The Movie You Just Watched: The Thread

[underdog]

The Fighter.

Eh. I mean, it was good, but I don't understand the picture of the year hype it's getting. The accents also take me out of the movie.

[underdog]

Black Swan

I'm speechless. I just finished it and need to process it more, but that was brilliant.

[zildjian361]

Percy Jackson & The Olympians. Logan Lerman Poseidon's son must prevent a war among the Gods,and save his mother from Hades (a fiery dragon) HBO decent.

[Kublakhan61]

Black Swan

I'm speechless. I just finished it and need to process it more, but that was brilliant.

I also saw this yesterday. It sure is good but I think Aronofsky is going stale. How many times can he do "obsession with success results in personal destruction"? Pi, Requiem, The Wrestler, Black Swan.

[underdog]

I also saw this yesterday. It sure is good but I think Aronofsky is going stale. How many times can he do "obsession with success results in personal destruction"? Pi, Requiem, The Wrestler, Black Swan.

I don't particularly disagree, but I still enjoy the movies.

[Rawkus]

Gomorrah-foreign language gangster movie. Was awesome

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[TripleSkeet]

The Fighter. Ill tell you what, as far as that family went, they nailed it. I felt like I was watching any number of Philadelphia 2nd St. families with his sisters and mom. Christian Bale played a crackhead to perfection. I just wish they wouldve had at least the first Gatti fight.

[TripleSkeet]

Law Abiding Citizen.

LOVED it.

[Snacks]

Law Abiding Citizen.

LOVED it.

I did, til the end. Didnt you want him to get away with it?

[underdog]

I Love You, Phillip Morris.

Fuck, that was a weirdly emotional film. Jim Carrey is brilliant in it.

[TripleSkeet]

I did, til the end. Didnt you want him to get away with it?

From the very beginning I said that to my wife. "This fucking guy is killing everyone and all I can think of is please let him get away." :thumbup:

[TripleSkeet]

Watched The Blind Side today. Good movie but I dont think it lived up to all the hype. Not for me anyway.

[Snacks]

I just watched Catfish. I thought it was going to be something different then it was but I did really like it! I would recommend this to anyone and to those that love documentary films its a must see!

[Snacks]

From the very beginning I said that to my wife. "This fucking guy is killing everyone and all I can think of is please let him get away." :thumbup:

I was so pissed at the ending seems like so many others were to. Many of the comments on IMDB were pissed about how it ended.

[Kublakhan61]

127 Hours.

The music is odd through most of it - but it makes sense in context. I guess its just a Danny Boyle flourish that I'd take points off for, given it kept distracting me. Franco's acting is beyond anything he's done before - it's just so perfect. The film is difficult to watch often but that's because it feels so real and Franco acts the hell out of it.
I'd Top 10 this one for the year.

[Chigworthy]

I love documentaries. I've enjoyed some mockumentaries. I'm not very big on prankumentaries.

Not sure why everyone liked Exit Through the Gift Shop so much.

[realmenhatelife]

I only watched like 10 minutes of it, but in Cop Out, we're supposed to buy that Tracey Morgan is married to the hot girl from I Love You Man?

Love that Trachtenburg though.

[CountryBob]

Percy Jackson & The Olympians. Logan Lerman Poseidon's son must prevent a war among the Gods,and save his mother from Hades (a fiery dragon) HBO decent.

Saw it - and I am embarrased to say that I have read the books too. I'm a 40 year old child.

[Willmore]

Saw it - and I am embarrased to say that I have read the books too. I'm a 40 year old child.

A 40 year old child = developmentally disabled adult.

[CountryBob]

A 40 year old child = developmentally disabled adult.

Haha - I represent the DDA !!

[StanUpshaw]

You represent the DVDA, you sick fuck.

[CountryBob]

You represent the DVDA, you sick fuck.

Watch it - I"ll tell my brother, he will kick your ass!

[Zorro]

Seems miscast....

[Kublakhan61]

Seems miscast....

Agreed - if you're gonna shoot a video game you should at least consider Mario for the lead!

[realmenhatelife]

I thought the casting was one of the strong points for Inception. Well, DiCaprio is like meh but I always think that, but Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy and Whoever Gorden-Levitt were really good. Indian Reggie Watts was good but didn't have much to do.

[Dan G]

Here's what I watched this week:

Fight Club (1999) - If you didn't see this the opening week in 1999, more than likely the plot was spoiled to you then. This happened to me, which is why I put off watching it for so long. I figured by putting it off, hopefully I'd forget what I had heard and attempt to watch and be surprised. It didn't happen. You just can't escape Tyler Durden references. Finally, I said fuck it and watched it. So in 2011, I can finally say I saw Fight Club.
Even knowing the twist, I enjoyed this a lot. I was able to catch things that most people would need multiple viewings to go back and look at.
After watching this I randomly checked out some cinematic .gif site that I frequent, and this was its newest addition:

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/3939/fightclubburn.gif

Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) - Henry Fonda did a really great job portraying Lincoln in his pre-President days. Without the beard, I still thought he looked just like him.
Pretty decent film, which is basically a court room drama.

Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948) - For many years this was TCM's most requested film. In February 2010, TCM finally played it and it has sat on my DVR all this time.
Basically it's a romance film, but one-sided. A concert pianist moves into a building where a young woman becomes infatuated with him, but he doesn't know. She basically follows him everywhere throughout her life, and through flashbacks you can see her side of this whole romance.
I liked it.

Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) - Considered to be one of Buster Keaton's greatest films. I liked it, but I enjoyed The General far more.
The stunt work in this was crazy though.

Back to Bataan (1945) - True story starring John Wayne, who plays a US Army colonel stationed in the Philippines that leads a group of guerrilla Filipnos to defend their country against the Japanese.
The fighting scenes were well done.

Key Largo (1948) - Great drama about a group of gangsters that hold people hostage in a hotel during a hurricane in Florida.

[underdog]

Rushmore

It was good and very funny. But Wes Anderson just makes the same movie over and over again, doesn't he?

[Rawkus]

I did, til the end. Didnt you want him to get away with it?

Gerald butler's american(?) accent in this movie was embarressingly bad, every time i heard his voice it was like nails on a chalkboard. Couldn't they have just made him english/irish/scottish? I don't even know what region of america it was supposed to be but, it was as bad house's accent on that show (i think it's called hospital or something shitty)

[DonInNC]

Here's what I watched this week:



Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) - Considered to be one of Buster Keaton's greatest films. I liked it, but I enjoyed The General far more.
The stunt work in this was crazy though.



I just watched the General. Fantastic. Added Steamboat Bill, Jr and College to my Netflix queue.

Rushmore

It was good and very funny. But Wes Anderson just makes the same movie over and over again, doesn't he?

Now that you mention it, most of his films seem like "comfort movies" even the first time you watch them.

[underdog]

I watched Angels & Demons last night.

I don't read ever. I've read all the Dan Brown books awhile back. They actually kept me interested.

His writing is fucking terrible. And it's in complete display in this movie.

But it was at least entertaining.

[DonInNC]

A Place in the Sun. Decent "there's a lot we can't say so we'll just hint at it because it's the '50's" movie.

[underdog]

Shutter Island

I was prepared to be disappointed in the ending, as everyone said it sucked, but I actually thought the ending was one of the strong parts of the movie.

The green screens in the movie, however, we fucking atrocious. It made the film look like shit at points.

[fezident]

PAYCHECK with Ben Affleck.
Total shit.
It looks and feels like a bad tv show.

BIG FISH (Tim Burton)
Seen it 3x already. I love it every time.
People were anxious to live on Pandora after watching AVATAR, fuck that... I wanna live in Spectre.

[Chigworthy]

Shutter Island

I was prepared to be disappointed in the ending, as everyone said it sucked, but I actually thought the ending was one of the strong parts of the movie.

The green screens in the movie, however, we fucking atrocious. It made the film look like shit at points.

I got the feeling he was trying to go for a Hitchcockian noirishness.

[Jayw]

Since graduation I been being a omplete sakc a shit. Caught up on all the nestg reward show flicks. torrent screeners ftfw. But here are my opionions I will reu to cesomor.

The Social Network- Cool movei I hated that iheard zuck had a girlfirned in RL for like ever right before I saw it. Reznor soundtrack was money. Interesting story that I was told ina quick and fluent manner. I could see it winning arounds due to yound voters and what nit,

Balck Swan- When I was 17 my favorite movie of all time was requim for a dream. Same director of that and the wrrestler. This movie kept me watching and barely checked the time. U knew he Aronosky wouldnt dissapoint in a great last 40 minutes. Knowsing someone who is scizo you can peice things together but I think muight take another viewing, Seems like it was made toward a yound male crowd but glad I saw it.

127 hours Well done for sure. For a guy stock in a fucking rock. I really would love to see his actually tape. What a man.

Greenburg Weird Ben stiller drama. Not all that bad I watched the whole thing.

[underdog]

The Social Network

Well, it was good. But I don't understand the hype at all. It was shot well and the story was cool, but it completely falls apart at the end and Justin Timberlake sucks in it. And the score is kind of not good. It just sounds like you're listening to a NIN instrumental album. I've seen so many better movies this year than this one.

[Chigworthy]

Brooklyn's Finest

Coulda been good, but not so much. The decent but standard story and decent but standard performances couldn't escape corny action devices and the subtle message that every cop in Brooklyn is a scumbag.

[underdog]

The Fountain

Still not sure how I feel about this movie. I really enjoyed the majority of it, but the ending was strange.

[underdog]

I also watched 127 Hours this weekend. What an amazing movie. From 10 minutes in, James Franco just takes over. He should win every award possible for the role (but probably won't).

Just an amazing movie. So well written and shot.

[Kublakhan61]

I also watched 127 Hours this weekend. What an amazing movie. From 10 minutes in, James Franco just takes over. He should win every award possible for the role (but probably won't).


Agreed. I loved this movie.

I recently watched Tarkovsky's Ivan's Childhood followed by his Andrei Rublev. Moving through all of his work over the next few weeks. He may be the greatest director of all time.

[underdog]

Sunshine

It was alright. Very good for a sci-fi flick, but the ending felt rushed and there was a lot of overacting.

[fezident]

The Fountain

Still not sure how I feel about this movie. I really enjoyed the majority of it, but the ending was strange.


Yeah, I couldn't really follow it. It looked amazing and it was an interesting premise but... it was really hard to follow.

[disneyspy]

The Social Network

Well, it was good. But I don't understand the hype at all. It was shot well and the story was cool, but it completely falls apart at the end and Justin Timberlake sucks in it. And the score is kind of not good. It just sounds like you're listening to a NIN instrumental album. I've seen so many better movies this year than this one.

i agree,the only reason why its getting hype is cuz its an internet movie and the typical internet movie reviewers talk it up in their blogs

just finshed THE OTHER GUYS , holy shit did i love that movie,and i did laugh out loud alot

[Snacks]

i agree,the only reason why its getting hype is cuz its an internet movie and the typical internet movie reviewers talk it up in their blogs

just finshed THE OTHER GUYS , holy shit did i love that movie,and i did laugh out loud alot

You just said The Social Network was just hype because its an internet movie. Then you had the balls to say The Other Guys was basically a good movie?

The other guys might have been one of the worst movies I seen. 2 cops kill themselves for no reason and then the other cops do stupid shit to decide who is the new top dogs? Not to mention the 2 main characters are terrible actors who both over acted and weren't even funny?

The Social Network might have been the best movie I watched all year!

I guess we can all have our opinions but I would bet everything The Social Network will be a multiple Oscar winner and the other guys wont be remembered after this post!

[booster11373]

The Great Buck Howard

Funny and quirky take on the Amazing Kreskin

[underdog]

You just said The Social Network was just hype because its an internet movie. Then you had the balls to say The Other Guys was basically a good movie?

The other guys might have been one of the worst movies I seen. 2 cops kill themselves for no reason and then the other cops do stupid shit to decide who is the new top dogs? Not to mention the 2 main characters are terrible actors who both over acted and weren't even funny?

The Social Network might have been the best movie I watched all year!

I guess we can all have our opinions but I would bet everything The Social Network will be a multiple Oscar winner and the other guys wont be remembered after this post!

The Social Network will win multiple awards because old writers are trying to keep in touch with the youth.

It was a good movie, but it certainly wasn't as good as everyone says it is. And Justin Timberlake was TERRIBLE in it.

[Snacks]

The Social Network will win multiple awards because old writers are trying to keep in touch with the youth.

It was a good movie, but it certainly wasn't as good as everyone says it is. And Justin Timberlake was TERRIBLE in it.

I totally disagree I think it was great and i think JT will get a nomination for supporting actor!

[underdog]

I totally disagree I think it was great and i think JT will get a nomination for supporting actor!

He was really good for Justin Timberlake.

[KC2OSO]

Greenburg Weird Ben stiller drama. Not all that bad I watched the whole thing.
Just saw this. I liked it. Some cool themes and undertones.

Watched Duplex the other day and it was just sort of dumb.

Broke my cardinal rule last night and watched a movie on Spike: A Bronx Tale. Fuck Spike (and AMC) for the movie butchering they do. I know better. I've seen this movie about three times but it was the first time my son ever saw it. The flow of the movie was a trainwreck. I can't watch a movie with commercials the way TV does it now. I literally forget what movie I'm watching after the seventh commercial.

