The Film Thread---Movies you recently watched - Page 117

moose · 06-28-2011, 07:22 PM

lol, i'm exactly the other way around! i'll ask "what's his best movie/their best album" and check out the back catalog later on if i dig it :)

Naitz · 06-28-2011, 07:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by moose, grind

Lynch blabla

Eraserhead was his first production and had a VERY low budget. It should be obvious that it can't be compared to his later works, which border mainstream cinema. Personally I like Mullholland Drive the most, I haven't seen his latest yet, though.

2DLK (apartment market slang for: 2 rooms, dining, living, kitchen)

The citation on the poster hits it pretty much.
Two wannabe actors share an apartment, and due to their rivalry and completely different personalities they get into some seriously epic bitch-fight.
It's only 70 minutes and can be separated in two parts: The first, where they try to get along and have some ridiculous conversations, where the humor mostly stems from what they actually say, vs. what they think.
The second part is how they go completely insane.

The characters are fantastic, both are failed personalities with minor successes in the past which they cling to.
The directing and pace is excellent, no redundant moments at all. It has a cool death/speed metal track as well.
9.3/10

Rainbow Song

The major points in this one are failed love and film-making.
The beginning tells you that the female protagonist dies at a plane accident.
A recollection of past events occurs, where you learn of the relation between the two main protagonists and them making a film as part of their movie club, as well as their future in a small film company some years later.
The "film in the film" is really cool and has great music.
It is a sad and "slice of lifey" story about what could have been.
Very enjoyable 7.8/10

Lichtbringer · 06-28-2011, 08:26 PM

I'll start off by saying that 'Blue Velvet' is pretty much a perfect movie to me. If you don't like that one, Im not sure what you're looking for in movies.

Just watched this, was entertaining and intriguing enough. I would have gone as far as saying it's really good had it stopped after the "freeze" in the train (if you've seen the movie, you'll know what I mean). Everything that comes after it is horrid, annoying BS and feels like the producer or the studio pushed Jones to add it on top. "Moon" sure didn't feel as compromised as this.

SixSickSix · 06-28-2011, 08:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NaitsabesWinklersson

2DLK (apartment market slang for: 2 rooms, dining, living, kitchen)

The citation on the poster hits it pretty much.
Two wannabe actors share an apartment, and due to their rivalry and completely different personalities they get into some seriously epic bitch-fight.
It's only 70 minutes and can be separated in two parts: The first, where they try to get along and have some ridiculous conversations, where the humor mostly stems from what they actually say, vs. what they think.
The second part is how they go completely insane.

The characters are fantastic, both are failed personalities with minor successes in the past which they cling to.
The directing and pace is excellent, no redundant moments at all. It has a cool death/speed metal track as well.
9.3/10

Thanks for the rec, I will definitely be checking this out based on your description. Seems like it's right up my alley.

HamaChanCutter · 06-28-2011, 09:50 PM

I liked 2LDK. You could totally feel the tension between the two. And when that hardcore/thrash track hits, they unleash hell upon each other. Yeah, the fight is pretty vicious. My gripe is that cheap-looking CG blood moment, but I thought it ended well.

Did anybody see the other film in this competition? The one that Ryuhei Kitamura directed called "Aragami". It dealt with the same theme as 2LDK, and it was really good. Also, I know that Kitamura's films, except for Versus, get alot of bad criticism. But Azumi and Sky High are awesome films. The only movie that I ever disliked of his was Godzilla: Final Wars.

ChAAPY · 06-28-2011, 09:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NaitsabesWinklersson

I haven't seen his latest yet, though.

Inland Empire? I think it's sick. The Elephant Man is great too.

Hunter Drugs-Hendrix · 06-28-2011, 10:39 PM

I took 4 grams of mushrooms and saw KungFu Panda II ...

I'm still naked

As far as good films...sorry..

Anyone see The Tree of Life ?

