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Scamula

7th February 2007, 06:03 AM

odin_dax

7th February 2007, 08:08 AM

What movies have you seen recently?

I've seen Dreamgirls, Epic Movie and Night at the Museum recently. It's late, I can't think of any more recent ones i've seen right off the top of my head. :thinking:

I've all the big movies in December, except The Queen, Dreamgirls and Pan's Labyrinth. Anything you name, at least a movie that's mainstream, I've probably seen it. Night at the Museum was okay, haven't seen Epic Movie, but the worst movie I've seen in a LONG time was Suckin' Asses... Wait, it's called Smokin' Aces. Lot of good movies this year.

My favorites were The Departed, Blood Diamond, and Children of Men.

DoctaD

7th February 2007, 06:33 PM

odin_dax

8th February 2007, 12:08 AM

I wasn't overly fussed on Children of Men.... like, I knew it was a good film while I was watching it, but it didnt exactly "push my buttons."

The Departed was an awesome show, although at times I found it a little hard to follow. It was better second time around.

Visually, Children of Men was the best film I've seen this year. Framing, lighting, sets/locations, clothing, how the colors meshed. Sorry, I'm a film geek (wannabe filmmaker). The thing about Children of Men was taking the metaphors and subtle messages and applying it to the world stage, and it could be applied to almost any big country, like Russia, UK and USA. It was also very Orwellian, which I think made me appreciate the film more when I discovered that.

Children of Men and V for Vendetta are quite similar.

Scamula

8th February 2007, 01:06 AM

haven't seen Epic Movie, but the worst movie I've seen in a LONG time was Suckin' Asses... Wait, it's called Smokin' Aces. Lot of good movies this year.

Epic Movie was funny. Of course it's no "Titanic" or even a "Pirates of the Caribbean" but every movie doesn't have to be.

And i was planning on seeing "Smokin' Aces" :ouch: . I saw the commerical for it and I thought it looked hot. What exactly was so bad about it?

blaksun

8th February 2007, 02:57 AM

i watched a knight's tale this weekend, with heath ledger, and was shocked at how much of a quality film it is.

also, the great race (blake edwards) which was just fucking retardedly good.

Stone

9th February 2007, 12:51 PM

A Knights Tale is fucking shit! A good Heath Ledger movie I've seen recently (again) though is Ned Kelly.

Children of Men was a great film, a spectacle of movie making at it's best.

Best film I've seen recently though has to be Blood Diamond. Want the see Babel but it was a crappy d/l so have to get it again.

ComfortablyNumb

10th February 2007, 01:22 AM

Children of Men was pretty good, I really liked Michael Caine's character, however I thought the movie tried a little too hard to get it's political message across. Also, I thought the ending was pretty weak. Overall though, it was a great movie.

Letters from Iwo Jima was also excellent, better than Flags of our Fathers, and is probably the best war movie I've ever seen. (any war).

Apocalypto was another very good movie, however historically innacurate, but hey, I don't go see Mel Gibson's movies to be educated, I go for entertainment, and that it is indeed.

Jarmungand

10th February 2007, 03:33 AM

asdf

piewalker

13th February 2007, 08:56 PM

I saw an old Peter Jackson film, Braindead on the T.V a couple of days ago. It's a spoof zombie film and you wouldn't expect it to be made by the same guy as Lord Of The Rings or the new King Kong. Still loads of special effects though, except its the 80's and it's all gallons (literally) of fake blood and the same sort of stopframe animation as in Jason and the Argnoaughts. It was incredibally funny.

blaksun

13th February 2007, 10:26 PM

A Knights Tale is fucking shit! A good Heath Ledger movie I've seen recently (again) though is Ned Kelly.

r u fckn srs. it's such a great movie. hilarious, a quality piece of film, good acting, good directing (it's by the dude who did payback, another fucking awesome movie ft. mel gibson), a fairly decent story, etc.

i re-watched dogma again to-day. man, is that movie ever terrible. kevin smith is the worst person on the planet. why does he even make movies. he's so fucking bad at it.

ComfortablyNumb

15th February 2007, 04:03 AM

AnotherDamnNewbie

17th February 2007, 07:52 PM

Little Miss Sunshine. The previews looked horrid, but I gave it a shot and was absolutely amazed.

Everyone in Hollywood should be strapped down Clockwork Orange style, and forced to watch this movie at least twice a year. A very refreshing change of pace from typical cliches.

piewalker

18th February 2007, 12:30 AM

Caught Hot Fuzz yesterday. pretty funny, a good send-up of cop movies.

Scamula

18th February 2007, 06:07 AM

Today I saw Norbit. I wasn't planning on seeing it but I decided to bite the bullet and try it. I was pleasantly surprised. I needed a laugh.

How YOU doing? :biggrin:

blaksun

19th February 2007, 06:42 PM

^^ Dude, A Knight's Tale is a fucking horrible movie. I don't know what "good acting" you're referring to in it, as as for the story being fairly decent... no, it's not, it's just stupidly ridiculous.

As for Dogma, that movie is hilarious. Though certainly not the best movie I've ever seen, it is certainly a quality film, much moreso than A Knight's Tale, at least, plus its just fun to watch.

k dude, a knight's tale is fifty billion times the movie dogma could ever hope to be. brian helgeland is more of a directer than kevin smith could ever hope to be.

a knight's tale is well directed, and the acting by everyone in the movie is better than anyone in dog fucking ma.

remember that opening bit with the crowd stomping we will rock you? that was fucking awesome.
and what about that church scene with heath ledger and his woman? that scene was fucking awesome. i'd love to see kevin asshole do anything like that.

and what about integrating geoffrey chaucer as the herald? that was fucking brilliant. kevin smith could NEVER do anything like that.

a knight's tale is a tight, well written, well directed and well acted movie. sure, it comes across as a corny, campy, not very good comedy, but if you have any appreciation for movies and directing, you realize that it's really fucking good.

dogma, on the other hand, is NOT well acted, NOT well written and TERRIBLY directed.

god damn, the flaws in that movie are endless. loki, an angel? loki is a norse god, the embodiment of evil and mischief. and it's not even like they could've taken the name - loki is a scandernavian fucking name, as far from christian as you can get.

serendipity is not a muse, and neither is azrael. azrael is not a greek fucking name.

also, what the fuck was the point of the muses? muses are greek, not christian. and it's not like their special muse-powers played any sort of role - but, that one time in the bar, when salma hayek was trying to signal to silent bob to pick up the golf club, anyone else would've realized that a muse could've inspired him to do so without having to resort to physical fucking signals, jesus christ.

the only good thing kevin smith has ever done is put a new pornographers song in jay and silent bob. and use chris rock.
he is NOT a good maker of movies.

also, dogma isn't even fucking funny. the movie barely even has any goddamn jokes. it's like a new simpsons episode.

also, watched trainspotting recently. man, that movie is short.

Armalite

20th February 2007, 03:20 AM

Well. Certainly some hatred for Kevin Smith. Did you ever see Vulgar? Hehe.

odin_dax

20th February 2007, 04:43 AM

Well. Certainly some hatred for Kevin Smith. Did you ever see Vulgar? Hehe.

I can't say I'm particularly thrilled with Kevin Smith either... He does a good job reviewing movies on Ebert and Roeper.

CUZNCON

24th February 2007, 07:22 AM

Ok. So out of complete boredom and because I am currently without much capital, I stayed home tonight and watched a couple movies on ppv. The evening started with Employ of the month. Retarted. But since I knew that going in, I was able to watch it without wanting to poke my eyeballs out with a fork. It was even funny in spots. Next, to counter act all that merryment, Saw III. Gore for gores sake. I felt the pain and suffering level was above par. Over all, it was a great night.

odin_dax

24th February 2007, 11:28 AM

Esophagus

26th February 2007, 09:44 PM

I don't go to a whole lot of movies, but I've watched a few good ones recently.

Empire Records - A personal favorite.

Hard Rock Zombies - Best zombie movie in existence. The sex scene with Hitler, Eva Braun, a werewolf, and amidget alone makes it worth while. I've never seen anything so unintentionally funny, and poorly made. Thank god for the 80's.

Mutants, Monsters, and Marvels - Go Kevin Smith! He did a few interviews with Stan Lee, turned out fantastic. Im a comic book nrrrrd, and I just loved getting into the minds and lives of some of the silver age greats. The whole reasoning behind "Peter Parker" and all those other names and alliterations were just Stan being lazy and forgetful.

Jesus Camp - Bible thumpers galore! Definitely should have won best documentary at the Oscars last night. Soooo well done. "Why shouldnt we believe in global warming?" "Theres no real proof, so what if the temperature has gone up a few degrees, thats nothing" It was just plain shocking.

An Inconvenient Truth - I guess I can't say I mind that it won instead. Definitely a well done movie, getting the word out on our environmentally un-friendly world.

