biggest Bond fan, Casinoa Royale was more exciting and interesting.
Also recently saw Looper. Was quite good until you stopped to think about it and then the holes and paradoxes spoiled it.

[Wings Of Redemption]

Watched ''That's My Boy'' last week, it wasn't bad and it's worth a watch for Adam Sandler fans. Made me laugh a couple of times and the ending is hilarious.

Also saw ''The Hobbit'' recently and it completely blew me away.

[Jesus Saves Gretzky Scores]

V/H/S- Not nearly as scary as it was made out to be. It was okay, it had a few good/disturbing/scary sequences.

Mama- Alright, but the ending sucked. It also had a pretty obvious ghost story ending. The girl in it was hot, which I enjoyed.

[Os Cangaceiros]

Mama was pretty bad. I saw it because someone wanted to go with me, not because I thought it looked interesting (I didn't). Joan Jett...er, I mean Jessica Chastain totally phoned in her blah performance, and that combined with all the stupid jump scares and just the boring plot in general...bleurgh. The ending with the butterflies and shit was really dumb, too.

[enlightened_ape2112]

Malcom X. It wasn't bad but not great. Actually if I hadn't read his biography I wouldn't have understood the movie that well.

[Blake's Baby]

Dredd.

What's not like about a violent and gory movie where an emotionless crypto-fascist gunman kills people, for 2 hours? Dystopian, that's what it is.

[Dennis the 'Bloody Peasant']

Dredd.

What's not like about a violent and gory movie where an emotionless crypto-fascist gunman kills people, for 2 hours? Dystopian, that's what it is.

Also saw this very recently...lots of slo-mo splatter..pretty much all I can remember

[Jesus Saves Gretzky Scores]

Mama was pretty bad. I saw it because someone wanted to go with me, not because I thought it looked interesting (I didn't). -and that combined with all the stupid jump scares and just the boring plot in general...bleurgh. The ending with the butterflies and shit was really dumb, too.

I agree, the ending was awful. The skeleton they brought back was so uncreative.

Joan Jett...er, I mean Jessica Chastain:laugh:

[GiantMonkeyMan]

Watched The Intouchables (2011) which I thought was good. Basically about an immigrant from the banlieues who goes to an interview to essentially just get his benefits form signed but then ends up with a job looking after a bourgeois paraplegic. Quite touching in places.

Watched John Dies at the End (2012) which is a really trippy film about an invasion from another dimension that can only be seen by people who take this drug that has a side effect of making you pass through time in incoherent stages.

Also watched the trailer to a film with Gerard Butler called Olympus Has Fallen (2013) which looks like a racist piece of shit action film where the Chinese and various other random ethnicities take over the White House only to be stopped by an all-american hero. Bleugh.

[Leftsolidarity]

I loved Dredd.

I re-watched The Big Labowski the other night. Reminded me about how awesome it is.

[Pirate Utopian]

Dredd is an amazing movie. Dredd was the best movie of 2012. It'll be a cult classic. The Thing flopped too but now everyone, rightfully, thinks it's a classic. Same thing with Dredd.

[ellipsis]

The parent trap. It was so silly.

[piet11111]

Flight

About a pilot that was drunk and on cocaine when his plane has a massive mechanical failure and is about to crash but the pilot manages to safe it and crash safely.

The rest of the movie is all about his friends and bosses trying to game the system to make the results of his drug test inadmissible and how he is handling his alcoholism to avoid being stinking drunk during his hearing.

It does show how the economic motives of the airliner he flew for make it their priority to protect the pilot.
They even said that if they can shift all the blame to the plane manufacturer they wont be liable for the fatality's.
Another memorable line is that the death of the 2 crew members are not important as their next of kin wont be able to claim anything near the damages the next of kin of the passengers can.

All throughout i was thinking that this is exactly what any airliner would do.

Overall i would give it an 8/10 though i probably wont be watching it again.

[Wings Of Redemption]

Got high last night and watched The Boondock Saints, William Defo did a great job and I was surprised to see Billy Connolly too :laugh: I recommend it to everyone

[Quail]

Dark Shadows (with Johnny Depp as a vampire from the past). It was entertaining enough, but I didn't think it was very original.

[Pawn Power]

Night Catches Us (http://www.nightcatchesus.com/)

Black Panther in exile returns to his neighbourhood in Philly, opening up old wounds. Fantastic film with an excellent score by The Roots.

[bcbm]

'desperately seeking susan' this was better than i thought it would be, i enjoyed it. madonna is funny. lots of great 80s fashion too.

[Aurora]

Django Unchained, awful film about the same level of terrible as Inglorious Basterds. Only one scene was rather good, the scene with Candie and Broomhilda at the dinner table, there were an alright couple of frames near the start with Django and a noose too. Samuel L. Jackson and Leonardo Dicaprio gave good performances.
Overall the characters were empty and uninteresting, the story ridiculous, the comedy unfunny, the drama non-existent.
How you can manage to take a subject as powerfully emotional as slavery and make it dull and uninspired is beyond me.

At least i didn't pay to see it, but i'd still like my 2h 45 mins back.

[Quail]

Currently watching Star Trek III. It's not the best Trek film, but it's still enjoyable and better than I remembered (or maybe I'm just higher than I was when I last watched it :lol:).

[ellipsis]

I didn't think it was very original.

Remakes have that tendency...

[Lobotomy]

Zero dark thirty. I didn't like it. There were several scenes that involved CIA guys waterboarding the prisoners and using other forms of torture and it was just really hard to watch. And the other parts of the movie were just boring. it felt way too long.

[Aurora]

Der Baader-Meinhof Komplex, was interesting and worth watching, good acting all round.

There was some context to their formation particularly about the Vietnam war which was good lots of archive footage but i think a lot more could have been done, the general lack of a political alternative given the CDU-SPD coalition and particularly about their disillusionment with the lack of denazification in Germany, Kiesinger being former NSDAP etc and Schleyer isn't mentioned to be a former NSDAP and SS officer for example.

Without knowing RAF members personalities i can't really comment but it seems kinda dodgy that Baader is shown as being nuts, Stefan Aust the author thought he was a psychopath and that comes through.

A lot of RAF actions are shown to be spur of the moment and haphazard when it seems clear a lot of work went into making the RAF actions better planned and a lot more accurate with their targets than other terrorist groups.

[Os Cangaceiros]

From what I remember of TBMC, Baader was portrayed in the film as a listless petty criminal turned revolutionary activist, which isn't far from the truth in terms of the real life Baader.

[Red Banana]

Just finished The Trotsky. It was a charming little movie but it was really creepy how the main character actually believed he was the reincarnation of Leon Trotsky.

[Dennis the 'Bloody Peasant']

Fright Night (2011)
Was OK, wasn't too taken with Colin Farrel's character, wasn't as funny as I'd hoped. Passed the time pleasantly enough and David Tennant was fun. Probably need to see the original.

[bcbm]

'the harder they come' saw this in a theater it was awesome. what a great flick
'zulu' i was rooting for the zulu but still an okay movie. i fell asleep

[Aurora]

Flight

I enjoyed it, a few really good scenes and it had my attention throughout, the performance of intoxication and addiction was very well done, a lot of actors tend to exaggerate intoxication and scripts usually go for unstable addictions, here the portrayal was of a functional addict with what i thought was a much more toned down and realistic intoxication, a compelling performance from Denzel Washington.

[skitty]

High Art. I've watched it a few times before, keep coming back. Ally's all grown up....

[Oswy]

Fright Night (2011)
Was OK, wasn't too taken with Colin Farrel's character, wasn't as funny as I'd hoped. Passed the time pleasantly enough and David Tennant was fun. Probably need to see the original.

I've not seen the remake but I' a big fan of the original which I very much recommend - a perfect piece of camp horror.

[brigadista]

5 broken cameras - filmed over 7 years in the occupied territories in the west bank -
best film i will see this year

[bcbm]

'sex and fury' was okay i fast forwarded through most of the sex scenes zzzz
'star trek: insurrection' oh star trek

[TheRedAnarchist23]

Just finished The Trotsky. It was a charming little movie but it was really creepy how the main character actually believed he was the reincarnation of Leon Trotsky.

It was amazing movie! I loved the part when he called teachers fascist.

[skitty]

Just saw Les Miserables and loved it. The only criticisms I had heard beforehand concerned the vocal abilities of some actors; but I didn't mind a bit. That said, a musical can benefit from a live stage setting. Now one of these years I'll have to read the book-after finishing all those recommended by you all.

[bcbm]

'gladiator' pretty good again

[Comrade Nasser]

Les Miserables. Amazing movie! Great musical with an interesting message, although some would argue the movie is a counter-revolutionary statement because near the end (SPOILER ALERT) There is a revolution and the people rise up for a greater good but all of the revolutionaries end up dead and their revolution is crushed. Besides that great movie.

8/10

[ellipsis]

about to watch sin city, which i saw in theatre, and I remember liking.

earlier tonight i watched planet terror, which is what it is, crappy, but entertaining.

[ellipsis]

'gladiator' pretty good again

i remember hating it the second time through. too many talking parts.

[Os Cangaceiros]

I liked the intro to "Gladiator". The Germanic tribes that are shown in the beginning of that movie actually kicked the Roman army's ass. The Romans only managed to hold on to Germania for a few decades before the tribes slaughtered three legions worth of soldiers in Teutoburg forest, which was the end of Roman occupation in that part of Europe.

They were the original anti-imperialists lol

[TheGodlessUtopian]

The Dark Knight Rises


I didn’t know what to expect going into the Dark Knight Rises. In my mind the series peaked at the second entry; the performance given by Heath Ledger and the manner in which the Joker character was so elegantly captured was, in my mind, the best which could be offered. So upon hearing about all the mixed messages in this third entry I was skeptical as to how entertaining this movie would be. By the end of the movie, however, I am glad to say I was enjoying myself; I would be hesitant to say more than the second, but still heartily nonetheless.

