THE BORE
General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Phoenix Dark on January 02, 2007, 02:07:52 PM
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Pick a movie. Any movie. If I've seen it, I'll give a paragraph review. This will prove that I have taste.
LET'S GO
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One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.
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Never seen it. If I did I'd probably give it a 10/10
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The Seventh Seal.
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Pokemon The Movie: 2000
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Pokemon The Movie: 2000
Saw it in the theaters. At the time I gave it a 10/10, but now...
5/10. Fun movie for kids and Pokefreaks, and it almost made me cry when the Pokemon brought Pikachu back to life with their tears. The soundtrack was pretty awesome though
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Phht. I'm going to make my own movie review thread tonight. Ordering some stuff on netflix right now.
PD vs Himu gogogo FIGHT
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The Seventh Seal.
Dude, this is PD. ::)
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Phoenix Dark have you watched reservoir dogs yet?
I will keep asking until you do.
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Rosemary's Baby
Chinatown
Dagon
Fitzcarraldo
Rock n Roll High School
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Goodfellas
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Rosemary's Baby
Chinatown
Dagon
Fitzcarraldo
Rock n Roll High School
I saw some of Rosemary's Baby and it was interesting. Definitely wasn't what I expected
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Goodfellas
KICKASS
Very well acted and utterly badass movie.
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You bastard.
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Goodfellas
KICKASS
Very well acted and utterly badass movie.
Casino
Mean Streets
Taxi Driver
Cape Fear
The Departed
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Goodfellas
KICKASS
Very well acted and utterly badass movie.
Casino
Mean Streets
Taxi Driver
Cape Fear
The Departed
Sucks
Awesome
Pretty good
Which version? Remake sucks.
Haven't seen
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Casino sucks? ::)
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What I saw from Casino was cool. Never saw the others
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Casino is definately one of Marty's worst. It like a Vegas Goodfellas, except not good.
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Casino is definately one of Marty's worst. It like a Vegas Goodfellas, except not good.
This thread is full of haters. :'(
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Solo hamming up my thread with BAD TASTE :punch
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Sorry, I will leave your BAD TASTE thread.
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But anyway, Casino is pretty kickass.
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But anyway, Casino is pretty kickass.
Except that it blows and is pretty much totally inessential. It's like he needed a movie and had no good ideas, so he just decided to warm over Goodfellas. He would've gotten away without any hassle if he hadn't done Goodfellas like 2 years before.
As it stands, it just feels like an extremely generic mafia movie. It's so typical. Goodfellas, The Godfather, and The Sopranos all have incredibly memorable characters, too. Casino, not so much. I also would market as the point in which Pesci jumped the shark and people realized that he had playing the same role for the entirety of his notability.
F minus for Casino.
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Sam Rothstein and the Pesci character weren't memorable? Hell, even James Wood's character was memorable. So what if he had done Goodfellas already, Casino still stands on its own as a powerful, well-made film.
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Sam Rothstein and the Pesci character weren't memorable? Hell, even James Wood's character was memorable. So what if he had done Goodfellas already, Casino still stands on its own as a powerful, well-made film.
No it doesn't. And believe me, it takes a lot for me to not like a movie with James Woods in it. I love Vampires. Actually, I'd go so far as to say that Casino makes Vampires look like Goodfellas.
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I have a feeling I'm going to hate Brazil...but I don't want to let TVC down :-\
I'll try to watch it early (IE, midnight) so I can't use the "I WAS TIRED" excuse
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PD, go watch Brazil now, then PM me so I can sell you my old copy. ;)
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PD, go watch Brazil now, then PM me so I can sell you my old copy. ;)
Can't. A couple dudes are over trying to fix the boiler. Once they leave I gotta go pick up my brothers for more Christmas monie shopping >:(
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Which version of Brazil is it? What's the running time? Do you know if it's Terry Gilliam's cut of it, or the awful studio cut?
If it's Gilliam's cut, I have no doubt that you'll like it. It's a difficult movie to dislike. I think the only objective complaint is that it's a bit long, and the actress playing the chick Sam wants isn't as "on" as everything else about the movie. I'd say more but I'd have to give up plot points.
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Which version of Brazil is it? What's the running time? Do you know if it's Terry Gilliam's cut of it, or the awful studio cut?
2 hours 23 min
On the back it says "fully restored with bonus footage"
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Yep, that's the good one. Watching the studio cut is kind of an eye opener. It's not like they cut scenes to trim the running time, they RE-EDITED the movie to make it have a different plot.
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Yep, that's the good one. Watching the studio cut is kind of an eye opener. It's not like they cut scenes to trim the running time, they RE-EDITED the movie to make it have a different plot.
The "Love Conquers All" version is most definitely the worst of the lot.
How many cuts were there again, five? The Gilliam cut, the European, the American, the TV version, and what else...?
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The Criterion Cut, The Original Gilliam Cut, the Euro Cut, Love Conquers All. The TV version is Love Conquers all. The Criterion Cut is the original Gilliam cut with some added footage from the european cut. I feel like I'm missing a cut, though.
I think the record for most cuts of a single film is Mr. Arkadin, of which there are at least 7.
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I hope it's good :-*
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I thought the Criterion cut was the only Gilliam cut, though? It combines footage from both the American and European versions of the film. The original Gilliam cut, IIRC, was just a rough which was previewed to various institutions around the country while Gilliam was having a falling out with Universal.
Also, about Mr. Arkadin, that doesn't really count since none of the cuts truly make the film a complete piece. Its really just various institutions re-organizing random footage that Welles approved of, and even some that was meant to be left on the cutting room floor.
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PD, go watch Brazil now, then PM me so I can sell you my old copy. ;)
I'll take your old copy. Which cut is it?