Pauly Shore is Dead - I wish, then I wouldn't have had to sit through this.

Meh. Theres some highlights anyways.

torcher

27th February 2007, 07:36 AM

Reno 911: Miami - "ahh my watch is caught in your pubes" Lt. Dangle

"i just had the most fucked up dream" Junior, "you know your driving right?" Lt. Dangle

Scamula

28th February 2007, 02:34 AM

Reno 911: Miami - "ahh my watch is caught in your pubes" Lt. Dangle

"i just had the most fucked up dream" Junior, "you know your driving right?" Lt. Dangle
I so want to see Reno 911.

odin_dax

28th February 2007, 05:30 AM

I so want to see Reno 911.

Download it.

Scamula

28th February 2007, 05:56 AM

Download it.
Yeah, I should but I just like the whole movie theatre experience. Call me spoiled but I love movie hopping, sneaking past the employees, sneaking in my own shoplifted snack items. Ah, the possibilities. :sgrin:

Esophagus

28th February 2007, 10:26 PM

I just got a Reno 911 boxset, so funny. Can't wait for the actually movie.

Franuardo

2nd March 2007, 12:38 PM

[QUOTE=odin_dax]but the worst movie I've seen in a LONG time was Suckin' Asses... Wait, it's called Smokin' Aces.

I know I'm reaching pretty far back here, but stay with me.

Smoking Aces is the best movie of 2007 so far. It's all retarded violence but you know it looked so
damn
cool.

It has plot holes, and bad lines ("Shitcan the rhetoric bullshit and talk to me like a man!" Ug.) but it was fun little romp.

Not every movie has to speak to the soul.

But I guess you guys are just waiting for "Not Another 'Movie Type' Movie" to come out.

odin_dax

2nd March 2007, 01:12 PM

CUZNCON

3rd March 2007, 12:33 AM

[QUOTE=Franuardo]

Don't insult me again. Smokin' Aces was shit. End of story.

So are most of your opinions. You should just leave. :damnit1:

odin_dax

3rd March 2007, 11:32 AM

[QUOTE=odin_dax]

So are most of your opinions. You should just leave. :damnit1:

So says the smoking catnip and paper knife posting con without the interpretive sense of humor and the politeness to mind his own business.

And, yeah, Fran, sorry if you got the wrong idea from my post.

odin_dax

3rd March 2007, 11:33 AM

I saw the Ghost Rider movie the other day. That movie was too short, cheesy, and changed some story arcs from the comic series. Gave it a D-. Netflix or download.

Scamula

4th March 2007, 05:41 AM

^I saw it in February and it was not all it was cracked up to be either. Oh well. I'm glad I snuck in :biggrin:

I really want to see 300 next...that seems like it'd be tight.

Esophagus

5th March 2007, 07:26 PM

300 is supposed to be amazing. Frank Miller says its everything his comic was and more. Not a single frame of the movie would look really out of place in the movie, art-wise. And Frank Miller being the genius he is, and the comic being as good as it is, I cant wait. Theres so much senseless violence in the movie, but none of it seems senseless. 2000 people may die at once, but you are never disgusted by whats happening. It justs seems like it SHOUDL be happening.

blaksun

6th March 2007, 09:08 PM

300 the movie is based on frank miller's comic,
which is based on the 300 spartans,
which is based on a myth,
based on true events!

i saw black snake moan on friday, when it came out. i'm not going to go into details of how skullfuckingly amazing it was, and how sam jackson playing an old blues guitarist and christina ricci as a nympho is actually all i could ever want in a movie, ever, because it'd take too long.

i watched the proposition last night. fairly gorry and depressing 'cowboy' movie in australlia. it's pretty fuckign cool - the music was awesome - but i kind of felt that it should've delved more into the shit they did.

also watched waking life, richard linklater's first rotoscoped movie. it was good, and fairly trippy, and it has some good ideas, but it's not even really a movie. it's like a fucking philosophy essay.
the animation is not nearly as quality as a scanner darkly, but i kind of think it benefits from that. it wouldn't've been the same if it was the same quality!

a point of concern, though, is that ASD was rotoscoped in the first place: it totally fit waking life, and KIND of fit ASD, but not really! it's worrisome to think that it's just going to become his signature, something he uses on all of his movies, and not only on the APPLICABLE movies, if ya know what i mean.

i look forward to watching half nelson tonight!

Esophagus

6th March 2007, 09:20 PM

I havent seen walking life, but it fit ASD fairly well. Reading the comic book its the same way. If you go and see the movie, then go to read the comic book, the main character seems almost identically to Keanu in the movie.

Scamula

7th March 2007, 05:04 AM

I saw the Reno movie today and it was cheesy as hell but I did laugh in some spots.

I also saw Wild Hogs. You guys don't know how lucky you are to have each other. :biggrin:

Franuardo

8th March 2007, 12:11 PM

300 is going to be at the IMAX.

Shit
my
pants.

Esophagus

8th March 2007, 11:07 PM

Really?
ROAD TRIP!

Heavy_'TalMeMan

9th March 2007, 03:50 PM

YEEEHAW!
saw 300 yesterday
it was badass

I pretty much loved Sin City, so 300 wasn't much of a difference. Love the graphics, like nothing i've seen before in a movie. I LOL'd at the scene where King Leonidas calmly eats an apple while his soldiers are finishing off the remnants of the first Persian wave.

Esophagus

11th March 2007, 05:08 AM

Scamula

12th March 2007, 11:19 PM

I went to 300 opening night. Sold out with a line still around the block, and no one checking tickets. Somehow Im not upset at the $20 I spent. That movie was AMAZING. Im still definitely going to have to make the trip to Imax though.

$20 to see a movie? Perhaps me living in hicktown isn't so bad after all. The cost of living is cheaper. :biggrin:

blaksun

13th March 2007, 12:54 AM

goddamn 300 was fucking good.

Esophagus

13th March 2007, 03:26 AM

I owed a friend some money. Bought her ticket. Plus tax and all that good stuff. If a ticket ever comes to $20 I'll start sneaking into absolutely everything.

edit: plus i couldnt just by the 14-17 ticket, or kids ticket, like i usually do. 18+ so theyd catch me ripping them off.

odin_dax

13th March 2007, 11:31 PM

Scamula

14th March 2007, 05:14 AM

I saw 300 opening day. With movie prices as they are, I rarely go. 300 was good and entertaining, but it wasn't anything great. There are better war movies, better dramas, but the cinematography was excellent.

You're right. I did enjoy it and the cinematography was the bomb but it still somehow wasn't all it was cracked up to be.

odin_dax

14th March 2007, 06:12 AM

You're right. I did enjoy it and the cinematography was the bomb but it still somehow wasn't all it was cracked up to be.

Ah, the key is to ignore the hype and expect the worse. Worked for me ;-)

Esophagus

14th March 2007, 06:37 PM

I just loved the cinematography and all the brilliant work the blue screen did. I really just went because Frank Miller is a genius, and its always nice to see a non-superhero comic book movie. Doing Frank Miller justice is an understatement, they went literally shot for shot from the comic novel. The director basically gave the actors the freedom of getting to a certain position, and away from it. But they had to hit that mark. I wasnt a fan of the extra subplots though. It was really all in the art. Thats all there should be to it, art and heroism.

Esophagus

20th March 2007, 07:02 PM

I just went to see premonition. Jesus christ. Save your money. It was okay, but I'm a stickler for continuity, and that movie broke its own way too many times.

Scamula

23rd March 2007, 04:22 AM

I thought about it again and 300 is one of the best movies I've seen recently. There's so much crap out but then again, that's always the case, much crap you must go through to get to the diamond in the rough.

Therefore, beyold my new avatar! :hail:

I know you guys like it. :yup:

If you don't, then bite me. :buttkick:

Scamula

23rd March 2007, 04:25 AM

Oh, while I'm at it, did anyone see Epic Movie while it was out?

I've always hated you Captain Jack Swallows. :icon16:

Esophagus

23rd March 2007, 06:43 PM

everyone told me that epic movie was a mass waste of time, so i didnt bother.

DoctaD

23rd March 2007, 07:21 PM

I thought Epic Movie was so shit that I didn't finish watching it and deleted the file.

EDIT: I did the same with Tenacious D's Pick of Destiny... Damn, that film sucked balls.

Scamula

24th March 2007, 01:25 AM

everyone told me that epic movie was a mass waste of time, so i didnt bother.
I thought it was funny but then again I laugh at everything anyway. If you liked "Scary Movie" you'll probably like "Epic Movie". If you don't, then u won't.

odin_dax

25th March 2007, 12:33 AM

Those movies aren't funny-funny, just stupid-funny. No creativity.

Scamula

25th March 2007, 02:56 AM

Those movies aren't funny-funny, just stupid-funny. No creativity.