The plot follows arch-criminal Bane as he attempts to detonate a nuclear warhead and wipe out Gotham city. During the course of this adventure we see daring heists, unbelievable martial arts, high-tech gadgets, and the most phenomenal acts of heroism, the kind which one would only witness in a Hollywood blockbuster.

Typical popcorn summer movie flare, in other words. Indeed while the film is enjoyable there is much hyperbole as well. The ending is predictable, actually given away about 20 minutes into the film, the characters are able to leap to stunning conclusions with very little evidence, plot points are absurdly convenient for the protagonists, all while the narrative travels at such a breakneck speed that unless you have the attention span of a hawk and not miss a thing, you are likely to be left wondering why the cast are where they are and what on earth is happening.

Still, these are common movie-making errors. I dub them forgivable. Still, not everyone would think so. Some people, in especially regards to Bane’s takeover of Gotham, have been busily making hurried accusations of political subterfuge. I will not attempt to rebuke their claims nor give an essay length article on my own thoughts on the matter. However, I will give a brief lowdown on what my position is on Bane’s apparent radical stance.

In short I could only read Bane’s arc and conflict with the Gotham city police as an inter-bourgeois conflict between him (the mercenary) and them (the police). His backstory is full of moments in which he helped powerful business men gain leverage over the competition (such as his foray into Africa to help secure oil contracts). Ignoring this you then have a plot which functions as lumpen-proletariart populism: Bane frees all the prisoners in Blackgate prison and then they go on a looting spree attacking their legitimized rivals; mock trials and reactionary police militias aside, never once did the audience see anything of this so-called Peoples Government which was indicative of revolutionary socialism (there is, in fact, a scene where a little boy was about to be killed for stealing an apple, so hardly a communal setting). Some cheap rhetoric thrown in which harkens back to Occupy Wall-Street but other than that there is precious little to go on for any revolutionary alludes. The uniting factor for this stance is what I see as just an elaborate sideshow: in the end Bane’s goal is stereotypical- he wants to destroy the city and so he unleashes a mock-revolution to buy time. Beyond that, beyond the writer’s possible intentions, there is nothing to really talk about.

In conclusion, while I thoroughly enjoyed the film and was impressed with the villain, my favorite Batman movie thus far is still The Dark Knight. “Rises” was good, but not great. Filled with vague half-thoughts and over-the-top action scenes it is a decent experience for anyone wanting to have more of the epic-action formula.
Source: http://popculturecoup.wordpress.com/2013/02/04/the-dark-knight-rises/

[bcbm]

'the grey' i did not go into this expecting much and while it was different than i thought it would be in the end i think it was a pretty good movie
'the abolitionists' watched the entire three part series from pbs' 'the american experience' very good and interesting stuff though they definitely just glosses over the post-slavery years. i didn't know frederick douglass almost went with john brown on the harper's ferry raid. kind of want to watch ken burns civil war series now.

[brigadista]

thought Les Miserables was turgid

[Ele'ill]

watched 'The Grey' last night. I actually liked it. I've not read the short story that it's based off of but I think the director/writers made the movie into a washy metaphorical piece with the wolves being so abnormally large and aggressive.

[Mackenzie_Blanc]

Watched Ghost in the Shell, quite a deeper and more interesting movie than most American films. :cool:

[skitty]

'gladiator' pretty good againDid you all like Master and Commander? LA Confidential?

[Let's Get Free]

"Falling Down." It's about a guy who snaps one day and goes wandering through Los Angeles, a nerdy middle class white guy 'fighting back' against society. its a thought-provoking movie that really stays with you.

[Aurora]

Les Miserables. Amazing movie! Great musical with an interesting message, although some would argue the movie is a counter-revolutionary statement because near the end (SPOILER ALERT) There is a revolution and the people rise up for a greater good but all of the revolutionaries end up dead and their revolution is crushed. Besides that great movie.

8/10
It doesn't have a counter-revolutionary message, Les Miserables is set during the failed June Rebellion in 1832 where republicans in Paris rose up against the Orleans monarchy and were defeated, Victor Hugo was in Paris at the time and supported the republicans.

[GiantMonkeyMan]

It doesn't have a counter-revolutionary message, Les Miserables is set during the failed June Rebellion in 1832 where republicans in Paris rose up against the Orleans monarchy and were defeated, Victor Hugo was in Paris at the time and supported the republicans.
The main counter-revolutionary message could come from the fact that Marius, who seemed to be a commited revolutionary, basically up and turned bourgeois the moment all his friends had died and he had found a bourgeois girlfriend. It's not so blunt on the stage but in the latest movie version...

[skitty]

thought Les Miserables was turgidAWWW, ya made me go runnin' to the dictionary again:confused:!

[Le Libérer]

The Loving Story. Its about an interracial couple who married even though it was illegal in the 60s, went to prison, and took their case to the Supreme Court. Its because of their love for each other changed the law that kept interracial marriage illegal. It is definitely a love story, ironically about a couple whose name was Loving.

[Art Vandelay]

The Battle of Algiers. It was pretty good and can see why it was such a big deal during its time.

[bcbm]

'the eiger sanction' pretty entertaining movie, though very, very much a product of its time and not in a good way. good thriller though all things considered and cool climbing sequences


Did you all like Master and Commander? LA Confidential?

have not seen master and commander but i would like to. is it good? i like la confidential


"Falling Down." It's about a guy who snaps one day and goes wandering through Los Angeles, a nerdy middle class white guy 'fighting back' against society. its a thought-provoking movie that really stays with you.

its a white racist fantasy

[Aurora]

'Drive', really enjoyed it. The music, the atmosphere, the use of shadows and particularly the use of colour were fantastic. Gonna watch it again soon. Oh ya and Ryan Gosling :drool:

[Os Cangaceiros]

have not seen master and commander but i would like to. is it good? i like la confidential

M&C is pretty good. There are a couple of scenes in which the captain and the ship's doctor (the captain being a standard law-and-order martial type, and the doctor being a liberal rights-of-man type) argue with each other, those were the best scenes I thought. The captain argues that he needs to be brutal with his sailors cuz otherwise they'd rebel and mutiny, and then the doctor argues that yeah well who can blame them, they all got kidnapped and are basically forced to work on this shitty boat, etc, and if there were any justice they'd probably lynch your ass. Then Russell Crowe says that if you wanted anarchy you came to the wrong place.

I thought that was an interesting portrayal of a time period when I guess people were starting to question whether dragooning people into military slavery was a good thing or not.

There's a pretty good battle scene at the end, too.

[TheGodlessUtopian]

Couple movies: Paranorman and Letter to Juliet


One doesn’t see many stop-motion animation movies anymore. Perhaps it is because of the large time investment it takes or maybe due to the domination of computer animation. Whatever the case, however, it is always a delight when a new such feature comes to the market. Naturally Paranorman found a place in my heart even before I witnessed its tale.
The film follows eleven year old Norman as he struggles to understand his gift, or curse, of seeing dead people. Bullied at school every day and surrounded by family members who believe he was gone insane or is struggling with the death of his grandmother, Norman is not the happiest kid. The plot thickens more after his uncle, an eccentric loner, dies and subsequently coerces Norman into filling his role of reading to a long dead witch in order to keep her spirit in the netherverse.
Everything concerning the movie’s development is charming and well done. The voice actors hit their marks with gusto, the animation is wonky but modern, and the music fits the surreal setting with a decadently retro-vibe. This is in addition to the plot which takes some interesting turns reflecting a thread of bullying and overcoming hate. Finishing off with a controversial social-inclusion, I was delighted to finally view Paranorman.
While it wasn’t the most revolutionary movie, nor the longest, it was a refreshing break from the Hollywood epic action rumbles; one can only take so many super-powered villains threatening to enslave the world before longing for more spiritually fulfilling material sets in. In this regard I am glad to say that Paranorman was that spiritual movie. While not religious, obviously, Paranorman harkens back to an age where children’s movies taught their audience an important life lesson in a non-patronizing manner. If you are searching for a film of a humorous but positive force you could do a lot worse than Paranorman.

Source: https://popculturecoup.wordpress.com/2013/02/09/paranorman/



As a thorough-blooded male who enjoys action, violence and sex one might not expect me to enjoy romantic comedies, but I do (surprise, surprise). I consume such movies in the same way I consume pop-rocks and cola: very rarely. But when I do I ensure that it is a film to my liking. So needless to say when I popped in Letters to Juliet without knowing scarcely a dust mote about the movie, I was taking an entertainment risk; if I failed there would be no way to get back my 105 minutes.
Luckily I succeeded in whatever arcane quest I had set up for myself, for by the end of the movie I had discovered that the plot was one that not only was enjoyable but one that resonated with me to a small degree.
The story follows that of Sophie, a newspaper fact checker who wants to be a writer. Due to be married to a soon to be restaurant owner, they take a “pre-Honeymoon” to Verona Italy. Once there, however, Sophie and her fiancée find themselves pulled in opposite directions as he is pulled towards work, preparing to launch his new business, and she in sightseeing. It is during one of her sight-seeing tours which she discovers a group of woman who write letters to woman in desperate need to romantic and life help. She volunteers to help them in responding, her first challenge to take the form of writing back to a 50 year old plea for help.
Urging the woman to follow her heart she mails off the letter without expecting a response. Yet it is not even a week later that an elderly woman, Claire, now over 60, and her realist yet somewhat verbally abusive grandson, arrive in Verona. They come to seek out the love of Claire’s life, a young man she fell in love with when she was but fifteen.
The journey to find Claire’s long lost love takes them on many turns. There is hope, disappointment, cynicism, and even love. The plot is one of realism. Not for its expected coincidental and highly convenient plot turns, but for its simple tale of a person searching out their soul mate.
To this point the acting was good, over all, though there were moments when Sophie seemed stilted. The faking of local accents seemed too corny for me and the soundtrack could have been more inspired (the directors decided on using popular culture tracks instead of original compositions) but even with these road-bumps the energy of the thread was present.
The ending was nothing out of the ordinary; it was a very conventional ending, one which I predicted about a quarter of the way through the movie. In all “letters to Juliet” is enjoyable but it isn’t the most well done romantic comedy of yesteryear. There are other, more well-crafted romantic comedies, but sometimes you want something of a different flare and if so than you might want to give this one a try.