I'm on a TV kick, can't stop watching

SixSickSix · 06-28-2011, 10:41 PM

Haha fuck yeah! Delocated fucking rules!

Lichtbringer · 06-29-2011, 12:23 AM

Probably never gonna watch again, although great:

Cernunnos · 06-29-2011, 12:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by illuminatiano

i'm simply judging from the movie poster, but is this anything like the cabinet of dr caligari ?

absolutely. It's from the same era and movement. German Expressionism FTW.

ceddeeoo · 06-29-2011, 02:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cthulhu

absolutely. It's from the same era and movement. German Expressionism FTW.

awesome ! gonna dl that shit pronto.

saw the midnight premiere of transformers 3 last night tripping hard

a sincere and passionate piece of film with fantastic character development, a very mature sense of pacing and a finale that just doesn't hold back.

10/10

Cernunnos · 06-29-2011, 02:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by illuminatiano

awesome ! gonna dl that shit pronto.

saw the midnight premiere of transformers 3 last night tripping hard

a sincere and passionate piece of film with fantastic character development, a very mature sense of pacing and a finale that just doesn't hold back.

10/10

If you haven't seen them already, watch Metropolis, Nosferatu, Faust, Destiny, and Haxan. Plenty of people know the first two, but I know few who have seen the latter three. Faust might be Murnau's best, even better than Nosferatu. Destiny I still need to see, but what it sounds incredible, and Haxan, though not a German film, is another excellent silent film about witchcraft with absolutely killer scenes of a Sabbat with demons and devils.

ceddeeoo · 06-29-2011, 02:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cthulhu

If you haven't seen them already, watch Metropolis, Nosferatu, Faust, Destiny, and Haxan. Plenty of people know the first two, but I know few who have seen the latter three. Faust might be Murnau's best, even better than Nosferatu. Destiny I still need to see, but what it sounds incredible, and Haxan, though not a German film, is another excellent silent film about witchcraft with absolutely killer scenes of a Sabbat with demons and devils.

yeah i've seen metropolis and nosferatu, thanks for the other recs. Too bad I won't get to them for a while, leaving today for brazil and then peru and I won't be back for a month. At least I'll have a bunch of films to watch when I get back.

cry0fth3carr0ts · 06-29-2011, 06:44 PM

i'm gonna watch this tonight. multiple people have told me to watch it. i think it looks kinda dumb, but if it's even remotely cronenberg-ish i'll like it.

edit: are my pictures not showing up????
this is what i'm watching: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1017460/

Cognitive Defeat · 06-29-2011, 07:01 PM

Deep, engrossing, poetic and beautifully shot.

SixSickSix · 06-29-2011, 07:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cognitive Defeat

Deep, engrossing, poetic and beautifully shot.

Endorsed. Terrific film.

Raad · 06-29-2011, 07:30 PM

Really? Thought it was great but not that special.

Popegina · 06-30-2011, 05:34 AM

Had to watch this again. Love the acting by Brad Pitt and Sam Rockwell, and a nice film score by Nick Cave

Saldiac · 06-30-2011, 06:50 AM

>

discombobulation · 06-30-2011, 07:05 AM

^Definitely agreed.

A Prophet started off promising the descended into lackluster hollywood-tinged mediocrity.

ShadowHunter · 06-30-2011, 07:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by discombobulation

^Definitely agreed.

A Prophet started off promising the descended into lackluster hollywood-tinged mediocrity.

+1

Rottenatomy · 06-30-2011, 08:42 AM

-10

it's perfect.

And agreed about Brad Pitt on Jesse James. His best acting so far.

Cloaca · 06-30-2011, 09:07 AM

Un Prophete was pretty excellent. Maybe not classic, but not that far off.

Naitz · 07-01-2011, 12:41 AM

I feel like the poster is the best thing of this movie.
This is sooo overrated. Every comment on imdb jizzes over it. Why?
I thought it would be a cool romance movie, but it was a horrible Hollywood-style "romantic-comedy". You know, those kind of movies which can't decide between being funny or melodramatic. IT'S THE WORST GENRE EVER!