I am a cheap laugh. I laugh at everything. Yeah, I know the jokes from Epic Movie were dumb but it still tickled me old funnybone. :silly:

ThePrincessOfScam

27th March 2007, 08:30 AM

ZODIAC...

It was kick ass.. the first 5 minutes was so corny it was almost unbeleivable but still... good movie

I just went to see premonition. Jesus christ. Save your money. It was okay, but I'm a stickler for continuity, and that movie broke its own way too many times.

:veryhappy If you read DIzzIE's files you wouldnt need money to go to the movies. lol... But I hate Sandra Bullock(s) so I will never go and see that movie. She is just such a horrible actress!

AnotherDamnNewbie

28th March 2007, 02:43 AM

I saw Brick a few weeks ago. GODDAMN was it brilliant! Beautiful cinematography, dialogue that lights up the scenes, and dumbfoundingly good acting considering the ages of those involved. Watch it now, thank me later.

Scamula

30th March 2007, 04:02 AM

I watched TMNT (don't laugh) :laugh: . It was surprisingly good. I had read a review on it that said it was awful but here's the thing with movie reviewers...they're all a bunch of old upper middle class guys and they probably aren't the target audience for the movie any damn way so why give a damn about what they say? I find it better to trust reviews from peers who've seen it or just use your commonsense. Look and see what's playing...if you need a laugh and are in the mood for some comedy, don't see "Blood Diamond". If you hate profanity, don't see "Reno 911". If you hate Sandra Bullock, then don't see Premonition. If you get squeamish at the sight of gore and blood, then "300" is not for you.

ComfortablyNumb

2nd April 2007, 10:47 AM

I just went and saw The Host tonight- it was this weird-ass korean horror-comedy about this fish monster that goes around killing people. though the plot is extremely loose, the movie is very entertaining because its mostly just a bunch of insane korean people running around jabbering about nonsense and being weird. a definite two thumbs up.

Esophagus

2nd April 2007, 06:41 PM

TMNT looks amazing. Plenty of reviewers hated it, but it is great for children or anyone who grew up in the late 80s/early 90s. Nostalgiaaaa.

I just went to see Reign Over Me. I was a little iffy about whether or not it would be any good, but it turned out to be AMAZING. Definitely the best movie of the eyar so far, and I dont see how anything has a chance of beating. Im going to Little Children tonight though. that looks pretty good too.

ComfortablyNumb

17th April 2007, 12:32 AM

Just saw Grindhouse last night. The first movie, Planet Terror, Is fucking amazing. Robert Rodriguez at his absolute finest. The second, Deathproof, sucked balls. The commercials make it look like itll be nonstop killing throughout (like planet terror) but at least 75% of it was just a bunch of really, really, really annoying bitchy women sitting around talking. I was disappointed by tarantino. Despite this, though, Planet Terror is easily worth the price of the movie ticket, and the fake movie trailers they have are absolutely awesome. Especially Machete, which is (fakely) about a mexican hitman, who's brother is a priest that helps him kill people, and the best part is that the priest is Cheech Marin. "You messed with the wrong Mexican."

Esophagus

17th April 2007, 01:55 AM

I wanted to see it mostly for the faux B-List trailers. They have recieved great reviews all on their own. I love that the directors took the time to add dust and sreaks to the film. My theatre still has that regularly, its going to look terrible now.

Case

3rd June 2007, 11:45 PM

Pulp Fiction.

Seriously I had never seen it until now.

Awesome film, tad confusing but the second time is much better to tend to notice the little things Tarantino stuck in there =]

SayItAintSo014

5th June 2007, 10:40 PM

I saw Grindhouse recently, and I felt the same way about Deathproof, but then my friend found that when they were filming the girls in the white car, when that bitch was on the front, she was actually being filmed on top of that car actually going about 80 miles per hour being hit by the "Deathproof" nova.

odin_dax

6th June 2007, 02:13 AM

ComfortablyNumb

6th June 2007, 03:00 AM

Esophagus

6th June 2007, 06:26 AM

Spider-man 3 sucks!

28 Weeks Later was cool.

Shrek 3 wasn't anything new or special.

Pirates 3 I liked a lot better than part 2. Pirates is shaping out to be a heated Star Wars-like debate of sorts.

Knocked Up was funny as fuck! I love Katherine Heigl! I'd pay double to see her do another film with G?rard Depardieu! Hahahaha! Seriously!Spider-man 3 was good for its effects. Primarily the work that went into making the Sandman. I hated the amount it broke continuity. The director did an interview saying "after we made Peter's webs natural, we recieved so much junk about how fans couldn't believe it, we decided to steer away from that in this movie." or something to that effect. Yet they made Gwen Stacey come after MJ, and the Sandman the man who killed Peter's dad.

28 Weeks I haven't seen, but it looks terrible.

Shrek 3 was funny, nothing great though, but even a lot of the cast have stated that now it's simply a stupid business decision to quit, and that people will go no matter what.

Didn't go to Pirates. Not a fan of the series. I don't see it getting to be like Star Wars. Possibly in the amount of movies that come out, but not in its cult following.

Knocked up looks amazing.

odin_dax

6th June 2007, 07:19 AM

Spider-man 3 was good for its effects. Primarily the work that went into making the Sandman. I hated the amount it broke continuity. The director did an interview saying "after we made Peter's webs natural, we recieved so much junk about how fans couldn't believe it, we decided to steer away from that in this movie." or something to that effect. Yet they made Gwen Stacey come after MJ, and the Sandman the man who killed Peter's dad.

28 Weeks I haven't seen, but it looks terrible.

Shrek 3 was funny, nothing great though, but even a lot of the cast have stated that now it's simply a stupid business decision to quit, and that people will go no matter what.

Didn't go to Pirates. Not a fan of the series. I don't see it getting to be like Star Wars. Possibly in the amount of movies that come out, but not in its cult following.

Knocked up looks amazing.

No, Pirates is nothing compared to Star Wars. The only comparison I made was the whole "2 is better than 3, but 1 is the best --- No, 3 is better than 2, but, yeah, 1 is the best"

28 Weeks Later was fun. It's a different kind of movie compared to its predecessor.

davey_crockshit

12th March 2008, 06:23 AM

pardon the necro-posting, but i didn't want to start a new thread.

juno. sometimes the dialogue comes off as too clever, but all in all, not too bad. i paid full price and didnt hate myself after. ellen page fans, be sure to see "hard candy". it came out a year or two back and is hella cool.

i saw jumper today. i'd read the book maybe seven years ago. the book was much different and i think, better. it didnt have any car chases and very few fight scenes so i guess they thought they had to change things around a bit.

from the same author, stephen gould iirc, a book called "wildside". i think this one has much better potential for a movie.

my two cents.

davey_crockshit

30th March 2008, 09:34 PM

"diary of the dead" i think. its another one of his zombie movies that isnt really about zombies, more like how journalists are too busy playing their stupid little journalism game to help out in any of the fucked up situations they cover. how gaining knowledge and forming an opinion about something is no real substitute for action. "faith without works is dead" and all of that.

anyway, i was feeling emotionally unhinged about some stuff that has been going on in my life. the movie was really creeping me the fuck out. i dont know if it was the film per se or the other stuff though. but yeah, many brains were eaten.

it was mostly shot on handheld cameras but the hands in question were pretty steady. i didnt feel all pukey like i did during cloverfield.

i'd rate it high end matinee, if i paid full price, i wouldnt hate myself too much.

if you remember "land of the dead" was a thinly veiled attack on the bush administration probably from a marxist perspective. when the gas station zombie figured out how to use a meat cleaver to hack through a wall, it was all i could do not to yell out, "oh look! its the rising class consciousness of the lumpenproletariat!" but i'm just goofy like that.

DIzzIE

3rd April 2008, 02:16 AM

juno. sometimes the dialogue comes off as too clever, but all in all, not too bad. i paid full price and didnt hate myself after. ellen page fans, be sure to see "hard candy". it came out a year or two back and is hella cool.

Not too bad? I came into this flick expecting a sappy Hollywood atrocity masquerading as an indie that rode in on the coat tails of Napoleon Dynamite (which is incidentally also produced by Fox) and other sedated nerd comedies that seem to be becoming all the more popular as the film industry mines the shit out of a lucrative demographic (in fact the only reason I bothered watching it was because I was getting it for someone else, so figured I'd take a look, and now piss away thirty minutes bitching about it). My expectations were far, far too high. (Hard Candy started sucking pretty bad too immediately after we find out that the makeshift castration wasn't fucking real).