[Chigworthy]

champion
http://cdn-5.nflximg.com/en_US/boxshots/gsd/70038785.jpg

A biopic of hollywood's go-to vato loco Danny Trejo. Several different interviews with Trejo are shuffled together as the drug counselor/actor discusses his life from beginning to present. As expected, most of the time we are learning about his life as a criminal and convict. One interview has Trejo returning to San Quentin which has some of the most poignant discussion of the psychology of convicts. In one scene, he returns to his cell 30 years after he was released and the combination of the emotional effect it has on him and his lack of concern for revealing weakness is pretty amazing. The arc of the story completes with a focus on his work as a drug counselor and speaker for the at risk. Trejo discusses the redemptive power of charity and explains how it saved his life after being released from prison.

One of the other interesting aspects of the film was the contrast presented by interviews with Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, and Robert Rodriguez. These are all people whose work I respect, but you really get a feel for their hollywood softness in this context. Mr. Blue himself, Edward Bunker talks about his best friend Trejo and their history together, from criminals to convicts to celebrities.

The film's weakest point is definitely the technical execution. Editing and direction is pretty rough, but the sound is utter shit at times. Some of the interviews sound like they were mic'ed with a cell phone, while others sound decent. Sometimes, audio from the same interview will transition from horrible to good.

A good doc about a real person who happens to be a celebrity during his off time.

[underdog]

The Town

Well, that was incredibly overrated.

It was like Heat 2.0. Great heist scenes, terrible rest of movie. And the Boston accents were just fucking horrible. Ben Affleck, you're FROM boston, and your accent is the worst.

[disneyspy]

The Town

Well, that was incredibly overrated.

It was like Heat 2.0. Great heist scenes, terrible rest of movie. And the Boston accents were just fucking horrible. Ben Affleck, you're FROM boston, and your accent is the worst.

it was better than when he played a yooper in REINDEER GAMES,i thought the movie was rated about right

and snacks,you typical internet poser,i never said THE OTHER GUYS was oscar worthy but it was alot more entertaining than that over-rated SOCIAL NETWORK,i'll take funny over the top acting (which they were SUPPOSED to do) over terrible acting any day and the acting in THE SOCIAL NETWORK was terrible,forget how bad timberlake was,jesse eisenberg looked like he was playing a half a retard character with lines lifted from DAWSON'S CREEK,just awful over-rated self mastabatory movie that only fake internet people would pretend to like

[Snacks]

it was better than when he played a yooper in REINDEER GAMES,i thought the movie was rated about right

and snacks,you typical internet poser,i never said THE OTHER GUYS was oscar worthy but it was alot more entertaining than that over-rated SOCIAL NETWORK,i'll take funny over the top acting (which they were SUPPOSED to do) over terrible acting any day and the acting in THE SOCIAL NETWORK was terrible,forget how bad timberlake was,jesse eisenberg looked like he was playing a half a retard character with lines lifted from DAWSON'S CREEK,just awful over-rated self mastabatory movie that only fake internet people would pretend to like

Or people who like movies that are well written and well acted! I also never said you thought it would win an Oscar. But its funny that you would find that movie entertaining and The Social Network not! If I laughed 5 times through out the entire movie that would have been a lot. What was funny about the movie? Will Farrel playing the same character he always does and acting the exact same way or Marky Marky is some comedic god that makes you laugh none stop?

[underdog]

Winter's Bone

I hated that movie. It was well acted, but there was nothing else going for the movie. I thought the story sucked and the people were very hateable.

[disneyspy]

Or people who like movies that are well written and well acted! I also never said you thought it would win an Oscar. But its funny that you would find that movie entertaining and The Social Network not! If I laughed 5 times through out the entire movie that would have been a lot. What was funny about the movie? Will Farrel playing the same character he always does and acting the exact same way or Marky Marky is some comedic god that makes you laugh none stop?

the rock and sam jackson jumping off the building and splattering on the street
i hope you like prison food and penis
the whole over the topness of the movie
will ferell and eva mendes
derek jeter
micheal keaton was surprisingly good
mark walberg doing ballet and being such an insecure pussy hound

dude if you didnt like that movie then i find it hard to believe we appreciate the same radio program

and of course will ferrel plays it like will ferrel,that like saying you dont like a jet li movie cuz theres too much martial arts,its what you watch the movie for

[Furtherman]

Spy, you fucking suck with spoilers.

[realmenhatelife]

Winter's Bone

I hated that movie. It was well acted, but there was nothing else going for the movie. I thought the story sucked and the people were very hateable.

I liked Winter's Bone but have a very similar reaction to it. The acting is definately the high point, and the story is actually pretty weak. I think everyone is supposed to be pretty hateable because it makes you really wonder if Teardrop is going to redeem himself, and makes it a much more threatening environment for the girl to be in.

My biggest problem were the little video montages they cut in, I thought they looked terrible and ruined the flow of the movie.

[underdog]

I liked Winter's Bone but have a very similar reaction to it. The acting is definately the high point, and the story is actually pretty weak. I think everyone is supposed to be pretty hateable because it makes you really wonder if Teardrop is going to redeem himself, and makes it a much more threatening environment for the girl to be in.

My biggest problem were the little video montages they cut in, I thought they looked terrible and ruined the flow of the movie.

I agree with the video montages, I also hated the chainsaw scene. It was so unrealistic, all around.

I also hated how "country" they had to make everyone look and how obvious they tried to make all the characters. Oh, he's a meth head and he's abusive. And everyone plays the banjo!

[CountryBob]

The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia.

The return documentary about the White family - from the Jesco "Dancing Outlaw" fame.

Damn, it dosent get any lower than this - from the children smoking weed, snorting pain pills and drinking at their momma's 85 birthday party to the total attitude of white trash culture. This is a good one - plus Hank Williams III sings too!

[underdog]

So, uh, yeah. If there is no 127 Hours or no Natalie Portman, Blue Valentine would be my movie of the year and Michelle Williams would be the actress of the year.

Blue Valentine might be the most realistic movie I've ever seen. Every little thing was perfectly realistic. Just outstanding.

[Jayw]

Blue Valentine might be the most realistic movie I've ever seen. Every little thing was perfectly realistic. Just outstanding.

Looks interesting I am going to check it out.

[Jayw]

Damn underdog good call man. Blue Valentine was some moving shit. Really well done. I thought Michelle Williams was fantastic in it. Good shit.

[TheGameHHH]

The King's Speech. It was great. Out of all the movies getting Oscar buzz this is my favorite so far, just ahead of 127 Hours. I have yet to see Blue Valentine, that will be my next project.

[Snacks]

The King's Speech. It was great. Out of all the movies getting Oscar buzz this is my favorite so far, just ahead of 127 Hours. I have yet to see Blue Valentine, that will be my next project.

What is Blue Valentine and The Kinds Speech about? I have been hearing a lot of people mentioning them both since the Golden Globes but never heard anything before the awards show!

I watched Secretariat it was good but not as good as Seabiscuit. Diane Lane was great in it. Played a very strong role. I doubt she gets nominated for anything but she really is a great , underrated actress!

[TheGameHHH]

What is Blue Valentine and The Kinds Speech about? I have been hearing a lot of people mentioning them both since the Golden Globes but never heard anything before the awards show!

I watched Secretariat it was good but not as good as Seabiscuit. Diane Lane was great in it. Played a very strong role. I doubt she gets nominated for anything but she really is a great , underrated actress!

The King's Speech is about King George VI and his speech problem, he hires a Speech Therapist and they work on his problem. Though it sounds lame it's actually very well acted and interesting

[keithy_19]

It's not from this year, but I watched The Hurt Locker for the first time. Amazing film.

[Jayw]

Animal kingdom- An Australian crime drama. It is/was nominated for best foreign film in a few award shows. I thought it was pretty damn cool. Something a little bit different, the main character is kind of weird but it is pretty believable overall. Recommend it for sure.

With this I think I have seen most of the R rated nominated films this year except for kings speech, I might check it out after your review game. I thought it would be way to boring to make it through though. Still thinking about blue valentine that was a damn good movie.

[underdog]

What is Blue Valentine and The Kinds Speech about? I have been hearing a lot of people mentioning them both since the Golden Globes but never heard anything before the awards show!

I watched Secretariat it was good but not as good as Seabiscuit. Diane Lane was great in it. Played a very strong role. I doubt she gets nominated for anything but she really is a great , underrated actress!

Blue Valentine was amazing and just a film you need to watch. There is no good description for the movie. It's just about a dysfunctional relationship.

[TripleSkeet]

The King's Speech is about King George VI and his speech problem, he hires a Speech Therapist and they work on his problem. Though it sounds lame it's actually very well acted and interesting

I had no idea what this movie was about but when I read this I thought for sure you were just bullshitting him and being funny. Then I looked it up and saw you were being honest.

[TheGameHHH]

I had no idea what this movie was about but when I read this I thought for sure you were just bullshitting him and being funny. Then I looked it up and saw you were being honest.

I know, and it really does sound lame. But Colin Firth does a fantastic job and it makes the movie worth seeing

[cougarjake13]

watched rob zombies halloween 2 last night


cant really remember the original so i dont know how true to it he was but it was gory and bloody as hell


right in line of what weve come to expect from zombie in his movies

[IamFogHat]

watched rob zombies halloween 2 last night


cant really remember the original so i dont know how true to it he was but it was gory and bloody as hell


right in line of what weve come to expect from zombie in his movies

I haven't seen his remake, but since you mentioned it watch the original and you will understand how awesome it is.

[cougarjake13]

I haven't seen his remake, but since you mentioned it watch the original and you will understand how awesome it is.

ive seen it just a long time ago and dont remember much of it

[Willmore]

A Film With Me In It

Saw it a few weeks ago. Brilliant. One of the best black comedies I've ever seen.

[disneyspy]

A Film With Me In It

Saw it a few weeks ago. Brilliant. One of the best black comedies I've ever seen.

you're black?

[underdog]

Rabbit Hole

A story about a couple dealing with the death of their child. I thought it was pretty decent, but it really dragged a points, and it seemed to lack emotion for what it was about. But that might have been part of the point.

[underdog]

The Kids Are All Right

Meh. It was ok. I felt it was really stereotypical and sort of pandering. And it was relatively demeaning to lesbians, at points.

[PapaBear]

The Kids Are All Right

Meh. It was ok. I felt it was really stereotypical and sort of pandering. And it was relatively demeaning to lesbians, at points.
I enjoyed when they did the Happy Jack segment.

http://www.moviepostershop.com/the-kids-are-alright-movie-poster-1020149527.jpg

[Jayw]

Winters Bone- Had an indie type feel for sure. Set in the ozarks of missouri and based on the life of a poor meth involved family. It was an alright film. If you are between watching this and blue valentine I say go with blue valentine. Both have the same type of feel but winters bone doesn't pack the same punch.

[Dan G]

Been a while since I posted in this thread. During that time away, I sold my old surround sound receiver, bought a newer receiver, and got myself a wifi Blu-ray player.
When I sold my receiver, I expected the new one to arrive the same day, but instead it showed up 3 days later. The new one took me a few days to tweak the settings to get a nice sound, so I really didn't watch anything until I felt it sounded perfect.
With the Blu-ray player, it came with a free month of Netflix, so I just subscribed to that today. Haven't streamed anything yet, but I've added a bunch to my queue. I'm amazed at how much they offer.

Here's what I watched this week:

Casino Royale (1967) - James Bond was huge in the 1960s with Sean Connery in the lead, but somehow this film was able to use the James Bond name and spoofed the character and films.
I had heard that this film was really funny, but I didn't find it all that good, although the scenes involving Woody Allen and Peter Sellers were pretty funny.

I Confess (1953) - Hitchcock film about a man who confesses to a priest that he murdered someone. Somehow the priest becomes the prime suspect, but even though he knows who did it, he won't reveal the identity for the sake of the church.
Not up there with Hichcock's best, but still worth watching.

Topkapi (1964) - Watched this because it was directed by Jules Dassin, who directed one of my favorite French films, Rififi. What I didn't know, and got this from Robert Osborne's intro on TCM, was that this film was a spoof on Rififi.
It was a slow buildup, but it got better as it progressed.

[epo]

Dr Strangelove is on TCM right now.

[newport king]

deliverance is one of those films that i know of but just never watched. well i watched it this morning and it was very good.

after that i stayed with the white trash hillbilly theme and watched the wild and wonderful whites of west virginia, holy shit. words can't describe what i saw. however i did come away actually liking some people in the family.

[Snacks]

deliverance is one of those films that i know of but just never watched. well i watched it this morning and it was very good.

after that i stayed with the white trash hillbilly theme and watched the wild and wonderful whites of west virginia, holy shit. words can't describe what i saw. however i did come away actually liking some people in the family.

Did it make you want to play the banjo with deformed retarded kids or did it make you want to squeal like a pig?

Good movie!

[newport king]

that was one of the creepiest kids ive ever seen.
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[Snacks]

Can you believe he is NOT retarded or inbred? I looked it up and even though Voight put that out there that he was, he isnt! They casted him because he looked like the inbred characters description from the book. Imagine not being retarded or inbred but being cast as one because you look like one?!

[newport king]

well he does have a certain "look"

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PYk2EHyHOHE/SY4JlE2BITI/AAAAAAAAARs/bjuNTVyVr3M/s400/deliverancekid1.jpg

apparently he was also in the movie big fish.

[Crispy123]

RED. All I can say is Im glad it was a free rental. Paying a dollar would have been a rip off.

