The Movie You Just Watched: The Thread

[Suspect Chin]

Finally watched Where the Wild Things Are. Not very good on any level. Not a good kids movie and even worse as an adult themed movie.

[torker]

i watched the original 1933 King Kong today. pretty fuckin cool even though it looks awful
http://photos.bravenet.com/272/478/925/3/73F5533AFE.jpg

the dinosaur chase scene in awful the Jackson version may be
the most awful of awful things ever spewed out of hollywood

http://movie-poster.ws/movies/action/wallpaper/kong/king-kong.jpg

[Suspect Chin]

Also re-watched The Big Lebowski this afternoon. Still love it but not one of their best.

[Suspect Chin]

Re-watched Miller's Crossing this evening. Not nearly as good as I remember it. Maybe I should lay off the Coens for a while.

[IamFogHat]

http://photos.bravenet.com/272/478/925/3/73F5533AFE.jpg

the dinosaur chase scene in awful the Jackson version may be
the most awful of awful things ever spewed out of hollywood

http://movie-poster.ws/movies/action/wallpaper/kong/king-kong.jpg

It's not as bad as when that stupid monkey is skating around that frozen lake in NY or whatever the fuck was going on there.

[underdog]

I saw "The Secret In Their Eyes" on Monday. Very subtle love story mixed in with a sort of murder mystery / police corruption plot. Loved it.

[Serpico1103]

Boondock saints II- wow, what a piece of shit. So long in the making and it is horrible on every level.
Q&A- rewatched, good, but not as powerful as I remember. Nolte was great.

[ZigZagBigBag]

Legion...it was hideous. I still like Paul Bettany

[hedges]

I just watch Thief with James Caan for about the fourth or fifth time. This movie is great. He plays a safecracker in Chicago.

I also watched Instrument which is a doc. about the band Fugazi. If you are at all into the band it is a must see.

[Chigworthy]

I also watched Instrument which is a doc. about the band Fugazi. If you are at all into the band it is a must see.

Awesome. I hadn't heard of this. I've always been far from straight edge, but have always liked Ian Mackaye's music (even Pailhead). Does it go into the early DC scene?

[hedges]

Awesome. I hadn't heard of this. I've always been far from straight edge, but have always liked Ian Mackaye's music (even Pailhead). Does it go into the early DC scene?

Straight edge isn't mentioned once and I don't think Minor Threat is either. The earliest they go back is 1987 when Fugazi was really put together and played their first shows.

[barjockey]

The Machinist.

Dark

Christian Bale is great.

[barjockey]

I just watch Thief with James Caan for about the fourth or fifth time. This movie is great. He plays a safecracker in Chicago.

I also watched Instrument which is a doc. about the band Fugazi. If you are at all into the band it is a must see.

Rollerball with JC is cool too

[Chigworthy]

http://www.traileraddict.com/content/music-box-films/north_face.jpg

Great man vs. nature tragedy about a 1936 attempt by a German team and an Austrian team competing to summit the Swiss Eiger north face first. Apparently based pretty closely on the true story, there were moments where the film could have gone in a corny, unbelievable direction, but didn't. As in many great films, a natural element becomes a character, in this case the brutal mountain and it's weather, which are beautifully shot with minimal, if any, CG. Also, female lead Johanna Wokalek may be the hottest of all oddly-hot women.

[Kublakhan61]

Kick-Ass. Did not care for it. 2 out of 5. Strayed from the source material pretty hard. Did not deliver the real-life story it set out to tell.

[newport king]

Kick-Ass. Did not care for it. 2 out of 5. Strayed from the source material pretty hard. Did not deliver the real-life story it set out to tell.

never read the comic or anything but as a standalone movie i thought it was great.

[underdog]

No One Knows About Persian Cats

Just saw the movie of the year today. That movie was astounding. The dynamic between all the characters, the music, the cinematography. That movie just blew me away.

[Chigworthy]

http://www.papermag.com/blogs/ExDrummerDVD_.jpg

Belgian clusterfuck about a manipulative author joining a "punk" band of handicapped fuckups and training to play just one show. The cover compares it to Trainspotting, which is fair, but I found it to be very Palahniukian.

Key words: Violence, intolerance, loathing, violence, violent sex, manipulative sex, fat bald milf, forced rectal tearing, large severed phallus, hard drugs, nicotine, fatal fecal consumption, .45, misogyny, homophobia, homocide, date rape, filth, paranoia.

If you like grimy, non-redeeming films with a good soundtrack and a hallucinatory lens, you'll probably like this one.

[yojimbo7248]

A Prophet about a young Arab guy in a French prison. That and the White Ribbon are the two best movies I have seen over the last year.

[torker]

From Hell:thumbup:
http://www.seborabsinth.com/images/pictures/movies/From-Hell-strip.jpg

[underdog]

A Prophet about a young Arab guy in a French prison. That and the White Ribbon are the two best movies I have seen over the last year.

I love A Prophet. Great movie (I think there's a thread here about that movie specifically), but the best movie I've seen this year was No One Knows About Persian Cats.

[Furtherman]

Whoops

[Furtherman]

Up In The Air. Loved it. On the same level as Michael Clayton, but Clooney did another excellent performance.

But damn O&A for the spoiler they gave about a huge plot point that they gave out when the movie came out, and I unfortunately heard it.

[reformed]

Watched "Night and the City" today, the original. Great story. I can appreciate modern film, but classic cinema is on a different level. This movie was filmed in 1950, so it isn't pure stage acting, but it still has it's moments. Herbert Lom stole his scenes and the plot was brilliant. Though the subject matter is outdated, the underlying themes of betrayal, ambition, heartache and despair are always relevant. For black and white film lovers it is a definite must see, if only for the drum scene in the Silver Fox Lounge.

[Furtherman]

I just watch Thief with James Caan for about the fourth or fifth time. This movie is great. He plays a safecracker in Chicago.

Kudos for posting this... I hadn't seen, not heard about this movie and watched it last night. F'n awesome is one way to describe it. Raw, Gritty 1970's Chicago (released in 1981, but the 70's are still there) and the music was great - that grinding synthesizer & guitar combo.

Directed by Michael Mann, you can see so many of the beginnings of his style of film. This film really is the predecessor to HEAT in it's plot. The music and filming shots, the beginnings of his Miami Vice pilot.

Great story too... with Cann has the ultimate man's man.

http://stillisstillmoving.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/thief.jpg

[hanjacksonl]

Terminator...

[Chigworthy]

Terminator...

And stay out, you fuck!

[realmenhatelife]

I finally got around to watching The Informant. I really liked it, it was very funny in that way you dont actually laugh, but are still amused. I knew a little bit about the story going in, but I didn't think it was going to pull in a mental health element, which was maybe underexplored for me. Damon was very good, and a supporting cast I really like in Joel McHale, Biff, Scott Bakula and Clancey Brown.

[Dan G]

I've been slacking. I used to watch several films a week, but the following are all that I've watched over the last 4 weeks:

The Thin Man (1934) - In the history of cinema, this is probably one of the earliest films to spawn several sequels. Pretty comical scenes in this considering the era.

Hakuchi aka The Idiot (1951) - Directed by Akira Kurosawa, this one is about a former soldier branded an 'idiot' due to epileptic seizures. Long movie, but really good.

Putney Swope (1969) - Caught this on TCM and so glad I did. It's about a black man who accidentally gets voted to be in charge of an advertising agency. Funny stuff. Directed by Robert Downey, Sr.

Brute Force (1947) - Watched this mainly because it was directed by Jules Dassin. Rififi is one my favorite films which he ended up directing 8 years after this one. Burt Lancaster and a group of prisoners attempt to break out of jail because they despise a power-hungry guard played by Hume Cronyn. I have seen Hume in other films, he's typically the quiet nerd, so it was cool to see him play a mean prick.

The following 2 films I watched back-to-back. I actually didn't have room on my DVR to record them and I had never seen either, so I decided to watch them in one sitting.
This past Monday night, NFL Network's Rich Eisen was guest programmer on TCM, so he played his favorite sports films.

Hoosiers (1986) - As famous as this film is, I think the only reason I could come up with for not seeing it until now would be my disdain for basketball. Why watch a movie about a sport I don't like? Thankfully my tastes in film have matured as I've gotten older, so I was excited to actually watch it.
After watching it, I see now and fully agree with all the accolades this film receives. Great performances all around, including the late Dennis Hopper. Knowing his real life story going into this movie made it that much more special. He plays a recovering alcoholic, which is ironic because he was a recovering alcoholic not too long after this movie began shooting. Gene Hackman was great, but I can't think of any film where he disappoints.
Glad I finally saw this one.

Rocky (1976) - Immediately after Hoosiers ended, is when this famous Stallone film starts. I've seen parts 3 and 4 countless times, but just never bothered checking for the original. The sequels all seem to focus on boxing, but this one didn't, which really surprised me. Even the ending didn't focus on the match result, but more on Rocky and his love for (Yo) Adrian. I always wondered how this film possibly won Best Picture of 1976, but after seeing it I fully understand. Now I don't know off the top of my head the other nominated films, but this one was very good. It's not like I need to tell anyone else that, after all, I'm probably the last guy that's never seen it until this week.

The Dead (1987) - John Huston has made some great films throughout his career and this was his final film. Based in Ireland, it's about friends/family reminiscing about past loves at a Christmas dinner. The film was written by John's son, Tony, and stars his daughter, Anjelica, so it was cool that they all got to be a part of his final work.

[ChimneyFish]

Watched "The X Files: I Want To Believe" the other night.
Even piss drunk, it really wasn't all that good.

[Suspect Chin]

Broken Flowers

Love Bill Mutha Fuckin Murray. The scene with Lolita is pretty insane.

[ChimneyFish]

I just wanna know why hanjacksonl was banned.
I didn't know that "The Terminator" was so taboo.

:tongue:

[IamFogHat]

I'm watching Adventureland right now and during it they play Satellite of Love and I instinctively thought the movie was ending.

[Jughead]

Donnie Brasco

[Poochie]

Netflix should pay you, cuz now I am going to watch it :)

I'm watching Adventureland right now and during it they play Satellite of Love and I instinctively thought the movie was ending.

[barjockey]

Book of Eli. Not my favorite post-apocolyptic thriller. OK for a late nite viewing. I would've been disappointed if I spent $$ at the theatre.

[barjockey]

I finally got around to watching The Informant. I really liked it, it was very funny in that way you dont actually laugh, but are still amused. I knew a little bit about the story going in, but I didn't think it was going to pull in a mental health element, which was maybe underexplored for me. Damon was very good, and a supporting cast I really like in Joel McHale, Biff, Scott Bakula and Clancey Brown.

I agree his quirkyness was funny

[ChimneyFish]

I'm watching Adventureland right now and during it they play Satellite of Love and I instinctively thought the movie was ending.

Watched that last weekend, and I perked up when that came on.

[hedges]

You're Gonna Miss Me
The documentary on Roky Erickson. Very good. I thought an interesting fact was that when the 13th Floor Elevators first played in San Francisco they were playing psychedelic rock, whereas the San Francisco bands were still drawing heavily off of folk music.

[Suspect Chin]

The Apostle

Sucked.

[midwestjeff]

The Apostle

Sucked.

You must be a retard.

[Slumbag]

You must be a retard.

The fact that Nicholson beat out Duvall for best actor that year is a disgrace. It's probably Robert Duvall's best role.

[Suspect Chin]

You must be a retard.

Come on man, 2.5 hours of a white man evangelizing was so annoying. Duvall must be the most overrated actor of our time. The story had nothing, the acting was decent at best, and it was far too long.

[Suspect Chin]

The fact that Nicholson beat out Duvall for best actor that year is a disgrace. It's probably Robert Duvall's best role.

Tom Hagen?

[spoon]

the second transformers movie was on in the background as i did work

i still found a way to fall asleep during this tripe

wow, so awful

never thought it could be worse than the first, but Bay found a way

[barjockey]

2012 Doomsday. I thought it was the worst movie ever. Its cringe worthy. Thought it was the new 2012 but this lump was made in '08. Soap opera special fx:annoyed:

[Furtherman]

Come on man, 2.5 hours of a white man evangelizing was so annoying. Duvall must be the most overrated actor of our time. The story had nothing, the acting was decent at best, and it was far too long.

You may not have liked it, but to say Duvall is overrated is practically un-Earth like. That was a fantastic film, and many people agree.

[Chigworthy]

You're Gonna Miss Me
The documentary on Roky Erickson. Very good. I thought an interesting fact was that when the 13th Floor Elevators first played in San Francisco they were playing psychedelic rock, whereas the San Francisco bands were still drawing heavily off of folk music.

I saw this on IFC. As I have said many times, I really have a hard time finding a documentary that I don't like. This one was no exception. I never knew too much about Roky Erickson and his music, but the film made me want to listen to it. But the mental illness is the main character here. What a loony country we are.

[LordJezo]

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/4499/390pxmastersoftheuniver.jpg

Because it's awesome.

Wife didn't even know that it existed so she had to be shown.

[IamFogHat]

I got through about half of the X-Files movie that came out last year. What a disappointing piece of shit.

[Furtherman]

Green Zone. Excellent. The best movie I've seen about the invasion of Iraq.

[IamFogHat]

We watched Paranormal Activity last night. Conceptually I liked the ideas they had but it wasn't as scary as I had hoped.

[razorboy]

I just got back from seeing Toy Story 3 with my Niece. It was pretty enjoyable for a kids movie.

[Chigworthy]

We watched Paranormal Activity last night. Conceptually I liked the ideas they had but it wasn't as scary as I had hoped.

It was pretty disappointing for me. My wife and I freely admit that we liked the Blair Witch Project, but Paranormal Activity was somewhat of the gay.

[Sinestro]

I saw the 1st 2 movies of the Twilight Series and they fucking suck. Underworld is way better. I was expecting the Werewolves and Vampires to fight and stuff but watched a teenage soap opera instead. damn chic flick.