Let's put aside the all-too-apparent bullshit "pro-life" overtones, or the fact that for some magical reason more critics aren't drawing the obvious parallels to Mandy Moore's movies, namely Saved! and How to Deal, which are both essentially the same films as this one, or even all of the product placement, and let's start with something that was apparent the second the film started: the atrocious soundtrack. The inane bleating was enough to make me flip on the local community college radio (which was incidentally, and quite fucking luckily, broadcasting the Subgenius Hour of Slack at the same time I was watching the film) every time a new song started in the movie; in other words, I hardly ever switched the radio off. If it wasn't for this lucky diversion, I very likely would have turned the movie off within the first twenty minutes, after the croaking toad who wrote the bulk of the soundtrack busts out into her second solo. In a strange sense, I suppose the music was fitting, in that the film's soundtrack could be successfully marketed as 'whale birthing sounds.'

And this brings us to the dialogue. When the acoustic torture that makes up the soundtrack ends, we're subjected to the equally nauseating script. Heavily peppered with lines like "he's the cheese to my macaroni" and "honest to blog" (there are many more, but by those points I was turning my radio up again, so luckily I don't recall them), you'll involuntarily sneeze in disgust many a-time. Meanwhile, Page and her chirpy brain-dead-yet-snarky friend continue carrying on about nothing in particular (scenes included talking on a HAMBURGER PHONE, and making a BIG DEAL ABOUT TALKING ON A HAMBURGER PHONE--since this is the type of film this is, it wants you to be aware that it is being EDGY and HIP, yet DARK, repeatedly--and attempting, yet even here failing, to treat child birth GLIBLY, thus constituting an EDGY and HIP, yet DARK, COMEDY. In a sense then, what another reviewer (http://efilmcritic.com/review.php?movie=16500&reviewer=392) said about Diablo Cody can well be said about the film itself: " [it] seems like the kind of hipster who not only uses a vintage lunch box for a purse, but, more importantly, insists you know she uses a vintage lunch box as a purse."

In fact the only time I didn't cringe when someone opened their maw to spew whatever dreck they were force fed an hour prior, was when it was Bateman talking, which accounted for maybe ten total minutes of the film, and even that was ruined by the nonsensical romance subplot between him and Page that was magically managed to be diffused in a single scene (incidentally, what the fuck is the point of having Bateman and Cera in the same film if they're never actually in the same scene?).

The comments brain-dead groupies let spew about this film are also entirely in-sync with the film's own mediocrity. Take one commentator who said something along the lines of "any film that references HG Lewis and Argento is gonna be great." This attempt to find some saving grace in this pile of bloodied tampons mixed in with diaper gravy and month-old man-spunk seems to marvelously miss the little fact that Juno mentioning Argento or Lewis is akin to Dave Foreman or Ed Abbey being discussed by the characters in Disney's Cars. Like the rest of the cultural references, they are merely plastered on like Hot Topic patches, entirely out of place.

I'd tell Cody to get the fuck back to stripping, but I wouldn't particularly like to be subjected to her gyrating ass anymore than her celluloid brain. Ultimately I'm reminded (as I so often am) of a Bukowski quote: "God, they all had assholes and sexual organs and their mouths and their armpits. They shit and they chattered and they were dull as horse dung. The girls looked good from a distance, the sun shining through their dresses, their hair. But get up close and listen to their minds running out of their mouths, you felt like digging in under a hill and hiding out with a tommy-gun." (See that? I quote Bukowski, and that makes me EDGY and HIP and DARK).

Now don't get me wrong, Ellen Page is generally great, in fact I'd go so far as to say that she's one of the most shining young actresses we have today (along with Jena Malone and Zooey Deschanel), and she does remind me of the softcore model Ariel Rebel (compare this (http://images.eonline.com/eol_images/Profiles/20060929/244.page.ellen.092706.jpg) to this (http://www.petiteteenagergalleries.com/galleries/Ariel_Rebel/Ariel_Rebel.jpg)), but she sleepwalked through this role. Parroting painfully scripted hipster dialogues and slumming around all preggers-like, pausing for the occasional sob and laugh, doesn't good acting make. If you want to see a far more interesting and innovative recent flick that she's in, check out Tracy Fragments (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0801526/).

In short, I'd give this filmic abortion (oh yes, pun very much intended) 0/10, on par with Glitter and whatever the fuck that new Paris Hilton movie is called.

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On the other hand, I did see a fun little slasher romp the other day: The Cook (http://www.thecookthemovie.com/), "serving up succulent sorority babes one limb at a time" It definitely reminded me of Herschell Gordon Lewis' Blood Feast (and the more recent Blood Feast 2), or anything by Russ Meyer. Definitely worth a gander. Cheesy music, coupled with cheesy acting, maniacal laughter-cum-slaughter, all combine to make this a delicious ode to the self-aware, self-parodying slasher genre. Oh, and if you care about 'the plot', a bunch of girls who belong to the Lamba Epsilon Zetta sorority (yes, that spells LEZ, and yes, there's lezzing out a'plenty), get a new Hungarian cook who starts cooking up the girls and serving them up to each other (some of the manic dinner scenes particularly remind me of similar scenes in Joe D'Amato's Emanuelle's Revenge).

davey_crockshit

3rd April 2008, 02:38 AM

tastes vary.. loved the review though. agree about the soundtrack. it sucked hard. i thought bateman's character was an asshole, his wife was seriously disturbed, still, the film as a whole held my interest. "the cook" sounds interesting. i probably wont find a copy anytime soon, though. russ meyer... the only thing of his i've seen is "beyond the valley of the dolls". i was struck by all the parallels between that film and rocky horror.... anyone else noticed that too?

Nox (ADVANCED)

3rd April 2008, 04:29 AM

Vacancy wasn't to bad. Had a few mad twists.

DominoKett

25th April 2008, 09:55 PM

i just saw forgetting sara marshall and its one of the funniest movies ive ever seen. its alot of the same kinda comedy as superbad and 40 year old version but the movie easily tops those two.

Th0r

25th April 2008, 10:36 PM

Russel Brand is always good.

Anyways... My brothers friends are downstairs... Watching 'Transformers'...

:smileeek:

Scary stuff...

"Oh my God!, My car just turned into a robot!"... :saroll: The shock. The horror.

version

Oh by the way I think it is the '40 Year Old Virgin'...

davey_crockshit

26th April 2008, 05:43 AM

knocked up made me almost pee my pants.

i know so many people like dude and his roommates its scary.

.VX

27th April 2008, 05:31 AM

Especially Machete, which is (fakely) about a mexican hitman, who's brother is a priest that helps him kill people, and the best part is that the priest is Cheech Marin. "You messed with the wrong Mexican."

It's fake? Shit...I've been wanting to see that for ages. Although, it does explain why I couldn't find it anywhere.

Also, I watched 'Bad Boy Bubby' last night. It's pretty good, although some parts are pretty fucked up. But that's the way I like it.

Nox (ADVANCED)

27th April 2008, 09:24 AM

Razor eaters,Chopper and TV series which should be a movie, UNDERBELLY!

Seems to be a theme with them movies/show. All true(somethings changed to protect the innocent) Melbourne gangland wars lol.

Th0r

2nd May 2008, 11:42 PM

I'm watching Zodiac.

So far, so good.

DominoKett

4th May 2008, 04:20 AM

I'm watching Zodiac.

So far, so good.

i heard its kinda drawn out, like you think its going to end a bunch of times and it keeps going on

Th0r

4th May 2008, 12:32 PM

It was a bit to long. It could have done with being slightly shorter. As for being historically accurate it gets top marks in that respect...

There was also relatively good acting.

It certainly captured the viewers emotions and showed them the frustration of the Police as the movie goes on... All in all I think it was a pretty good film.

torcher

5th May 2008, 11:39 PM

watched Iron Man saturday night and watched Forgetting Sara Marshall last night. both good imo. if you go to the theater to see Iron Man, make sure you stay until the credits are completely over because Samuel L. Jackson shows up at the very end.

odin_dax

6th May 2008, 12:25 AM

Love your quote from Jack Handy, torcher.

I just saw Iron Man as well. I didn't know anything about the story, but I like comic book movies, it looked good, and it had good reviews. I was a little disappointed with the ending, how it played out, but it was still a good flick. The whole SHIELD thing wasn't told very well.

I'd give it a "B"

Th0r

6th May 2008, 07:17 PM

Also watched 'Hitman'...

n00b3773

9th May 2008, 04:24 AM

Just saw Amelie. Freaking brilliant, reminded me of Harvie Krumpet in some ways.

Saw crash, too. it was great, but i disliked the lack of Brendan Fraser.

ERIN BROCKOVICH ROCKS.

that be all :)

Zippo

9th May 2008, 06:05 AM

i saw jumper today. i'd read the book maybe seven years ago. the book was much different and i think, better. it didnt have any car chases and very few fight scenes so i guess they thought they had to change things around a bit.

from the same author, stephen gould iirc, a book called "wildside". i think this one has much better potential for a movie.

my two cents.