[Snacks]

We live in public!

Excellent and the guy was a mad genius!

Everything he predicted has come true. I agree with the movie that the big dot com bubble was probably more about no broadband then anything else. Many great ideas died because access was too slow.

Its a shame that someone who did so much before many of todays tech guys were even done sucking their moms tits is unknown and broke!

[landarch]

A Serious Man

One of my favorites.

[underdog]

We live in public!

Excellent and the guy was a mad genius!

Everything he predicted has come true. I agree with the movie that the big dot com bubble was probably more about no broadband then anything else. Many great ideas died because access was too slow.

Its a shame that someone who did so much before many of todays tech guys were even done sucking their moms tits is unknown and broke!

yeah, that was a very good movie.

[KnoxHarrington]

Watched "Hoffa" tonight. It's a 1992 movie, starring Jack Nicholson as Jimmy Hoffa, and directed by Danny DeVito, who also co-stars as Hoffa's right-hand man.

OK movie, but there were several major flaws with it. First, I thought it was a little too geared towards trying to downplay or explain away Hoffa's involvement with the Mob, and make it look like he was the (somewhat) innocent victim of a political vendetta by the Kennedys. Now, I guess there was the element of political posturing there, but at the same time, Hoffa was indeed pretty damn dirty.

Nicholson's performance was OK, not the best he's done. The main thing that really distracted me, though, was DeVito's direction. He kept throwing in all these weird visual flourishes, weird zooms, odd angles, split screens, and it was obvious that DeVito was trying to do Scorsese's thing here. Danny, love ya in "Sunny", and some of your other movies have been good, but you really went a little bit overboard here.

I would recommend it, but it's not on my list of my favorite movies.

[newport king]

watched Easy A last night. ok movie, reaffirmed my love for Emma Stone.

[Snacks]

watched Easy A last night. ok movie, reaffirmed my love for Emma Stone.

I was not expecting to like that movie and it turned out to be a very enjoyable movie.

She really is oddly sexy. When she was in Superbad I was surprised they chose her as the hot. popular girl that fatty wanted. But as I see her in more and more movies she is turning into a really hot piece of ass!

[newport king]

she looked good as a blonde at the golden globes.

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[Mister Doots]

Touching the Void:
After hearing Ron rave about this movie, I happened to find on sale it at a Blockbuster that was going out of business. It was interesting. I thought the fact that they used the real guys for the interview segments was a bit of a spoiler. There are quite a few "they are so fucked" moments. The way that the reenactments were filmed was quite amazing, and gave me that lurching feeling in my stomach, like one gets from standing near the edge of a building or cliff.

[Chigworthy]

Touching the Void:
After hearing Ron rave about this movie, I happened to find on sale it at a Blockbuster that was going out of business. It was interesting. I thought the fact that they used the real guys for the interview segments was a bit of a spoiler. There are quite a few "they are so fucked" moments. The way that the reenactments were filmed was quite amazing, and gave me that lurching feeling in my stomach, like one gets from standing near the edge of a building or cliff.

Cool. I heard the show twice but I missed the name of the movie both times. Lo and behold, it is on demand on netfliz.

[underdog]

Dogtooth

I have no fucking clue what I just watched.

You can see my stupid, drunken, realtime reaction to this "movie" here. (http://myrealnameisdj.tumblr.com/)

[Snacks]

The Freebie

Was a decent low budget film about a bored married couple who are both allowed a "Freebie" It starts off slow but it gets pretty good. It shows how it sounds great to be allowed to do this but when you think of your partner doing it, its not as fun.


Buried

Wanted to like it, did a little but there seemed to be too many plot holes and way too many moments when you are wondering why basic things arent being done like changing the phone to English from whatever language it was.

[realmenhatelife]

Animal Kingdom was pretty good. Reminded me of Resevoir Dogs. From everything I heard I was under the impression that the grandmother character was much more over the top, and had a lot of screen time. The whole thing was very subtle and well done.

And Guy Pierce totally borrowed Gary Oldman's mustache from Batman.

[johnniehardrock]

Went to the movies and saw Airplane! yesterday afternoon. What is there to say about a classic comedy like that.
Last night I watched the Dirty Dozen. Another classic that had an amazing group of actors in it. Telly Savalas's psycho character was just great.

[Furtherman]

Last night I watched Salt, The American and The Town. All very good movies. I really liked The American. Beautiful and sad, plus that Italian actress was gorgeous. The Town was a lot better than I expected, even with the obligatory love story that's been done before, most noteably in Heat. Salt was a lot of fun and a bit surprising. Ridiculous, but an enjoyable action flick, and the action comes quick and often.

[Bellyfullasnot]

Last night my wife and I watched this 2008 cop movie starring Ed Norton, Collin Farrell, and Jon Voight.
We both enjoyed it and the two hours and ten minutes seemed to move quick.

[newport king]

The Virginity Hit glad i didn't pay for it in any way.

[Furtherman]

Another thing about The Town, I was shocked that the girl with the baby was Blake Lively. Wasn't she one of those The Hills girls? I'm not sure, but she was amazing in her role.

[Mister Doots]

Memento:

I've seen this one before when it first came out. I think it might be the forgotten Nolan flick (or maybe Insomnia is) I picked up a used blu-ray to add it to the collection. A very unique film I still find it hard to follow in the middle section. I think thats the point. Unlike a puzzle they want you to solve, the viewer becomes just as disoriented as the lead character. The black and white sequences are in chronological order, the color scenes are in reverse order. The picture quality on the disc was amazing of course. I dont know why Guy Pearce never became a bigger star, and whatever happened to Carrie-Ann Moss? Joey Pants was perfect as the mystery guy. Now I want to stick my head into doorways and jump on the hoods of cars and say "Lenny!"

[Chigworthy]

Cool. I heard the show twice but I missed the name of the movie both times. Lo and behold, it is on demand on netfliz.

Goddammit, I've already seen this fucking thing.

[newport king]

127 Hours i knew all along it would come to that but god damn.

[underdog]

I watched A Single Man last night. Thought it was a beautiful movie.

Over the weekend, I watched Dogtooth, Restrepo, Through the Void and A Single Man. All good movies.

[Dan G]

Here's what I watched this week:

Being There (1979) - I have never seen Peter Sellers in a non-comedic role, so I was a bit hesitant about this film. I have to say, I was blown away by both this film and Sellers’ performance. Really great film!
Sellers plays a gardener that has grown up on watching television, never leaving the home he grew up in except to tend to the garden. When the homeowner passes, the gardener must leave and be on his own for the very first time.
This was a near perfect film for me. The thing that ruined it for me was the closing credits. It was a great drama, but as soon as the credits roll, they start playing outtakes with Sellers flubbing his lines. Really stupid decision to end a drama with outtakes. Felt like I suddenly was watching a Burt Reynolds comedy.

Airplane! (1980) - AMC Theaters brought this one back over the weekend, so my Dad and I went to see it. I’ve seen it numerous times on video and TV, so it was cool to get to see it on the big screen. I was only 6 when it came out, so it’s not like I would’ve gotten all the jokes/references. Some references I still don’t get since many in this film are dated.
Still, it was cool to see, even if I knew the jokes were coming a mile away. I did get a free 27x40 poster, which I immediately framed and hung up, so it was worth it.

The Odessa File (1974) - Jon Voight plays a freelance writer who discovers that there are Nazi war criminals throughout the world using assumed identities. He goes on the hunt for one in particular,
Decent film, not touching The Marathon Man, but it did precede it by 2 years.

Big Fan (2009) - Just signed up for Instant Netflix earlier this week and this was the first one I decided to watch.
I wasn’t really familiar with Patton Oswalt, but after hearing his Unmasked with Ron Bennington, I figured I’d see if this was available, and it was.
This film accurately portrays sports talk radio, which I absolutely hate listening to. Sports talk is great on Monday’s to discuss the games over the weekend, but the rest of the week is just bullshit predictions on what everyone thinks will happen the following weekend.
As for the film, I was surprised at how much I liked it.

Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010) - Another Instant Netflix watch for me. I had no idea what to expect from this one. When I first heard the title, I thought it was a documentary about amusement park rides, because at places like Disney World, when you get off the Pirates of the Caribbean ride, the exit is through the gift shop, so you’re forced to look at Pirates souvenirs.
After watching this, I think it’s safe to say that I was way off. I’m not familiar with the world of street art, so I had no idea who Banksy was. I only knew that name because he recently did The Simpsons opening.
This turned out to be a fascinating documentary. I really enjoyed this one.

The Guitar (2007) - I watched this because it was directed by Amy Redford, daughter of Robert Redford.
Pretty cool film about a woman diagnosed with cancer and told she only has 2 months to live, so she decides to go out the best way she can by going credit card happy and charging as many things as she can. Along the way she has lesbian sex and sleeps with a married man.
I thought it was good.

The Rain People (1969) - Early Francis Ford Coppola film about a pregnant wife, scared for her future, so she goes on a solo cross country road trip to evaluate her life. She ends up picking up a hitchhiker, a brain-damaged college football player. She tries helping him, basically becoming a mother figure to him.
James Caan plays the football player and he was great in this. Robert Duvall is also in this and he’s great as well. My favorite character was the girl that played Duvall’s daughter. I was disappointed to see that this was her only acting gig. She was perfect in this.

A Man for All Seasons (1966) - During the month of February, Turner Classic Movies plays nothing but Academy Award nominated and winning films. This particular one was a Best Picture winner. I’m trying to see as many Best Picture winners as I can, so this was a first for me...and last.
Wow, I was bored throughout this. A very dialog heavy film about a man who stood up to King Henry VIII and disapproved of his divorce.
I’m glad that I can say that I watched this, but I can’t imagine ever having the need to see it again.

Terms of Endearment (1983) - Adding another Best Picture winner to my watched list.
Going by the title, I was expecting a sappy drama, and while it was a drama, it did have several funny moments.
So many great performances in this. Many actors in this that I had no clue were in it, like Jack Nicholson, Jeff Daniels, John Lithgow, and Danny Devito who uses a southern accent.
Really good film!

[Mister Doots]

Exit Through the Gift Shop: I thought it was good, but perhaps the hype was a little much. I had never heard of Banksy before. I did seem he is head and shoulders above his contemporaries in the street art scene. The 'filmaker' definitely has some issues of his own.

Sex Drive: on Netflix instant. Decent but predictable T&A comedy for the kids. Stock characters. Awkward kid, Strong/Confident best friend, and the 'cool' chick go on a road trip so Awkward kid can get laid. All the while be pursued by the mean older brother. It had one funny line that made me laugh out loud.

[foodcourtdruide]

Less than Zero - Never seen this before, was intrigued a few months back when Ron interviewed the writer. Really good film, with some great, great performances.

[underdog]

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Still not sure if the guy is a nut or a genius.

[Devo37]

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Still not sure if the guy is a nut or a genius.

great movie/doc. very alarmist, but seemed on the mark for the most part. scary times ahead....

[StanUpshaw]

The movie is half peak oil apocalyptica/half character. Of the former, there is nothing we haven't heard before - plenty of legitimate concerns buried under a mountain of pessimism and paranoia. But the latter was extremely fascinating and was done masterfully. Using only the subject's own words, Smith subtly paints the picture of Ruppert's background, his life, and his fragile emotional state.

Recommended.

[KnoxHarrington]

I caught "Factotum" on Netflix Streaming a couple of nights ago. It's based on the Charles Bukowski novel, though the setting has been moved from the novel's mid-'40s setting to (presumably) the present day. It stars Matt Dillon as Henry Chianski, Bukowski's alter ego in his novels.

Basically, if you know anything about Bukowski, you kind of know the drill: Chianski drifts from shitty job to shitty job, and from mutually destructive relationship to another (Lily Taylor is especially good as his main girlfriend during this period), writing one short story after another that gets rejected. And that kind of highlights the problem of the movie to me: I'm not sure how much you'd like this if you aren't already a Bukowski fan. If you aren't into that whole thing, you're just going to see this as a weirdly depressing portrait of a drunk fuck up. It certainly has a lot of humor, but it is pretty damn bleak, and it definitely moves at a leisurely pace.

So if you're already into Bukowski, I would recommend it. If not, I'd probably watch the documentary about him, "Born Into This", instead, or maybe the movie "Barfly", which Bukowski wrote the screenplay to.

[newport king]

True Grit, had high hopes. It put me to sleep. Twice.

[Snacks]

Twelve. It was pretty good. I wasnt expecting much but It kept me interested.

[Jayw]

Into the wild- Really cool movie about a guy taking a different path in life. I didn't really know much of the background going in except for the ending so it was a really interesting film. I passed on seeing it in the past but I recommend it to anyone who overlooked it. Very good movie.

[underdog]

Watched The Bridge and The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia over the weekend.

Both were eerie and fascinating at the same time. I'm so confused as to how an entire family can have the same meth face. And any real "scumbag" I've ever met has looked very similar to them. It's like scumbag is a race.

[BustahMyTool]

I watch Speed at least 3 times a week

[Jayw]

The Pianist- It appears that the pedo(Roman Polanski) makes a pretty decent film. If you don't mind seeing intricate ways that nazi's kill jews this is the movie for you. But seriously it is an alright film that is worth watching. I would recommend shindlers list instead if you haven't seen either. Both are a bit depressing.