[IamFogHat]

I saw the 1st 2 movies of the Twilight Series and they fucking suck. Underworld is way better. I was expecting the Werewolves and Vampires to fight and stuff but watched a teenage soap opera instead. damn chic flick.

I had to watch all three cause of my girl and they are the worst, but I will say there is a moment you should check out and then turn the first one off, it's like in the first ten minutes, and the vampire sees the girl for the first time in a classroom and he has this totally bizarre reaction where he looks like he comes in his pants and throws up in his mouth simultaneously. My chick and I laughed for like ten minutes.

[Furtherman]

300 Days Of Summer. Great movie. I love Zooey, then again, she plays it so close to a perfect girl, but the movie really put girls like her in perspective. I highly recommend the movie.

Ghost Town. Ricky Gervasis and Bob Kelly as a ghost. Nice movie, some funny moments, but nothing exceptional.

Book Of Eli. Kinda cool, but a little underwhelming... Visually stunning. Nice twist at the end.

Shutter Island. I figured this movie out within the opening minutes. It was still cool but just was surprised.

The Killer Inside Me. Available on IFC On Demand, this movie stars Casey Affleck, Jessica Alba and Kate Hudson. Sick, twisted with explicit sex and violence. A great 1950's film noir with a twisting story. A lot of good character actors.
Affleck is great.

[weekapaugjz]

saw girl with the dragon tattoo the other night. thought it was an awesome movie. my chick had to leave during the rape scenes.

[Dan 'Hampton]

The Road. I liked it but the book ruined a lot of the surprise. Good flick.

[hammersavage]

saw girl with the dragon tattoo the other night. thought it was an awesome movie. my chick had to leave during the rape scenes.

she was embarrassed you were jacking off?

[barjockey]

Arsenic and Old Lace. Great old comedy. Cary Grant could comedy as well as drama with greatness.

[Furtherman]

Ride With The Devil. Civil War flick with Tobey Maguire about the Missouri Bushwhackers. Maguire was better here than any Spider Man movie he's done. A long movie than dragged at a few points, but it was more about accuracy than action. Jewel was excellent in it as well, surprised she hasn't done more. Directed by Ang Lee.

[weekapaugjz]

she was embarrassed you were jacking off?

she was more embarrassed about me cumming in the lady's hair in the row in front of me.

[LordJezo]

http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/3672/risinga.jpg

Valhalla Rising

It was sort of awesome. Was a strange flick but I'd recommend it.

[SHANEFROMGA]

"The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus ", was it last nite at my friends house. pretty good movie, Lily cole is the best part of the movie.

[razorboy]

Watched The Changeling with George C. Scott again. Still a creepy ass movie.

[newport king]

since yesterday ive watched the following:

Clash of the Titans...ok i guess for what it is.

Cop Out...had some moments but i just don't think tracy morgan is as funny as everyone thinks. he has a funny line here or there but really don't think he deserves this status he's gotten.

Book of Eli...liked it better than The Road.

i also watched a flick called Unthinkable. Samuel Jackson plays an interrogator. Never seen or heard of it but throughout the movie i couldn't believe how tense it got. Some parts are a little over the top. Kinda reminded me of an hour and a half version of 24, with Jack played by Jackson.i recommend it.

now watching Green Zone. pretty good so far.

if anyone has something else i should be watching let me know.

[newport king]

and i forgot to mention Public Enemies.

im stunned how much i hated this movie. from start to finish i didnt know what the fuck was going on. had no idea what the other characters names were other than dillinger and his girl. the voice track on this movie seemed kind of low (i watched this on tv no torrent) i just fucking hated this movie. every minute that passed by i hated it more.

[torker]

Black Irish
http://www.celebritywonder.com/mp/2007_Black_Irish/2007_black_irish_001.jpg
Well acted, nothing too original, but overall very good

[underdog]

Road To Perdition.

I've always really liked this movie, but I didn't notice the major similarities to American Beauty until I just watched part of it.

[Devo37]

Memento (yes, i'm a bit late)

very good. have to watch it again (or a few times) to fully understand it...

[newport king]

Brooklyn's Finest...Don Cheadle was great, white trash Ethan Hawke was in it. i don't know if i don't like him or his character he played.

come to think of it, i didn't like training day because of him either. i think it's him.

[Devo37]

Brooklyn's Finest...Don Cheadle was great, white trash Ethan Hawke was in it. i don't know if i don't like him or his character he played.

come to think of it, i didn't like training day because of him either. i think it's him.

how was it overall? i have it on my queue. worth watching?

[razorboy]

Memento

You're going to love Vertigo, ancient time traveler.

[razorboy]

how was it overall? i have it on my queue. worth watching?



I liked Training Day, to an extent. Brooklyn's Finest was absolute shite.

[Devo37]

Brooklyn's Finest: Out!

Vertigo: In! does netflix have VHS??

[newport king]

how was it overall? i have it on my queue. worth watching?



a better nyc cop movie is probably pride and glory.

[newport king]

i want to do something bad to the person i downloaded Punisher: Warzone from

[torker]

http://cdn.buzznet.com/media/jj1/2009/03/stewart-adventureland/kristen-stewart-adventureland-premiere-10.jpg

[StanUpshaw]

Ghost Writer

Well acted and shot, but just a stupid, pointless plot. It's like Dan Brown made a political thriller.

[newport king]

http://www.posteritati.com/jpg/D3/DARK%20DAYS%201SH.JPG

Dark Days documentary on the nyc mole people. fascinating that theres people that live in the subway but i lost interest in this movie somewhere when i was watching it.

[IamFogHat]

Memoirs of a Geisha. The marketing for that movie sucked cause I assumed it was a boring shitty movie but my chick had me watch it yesterday and it was really great. The ending made no sense to me and I thought it was kind of anti woman but otherwise it was a really good movie.

[newport king]

http://www.watchmoviesonline-free.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/watch-the-losers-online.jpg

good movie. zoe saldana is hot, the comedian was good, and jason patric fucking ruled in this movie.:thumbup:

[newport king]

http://www.collider.com/uploads/imageGallery/Wackness_The/the_wackness_movie_poster.jpg

I had heard of this movie and didn't know anything about it other than the terrible name. Watched it tonight, best movie i've seen this year. It actually made me miss not being 17.:thumbup:

[Furtherman]

Whiteout. Kate Beckensale. Predictable, I had it figured out early. Good effects for a plot based in Antarctica.

Edmond. William H. Macy. A sort of "Falling Down" type plot, but Macy is perfect as a man who is just naive to the world. Written by David Mamet. Caught it on IFC last night. Very good.

[Chigworthy]

It actually made me miss not being 17.:thumbup:

This only makes sense if you are 17 right now.

[newport king]

i read it after i wrote it and knew it looked fucked up. either way, good movie.

[barjockey]

Cut Off
http://thm-a02.yimg.com/nimage/b6a27ce88f3e6dfa

It was entertaining with a hint of aweful.

[barjockey]

35 yrs later and the "Mad as Hell" speech is still relevant. Its sad that we havent done anything but talk about the problems of the world.

[Chigworthy]

http://cdn-5.nflximg.com/us/boxshots/gsd/70117695.jpg

French film about a family that has found happiness in a house that sits by an unfinished section of highway. The highway was built 10 years in the past, but never connected. The family's home, despite being right next to the unused road, is extremely remote, and they enjoy using the paved road as a front yard. They plan on taking the summer vacation at home, stocking up on supplies and fixing the swimming pool. Right in the middle of their home vacation, the highway is quickly repaved and activated. The constant presence of speedy traffic, and the barrier it presents, puts a lot of pressure on the family, and they begin to crack. It is a unique premise, a there goes the neighborhood film where the highway is the offensive neighbor that moves to the neighborhood, and the acting is fantastic.

[torker]

http://www2.vietbao.vn/images/vi55/giai-tri/55145552-maichide_lovely_verdvd.jpg
Some of the best aging makeup ive seen.
Cole Porter loved de-cock.

[Chigworthy]

Cole Porter loved de-cock.

So does anyone who watched that movie.

[torker]

So does anyone who watched that movie.

:ohmy:

[disneyspy]

seven,saw is such a ripoff

[dereckfishboy]

The Runaways. I surprisingly thought Kristen Stewart was tolerable in it. Liked it overall, but I was a little surprised at the degree to which Lita Ford is just glossed over.

[dereckfishboy]

Civil War flick with Tobey Maguire about the Missouri Bushwhackers. Maguire was better here than any Spider Man movie he's done. .

He actually had some pretty decent acting chops before he traded his serious acting career for a suit made of metal. Wait, that's not him. I must be thinking of Christian Bale.

[realmenhatelife]

The Runaways. I surprisingly thought Kristen Stewart was tolerable in it. Liked it overall, but I was a little surprised at the degree to which Lita Ford is just glossed over.

Lita Ford was somewhat vocally against the movie being made so that probably goes a long way to explaining it.

[PapaBear]

Saw The Hot Spot last night. I can't even tell you if it was any good. I was too mesmerized by Jennifer Connelly. There's never been a doubt in my mind of how hot she is, but damn...

[torker]

Saw The Hot Spot last night. I can't even tell you if it was any good. I was too mesmerized by Jennifer Connelly. There's never been a doubt in my mind of how hot she is, but damn...

it's that goddamn don johson that ruins it

[PapaBear]

it's that goddamn don johson that ruins it
Don sounds like a guy's name. I don't recall seeing any men that movie. But, like I said... I was kind of mesmerized. I think there might have been some other really hot chick in it. REALLY hot. But she just took time away from my darling Jenny.

[razorboy]

Restrepo.

Yikes.

[spoon]

Restrepo.

Yikes.

Josie and the pussycats (in the background while i did work last night on my comp) bc I was too lazy to get new bats for the remote or go to the receiver. I'm still disgusted with myself for this inactivity.

Angels and Demons was next though and it wasn't all that bad. In fact, I expected terrible when it was at least somewhat interesting. Think National Treasure x 5 which equals about a 5 then.

[Chigworthy]

Tell No One
http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:Rzp6dDBxWDRUCM:http://www.impawards.com/2008/posters/tell_no_one.jpg&t=1

Well acted french thriller/mystery. The story is just decent, sort of a standard mystery with a standard twist, but the acting makes up for the average plot. I think this may have been mentioned here before.

[Devo37]

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c395/Devo37/mankind.jpg

pretty boring documentary for such an interesting topic :thumbdown:

[torker]

HARDBALL
http://images.allmoviephoto.com/2001_Hardball/dewayne_warren_keanu_reeves_hardball_001.jpg
For G-Baby!

[torker]

http://media.ifcfilms.com/images/films/film-detail-topper-image/five-minutes-of-heaven_970x390.jpg

[Gerald]

Just got done with The Departed and now I have Shutter Island in. Good movies to have on in the background while I busy myself with computer stuff. Of all the films Scorsese made, these are the two that I struggle the most to pin down exactly how I feel about. I didn't really like either on first viewing, and I go back and forth on whether or not I think they're worthy additions to the Marty back catalogue every time I see them. Leo is really great in both, though.

[Furtherman]

Last night I watched Law Abiding Citizen with Gerard Butler and Jamie Foxx. Didn't care for it. I'm all for a good revenge flick but I thought this one went too far and had a weak point to make. Maybe I found a few parts disturbing, but I think it could have been done better.

Surrogates with Bruce Willis. Even a bad Bruce movie can be good, but this one just stunk on ice.

[torker]

Just got done with The Departed and now I have Shutter Island in. Good movies to have on in the background while I busy myself with computer stuff. Of all the films Scorsese made, these are the two that I struggle the most to pin down exactly how I feel about. I didn't really like either on first viewing, and I go back and forth on whether or not I think they're worthy additions to the Marty back catalogue every time I see them. Leo is really great in both, though.

they both suck

[spoon]

I just finished watching one of my favs.....


http://www.moviemaker.com/magazine/issues/55/images/mid.ArmyOfDarkness.jpg


...and dare I say it was GROOVY!

[Furtherman]

I'm all for a good revenge flick

And last night I saw one. THIS was a revenge flick:

http://smellslikescreenspirit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/theHorseman2008.jpg

Australian flick about a man going after his daughter's killer, and then some. BRUTAL. In fact, maybe a little too brutal for my taste, but an engaging film nonetheless.

[StanUpshaw]

And last night I saw one. THIS was a revenge flick:

http://smellslikescreenspirit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/theHorseman2008.jpg

Australian flick about a man going after his daughter's killer, and then some. BRUTAL. In fact, maybe a little too brutal for my taste, but an engaging film nonetheless.

I liked it better when it was called I Spit On Your Grave.

Torture porn with an arthouse pretense. :thumbdown:

[Chigworthy]

I liked it better when it was called I Spit On Your Grave.

Torture porn with an arthouse pretense. :thumbdown:

Message board posting with and arthouse pretense. :thumbdown:

Saw Predators last night. It was a decent sci-fi-action flick. Rodriguez and others involved had said that they were trying to bypass the marginal sequels to the original movie and start anew where the first one left off, and I think they did it. Although I didn't find AvP1 too awful, Predators 2 was a pile of horsepuckey. This one did well on most fronts, but the one issue I had was some of the casting. I could not buy scrawny Adrien Brody as a hardened mercenary killer, even with his Christian-Bale throat acting. And Topher Grace was a bit much when his obvious "secret" was revealed. But the rest of the cast did well, and the standard action-movie cornish plot devices are kept somewhat to a minimum. Definitely no arthouse pretense with this flick.

[Dan G]

Been a while since I've posted here. The World Cup had my complete attention throughout June and July, but here's what I watched since then:

Death at a Funeral (2007) - This was the original, predominantly British version. I knew of the all-black cast remake, but really had no desire to see it. I'm just the type that would rather see an original and then never bother to see it remade.
I'm really "big" on Peter Dinklage (pun intended), so I thought he was great in this. Decent comedy.