Both great books. He also wrote one called Helm that I think would make a great movie. On Jumper; kinda sucks how they take a great story and turn it into a piece of shit just so they can please the mass idiots. I mean paladins?? fuck off.

Th0r

18th May 2008, 11:32 AM

Yesterday I embarked upon the process of watching a movie that was legend in my former circle of Internet friends...

Natural Born Killers... Or N.B.K. to some.

I was browsing through Quick Silver Screen's forums when I came across the N.B.K. thread and with nothing else to do I began to watch it...

The first thing you notice in the film is the sheer scale of the violence and the calm that precedes the violence, and the calm before the storm. In the first scene we are introduced to Mickey [Played by Woody Harrelson, who's father was actually a murderer, ironically...] and Mallory [Juliette Lewis]. Two lovers who embark on a world famous killing spree all across America...

The movie begins in a hick cafe somewhere in the Southern states of the USA. Mickey is eating when Mallory who is dancing to music is approached by a hick, who briefly dances with her and flirts with her as well as making offencive and vulgar innuendos. The calm music turns to 'Shit List' by L7 and Mallory beats the hick whilst singing to the song...

After murdering everyone in the roadside cafe minus one person they embark on a 'Starkweather - Fugate' style spree across America, whilst a money making journalist played by Robert Downey Jr turns them into celebrities with a status similar to that of 'Bonnie and Clyde'.

Finally they are captured by an obsessive cop, one 'Jack Scagnetti' [Plated by the brilliant Tom Sizemore] who uses them to generate a huge amount of money for himself. Scagnetti himself a Psychopath who has a fascination with the criminal mind after seeing his mother being gunned down by Charles Whitman...

Finally on live television after the 'Superbowl' Micky is interviewed by Wayne Gale [Downey Jr.] in prison, whilst Mallory is being beaten by Scagnetti and guards. The fellow prisoners after being inspired by Mickey and Mallory cause a huge riot forcing most of the guards to leave Mickey... Whilst cracking rude jokes to the guards and Gale, Mickey attacks a guard and kills various people before forcing them to follow him on his vengeful quest around the prison...

Reaching Mallory's prison cell he engages Scagnetti in a 'Mexican stand off' [A recurring theme in Tarantino stories...] which does not end until Mallory attacks Scagnetti and brutally kills him...

After that they continue on a rampage of the prison until they escape with Gale and a prison guard who they later murder... In some woods they place Gales camera on the ground before they explain what they are about before shooting Gale numerous times with a shotgun...

An ok movie, on the whole. I expect if it were directed by Tarantino instead of Oliver Stone it would have been better. One element I did like was the changes from colour to black and white, and how it incorporated different elements of filming...

A rating: 6.5/10.

Th0r

15th June 2008, 05:58 PM

Movie watching week end!

I watched 'Ronin', 'Vantage Point' and 'Mr and Mrs Smith'.

The last film was shit. Brad Pitt can do better...

Tyler Durden in 'Fight Club'... :saroll:

Ronin was great, as I expected, and Vantage Point was good, but could be better.

RoundElephant

15th June 2008, 06:03 PM

I saw the incredible hulk 2 days ago. It was much better then the first one. Namely half the movie wasn't the hulk leaping through the deserts of Arizona.

torcher

15th June 2008, 07:01 PM

Drillbit Taylor last night. funny as hell

Th0r

15th June 2008, 07:15 PM

I saw the incredible hulk 2 days ago. It was much better then the first one. Namely half the movie wasn't the hulk leaping through the deserts of Arizona.

I'm going to see it.

headcase

16th June 2008, 05:51 PM

Like I said before, I'm a sucker for foreign films. This week, it's Oldboy (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364569/), a 2003 South Korean effort.

Plot in brief; man gets kidnapped and imprisoned for 15 years. After being released, he embarks on a quest for answers and revenge.

I've come to hate any film with special effects (read; American films) because more often than not they're used in lieu of storyline and characters. While I won't say Oldboy thrives on these (due to a mind-fucking but fairly far-fetched ending), it does far better than most. I was really behind the main character Oh-Daesu and was captivated by the storyline, and I did enjoy the conclusion regardless. And who needs special effects when you've got that corridor fight scene? Jesus. Compare that to the be-all-and-end-all effort in tediousness, the fightscene from Matrix with all those Agent Smiths. Oh-Daesu shits in Neo's sheets.

Th0r

16th June 2008, 06:41 PM

I watched it after Virginia Tech.

I had to see what the fuss was about.

torcher

16th June 2008, 07:18 PM

American Gangster

Vein

4th July 2008, 05:49 AM

Saw Hancock and last 40 minutes of Wanted tonight. Hancock was pretty decent, worth seeing if you're not too cheap, and what I saw of Wanted was awesome. Anything with Assassins is awesome. In fact I'm gonna be the Assassin's Creed guy for Halloween, assassinate some little kids, take their candy and pop their cherries.

RoundElephant

4th July 2008, 06:46 AM

Vein

4th July 2008, 08:23 AM

Assassins Creed was boring as hell after the first city...good thing in only rented it. The parkour in it is badass though.

.VX

4th July 2008, 08:40 AM

That was the only reason I continued to play it, the fact that you could interact with everything in some way.

torcher

4th July 2008, 08:28 PM

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

RoundElephant

4th July 2008, 08:52 PM

I just saw Reservoir Dogs because everyone of my friends was raving about it but I thought it sucked ass. The entire movie can be summarized as a bunch of bastards bitching at each other after a crime. I thought it would be action packed like Sin City but it was soooo lame.

torcher

4th July 2008, 09:51 PM

RoundElephant

4th July 2008, 10:11 PM

whoever told you it was like sin city is a moron.

Nobody told me that I just thought it would have as much action as Pulp Fiction and other Quintin Terantino films, but it wasn't.

crazy white guy

4th July 2008, 11:23 PM

I watched American History X. It made me re-think all of my philosophies. Amazing movie.

Vein

4th July 2008, 11:33 PM

http://http://wford.org/curbstomp.gif

Th0r

4th July 2008, 11:48 PM

odin_dax

6th July 2008, 11:46 AM

Recently, I've seen...

The Incredible Hulk: B+
Very entertaining, and much better than its predecessor. This film relied on a story, not its CGI.

Wanted: C-
This movie was corny and predictable. Angelina was smoking hot though. I found the main character annoying for much of the movie, and I was surprised Morgan Freeman would be in such a film. I'm more surprised it's getting good reviews when it's so stupid!

The Happening: C+
No surprise twist endings here. The direction was bad, but I liked some of the minor characters a lot (the greenhouse guy, for one). It was sort of spooky too. Mark Wahlberg gave us his whiny Boogie Nights voice, which is fucking great! Dumb story overall.

TheKillingGame

6th July 2008, 12:16 PM

I'd like to make a comment on both 'Reservoir Dogs' and 'American History X'.

Reservoir Dogs was Tarantino's first major film that he had directed. And is completely unlike anything he has done to this date. Pulp Fiction is the only Tarantino film that can be compared to Sin City, as both follow a fairly similar plot structure and both star the God; Bruce Willis.

American History X is a groundbreaking film. It is by far the most gritty portrayal of racism on screen. The ending where Danny is murdered is such a fantastic twist and represents how the entire change around in his Racist views will again return to what they previously were.

1.) Exactly right on Reservoir Dogs. Not a bad movie in it's own respect but not quite on the level of his later movies. IMO

2.) In regards to American History X, I would agree in it being a great movie but I always have a hard time deciding where I stand after finishing it. In a way I start getting more pissed off race wise but then again, the only people I really hate are the ignorant. The gang mentality on both sides is what gets to me the most.

RoundElephant

6th July 2008, 08:24 PM

I saw hancock yesterday and it's a solid 9/10. Great special effect and a pretty decent story line.

odin_dax

6th July 2008, 10:58 PM

Made of Honor: B-
I enjoyed this film in it's predictability. Maybe I'm getting easier with the grades because so many films these days are shit, but with this one I knew I'd get the cheesy moments and happy ending. I put it in the "B" range mainly because I could relate to the main character - a) not realizing what you have until you're at risk of losing it and b) sitting around too long and following routine. Oh, and of course, sleeping with lots of hot chicks...:wiggle:

Kung Fu Panda: A
A solid, cute film that made me laugh out loud from beginning to end. A very light film with cute CGI animals and great quotes. I think Dreamworks is getting better with its technology. I definitely recommend this film for those who need a pick-me-up or enjoy wholesome entertainment. A little too violent for little kids though.

Nox (ADVANCED)

7th July 2008, 05:19 AM

A little too violent for little kids though.

Like Transformers?

odin_dax

7th July 2008, 11:39 AM

Like Transformers?

Not as bad.

Nox (ADVANCED)

8th July 2008, 05:39 AM

Took the boy to see it an he shit himself lol.