Source: https://popculturecoup.wordpress.com/2013/02/10/letters-to-juliet-2010/

[Zealot]

Birdemic: Shock and Terror.

If you've seen The Room then you'll understand why this film has become so popular. And if you thought The Room was terribly excellent, let me just say that Birdemic is the most terrible masterpiece to date. Far from feeling shocked or terrified, I was in fits of laughter throughout the whole film. The acting is more wooden than a tree, the birds look like they were imported from microsoft paint, the dialogue is awkward, and the plot is just all over the place. Just to get a feel of what the movie is like....

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

This film was intended to be a "romantic thriller". I kid you not.

Full movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT_Wu5giw-A

[Goblin]

Drive. Probably my new favorite movie. Who knew that Ryan Gosling could be such a badass? The soundtrack was also amazing!

[Danielle Ni Dhighe]

The Maltese Falcon (1941) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033870/combined)

This has been one of my favorite films since I first saw it on television thirty or so years ago. The third time is the charm for adapting Dashiell Hammett's 1930 novel to film (previously adapted in 1931 and 1936). So meticulous is John Huston's direction that one might never guess it was his directorial debut. George Raft famously turned down the role of Sam Spade, so Huston turned to drinking buddy Humphrey Bogart, whose iconic performance makes it impossible now to imagine anyone else in the role. Mary Astor's memorable as the manipulative femme fatale, while Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre are deliciously perfect in their roles. Faithful to the novel, although elements of sexuality are toned down. A sequel was commissioned, but never made.

[Art Vandelay]

Barfly, it was awesome; Bukowski is king.

[TheGodlessUtopian]

Over the Top


As expressed in other reviews I am not a fan of older movies, just not my cup of tea. To this point I am no fan of 80s movies. To me 80s movies were always those corny films with techno-ish sounds tracks and production values… not like the kind I grew up with.
So needless to say I was surprised that the 1987 Sylvester Stallone movie Over the Top was enjoyable. The plot revolved around Lincoln Hawk bonding with his twelve year old son after years of neglect. Coming into conflict with his own father, who has taken a liken to his grandson (Lincoln’s son), he fights to win his son’s trust.
Set against the backdrop of the California coast and revolving around an arm wrestling competition the plot takes some predictable turns along with some not so predictable, though somewhat odd, twists. Complementing this was solid acting on all the cast’s part with few mess-ups. I cannot say I was terribly enthralled by the thread, as I am not an arm wrestler, but I was able to, nonetheless enjoy the film which managed to cram in some emotion despite the masculine atmosphere.
To me it reminded me a lot of the recent movie “Real Steel” which featured, more or less, the same plot (so maybe this is why I found it fascinating). While Over the Top isn’t anything special by today’s standards and could be classified as just another Father and Son film, I am sure that “back in the day” it was, as it still is somewhat today, an adrenaline rush of an experience.

Source: http://popculturecoup.wordpress.com/2013/02/12/over-the-top-1987/

[Danielle Ni Dhighe]

As expressed in other reviews I am not a fan of older movies, just not my cup of tea.
Get off my lawn, you damned kid! :lol:


To this point I am no fan of 80s movies.
Are you trying to say the films of my teenage years are old? :crying:

[Danielle Ni Dhighe]

Double Indemnity (1944) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036775/combined)

Another favorite film since I first saw it on television three decades ago. It really doesn't get much better than a film noir directed by Billy Wilder, with a screenplay by Wilder and Raymond Chandler (one of my favorite writers) based on a James M. Cain novel. The cast doesn't get much better, either: Fred MacMurray as a weak, easily corrupted insurance salesman, Barbara Stanwyck as a ruthless femme fatale, and Edward G. Robinson as a shrewd insurance investigator. Several big stars turned down the salesman role, and MacMurray, best known then as a light comedic actor, tried to turn it down because he didn't think he was a good enough actor, but Wilder convinced him to take it. John F. Seitz's moody lighting and Miklos Rozsa's dramatic score complete the film's dark atmosphere.

[TheGodlessUtopian]

Are you trying to say the films of my teenage years are old? :crying:

Well.... ;)

- - - -

Smother


Smother came across as an odd film. Not because it was bad but because it was a comedy that featured dozens of dogs named Sammy Higgins, an inefficient weirdo writer, and a mother who doesn’t know when to quit. It was like a drug trip, in short, while remaining more sober than a batch of Straight Edge gang. Needless to say I enjoyed it.
Following the tale of Noah Cooper as he tries to survive his overbearing mother, sex-crazy wife, and creepy brother-in-law, it turns out that being fired from his position as a physical trainer is not the worst thing that can happen. For him his mind-bending assortment of family members move in which tests his steel as he tries to find employment and get his life back on track. The drama escalates and before anyone of them knows the grouping is torn apart as conflict reaches a crescendo.
While all eventually is resolved (spoiler alert) and the wrongs righted, the acting is, thankfully, excellent. The soundtrack is melodic and its fits the mood well; one moment hilarity, the next moment conflict, while the following moment is serious and sad. The writers display their skill which backs the traces of subterfuge better than the direction (that has a few missteps in progression). While there are no significant twists the plot is enjoyable enough to warrant a view.
There are more hilarious comedies on the market, ones which illicit immature laughter throughout, essentially. Yet those films are not going to display the same level of warm silliness that pervades Smother. If you are looking for a comedy that is appropriate for a quasi-family audience and younger teens than there is much of a decision to be made with Smother.

Source: http://popculturecoup.wordpress.com/2013/02/13/smother-2007/

[Os Cangaceiros]

"Snowtown"

A movie about a series of murders in Australia. One man recruited a number of members of a lower-working class Australian suburban community in Adelaide to go and brutally murder various "undesirables". It's a very bleak and intense movie. It's a fascinating true story though, and presents some interesting questions regarding vigilantism and such.

[Ele'ill]

so yeah watched The Grey again with commentary on and aside from the asshole comments being made yes the whole movie is a metaphor or something

next movie I may watch is Predators I am actually already cringing

[The Intransigent Faction]

I watched Blue Velvet last Friday. I had more to say but lost it so here's a slightly shortened version:

Some parts were downright chilling but then seemed to be more shock value for its own sake, which can be good...when it's done right.

The characters seemed inconsistent, or not the least bit likeable when they were consistent. One minute Frank Booth is high on some unexplained drug he apparently breathes in, while engaging in some weird violent infantilist fetish, the next he's almost in tears over the song Blue Velvet for some also unexplained reason.

Then there's Jeffrey Beaumont, the guy who has some fascination with a murder mystery that leads him to think wandering into a suspect's apartment is a great idea. Though I have to admit I cheered him on when he punched Frank Booth square in his arrogant face...though that didn't end well at first.

Female characters are misogynistically portrayed as weak, far as I could see.

I understand the point about portraying the horrors beneath a veneer of Reaganesque suburban America, and the religious imagery, but any message feels lost in the midst of shock value material.

Feel free to strongly disagree with me. I can't stand film critics in general, and am not trying to impose anything...just stating my opinion.

Here's a small glimpse for those of you who haven't seen it:

reNY3qAtiDw

[Art Vandelay]

I watched Blue Velvet last Friday. I had more to say but lost it so here's a slightly shortened version:

Some parts were downright chilling but then seemed to be more shock value for its own sake, which can be good...when it's done right.

The characters seemed inconsistent, or not the least bit likeable when they were consistent. One minute Frank Booth is high on some unexplained drug he apparently breathes in, while engaging in some weird violent infantilist fetish, the next he's almost in tears over the song Blue Velvet for some also unexplained reason.

Then there's Jeffrey Beaumont, the guy who has some fascination with a murder mystery that leads him to think wandering into a suspect's apartment is a great idea.

Female characters are misogynistically portrayed as weak, far as I could see.

I understand the point about portraying the horrors beneath a veneer of Reaganesque suburban America, and the religious imagery, but any message feels lost in the midst of shock value material.

Feel free to strongly disagree with me. I can't stand film critics in general, and am not trying to impose anything...just stating my opinion.

Here's a small glimpse for those of you who haven't seen it:

reNY3qAtiDw

It really is a weird ass film.

[Art Vandelay]

"Snowtown"

A movie about a series of murders in Australia. One man recruited a number of members of a lower-working class Australian suburban community in Adelaide to go and brutally murder various "undesirables". It's a very bleak and intense movie. It's a fascinating true story though, and presents some interesting questions regarding vigilantism and such.

I really liked that movie.

[ellipsis]

Xmen first class...

[TheGodlessUtopian]

Taking Lives


I do not watch many thrillers. If they are done well, however, I can enjoy them. Directed with imagination and vision thriller movies can be great suspense and some heavy drama. Yet if they are done poorly they can be tiresome, confusing, and present a lackluster experience which you wish were able to redeem for your time back.
As contradictory as it may seem Taking Lives is a bit of both.
Set in Canada the plot follows FBI detective Illeana Scott as she assist the Canadian police force in tracking down an elusive killer who has committed over twenty years’ worth of murders. Taking on the victim’s identity after each murder, while substitution the body for his own identity, the killer is both brutal and calculating signaling that his capture is not going to be easy. So when Illeana comes to Canada to help with the case and stirs up major clues which throws doubt on the killer’s identity, and exposes her by falling in lust with a suspect, the search becomes a tangled web of morally grey intrigue.
So the plot is nothing special, obviously. I have heard of these plots before and haven’t been impressed by even the more well-done ones. That being said it doesn’t mean this is a bad film, it just makes it average. There are some draw-backs and some positives which combine with the decent directing that manages to augment the excellent acting thus saving it from a bad review.
The positives: the soundtrack is exceptional. While some of the popular culture tracks feel a bit out of place they are appropriate. By this I mean they do not insist on lambasting their message to the audience; the sound matches the situation at hand and compliments the scenes in a non-sequester manner. Another positive is, as I said, the good job at directing. This is important because had the director not been able to capture the essence of the plot the thread would have been a jumbled mess of barely discernible facts and characters.
The negative: the movie tries too hard. While there is a sense of never knowing who is who and what may happen it is also predictable. As usual I was able to guess the twist about twenty minutes into the movie. Excluding this the writing is shoddy. While the dialogue between characters is good the way in which the whole plot was constructed makes it so that if you are not able to follow through with every instance of the plot at a break-neck speed then you will, rest assured, be left confused and unsatisfied during the last thirty minutes.
So in conclusion there are pros and cons. I am of the opinion that if you are looking for an interesting thriller you can do better. Still, this is not the worst thriller either so if you have nothing better to do and see it on NetFlixs or for cheap at Walmart I do not think it would be a grave mistake to pick it up and give it a go.