The Deadly Affair (1966) - Watched this because it starred James Mason and was directed by Sidney Lumet.
Conspiracy movie about a British agent who believes an informant's suicide was actually a murder.
I pretty much picked out the bad guy almost immediately.

Great Expectations (1946) - Knew this was a famous Charles Dickins' story, but did not know the film was directed by David Lean.
Good movie and very cool to see a young Sir Alec Guiness.

Freaks (1932) - Easily one of my favorite movies, I've seen it several times.
Being somewhat of a "freak" myself, I can really relate to this movie.

Inception (2010) - I don't see movies in theaters often, but I made an exception for this one. Caught this opening weekend and thought it was great.
On paper, the story sounds extremely confusing, but watching it on film I thought they explained everything really well, without having to dumb down their dialog. I found it easy to follow and was thoroughly entertained.

Watching the Detectives (2007) - The same week Inception comes out, IFC plays this little unknown movie starring Cillian Murphy. Directed by Paul Soter of Broken Lizard. It's about a guy obsessed with movies who meets a woman (Lucy Liu) always looking for adventure and trouble.
I wasn't impressed.

Donzoko aka The Lower Depths (1958) - I'm still catching up on Kurosawa films that I recorded back in March.
This one is about poor people living in a slum and was really good, though it felt more like a play since it was filmed primarily on one set.

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951) - Another James Mason movie, this time he's playing German General Erwin Rommel in this biopic about his assassination plot against his leader, Adolf Hitler.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1974) - Two of my favorite things are movies and British television, yet at the age of 36, I finally watched this movie for the very first time.
Really funny stuff! I would not mind watching this multiple times.

The Red Shoes (1948) - This is one of those films has gotten such high accolades, I just felt like I had to watch it.
I didn't even know this was a color film. For a movie from the 40s about ballet, I thought it was really good.

Orfeu Negro aka Black Orpheus (1959) - Saw this was airing on TCM, so I scheduled my DVR to record it. The thing is, I thought I was recording Black Narcissus, a film that I've always been interested in seeing.
Went ahead and watched this anyway and enjoyed it a lot. Set in Rio de Janeiro, about an engaged man in love with another woman who's being stalked by a masked man.
Great music in this film.

Mackenna's Gold (1968) - Western about a chase for gold supposedly guarded by Apache Indian spirits. Decent cast with Gregory Peck, Omar Sharif, and Telly Savalas.
The opening song is horrible, but if you can get past that, the movie is enjoyable.

Manhunter (1986) - Heard a lot of great things about this movie, but never really knew anything about it.
I was pleasantly surprised to see it was basically a film about Dr. Hannibal Lecktor (yes, I spelled that right).
I have seen Silence of the Lambs many times, but have never seen any of the sequels/prequels.
While this one is not a sequel or prequel since it was released several years before Silence of the Lambs came out, it does take place 9 years after Lecktor has been imprisoned.
Really liked this movie.

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) - Trying to see as many Best Picture winners as I can. This nearly 3 hour movie has been sitting on my DVR long enough, so finally made time to watch it.
What a great movie. It's about 3 soldiers returning home from WWII and their readjustments to everyday life.

Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) - Another Best Picture winner. I had seen the 1960s version with Marlon Brando, not realizing that it wasn't the original. So I basically knew the whole story already, but I still enjoyed this one a lot.

Journey Into Fear (1943) - This was a short movie, just more than an hour long.
About a US Naval Engineer pursued by Nazi spies in Turkey. Great cast, but underwhelming.

Hotel Gramercy Park (2008) - Documentary about this famous hotel in NYC.
Cool to see all the celebrities that lived/stayed there.

[realmenhatelife]

The Runaways. I surprisingly thought Kristen Stewart was tolerable in it. Liked it overall, but I was a little surprised at the degree to which Lita Ford is just glossed over.

Watched this tonight and Kristen Stewart was definately the best thing, she really had the look down.

And Lita Ford I expected but holy shit, they just made up a fake bass player and didn't give her any lines. I really dont understand why you would make a biopic and just condense everything out. I felt like there really wasn't a story. They weren't sure if they wanted to do a movie about Joan and Cherrie, or about Cherrie cracking. It was super unfocused.

[Devo37]

The Wolfman. RottenTomato's 33% rating was pretty accurate.

[Souter Fell]

In The Loop Good, smart movie dealing with the political bullshit without being specific and preachy. Plus "My Girl" grew up very cute so that's a bonus.

[Devo37]

Right at Your Door (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0458367/).

about a dirty-bombing in Los Angeles and what happens to one couple in the aftermath. good movie. very tense throughout. worth a watch.

p.s. don't watch the trailer. it gives way too much away!

[Chigworthy]

Right at Your Door (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0458367/).

about a dirty-bombing in Los Angeles and what happens to one couple in the aftermath. good movie. very tense throughout. worth a watch.

p.s. don't watch the trailer. it gives way too much away!


I watched this on IFC, and had to leave at about 75%. I really liked it. For an indie film, it had ten times the doomsday atmosphere that hollywood clown disaster movies wish they had. It reminded me of reading Lucifer's Hammer a lifetime ago, but with grown up emotions and considerations. I'm gonna watch it again now that I've been reminded of it (I think it's on Neflix on demand).

I watched The Return the other night.
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An awesome Russian film. The premise is somewhat simple and isn't that important compared with the story itself. The premise is that two young Russian boys (approx. 12 and 14) have been existing in an urban Russian community on Lake Ladoga in NW Russia for their entire lives with the knowledge that their dad is alive, but not in their lives since they can remember. They return home one afternoon to their mother and she nonchalantly advises them to be quiet because their father is sleeping. Their dad has returned, and the following day, they go with him on a 2 day road trip to go fishing without their mother. The duration of the story takes place on this trip, which ends up exceeding two days, and describes their difficulties, and their father's, with readjusting to the father/son relationship. The questions of where the father has been are answered partially by cryptic events on their trip, and the harsh father puts them through a gauntlet of fathering to make up for his lack of presence during their lives. This is a tragedy and an enlightenment all in one. As I have posted before, movies that develop the setting(s) as an actual character are usually impressive to me, and this one does exactly that. The presence of the gigantic lake, or at least water in general, is always felt, and the Russian countryside is fucking gorgeous. To top all of the technical victories of this film, all of the performances are amazing. I was floored by the performances of the children, which 99% of hollywood's actors should aspire to be as skilled.

[TheGameHHH]

Inception, at least I think I did

[Chigworthy]

Inception, at least I think I did

It was pretty cool when they called it The Matrix.

[Furtherman]

The Wolfman. RottenTomato's 33% rating was pretty accurate.



You've been bitten by the beast. You bear his mark now.

I've seen that ad during On Demand viewing so much that I feel I've seen the movie 100 times.

Right at Your Door (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0458367/).

about a dirty-bombing in Los Angeles and what happens to one couple in the aftermath. good movie. very tense throughout. worth a watch.

p.s. don't watch the trailer. it gives way too much away!


Great movie!

[hammersavage]

The Lovely Bones.

Total shit

[Serpico1103]

Girl With Dragon Tattoo

Not what a expected- supernatural action film- but, very good. Hate that they are remaking it. Especially with Daniel Craig. Good choice for a nerdy, average looking journalist. The guy who last played Bond.

[Chigworthy]

Girl With Dragon Tattoo

Not what a expected- supernatural action film- but, very good. Hate that they are remaking it. Especially with Daniel Craig. Good choice for a nerdy, average looking journalist. The guy who last played Bond.

The hollywood remake rape continues apparently.

[Devo37]

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TimeCrimes.

pretty good time-travel/paradox flick (spanish movie, but i watched it with the alternate english audio).

like most films of this type, the more you pick apart the plot, the more inconsistencies & plot holes you can come up with, but i thought it was a good movie. :smile:

[underdog]

Girl With Dragon Tattoo

Not what a expected- supernatural action film- but, very good. Hate that they are remaking it. Especially with Daniel Craig. Good choice for a nerdy, average looking journalist. The guy who last played Bond.

The hollywood remake rape continues apparently.

The movie was made like a year ago and they're already remaking it! It's fucking retarded that people won't just go see a great foreign film.

[underdog]

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TimeCrimes.

pretty good time-travel/paradox flick (spanish movie, but i watched it with the alternate english audio).

like most films of this type, the more you pick apart the plot, the more inconsistencies & plot holes you can come up with, but i thought it was a good movie. :smile:



This movie has been brought up several times on this site. I really need to check it out.

[Devo37]

This movie has been brought up several times on this site. I really need to check it out.

i searched the board and found a bunch of references. must have subliminally influenced me when it came up on my netflix suggestions!

it's only 90 minutes, so it's not a major time investment. also, i don't speak spanish, and i don't like subtitles, so i used the english audio, which seemed a bit distracting at first, but after 10 minutes or so, i didn't even notice the lips not matching the words anymore.

[Jayw]

Saw towelhead and Jarhead on Hbo on demand.

Towelhead made me feel dirty, shit....

[Serpico1103]

"Other Guys"- very funny. I forgive Ferrel for Land of the Lost, Wahlberg can't be forgiven for The Happening.

[Jayw]

Thats pretty deep to forgive land of lost. That shit hurt.

[Chigworthy]

The movie was made like a year ago and they're already remaking it! It's fucking retarded that people won't just go see a great foreign film.

That's cuz we don't cotton to all that goshdarn readin' you gots to do in them Furrin movies, that and there never ain't no goddamn excitin things.

[Serpico1103]

The movie was made like a year ago and they're already remaking it! It's fucking retarded that people won't just go see a great foreign film.

They will tone it down. Try to bring in teenage girls and families.
I hope we get some giant talking robots or a guy in a bat costume too.

[StanUpshaw]

That's cuz we don't cotton to all that goshdarn readin' you gots to do in them Furrin movies, that and there never ain't no goddamn excitin things.

Sure, it's the immensely powerful redneck demographic that determines what gets play in American movie theaters.

Fucking bigot.

[Chigworthy]

Sure, it's the immensely powerful redneck demographic that determines what gets play in American movie theaters.

Fucking bigot.

I am a redneck, you racist. You're homophobic, too. And a hypochondriac coprophile..

[booster11373]

2012

Utter dreck

[monkfish]

"Serbian Film" - It was every bit as fucked up as everyone says. I can see a lot of people not being able to watch it all the way through.

[Chigworthy]

What Alice Found
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A low-budget indie road drama. The performances range from very good to fairly good in a story about damaged people and the youthful, split-second decisions that can lead to life-long damage. Alice, destined to continue her life into adulthood in a low-income situation takes a road trip from New England to Miami with the loose plan of becoming a Marine Biologist. Flashbacks throughout the film reveal details about her recent past, and why her journey is doomed from the start. Along the way, she begins assimilating into the seedy road culture of American truckstops and rest areas. Although I could give a shit, the type of logic that is often used to frame some films as misogynistic could just as well be used to call this film misandristic.

[Chigworthy]

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Revanche
A fantastic film with three very distinct acts. The opening scene of a peaceful wooded hillside reflected in a calm lake being shattered by a large rock and the ensuing ripples signify tragic events and the time it takes for the survivors to heal. The theme of revenge runs heavily through the final act, but this is not a revenge movie.

[booster11373]

I watched this last night to cleanse my palate from 2012

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[Serpico1103]

Rocker with Raiin Wilson- funnier than I expected.

A Prophet (Un Prophete)- really let down. Think G baby said it was best gangster movie in years. I just never got into it. But the loaves of bread made me think of Papillon, so that was good.

[disneyspy]

ya the rocker wasnt bad at all,i just watched zack and miri,havent seen it since katja and me saw it at the movie theatre,i still think its a great fun comedy

[brettmojo]

ya the rocker wasnt bad at all,i just watched zack and miri,havent seen it since katja and me saw it at the movie theatre,i still think its a great fun comedy
Me too. Another movie that Hollywood cookie cutter marketing ruined.

[disneyspy]

Me too. Another movie that Hollywood cookie cutter marketing ruined.

you went on a date with katja too?

[brettmojo]

you went on a date with katja too?
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[Serpico1103]

Invictus- eh. Damon, Freeman, Eastwood- should have been better.

[realmenhatelife]

Rocker with Raiin Wilson- funnier than I expected.

A Prophet (Un Prophete)- really let down. Think G baby said it was best gangster movie in years. I just never got into it. But the loaves of bread made me think of Papillon, so that was good.

Actually I think Ron was the one who really hyped A Prophet, but if Ron hypes it G Baby is sure to follow. He said it was refreshing that it didn't have the same arc that other crime movies tend to have. It was ok, I like that they didn't labor the more mystical parts of the story and just let them be ambiguous.

[Souter Fell]

Rewatching Bruno, still think its really funny. Sure its not as good as Borat but its still funnier than a most of the crap out there.

Oh, and got halfway through Boondock Saints 2 and had to punch out. Homo queersicle aside, its real bad.

[Serpico1103]

Rewatching Bruno, still think its really funny. Sure its not as good as Borat but its still funnier than a most of the crap out there.

Oh, and got halfway through Boondock Saints 2 and had to punch out. Homo queersicle aside, its real bad.

BS 2- the chick was horrible. Like a decent looking woman cursing was all the character development necessary.
It was goofy nonsense, given the time he had to perfect it, should have been watchable. It was not.

[disneyspy]

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee103/brettmojo/acwgijpg.gif

HAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAA

[Kublakhan61]

Not a movie but a show - Saxondale.

Steve Coogan as an ex-roadie who is now an exterminator with an anger problem.

[Dan G]

Here's what I watched the last couple weeks:

Pusher 3 (2005) - Finished off the trilogy. These were some really great films. First one was by far the best, but collectively all 3 were highly enjoyable.

Genghis Khan (1965) - I typically enjoy biopics, but this one was bad on so many levels. As far as I know, this has yet to be released on DVD, I can only say that's a good thing.