.VX

8th July 2008, 10:37 AM

I just got back from watching 'Get Smart', it wasn't really for fans of the original show, more for today's audience, Max's classic lines weren't as good as the originals (the ol' 'whatever' trick, eh?). As odin would say; I give it a C+.

odin_dax

8th July 2008, 11:02 AM

Th0r

9th July 2008, 10:52 PM

I watched 'Volcano' with Tommy Lee Jones today in a school Geography Lesson.

What. A. Load. Of. Shit.

Volcano's don't pop up in lakes in the Worlds biggest cities. People don't pick up strangers dying when Lava is closing in on them. Sulfur Dioxide Gas can not be mistaken for Water Vapour.

Well I'm watching 'Dante's Peak' next lesson which aparently is better.

crazy white guy

10th July 2008, 01:12 AM

Ditch. Dante's peak sucked ass.

.VX

10th July 2008, 05:49 AM

A couple of nights ago I watched Fido, the jokes weren't that good, although I liked the way it captured the "American Dream", or whatever you'd call it.
C+
Last night I saw Balls of Fury, 'twas mildly funny in some scenes, mostly just a rip-off of Dodgeball, except with ping pong.
D
After that I watched Run, Lola, Run, it was a good idea, it takes a while to figure out that the point of it was to illustrate the butterfly effect, but it was a pretty good movie overall.
B+

odin_dax

10th July 2008, 08:25 AM

.VX

10th July 2008, 08:51 AM

Not in Mainstream cinemas. Every now there'll be some French Film from festival that no one's ever heard of, that's on at 3:00am, and it'll be hilarious. Much better than "Haha...Verne Troyer just punched some guy in the balls! Seriously, where do they come up with this stuff?"

Th0r

21st July 2008, 08:42 PM

I watched Jackass; with my mother.

torcher

21st July 2008, 09:33 PM

saw The Dark Knight on friday. loved it

.VX

22nd July 2008, 10:30 AM

That's what everyone I know who's seen it has said. I'll watch it when I get some money.

Th0r

22nd July 2008, 06:18 PM

I saw it this morning.

The Joker... The Joker <3

torcher

22nd July 2008, 08:54 PM

I saw it this morning.

The Joker... The Joker <3

"you wanna know how i got these scars?"
i love how everyone he asks that gets a different story..

OT: just watched Forgetting Sarah Marshall again.

.VX

3rd August 2008, 03:57 AM

I'm going to watch Dr.Jekkyl and Mr.Hyde later today. I'll edit in what I think.

Th0r

7th August 2008, 08:24 PM

bellflower

8th August 2008, 09:03 AM

My Blueberry Nights

Downloading Link:
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More movies at http://www.viewbay.com

DJ Poppinfresh

8th August 2008, 01:06 PM

Phonebooth

At Close Range [Christopher Walken was Amazing! A+!]

Firewall

The Matrix Revisited

Torque

A few other films... I'll repost when I can think of more. I've watched a bloody lot these two weeks.

The Matrix Revisited - What's that?

I've never heard of it, and I LOVED the trillogy.

OH, And I allmost forgot - I watched "21" today, which was interesing

odin_dax

8th August 2008, 09:57 PM

I watched "21" today, which was interesing

The book is better. The movie was horrible in comparison.

RoundElephant

9th August 2008, 04:02 AM

I just saw army of darkness today and it was one of the funniest movies I have ever seen. The character Ash has some of the most unique one liners ever.

Nox (ADVANCED)

9th August 2008, 04:13 AM

The old EVIL DEAD series is good for a laugh.
Also cant believe the effects scared anyone lol.

Army of darkness is that where ash is in the cabin than somehow( i forget) gets transported back in time to medieval ages and has to help defend a castle against deadites?

RoundElephant

9th August 2008, 04:33 AM

Yeah, and he makes himself a hilarious prosthetic hand.

johnkimble

9th August 2008, 10:30 AM

bra boys

Nox (ADVANCED)

10th August 2008, 11:11 AM

Are you Australian Mr. Kimble?

johnkimble

10th August 2008, 11:57 AM

yeah

odin_dax

10th August 2008, 08:48 PM

yeah

"It's not a tumor."

Nox (ADVANCED)

10th August 2008, 10:14 PM

Ahhh ok.

Kindergarten cop Odin?

When he asks who is your daddy and what does he do? I like the twins "Our mum says our dads a real sex machine" cracks me up.

torcher

10th August 2008, 11:01 PM

just got done watching lord of war for the thousandth time.

Th0r

16th August 2008, 11:17 PM

The Matrix Revisited - What's that?

The Matrix Revisited is a Documentary Epic looking at pretty much all aspects of the first movie in the Matrix Series plus a look at The Animatrix which I also watched.

I found several copies in a Second Hand DVD Shop. Give me a few days and I'll get you a Copy...

I also watched:

Heat

Falling Down

True Romance

.VX

17th August 2008, 04:10 AM

True Romance

That's the Tarantino one, right?

Nox (ADVANCED)

17th August 2008, 07:44 AM

Tarantino is a fucking genius in my books. Death proof was freaking excellent lol.

.VX

17th August 2008, 07:50 AM

I didn't like it as much as his others. The majority of the movie was just some idiotic girls talking about nothing important.

Nox (ADVANCED)

17th August 2008, 08:13 AM

the action is all i payed attention to and when he crashed etc.
is good laugh

.VX

17th August 2008, 08:55 AM

What did you think of Planet Terror? The only part I didn't like was the fact that 'Machete' wasn't a real film.

Darkhunter

17th August 2008, 10:12 AM

Heat

Heat is fucking amazing. I also saw Mirrors recently. Good one since I like Kiefer Sutherland ever since Flatliners and Lost Boys.

Th0r

17th August 2008, 10:40 AM

I didn't like it as much as his others. The majority of the movie was just some idiotic girls talking about nothing important.

He wrote it and sold the script to a Director named Tony Scott, he also directed the film 'Top Gun'.

...And yes, Pulp Fiction by Tarantino is such a fantastic Film... Overall he's a fantastic Script Writer and Director, Reservoir Dogs and Jackie Brown was also pretty fucking kick ass.

torcher

17th August 2008, 06:36 PM

Se7en

.VX

18th August 2008, 10:27 AM

Se7en

Meh, I didn't think it was as good as everyone said it was. It's a pretty basic storyline.

Pimpin4Life30

18th August 2008, 06:52 PM

I seen the movie gang tapes yesterday.It was Ok.

Th0r

19th August 2008, 06:32 PM

I'm going to see The Dark Knight again at the Cinema tonight with my dad.

Pimpin4Life30

20th August 2008, 10:05 AM

I watched into the wild the other night and loved it.

Nox (ADVANCED)

20th August 2008, 11:02 AM

Jackass
Jackass 2
Jackass 2.5
Wild Boys Season 1

Good shit

Th0r

15th September 2008, 08:43 PM

I just watched 'The Day After Tomorrow'.

Everyone tells me how brilliant it is but... I watched bits in a Geography Class... It's overrated.

RoundElephant

15th September 2008, 09:00 PM

They make fun of that movie so badly in South Park.

.VX

16th September 2008, 05:31 AM

I just watched 'The Day After Tomorrow'.

Everyone tells me how brilliant it is but... I watched bits in a Geography Class... It's overrated.

The only thing it has going for it is it's cinematography, which isn't that great now a days.

ComfortablyNumb

16th September 2008, 07:54 AM

I saw Burn After Reading on saturday- I quite enjoyed it, though my friends didn't like it as much as I did, I thought the sheer stupidity of all the people in the film was hilarious.

Nox (ADVANCED)

16th September 2008, 08:53 AM

Hey VX i liked PT but the plot was a bit skew if.

at first the gas turns them into zombies but than they just get mad mutations on there face, whats up wit that??

more of a sick comedy than a zombie flick.

.VX

16th September 2008, 09:29 AM

Zombies movies don't have to be consistant.

I agree though, every now and then something would change spontaniously, but it didn't really take away from the overall movie.

odin_dax

16th September 2008, 10:59 AM

Righteous Kill sucked. It was extremely predictable and the story wasn't that good.

.VX

16th September 2008, 12:26 PM

Let me guess- it was based around a religious zealot who took the bible too seriously and started "cleaning up the streets"?

odin_dax

16th September 2008, 02:45 PM

Let me guess- it was based around a religious zealot who took the bible too seriously and started "cleaning up the streets"?

No.

Th0r

16th September 2008, 05:42 PM

No.

Fail.

Really Odin?

Normally when Pacino and de Niro are in a movie together ['Godfather Part II' and 'Heat'] it's pretty good.

odin_dax

16th September 2008, 05:45 PM

Fail.

Really Odin?

Normally when Pacino and de Niro are in a movie together ['Godfather Part II' and 'Heat'] it's pretty good.