[Kublakhan61]

Howl - Franco is good as Ginsberg but the movie wasn't so great. I wasn't interested in the animated interpretation of the poem. More courtroom scenes would have been appreciated, as it was the most interesting part.

[Dan G]

Here's what I watched this week:

Pickpocket (1959) - Heard a lot about this one and always wanted to see it.
Basically it’s a French film about a guy who makes a living out of pickpocketing.
The camera closeups on the thievery was kind of cool, although a lot of the actual stealing seemed questionable.
Still an enjoyable watch.

À bout de souffle aka Breathless (1960) - Another French film. This one about a man who kills a cop, so he tries to convince his American girlfriend to flee France with him and head to Rome.
Apparently this film is credited as introducing the jump cut. Since the film was subtitled, the jump cuts were confusing at first because I was reading the text, but then my eyes would focus on the cut, so I thought I wasn’t reading fast enough.
This one was alright. A lot of the dialog seemed repetitious.

Following (1999) - Christopher Nolan’s directorial debut. 5 minutes into it I realized I had already seen it, but since it was so short and I really didn’t remember too much about it, I decided to watch it again.
I’m glad I did, this is a pretty decent film. A guy who enjoys following people just to see how they live, ends up meeting a guy who is a home burglar, so they team up.
Couple things I noticed which foreshadowed Nolan’s career. First, the main character has a Batman emblem on his front door, and second, the burglar is named Cobb, the same name as DiCaprio’s character in Inception.

The Red Badge of Courage (1951) - Very famous book brought to the screen by John Huston.
Biographical account of a young northern soldier in the Civil War, who at first is frightened by war, but then becomes more and more courageous as the battles go on.
Cinematography was great during the battle scenes, lots of closeups. Looked good.

Sergeant York (1941) - True story about Alvin York, a Tennessee hillbilly who goes on to fight in World War I and single-handedly captures 132 German soldiers.
The war scenes and capture were cool to see, but it took a long time to get there. The first 90 minutes are basically character development as York goes from a bar fighting drunk to a man who finds religion.

Wings (1927) - The very first Academy Award winner for Best Picture. Mainly watched just so that I could say that I’ve seen it.

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) - Another Best Picture winner. I liked this one a lot.

[underdog]

The Invention of Lying

Thought it was ok. The product placement and cameos were a little rough, and I didn't really get why everyone was so honest. But it was an interesting concept. I also liked Gervais just trashing religion.

I'm currently watching a movie/show called "Married To The Eiffel Tower" about women who fall in love with objects. It's fucking weird.

[Jayw]

The perfect getaway- I usually stay away from these type of movies but it was on HBO so I gave it a shot. It was a good way to burn some time if your bored/doing something else. Just a fun movie. Don't give up on it, it gets interesting. Sleeper.

[underdog]

Moon

Great little sci-fi flick. Sam Rockwell is great in it.

[underdog]

I'm currently watching Robocop and this movie is much, much, much worse than I remember.

[realmenhatelife]

I'm currently watching Robocop and this movie is much, much, much worse than I remember.

Then you cant be watching Robocop because Robocop is fucking awesome.

[Snacks]

Paper Man.

Had no idea what this was about but I like Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Daniels. Im starting to love Emma Stone. Her acting in this movie was really good. Everything she does I seem to like or at least her acting/characters are pretty well done!

Very solid movie!

[Chigworthy]

Watched The Bridge and The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia over the weekend.

Both were eerie and fascinating at the same time. I'm so confused as to how an entire family can have the same meth face. And any real "scumbag" I've ever met has looked very similar to them. It's like scumbag is a race.

I watched this again wife my wife and mom-in-law. One thing that movie coalesced for me is the self-important immaturity at the center of addiction. What little sympathy I had for addicts was rehabbed out of me after watching those scumbags refusing to take any responsibility for themselves, all the while taking pride in their own dysfunction and the damage it causes to those around them. And what a cunt Hank III is for glorifying and reinforcing those douches in song. Great movie though. The tweaker face is everywhere.

[DonInNC]

Another Year. Fantastic, should've been nominated for Best Picture.

[KnoxHarrington]

I watched this again wife my wife and mom-in-law. One thing that movie coalesced for me is the self-important immaturity at the center of addiction. What little sympathy I had for addicts was rehabbed out of me after watching those scumbags refusing to take any responsibility for themselves, all the while taking pride in their own dysfunction and the damage it causes to those around them. And what a cunt Hank III is for glorifying and reinforcing those douches in song. Great movie though. The tweaker face is everywhere.

Yeah, you'd think that after what addiction did to his grandfather and father, Hank III wouldn't think it's so cool.

[Furtherman]

The A-Team. Not as bad as I thought it would be.. But Rampage Jackson just wasn't mean enough as Mr. T, even when he was trying to be mean. Pretty good action flick.

Repo Men. This was much better than I thought. Great, dark futuristic sci-fi with great performances by Jude Law and I Can't Move My Eye Whitaker. Saying much more may be saying too much, but I was very surprised.

Takers. Despite starring 4 rappers who I thought was the same guy and Anakin Skywalker and Paul Walker and scene rip offs from The Italian Job and True Romance... This was a decent heist flick. Best I've seen Matt Dillon in years.

Devil. The "devil" in the elevator movie. Cheesy and predictable. But I give it credit for a great opening scene (filming a city upside down has an odd disturbing effect) and good direction, as it made a movie that takes place in a elevator work in many ways. I just wish it was a little more darker at the end. A better "Devil" in Philly movie is that one with Denzel and the devil moves from person to person..can't think of the name right now.

[Furtherman]

Fallen, that's what I was thinking.

[midwestjeff]

I watched this again wife my wife and mom-in-law. One thing that movie coalesced for me is the self-important immaturity at the center of addiction. What little sympathy I had for addicts was rehabbed out of me after watching those scumbags refusing to take any responsibility for themselves, all the while taking pride in their own dysfunction and the damage it causes to those around them. And what a cunt Hank III is for glorifying and reinforcing those douches in song. Great movie though. The tweaker face is everywhere.

Watched that a couple weeks ago.

The sad part was that I know/have known people just like the Whites.

I did find the idea that the mining culture had created the lack of fear of death in these people psychologically over time and sort of created monsters. At the same time though, that explanation lessens the personal responsibility of these fuck ups and I definitely think they were all lacking in that area.

[midwestjeff]

Moon

Great little sci-fi flick. Sam Rockwell is great in it.

Just watched that one too.

It was good but I was too high and had some
trouble following what was going on for a bit.
After my confusion let up, I really liked it.

[underdog]

I'm through part 1 of the epic Carlos. I don't remember being glued to a movie more. Fantastic.

[Chigworthy]

Watched that a couple weeks ago.

The sad part was that I know/have known people just like the Whites.

I did find the idea that the mining culture had created the lack of fear of death in these people psychologically over time and sort of created monsters. At the same time though, that explanation lessens the personal responsibility of these fuck ups and I definitely think they were all lacking in that area.

I'm not so sure they have this romantic fearlessness that the film tried to portray. A fearless person does not self-medicate 24 hours a day. I don't know, watching it a second time made me really hate those people.

Just watched that one too.

It was good but I was too high and had some
trouble following what was going on for a bit.
After my confusion let up, I really liked it.

Moon is a film of subtlety. I think I had a few pops the second time I watched it and it was a bit difficult to get into. Definitely warrants a sober viewing. The story is highly character/performance driven.

[KnoxHarrington]

Watched that a couple weeks ago.

The sad part was that I know/have known people just like the Whites.

I did find the idea that the mining culture had created the lack of fear of death in these people psychologically over time and sort of created monsters. At the same time though, that explanation lessens the personal responsibility of these fuck ups and I definitely think they were all lacking in that area.

I finally caught it tonight, and I'm not quite sure what to think. I think a lot of it is a weird sort of pride people like this, on the absolute bottom of the social order, white trash, take on to keep themselves going. Rather than try to improve themselves, and risk failure, probably because they know they probably can't, they build their whole identity around being scumbags.

I think the movie did do a good job seeing how some might find them charming in a way, but it didn't shy away from showing the darkness, but it still avoided moralism.

Still, though, as a native of an area very much like what you saw in the movie, I echo the question that one of the guys in the beginning (the prosecutor, I think) said: "There's a kid here that got into MIT. Why isn't anyone following him around with a camera?" Why do we find pieces of shit like these losers so fascinating?

[disneyspy]

i'm about to start watching SALT,should i watch the theatrical version,unrated directors cut or unrated extended cut,ronfez.net,you have 5 minutes to pick my movie,thats about how long it takes for me to make an iced caramel mocha

[disneyspy]

theatrical version it is

[Jayw]

theatrical version it is

Prolly a good choice, unrated versions are usually the same fucking thing you just go in with a placebo effect thinking its going to be better.

[underdog]

I'm through part 1 of the epic Carlos. I don't remember being glued to a movie more. Fantastic.

Made it through part 2. This movie is fucking amazing.

Still, though, as a native of an area very much like what you saw in the movie, I echo the question that one of the guys in the beginning (the prosecutor, I think) said: "There's a kid here that got into MIT. Why isn't anyone following him around with a camera?" Why do we find pieces of shit like these losers so fascinating?

My wife and I had a similar conversation this evening. There is a 16yr old kid that graduated from Cal last year and will be a grad student at MIT next month. Yet, no one gives a fuck. What dress Lindsay Lohan wore to court is far more important. I fucking hate humanity.

[disneyspy]

SALT is a surprisingly good movie

[Philly Franko]

Just seen True Grit at the movies...I liked it,but my date hated the ending...I need to watch thhe John Wayne version soon...

[Snacks]

SALT is a surprisingly good movie

Exactly what I thought. I wasnt expecting to like it and thought it would suck. While watching I kept thinking "Wow this is pretty fucking good"

[newport king]

today i watched

http://www.horror-movies.ca/AdvHTML_Upload/rampage_poster_1.jpg

Rampage i dont know what to say. i liked it. sure. alot like Falling Down but with less of a story.

The Kids Are Alright, can't believe this is up for best picture. I found it to be insulting to lesbians. And Mark Ruffalo is NOT a good actor. Annete Bening was good, Julianne Moore is a bit long in the tooth to be showing the titties these days.

Winters Bone Kenny Power's brother Teardrop and the lead actress were excellent, aside from that, not much of a story.

[Jayw]

Winters Bone Kenny Power's brother Teardrop and the lead actress were excellent, aside from that, not much of a story.

Nice I didn't even recognize him when I watched it. he was good

[underdog]

The Kids Are Alright, can't believe this is up for best picture. I found it to be insulting to lesbians. And Mark Ruffalo is NOT a good actor. Annete Bening was good, Julianne Moore is a bit long in the tooth to be showing the titties these days.

Thank you. I felt the exact same way about the lesbian thing (and the Mark Ruffalo thing).

[Snacks]

The Kids Are Alright, can't believe this is up for best picture. I found it to be insulting to lesbians. And Mark Ruffalo is NOT a good actor. Annete Bening was good, Julianne Moore is a bit long in the tooth to be showing the titties these days.



I agree mostly. I thought it was watchable but a terrible representation/insulting to lesbians as well. They basically made it seem like a lesbian needs dick every now and then or misses dick! I like Ruffalo, hes not a great actor but I usually like what he does! Benning and Moore were avg at best! The movie should not be in the same breathe as best picture. There is nothing Oscar worthy about this.

[Jayw]

4 months 3 weeks 2 days- Pretty intense subject matter. I thought it was very well done and really felt for the characters. I really wanted to strangle the dark haired girl gabita, she was so fucking dumb. Great foreign film based in romania.

Romania fact from wiki -In the year 2004, there were 216,261 live births and 191,000 reported abortions,[4] meaning that 46% of the 407,261 pregnancies that year ended in abortion.
I thought that might be high but holy shit I didn't realize how many abortions per year there are in any given country, .50 is a common ratio, crazyness.

Also anyone that uses tversity to stream movies to your tv here is a quick guide to get the subtitles to work. works great for ps3. takes just a few minutes to hardcode the subs into an .avi (http://dontcthis.com/2009/09/how-to-add-subtitles-to-your-ps3-movies/)

[Philly Franko]

today i watched

http://www.horror-movies.ca/AdvHTML_Upload/rampage_poster_1.jpg

Rampage i dont know what to say. i liked it. sure. alot like Falling Down but with less of a story.

The Kids Are Alright, can't believe this is up for best picture. I found it to be insulting to lesbians. And Mark Ruffalo is NOT a good actor. Annete Bening was good, Julianne Moore is a bit long in the tooth to be showing the titties these days.

Winters Bone Kenny Power's brother Teardrop and the lead actress were excellent, aside from that, not much of a story.

Rich Vos loved winters bone or winterssssshhh Bonesssssssssschhhhhhhhh...

[Dan G]

Here's what I watched this week:

Kynodontas aka Dogtooth (2009) - What a fucked up, bizarre little film this turned out to be.
Greek film about parents that raise their children on misinformation, never letting them leave the home or watch TV, unless it’s a family home video. Simple vocabulary words are given new definitions by the parents and the children are taught them, not knowing the truth. For example, a dinner scene has one of the children asking to pass the telephone, and it turns out to be a salt shaker. A vagina is referred to as a keyboard and a cat is the most ferocious animal known to man.
Speaking of vagina, there’s a lot of it in this film. A lot of nudity, cocks included.
I lost track of how many times I said “WTF??!!!?!” during the 93 minutes of its duration.
Probably demented for me to admit to liking this a lot, though I don’t know if I could recommend it, for fear of how others might perceive me.
Watch with caution.