Road to Singapore (1940), Road to Zanzibar (1941), Road to Morocco (1942) - Had myself a marathon when these aired on TCM last weekend. There's actually 7 total, but TCM only played 5. These are the first 3.
I had never seen a Bob Hope movie, but these were pretty funny. Road to Morocco was my favorite of the 3. All these films star Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, and Dorothy Lamour, but yet they never play the same character. They pretty much follow the same story lines, but the names change from film to film. That was a little confusing when I watched Road to Zanzibar, but then by the 3rd film they kinda make it a bit and actually spoof themselves.

It's a Gift (1934) - Another first for me, this was my first W.C. Fields film. Some gags I saw a mile away and others made me guffaw.

They Were Expendable (1945) - John Ford directed this one about the importance of PT boats defending the Philippines during WWII. The fighting scenes were really good in this.

Havoc (2005) - A cliched, rich white kids acting like gang members movie. The nudity made it somewhat entertaining.

Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) - Knew this was directed by Clint Eastwood, but had no idea it was completely subtitled. This one was really great. I didn't realize that Flags of Our Fathers (which I have yet to see), was basically a companion piece to this, but from what I have read, both films stand on their own and it's not really necessary to see one without seeing the other.

[hammersavage]

Bronson. Tom Hardy is now a god to me.

[Rawkus]

Not a movie but a show - Saxondale.

Steve Coogan as an ex-roadie who is now an exterminator with an anger problem.

Just started watching this. It's fucking hilarious.

[Devo37]

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1046173/)

as you might expect, pretty stupid with lots of explosions (and some fake-looking CGI during the main chase scene), but surprisingly entertaining if you're looking for a few hours of mindless entertainment. i'm actually looking forward to the sequel to see what happens!

[Chigworthy]

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1046173/)

as you might expect, pretty stupid with lots of explosions (and some fake-looking CGI during the main chase scene), but surprisingly entertaining if you're looking for a few hours of mindless entertainment. i'm actually looking forward to the sequel to see what happens!



I remember seeing the trailers for this and wondering how they could possibly think it would be a success with 1996-era CGI. It looked awful. There were Joes riding transformer bikes that morphed into armor suits or some shit, and it looked terrible. My GI Joe didn't have transforming mech suits.

And anytime I can, I should embed a fenslerfilm:

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[barjockey]

Bronson. Tom Hardy is now a god to me.

Agreed:smoke:

[Kublakhan61]

Just started watching this. It's fucking hilarious.

Coogan never lets me down. If he's in charge of the project, or it starring in just over 50% of it you can count on many, many laughs.

[TripleSkeet]

Terminator: Salvation. After all the reviews Id seen I expected it to be horrible, but I loved it. As a Terminator movie I thought it was great, especially after how awful the 3rd one was. I dont get why people hated it.

[disneyspy]

Terminator: Salvation. After all the reviews Id seen I expected it to be horrible, but I loved it. As a Terminator movie I thought it was great, especially after how awful the 3rd one was. I dont get why people hated it.

i completely agree,thought it was a fun movie

[Dan G]

Here's what I watched this week:

Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979) - After seeing Monty Python and the Holy Grail for the first time just a few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to catch this on IFC this week.
Still can't believe I'm seeing these for the first time. Both are hysterical.

Foreign Correspondent (1940) - Hitchcock movie about a NY reporter sent to England just before the start of WWII. He ends up discovering a peace organization is actually fronting a Nazi group.
Don't think this would crack my top 10 Hitchcock films, but it was still decent.

The Prize (1963) - This one stars Paul Newman as a Nobel Peace Prize winner who uncovers a plot to kidnap another winner and then have someone made to look like the kidnapped victim so they can accept the award and then be allowed into their home country.
It had a Hitchcock-esque feel to it.
Some parts tried to be witty, while others were more serious. I wasn't a fan of the witty, but I did LOL at the special effects when Newman's character gets tossed off of a building.

Gandhi (1982) - Add another Best Picture winner to my watched list. I sat through all 3 hours and 45 minutes of this 3 hour and 11 minute film. Doesn't make sense, does it? This aired on TCM this past Sunday at 4:30pm, so I decided to watch it live. Right at the 2 hour mark, suddenly the film cuts away to a pre-recorded outro of the film and then went on to play promos and even introduce the following film that was to air. Obviously a fuck up by TCM. Nevertheless, I left the TV on just hoping things would resolve and would continue where the film cut off. In the meantime, I torrented Gandhi, since I had already put 2 hours toward it, I figure I might as well find some way to finish it. After about 30 minutes, Gandhi returned. Since I had never seen this movie prior, I had no clue if it was indeed where they cut off, but I still watched anyway.
I have to say, for such a long movie, I was enjoying it the entire time.
I ended up checking the torrent later that night and TCM redeemed themselves by playing it from right where they left off, so I didn't miss a thing.

Monkey Business (1931) - When I was a kid, I always watched 3 Stooges and Little Rascal's movies and shorts. Occasionally I'd check out Abbott & Costello.
One noticeable missing group was the Marx Brothers. I don't know what it was, but I just never had any interest in seeing their films.
As an adult, I'd have to rank them higher than the 3 Stooges and Little Rascal's.
I've seen several and always looking to watch more that I haven't seen.
Every film that I've seen of their's is always good for quite a few LOLs.

Horse Feathers (1932) - Another Marx Brothers film. A little too heavy on the musical numbers in this one, but still had funny moments.

Hennessy (1975) - Very cool film about a former IRA member in Belfast who suddenly decides to kill the Queen after his wife and daughter were murdered accidentally at an IRA protest.
This film actually mixes real footage of the Queen, so it looks quite believable.

[barjockey]

"Days of wine and roses" Its Mad Men the movie

[IamFogHat]

My chick and I saw The Last Exorcism yesterday. It was actually a real good movie until the last act and it completely falls apart. Save it for Netflix.

[underdog]

My chick and I saw The Last Exorcism yesterday. It was actually a real good movie until the last act and it completely falls apart. Save it for Netflix.

That's what I see across the board about the movie.

[Dan G]

Here's what I watched this week:

Avatar: Special Edition (2010) - I missed this the first time it rolled out in theaters, mostly because it's just not the type of movie that I enjoy.
The hype that I heard most was the 3D. So with this movie being re-released in theaters I decided to go see it.
Supposedly it has 9 minutes of additional footage, but since I never saw the original, I have no idea what's new.
I thought the 3D was really good, but I can only compare it to the only other 3D movie I ever saw, Jaws 3D, which I saw with my mom when I was 9.
As an adult, I really have no interest in movies geared toward kids, like Pixar films, and I still have never seen one of those. Throughout this movie, I felt like I was watching a cartoon and I didn't seem right. During some parts I was actually thinking to myself "why didn't I just go see Get Low?"
One thing I didn't like about Avatar was the buildup about the Na'vi in the beginning. A character described them as extremely dangerous, merciless killers. Then when we finally see them, they're no different than early Native Americans, basically fighting with sticks and rocks. When the sky people go to war with them it was an onslaught with very little opposition from the Na'vi.
I didn't hate this movie, I'm just glad I was finally able to see it the way it was originally intended, in 3D.
If a sequel ever emerges, I highly doubt I'll see it.

The Sting (1973) - A Best Picture winner that I can add to my watched list. I really liked this movie. The music was great, Redford and Newman were great, and so was the story.

The Last Emperor (1987) - And another Best Picture winner, though not as fun to sit through than the previous.
This is the true story of Pu Yi, who became Emperor of China at the age of 3.
It was an interesting story.

Midway (1976) - With a cast that featured Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, Glenn Ford, and Robert Mitchum, I thought this had to be good. Then I watch it and discover these guys seemed way too old for their parts.
I'm a Turner Classic Movies addict, so it was weird for me to see Henry Fonda as an old man.
One thing that surprised me was seeing Toshiro Mifune's name in the opening credits. I had no idea he did American films. Then I see him early in the film and see his voice is being dubbed, so that was disappointing, even though it looked like he was speaking English phonetically. Upon reading his bio on IMDB, I discovered that he had been in several American films and was dubbed in every single one of them.
The movie itself was alright. They mixed a lot of stock war footage, so that was kinda cool.

Get Low (2009) - Went to see this one not knowing anything about it, other than having Robert Duvall and Bill Murray in it.
I thought this was really good. Since I'm a nerd that sits through end credits, I was surprised to read that this movie was based on a true story. Made the movie that much better for me.
Reading the story of the real 'Felix Bush' was pretty cool.
As you can see by the pics, Robert Duvall pretty much nailed the look.
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I won't spoil anything, but I could've done without the ending. It seemed like the movie had an ending and then they decided to add an additional ending.

For a Few Dollars More (1965) - The second film in 'The Man with No Name' trilogy. I had seen the first, A Fistful of Dollars, and 3rd, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, but never the second. Since these films really aren't arced, it's not really necessary to watch these in order, so I wasn't lost with this film being a sequel.
All 3 of these films are really strong, though the dubbing can be a little distracting.

Escape from Alcatraz (1979) - Supposedly an accurate portrayal of the real life escape of 3 convicts from Alcatraz.
I enjoyed this one a lot. Really liked Patrick McGoohan as the warden.

Hostel Part II (2007) - I'm not the biggest horror fan, but this recently aired on IFC, and since I had seen the first one, I decided to go ahead and give this one a chance.
I really shouldn't have. While I did kind of enjoy the first one, I didn't really like the sequel.
It was just boring and didn't have that "oh shit!" moment that horror films go for.

[LordJezo]

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Just finished up Being John Malkovich.

Still a wonderful movie.

[barjockey]

Gone Baby Gone. Damn I hate admit it Ben did a great job. Casey Affleck is the real deal. Always liked Ed Harris' style too

[Kevin]

The American..

And it was a big ball of depressing shit..

Awful movie.

[Furtherman]

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This was a great movie. Fun, fast and one of the better thrillers I've seen recently. Great performances all around.

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Christopher Nolan's first film. A great piece. Only a little over an hour and shot on a shoestring budget, the story works great. Twists and turns and it really shows the beginnings of his style of filming stories.

[booster11373]

I had a William Atherton film fest this weekend


Ghostbusters

Real Genius

Diehard

[Chigworthy]

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Horsemen.


I am going to offer a 50,000 reward for anyone who can provide information leading to the arrest of the producer of this movie. Since I don't have that kind of spare cash, I can only assume that the producers of Se7en and Silence of the Lambs will cover it.

[RoseBlood]

Third viewing for both of these visual treats.

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City of Lost Children about a scientist who steals children's dreams to stay young.

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[Dan G]

Here's what I watched this week:

Machete (2010) - I enjoyed this movie so much, I went and saw it twice.
Loved how they kept the grindhouse feel with the dirty screen, opening/closing song in mono sound, adding the announced sequel at the end, etc...
A really fun movie to watch.

From Dusk Till Dawn (1995) - Keeping up with Robert Rodriguez, I caught this for the first time over the weekend.
I don't know why I had never seen this, but I had no idea it was going to be some vampire/zombie type movie.
Ron Bennington (of Ron & Fez) must've rewatched it over the weekend since it aired on IFC, because he mentioned it on the radio this week. His description perfectly summed up how I felt about this movie. He said "it was a great movie until it turned into the 'Thriller' video."
100% agree with that.

Diminished Capacity (2007) - Indie film with a decent cast (Matthew Broderick, Alan Alda, Bobby Cannavale, Louis C.K., etc...) about a brain damaged man taking his senile uncle to Chicago to sell a very rare baseball card.
Cool to see Louis C.K. working with Broderick and Cannavale since they would later appear in episodes of Louie. I guess they all met during this film and became friends.

The Ice Storm (1997) - Heard lots of great things about this movie, but didn't really know what it was about. I didn't even know it got the Criterion treatment. I just happened to watch it on IFC.
Someone please tell me that both Christina Ricci and Katie Holmes were of legal age during this, because they were both looking good.

Singin' in the Rain (1951) - A classic musical that I just felt I had to watch at least once in my life.

Zoku Sugata Sanshirô aka Sanshiro Sugata Part 2 (1945) - A sequel by Akira Kurosawa about a judo expert taking on an American boxer and karate fighters.
Not nearly as good or interesting as the first one.

The Rack (1956) - Court room drama about a former POW being prosecuted for treason.
Early Paul Newman film.

[midwestjeff]

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

Since everyone is spoiling the end of Machete for me,
I am going to tell you right now that Butch and the Kid die at the end.
Both of them, shot to shit.

[Chigworthy]

City of Lost Children about a scientist who steals children's dreams to stay young.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/40/City_of_lost_children_french_movie_poster.jpg/220px-City_of_lost_children_french_movie_poster.jpg

Just watched Dante01 by Mark Caro. If I were a moive reviewer for some rag where they make you tell people what movies the movie you are reviewing is like, I would say it was a cross between Solaris (Russian) and Alien3. And it was a rollicking good time.

[Dan G]

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

Since everyone is spoiling the end of Machete for me,
I am going to tell you right now that Butch and the Kid die at the end.
Both of them, shot to shit.

Thanks for that. My copy paused at the end.

[underdog]

Saw The Tillman Story today. It just made me even angrier at the US government and our media. It's fucking sickening what happened.

[Dan G]

Here's what I watched this week:

Get Carter (1971) - Always avoided the Stallone remake because I wanted to see the original first.
This was really good.
After seeing this I read that Michael Caine (who plays Carter) also appeared in the remake, but as a different character. Caine also did the same for the movie Sleuth, playing one character in the original and another in the remake.

Waga seishun ni kuinashi aka No Regrets for Our Youth (1946) - Kurosawa drama about a college girl maturing during WWII.
I didn't dislike it, but I don't think I would ever go back and rewwatch it.

Cat Ballou (1965) - A western starring Lee Marvin playing 2 different characters, so I figured it had to be good. What I didn't know that it was basically a musical/comedy. Now the musical part was kinda cool. The characters didn't break out into songs, instead, Nat King Cole would play guitar and sing to set up scenes. So I liked that. Sadly he died before this film was released.
Marvin was great as the bad guy, but even better as the hero. He actually won an Academy Award for this film.