It wasn't so bad technically, the production was really good. I kinda liked the "patchwork" style too: Many individual scenes, which where cool on their own. As a whole though, it sucked.

Funny point one: IMDB has it rated as 8.2 with tons of (fanboy? fangirl?) reviews. Rotten Tomatoes doesn't have a single review and audience meter is 55%....

Funny point two: Hollywood made a remake of it which seems to be even worse. Fuck my life.

That said, it was still cute, and 5.5/10 seems about right. (+2 for the nice chick already included)

I have only cried once in my lifetime over a piece of film (and that was an anime, lol). Maybe that's the problem: That I am just not receptive enough towards the tragedy this movie unfolds.
But maybe it's just not so good how people make it. The male protagonist was as bland as blandness can be, the actor has the same "chilly" face all the fucking time (I think it was the same soap-opera level guy who played in the Nodame Cantabile movie).
The two female protagonists are like they came out of one of those dating sims: The hot, fashionable and presentable one, and the obviously (to me anyway) beautiful girl which is just dressed up to look like some "funny" and weird person.
More cliché is hardly possible.

Oh, by the way, the funny one dies at the end, after she offered her body to the main protagonist multiple times , who didn't even seem to notice. But after she died, of course, he is sad. But not super sad. I guess the guy couldn't play "super sad".

Maybe I just wasn't in the mood though, a very reliable source says it's 4/5.
I thought it was fucking boring.

Goaters · 07-02-2011, 07:49 AM

Was confined to my bed this week from a freak cold so I passed the time with watching movies, when feeling like shit, it helps to watch the odd shit film..

Didn't enjoy this as much as some of you on here seemed to..

finally got round to watching this.. enjoyed it, big fan of Wes Anderson movies.

fun.

They are kinda.. meh films but I do like J.Depp as Jack Sparrow.

best movie ever...

cool.

cool-ish

HamaChanCutter · 07-02-2011, 10:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NaitsabesWinklersson

I feel like the poster is the best thing of this movie.
This is sooo overrated. Every comment on imdb jizzes over it. Why?
I thought it would be a cool romance movie, but it was a horrible Hollywood-style "romantic-comedy". You know, those kind of movies which can't decide between being funny or melodramatic. IT'S THE WORST GENRE EVER!

It wasn't so bad technically, the production was really good. I kinda liked the "patchwork" style too: Many individual scenes, which where cool on their own. As a whole though, it sucked.

Funny point one: IMDB has it rated as 8.2 with tons of (fanboy? fangirl?) reviews. Rotten Tomatoes doesn't have a single review and audience meter is 55%....

Funny point two: Hollywood made a remake of it which seems to be even worse. Fuck my

I liked it, but I didn't think it was the greatest movie ever. True, that it got the ball rolling for me with my love for k-drama. Even though it did that, there are so many better korean romantic-comedy films out there. But I thought it was different. It seemed to be the film that set the standard, and was improved upon by the films that followed. And I wouldn't compare it to a hollywood-style comedy, because I feel that this movie has alot more going on for it than the typical, dime a dozen hollywood romantic comedy.

Koreans just know how to mash up all sorts of genres into their films. You may think you're going to watch a regular comedy, but then it morphs into an action, melodrama, horror, suspense, etc. type of movie, or becomes a cluster of multiple genres. I've always dug that about these films.

If you didn't like this.. maybe you might like "The Classic" or "Windstruck". I have yet to see "My Mighty Princess" or "Cyborg She", but those other two are the best from the same director of MSG.

A MUST SEE would be A Moment To Remember. That movie is tops, alongside The Classic, for me. I'd recommend the director's cut, if you can get a hold of it.
----
Late edit, I know. "Now and Forever" is a great movie, too. Can't believe that I left that one out.