The Rite (2011) - Really had no interest in seeing this, but a friend asked me to go with her, so I did. Sadly, the only real reason why I went was because I had a free large soda coupon that was expiring the very next day.
When you have a film about exorcism, it’s really hard to not compare it to one of the best ever, The Exorcist. So all throughout the film, I kept thinking back to the ‘73 classic. They did at least reference it, though it was in a mocking sense.
The only enjoyment I got out of this was the reactions people around me had at some of the intentional scares.

Trois couleurs: Rouge aka Three Colors: Red (1994) - I would not have watched this had I known it was the third film of a trilogy. Fortunately it was a trilogy similar to the Vengeance and Man with No Name trilogies, as opposed to something like Star Wars or The Matrix. So I didn’t feel lost watching it.
TCM played this in the middle of the night and I only recorded it because I saw that it was directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski. I honestly had no idea who that was, I only recognized the name from a MC Paul Barman song.

My pissed off jimbrowski
turned 3 colors like Krzysztof Kieślowski

At least now I get that reference, since this film was a part of the Colors trilogy.
The description for the film sounded pretty cool. It was about a woman that encounters a retired judge that has equipment that enables him to eavesdrop on peoples telephone calls.
I thought maybe he’d hear a murder or some other major crime. Nope, he hears family troubles, including a husband/father who has a secret relationship with another man.
The gist of the film was whether or not to tell people what he hears, but then you risk ruining that family, so things should just remain secret.
Kinda boring.

Sixteen Candles (1984) - AMC Theaters brought this back for 2 showings on Sunday and Monday. I didn’t go. Instead, I pulled out the DVD and watched it at home. I honestly had not seen this film since its initial run on HBO in the mid-80s. I still remembered a lot from it, but being older, I was able to catch more jokes and references, including The Godfather theme playing during a dinner scene.
It’s funny to watch PG movies that came out before PG-13 came into existence. Kind of shocking hearing ‘fuck’ and seeing tits on the screen.

Across the Pacific (1942) - Misleading title since this film doesn’t take place on or near the Pacific Ocean.
This is John Huston’s followup after the great The Maltese Falcon. Hoping to relive that magic, several actors from that film were involved in this one. While it was not great, it was still fun to watch.
Humphrey Bogart plays a U.S. spy aboard a passenger ship bound for the Orient. On its way, there is a planned stop in Panama. Bogart uncovers a plan involving people on the ship who are set out to destroy the Panama Canal.

Revanche (2008) - Had no idea what the title translated to or even what the film was about, but it was released by Criterion, so I figured it must be good.
Even when the title showed up on screen, it didn’t show a translation. However, as the film played out, I kind of figured out what the word is. No spoilers, so I won’t reveal.
This is an Austrian film about an ex-con who works at a whorehouse. His Ukrainian girlfriend works there as well. Both are in need of a large sum of money, so the boyfriend has the absolute perfect plan of robbing a bank. Unfortunately things don’t go as planned.
I really liked this one.

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999) - I wasn’t impressed with this at all. It was boring to me.

Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) - British comedy about a man who is an heir to be Duke (he has 8 family members ahead of him) that plans to kill off all 8.
The description made it sound funny considering that Alec Guinness plays all 8 heirs, including a female character, Lady Agatha.
Guinness was really great, but the film wasn’t really laugh-out-loud funny, though the final scene is hysterical.

[CountryBob]

Social Network - I really didnt get much out of this movie and found myself hoping it would end so I could get some pussy. But when it comes to pussy, I wish every movie would end quickly...:smoke:

[BustahMyTool]

I saw Speed again last night, alone in my Astoria apartment.

[newport king]

i watched Zack and Miri make a porno again. Its not the first time i've seen it. Maybe the 2nd or 3rd. Never thought much of it till last night. I don't think it got nearly the credit it deserved (as far as Kevin Smith movies go.) But im watching Elizabeth Banks last night thinking she's a really good actress. Justin Long owned as Brandon St. Randy.

[PapaBear]

Bad News Bears (the real one).

I saw this as a kid in the theater when it first came out (yeah... I'm old). I've seen it a couple of times since. What I just realized this time, is a "product placement" quandary. Walter Matthau VERY visibly drinks cans of, Miller, Pabst, Schlitz, Budweiser, Coors, and (in one continuity error in the middle of a Coors scene) a bottle of either Stroh's or National Bohemian.

It was 1976... Before "product placement" was commonplace. I wonder why they did this. The only thing I can think of is, they didn't want to appear to be favoring a product. For instance... In many movies of that era, identifying logos would be removed from cars in action movies.

Edit: And I just noticed this (that goes along with the car logo removal thing)... In the final scene, when the kids all had beer bottles, it was the only scene with a fake beer label.

[IamFogHat]

We just rewatched Inglorious Basterds, goddamn is that a great movie even after a rewatch.

[JimBeam]

Finally got to watch Crazy Heart after having listened to the song 1000 times.

It was pretty good. Kinda slow at points and I thought when I saw Collin Farrell as the country singer that all was going to be lost.

But the sountrack and Bridges ( who I'm normally not really a fan of ) made it work.

I was aslo glad they didn't go with either of the predictable endings which helped redeem it.

[newport king]

We just rewatched Inglorious Basterds, goddamn is that a great movie even after a rewatch.

everytime i catch it, doesnt matter where in the movie it is, i'm locked in.

[joeyballsack]

I'm through part 1 of the epic Carlos. I don't remember being glued to a movie more. Fantastic.

I sat and watched the first two episodes yesterday on Netflix back to back before going to work.

Over three hours without checking my cell phone or a bathroom break its so good.

Then I watched the third episode as soon as I got home this morning.

[newport king]

King's Speech, better than i thought. Very well acted which kept me interested. Don't feel its oscar worthy. Having said that it'll probably win everything it is up for based on the fact that its the type of movie that wins.

[newport king]

also i found a cut down movie version BR available of Carlos, but it's not the full 3 parts miniseries. (anyone know if im missing alot?) The only miniseries i can find is no subtitles.

[Jayw]

I sat and watched the first two episodes yesterday on Netflix back to back before going to work.

Over three hours without checking my cell phone or a bathroom break its so good.

Then I watched the third episode as soon as I got home this morning.

Alright you fools talked me into it. I got to see what all this hype is about!

[underdog]

also i found a cut down movie version BR available of Carlos, but it's not the full 3 parts miniseries. (anyone know if im missing alot?) The only miniseries i can find is no subtitles.

You'd be missing nearly 200 minutes of footage. Are you looking on torrents?

[underdog]

Animal Kingdom

I thought this was going to be a much different movie going in (a straight gang movie), but what it was was so much more than that. Just a brilliant movie. The little acting nuances throughout, this odd loyalty story and complete confusion by some of the characters. This was a great story and movie. It's still sticking in my head.

[newport king]

You'd be missing nearly 200 minutes of footage. Are you looking on torrents?

bingo.

[newport king]

The Mechanic, action was ok, and i like ben foster in most things he's done. I'm not expecting much in the way of story telling in my action movies but i'm pretty sure this was written by a 3rd grader. I won't spoil anything but there were parts of the movie that in the art of story telling make no fucking sense. i.e. the entire ending.

[Furtherman]

Layer Cake. I forgot how awesome this movie was and I'm ashamed not to have in my DVD collection. That will soon be remedied.

Vanishing On 7th Street. I'll admit it was kinda spooky and well shot, but overall unsatisfying and empty. Some mysteries are good not knowing why they happened, but this is not one of them.

[fezident]

http://comingsoon.net/nextraimages/runningscared-dvd.jpg
If you haven't seen this movie, you're missing out.
It tells the story of low-level mobsters, dirty cops, and two kids who are all interested in recovering a gun that can be traced back to a few crimes.
The story takes some CRAZY turns.
And the camera work & lighting, although somewhat similar to early Fincher and even CSI, is excellent.

[disneyspy]

just watched FRIDAY and NEXT FRIDAY and yes i'm about to make it the perfect lazy day with FRIDAY AFTER NEXT

[weekapaugjz]

just watched FRIDAY and NEXT FRIDAY and yes i'm about to make it the perfect lazy day with FRIDAY AFTER NEXT

http://www.outdoorafro.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/funny-ice-cube-first-i-was-like-but-then.jpg

[newport king]

http://comingsoon.net/nextraimages/runningscared-dvd.jpg
If you haven't seen this movie, you're missing out.
It tells the story of low-level mobsters, dirty cops, and two kids who are all interested in recovering a gun that can be traced back to a few crimes.
The story takes some CRAZY turns.
And the camera work & lighting, although somewhat similar to early Fincher and even CSI, is excellent.

sounds great, i'd love to know the name of it...(realized when i quoted you, there should have been a picture of running scared.)

[Dan G]

Here's what I watched this week (The Oscar’s Edition) All Best Picture winners:

Grand Hotel (1932) - Huge ensemble cast gather for this film about random people staying at the most expensive hotel in Berlin.
I suppose it was great for its time to have so many stars in one film. Some of the characters were interesting, others not so much.

The Life of Emile Zola (1937) - Biopic about the French controversial author who helped defend a French soldier that was accused of treason, not because they had proof, but because he was Jewish.
It was interesting learning about Zola, considering that I had never heard of him before.

Forrest Gump (1994) - I have put off watching this for so many years. For some reason I had animosity toward Tom Hanks films and also, this film just looked plain stupid to me.
Since I’m on a personal quest to see as many Best Picture winners as I can, I begrudgingly sat and watched this for the very first time.
I can see why this film won, it’s a story that caters to the masses, a simple guy that is beloved, a character that you just can’t help but root for.
Personally, I didn’t buy it.
If anything, the only thing I really did like about this was Gary Sinise’s character not having any legs. I thought that was very well done.
So now that I’ve seen this, there’s only one Best Picture winner that I am purposefully avoiding, and that is whichever Lord of the Rings film that won the award. There’s no way I will ever sit through any of those films.

Cimarron (1930) - Only 2 westerns have ever won the Best Picture, this one and Unforgiven in 1992. Pretty amazing to think about.
This film follows a family through 40 years as they become homesteaders in Oklahoma, beginning in 1889.
Not nearly as boring as I anticipated.

Driving Miss Daisy (1989) - I was 15 when this came out and didn’t exactly have a mature taste in film. At the time, this looked like one of those “grown-up” type films, so I never had the interest in seeing it. Plus, at the time, Public Enemy had the song “Burn Hollywood Burn” which at the end, poked fun at it.

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Also, The TV show In Living Color had a sketch that I absolutely loved, which also made fun of it.

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Now that I’ve reached that “grown-up” age, I can appreciate this film and enjoy that sketch even more now.
Funny how age can change a person.

Slumdog Millionaire (2008) - Pretty interesting how they told the story of how the guy knew the answers to each question, but other than that, I wasn’t all that impressed with this film.
I still haven’t seen any of the other nominated films for that year, so I can’t really say if this was better than those.

Chicago (2002) - For a musical, I liked how the songs told the story. Especially impressive that the stars did their own singing and dancing.
I’ll never watch this again, but I’m glad I finally gave it a chance.

All About Eve (1950) - This was like watching an actors clinic. Great acting, great story, great drama, etc...

Cavalcade (1933) - Like Cimarron, which I watched earlier in the week, this film also follows a family over a period of decades. In this, it follows a British family at the start of 1900 until 1933. So we see how the family deals with the Boer War, the sinking of the Titanic, and World War I.
A bit of a chore to sit through, but I did it. Having watched this, now I have seen every Best Picture winner of the 1930s. As of now, it’s the only decade I have completed.

[Snacks]

Unstoppable! Entertaining enough to watch. But typical hollywood over exaggeration of the true story! It does star Denzel and I will watch anything with him! Worth watching if youre in the mood for some action and not a lot of story or dialogue.

[underdog]

Gasland

Just another documentary that makes me hate everyone in power. Very well done.

There were some great documentaries that came out in 2010.

[Snacks]

"Let me in"

I think the girl Chloe Moretz has done a good job in everything she has done and has gotten better and better since I first saw her in the ABC show Dirty Sexy Money (that was such a great show). Anyway the movie was very dark, slow and I was bored waiting for a story to develop. Did I miss something? Why did this get such great reviews and a lot of hype? Was it because it was another vampire movie?

[newport king]

The Fighter, i was a Ward fan so i enjoyed the movie. Bale should get best supporting actor for this. Amy Adams looks delicious.

[underdog]

Inside Job

I need to stop watching angering documentaries, but this one makes me hate everyone rich.

[Snacks]

Waiting for Superman

Really good and informative movie. This movie angered me beyond what I thought a movie could. How can anyone not see how fucked this is and how sad it is that in this country people who want a good education cant get one no matter what they do? You shouldnt have to win a fucking lottery in America to have access to a quality education. Every school should offer this! I felt so bad for those kids who lost out on the chance to better their lives!

It's Kind of a Funny Story

It was a little slow could have moved along faster and had more to say. But it was a movie that took a semi comedic approach to depression and suicide attempts and how we all go through it no matter how put together, popular or easy things appear to others.

[Terry Pabb]

The King's Speech, meh.

[Jayw]

Dogtooth - What in the fuck. Still trying to figure it out.