It really is a shame, but it sucked. Nowhere near Heat.

torcher

16th September 2008, 07:48 PM

South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut.

odin_dax

16th September 2008, 07:59 PM

South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut.

Or South Park's "Imaginationland"

"I-i-i-maaaa-gin-AAAAaaa-tion"

Th0r

16th September 2008, 08:11 PM

I grew sick of 'Imaginationland' very quickly. A friend of mine emailed a link to just about everyone on his MSN Contacts list and I was badgered for about three weeks with the Question-

Have you seen Imaginationland???

XxXxX

But yes South Park: BLU is pretty awesome. Shame my versions totally corrupted due to the idiot who failed at encoding it in DivX format...

johnkimble

30th September 2008, 04:32 PM

Jackass
Jackass 2
Jackass 2.5
Wild Boys Season 1

Good shit

watching it wacked makes it just that much funnier

Th0r

4th October 2008, 08:47 PM

I watched Point Break today...

It's a brilliant film with Keanu Reeves, Gary Busey and Patrick Swayze at his best as the legendary Bodhi [Watch a French film called 'Brice De Nice' if you have no idea who Bodhi is.]. It's a good crime caper and it's not actually that action packed which is a good thing if you watch to many bank robbery related films that are action packed...

...Anyway it's got me thinking about bank robberies so...

hatal

5th October 2008, 07:32 PM

There Will Be Blood.

RoundElephant

5th October 2008, 08:37 PM

There Will Be Blood.

That movie is straight comical.

hatal

6th October 2008, 01:22 PM

That movie is straight comical.

I like the character of Daniel Plainview. He is total ASSHOLE!

RoundElephant

6th October 2008, 02:22 PM

His mustache makes the character.

Acid44

13th October 2008, 10:51 AM

i saw donnie darko the other day thanks to someones post in the "post a picture" thread and i have to say it was fucking amazing, im not gonna spoil it but if you havent seen it, go watch it now!

odin_dax

13th October 2008, 01:03 PM

i saw donnie darko the other day thanks to someones post in the "post a picture" thread and i have to say it was fucking amazing, im not gonna spoil it but if you havent seen it, go watch it now!

Everyone seems to love Donnie Darko. I thought it was dreadfully boring.

Acid44

13th October 2008, 01:45 PM

i liked it cause it relates to me with the whole schizofrenia thing

Th0r

13th October 2008, 06:15 PM

i liked it cause it relates to me with the whole schizofrenia thing

It's Schizophrenia not schizofrenia. Bull shit to you.

Odin's right. It's over rated.

Acid44

14th October 2008, 12:53 AM

It's Schizophrenia not schizofrenia. Bull shit to you.

oops... i've never spelt that wrong before :p

and what do you mean bull shit to you?

RoundElephant

14th October 2008, 02:46 AM

oops... i've never spelt that wrong before :p

and what do you mean bull shit to you?

He is saying that if you don't know how to spell a disease you claim to have you are lying about having the disease.

odin_dax

14th October 2008, 12:49 PM

I just saw Body of Lies. That movie sucked.

Acid44

14th October 2008, 04:13 PM

He is saying that if you don't know how to spell a disease you claim to have you are lying about having the disease.

oh, no i dont have it myself, 2 of my friends do, i never said the movie related DIRECTLY to my own fucking life did i? and i normally spell it right, i just fucked up that time... suck it up, people make mistakes

Th0r

14th October 2008, 06:41 PM

You implied it. But as you've explained yourself I'm sorry.

RoundElephant

5th November 2008, 04:04 AM

I saw Tropic Thunder recently but it wasn't nearly as funny as Step Brothers.

odin_dax

5th November 2008, 12:44 PM

I saw Tropic Thunder recently but it wasn't nearly as funny as Step Brothers.

Everyone I know, and I would agree, say the opposite. Hmm...

I recently saw Burn After Reading and Saw V.

The Coen brothers are just horrible, in my opinion, but at least this one was watchable. Still, slow story, the usual stupid characters, and the cut-aways that tell the story in dialogue rather than actually seeing it happen. I give it a C

Saw V was okay. It was kinda pointless, but it was really just a film gearing up for Saw VI, slated to come out next year.

.VX

5th November 2008, 01:06 PM

They're really dragging those movies on a bit. I saw four (Haha, aren't I funny?) in the cinema's a while ago and haven't had any desire to watch any more since then. One was pretty good, then they've gotten progressively worse since then.

Has anyone here seen Rock n' Rolla?

Th0r

5th November 2008, 06:18 PM

I always thought there should only be two 'Saw' films but now they can extend the franchise worshipped in my town, by twelve year olds who think it's the most hardcore film ever. :saroll:

I only really liked the second Saw film.

Odin, personally I really liked the Coen Brothers 'The Big Lebowski'...

torcher

5th November 2008, 06:23 PM

fuckin love the big lebowski
the dude abides

anyway, speaking of cult films i watched pulp fiction and fear and loathing in las vegas a couple nights ago

odin_dax

6th November 2008, 01:32 AM

Thought I forgot something when I wrote that post.... Yeah, the Big Lebowski is a fucking fantastic film, but it's the only Coen brothers film that is traditionally told. I did like The Hudsucker Proxy as well. Miller's Crossing was okay, but a little weird and predictable. Intolerable Cruelty... perfect title.

Pimpin4Life30

6th November 2008, 03:22 AM

The Happening

Some crazy shit!

odin_dax

6th November 2008, 12:36 PM

The Happening

Some crazy shit!

What?! :hitwithro

Th0r

6th November 2008, 06:51 PM

fuckin love the big lebowski
the dude abides

anyway, speaking of cult films i watched pulp fiction and fear and loathing in las vegas a couple nights ago

I read an interview with Jeff Bridges recently... He still thinks he is 'The Dude'...

'Pulp Fiction' really says something for unconventional movies. One of the best movies ever and a favourite of mine!

The cult status in regards to 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas' I would of thought would be much more about Hunter Thompson and the novel rather than the film...

...Maybe...

Pimpin4Life30

7th November 2008, 01:46 AM

What?! :hitwithro

Dont tell me you dont like that movie.

odin_dax

7th November 2008, 02:14 AM

Dont tell me you dont like that movie.

Putting it nicely...:sad2:

RoundElephant

23rd November 2008, 07:18 PM

I just saw Sling Blade. It is pretty nice. South Park makes fun of it in the Okama Game sphere episode.

torcher

23rd November 2008, 09:22 PM

American Gangster again. that shit is awesome.

Th0r

23rd November 2008, 09:57 PM

Texas Chainsaw Massacre - The Beginning again...

depthfinder09

24th November 2008, 01:55 AM

Twilight

it pretty much sucked. I was expecting action packed vampire ass kicking with some awesome special effects etc. The extent of the awesomeness is in the commercials for it. Its definitely a "romantic" movie. I did see some previews for some upcoming movies for next year though, one being "Push". I cant remember the other though...

torcher

24th November 2008, 07:48 AM

Death Race.

.VX

24th November 2008, 08:20 AM

That looked shit.

I saw 'Run, Fatboy, Run' recently. It was reasonably good in some places. I like Dyaln Moran and Simon Pegg, so that was the main reason I wanted to see it, but it wasn't their usual style of humour.

Dizzy

30th November 2008, 04:43 AM

Th0r

30th November 2008, 11:54 AM

Fair play, Twilight looks like crap. Then again most vampire films suck ass these days.

Sorry for my criticisms but I grew up watching the classic vampire films like Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' where Christopher Lee played the title role at his best.

death11284

30th November 2008, 06:02 PM

Kung Fu Hustle
This is actually one of my favorite movies, though I'll tell you all do yourself a favor and get the subtitle version. It's hard to watch the english dubbed one...
It's got a great blend of silly and serious, the axe gang was actually pretty cool..

RoundElephant

30th November 2008, 07:31 PM

I tried watching Crouching Tiger. SOOOO boring i couldn't make it through.

Th0r

30th November 2008, 08:15 PM

It's another movie I own a copy of that I haven't bothered to watch.

torcher

30th November 2008, 11:46 PM

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v328/torchersapyro/079284484X01LZZZZZZZ.jpg

Dizzy

1st December 2008, 01:54 AM

Hawkeye

2nd December 2008, 05:06 AM

I just saw Quantum of Solace. It was quite unsatisfying to say the least. Casino Royale was very believable, but this new installment seemed to be losing its grip on reality. At any rate, Pierce Brosnan is a fucking poon in comparison.

.VX

7th December 2008, 02:39 PM

I watched Stardust on the coach to Sydney, 'twas ok, but not really worth watching.

Batman, The Dark Knight was good, but not as great as everyone made it out to be. I might get around to watching a non-pg version at some point.

Hancock is shit.