Source: http://popculturecoup.wordpress.com/2013/02/14/taking-lives-2004/

[bcbm]

'night moves' gene hackman is a private detective on the case of a runaway teen. then shit gets crazy. pretty middling movie

'the canterbury tales' pasolini's take on chaucer's classic. very vulgar, very funny, with a nice element of depression and mortality

'machete maidens unleashed' documentary about the american exploitation boom in the phillipines in the 70s and 80s. interesting stuff, especially the views of some of the actors on the liberatory nature of their movies

'shackleton' tv miniseries about the famed explorers disastrous second antarctic expedition. cool stuff; really incredible they all made it

[bcbm]

'night moves' gene hackman is a private detective on the case of a runaway teen. then shit gets crazy. pretty middling movie

'the canterbury tales' pasolini's take on chaucer's classic. very vulgar, very funny, with a nice element of depression and mortality

'machete maidens unleashed' documentary about the american exploitation boom in the phillipines in the 70s and 80s. interesting stuff, especially the views of some of the actors on the liberatory nature of their movies

'shackleton' tv miniseries about the famed explorers disastrous second antarctic expedition. cool stuff; really incredible they all made it

[TheGodlessUtopian]

The Blind Side


There are few sport centered movies that rustle my jimmies (whatever that is supposed to mean). I find them boring, dull and overly dramatic for the subject matter at hand (passing a ball and forcing it into some crevice). Yet there are some movies which recount the personal stories behind a player’s rise to fame that I can tolerate. 2009’s award winning flick “The Blind Side” is one of those rare few films, however, that does just that while maintaining a heart-warming edge strangely detached from the gridiron.
The story is that of Michael Oher, an inter-city youth who wanders in and out of foster homes until finally he is out of the streets. Luckily for him, however, before he is homeless he is admitted to a godly private school where he gains the favor of one of the student’s mother. Named Leigh Tuohy she is a high-powered perfectionist who, following her Christian duty, adopts Michael.
Integrating into the Tuohy presents its challenges. The norms of typical family life present a daring obstacle to Michael; never before had anything resembling normalcy, Michael discovers just how “greener” and meticulously kept, the other side is. Improving in his academics, learning to drive and even overcoming racism throw themselves towards him.
He learns to take each challenge, however, and surmounts every road-block with a furious combination of love and determination. The end-reward for all this arduous training is participation in football where, he large body and protective instincts, work for him in unexpected ways.
This concoction means that during the course of the film there are ups and downs, drama and humor. The writing is top-notch; the direction is sharp, and the soundtrack inspirational. The actors hit their cues brimming with enthusiasm, a talent that reveals their inner talent ultimately making the movie all the better and truly stitching together the entire package to form a dynamite event.
Based on the true story this is one “sports movie” that will leave the viewer most in touch with the person rather than the game. While still revolving around Michael’s activity and eventual signing to a college team the movie is primarily concerned with telling Michael’s tale. Considering what the audience will see during the course of this cinema piece I consider this to be a positive not soon to be forgotten.

Source: http://popculturecoup.wordpress.com/2013/02/15/the-blind-side-2009/

[Trap Queen Voxxy]

Gummo. Pretty weird little picture but I liked it.

[A Revolutionary Tool]

Occupy Unmasked. I was bored and saw that under the documentary section of Netflix. Stupidest crap ever seen! Right away you know it's going to be horrible when "Citizens United Productions presents" appears then see Andrew Breitbarts(thank god he's dead) ugly face. There was a point in the movie where I literally laughed out loud because of how stupid it was. It's showing all these pictures of protesters I assume you're supposed to hate, getting all dramatic, then(without a hint of irony, of trying to be funny, he's being completely serious) it goes to a shot of Andrew Breitbart and he lays it down on OWS:"There's raping, there's pillaging, there's poop!" :laugh: Poop! Oh no, not poop! I noticed the selection of video that wasn't even part of any Occupy event. They're showing videos of people breaking windows, throwing tear gas back at protesters, etc, then show scenes of riots in Greece and in London. When did Occupy burn buildings down? Since when did the cops in America start having Greek writing on their riot shields. It's crazy the editing these people do. One of my favorite parts was when it basically said that people taking videos of cops, asking for their ID numbers, and taking pictures was an example of the thuggery and intimidation tactics used by the Occupy activists. Of course, it being Breitbart, it all had to go back to Saul Alinsky and how he supposedly taught every activist that has ever seemed to exist, that the Occupy movement has its roots with Alinsky during the Great Depression, who influenced those in the 60's, now those people from the 60's (and Obama)managed the Occupy movement so that they can push the agenda left so that their man in the White House could put whatever dirty commie plan he wants into effect. It also said that the whole reason people got involved in the beginning was because of a rumor Radiohead was going to play at Zuccotti. As if thousands of peopl showed up because of Radiohead even after Radiohead made it clear they weren't going to play...and then kept showing up day after day! I think the only point they made that I could agree with was when they said something about how it's unfair that union workers making $50,000 are paying dues which pay for the president of the unions salary of $300,000.

[A Revolutionary Tool]

Also when it was showing a montage of Occupy protests, I saw Oakland, Wall Street, Portland, Seattle, Boston, etc, they would throw in a random ass picture of Castro. That happened numerous times, like god damn wtf do you keep showing me random pictures/video of Castro for?!

[Danielle Ni Dhighe]

I watched Blue Velvet last Friday. I had more to say but lost it so here's a slightly shortened version:
Blue Velvet is one of my all-time favorite films. If you think it's full of shock value now, imagine how it felt to an audience in 1986. I was 17 when I saw it for the first time, when it was released on VHS in 1987, and I'd never seen anything quite like it.

[Danielle Ni Dhighe]

Suspicion (1941) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034248/combined)

A solid Hitchcock film, but not in the same league as many of his 1950s films. The shift from romantic comedy to suspense thriller doesn't work as well as it could, Cary Grant handles comedy better than drama at this point in his career, and the happy ending is a bit of a cop-out. Still, Joan Fontaine is good as the suspicious wife, Nigel Bruce is funny, and Hitchcock sneaks a lesbian couple past the censors.

[Blake's Baby]

The remake of 'Total Recall'.

Meh. Not as good as the original, but I appreciated the references to the original, and the attempt to update it a bit.

[bcbm]

'the mission' i thought this was going to be another 'white guys save the indians' movie but it was actually pretty good. jesuits told to abandon their mission to appease portugese slavers go rogue and fight back

[TheGodlessUtopian]

The Stepford Wives

(Another movie where you think the writers must have been high)



The Stepford Wives is a chauvinistic horror parody so zany and off-beat you will think you stepped into the 1950s. Featuring laugh out loud comedy on a cute scale I think there are few other movies which match its off-beat reminiscent. Concerning the maintenance of perfection, as represented by its constant platitude, I continuously was left in disbelief as to what I was watching.
The story begins when Joanne, a high powered television executive, is unjustly fired from her position after a disgruntled participant on one of her show shoots several people. After the same shooter makes an attempt on her life, during a live television special, and the decision is made to fire her, she and her husband move to the gated community of Stepford Connecticut.
It is here they meet a host of nerdy men and neat woman seemingly drawn from the pages of a conservative’s conception of the past: the woman are nice and always smiling while the men are hard-hitting and commanding. To top things off the community has no violence, no homeless, and has wonderfully groomed lawns. Taken with the stellar neighbors it seems that all is too good to be true.
Of course it all is too good to be true. For it is not long after moving in that Joanne suspects Stepford has a dirty secret. While it tears at her relationship with her husband, who has grown close to the mysterious Stepford Men’s Club, she shows her determination and before long uncovers the horrible truth of Stepford: that the town is a proving ground for the mayor’s technology of perfecting the human form and ridding woman, and eventually men, of all imperfections.
It sounds weird and believe me, it is. This is a comedy which pokes fun at conventions. The acting is purposely overly dramatic, the setting intentionally cartoonish, and the dialogue hammed to the degree. To me it seems the director was going for a satire feel and won it ably. The ending of the movie has to be seen to be believed but suffice to say it has to do with robots.
In conclusion I found very little wrong with the film. Granted one has to be up for something different and willing to try digesting a wacky attack on values from yesteryear. While I felt at times a few of the scenes were too absurd or prolonged, and the soundtrack was nothing special, neither of these detracted significantly from the experience. So if you are interested in possibly having your mind played with consider this ridiculous ride, it just might be one of your better decisions.

Source: http://popculturecoup.wordpress.com/2013/02/16/the-stepford-wives-2004/

[Danielle Ni Dhighe]

Spellbound (1945) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038109/combined)

An absorbing psychological mystery, and we see elements of Hitchcock's more mature style of the 1950s begin to emerge. Peck, in only the second year of his film career, is paired with Bergman, then the most popular screen actress, and it would be a lesser film without them. The film has a famous dream sequence conceived by Salvador Dali, and directed by William Cameron Menzies instead of Hitchcock. Miklos Rozsa won an Oscar for his score, but Hitchcock felt it interfered with the mise-en-scène, and I tend to agree.