Hombre Odiado · 07-02-2011, 11:07 AM

Saldiac · 07-02-2011, 01:04 PM

Since we're talking about Korean movies, saw this one last night.

Same director made "The chaser" a few years ago. Good stuff.

Somnium · 07-02-2011, 01:08 PM

Watched The Fountain a couple of days ago. I really liked it, especially all of the crazy imagery. It was pretty damn depressing though haha.

Hombre Odiado · 07-02-2011, 01:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Goaters

best movie ever...

hell yeah

06-29-2011, 06:44 PM	#3494
cry0fth3carr0ts half asleep Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: mo Posts: 4,507 Rep Power: 11	i'm gonna watch this tonight. multiple people have told me to watch it. i think it looks kinda dumb, but if it's even remotely cronenberg-ish i'll like it. edit: are my pictures not showing up???? this is what i'm watching: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1017460/ Last edited by cry0fth3carr0ts; 06-29-2011 at 07:10 PM..

07-01-2011, 12:41 AM	#3504
Naitz Grim Fandango Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Holy Roman Empire Posts: 4,819 Rep Power: 12	I feel like the poster is the best thing of this movie. This is sooo overrated. Every comment on imdb jizzes over it. Why? I thought it would be a cool romance movie, but it was a horrible Hollywood-style "romantic-comedy". You know, those kind of movies which can't decide between being funny or melodramatic. IT'S THE WORST GENRE EVER! It wasn't so bad technically, the production was really good. I kinda liked the "patchwork" style too: Many individual scenes, which where cool on their own. As a whole though, it sucked. Funny point one: IMDB has it rated as 8.2 with tons of (fanboy? fangirl?) reviews. Rotten Tomatoes doesn't have a single review and audience meter is 55%.... Funny point two: Hollywood made a remake of it which seems to be even worse. Fuck my life. That said, it was still cute, and 5.5/10 seems about right. (+2 for the nice chick already included) I have only cried once in my lifetime over a piece of film (and that was an anime, lol). Maybe that's the problem: That I am just not receptive enough towards the tragedy this movie unfolds. But maybe it's just not so good how people make it. The male protagonist was as bland as blandness can be, the actor has the same "chilly" face all the fucking time (I think it was the same soap-opera level guy who played in the Nodame Cantabile movie). The two female protagonists are like they came out of one of those dating sims: The hot, fashionable and presentable one, and the obviously (to me anyway) beautiful girl which is just dressed up to look like some "funny" and weird person. More cliché is hardly possible. Oh, by the way, the funny one dies at the end, after she offered her body to the main protagonist multiple times , who didn't even seem to notice. But after she died, of course, he is sad. But not super sad. I guess the guy couldn't play "super sad". Maybe I just wasn't in the mood though, a very reliable source says it's 4/5. I thought it was fucking boring. Last edited by Naitz; 07-01-2011 at 12:47 AM..

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes	Rate This Thread
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode	Rate This Thread:

06-28-2011, 07:22 PM	#3481
moose Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: mountains of death,switzerland Posts: 1,963 Rep Power: 9	lol, i'm exactly the other way around! i'll ask "what's his best movie/their best album" and check out the back catalog later on if i dig it :)

06-28-2011, 08:26 PM	#3483
Lichtbringer Kellerstahl Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ass Posts: 8,607 Rep Power: 18	I'll start off by saying that 'Blue Velvet' is pretty much a perfect movie to me. If you don't like that one, Im not sure what you're looking for in movies. Just watched this, was entertaining and intriguing enough. I would have gone as far as saying it's really good had it stopped after the "freeze" in the train (if you've seen the movie, you'll know what I mean). Everything that comes after it is horrid, annoying BS and feels like the producer or the studio pushed Jones to add it on top. "Moon" sure didn't feel as compromised as this.