7eleven mafia

7th December 2008, 07:27 PM

Enemy At the Gates

Th0r

7th December 2008, 07:51 PM

Enemy At the Gates

It's good for an action movie, but I honestly can't stand Jude Law...

RoundElephant

7th December 2008, 08:36 PM

Glory- I like the film but Mathew Broderick is one of the worst actors of all times.

odin_dax

7th December 2008, 08:41 PM

Glory- I like the film but Mathew Broderick is one of the worst actors of all times.

Agreed.

Enemy At the Gates

That movie is horrible.

7eleven mafia

8th December 2008, 02:07 AM

the story is shit, but the action in the movie is done quite well

Raverous

9th December 2008, 12:13 PM

I just finished watching The Number 23, Iv had it on my computer for over a year and never watched it.. it was alright I guess.. I wanted to watch a horror movie but couldn't find one I haven't already seen that was worth watching.

Nox (ADVANCED)

10th December 2008, 03:14 AM

Little man
by the guys who made white chicks, its fuckin hilarious!

torcher

10th December 2008, 05:15 AM

i watched pulp fiction on television today...they fucking murdered that movie. it was horrible on tv. skipping so many key scenes it was terrible.

Mr.A

10th December 2008, 08:41 AM

i watched pulp fiction on television today...they fucking murdered that movie. it was horrible on tv. skipping so many key scenes it was terrible.

^this. Same and same. Life sucks sometimes...

Th0r

21st December 2008, 01:32 AM

I watched 'Bound' today. For anyone who likes Lesbians and The Matrix/The Wachowski Bros, you'll love it. It's on YouTube by the way. I also just finished watching 'V For Vendetta'.

lcnostra

25th December 2008, 03:53 PM

Just watched 'The Dark Knight'. It was worth seeing, but definitely not worth the annoying amount of hype. I give it a 6.4 at best.

'Step Brothers' - So stupid yet absolutely hilarious. I practically died watching it.

'Tropic Thunder' - Lasted about 25 minutes in before I fell asleep. The parts I saw were not that funny.

'Burn After Reading' - Nothing incredible, but definitely worth seeing. Odin mentioned that he hates the classic Coen brothers characters, but I think their casting/characterization is my favorite part of their movies.

'American Psycho' - Yeah, it's not recent...but I'd never seen it before. Completely fucked up; I loved it.

Waiting to see 'Gran Torino'. Looked pretty good.

And a little OT, but I also hate when they show shit on TV that just doesn't belong. Specifically, I'm talking about 'The Sopranos' on A&E. By censoring that show for cable TV, all its substance is removed.

RoundElephant

28th December 2008, 06:51 AM

Just saw Meet the Feebles, it was pretty funny.
I want to see Gran Turino, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Valkyre, and The Spirit.

odin_dax

28th December 2008, 10:43 AM

Just saw Meet the Feebles, it was pretty funny.
I want to see Gran Turino, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Valkyre, and The Spirit.

I just saw Gran Turino. It was pretty good.

RoundElephant

29th December 2008, 05:38 AM

I saw a Benjamin Button a couple hours ago. It was a great movie, and Cate Blanchett look HOT in it.

RoundElephant

29th December 2008, 11:52 PM

I just finished watching Gran Torino. It was a pretty good movie, comical at some parts. I would have liked it better if the acting was better.

odin_dax

30th December 2008, 12:41 AM

I just finished watching Gran Torino. It was a pretty good movie, comical at some parts. I would have liked it better if the acting was better.

Yeah, the boy looked so stupid pounding on the door. He reminded me of Pedro in Napoleon Dynamite.

True Sounds

2nd January 2009, 07:47 PM

The Children of Men
Control Room
Reservoir Dogs
The Battle of Algiers

.VX

2nd January 2009, 08:19 PM

Do you have anything to say about them?

odin_dax

2nd January 2009, 08:26 PM

Valkyrie was good, not great. I loved watching most of the actors. They're pretty good.

Th0r

2nd January 2009, 08:48 PM

Pity it's not out yet in the UK.

7eleven mafia

2nd January 2009, 10:00 PM

Minority Report

-decent movie-

RoundElephant

2nd January 2009, 10:35 PM

I also saw Hellboy II and The Zodiac. The latter is definitely worth seeing.

RoundElephant

4th January 2009, 08:06 PM

I'm watching the Fifth Element, it's one of my favorite movies.

torcher

4th January 2009, 10:10 PM

Turner & Hooch

Micro

6th January 2009, 02:18 PM

Just saw Rockn'Rolla, it was a decent movie.
Not the best or the worst, but decent.

I like how the director broke some cliches, they had a black guy who likes classic movies and knows 1800ties art, a honest russian who does not drink and a plot that does not make the characters seem like idiots.

torcher

6th January 2009, 06:23 PM

Zack and Miri Make a Porno

RoundElephant

6th January 2009, 11:19 PM

Zack and Miri Make a Porno

I saw that also, it was more pornographic then I thought it would be for a rated R movie.

.VX

7th January 2009, 10:16 PM

I watched 'Volver' last night. It was reasonably good, but you'd have to go live in a small Spanish town for a while to understand a lot of the humour. I'd give it a 6/10

Hashbash

30th January 2009, 08:56 AM

I can only think od The Dark Knight as a recent movie. But im more into tv shows (peep show, hustle).

Alot of people I know say it was crap (TDK), but I really enjoyed it.

Day_N_Night

30th January 2009, 09:07 AM

I saw the movie Mirrors just a bit ago....It was shit, acting was good but just felt phoney. I couldnt shake that feeling during the whole movie.

Nox (ADVANCED)

30th January 2009, 10:14 AM

Pineapple Express fuckin good movie
Big Stan fuckin hilarious!
Evan Almighty damn funny.

thief

30th January 2009, 11:48 AM

Just finished watching a few old movies and new ones.

"Savior" (1998) Great movie.
"Taken" I thought good but a bit over the top with what he could achieve.
"Before The Devil Knows Your Dead" I liked it but though what the Father did to his son was a bit stupid!

RoundElephant

6th February 2009, 04:58 AM

I just finished watching miracle at St. Anna. It was way cornier then i thought it would be, and at some points the acting was terrible.It also didn't really make sense for a war movie. At no point during the movie did I feel attached to a character.
6/10

.VX

6th February 2009, 07:27 AM

I'm seeing The Curious Case of Benjamin Button tomorrow. Shall tell y'all how it was.

Th0r

6th February 2009, 10:08 AM

I've heard it's good and that Brad Pitt pulls a Tyler Durden level performance.

.VX

6th February 2009, 10:40 AM

Since saying that, some shit has come up. But I still hope to see it soon.

odin_dax

6th February 2009, 11:39 AM

Slumdog Millionaire was okay.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons was long, slow and boring, not to forget disconnecting. If he grew forward, we'd just have a boring version of Forrest Gump.

Both movies are nominated for Best Picture Oscars. As far as I can tell, both movies are of personal narratives about life lessons. I'll check out The Reader next and see if that's the theme this year.

The Oscars have sucked ever since Saving Private Ryan got snuffed by Shakespeare in Love!

redjoker

6th February 2009, 03:20 PM

I never finished the curious case because it was way to fucking boring. The only reason I watched maybe 45 minutes of it was because I was extremely intoxicated and didn't feel like getting up to end it. My friend finally came over and saved me from the nightmare.

XIII- The conspiracy was alright. Plenty of action and what not to keep me interested.

The hurt locker was alright but pointless.

Outlander- deemed gay as fuck in the first 20 minutes

Body of Lies was pretty cool.

Swing vote was kind of funny but I wouldn't recommend it.

I really like RockinRolla but I was drunk as fuck when i watched it so don't say I didn't warn you that it might not be as awesome as I thought it was.

These are pretty much the newer and more popular things I've seen over the past couple of weeks. Nothing epic.

redjoker

7th February 2009, 02:05 AM

I just finished Choke. I have no fucking clue why this movie got a 7.1 on imdb. I call at least a 9.5. To me it seemed like a movie that touched a lot of deep and taboo issues. Crazy and funny.

Zapple

7th February 2009, 04:47 AM

I thought Taken was a very good movie. The only thing I wished was that it were longer.

Th0r

7th February 2009, 10:37 AM

I just finished Choke. I have no fucking clue why this movie got a 7.1 on imdb. I call at least a 9.5. To me it seemed like a movie that touched a lot of deep and taboo issues. Crazy and funny.

Critics are harsh.

davey_crockshit

8th February 2009, 12:30 AM

the unborn. lame.

the girl is pretty hot though, watch it with the sound off.

blueberry

16th February 2009, 02:46 PM

I have seen Changeling with Jolie.I just watch ALL movies with her and do not even notice her play and others... She's goddess to me)
By the way does anyone have Deposit links for Benjamin Button?
Will greatly appreciate)
thanx!