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Stop being such a lazy bastard and buy it yourself. It's not like it's pussy, so you should have no trouble aquiring it
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Stop being such a lazy bastard and buy it yourself. It's not like it's pussy, so you should have no trouble aquiring it
o shi'
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Stop being such a lazy bastard and buy it yourself. It's not like it's pussy, so you should have no trouble aquiring it
WTF IS THIS SHIT!?
For your information, I was thinking of buying the movie today when I stopped at Best Buy. I saw the Criterion set there. It was 57.99.
FUCK THAT
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phoenix dark says true things about himself as insults to others.
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Stop being such a lazy bastard and buy it yourself. It's not like it's pussy, so you should have no trouble aquiring it
WTF IS THIS SHIT!?
For your information, I was thinking of buying the movie today when I stopped at Best Buy. I saw the Criterion set there. It was 57.99.
FUCK THAT
I guess it is like pussy then
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Even when I do talk to chicks, I find out later that they have boyfriends. FUCK AHfgsuwieoyroiwuyeryouvibinsdkjandsaf
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I thought the Criterion cut was the only Gilliam cut, though? It combines footage from both the American and European versions of the film. The original Gilliam cut, IIRC, was just a rough which was previewed to various institutions around the country while Gilliam was having a falling out with Universal.
The Criterion cut is different, although I'm not sure in what way. Nothing major, though. I would've noticed that. And the Gilliam cut was released in theatres. The Love Conquers All version was unreleased and only shown on TV and crap.
Also, about Mr. Arkadin, that doesn't really count since none of the cuts truly make the film a complete piece. Its really just various institutions re-organizing random footage that Welles approved of, and even some that was meant to be left on the cutting room floor.
They're still different cuts! The Criterion cut is restored as closely as possible to Welles' original vision. No it will never be complete, but what is there is absolutely incredible and worthwhile.
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Even when I do talk to chicks, I find out later that they have boyfriends. FUCK AHfgsuwieoyroiwuyeryouvibinsdkjandsaf
People just tell you anything. Like when I went to White Castle and asked for a cup of water and they said they were out of it.
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Even when I do talk to chicks, I find out later that they have boyfriends. FUCK AHfgsuwieoyroiwuyeryouvibinsdkjandsaf
People just tell you anything. Like when I went to White Castle and asked for a cup of water and they said they were out of it.
I didn't hear it from her.
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Even when I do talk to chicks, I find out later that they have boyfriends. FUCK AHfgsuwieoyroiwuyeryouvibinsdkjandsaf
People just tell you anything. Like when I went to White Castle and asked for a cup of water and they said they were out of it.
I didn't hear it from her.
:-\
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Anyway, keep reviewing PD. I agree with pretty much all your reviews - I just thought you renting and reviewing the horrible TC of KoH was distinguished mentally-challenged and a waste of your time and ours.
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Casino is definately one of Marty's worst. It like a Vegas Goodfellas, except not good.
But anyway, Casino is pretty kickass.
Except that it blows and is pretty much totally inessential. It's like he needed a movie and had no good ideas, so he just decided to warm over Goodfellas. He would've gotten away without any hassle if he hadn't done Goodfellas like 2 years before.
As it stands, it just feels like an extremely generic mafia movie. It's so typical. Goodfellas, The Godfather, and The Sopranos all have incredibly memorable characters, too. Casino, not so much. I also would market as the point in which Pesci jumped the shark and people realized that he had playing the same role for the entirety of his notability.
F minus for Casino.
I can not believe what I'm reading.
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I thought the Criterion cut was the only Gilliam cut, though? It combines footage from both the American and European versions of the film. The original Gilliam cut, IIRC, was just a rough which was previewed to various institutions around the country while Gilliam was having a falling out with Universal.
The Criterion cut is different, although I'm not sure in what way. Nothing major, though. I would've noticed that. And the Gilliam cut was released in theatres. The Love Conquers All version was unreleased and only shown on TV and crap.
Also, about Mr. Arkadin, that doesn't really count since none of the cuts truly make the film a complete piece. Its really just various institutions re-organizing random footage that Welles approved of, and even some that was meant to be left on the cutting room floor.
They're still different cuts! The Criterion cut is restored as closely as possible to Welles' original vision. No it will never be complete, but what is there is absolutely incredible and worthwhile.
Well, Casino still rocks. :-[
PD, go watch Brazil now, then PM me so I can sell you my old copy. ;)
I'll take your old copy. Which cut is it?
The Criterion/Gilliam "Ultimate" cut, which is the finest of the (three? four? five?)
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Shake, this one? http://www.amazon.com/Brazil-Criterion-Collection-Single-Editon/dp/B000G8NXZA/sr=8-1/qid=1167779237/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-2283713-8088901?ie=UTF8&s=dvd
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Well, kinda. Its the earlier disc -- i.e. non-animorphic, spine #51.1
It's the first disc of the boxset.
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Pokemon The First Movie
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I really liked this movie because it was more about the pokemon's personalities instead of just their powers. :-[
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I really liked this movie because it was more about the pokemon's personalities instead of just their powers. :-[
QFT
The Pokemon tears...awwwww :heart
Definitely a movie I can see parents enjoying with their kids, which can't be said of all the shit kids drag their parents to (ERAGON).
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No. Just... no.
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No. Just... no.
YES
Movies that entertain parents as well as kids=$$$
Another decent example is A Series of Unfortuate Events. Pretty fun movie
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No. A good example would be something like The Incredibles, which tramples all over your shitty japanese monsters and Jim Carrey's scenery chewing dentures.
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No. A good example would be something like The Incredibles, which tramples all over your shitty japanese monsters and Jim Carrey's scenery chewing dentures.
Obviously.