06-28-2011, 09:50 PM	#3485
HamaChanCutter Imaginary Avatar Pic Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 109 Rep Power: 3	I liked 2LDK. You could totally feel the tension between the two. And when that hardcore/thrash track hits, they unleash hell upon each other. Yeah, the fight is pretty vicious. My gripe is that cheap-looking CG blood moment, but I thought it ended well. Did anybody see the other film in this competition? The one that Ryuhei Kitamura directed called "Aragami". It dealt with the same theme as 2LDK, and it was really good. Also, I know that Kitamura's films, except for Versus, get alot of bad criticism. But Azumi and Sky High are awesome films. The only movie that I ever disliked of his was Godzilla: Final Wars.

06-28-2011, 10:39 PM	#3487
Hunter Drugs-Hendrix BlackWhereItCounts Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: behind the three sheets Posts: 1,308 Rep Power: 6	I took 4 grams of mushrooms and saw KungFu Panda II ... I'm still naked As far as good films...sorry.. Anyone see The Tree of Life ? I'm on a TV kick, can't stop watching

06-28-2011, 10:41 PM	#3488
SixSickSix Registered User Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 2,426 Rep Power: 6	Haha fuck yeah! Delocated fucking rules!

06-29-2011, 12:23 AM	#3489
Lichtbringer Kellerstahl Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ass Posts: 8,607 Rep Power: 18	Probably never gonna watch again, although great:

06-29-2011, 07:01 PM	#3495
Cognitive Defeat Blackened Bluesgaze Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: London, UK Posts: 8,674 Rep Power: 17	Deep, engrossing, poetic and beautifully shot.

06-29-2011, 07:30 PM	#3497
Raad 'sup Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Gothenburg, Sweden Posts: 1,709 Rep Power: 7	Really? Thought it was great but not that special.

06-30-2011, 05:34 AM	#3498
Popegina Lactation Consultant Join Date: May 2007 Location: Washington Posts: 2,055 Rep Power: 9	Had to watch this again. Love the acting by Brad Pitt and Sam Rockwell, and a nice film score by Nick Cave

06-30-2011, 06:50 AM	#3499
Saldiac Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Restaurant at the end of the universe Posts: 4,853 Rep Power: 11	>

06-30-2011, 07:05 AM	#3500
discombobulation Decrepit Banana Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Hong Kong/Dundee Posts: 4,742 Rep Power: 11	^Definitely agreed. A Prophet started off promising the descended into lackluster hollywood-tinged mediocrity.

06-30-2011, 08:42 AM	#3502
Rottenatomy IMOCC Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: São Paulo Posts: 13,562 Rep Power: 21	-10 it's perfect. And agreed about Brad Pitt on Jesse James. His best acting so far.

06-30-2011, 09:07 AM	#3503
Cloaca IS HE GONE YET Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Melbourne, Orshtraya Posts: 8,593 Rep Power: 18	Un Prophete was pretty excellent. Maybe not classic, but not that far off.

07-02-2011, 07:49 AM	#3505
Goaters 無月 Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 6,992 Rep Power: 16	Was confined to my bed this week from a freak cold so I passed the time with watching movies, when feeling like shit, it helps to watch the odd shit film.. Didn't enjoy this as much as some of you on here seemed to.. finally got round to watching this.. enjoyed it, big fan of Wes Anderson movies. fun. They are kinda.. meh films but I do like J.Depp as Jack Sparrow. best movie ever... cool. cool-ish

07-02-2011, 11:07 AM	#3507
Hombre Odiado Registered User Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 145 Rep Power: 2

07-02-2011, 01:04 PM	#3508
Saldiac Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Restaurant at the end of the universe Posts: 4,853 Rep Power: 11	Since we're talking about Korean movies, saw this one last night. Same director made "The chaser" a few years ago. Good stuff.

07-02-2011, 01:08 PM	#3509
Somnium Obscured Reality Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Interzone Posts: 1,385 Rep Power: 5	Watched The Fountain a couple of days ago. I really liked it, especially all of the crazy imagery. It was pretty damn depressing though haha.