[TheGodlessUtopian]

There are lots of adventure movies. Most of them I care very little for as they display more predictable plots and events than even the sci-fi genre. Among the countless films about finding ancient artifacts and battling evil there are the usual swashbuckling heroes who bring little to the table in terms of relevancy. This was what I felt with “The Curse of King Tut’s Tomb”.
The plot revolves around archeologist Danny Freemont and his quest to locate all four pieces of an emerald tablet. Legend states that whoever brings together these pieces will have infinite power. Accordingly Danny has made it his life’s purpose to find all the pieces so he can give the world peace and prosperity. However there is an ulterior motive: he is searching them out so as to prevent a shadowy organization known as the Hellfire Council from assembling them and using it to dominate the world.
The problems here start early, namely, Danny is searching out these fragments so as to prevent them from falling into the wrong hands… yet each time he finds a fragment it is stolen from him by the Council. Entire purpose thwarted! In addition to this oversight the council itself is nothing unique as the writers took the lazy road and simply had each member be among the richest and most powerful men in the world; men of such influence they have half the world’s politicians in their pockets. Why men of such caliber would need a tablet granting them even more power is beyond me.
Anyways, being a mini-series this is the basic function of the plot. As for the traits of the first half there are more sins to count. Other such offenses include, but not limited to: the acting being overblown, poorly set-up shifts between scenes, groan inducing music which one can find in any Natural Geographic special, and major plot devices and occurrences happening with little or no explanation.
This is on top of the fact that Danny, the protagonist, is a store-brand version of Indiana Jones. Down to a “T” the directors here have mimicked the widely popular franchise to the point where the only item Danny lacks to differentiate him from Jones is the iconic whip.
Even if one was to disregard all the above mentioned discrepancies there are still the expected betrayals and large array of barely coherent progression that makes one wish to shout out “why, are these people stupid… wait, how on earth could they have figured that out from that!” These moments reside within every movie but seem to be highlighted here.
Now this seems to be quite the list (and it is). Yet for all its blunders it is still entertaining. Provided it is neither original nor inspired but it does slate one’s thirst for adventure and reassure hunting. As of now there is still the second part for me to watch. So there is still hope for some redemption in the end, until then we shall see how this misfortunately executed beginning finishes…

Source: http://popculturecoup.wordpress.com/2013/02/16/the-curse-of-king-tuts-tomb-pt-1-2006/

[Danielle Ni Dhighe]

Bad Day at Black Rock (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047849/combined) (1955)

One of my favorite '50s films. Director John Sturges, star Spencer Tracy, and screenwriter Millard Kaufman were nominated for Oscars for this taut suspenser with elements of the western and film noir, also touching on the theme of racial prejudice. Tracy delivers a strong performance despite being too old for the role. Robert Ryan, Ernest Borgnine, Lee Marvin, and Walter Brennan stand out as the town's boss, his two thugs, and the local mortician respectively. Cinematographer William C. Mellor makes excellent use of the CinemaScope frame and California's Owens Valley filming location.

[Os Cangaceiros]

"Senseless" (2008)

A movie about some IMF flunkie who gets kidnapped by a revolutionary group and tortured live on the Internet, in order to raise funds for the revolutionary cell's activities. A surreal and somewhat unsettling watch. Not exactly a "good movie", but stayed in my head for a bit after viewing.

[TheGodlessUtopian]

Picture Perfect


I think Jennifer Aniston is one of my favorite actresses. Her ability to perform in romantic comedies is nearly unmatched. I think nowhere is this clearer than in the 1997 film “Picture Perfect”. Donning the role of an underappreciated assistant in a advertising firm she assumes command of her talent in manners which set the stage for many of her future performance.
While the story of Picture Perfect is standard romantic comedy fare it provides the kind of delicate handling which is unthinkable in the real world, namely:
Kate has a lot of first world problems: she deserves a promotion yet is denied the fruits of her labor because she is too free, she is too innocent for the bad boy of her dreams, and she falls madly in love with a guy who was supposed to be a temporary partner. In short she wants more and doesn’t know when to stop when she is clearly over her head.
What follows is a thread spanning more drama and emotional turmoil than you can throw a bucket of condoms at. Of course it is all expected. The ending is predictable “happily ever after” happenings. Kate earns the promotion she wanted, she is able to keep the man of her dreams, and the audience is left with a sense of inner peace.
So nothing revelatory in terms of film history, in other words. This isn’t something bad as the soundtrack is skillfully put together and the direction nicely stitched. The performances given by the cast are stellar so one does not need to worry about lackluster readings.
Over all this is one of those films where it is nicely made but not out of the ordinary. There are no mind bending moments, few mysterious leaps in logic, and more adolescent (12+) appropriate material than there are inappropriate. It is the kind of movie that many members of the family could enjoy with little bickering.

Source: http://popculturecoup.wordpress.com/2013/02/18/picture-perfect-1997/

[MarxArchist]

I watched "goodbye Lenin!" last week. I thought it was funny but at the same time it painted capitalist consumerism as the ultimate expression of freedom, basically Coke, Pepsi and designer clothes make you free. Also the economic/social transition in Germany (just as the post Soviet economic transition in Russia) was far more brutal than the film let on. Other than the subtle pro-capitalist propaganda the film was cute and it actually hit on a personal level as I've recently had a family member die so I know what some of us will do to make those last days as happy as possible.

[Os Cangaceiros]

"Cocaine Cowboys 2"

A movie about some low level crack dealer who starts up a relationship with Griselda Blanco, a notorious Colombian drug trafficker. The guy gets in way over his head, though, as Griselda Blanco was supposedly a vicious criminal (even by the standards of 80's coke traffickers) who was responsible for having some 250 murders carried out. She commited her first murder at 11 years old and had no mercy at all.

The guy seemed genuinely in love with her, though...he worshipped her like she was a god or something. It's a pretty good story, I'd recommend it...the filmmaking itself is a little amateur-ish, but the interviews and the story itself are extremely interesting, I think.

[Zealot]

Also when it was showing a montage of Occupy protests, I saw Oakland, Wall Street, Portland, Seattle, Boston, etc, they would throw in a random ass picture of Castro. That happened numerous times, like god damn wtf do you keep showing me random pictures/video of Castro for?!

lol this film sounds hilarious, would you recommend watching it purely for entertainment? If so, where can I get it because I ain't paying for that shit.

[Blake's Baby]

'Warm Bodies' - a heartwarming tale of the fragile love between a post-apoc survivalist and an introspective zombie.

I don't think I've ever seen a film where the internal monologue is that of a zombie before, and there were some nice touches like the airport security guard who just kept scanning people with his little beep-machine even though he could no longer remember why. Zombification as a metaphor for alienation is a nice take on it. It's not super-brutal or very scary, but neither is ity exactly a laugh a minute. So you could say it fails as both comedy and horror-movie, but I think it works as an off-kilter rom-com.

[Jesus Saves Gretzky Scores]

Midnight in Paris- really good

The Departed- also very good, although it was hard to take the heavy Boston accents seriously.

A Good Day to Die Hard- Pretty bad, boring action movie cliches.

[A Revolutionary Tool]

lol this film sounds hilarious, would you recommend watching it purely for entertainment? If so, where can I get it because I ain't paying for that shit.

Yeah, I did. It's on Netflix, that's where I watched it, don't know about anywhere else.

[Mass Grave Aesthetics]

The Return of the Living Dead. I thought it was pretty lame and weak.

[ellipsis]

The Return of the Living Dead. I thought it was pretty lame and weak.

Marx it's so campy and 80s'd out.

[TheGodlessUtopian]

Some movies have dynamic special effects and gigantic budgets which whoa audiences for generations to come. Others are smaller scale films which are meant to inspire more artistic flare and homeliness. Considering it became a cult-hit one can easily guess which category Napoleon Dynamite falls into.
I went into Napoleon not knowing what to expect. Prior to do so I heard it praised and parodied to no end in the popular media yet had never actually seen it until now. Needless to say I was expecting something which in the very least would leave an impression (sour or sweet). As expecting it did not disappoint.
The story of the film is as simple as one can imagine: social misfit Napoleon, gangly teenager and high school reject, befriends Pedro, the new Latino student, and together they become friends who stage a presidential race while finding romance. All very basic, nothing we haven’t seen before.
The strong point of the movie lies in its quaint atmosphere and surreal weirdness. It is a very laid-back movie, which never takes itself too seriously. Characters are introduced in the most amusing fashion and silliness of seldom seen variety overtakes their development. Between Tina the Llama, Napoleon biking his father in town, and his uncle Rico, a scam-man who lives in the past, there is more wacky fodder than is possible to describe here.
This being said there are scenes which unless you are willing to “go with the flow” will make little sense and might bore you. The direction in the movie is not Hollywood style rather it resembles more of an indie film with the pace taking the form of Napoleon and company living through their lives days at a time. Each passing day brings a new piece to the thread that is more down to earth than many recent movies.
Other than the how it is directed there is little to take offense to technical wise. The music is campy and classic; 80s tunes punctuate the homemade melodies with a zen which matches the feel of the experience well. The writing is masterfully enacted by the cast, so much so it does not take long to realize why this became a cult-classic.
So to sum it all up I did not have much negative to say about Napoleon Dynamite. While I was half-expecting to despise its guts, and still find it somewhat repulsive with all the parodies, actually watching it left a neutral taste in my mouth. Likely you will fall into the either hate it or love it categories, if not than you will probably see it then never think about it again. Decent fun filled film the whole family will enjoy; not the greatest but not the worse film either. I think it warrants a go through for its unique story-telling as few movies anymore dare to branch out and try something new. More to this point: If you are looking for such a film than Napoleon just might be your man.

Source: http://popculturecoup.wordpress.com/2013/02/21/napoleon-dynamite/

[Os Cangaceiros]

"Carlos", a movie about Carlos the Jackal.