Mrs. Miniver (1942) - Add another Best Picture winner to my watched list.
I thought this one was really good, considering the title and plot seem rather boring.
It's about a family in England trying to live a normal life during WWII.

[Serpico1103]

The Girl Who Played with Fire (sequel to The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo)- movie was ok. Wouldn't say it was as good as the first, but still had some suspense and twists. Oh, and rape!

Saw it at an art house theater in Peoria, IL. Two tickets, bucket of Fat Tires, and a pizza; $30. I am rethinking my opinion of middle America.

[midwestjeff]

Saw it at an art house theater in Peoria, IL. Two tickets, bucket of Fat Tires, and a pizza; $30. I am rethinking my opinion of middle America.

Shhhh.
We don't want a bunch of east coast jerks migrating to our paradise.
Thanks for stopping by though.

[Dan G]

Here's what I watched this week:

Thank You for Smoking (2005) - I liked this when I saw it, but here I am a week later trying to recap my thoughts on it, and I can't remember what I enjoyed about it. I guess it was a forgettable comedy.

Hamlet (1948) - I knew Laurence Olivier played Hamlet, but I had no idea he directed it, too.
I knew little to nothing about this Shakespeare play going in, but I ended up liking it. It was a little difficult to understand at first because the dialog wasn't modernized, but after a little while I got used to it.
The ghostly voice of Hamlet's father (voiced by Olivier) was especially cool/creepy.
This was the Best Picture winner of 1948, so I can add another to my Best Picture watched list.

F/X (1985) - Always wanted to see this when I was a kid, but somehow never did. 24 years later I finally catch it.
I figured being an adult now, I would lose the joy of seeing this, but I really liked this movie. Sure it was dated, but it was still clever.
The sequel is on IFC this weekend. Should I watch it?

Gigi (1958) - Supposedly this is considered the greatest musical ever made. I only watched this just so that I could say I've watched it. Plus it was a Best Picture winner.

They Died with Their Boots On (1941) - This film follows the life of General Custer. I figured, cool, I'll learn a little about Custer.
Since I watched this on TCM, it had an intro/outro by film historian Robert Osborne. At the conclusion of the film, Osborne recites a famous quote from some reviewer, "the only thing true about this film was that Custer died."
Oh well, still enjoyable.

The Stranger (1946) - This movie has been sitting on my DVR for a while. I knew I wanted to see it since it was directed by Orson Welles, he also stars in it along with Edward G. Robinson.
It wasn't until I saw a post on www.cinemaretro.com about a theater in New Jersey promoting "3 of the best films Hitchcock didn't make." The Stranger happened to be one of them, so I decided to watch it.
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It definitely had a Hitchcock feel to it. I really liked it, especially the ending.

The Moon Is Blue (1953) - This was a highly controversial film when it was released. It was the first US film to use the words 'virgin', 'mistress' and 'seduce' in a sexual context.
I found the movie itself to be very funny. I thought it was great.

[Snacks]

I recently watched City Island, excellent movie! The cast was great, the story was funny and well put together. I would love to see Andy Garcia get a nomination for this role. His daughter in the movie is also his daughter in real life. She not the sexiest girl I have ever seen but something about her has incredible sex appeal!

Anyone interested in seeing a lower budget, entertaining then rent this!

I also watched Iron Man 2. Awful! Not much more to say about that one!

[Jayw]

Get him to the Greek- Puff daddy was pretty funny tbh. I was surprised. It was a good time with a few laugh out loud moments.

[Dan G]

Here's what I watched this week:

Dial M for Murder (1954) - Great Hitchcock film! I was thrown off by some of the odd camera angles, but after the film I discovered that this film was originally shot in 3D.

Lord of War (2005) - I'm kind of leary toward Nicholas Cage films, but I have heard people praising the film and loving the opening sequence, so I saw it was airing on IFC and decided to give it a chance.
I thought the opening was pretty cool and I wasn't disappointed with the overall film. I liked it.
My brother has the DVD and he usually lets me borrow movies from him, but I recently read that region 1 DVD's of this film were shipped with the wrong aspect ratio. I don't know if this was ever corrected. I'll have to look at his and see. I'm just glad I saw it in its correct ratio.

F/X 2 (1991) - A week after finally seeing F/X for the first time, I see the sequel. It was a decent followup. It didn't have that "let's capitalize on the first one" feeling.
The animatronic clown was a little silly, but still entertaining. I did love the grocery store scene, especially the use of the saran wrap machine.

Subarashiki nichiyôbi aka One Wonderful Sunday (1947) - I absolutely loved this film. Directed by Akira Kurosawa, it's a story about a poor couple spending a Sunday afternoon together with 35 yen between them. By todays conversion that comes out to 41 cents, but I have no idea what the equivalent was in 1947.
For those that have seen it, I'll admit it, yes, I clapped.

The Town (2010) - When I first saw the trailer for this I thought it seemed to give way too much of the film away. After seeing the film however, I realized it was just creative editing in the trailer, so what looked to be given away, actually wasn't.
I still haven't seen Ben Affleck's directorial debut Gone Baby Gone, which I've heard nothing but great things about. As for this one, I was really impressed.
I rarely see current films, so it feels weird for me to use spoiler tags, but I just wanted to touch on this:
I really liked how Jeremy Renner's character went out. When he was ready to take out the surrounding cops, he basically takes 2 shots and he drops. No heroic firing while being riddled with bullets, so it had a realistic feel to it.

Fort Apache (1948) - A film directed by John Ford and starring Henry Fonda and John Wayne sounds like greatness, but I didn't really like it.
I did learn that this was actually the first of a trilogy, which is kind of ironic since I have the 3rd one, Rio Grande on my DVR. So I'll have to catch the 2nd, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon the next time it's on TCM.

Five Graves to Cairo (1943) - I'm a big fan of Billy Wilder films. This is the second one he directed. Good, but no where near his best.

[IamFogHat]

The Town (2010) - When I first saw the trailer for this I thought it seemed to give way too much of the film away. After seeing the film however, I realized it was just creative editing in the trailer, so what looked to be given away, actually wasn't.
I still haven't seen Ben Affleck's directorial debut Gone Baby Gone, which I've heard nothing but great things about. As for this one, I was really impressed.
I rarely see current films, so it feels weird for me to use spoiler tags, but I just wanted to touch on this:
I really liked how Jeremy Renner's character went out. When he was ready to take out the surrounding cops, he basically takes 2 shots and he drops. No heroic firing while being riddled with bullets, so it had a realistic feel to it.



My chick and I saw it last weekend and I really liked it. I did have two complaints though, one John Hamm's character was really underwritten. I had no sense of why he was so invested in these guys, just not developed well at all. And two it felt really long, especially after the Fenway Park heist. And I rarely feel movies feel long, so when they do it is significant for me.
Otherwise I loved it, I think Affleck's found his role. If you haven't seen Gone Baby Gone get it tonight, it's a near perfect film.
Also on a side note, watch Hollywoodland. Affleck didn't direct it but he's actually great in it and it's a great film. He needs to stick to shit along these veins and not popcorn action flicks and romantic comedies and I think I'll enjoy him forever.

[Stuft]

We watched 2 movies this week. Soylent Green and Hottub Time Machine.

I was pleasantly surprised by the second one, i didn't expect to be entertained at all and i really enjoyed it.

The first one was ok but i found myself struggling to follow along. I have intense movie A.D.D., tho, so i don't hold the movie responsible for that. It was still decent.

[KnoxHarrington]

I noticed that Netflix still has the theatrical cut of Blade Runner, so I decided to check it out, because I haven't seen that version in a long time, certainly not since the Director's Cut (and then Final Cut) came out.

Holy hell I had forgotten how awful the narration is. It's absolutely useless, often emphasizing parts that should have been completely obvious. For example, after Gaff picks up Deckard at the noodle stand in the beginning, Deckard's narration says that he understands Gaff's talk. Well no shit, we saw Deckard just react to something Gaff said without translation.

The worst, though, is when Deckard finds the snake scale in Leon's bathtub. He actually says in narration, "This was not human. Replicants don't have scales."

No shit?

What a raping of a great film that narration was. No wonder Ridley Scott cut that shit out as soon as he could.

[Snacks]

Letters to Juliet was a good date movie. I guess being forced to go to see romantic love story movies and rom/coms has gotten me to like them! Im really starting to love Amanda Seyfried.

Get Him to the Greek. Was funny but most of the stuff in the trailer was missing from the film. I hate when they do shit like that.

[StanUpshaw]

After hearing about it from Mistah B a few months ago, I just watched Exit Through the Gift Shop. I thought it was great. It works as your standard biographical documentary, but then it also goes a long way to reinforce my theory that artists and art lovers are all full of shit, and they just share in this mutual deception between one-another (see: Ron loves Basquiat). As Bansky put it, "maybe it means art is a bit of a joke." So I quite enjoyed that part as well.

But then...

I don't really know what it was, but something tripped my bullshit detector. I just really got the feeling that I was being led around by the nose. By the very end of the movie, I was thinking that something is definitely off here. Afterward, I read a bit online, and all I have to say is: Hats off Banksy!

[underdog]

After hearing about it from Mistah B a few months ago, I just watched Exit Through the Gift Shop. I thought it was great. It works as your standard biographical documentary, but then it also goes a long way to reinforce my theory that artists and art lovers are all full of shit, and they just share in this mutual deception between one-another (see: Ron loves Basquiat). As Bansky put it, "maybe it means art is a bit of a joke." So I quite enjoyed that part as well.

But then...

I don't really know what it was, but something tripped my bullshit detector. I just really got the feeling that I was being led around by the nose. By the very end of the movie, I was thinking that something is definitely off here. Afterward, I read a bit online, and all I have to say is: Hats off Banksy!

What's wrong with Basquiat?

[StanUpshaw]

You mean Basquiat©? Didn't you learn anything from the movie?

[underdog]

You mean Basquiat©? Didn't you learn anything from the movie?

Which movie, Basquiat or Exit?

[Dan G]

Here's what I watched this week:

The Social Network (2010) - Really strong film with great performances by just about everyone invoved.
I really liked that sites like MySpace, Friendster, Hot or Not, Napster, etc... were all named. The film didn't go the route of using fictitious brands like MyPlace, for example.
Everyone in this film seemed real to me except for Justin Timberlake's character, Sean Parker, but then again, perhaps that's exactly how the real Parker was.
The making of Facebook sounds boring on paper, but this film worked and I really enjoyed it. The music was great, too.

Seven Days in May (1963) - Interesting premise about a coup within the American government. High on dialog with very little action, but still a decent watch.

Badlands (1973) - This is one of those films that I've always heard great things about, so I finally caught it for the first time.
It definitely lived up to the hype.

At the Circus (1939) - Marx Bros. movie about saving a circus. A few funny gags here and there, but a little too heavy on the musical aspect.

To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) - I never read the book, so I really didn't know the whole story.
At first it seemed like a children's story about the kids, Scout, Jem, and Del, then it turned all serious with Atticus Finch (Scout and Jem's father) defending a black man for raping a white woman.
Great film!

[Dan G]

Here's what I watched this week:

Countdown (1967) - Two years before man walked on the moon, Robert Altman directed this film about 2 Americans (James Caan & Robert Duvall) both hoping to be chosen to go on a mission to the moon, but then it becomes a race between the US and Russia to get a man up there first.
It was good, not great.

Ninotchka (1939) - I recorded this movie back in January and it was basically just collecting dust on my DVR. I had heard it was a classic comedy and it did receive a Best Picture nomination, so that's why I recorded it, just never had the urge to check it.
Earlier this week I got the Rotten Tomatoes newsletter in my e-mail. Every week they ask a celebrity to list their 5 favorite films. This week it was Jane Lynch and one of her favorites was this film, so I decided to finally watch it.
I found it to be an okay comedy for its time. Apparently this was Greta Garbo's very first comedy after spending years in dramatic roles. I suppose if I was more familiar with her filmography, I'd appreciate her role and this film that much more.

The Defiant Ones (1958) - Tony Curtis died on September 29th, so on October 10th, Turner Classic Movies cleared their planned schedule so that they could play 24 hours worth of Tony Curtis films.
This one was the only film in which he received a Best Actor nomination. It was a very well deserved nomination, although I do not know who ultimately won it that year.
Great movie about 2 chained together convicts (Curtis & Sidney Poitier) who hate each other because of their skin color, but must work together as they escape from the overturned truck they were being transported in.

Yoidore tenshi aka Drunken Angel (1948) - Toshirô Mifune's first of many films with Akira Kurosawa. Great film in which he plays a gangster being treated for tuberculosis.
I've seen a lot of Kurosawa's films (though I still have 4 unwatched on my DVR) and I always thought his samurai ones were his best, but after discovering more non-samurai films, I think I'd have a difficult time deciding which I liked better.

Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962) - To me, this was a 3 hour borefest, yet the acting was phenomenal by everyone involved (the cast consisted of just 5 people).

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941) - Very odd W.C. Fields film. The car chase scene was great.

The Killers (1946) - Cool noir film about killers going after a man who stole money from a heist he was involved in.

The General (1926) - Such an iconic silent film and I just watched it today for the very first time.
The stuntwork was crazy in this. Good stuff!

[TheGameHHH]

I watched Rebel Without A Cause last night for the first time ever. I really enjoyed it. I'm on to East of Eden sometime this weekend when I get some free time.

[Snacks]

Here's what I watched this week:

To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) - I never read the book, so I really didn't know the whole story.
At first it seemed like a children's story about the kids, Scout, Jem, and Del, then it turned all serious with Atticus Finch (Scout and Jem's father) defending a black man for raping a white woman.
Great film!