Next up on my crazy foreign movie list was going to be incendies but I can't find it anywhere. How can it be nominated for foreign film, oscars, and not be available anywhere.

[Furtherman]

I watched that Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief when I saw all the big names involved in the project, which I had no idea.

Percy Jackson and the Shit Sandwich.

[spoon]

Gasland

Just another documentary that makes me hate everyone in power. Very well done.

There were some great documentaries that came out in 2010.

Inside Job

I need to stop watching angering documentaries, but this one makes me hate everyone rich.

Waiting for Superman

Really good and informative movie. This movie angered me beyond what I thought a movie could. How can anyone not see how fucked this is and how sad it is that in this country people who want a good education cant get one no matter what they do? You shouldnt have to win a fucking lottery in America to have access to a quality education. Every school should offer this! I felt so bad for those kids who lost out on the chance to better their lives!

It's Kind of a Funny Story

It was a little slow could have moved along faster and had more to say. But it was a movie that took a semi comedic approach to depression and suicide attempts and how we all go through it no matter how put together, popular or easy things appear to others.

Three I really want to catch soon, but instead happened on Legion during some office work and it barely made an impact in any way. blah sums it up quite well.:dry:

[jonyrotn]

Gasland

Just another documentary that makes me hate everyone in power. Very well done.

There were some great documentaries that came out in 2010.
You're right on all points..It kinda seems like Micheal Moore has written the playbook for the modern documentary though..I wonder how much longer these are gonna hold my attention..

[Snacks]

Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work

Very well done doc. I never understood the appeal of her or her comedy or even why she was considered and icon/legend. To me she was nothing more then a red carpet interviewer who had WAY too much plastic surgery. This movie changed that. What an amazing life and career she has had. I give her tons of credit for even doing this and putting herself out there like this. She is a hell of a lot funnier then I ever expected. Shes actually down right raw and dirty! This was so well done I would recommend it to all doc fans.

I now look forward to one (soon) seeing her live show!

[fezident]

AMADEUS.

This movie deserves every single pound of praise that it received back in the day. And then some.

I watched it two days ago and I loved it even more than I did the first few times I'd seen it over the years.
Acting.. directing... plot... editing... music... everything was just so damn perfect in this movie. It deserves to be preserved forever in some kinda time capsule just in case this whole planet goes to shit.

My one knock... the makeup. Seeing F. Murray Abraham as an old geezer looked totally and comically unrealistic.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/510Nd0cPZML._SL500_AA300_.jpg

[WampusCrandle]

Never saw this movie before, and i assumed that it would be bad. I'm a half hour into it and it's been pretty fun so far.

http://www.comingsoon.net/gallery/41056/I_Love_You,_Beth_Cooper_4.jpg

[jonyrotn]

Frozen..
I didn't love it...

[fezident]

BTW...
Amadeus is available on Netflix under the "watch instantly" tab. Enjoy.

[midwestjeff]

Still Bill.

Netflix instant watch movie.

At the end, Uma Thurman beats David Carradine in an intense game of freeze tag.

[underdog]

Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work

Very well done doc. I never understood the appeal of her or her comedy or even why she was considered and icon/legend. To me she was nothing more then a red carpet interviewer who had WAY too much plastic surgery. This movie changed that. What an amazing life and career she has had. I give her tons of credit for even doing this and putting herself out there like this. She is a hell of a lot funnier then I ever expected. Shes actually down right raw and dirty! This was so well done I would recommend it to all doc fans.

I now look forward to one (soon) seeing her live show!

I also watched this today, after your post.

Thought it was decent. Really made you see how desperate and incomplete Joan Rivers is.

[Snacks]

I also watched this today, after your post.

Thought it was decent. Really made you see how desperate and incomplete Joan Rivers is.

I think its every comedian, they all seem to have no self worth. One thing I hated was how she basically said she would do anything for money. That was fucking sad!

[underdog]

I think its every comedian, they all seem to have no self worth. One thing I hated was how she basically said she would do anything for money. That was fucking sad!

Yeah, I agree completely.

[Dan G]

Here's what I watched this week:

The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2006) - I wasn’t planning on watching this this week. I wanted to continue my Best Picture streak. It was while checking my Instant Netflix queue that I discovered this documentary would no longer be available after February 27th. Since I really wanted to see this, I put the streak on hiatus.
It was well worth it.
By the way, the following 2 films were also being removed, so I had to watch all these with the quickness.

La grande illusion aka Grand Illusion (1933) - There had to be a reason that when Criterion began releasing DVDs with spine numbers, this was #1. It’s because of that, that I wanted to see this.
It’s an anti-war film about 2 French soldiers in a German POW camp that attempt to escape and flee to Switzerland.
Very enjoyable!

Le cercle rouge aka The Red Circle (1970) - Another Criterion release. This one about an a man fresh out of prison and a murderer on the loose that team up for a huge jewelery store heist.
For the majority of the film you have no idea what they’re teaming up to do, so it’s a very slow buildup. Once the heist occurs, it’s like watching a colorized version of Rififi. Just like the great Jules Dassin film, during the heist there is absolutely no dialog, just 20 minutes or so of guys sneaking around stealing valuable jewels.
The film is slow paced, but there’s action that moves the story along and keeps things interesting.

Under the Volcano (1984) - I found the film and story to be boring, but the acting was great, especially Albert Finney, who plays a drunk throughout the whole film.
The ending kind of saved this and made me appreciate it a little more.

The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia (2009) - Crazy ass documentary about the White family.
This was hilarious and sad at the same time. You really have to feel for the kids in these families because history just shows they all pretty much choose the wrong path in life, where they either end up dead at a young age, addicted to drugs, or spending time in prison.
Having said that, one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen or heard was the Boone County mating call.

Roger & Me (1989) - I like Michael Moore, but I’ve only seen Bowling for Columbine and Fahrenheit 9/11. Never saw this first film or his TV show, The Awful Truth.
This documentary was pretty cool. I seriously was not expecting to see a rabbit beaten to death, so I admit, I had to turn away. I had no problem watching the rabbit get skinned though.

The Inglorious Bastards (1978) - Wanted to see this ever since I saw Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds. Almost ordered the 3 disc DVD set several months ago, but decided against it for some reason. Saw that it was on Instant Netflix, so watched it that way.
Kind of glad I didn’t buy it. It was somewhat enjoyable, but I don’t think I would ever feel the need to re-watch it.
I think if I were 10 I would have loved it a lot more. War, guns, explosions, tits, stunts, etc..., things a young me would’ve ate up. Being older, the dialog is cheesy and it just tries to be the next Dirty Dozen. It’s not.

Around the World in Eighty Days (1956) - Back to Best Picture winners. Now I’ve seen all the 1950s winners.
This was long...too long. Just shy of 3 hours. There were scenes that just dragged on and on.
It was good, but didn’t need to be the epic it turned out to be.

[spoon]

Redlight

I can't believe one doc could be so disgusting and sad in the matter it covers, yet so inspiring and heartfelt by following the few trying to stop the vulgar repulsive actions.

[spoon]

Followed up by Stipes, which is never a bad idea.

[Jayw]

The Bridge- That footage they got is crazy. I guess if you film the golden gate bridge long enough fools will be jumping off. Pretty interesting documentary, the way it was put together was good.

[cougarjake13]

The Bridge- That footage they got is crazy. I guess if you film the golden gate bridge long enough fools will be jumping off. Pretty interesting documentary, the way it was put together was good.

so it actually shows people jumping ??

[underdog]

The Bridge- That footage they got is crazy. I guess if you film the golden gate bridge long enough fools will be jumping off. Pretty interesting documentary, the way it was put together was good.

so it actually shows people jumping ??

Yes.

Great movie, though.

[Snacks]

The Bridge- That footage they got is crazy. I guess if you film the golden gate bridge long enough fools will be jumping off. Pretty interesting documentary, the way it was put together was good.

I just finished this because of you. It was on Hulu/IMDB for free for those that want to check it out.

I enjoyed it but it was far from the best doc I ever watched. It was a little too slow paced. This probably could have been a doc short rather then a full length film. I did however feel eager and on edge the entire time.
I was wondering why they focused so much attention on the 1 long haired guy, but now that its over I got it. They did it because he had the best jump, they showed the full fall and impact. He also had the most people interviewed and that long hair blowing in the wind throughout created drama (I guess)!

[Jayw]

I was wondering why they focused so much attention on the 1 long haired guy, but now that its over I got it. They did it because he had the best jump, they showed the full fall and impact. He also had the most people interviewed and that long hair blowing in the wind throughout created drama (I guess)!


Ya I thought the same thing untill his wicked ass jump, it was definitely the money shot.

I would be too afraid that the jump wouldn't kill me and just paralyze me or something. Looking at it on tv it doesn't look that high.

Looking back on it the guys filming it were pretty wacked out too, the way that they would zero in on someone and just film it had to be a bit creepy.

[Dan G]

Here's what I watched this week:

Touching the Void (2003) - Great documentary about 2 British mountain climbers who attempt to climb one of the tallest mountains in Peru.
The 2 climbers tell their story as re-enactment footage is shown. Even knowing the fate of the climbers as they tell their story, you’re still left wondering how they’ll survive.

The Lost Weekend (1945) - Best Picture winner about an alcoholic who tells his friends he’s sober, but he secretly hides his bottles throughout his home.
Billy Wilder directed this. Some of my favorite comedies were done by him, so it was cool to see him direct such a dramatic film.

Tender Mercies (1983) - Another film about an alcoholic, this one with Robert Duvall as an alcoholic, washed up country singer. He wakes up in a motel room after a 2 day bender and begins to reassess his life.
Strong performance by Duvall, but that’s expected.

As the Tables Turn (2007) / As the Technics Spin (2009) / DJ Rob Swift: Live! The Documented Movement (2011) - Three documentaries about one of my favorite turntablists, Rob Swift.
The first, As the Tables Turn, shows Rob’s beginnings in deejaying and talks about the creation and end of the turntablist crew, X-ecutioners.
As the Technics Spin is all about how Rob constructs his routines. I was floored with how he’s able to keep the buzzing sound from “Public Enemy No. 1” going. I saw him do this live several years ago and I loved it.
DJ Rob Swift: Live! The Documented Movement was just released on DVD this week. It follows Rob as he is set to release his latest album, “The Architect.” Lots of footage from his release party featuring Ill Insanity and former X-ecutioner Mista Sinista. They show a nice tribute to GM Roc Raida, who passed away in September 2009.
I love watching turntablists, so these 3 DVDs were amazing to me. All are loaded with extras, too, which I haven’t even touched yet.

[IamFogHat]

I finally watched Narc the other day. I've had it for like two years, I have no idea why it took me this long to watch it. But goddamn this movie is amazing. It's one of those you think you see the twist coming a mile away, but then when you get through it you realize you were wrong in a good way and it's really satisfying. Check it out if you haven't seen it, Ray Liotta gives his best performance since Goodfellas honestly, and that's saying a lot.

[Snacks]

Bigger, Stronger, Faster.

Excellent Doc that shows the hypocrisy of people in sports and America. I have been saying for years that taking a cortisone shot or getting tommy john surgery is a performance enhancer. Its a different kind of course but many players who take steroids do it so they can play longer, recover, and work harder. they still need to do the work yet society looks at people who take steroids as bad people. It talks about how in everything in life people would be considered cheaters if they were to really look at everything that technology has done in every area of life. I loved his examples. Really good movie if youre interested in seeing both sides of the argument and not closed minded like Don Hooton who blames steroids for his sons death.

[RoseBlood]

Bigger, Stronger, Faster.

At first glance I thought this was spam.

[realmenhatelife]

Tonight I watched Dogtooth, which is a weird Greek movie. Now I enjoyed it, but right on the front in big letters it says "Hilarious" and the short version of the description makes it sound like a wacky comedy, and not the dark tale of child abuse that it actually is.

[underdog]

Tonight I watched Dogtooth, which is a weird Greek movie. Now I enjoyed it, but right on the front in big letters it says "Hilarious" and the short version of the description makes it sound like a wacky comedy, and not the dark tale of child abuse that it actually is.

It was such a strange movie. I enjoyed it, but wow, was the weird. It took me like two days to take some sort of message away from it.

[realmenhatelife]

It was such a strange movie. I enjoyed it, but wow, was the weird. It took me like two days to take some sort of message away from it.

Here is the one sister's cabaret punk band:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMduxIoebcU&feature=fvwrel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jcx45QfwL5M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiIU-I6AVao&feature=related

The last one is a cover of booty anthem Milkshake, with a snippet of what I think is a Lil Kim song at the end.

I was into the sisters.

[Snacks]

Tonight I watched Dogtooth, which is a weird Greek movie. Now I enjoyed it, but right on the front in big letters it says "Hilarious" and the short version of the description makes it sound like a wacky comedy, and not the dark tale of child abuse that it actually is.

It was such a strange movie. I enjoyed it, but wow, was the weird. It took me like two days to take some sort of message away from it.

I just looked this movie up. Please tell me this isnt a true story?

[realmenhatelife]

I just looked this movie up. Please tell me this isnt a true story?

No, it's fictional and it's kindof an allegory about overprotecting your children. Although every now and then you do hear stories about someone keeping a person locked up for years and years, like that dude in Austria last year.

[Jayw]

Sin Nombre - Cool little film about an immigrants journey from the bottom of Mexico to the states. I enjoyed it, nothing groundbreaking though.

[Snacks]

Exit through the gift shop!