Anyone who's a leftist will enjoy it. Some of the conversations in the film are practically ripped off this forum, like one of Carlos' friends ripping on him over petty bourgeois adventurism. :lol:

[brigadista]

"Carlos", a movie about Carlos the Jackal.

Anyone who's a leftist will enjoy it. Some of the conversations in the film are practically ripped off this forum, like one of Carlos' friends ripping on him over petty bourgeois adventurism. :lol:

loved that film :):)

[TheGodlessUtopian]

Unknown


Many a great tale has been told concerning accidents and amnesia. From video games to books these stories often are thrillers which leave us guessing for more; they keep us in the dark, intrigued, and never sure who and what is good and evil. This is exactly the kind of movie “Unknown” is. Starring Liam Neeson as the star one doesn’t even have to watch it to know that it will be an experience.
Revolving around Dr. Martin Harris as he flies into Germany for a biochemistry summit our good man is caught within a car accident. Lucky to survive thanks to the help of his taxi-driver he awakens in A Berlin hospital with little recollection of who he is. Yet his memory retrieval must be put on hold as he discovers impersonators have stolen his life: his identity, job, and even wife are played by a stranger. To top it all off mysterious assassins stalk him throughout the city attempting to end his existence.
It is a thread of mind-harrowing trauma. Of a person struggling to regain their identity in a sea of doubt and second-guessing. In-between the chaos and narrow escapes are desperate characters searching for a better life and the answer to who they are. The development is streamlined and fits in marvelously among the plot points.
In truth I could find little wrong with the film. Other than the usual “as if” moments, the kind which only happen in movies, everything about this piece is well-done. The musical score is solid, albeit unoriginal, the acting is spot-on, and direction well edited. Unlike other thrillers which leave too much wiggle room and try too hard, ultimately creating a nauseating experience, Unknown kicks just enough spice without that unbearable flavor afterwards. In short: I recommend it.

Source: https://popculturecoup.wordpress.com/2013/02/22/unknown-2011/

[MarxArchist]

I watched "goodbye Lenin!" last week. I thought it was funny but at the same time it painted capitalist consumerism as the ultimate expression of freedom, basically Coke, Pepsi and designer clothes make you free. Also the economic/social transition in Germany (just as the post Soviet economic transition in Russia) was far more brutal than the film let on. Other than the subtle pro-capitalist propaganda the film was cute and it actually hit on a personal level as I've recently had a family member die so I know what some of us will do to make those last days as happy as possible.

Full movie on youtube.

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[TheGodlessUtopian]

Nim's Island


If you are able to watch children’s movies and ignore all the logical inconsistences then you will enjoy Nim’s Island. Set against the backdrop of a gorgeous island in the South china Sea the movie follows the adventures of a little girl named Nim as she attempts to ward off invading tourists all while finding her father who, after a research expedition got lost at sea.
The unlikely thread becomes even more absurd when an agoraphobic writer rushes off to Nim’s safety after receiving a distress call. Despite her own limitation involving the real world she bravely sets herself against the forces of the earth in an attempt to help someone she barely knows. Her adventure is most entertaining due to her half-mad rants and illusions concerning her in-book characters, who appearing as figments of her imaginations are the source for a great deal of the film’s humor, and her troubled bid to find Nim.
In-between this jaunting side-plot there is the struggle of her father stranded at sea. Complete with hyper-intelligent animals who assist him in his journey, Nim’s father displays all the dedication and love one would expect from any isolated caretaker.
As one would expect from a plot of this variety there is the absurd amount of moments which would make for stupendously silly happenings had they occurred in real life. Yet as it is a family movie, with no strong language or gore, the actions of Nim and her father make for jolly entertainment. To this end there is nothing truly wrong with the film. Everything is good to the extent that it should satisfy the kids who it is aimed at while also squeezing more than a few situational laughs from older chaperons.

Source: http://popculturecoup.wordpress.com/2013/02/23/nims-island-2008/

[Danielle Ni Dhighe]

The Awful Truth (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028597/combined) (1937)

Still a hilarious screwball comedy. Cary Grant and Irene Dunne sparkle as a warring couple in the midst of divorce. Dunne's facial expressions alone are priceless. Skippy the dog (who played Asta in the first two Thin Man films) steals some scenes from the humans. Legendary comedy director Leo McCarey (who was Laurel & Hardy's supervising director in their silent years and directed the Marx Brothers' Duck Soup) won an Oscar for his work here.

[TheGodlessUtopian]

There are many tales of friendship floating among the film strata yet none reach as deep as Fried Green Tomatoes. Filled with emotion and portraying the sense of struggle progressive woman face, whether it is in the 1930s South or semi-contemporary America, the dedication displayed within these pioneers of racial and sexual equality is a story meant to be told over and over again.
Beginning with the tale of an unhappy housewife who allows her neglectful husband to ignore her and society to belittle her, our female protagonist encounters an elderly woman in a nursing home during a visit to her lover’s in-law. What began as a simple exchange between two strangers quickly blossoms into a full swung friendship as the drifting spirits find in each other kindred hearts; with the story alternating between our heroine’s attempts to win over her husband from sloth and between the times and tribulations of the post-WW1 Southern bells as they fight for who they wish to be free from prejudice, the tale is one of loss and renewal.
I could go into great detail concerning the plot, of the classic story of a dignified southern gal and a rough-neck tomboy bringing out the best in each other, yet I believe if I did so then this simple entry would balloon into a massive rant. For this I will have to be instead content with saying this is a cinematic masterpiece.
No mistakes are made: whether it is the soundtrack, direction, acting, or web of intrigue the entire experience is well crafted. There are moments of sorrow, hope, anger, and mystery all mixed in with more potential for analysis than I can shake a detective at.
The thread here is a mature one meant for individuals who enjoy a statement. The history of this movie spans feminism, racism, marriage commitments, and even sexuality and the true meaning of family. For those with a penchant for such yearns I can promise that sinking the time investment here will not be a mistake.

Source: http://popculturecoup.wordpress.com/2013/02/24/fried-green-tomaotoes-1991/

[Danielle Ni Dhighe]

Blow-Up (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060176/combined) (1966)

Antonioni's first English-language film is still a fascinating artifact of Swinging London. There's an abstract coldness to the film, verging on the surreal at times. David Hemmings is a charismatic lead, and Vanessa Redgrave plays well off him as a mysterious beauty. A fine score by Herbie Hancock, and the Beck/Page Yardbirds perform a song in a club scene. Its release in the US was one of the final nails in the coffin of the Production Code, leading to the modern MPAA rating system.

[Sam_b]

I am currently writing a paper on Estonian cinema and therefore last night I re-watched Jaak Kilmi's excellent Kohtumine tundmatuga (Touched by the Unknown) a satirical comedy set in 1960's Tallinn. I think it's pretty good at addressing the ideas of 'Soviet Kitsch' mixed in with an interesting use of language that offsets the nostalgia with a pretty edgy reflection on the former regime.

Here's a clip:
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[Brutus]

Carlos: parts 1,2 and 3 (about 6 hours in total)

Good film, showed a few inaccuracies- as with all films. Good acting, and relatively good cast choices. The movie displays Carlos as an anti hero, and a womaniser. Overall a great film with a great soundtrack, but take it with a pinch of salt.

[sanpal]

"We are from the future", 2008. Magnificent movie I've seen this weekend. There is the second film "We are from the future - 2", 2010, but it is not so well, though not bad.

[Danielle Ni Dhighe]

Naked Lunch (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102511/combined) (1991)

I hadn't seen this film in nearly two decades, but Cronenberg's hallucinatory ode to William S. Burroughs remains compelling. It's a fever dream about the process of creation, and a worthy companion piece to Cronenberg's earlier Videodrome, which similarly plays with the nature of narrative reality.

[Devrim]

We watched Argo at the cinema last night. My partner thought it was virulent pro-American crap. She did laugh quite a bit in the Hollywood part though.

Devrim

[Danielle Ni Dhighe]

Topper (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029682/combined) (1937)

Still amusing trifle about a henpecked banker with a ghost problem, just as funny now as when I first saw it in the '80s. Roland Young was nominated for an Oscar for his adroit comedic turn as the titular banker, Cary Grant and Constance Bennett sparkle as the ghostly couple, Billie Burke (Glinda in The Wizard of Oz) is a funny Mrs. Topper, a pre-Dagwood Arthur Lake has his moments, and there are cameos by Hedda Hopper, Hoagy Carmichael, and Lana Turner.

[Danielle Ni Dhighe]

We watched Argo at the cinema last night. My partner thought it was virulent pro-American crap. She did laugh quite a bit in the Hollywood part though.
What did you think of it?

[Danielle Ni Dhighe]

Topper Takes a Trip (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032043/combined) (1938)

Fun sequel to Topper, also directed by Norman Z. McLeod, previously responsible for two Marx Brothers' films. Roland Young (underrated as a comic actor), Billie Burke, and Constance Bennett are in fine form again, as Bennett's ghostly character tries to save the Toppers' marriage, and Alexander D'Arcy has some funny moments as Mrs. Topper's suitor. One of my favorite '30s animal actors, Skippy the fox terrier (Asta in the early Thin Man films), is also on hand. Won an Oscar for special effects.

[Aurora]

Argo, Devrim's partner had it right, the parts in hollywood were funny but the rest was dull with dull acting and a truly awful family story line thrown in for good measure.

[GiantMonkeyMan]

Argo, Devrim's partner had it right, the parts in hollywood were funny but the rest was dull with dull acting and a truly awful family story line thrown in for good measure.
Lol, I thought the same to an extent. The CIA dude's family subplot almost ruined the story for me. I did go into the film kinda expecting ridiculous characatures of Iranian islamic militants but was pleasantly surprised.