I watched this last weekend. I too never read the book. It started out very slow and didnt seem too interesting at first. But once it got going it was pretty good. I do think its a little overrated but I guess it was something better back then? Maybe we are too used to these types of story's that nothing shocks us anymore? I dont know but it was good but not great.

If you want to see an amazing movie from back in the day that is also in black and white watch 12 angry men. One of the greatest written, directed and acted movies ever.

[Suspect Chin]

A Solitary Man. Good.

[Jayw]

Midnight showing ofJackAss 3. Worth every fucking penny.

less penis and man ass and more quick skits. I was impressed, next time I;ll prolly wait fir the d.l but I have to go respresent my boys and pay money which is becoming FAR and long between. Jackass came out after my friends were already filming this kind of stuff. So I love the guys, especially knoxville that mother fucker is funny.

I am a hard person to make laugh and there were a few parts I let out a deep HAHAHHAHAH and cheered the crazy fucks. My onlyreview is a move that you can leave feeling happy about seeing. Dicks.

[Kublakhan61]

The Killers (1946) - Cool noir film about killers going after a man who stole money from a heist he was involved in.


I really liked this when I saw it a few months back. The opening at the diner reminded me A Lot of A History of Violence. It had me wondering if there are other scenes in AHoV that were cribbed from earlier violent films... It sure would add another layer to that title.

Any insights?

[CountryBob]

Prince of Persia - was a terrible waste of time. No tits or ass and the main character gained and lots a certain knife about 20 times.:thumbdown:

[Serpico1103]

Before I Self Destruct. Just flipping through the channels, I gave it shot. Garbage. 50 cent was in it, so I knew I was in trouble, if I didn't hear about before now, it must have been bad. And it was.

I stuck it out, never got good, except for using some rap video girls- wow what asses. I found out why it was so bad- written and directed by Curtis Jackson.

[Dan G]

Here's what I watched this week:

Mister Roberts (1955) - A few things first, I had no idea this was considered a comedy, I didn't know it was going to be in color, and finally, I didn't know it was directed by John Ford (though he apparently walked away after not getting along with lead actor Henry Fonda. Ford was replaced by Mervyn LeRoy, but both receive directing credits).
I mainly watched this because Fez has mentioned on numerous occasions that he was in a community theater that performed this play and played the role of Ensign Pulver (Jack Lemmon's character in the film).
It was a fun movie.

Repo Man (1984) - Of all channels to catch this on, I happened to see this on Turner Classic Movies. Every Friday night at around 2am they play cult favorite type movies. This past Friday kicked off the 6th season, so this is the movie they started it with.
I gotta be honest, I didn't understand the appeal of this at all.
I loved the music, but I was not a fan of this film.

Carlos (2010) - Sundance Channel played this over 3 days last week, so I recorded it each day and on Sunday watched all 5 1/2 hours, only taking about a 30 minute break so that I could walk my dog and then make myself something to eat.
This is currently in select theaters, but apparently is a much shorter version.
I thought this was excellent. I loved how they spliced in actual news footage so you could see how real it all was.
The subtitles were extremely difficult to read during some scenes. There were several times where I had to rewind just to try and read the white text when it would show up on someone's white car, shirt, wall, etc... Font seemed smaller than most subtitled films I've seen, too.
A little too much dong, also.
Overall though, this was really good. I am interested to know what exactly would be cut for the theatrical release.

Crazy Love (2007) - This was a crazy (hence the title) documentary about a NY lawyer in the late 1950s, obsessed with an attractive younger woman. He was so obsessed with her, that when she got engaged to another man, he hired someone to show up at her door and throw acid in her face.
The lawyer ended up being turned in and served about 15 years.
When he was released in the early 1970s, he sought out the woman, now blinded, and proposed to her. She accepted and they are still married to this day.
Very interesting story. The sad thing was seeing this lady and her friends in old footage, showing how hot they were, and then when they're interviewed, they've all lost their looks. Aging sucks, this movie proves it.

Almost Famous (2000) - Always wanted to see this, just never have. Ironically, this also aired on Turner Classic Movies, but not on a Friday. This month TCM is having film critics come in and play some of their favorites, and on this particular night, Peter Travers of Rolling Stone, selected this one.
Great, great film. I loved everything about it.

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) - With a title like that, I just had to watch this.
Didn't know it, but this was a true story about, you guessed it, a man who escapes from a chain gang.
Coincidentally, Mervyn LeRoy directed this, so I start and end the week with 2 of his films.
Good film, with a nice, dark ending.

[Dan G]

Here's what I watched this week:

Hereafter (2010) - I wasn't impressed with this. The opening with the tsunami was really cool and looked great, but after that, this film fell apart for me.
Matt Damon's character bored me and I didn't care for the French couple. I did like the English twin brothers. I thought their story was interesting, but it did drag.

Back to the Future Trilogy (1985, 1989, 1990) - I got to see the first one in the theater over the weekend. I was 11-years-old when it was first released, but yet I didn't see it until it was out on VHS.
Seeing it on the big screen was pretty cool. While I don't have official tally's, I would guess this ranks high as one of my most watched movies. When I was a kid, this movie confused me so much, I watched it multiple times to fully grasp it.
One thing I noticed that was omitted was the very end. When the car flys off, I always remembered seeing a "To Be Continued." According to IMDB, that text was only added to the VHS releases, so that's why it was so ingrained in my head.
When I got home, I decided to watch parts 2 and 3, since I already owned the trilogy on DVD.
Now that I think about it, seeing part 1 in the theater was my first time seeing it in a widescreen format. All the years I watched on VHS and HBO, those were all in full screen. Even though I own the DVD, I had never watched it.
Watching the sequel immediately after seeing the first one was kind of neat. A little funny watching 5 years before the future that's being predicted and knowing that 2015 is just not going to be like that. Still, it was a fun sequel that still works for me.
Immediately after part 2 ended, I started part 3. Collectively, I have seen parts 1 and 2 numerous times, yet seeing part 3 on this day was a first for me. 20 years ago, the whole idea of a BTTF taking place in the wild west just seemed stupid to me, so I always avoided it.
So I watch part 3, and while I didn't love it, I didn't hate it either. It wasn't touching the first 2 though. I did appreciate the ending, where it actually said "The End," which basically put an end to any speculation that a 4th installment would be made.

Nora inu aka Stray Dog (1949) - This film has received high accolades, but I didn't find myself enjoying it as much as I thought I would.
The story is great, about a rookie cop who has his gun stolen, so he must find it, as he discovers it's in the wrong hands and being used in fatal crimes.
I just felt that it dragged. Seemed much more suited as a short film premise.

The Vanishing (1988) - I am not the biggest horror fan and had no idea what this film was about. I only watched it because IFC posted a link on their Twitter listing their top 10 favorite horror films. This one happened to be on the list and since they were airing that same day, I decided to give it a chance.
I didn't even know it was a foreign film until I started watching it.
I was enjoying the film throughout, but it was puzzling me why this was considered a horror film...and then the end happened. Wow, what an ending. No scares at all in this, but that ending sure stays with you.

[IamFogHat]

I'm watching Hot Fuzz again for like the tenth time. God I love this fucking movie.

[Serpico1103]

The Town- very entertaining. Good action, little weak on plot. And, I got to see Ben's 6 pack.

[Devo37]

The Corporation (http://www.thecorporation.com/)

I.O.U.S.A. (http://www.iousathemovie.com/)

The Ecological Footprint (http://www.epa.vic.gov.au/ecologicalfootprint/about/documentarydvd.asp)

Blue Gold: World Water Wars (http://www.bluegold-worldwaterwars.com/)

Collapse (http://www.collapsemovie.com/)


I'm on a bit of a "We're all f**ked" documentary kick for the past few weeks.


Have a nice day :smile:

[Space Edge]

I watched The Social Network the other night, it was ok. Interesting story wasn't as lame as I expected it to be.

[Chigworthy]

the bad lieutenant 2. I made it 15 minutes in; could not stomach it any further.

List of known atrocities:

Cage's hair (hack, but true)
Kilmer's gut
Cage rubbing coke on his gums
The Hunchback Of Nicolas Cage
Turning red and blue lights on when parking illegally to have a coke-fuck with the mistress
Revolver shoved in wasteband during briefing

[PapaBear]

Saw Taking Woodstock last night. Cool flick.

[Dan G]

Here's what I watched this week:

Sanjuro (1962) - After watching several Kurosawa films starring Toshiro Mifune in dramatic roles, it was cool once again to see him in which he plays a bad ass.
His fight scenes in this were great. The end fight is crazy, only because I have seen a .gif version of this many times and even after watching on my TV for the first time, I still can't figure out exactly where Sanjuro was supposed to have stabbed that guy to cause such a rush of blood to pour out.

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Regardless, it was still a great film.

Eight Men Out (1988) - Being a huge baseball fan the majority of my life (I stopped following the sport about 5 years ago) I have seen most of the modern day baseball films, but never gave this one a chance. Maybe I just felt it was too serious, considering that Major League and Bull Durham both came out the same year.
I pretty much knew the story that this film covers, but I was still very much entertained by it.

Ocean's Eleven (1960) - I have this thing about never wanting to see remakes without first seeing the original. It's been 9 years since the remake was released and during that time, 2 sequels were released. I have yet to see any of them.
One other thing about me, I have never rented a DVD. Each film that I watch is either at the theater, a DVD I have purchased, and/or on cable (strictly TCM, IFC, and Sundance, since those are the only channels I get which are commercial free and played in their original aspect ratios...most of the time, IFC can be a little shady).
So today TCM played the original and I was excited to finally see it.
Sadly, I didn't find it to be as great as I anticipated. It has a very slow buildup and even the heist parts are pretty much uneventful.
I did find the ending to be comical. Since I haven't seen the remake I have no idea how close the 2 are. If indeed they are similar, I don't know if I want to watch it.
That's another thing about me, once I do finally see the original, I very rarely bother seeing the remakes. Oh well, glad I did finally see this film.

[torker]

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[Dan G]

Here's what I watched this week:

Metropolis (Restored Version) (1927) / Metropolis Refound (2010) - Amazing week on Turner Classic Movies. They played 2 films that I have always wanted to see. First up was this Fritz Lang classic.
Luckily, my first viewing of this film was the most complete version known to exist. Over 20 minutes had been lost for decades, but was just recently discovered and put back into the film.
Hard to believe this came out over 80 years ago. The transfer looked great. It was quite noticeable when the newly found footage was played, but it wasn't too distracting.
Couple of things I learned from watching this. First, now I know where the idea for C-3PO's look came from:
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And second, I now understand Queen's "Radio Ga Ga" video, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBUr1pSWTVI (embedding was disabled).
After the film, TCM played a documentary about how the lost footage was discovered. The documentary took place in Argentina, Spain, and Germany, so it's completely subtitled, but still very interesting.
So glad I was able to finally see this film and learn a little more about it afterward.

Blow Out (1981) - John Travolta plays a film soundman who records the audio of a car crash, which he then discovers was actually a murder of the Pennsylvania Governor up for re-election.
It was a cool movie, though the end scene fadeouts were really weird. A scene would end and it almost felt like it was going to a commercial break, it was like watching a TV show. Minor complaint, but it still threw me off.

The Birth of a Nation (1915) - After seeing Metropolis, 2 days later I get to see another highly anticipated film. I had no idea it was over 3 hours long, but I wasn't really bored at all.
I have heard how racist this film was, but I didn't find it as offensive as I thought it would be. The most racist scene was probably the senate scene where you see black people drinking alcohol, eating fried chicken and sitting comfortably without shoes with their feet on the desk. Of course reading the black peoples text written phonetically was bad, too.
The white people in black face was almost comical. It was so obvious.
The film itself looked really good for being over 90 years old.

Local Hero (1983) - Never heard of this, but Michael J. Fox was a guest programmer on TCM this week and said this was one of his favorite films, so I decided to give it a chance.
It's considered a comedy, but it doesn't have those LOL moments. The story is kind of comical and all of the characters are pretty great.
I enjoyed it.

The Darjeeling Limited (2007) - I haven't seen all of Wes Anderson's films, but what I have seen I thought were truly great. I always heard this was his worst. I ended up liking it though.
I love how Anderson uses colors in his films. From wardrobes and scenery, it all looks great.
I really need to catch up on the rest of his work.

[TripleSkeet]

This week I watched...

The Expendables: More boring then I expected.

Preadators: Better then I expected but the end couldve used some work.

Robin Hood: I watched the unedited version and it had alot of wasted time. It also seemed like a 2 1/2 hour buildup for a sequel when hell actually start to act like Robin Hood.

[realmenhatelife]

Robin Hood: I watched the unedited version and it had alot of wasted time. It also seemed like a 2 1/2 hour buildup for a sequel when hell actually start to act like Robin Hood.

I quit Robin Hood around 1hr 45 minutes when I realized that it was unlikely that anything would happen, and if anything did happen it had taken so long to happen it couldn't possibly make up for how dull the movie up to that point had been. I can only imagine going to see this in the theater expecting it to be an action movie.

Robin bumps into Robert Loxley in France who gives him the sword with the quote written by Robin's own father, whom was buddies with Loxley's father back in England? Shit, thats lucky. And Robin doesn't know about his father even though he seems to be famous among the northern barons, who were ready to revolt based on his philosphy? He never once bumped into someone who said "Longstride? Thats an odd name, was your dad..."

[Chigworthy]

The Human Centipede
I finally pulled the Netflix trigger on this maligned and benigned film. During the brief first act, I was fully prepared to give up, as the acting was either overdone or underdone. I decided to stick it out until the centipede was created, and at the point, I found it sufficiently interesting to finish it. While there are some very amateur production issues, such as the sporadic bursts of bad acting (the detectives at the end were terrible), and some illogical concepts, I did enjoy the movie at times.