No doubt in my mind this was concocted by Banksy himself or Banksy and Shepard Fairey. The artwork looks exactly like its both of theirs. I didnt even know that this movie was widley considered a fake, but as soon as it was over I thought to myself they did this to show how "brainwashed" idiots are that they will spend tons of money and create a new god like artist out of someone who is not an artist. Then I went to IMDB and read post after post that this is exactly what many people believe.

Pretty decent movie, but not best Doc of the year!

[Dan G]

Here's what I watched this week:

Enter the Void (2010) - Went into this film not knowing anything about it other than that it had incredible opening credits.
It was beautiful to watch, but way too repetitious and far too long, even though I saw the 143 minute version.

Edmond (2005) - William H. Macy is such a great actor and he did not disappoint in this.
He plays a guy unhappy with his life, so he decides to just leave his wife and wander the city streets of NY, hoping to discover himself. It’s hilarious how he tries to barter with strippers and whores.
Parts of this felt like American Psycho, but this film isn’t imagined in the characters head.

The Italian Job (1969) - The original with Michael Caine. I never saw the remake, don’t feel I really need to. This one was good enough.

North Dallas Forty (1979) - Ron Bennington has said numerous times that this was one of his all-time favorite sports films. Saw that it was expiring from Instant Netflix, so made sure to catch it.
Pretty realistic looking film about football from the players perspective off the field. So you see how they deal with the injuries and pain. Lots of pills, alcohol, and weed.

Killer’s Kiss (1955) - Early Stanley Kubrick film about a washed up boxer that gets mixed up between a woman and her thug boyfriend.
It was a tense film.

Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) - One of those iconic horror films that I felt was required viewing.
For its time, I thought the creature’s costume looked really good. Noticed a lot of shots came right at the camera, so I discovered that it was originally shown in 3-D. Would’ve loved to have seen it that way.

Sabotage (1936) - British Hitchcock film about a man involved with a group to plant a bomb in London.
It was decent, but when I watch Hitchcock films, it’s like I’m half paying attention to the story and half looking for a Hitchcock cameo. I did not see him in this, don’t know if I missed him or if he just didn’t show up.

El secreto de sus ojos aka The Secret in Their Eyes (2009) - Argentinian film about a retired federal agent who decides to write a novel based on a 25 year old case that went somewhat unsolved.
Really, really good film.

[Furtherman]

The Next Three Days. Russel Crowe, Elisabeth Banks. A man's wife is imprisoned for a murder she didn't commit, and find his only way is to break her out. This movie was labeled as "Action" in On Demand. There is no action until the last 15 minutes, and by then you've lost any interest in this borefest.


Skyline. Aliens attack LA. This movie got pummeled by critics and I heard a lot of hate for it, but I enjoyed it. I found it done very well as a low budget film, and thought it's storyline of people watching the attack but not knowing what to do was tense and ultimately a dark movie whereas we're helpless against such a unstoppable force. The visual effects were top notch too.

[Jayw]

Fish Tank- An interesting British film based in a low income area. It was slow for the first 45 minute but got better. Overall it was worth watching.

I am love- I was going to try something to break my string of dark/gritty dramas. Since I try to avoid reviews of potential movies I will see, I was a bit surprised with this movie. It was a little more up beat but definitely was shocked with the path it took. I really liked the cinematography and thought it was shot in a cool way.

[fezident]

It was such a strange movie. I enjoyed it, but wow, was the weird. It took me like two days to take some sort of message away from it.


I absolutely LOVE when a movie has that effect.

You sold me. I'm gonna watch Dogtooth tonight.

[Chigworthy]

Re-watched Black Snake Moan and really enjoyed it. I didn't remember liking it so much the first time. Nice to see a somewhat mainstream movie painted on a backdrop of Mississippi hill country blues. The Son House archival footage, Burnside's grandkids on stage, Othar Turner and Kimbrough songs, the juke joint, Samuel Jackson looking like Burnside and crafting a rendition of Stagger Lee, and then this song at the credits:

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[Jayw]

Incendies- Some english subs finally came out and I was able to get around to watching this oscar nom. The subs were a bit jacked up but even so it was a great film. I recommend, but maybe wait for a less annoying subtitle to come out, I don't need to know every time a bird is chirping or someone is sighing. I also didn't think that the radiohead tracks were out of place at all, I thought they went well with the tone of the film. If they would of thrown exit music for a film on the ending credits it would of been money.

[underdog]

Primer

Nothing can date a movie quicker than technology, but other than that, I really enjoyed the film. It's one of those films that you need to either read about afterward or watch it again.

[Snacks]

Primer

Nothing can date a movie quicker than technology, but other than that, I really enjoyed the film. It's one of those films that you need to either read about afterward or watch it again.

No shit! I just watched Antitrust and lots of technology has changed since 2001. Still was a pretty decent movie. I felt like I was watching for the 1st time even though I did see it when it first came out!

[Dan G]

Here's what I watched this week:

Taxi Driver (1976) - Saw this in the theater for its 35th anniversary release. This was actually only my second time seeing this film. The first was a window boxed presentation on TCM 6 years ago, so this was a major improvement.
The transfer looked and sounded great. The Blu-ray should not disappoint.

The Baxter (2005) - I really knew nothing about Michael Showalter, so since his episode of Unmasked aired over the weekend, I wanted to at least see something Michael has done before listening to it.
This film was on Instant Netflix, so I queued it up. Not only did he star in this, but he also wrote and directed it.
Decent romantic comedy (ala Woody Allen or Albert Brooks) about a couple about to be married, but knowing they’re just not right for each other.
Had some funny moments.
I listened to the Unmasked after this and really didn’t learn anything about him, other than that he knows all the words to “Beat Street.”

Bande à part aka Band of Outsiders (1964) - Enjoyable film about 3 friends planning to steal a large sum of money from a man who keeps his money stored in his bedroom.
Supposedly one of Quentin Tarantino’s favorite films. He named his production company after it. You could tell that the dance scene in this film influenced him as he directed his own memorable dance scene in Pulp Fiction.

St. Elmo’s Fire (1985) - Iconic 80s film that I have never seen until this week.
I found it comical that its main stars: Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson and Ally Sheedy all play college graduates, yet that same year this film came out, another classic from 1985, The Breakfast Club, starring those same 3, all play high school students forced to come in for Saturday school.
I saw this on Instant Netflix and one thing that pissed me off was that it was the wrong aspect ratio. I could tell because the opening credits had black bars on the top and bottom of the screen, but when the opening finished, the screen expanded. Normally I would’ve shut it off, but I really wanted to see this. Had it been action film there’s no way I would’ve put up with it, but for a drama, I figured I wouldn’t lose much of the picture. Still, if a film is meant to be shown at 2:35:1, then that’s the way it should be. I don’t need a picture blown up to 1:85:1. At least it wasn’t full screen, that would’ve been deleted immediately.

La jetée (1963) - Interesting concept in this film, though I’m not sure that I totally enjoyed it.
This is a narrated futuristic sci-fi film, using still photographs. It was extremely short, so not the most difficult film to sit through.

Edge of the City (1956) - Film about 2 long shoremen (black guy and a white guy) who become friends.
Interesting thing about this was that the white guy had the troubled past, but the black guy was successful, had a loving family, and a nice home. I imagine that was a pretty bold thing for its time.

The Killing Fields (1984) - True story of a Pulitzer Prize winning NY Times writer covering the Vietnam war in Cambodia.
I liked this one a lot. Had no idea the guy who plays the Cambodian translator was not an actor. Incredible performance by him. His Academy Award was well deserved.

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) - Finally got to see this sci-fi classic. Impressive effects. The spaceship looked really good.

[fezident]

Underdog: do you feel like you fully understood Primer?
I had to see it a few times before I grasped that there were so many versions of themselves in "our" time. That movie can not be casually watched. You really need to become an active participant! I love it.

[underdog]

Underdog: do you feel like you fully understood Primer?
I had to see it a few times before I grasped that there were so many versions of themselves in "our" time. That movie can not be casually watched. You really need to become an active participant! I love it.

I didn't when it finished, so I started reading about it and feel like I understand it a bit better now. I'm going to rewatch it sometime.

[Furtherman]

Underdog: do you feel like you fully understood Primer?
I had to see it a few times before I grasped that there were so many versions of themselves in "our" time. That movie can not be casually watched. You really need to become an active participant! I love it.

I didn't when it finished, so I started reading about it and feel like I understand it a bit better now. I'm going to rewatch it sometime.

I found that watching with the subtitles helps - you pick up on some things you might have missed.

[Gutter]

I watched Kevin Smith's Cop Out last night.

I thought it was pretty funny.....Tracy Morgan was hilarious, he had some good lines and i actually liked him and Bruce Willis together. Sean William Scott was good as well.....he was his usual dick-ish self, but in a more of a scumbag kind of way. the story was decent enough to entertain me on a late sunday evening.....Oh and Susie Essman has a fantastic cameo thats really funny.

[CountryBob]

I watched Kevin Smith's Cop Out last night.

I thought it was pretty funny.....Tracy Morgan was hilarious, he had some good lines and i actually liked him and Bruce Willis together. Sean William Scott was good as well.....he was his usual dick-ish self, but in a more of a scumbag kind of way. the story was decent enough to entertain me on a late sunday evening.....Oh and Susie Essman has a fantastic cameo thats really funny.

I liked it too - Knowing that K Smith made it to be cheesy like those 80's buddy cop movies - made it easier to digest.

[Jayw]

The lovely bones- This is one of the most irritating and dumbest movies I have ever finished watching. If i saw this at a theater I would of walked out. Fucking terrible on all levels. Maybe if all the scenes with the dead girl were cut out and the movie shortened by an hour or more it might not of hurt as much. So bad, avoid at every possible cost. What a disaster.

[Chigworthy]

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Kiss of the Dragon

Normally I do not watch action movies or martial arts movies. This was an impulse watch on Netflix. I am now stopping the movie halfway through after watching Jet Li kill a man with chopsticks. I let it slide when he repeatedly incapacitated his foes during fights with acupuncture needles. There's even a scene with Chinese people doing laundry in a hotel basement. Jet Li actually kicks peoples' asses by dual-wielding a pair of hot irons! I can only assume that if I continue watching, I will see more fantastic Chinese stereotypes. Perhaps he could kill someone with pork buns. It was nice to see the cliche multicultural gang of villains that we learned to love in the late 70's. Garbage.

[underdog]

The Mechanic - good action flick, but I think I saw a rough edit or something. There were a lot of cameras and boom mics in the picture

Hot Tub Time Machine - yech.

[fezident]

Primer

Nothing can date a movie quicker than technology, but other than that, I really enjoyed the film. It's one of those films that you need to either read about afterward or watch it again.

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!!!
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[Chigworthy]

http://cdn-0.nflximg.com/en_US/boxshots/gsd/60020780.jpg
Kiss of the Dragon

Normally I do not watch action movies or martial arts movies. This was an impulse watch on Netflix. I am now stopping the movie halfway through after watching Jet Li kill a man with chopsticks. I let it slide when he repeatedly incapacitated his foes during fights with acupuncture needles. There's even a scene with Chinese people doing laundry in a hotel basement. Jet Li actually kicks peoples' asses by dual-wielding a pair of hot irons! I can only assume that if I continue watching, I will see more fantastic Chinese stereotypes. Perhaps he could kill someone with pork buns. It was nice to see the cliche multicultural gang of villains that we learned to love in the late 70's. Garbage.

So tonight is the night of bad movies with chopstick murders:
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Harpoon: Whale Watching Massacre

I put this on in the background while doing some menial tasks. It sounded interesting if only for the Icelandic setting. It was a mediocre Chainsaw Massacre tale of a sick family with the requisite retard mutant, psychotic paternal figure, and hulking brute (Even played by Gunner Hansen, who apparently played the original Leatherface). I didn't really pay attention, but apparently meddling foreigners have shut down whaling in Iceland and pissed off the locals. A miscellaneous group of whale watchers get stranded at sea and the crazy family rescues them, then begins killing them all. People die, the evil mom gets burned, more people die, some people make it to land, more people die, the retard mutant gets a flare to the face, the asian tourist girl escapes with someone who apparently was part of the evil family. The hero, a gay black man gets shot by Coast Guard when they mistake him for the bad guy, but he blows off Leatherface's head before he dies. The final scene is the vehicle that the asian girl escaped in and inside it is the man she escaped with dying. He's dying with two chopsticks shoved in his neck, just like in the other shitty movie I watched tonight. I can't believe that I would randomly pick two terrible movies from different genres that would contain people being killed by chopsticks.

[Dan G]

Here's what I watched this week:

Open City (1946) - Italian film about Nazis in Italy tracking down people in the resistance.
Some memorable scenes in this that’ll stay with you.
My only complaint was that since it was subtitled, not all the words shown. People would be talking, yet nothing would show on screen. Perhaps it was meaningless dialog, I mean I doubt I lost anything from the story, but still, it would be nice to know what exactly is being said.

Zombieland (2009) - I never really got all the hype about zombies. People like to speculate on what to do if there were a zombie apocalypse. That topic is just too silly for me to even think about giving a serious answer.
Having said that, I did watch the entire first season of The Walking Dead, even though I really only liked the first episode.
As for this film, I really didn’t find it funny. The Bill Murray appearance was nice, though I knew about it in advance. I did like Jesse Eisenberg’s pre-The Social Network Facebook mention.