[Danielle Ni Dhighe]

Topper Returns (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034303/combined) (1941)

The third and final Topper film is the weakest, but still garners some laughs from its murder mystery plot. Roland Young and Billie Burke are effective again as Mr. and Mrs. Topper. The new cast includes Joan Blondell as the ghost trying to solve her own murder, Carole Landis as her friend, and Eddie Anderson more or less playing his Rochester character from Jack Benny's radio show. Director Roy Del Ruth is best known for making the original 1931 version of The Maltese Falcon. Nominated for two Oscars (Special Effects and Sound).

[MP5]

Naked Lunch (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102511/combined) (1991)

I hadn't seen this film in nearly two decades, but Cronenberg's hallucinatory ode to William S. Burroughs remains compelling. It's a fever dream about the process of creation, and a worthy companion piece to Cronenberg's earlier Videodrome, which similarly plays with the nature of narrative reality.

Have you ever read the book Naked Lunch? If not i highly suggest you do so. It is indeed basically a story about how Burroughs came about to write the book which is a very fucked up story even without the exaggeration. I love Burroughs though i prefer Junky over the Naked Lunch.

Videodrome is without a doubt one of the trippiest most fucked up movies i have ever seen and that is saying alot. I still love it and i saw it for the first time when i was about 14 years old lol :lol: . I must say it goes good with your favorite psychedelic to further blur the line between fantasy and reality. It's one of Chronenbergs best movies for sure :)

[Danielle Ni Dhighe]

Have you ever read the book Naked Lunch? If not i highly suggest you do so. It is indeed basically a story about how Burroughs came about to write the book which is a very fucked up story even without the exaggeration. I love Burroughs though i prefer Junky over the Naked Lunch.
I read it way back in the '80s, which means I really should read it again. :grin:


Videodrome is without a doubt one of the trippiest most fucked up movies i have ever seen and that is saying alot. I still love it and i saw it for the first time when i was about 14 years old lol :lol: . I must say it goes good with your favorite psychedelic to further blur the line between fantasy and reality. It's one of Chronenbergs best movies for sure :)
Cronenberg has always been one of my favorite filmmakers. I think I was 13 the first time I saw one of his films, which was Scanners. A year or two later, I saw Videodrome, which totally blew my mind. It's a shame they're going to remake it as an action film. :huh:

[The Cheshire Cat]

The Revolution Must Not Be Televized. Really great documentary about the 2002 coup attempt in Venezuela. The documakers were really lucky to be at the right place at the right time. I hope that I will even encounter another docu that is similar to TRMNBT.

[Os Cangaceiros]

"Insidious"

^this movie was actually pretty badass. Usually I dislike supernatural "jump scare"-type films, but this one was quite good.

[SergeNubret]

I was just watching "The death of Yugoslavia", it lastet almost 5 hour and i think it's very good, they did not talk enough about how croat town and villages were destroyd.
Croatia lost 25 of economy and thousands and thousands of homes, you can never talk enough about how serbia treted croatia

here is link if you want to see
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oODjsdLoSYo

also there is a few transalting problems, you can notice if you speak any slavic language, but it's not a big problem

[Os Cangaceiros]

^there was actually a book that accompanied that series which had a pretty extensive part about the JNA invasion of Croatia (JNA really in name only, as by that point the JNA was essentially a Serbian force that was serving Serb interests.)

[Devrim]

What did you think of it?

It was, as she said, very pro-American. I think that she is less used to that sort of thing than I am. She doesn't often watch mainstream films, and prefers more 'art-house stuff'. I watch more mainstream stuff, and I expect things to be pro American. That said the final ten minutes were particularly vomit inducing. I would have cut on the final scene with the Hollywood people.

As a film, apart from that I thought it was OK. I liked the way they shot it on old 35mm, then they could work in the documentary footage with it. I thought the Hollywood bits were funny too. In fact I would say the first half was pretty good. It when downhill from there though.


Argo, Devrim's partner had it right, the parts in hollywood were funny but the rest was dull with dull acting and a truly awful family story line thrown in for good measure.

I could have really done without that.


Lol, I thought the same to an extent. The CIA dude's family subplot almost ruined the story for me. I did go into the film kinda expecting ridiculous characatures of Iranian islamic militants but was pleasantly surprised.

My partner thought that it was like that. I can sort of see what she means.

Devrim

[Ele'ill]

hitchhikers guide to the galaxy and it was pretty boring this time around

[MP5]

It's a shame they're going to remake it as an action film. :huh:

What? :cursing: A remake of videodrome into a action film! How the hell is that going to work? It just shows how much intellectual poverty is going on in Hollywood now that they are remaking everything. I wish they would leave classics like this alone though as it is a one of a kind film. No doubt they will dumb it down alot so it doesn't get a NC-17 rating or whatever.

[bcbm]

'mr mom' a movie with the hilarious premise of a woman succeeding at work while a man has to stay home and raise kids. thankfully everything goes back to normal in the end. an interesting cultural artifact i guess but a stupid movie

[Os Cangaceiros]

"Headhunters"

Badass Norwegian movie about some yuppie prick who gets hunted down by a sociopathic killer (who is also a yuppie) in literal corporate warfare. Pretty unrealistic in parts but still fun. It's very violent, too, the way a good thriller should be.

The guy who plays Jaime Lannister in "Game of Thrones" is in it, he's the bad guy.

[Skyhilist]

I watched Die Hard 5 with my friend because he really wanted to see it for some reason. Needless to say, it was really repetitive and stupid. Also contained subtle anti-communist propaganda, like how one of the "bad guys" had a big USSR tattoo on his back.

[bcbm]

. Also contained subtle anti-communist propaganda, like how one of the "bad guys" had a big USSR tattoo on his back.

probably a dig at the russian mob more than communism

[Pelarys]

The Kid with a Bike, a Franco-Belgian film about a kid who's abandoned by his family (we never hear of his mother and his father basically doesn't want to have to deal with him) and goes through various psychological struggles. He meets this hairdresser who, in a random act of kindness, decides to keep him in the week-ends.

The humaneness of the film is quite refreshing compared to all these "people are bad except for this white guy" movies. The characters are believable and most of the time "ambiguous" (I'm not sure this is the correct usage of the word in english" and pathos is mostly avoided. I really liked it.

[bcbm]

'wake in fright' movie that basically started the australian film 'renaissance' (detailed sort of in 'not quite hollywood' which is also good) but yeah intellectual teacher dude is teachin in the outback then is heading to sydney for break and stops off in a small town to catch a flight where he makes fun of rednecks... and soon learns a valuable lesson about humanity

[TheGodlessUtopian]

Wreck-It-Ralph

Review: http://popculturecoup.wordpress.com/2013/03/14/wreck-it-ralph/

In short: Great but reactionary.

[Nevsky]

I watched "1900" by Bernardo Bertolucci a few nights ago. You really need to take your time for that film as it is five ours long but definately worth it. It's an epic character drama, depicting the social evolution of the italian countryside from the beginning of the 20th century up to WW2.

The film's tone is extremely leftist. It presents the marxist perspective on the rise of fascism, portrays the rich landlord's/capitalist's weakness and opportunism as major reason for fascist barbarism and most importantly, shows the reality of the italian peasentry's social conditions of the time.
Communism is characterized as vital revolutionary force for human progress.

Yet the film doesn't suffer at all from its political ideology. On the contrary, the communist content merges perfectly with the sophisticated human drama (amazing acting by Robert De Niro, Donald Sutherland and other great actors), the outstanding, aesthetically pleasing cinematography by Vittorio Storaro, the memorable score by Ennio Morricone and the genius filmmaking of Bernardo Bertolucci. A true masterpiece.

[Danielle Ni Dhighe]

Oz the Great and Powerful (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1623205/combined)

3.5 out of 5 stars. Fun but lightweight spectacle. Full review to follow.

[Akshay!]

Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary
Terrific movie. It contains interviews by Tariq Ali, Cornel West, Alice Walker, Angela Davis, Amy Goodman, you name it! (I wonder why they didn't interview Chomsky..)

[bcbm]

'the master' had been wanting to see this one for awhile and could never get it at the video store. finally got it tonight and watched it and it did not disappoint. definitely a great film though still working out all my thoughts on it. see this, though.

[Devrim]

I watched Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1827487/)(Once upon a Time in Anatolia) the other day online. It is just over a year old, but I have been living outside of Turkey during that period and hadn't had a chance to see it.

The film was generally well received:


The film received the Cannes Film Festival's second most prestigious award, the Grand Prix (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Prix_%28Cannes_Film_Festival%29), in a shared win with the film The Kid with a Bike (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kid_with_a_Bike) by the Dardenne brothers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dardenne_brothers).[5] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Time_in_Anatolia#cite_note-5)
The film was selected as Turkey's official submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Foreign_Language_Film),[6] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Time_in_Anatolia#cite_note-84th-6)[7] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Time_in_Anatolia#cite_note-AMPAS-7) but did not make the shortlist.[8] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Time_in_Anatolia#cite_note-8)
Sight & Sound (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sight_%26_Sound) film magazine listed the film at #8 on its list of best films of 2012.[9] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Time_in_Anatolia#cite_note-9) Stephen Holden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Holden), film critic for The New York Times (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times), called Once Upon a Time in Anatolia the sixth best movie of 2012 and "a searching reflection on the elusiveness of truth."[10] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Time_in_Anatolia#cite_note-10)


I just didn't get it at all. The dialogue was very naturalistic, which is something it had been praised for, but that isn't really what I watch films for. I thought it was really tedious and couldn't see what people were going on about. I felt a bit of a philistine. My girlfriend said it was really boring and fell asleep after about half an hour. Once again she was probably right.

Devrim

[Os Cangaceiros]

The Sentinel (1977)

Wow, there are a lot of recognizable faces in this movie, esp. for an old horror film from the 70's. Christopher Walken, Jeff Goldblum, Eli Wallach, Chris Sarandon, Beverley D'Angelo, etc etc. My favorite is Tom Berenger, who makes an appearance at the end that's all of about 45 seconds, and is credited as "man at end".

It's a good movie, though, all about insanity and Satan and shit.