Reading wikipedia, an article in Variety is cited (http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117941318?refcatid=31), which complains that this movie does not measure up to other so-called "torture porn" movies in that it offers no social commentary of any kind. I thought this was ridiculous. If you're going to label a sub-genre of horror movies as "torture-porn", how the fuck do you demand social commentary from them? Also, I found the entire middle act of the movie to contain a complex commentary/metaphor on the concept of domestication of animals, which to me is more interesting than the social commentary contained in something like Texas Chainsaw Massacre, which I would imagine started the "torture porn" genre, even if Eli Roth haters refuse to admit it.

The movie was not great, but it wasn't a terrrible waste of gigabytes like the vast majority of horror films being made.

[Furtherman]

Legion.


Crap.

[IamFogHat]

Here's what I watched yesterday

The Hunt for Red October
Actually the first time I've ever seen this somehow. I liked it a lot. The writers have so many balls in the air during this thing and the director executes them phenomenally it's kind of a wonder to watch.

David Cross: Bigger and Blackerer
What can I say, the man is genius.

The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia
A doc about a dysfunctional family that is fucking awesome. It drags slightly towards the end and I'm not really sure why, but definitely check it out. Drugs, murder, crazy insane southern people talking for an hour and a half. Totally awesome.

Super High me
A documentary by Doug Benson about pot. I love Doug Benson, the guy is fucking hilarious, and it was competently made so I recommend it.

When you're Strange
New documentary about The Doors. It was a fine movie but the problem was they didn't bring up anything I didn't already know.

[Snacks]

Just watched Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. This movie was terrible. How is it rated so high on IMDB? It has a 8 out of 10 with 30k votes? No wonder it cost $60 million to make but only made $30 million.

[torker]

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[Dan G]

Here's what I watched this week:

Mr. Holland's Opus (1995) - Good story, but thought it had too many cliches (student feels she won't amount to anything, star football player can't play because of grades, beloved teacher feuding with school board, etc...)
Richard Dreyfuss was great and looked believable as someone that aged 30 years.
I did like how to represent it was the present time (1995), they played a De La Soul song.

Sunrise (1927) - One of those films I had heard great things about, so was excited to see it was going to be on TCM.
I thought it was very good. For a silent film, there really wasn't that much dialog to read, but yet the story was simple to follow.

[epo]

To Kill a Mockingbird right now on TCM.

[Dan G]

Here's what I watched this week:

Night Tide (1961) - Dennis Hopper's first starring role. He plays a US Navy serviceman that falls for a woman who's a sideshow mermaid attraction. The woman, however, is convinced that she really is a mermaid.
Very odd film with an even more absurd scene where Hopper is wrestling an octopus. I tried Googling for an animated .gif of that scene, but was unable to find one.
If you've ever seen The Sting (1973 Best Picture winner) you'll easily recognize the carousel in this film. Both films shot a lot of scenes in that same building.

127 Hours (2010) - Saw this on Thanksgiving morning. Figured a film about a guy carving his own arm off would surely get me in the mood for some turkey later in the day.
As graphic as the story sounds, the film didn't glorify it at all. The tension leading up to him freeing himself was probably worse than the actual scene itself. By worse, I mean strong. The whole film was incredible.
I would love to see a 'making of' doc on this, because I want to know how James Franco was able to portray someone that was stuck. I imagine he was probably handcuffed to something. It was very believable looking.

The Night of the Iguana (1964) - I always got this title mixed up with The Night of the Hunter, so now that I've seen both, I won't have to worry about getting the two confused.
Pretty cool film about an alcoholic preacher forced out of his job, so he becomes a tour guide in Mexico, in hopes he can turn his life around and resume his job with the church.
Problems arise though when a 17-year-old girl seduces him. It's the same girl who played Lolita in Kubrick's film of the same name. So, not easy to turn her down.
Strong performances by just about everyone involved.

Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987) - Saw this was playing on Flix. I rarely watch anything on Flix because the majority of the time that I try, they're playing a film in full screen, which I refuse to watch. Case in point, last night Starship Troopers was on. I've never seen it, so I decide to try it. As soon as I saw that it was full screen I immediately shut it off.
Anyway, what grabbed me about this film was that it was based on a book by Norman Mailer and directed by him as well. The funny (or sad, depending on how you look at it) thing is, I only know the name 'Norman Mailer', I couldn't name anything he's written or tell you why he's even famous.
This was a crazy noir film about an alcoholic writer being framed for murder. This film had everything, nudity, drug use, swinging, decapitation, homosexuality, and 2 instances of that "F" word that Fez hates so much.
The acting was a little questionable at times, for example:

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Overall though, I liked the film. As usual, after every film I watch, I read about it on IMDB so I can see what awards it has received and other notes. I was a little baffled when I saw that it was nominated for several Razzies, with Mailer winning for Worst Director.
I didn't think it was that bad.

[Furtherman]

Unstoppable.

Despite its wee bit misleading and arrogant title, it's a great movie!

[torker]

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meh

[Dan G]

Here's what I watched this week:

The Walking Dead (1936) - I only watched this because it shared the same name as the AMC TV show. That's where the similiarites end though.
Boris Karloff plays a guy framed for murder and sent to the electric chair. Just as he is being fried, witnesses come forward claiming that he is innocent. A scientist then takes the body and revives him.
The dead guy, who seemingly acts normal, goes after the people that framed him to avenge his murder.
This was closer to Frankenstein's story than it is to being about a zombie.

Funny Girl (1968) - I had no idea who Fannie Brice was, but based on the title, I assumed she was a comedienne. If she was, this film certainly didn't show it. This was nothing more than a 2.5 hour musical...and I actually sat through the entire thing.

The Immigrant (1917) - A Charlie Chaplin short film where he plays an immigrant on a boat arriving in America.
There's one scene on the boat where it's swaying so much that he's sliding from one side of the room to the other. This scene reminded me of one he did years later in The Gold Rush. It's like these shorts were basically sketch comedy pieces and whatever worked, he would recreate in full length features.

The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973) - I thought The Town was a great film, but man, if I had seen this one first, I would have never felt the need to see Affleck's film. You could tell this heavily influenced The Town, from location, bank robbing scenes, and ultimately where each lead wants to go to when their job is done.
This was just a great, great story/film.

El Dorado (1966) - If you've seen one John Wayne film, then you've seen them all, as he pretty much always plays the same type of character. Having said that, I still watch and enjoy them all.
In this one, he teams up with Robert Mitchum (who ironically played Eddie Coyle in the previous film I watched) and James Caan.
One scene I found hysterical was Caan, trying to outsmart a bad guy, putting a flower pot on his head, squinting his eyes and attempting to pass himself off as Asian. After knocking out his victim, Caan then replies, "so sowwy."

The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) - British film about inexperienced robbers that steal gold bars from a bank truck and melt them down into Eiffel Tower souvenirs, so they can easily smuggle them out of the country.
Really funny film with Alec Guinness in the lead role.
The spiral staircase scene at the Eiffel Tower was really cool.

The Neon Bible (1994) - What an extremely boring film. So many unnecessary tracking shots as well.
I watched this because it was based on a book by John Kennedy Toole. I've never actually read anything by him, though I do own 2 different copies of "A Confederacy of Dunces" for which he won a Pulitzer Prize posthumously.
I really do want to read that book since I have heard how great and hysterical it is, I just have a hard time finding the motivation to just read. Maybe one day...if my power goes out for an extended period of time.

[Jayw]

Watched a ton of movies when i was home for holiday as my parents house was getting a free preview of ATT'ts U-verse MVP service. Here are the few that stood out.

The Road- It was alright. I am a fan of anything not too unbelievable. It kept my interest at least.

Terminator: salvation (C. Bale)- I was really happy to take a chance on this. I don't care to much for high budget pg-13 action movies. This was really cool though. I skipped T3 but this incorporated a lot from T1 and T2 which was cool. Highly recommend checking this out if you have skipped over it.

los bastardos- For some reason I watched this movie even though it didn't have the subtitles and was on HBO latino. there was a lot of english speaking is why I stuck it out but I really would of liked to know what those two guys were talking about. Crazy fucking ending, pretty shitty acting though.

21 grams- God I love this movie. I rarely watch movies more than once but I have seen this one like 3 times now.

[underdog]

21 grams- God I love this movie. I rarely watch movies more than once but I have seen this one like 3 times now.

Have you seen the other movies in this series? Amores Perros was the first real foreign language film I ever really watched and I've been obsessed with foreign films ever since. I still think it's my favorite movie ever.

[Jayw]

Have you seen the other movies in this series? Amores Perros was the first real foreign language film I ever really watched and I've been obsessed with foreign films ever since. I still think it's my favorite movie ever.

I haven't, is amores perros the only one? D/ling it now thanks! City of god is one of my all time fav foreign films, I love them too.

[underdog]

I haven't, is amores perros the only one? D/ling it now thanks! City of god is one of my all time fav foreign films, I love them too.

The other film of the series is the weakest (IMO), Babel.

[Jayw]

Damn man you were right.

Amores perros was good as shit. Gritty and dark, Love was a bitch damn. I think I might check out that director Alejandro González Iñárritu (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0327944/) other movies I haven't seen like that new one with the crazy guy from No country for old men. I was going to say this reminded me of Babel but then I saw your post.

[Dan G]

Here's what I watched this week:

Night of the Living Dead (1968) - I get the appeal of this film and understand the accolades it receives, but I have to say the acting was pretty horrific. Now I realize that this is a horror film, so I shouldn't be expecting Oscar Award nominated acting, but still.
Don't get me wrong, I didn't hate this, I actually thought it was very well done.
I loved the ending. I like when films give you an ending that you're really not expecting, and this one capitalized on that perfectly.
For some reason my DVR only recorded the first 80 minutes of this, so I had to go online to watch the rest. I was surprised at how easy this film was to find. So many sites have this available for free streaming. So if you haven't seen this, you should at least check out http://www.watchnightofthelivingdead.com/

Dersu Uzala (1975) - Really different and quite good film by Akira Kurosawa, about Siberian explorers who meet up with a Mongolian man that lives in the woods.
I enjoyed this one a lot.

The Big Kahuna (1999) - Based on a play, and that's exactly how it felt watching it. Predominantly set in a hotel suite, with only a few scenes set out side of it. Heavy on dialogue, but still pretty good.

My Dinner with Andre (1981) - Another film that felt like I was watching a play. This one taking place in a restaurant for the majority of the film. Kind of boring to sit through.
If you haven't seen it and want to see a 30 second summarized version, here you go, http://www.angryalien.com/aa/mydinnerwithandrebuns.asp

[Chigworthy]

I watched the first two films in The Millennium Trilogy. Now I can't wait to see the final film. I'm not sure if I will want to check out the Hollywood versions of these, but I really enjoyed the originals. I found "...with the Dragon Tattoo" slightly more original than "...who Played with Fire", but they were both decent modern thrillers with nice performances. They really played like two parts of the same film. Watching all three in a row would be a good way to spend a long evening.

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We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
I always enjoy a good music doc about independent bands. The early SST bands had to be some of the most independent, DIY bands ever known, and this is a fun one about a great band that did it's own thing. Be warned that this doc is at least 50% live footage from various shows. It's grainy and overmodulated, but for the time and places, it's actually remarkable quality footage. The film takes various past and present interviews with a slew of people, and shuffles in live footage of the Minutemen performing songs.

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Europa (A.K.A. Zentropa)
Noir from Lars Von Trier. A post-WWII thriller is the backdrop for treachery and corruption at various levels of the German reconstruction. What really struck me were the sets. This is another one that feels like a play, and the sets help define that feeling. You really get the feel for a beaten. destroyed country barely hanging on to it's structure and identity.

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The Wild and Wonderful Whites......
Another great documentary. From the Jackass company (Dickhouse), a bizarre look at a family of no-good, conniving, self-centered hillbillies from an isolated coal town in W/ Virginia. I grew up submersed in the bizaare hayseed culture of Northern California, so a lot of the elements in this movie seemed familiar to me. But there was still a lot of jaw-dropping moments, like the various accounts of when one of the White teenagers was on a pill bender and stole some rifles from his uncle. After the uncle berated the kid over the phone, he took the stolen rifles to the uncle's house and shot him repeatedly in the head and upper body. During the filming, the kid was sentenced to 50 year, which impacts the family in various ways. The most valuable aspect of this film is not the freakshow of backwoods hillbillies doing various odd things, but the depiction of the pharmaceutical problem we have in this country. Prescription meds are really fucking shit up. To make this film stranger, Hank III appears throughout it, singing songs on the White's front porch about the White's.

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Breathless
I felt it was my duty to my current French film watching spree to see some of the classics. Films from this era can be taxing in this modern world of quick-release satisfaction, but I settled right into this one. It's almost relaxing in a way. Being a fan of Man Bites Dog, I can now see that there was a least some Goddardian influence on that film, both in the direction and the performances.

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Valhalla Rising
I think someone else mentioned this in this thread at one point. Yet another film that I enjoyed largely due to the environment becoming a character. From the foggy highlands imposing a trance-like state over vicious gladiator combat, to the endless sea imposing fatal hoplessness, to the verdant new world presenting fearsome new enemies. Not too much happens in the film, but Mads Mikkelsen's performance coupled with the beautifully-shot scenery made me really like this one.

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Roman de Gare
A drama leads into a love story, which in turn leads into a murder mystery, and ultimately ends up back in the love story. It's got some modern twists, turns, and misdirection. I've always liked Dominique Pinon, and here he's successful in a more reserved role than I'm used to. More importantly, Audrey Dana is hot.

[Dan G]

Here's what I watched this week:

Five Easy Pieces (1970) - Jack Nicholson is great in this, playing a guy that's basically unhappy with his life. Hates his job, disrespects his girlfriend, sleeps around, etc...
As difficult as it might be to imagine, Sally Struthers has a very sexual nude scene...and it was actually kinda hot.