Decision Before Dawn (1951) - True story about the US Military in France, using German P.O.W.’s as spies to alert them on German activity.
Cool to see a younger Oskar Werner, who I really only knew from Fahrenheit 451.

Fa yeung nin wa aka In the Mood for Love (2000) - Beautifully shot film about a man and a woman that discover their significant others are having an affair with each other. The 2 form a friendship, but try not to live their lives like their cheating partners.

F for Fake (1973) - Orson Welles directs and stars in this documentary about fraud.
A few different stories are covered, including a painter that fools dealers and museums with replica works.
A lot of talk about director Howard Hughes as well. I’ve seen some of his films, but never really knew much about him or his scandals. I guess I should watch The Aviator someday.

Jeanne Dielman
23, quai du Commerce
1080 Bruxelles (1975) - I can’t believe I sat through all 3 hours and 21 minutes of this. It sounded interesting. A widowed woman living with her teenage son, whores herself for money while her son is away at school.
This film is all about rituals. It covers 3 days and it’s basically the same thing day after day. It almost felt like a documentary. The camera is basically stationary with each shot. You pretty much see everything this woman does...in its entirety. I’m not complaining about watching her bathe, but you see her polishing shoes twice, cleaning her tub twice, standing in line at a bank, washing dishes, etc... These are all scenes that felt like they were 5 minutes each, with no dialog. I know it’s meant to show how ritualistic this woman’s life is, but it’s not very compelling on screen. Then again, maybe it was, afterall, I did watch the whole thing.

[Furtherman]

I'm not much of a gamer and probably missed half the references, but I really enjoyed Scott Pilgrim vs The World. It was a clever real life video game.

Also Knight And Day. Not very good. Predictable and silly.

[Snacks]

Middle Men.

I love movies similar to this but hate it when they take the real story and dont tell you the truth or fabricate it so much that its a different. story. The funny thing about this movie is it was made by the guy who lived this yet he changed so much that it seemed fake! I was looking forward to seeing this movie but it disappointed! typical!

[underdog]

Rubber

French people are fucking weird.

[CountryBob]

Skyline - I wanted to like this movie but was let down (especially the ending). Worst part is I ordered it Pay Per View and spent $5.99.

Due Date- Almost a rehash of Planes Trains Automobiles - not really funny (had a few moments) and got sentimental in places. I hate this model for a comedy.

[fezident]

KILL BILL.
Bloody brilliant.


Also, I watched RONIN the other day... and it holds up beautifully. Great plotting, fantastic ensemble cast, and a nice adult pace. This movie is the standard by which all heist films should be judged.

[Dan G]

Here's what I watched this week:

Banshun aka Late Spring (1949) - My second time seeing an Ozu film. The first was Tokyo Story, which I really loved. I did attempt to record one on TCM a few weeks ago, but my DVR didn’t record it. I can’t even remember what it was called, but it sounded interesting, something about kids wanting a TV. Unfortunately it’s not available to stream on Netflix.
This one is about a 27-year-old woman still living with/caring for her widowed father. All of her friends and relatives urge her to go off and get married, but she remains content being with her father, whom she greatly admires.
Seems more like a chick flick type, but I enjoyed it.

Arthur (1981) - With the remake coming out this week, I figure I might as well finally check out the original. I never had any intention of seeing the remake and now that I saw this one, I know for a fact that I never will.
This was seriously, a very funny film. I really had no idea how funny it was going to be. Dudley Moore was outstanding as a drunk.
I do have the sequel in my Instant Netflix queue, but I’m in no rush to see it. I don’t want to ruin my thoughts on what I feel about this one.
The only positive thing I can say about Russell Brand’s version, was that it brought to my attention that I needed to see Moore’s. I don’t care if Brand’s version gets 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. I will not see it!

I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! (1968) - Peter Sellers plays an upright mid-30s lawyer about to be married, who suddenly embraces the hippie lifestyle after he unknowingly eats pot laced brownies.
Obviously, a very dated film, but still had some funny moments.

Starship Troopers (1997) - For some reason, this film constantly gets mentioned on the Ron & Fez show. I never got the references, so I finally watched it and now I can laugh and laugh every time Ron mentions Johnny Rico or says the line “this is a bug planet.”
I found this to be somewhat enjoyable, a little too silly for me. I did laugh when I recognized ‘Jeff’ from Saved by the Bell and ‘Hank’ from Breaking Bad.

Down to the Bone (2003) - Vera Farmiga was a guest on the Ron & Fez show this week. Prior to her coming in, Ron was talking about some of his favorite roles of hers and this film was brought up. Later, when Vera showed up, she brought up this film as being one that she wishes more people would see. I queued it up on Netflix and watched it that night.
Very good story about a mother of 2 young children, trying to kick her cocaine habit. I have never done any type of illegal drug, so I can’t relate to that euphoric feeling of taking drugs or trying to stop, yet I’m fascinated with dramatic films about them. I can’t get into the comedies though. I’ve never seen Half Baked, Pineapple Express, or any Cheech & Chong film.
This was highly enjoyable.

District 9 (2009) - At first I really liked the documentary style and the whole back story, but then they showed a character attempting to get aliens to sign eviction notices. I thought they were kidding, but then they were going door-to-door. I really couldn’t take it serious after that, so it kinda ruined the whole thing for me.

Låt den rätte komma in aka Let the Right One In (2008) - I’ve heard good things about the US remake, Let Me In, so I wanted to see the Scandalnavian first.
I didn’t even know this was about vampires, but I thought it was very well done.

Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993) - Woody Allen is probably my favorite director. I especially love his films in which he stars in and take place in NY,
This was a pretty comical film about a couple who suspect their neighbor killed his wife.

[Jayw]

Down to the bone- As Dan G said ron mentioned it on the show and I thought it sounded right up my alley. I was a bit disappointed. It was very slow which is fine but it just never really got to me at all. As a former user I am hyper critical of drug films and like when they are realistic as possible but this one just didn't do it for me. It was mediocre and nothing that left any sort of lasting impression on me.

[Jayw]

In a better world- A 2010 foreign film Oscar winner, won golden globe. I thought it was really good. I probably needed to pay attention more to come away with a deeper meaning. Definitely recommend.

[Dan G]

Here's what I watched this week:

Win Win (2011) - Went to this never seeing a trailer or even reading any reviews on it. I had no idea what it was going to be about. I saw this because it was directed by Tom McCarthy, who made one of my all-time favorite films, The Station Agent.
This film did not disappoint. Great blend of comedy and drama.
Paul Giamatti plays a stressed out struggling lawyer, who also coaches a consistently losing high school wrestling team. He ends up becoming the guardian of a wealthy old man who suffers from dementia. He does this because it’s an extra $1500 in his pocket. Things get complicated when the teenage grandson of the old man suddenly shows up, because he’s run away from his drug abusing mother. The boy was a wrestling sensation at his school before he quit the team. So now things start looking up for the lawyer/wrestling coach.
I know it’s early to start talking Oscars, but I wouldn’t be surprised if this gets some nominations. Then again, I thought Get Low was an excellent film last year and that didn’t get any recognition at the Oscars.

Source Code (2011) - I thought this film would be a bit repetitive with the plot being that a man continue reliving the same 8 minutes until he can locate who bombed the commuter train he’s aboard.
It was not.
This was a very well told story. I was into it the whole time.
I still need to see Moon, which I’ve never heard anything bad about. Looks like Duncan Jones is off to a great start and is a director to look forward to seeing more films from.

Cronos (1992) - I only watched this because it was a Criterion release. This however did not look like a Criterion release. This was more like a low budget 80s late night cable movie.
I really did not like this. I have to wonder why Criterion was behind this. I guess because it was Guillermo del Toro’s directorial feature film debut.
I’d probably appreciate this more without the Criterion banner. I guess I just expected much more. Then again, Criterion have also released Armageddon, The Rock, and Robocop.

Splendor in the Grass (1961) - To give you an idea just how old this film is, in the opening credits where it’s listing the stars names, the final one reads “and introducing Warren Beatty.”
This was actually a really good film about teenage sexuality in the late 1920s. Beatty plays a guy who wants to have sex with his girlfriend (Natalie Wood). You can tell she wants to give it up, but she’s reluctant. She also has a mother that constantly tells her sex is bad. It drives her so mad that she has to be institutionalized.

Gorky Park (1983) - Political thriller set in Russia about 3 murdered people which an investigator believes the KGB is behind.
Lee Marvin is in this and even in his much older age, his on screen presence was very good.

Three O’Clock High (1987) - Probably the worst of the 80s high school comedies.
I swear I thought the entire film was going to be a dream. Probably would’ve liked it better if it were.
I didn’t recognize the star, but doing an IMDB search on him revealed that he played 3-D in the Back to the Future films.

Scream (1996), Scream 2 (1997), Scream 3 (2000) - With the 4th installment coming out tomorrow, decided to watch the 3 leading up to it.
It had been years since I’ve seen these. I had never even seen part 3 until today.
The original is still great. That opening was very strong and highly suspenseful. There’s no way anyone ever suspected that Drew Barrymore would die within the first 10 minutes. That really set the tone and kept you guessing throughout.
One thing I never understood is Henry Winkler’s role. It was fun seeing him as the school principal and the role was certainly more than just a cameo appearance, yet his name does not show up in the credits. Never understood why. If I remember correctly, Kathy Bates had a funny part in Rat Race and her name didn’t appear either.
Anyway, the original Scream was still fun after all these years. The thing that sucked, which apparently I never knew, but I’ve owned all 3 on DVD and the first one is non-anamorphic, so I had to watch it windowboxed, so that was disappointing. After all these years, this is the first time I’ve watched these on DVD.
Part 2 is no where near as good as the original, but it’s still quite enjoyable. I did recognize a very young Josh Jackson (Peter Bishop from Fringe) in the classroom scene.
As for the killer, I had no idea who the actor was until the end credits, then I was like “oh shit, that was Justified.”
Part 3 was mediocre. I didn’t care about any of the “Stab” actors, so their killings were meaningless to me.
The reveal of the killer and his reasons were really dumb, though this film was much harder to guess who the killer was.
Each of these films got worse and worse, now I’m questioning why I want to see part 4 tomorrow. I guess it’s the nostalgia factor.

[fezident]

DAN G.
If you're interested in movies about the power, the highs, and the lows of drug use ...
... please watch a movie called CANDY (featuring Heath Ledger, Abbie Cornish, and Geoffrey Rush). Easily Ledger's greatest performance. And easily the most harrowing tale that I've ever seen of addiction and destruction.

Lemme know if you dig it.

[Snacks]

I spit on your grave 2010

Not bad, never watched the original but I think this was ok for what it was. The main character was played by Sarah Butler who I think is a newcomer. She was a pretty girl and will get more work based on her looks not her acting. She wasnt that believable when she became the revenge seeker. This movie was something very similar to todays scary movies like Saw, graphic and bloody.

Jesus Camp

This movies was the scarier one of the 2 movies I watched tonight. The shit that these people teach children is nothing short of abuse. If this was any other group teaching kids something else people would be outraged but because its under the christian, jesus, religion umbrella no one says shit and this type of abuse is allowed. I recommend this to anyone who like docs!

[realmenhatelife]

I spit on your grave 2010

Not bad, never watched the original but I think this was ok for what it was. The main character was played by Sarah Butler who I think is a newcomer. She was a pretty girl and will get more work based on her looks not her acting. She wasnt that believable when she became the revenge seeker. This movie was something very similar to todays scary movies like Saw, graphic and bloody.

I actually have this on netflix right now but haven't gotten to it. I have seen the original and it would've been one of the forerunners of the torture porn genre. As a matter of fact I've read that Hostel 2 sortof lifted a key element of the original ISOYG.

[Snacks]

I actually have this on netflix right now but haven't gotten to it. I have seen the original and it would've been one of the forerunners of the torture porn genre. As a matter of fact I've read that Hostel 2 sortof lifted a key element of the original ISOYG.

The Hostel movies were both fucked up and very over the top bloody similar to Saw as well. Yes part 2 kind of did have the revenge factor but so did part 1 in a way. Not as much but they both did.

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Source Code (2011) - I thought this film would be a bit repetitive with the plot being that a man continue reliving the same 8 minutes until he can locate who bombed the commuter train he’s aboard.
It was not.
This was a very well told story. I was into it the whole time.


I agree, time flew by watching this movie.. well done!

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Everyone Else

Almost a German version of Blue Valentine, but almost more realistic and intense. It was recommended to me for a while, and it was great.

[underdog]

Catfish

Anyone who thinks this movie is real should have to walk around with a scarlet R on their chest for the rest of their lives.

This movie is fucking horrendous.

[Snacks]

Black Swan

Terrible movie, typical crap by Aronofsky. I dont know why people like him or his work? Its like a few movie geeks with power decided he was the new guy that they would say was so talented and then fooled the rest of dumb Americans that want to say they are hip so they agree! Fucking sheep! Requiem was terrible, The Fountain was Terrible, The Wrestler nowhere near as good as people said but watchable, Black swan not good and sure as hell wasnt Oscar nom worthy for best director or Movie. I hate movies that try to be so artsy, weird and over the top just so they can say they are artsy when in reality a child could make them!

I do think Natalie Portman did a great job of acting in her role. It reminded me of last years best actor award. Crazy Heart was and avg movie at best but Jeff Bridges did a great job in that role and deserved his Oscar!