[bcbm]

'hara-kiri: death of a samurai' the new one from takashi miike. interesting reflection on the ideas of honor, justice and humanity and of course a cool fight scene at the end

[DROSL]

Zero Dark Thirty. I was puking all along. It should be renamed Zero Dark Dirty. It's a huge pile of ****. Glorifying torture and stuff, it's disguting.

[Princess Luna]

Just got back from the Host, which I had to drive 40 miles to see, it's bad....really really bad. At least with Twilight you could tell Edward and Jacob apart, in this piece of crap the two love interests are so bland that I spend most of the movie confused about who was who. Also here is a fun fact, Twilight gets a lot of shit because Bella is basically Stephanie Meyer , well in this movie the main character is also Stephanie Meyer just like Twilight, but it takes it a step further because at the end of the movie, after the alien leaves Melanie's body and goes into a new one, that body ALSO looks like Stephanie Meyer. So you get double the Mary Sue.

[Jesus Saves Gretzky Scores]

Evil Dead

It was a bizarre experience. I can appreciate it for what it is though.
2.5, maybe 3 out of 5.

[Art Vandelay]

I watched Lincoln last night, it was a really good film in my opinion, despite being the perfect example of the 'great man theory of history.'

Watched 'Les Miserables' tonight and I thought they butchered one of my favorite stories from my youth. Russle Crow gets a fucking f-, since he ruined Vajert.

[Crixus]

Oz the Great and Powerful (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1623205/combined)

3.5 out of 5 stars. Fun but lightweight spectacle. Full review to follow.
I went to go see it only because recently finishing the book "Wicked" sparked my interest. In the book they made the wizard out to be a fraud (as they did in the film) but the wicked witch was the hero or protagonist while the wizard was a sort of fascist. In the book she was basically portrayed as a proponent of animal rights (in the book animals are no different than humans, intelligent/speaking etc). She even became a sort of insurrectionist at one point. I don't want to spoil the book but highly recommend it as it turns the whole tale on it's head. There needs to be a film made with Wicked as the source material. It wouldn't be for kids though as the book gets pretty nasty at times. Downright perverted even. One scene a man with two penises has sex with two women at once and later in the book a lion takes man from behind...it's not a book for the easily offended or for anyone under 18.

The film, I thought, was kinda ruined by Mila Kunis portrayal of the witch and the entire film didn't compare to the magic of the original. The glass doll little girl was the saving grace, and the monkey bell boy.

[Rugged Collectivist]

"The Iron Lady"

The form was good, but as an American who knows little about Thatcher and her reign I can't really say much about the content. It definitely came off as pro Thatcher, but it's hard to make a protagonist look bad.

[Slavoj Zizek's Balls]

Can Dialectics Break Bricks? Détournement in a nutshell. It's actually quite humorous in some areas.

[Ele'ill]

the hobbit , not even worth capitalizing it was terrible and a complete waste of time

[Goblin]

Der Undergang. It was pretty good. To bad the internet has turned into a meme with those youtube videos.

[hdgire]

I saw a lot of Memento in it and he was just a tad enamoured with shaky-cam. Interesting film, people should watch.:)

[MarxArchist]

I watched "The Notebook" the other day and I cried profusely. I'm not sure if it's a great film for most people but it hit home for me because my father is 84 and mother is 81 with alzheimer's disease and he takes care of her much in the same way the film played out. I'm visiting them today for Easter and thought of the film. Feel rather emotional as I type this. Alzheimers's is horrible but the film touched me in a way I don't think a movie has before. Rather personal. Sorry.

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[Nevsky]

I watched "Missing" (1982) by Costa-Gavras, a greek director known for politcally meaningful films. "Missing" deals with Chile during the days of the US-backed up fascist coup d'état against Salvador Allende. The plot follows a few young american journalists who - attracted by the democratic leftist change - moved to Chile. One of them is kidnapped by the fascist troops. His desperate girlfriend (Sissy Spacek) contacts his father who is a conservative american businessman (brilliantly played by Jack Lemmon) for help.

What's great about the film is the developement of the father. At the beginnig he is pretty much the typical reactionary american, full of prejudices toward his "commie rebel" son. But when he travels to Chile in search of his son together with his son's girlfriend, he is forced to learn the truth about the USA's dirty war in south america step by step.

All in all, "Missing" is a credible family drama as well as an important political critique. It's intellectually honest and exposes nothing but the truth about Pinochet's fascist dictatorship, I really recommend watching it!

[ellipsis]

Lost angels, I cried the whole way through

[Comrade Alex]

Saw life of pi yesterday really good movie thought provoking as well

[International_Solidarity]

Just saw Olympus Has Fallen
. . . . . LOL

[bcbm]

'lincoln' really glad i saw this in a theater, good movie

[Dennis the 'Bloody Peasant']

Oz: The Great and Poweful

It was OK, wasn't that engaged until towards the end, Mila Kunis was interesting but her voice got quite annoying towards the end.

[Jesus Saves Gretzky Scores]

I saw the Evil Dead yesterday, it was okay/pretty good. The reviews for it were rather generous, but it was fun. My main problem was that it was so different. They probably could have put a new title on it, and no one would have noticed. They also didn't add the porch swing swaying in the beginning scene.

[Art Vandelay]

The Informers. Overall the movie wasn't very good, despite that I still found myself enjoying it to a certain extent. I thought the majority of the actors were absolutely awful, minus the late Brad Renfro who I thought played his part well; he seemed pretty chubby for someone who was all strung out on heroin though. Overall I think the script was good, the execution was just poor.

[melvin]

the last movie I watched was 120 Days In Sodom. it was a bit milder than I expected as far as violence (I guess you can chalk that up to it being from the 1970's when it wasn't common to go way fucking overboard with gore), but watching them eat shit was pretty difficult.

[Crixus]

I saw the Evil Dead yesterday, it was okay/pretty good. The reviews for it were rather generous, but it was fun. My main problem was that it was so different. They probably could have put a new title on it, and no one would have noticed. They also didn't add the porch swing swaying in the beginning scene.

Just watched it last night. It had too much of the teeny bopper feel to it. How you go from Bruce Cambel to the kids staring in the new film is beyond me. I'll take both original Evil Dead films and Army Of Darkness over this remake any day.
I mean, c'mon, you can't mess with a cult classic like this

7EWY7OYUcB0

I remember renting Evil Dead 2 in the 1980's when I was kid and having no idea what I was in for. I was terrified and laughing the entire film. Comedic terror. The new film was more like teeny bopper gore. It was entertaining but it doesn't come close to either of the original Evil Dead films. I enjoyed the references though. The old car, the book of the dead (although different) the tool shed, the shotgun etc.

[tehAdmrl]

Baader-Meinhoof Complex
It was a really good movie, as well as surprisingly neutral.

[Jesus Saves Gretzky Scores]

Just watched it last night. It had too much of the teeny bopper feel to it. How you go from Bruce Cambel to the kids staring in the new film is beyond me. I'll take both original Evil Dead films and Army Of Darkness over this remake any day.
I mean, c'mon, you can't mess with a cult classic like this

7EWY7OYUcB0

I remember renting Evil Dead 2 in the 1980's when I was kid and having no idea what I was in for. I was terrified and laughing the entire film. Comedic terror. The new film was more like teeny bopper gore. It was entertaining but it doesn't come close to either of the original Evil Dead films. I enjoyed the references though. The old car, the book of the dead (although different) the tool shed, the shotgun etc.

I haven't seen the second one yet. I agree, the characters were pretty different. I didn't really care for any of them except the beard guy. It was also more serious, which I don't know if I enjoyed or not.

[Zukunftsmusik]

Just watched Highlander.

What. The. Fuck.

[Pirate Utopian]

Taladega Nights: Ballad of Ricky Bobby.

It was hilarious.

[Danielle Ni Dhighe]

King Kong (1933) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024216/combined)

Now 80 years old, the granddaddy of giant monster films has aged remarkably well. It's still an exciting, well-made film. The stop motion effects and Max Steiner's rousing score are still effective. Fay Wray isn't given much to do but look pretty and scream, but she has a presence that elevates her role.

[smellincoffee]

I just finished V for Vendetta, which was loaned to me by a friend who considers himself a arch-conservative and listens to Rush Limbaugh every day. I'm sure I'm in for an interesting conversation when I return it, considering he thinks I'm nonpolitical. I enjoyed[ the movie, though I'm not surprised to learn that WarnerBros gets money for every one of those Guy Fawkes masks sold. I watched the movie because I'd seen some vids of protesters mixing it up with the police wearing said masks,and of course Anonymous employs them. I enjoyed it, being very partial to films in which individuals rage against the state or other powerful systems (Joyeaux Noel, Gandhi, Edukators). I liked that the soldiers at the end laid down their arms, though it would have been better if some of them had joined in.

[Chris]

Jack the Giant-Slayer.

It was meh. Not bad, not good, just... mediocre.

[Rugged Collectivist]

I just watched "Kumare". It's a documentary about this Indian guy who grows a beard and tricks a bunch of hippies into following him. Very good film. It does drag on at times so keep that in mind if you're going to watch it. If you do decide to watch it I suggest you watch it to the end.

[Os Cangaceiros]

Mulholland Dr. - 10/10

My favorite film from director David Lynch.

Antibodies - 6/10

Average German investigatory crime film, centered around a staple of such films: the intellectual and cryptic serial killer.

[Rugged Collectivist]

Reefer Madness

Pretty funny.

[Dr Doom]

Mulholland Dr. - 10/10

My favorite film from director David Lynch.



lol yeah that shit blew my mind when i first watched it. always preferred blue velvet though.

[Goblin]

Watched Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas for the third time. Its pretty good.

[Invader Zim]

J Edgar.

Pretty good, but not Clint Eastwood's best directorial effort.

[Art Vandelay]

Watched Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas for the third time. Its pretty good.

Depp lived with Hunter for about 2 years to gear up for that role and it worked; if you've ever seen any footage of Hunter, Depp played him perfectly.