Days of Wine and Roses (1962) - I'm posting this on the day that director Blake Edwards passed away. I wasn't even aware that Edwards directed this film until I saw his name pop up on the screen.
Blake Edwards wrote/directed so many of my favorite comedies, but he also made some great dramas. This one was no exception.
Jack Lemmon stars as an alcoholic who falls in love with a woman who never drinks. As their relationship grows and they marry and have a child, his wife turns to alcohol and becomes just as bad as her husband.
Alcoholism truly wrecks this family and this was like a rollercoaster ride to watch.
Great film with a very powerful ending.

No Orchids for Miss Blandish (1948) - I follow Turner Classic Movies on Twitter and one day this pops up "The toughest picture ever made in Britain!" premieres tonight. That was enough to pique my interest.
Had I watched it without knowing it was British, I would assume it was a film by unknown American actors. This film takes place in New York, but it is an all British cast using (or I should say attempting) American accents. Some pulled it off better than others.
After finishing it, I decided to read more about it. The reviews when it was originally released in the UK are hilarious for their time. For example, "The most sickening exhibition of brutality, perversion, sex and sadism ever to be shown on a cinema screen" wrote one reviewer. Another said, "a piece of nauseating muck."
I guess it was just too violent for its time. It was kind of comical at how many people were shot and killed in this.
Overall I did enjoy it.

[underdog]

I had never watched a Wes Anderson flick, so I dove right in. Over the last week, I've watched The Fantastic Mr Fox, Bottle Rocket & The Royal Tenenbaums. I love Wes Anderson. The Royal Tenenbaums was such a great film. Bottle Rocket was a fun film, as well.

I also watched A Serious Man in the last week. I already knew I loved the Coen Brothers, and it was another great movie by them.

[StanUpshaw]

I had never watched a Wes Anderson flick, so I dove right in. Over the last week, I've watched The Fantastic Mr Fox, Bottle Rocket & The Royal Tenenbaums. I love Wes Anderson. The Royal Tenenbaums was such a great film. Bottle Rocket was a fun film, as well.


Saving the best for last?

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[Dan G]

Here's what I watched this week:

Black Swan (2010) - I thought I'd never get a chance to see this in the theater. When it rolled out in early December, my local theater didn't have it. Then the following week it still didn't show up. Fox Searchlight then released a theater rollout schedule and my theater wasn't even on the list. I decided to check the theater's site and was shocked when I saw that it would be opening on the 17th, so I went that morning.
This film is really hard to talk about without giving anything away. I thought it was fantastic. Natalie Portman was great and I wouldn't be surprised if she comes away with the Best Actress award.
Although her role was brief, I thought Winona Ryder was really good in this. I actually didn't even know she was in this until I saw her on screen.
Since I stick around through end credits, I have to say that I really liked how the characters were listed. For example, it looked like this:

Natalie Portman - Nina Sayers / The Swan Queen
Mila Kunis - Lily / The Black Swan
Barbara Hershey - Erica Sayers / The Queen

It even went on to list characters who were patrons during the ballet sequences. I thought it was really clever.

Red Riding Trilogy (2009) - I never heard of any of these, but Sundance Channel played each one over the past 3 Sundays, so I recorded them all so I could watch them all together. After I recorded the 3rd one, I discovered that all 3 were available on the On Demand channel, so I watched them that way. Better to watch that way, then I didn't have to see the Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys bug keep popping up on the screen.
This is a trilogy based on the Yorkshire Ripper who kidnapped and murdered children in the 70's and 80's. Being an American, I really didn't know anything about this story. It wasn't until after I watched them all that I found out that this trilogy was based on actual events.
Basically all 3 deal with searching for the killer and uncovering police corruption. Very cool set of films.

Idiocracy (2005) - I have had this on DVD for years, but have never watched it. Finally decided to watch it and upon finishing it became embarrassed that I own this. I was not entertained at all by this. Thankfully it was such a short film to sit through. This will be leaving my collection as soon as I get to a used DVD store.

Grease (1978) - A lot of films I watch are mainly just to say "yeah, I've seen it." This is one of those films.
Growing up having a sister, this would be played often in the house, but yet I never stopped to watch it. It aired on TCM over the weekend, so I decided to give it a shot.
Right away at the start of the famous race at Thunder Road, I instantly recognized that spot as being in the film Repo Man, which I had recently just seen. Turns out, several films have also used that same location.
As for the film, I actually enjoyed it, and yeah, I'll admit it, I was singing along with all the songs I knew.

Baby Doll (1956) - Eli Wallach, who I had no idea that he was still alive (turned 95 earlier this month), hosted on TCM, presenting his favorite films. This film was the first that aired and also just happened to be the first film he appeared in.
I didn't know anything about this, but when I saw that it was based on a play by Tennessee Williams, I knew it had to be good.
Karl Malden plays an unsuccessful cotton farmer who's married to 19-year-old virgin, who promises him sex on her 20th birthday, which is just days away. To turn things around, he sabotages another cotton farmer's (Eli Wallach) farm, so he can get all the business. Eli knows right away who the culprit was, so to get even, he tries seducing the young virgin.
Two great performances by Malden and Wallach. Really enjoyable film.

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) - Robert Aldrich directs this one about 2 sisters, both formerly great actresses (one as a child actor, the other an actor in her adult years). Jealousy is key between them. When one sister is crippled in an accident, the other sister takes care of her, but torments her equally.
I liked this one a lot until the swerve ending. I understood why it was done, but I just felt that it cheapened the whole story.

True Grit (2010) - Having seen the original, I had a hard time enjoying this as much as I feel I should have. Supposedly this follows the book more than the original film, but having never read the book, I really didn't see many differences from the film, and those that were, seemed very subtle.
Since I knew the story, I wasn't expecting anything new. I pretty much knew how every scene would unfold. My problem was, with just about every scene, I would think to myself, "oh, here's the part where Dennis Hopper gets killed," "here's where we meet Robert Duvall's character," etc...
If I had never seen the original I'd probably love this. I guess I'm just not a fan of remakes. As much as I like the Coen's, to this day I still have never seen The Ladykillers, and I don't plan on ever changing that.

True Grit (1969) - Saw the Coen's version earlier in the day and then that night, TCM played this one.
This was actually my second time seeing this, the first was earlier this year. Watching this after seeing the remake, I noticed a lot of things that were changed and also a lot of similarities. First, the dialog is pretty much word for word, so it's cool that the Coen's stayed true to the novel in that regard. The differences I find comical. Rooster Cogburn's eyepatch is over his left eye in this one, it's over his right in the other. Tom Chaney's black powder burn is on the right side of his face in the original, left in the other. Moon gets shot in the left leg in this, right leg in the other. One other one, but it would be a spoiler, but you could figure out the pattern I'm going with.
The Maddie Ross character is far more annoying in this film, so I'll give the Coen's credit for finding someone to pull that role off in an enjoyable way.

[hanso]

I watch tv mostly. But I did dvr this one.

One Eyed Monster. 2008
No one of notice in this one.

As a porn movie is being shot, Ron Jeremy gets his junk taken from a beam of energy out of the sky. Then goes on a murderous rampage.
SHONXT channel.

[underdog]

Saving the best for last?

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Sort of been bouncing around. I have every Wes Anderson film now. I was thinking Rushmore next, but I think I'm going to go Darjeering, Life Aquatic, then Rushmore.

[Rawkus]

Trekkies-1997 documentary about star trek geeks and their culture. Not as funny as i thought it was going to be, actually pretty boring.

Outside providence-fareley(sp) brothers produced comedy that came out in 1999 about some rhode island kids that do drugs and party. Pretty by the numbers but amy smart is sexy.

Somewhere(2010)-the new sofia coppola movie about a movie actor and his daughter. I was kind of looking forward to this but was pretty disappointed. There really wasn't much conflict in the movie. I kept waiting for something that but nothing came. Elle fanning(anthony bait) was decent and stephen dorff was servicable. Just eh.

Cyrus(2009)-jonah hill and john c reilly and marissa tomei. Had some decent laughs, they really went out of their way to make marissa tomei look momish. She's still gorgeous though especially in before the devil knows you're dead and the wrestler.

I'm trying to see every woody allen movie so i watched a few recently, which other ones should i see next? besides manhattan, whatever works, annie hall, zelig and take the money

Love & death - Old woody allen movie basically about russian literature like tolstoy. Not my favorite but had some laughs, but diane keaton looked great.

Crimes & misdemeanors - really awesome, great acting all around and an interesting story and conflict. I would've killed that bitch anjelica houston too.

Sleeper-another old woody allen movie. Really zany and comical, i thought it was great and was suprised it hadn't heard about it too much.

[StanUpshaw]

I watched The Social Network last night. It was good, but largely forgettable.

It felt like I was watching Pirates of Silicon Valley (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirates_of_Silicon_Valley) with a budget
OR like I was watching 21 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21_%282008_film%29) if it was made by people with talent

[Chigworthy]

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Restrepo
Author Sebastian Junger spent a year with a platoon in a remote and violent valley for a year. I rarely watch a doc I don't like, but this one takes it to a new level for me. While providing the voyeuristic thrills of real life battle, it also forces you to look the physical and emotional damage of war in the face.

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I'm Still Here
I understand what these hollywood hipsters were trying to pull off here. Most people should as it is a fairly common topic that our celebrity-obsessed culture is made aware of all too often: the inhumanity with which we treat celebrities. A sub plot is the silliness of "reality" TV. Both topics are not deeply intellectual, or even that stimulating. I imagine that I would have found some idealistic meaning in this fake doc if I was about 17 years old. But I don't really spend too much time feeling sorry for celebrities and their media/paparazzi woes. And poking fun at reality TV is pretty pedestrian these days. It's obvious that there is some satire pointed at celebrities themselves here, but all it does is create a sad irony. This could have been fun to watch, like a feature-length Jackass or Punked skit, but it's just tedious. None of the characters garner any sympathy; you just end up hating them and becoming bored with them. In order for a filmed prank to be successful, the audience has to be in on it. The main flaw here is that while all but the most foolish viewer will realize that this was a hoax from the beginning, the filmmakers refuse to acknowledge it. At least the acting performances are good.

[Rawkus]

Hard eight-PTA debut film. Jesus why doesn't this film get talked about more? it's fucking great. Gritty, great performances from john c rielly and gwenyth. Stylistically has touches that are similar to boogie nights. Great fucking movie

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[Dan G]

Here's what I watched this week:

OSS 117: Le Caire, nid d'espions aka OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006) - Never heard of this, but based on the description on the on screen guide, I decided to give it a chance...anf for that, I'm glad I did.
This is a pretty funny French film that basically spoofs James Bond. As much as I love Rowan Atkinson, Johnny English wishes it could be as funny as this.
I think I read there's an OSS sequel out, if so, I hope it's as good as this one. I'll definitely look out for it.

Wait Until Dark (1967) - Audrey Hepburn plays a blind lady that unknowingly is in possession of a doll that's filled with heroin.
Three men attempt to retrieve the doll and concoct a plan to befriend/trick the blind woman to allow them into her home so they can find it.
This film is based on a play, so much of the action takes place in the home. It's actually really good and the last 10-15 minutes are very tense.

White Heat (1949) - Classic James Cagney gangster flick. Great ending in this one.

Rio Bravo (1958) - I didn't know it at the time, but a movie I watched earlier this month, El Dorado, was actually a remake of this one. Both of them star John Wayne.
I really didn't remember much about El Dorado, so this basically felt like a new film to me.
Typical John Wayne type stuff. I liked it though.

My Darling Clementine (1946) - I've seen a few films on Wyatt Earp, the gunfight at the O.K. Corral, etc... so I pretty much know the story. Recently I saw Robert Osborne and Alec Baldwin discussing this film on TCM and they agreed that this particular film was probably the best of them all.
Directed by John Ford and starring Henry Fonda as Earp...how can you go wrong?
I wasn't disappointed at all.

La habitación de Fermat aka Fermat's Room (2007) - Very cool Spanish film about a group of mathematicians chosen to attend a gathering where they will solve enigmas. What they don't know is that each enigma has a time limit and when the limit is up, the walls start caving in ala the trash compactor in Star Wars.
Loved this one.

[IamFogHat]

In the last couple days we watched

True Grit (2010) - I fucking loved this movie. The Coen bros humor was very evident and I thought all the performances were excellent. I could have done without the epilogue, but the entire sequence of Bridges racing her to a doctor on the horse and then in his arms reduced me to tears.

and
Black Swan (2010) - Daronofsky is another favorite director of mine, and I really was happy with this one. I don't understand ballet at all and yet he somehow made the entire movie stunning and gripping. A great exploration of sexual awareness, boundary issues, ambition, and obsession. Bravo.

[Dan G]

And the final film I watched in 2010 is:

The King's Speech (2010) - Only went to see this based on the Oscar buzz it's been receiving. I honestly expected to be bored sitting through this. I was not.
This, for me, was my favorite film of 2010. Just a phenomenal performance by everyone, a great story, and much to my surprise, a lot of very funny moments.
In my opinion, it's going to be a close race between this and The Social Network for Best Picture. I won't be mad if either win since I loved them both. Definitely do yourself a favor and see this one.

I actually counted how many I saw this year and the total was 252 films. Which included 2 showings of Machete and 2 of the original True Grit.

[underdog]

I just finished We Live In Public, a documentary about Josh Harris, a man who basically predicted how we'd be wasting our time on the internet and our loss of privacy. Great doc, and what a weird, strange trip that man has been on.

[StanUpshaw]

Did that doc have a segment where the guy walks around town with a technosuit that detects and disables security cameras?

[underdog]

Did that doc have a segment where the guy walks around town with a technosuit that detects and disables security cameras?

No.

[Snacks]

I just finished We Live In Public, a documentary about Josh Harris, a man who basically predicted how we'd be wasting our time on the internet and our loss of privacy. Great doc, and what a weird, strange trip that man has been on.

i just look this up and its on hulu for free.

http://www.hulu.com/watch/192218/we-live-in-public

i love documentaries and this sounds really interesting im going to try to watch it tonight!