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Robo · « **Reply #10740 on:** June 14, 2011, 12:23:38 PM »

It's certainly brainless, but I thought it was entertaining enough. I tend to be more accepting of Seth Rogan's stock manic-depressive douchebag performances than most people, I think, so even that element I found enjoyable, although I will concede that the last half-hour or so is lacking in both coherent writing and action. I got the impression that they were trying to give the final act a last hurrah of campiness and it doesn't read quite right.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #10741 on:** June 14, 2011, 09:13:55 PM »

Super 8

This is a movie that you could really pick apart if you wanted to, the flaws are there. But, you know what? I don't want to. Not at all. Enjoyed it on every level as I bowed at the altar of Spielberg and had pure nostalgia pumped into my veins. Watching that movie...man, it was like the later 70's never ended. Also, it's better than a million Transformers, so eat it, Michael Bay.

cool breeze · « **Reply #10742 on:** June 15, 2011, 11:18:04 AM »

green lantern

*tumbleweed*

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #10743 on:** June 15, 2011, 12:37:29 PM »

Quote

Whenever this Lantern returns to terra firma (too often), its imaginative flights are ground down under the Warners overlords' demographic-pandering heels.

And who is surprised by this?

Robo · « **Reply #10744 on:** June 15, 2011, 04:33:38 PM »

Watched The Hit from Stephen Frears w/ John Hurt, Tim Roth and Terence Stamp last night and loved it. Hurt and Roth (in his first role) play hitmen - seasoned professional and apprentice, respectively - assigned to capture a gangland snitch, Stamp, hiding-out in Spanish countryside and bring him back to his former boss to be executed. Loved the writing, particularly; it's unconventional in that the focus of the film is on events that take place during the return trip itself. Great performances all around, too.

It's streaming on Netflix - highly recommended.

ManaByte · « **Reply #10745 on:** June 15, 2011, 08:11:31 PM »

http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/motion-captured/posts/exclusive-what-batman-star-shot-a-scene-for-dark-knight-rises-on-monday

Big spoilers about someone from Batman Begins reprising their role in Batman 3.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #10746 on:** June 15, 2011, 09:18:17 PM »

Quote from: ManaByte on June 15, 2011, 08:11:31 PM

http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/motion-captured/posts/exclusive-what-batman-star-shot-a-scene-for-dark-knight-rises-on-monday

Big spoilers about someone from Batman Begins reprising their role in Batman 3.

MEGA SPOILERS!!!

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Christian Bale returns as Batman

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MEGA SPOILERS!!!

Robo · « **Reply #10747 on:** June 15, 2011, 11:21:50 PM »

Started watching HAUSUuuu~, but decided against finishing it. I'd get more out of it watching it with someone else and/or while stoned.

TEEEPO · « **Reply #10748 on:** June 16, 2011, 04:31:35 AM »

Quote from: The Business on June 14, 2011, 01:24:39 PM

A Single Man is the best gay movie I've ever seen.

possibly the best gay book i've ever read.

ManaByte · « **Reply #10749 on:** June 16, 2011, 12:42:30 PM »

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ManaByte · « **Reply #10750 on:** June 16, 2011, 03:08:27 PM »

Brad Pitt and Bobby Kotick in MONEYBALL

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fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #10751 on:** June 16, 2011, 03:30:23 PM »

i dunno. brad pitt shouldn't be doing movies like that. he's not right for them

The Sceneman · « **Reply #10752 on:** June 17, 2011, 04:14:39 AM »

I need a fun, trashy movie to watch tonight. Any suggestions?

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #10753 on:** June 17, 2011, 04:21:12 AM »

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Herr Mafflard · « **Reply #10754 on:** June 17, 2011, 05:10:55 AM »

The Sceneman · « **Reply #10755 on:** June 17, 2011, 06:58:28 AM »

I decided on: THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI ACROSS THE 8TH DIMENSION - 1984

this film is really strange

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #10756 on:** June 17, 2011, 10:21:38 AM »

i bought that fucking movie on DVD on its rep alone - hated it.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #10757 on:** June 17, 2011, 12:25:58 PM »

True Romance

First time I saw this, you can def see Tarantino wrote it but didnt have all the freedom to do what he wanted as he didn't direct.

It's pretty much how you would expect a cross between the director of Top Gun and Tarantino would look and feel, all the dialogue is pretty much there but it feels much more like a early nineties/late eighties movie then Pulp Fiction which came out only one year later. Like a generational leap.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #10758 on:** June 17, 2011, 12:47:36 PM »

Quote from: The Sceneman on June 17, 2011, 06:58:28 AM

I decided on: THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI ACROSS THE 8TH DIMENSION - 1984

this film is really strange

This was one of the first movies I saw in the theater as a little kid. I still absolutely love it.

Bebpo · « **Reply #10759 on:** June 17, 2011, 02:25:20 PM »

Quote from: Premium Lager on June 17, 2011, 12:25:58 PM

True Romance

First time I saw this, you can def see Tarantino wrote it but didnt have all the freedom to do what he wanted as he didn't direct.

It's pretty much how you would expect a cross between the director of Top Gun and Tarantino would look and feel, all the dialogue is pretty much there but it feels much more like a early nineties/late eighties movie then Pulp Fiction which came out only one year later. Like a generational leap.

Amazing cast though.

Brad Pitt

Gary Oldman

Christian Slater

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #10760 on:** June 17, 2011, 02:47:52 PM »

Yeah when I saw the cast come by I was really impressed. I liked the movie, especially for what it is, standing on the threshold of the Tarantino age and a different way of filmmaking. True Romance still has that early 90's innocence that has been lost.

WrikaWrek · « **Reply #10761 on:** June 17, 2011, 04:15:37 PM »

That was a Tarantino scene.

ManaByte · « **Reply #10762 on:** June 17, 2011, 05:40:05 PM »

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Quote

As a screenwriter on Conan The Barbarian, I get asked this question a lot.

The world of Hyboria, as Robert E. Howard described it, is fleshy and brutal. Bloody beheadings and bare-chested slave girls abound. However, while the movie is unflinching in its depiction of barbarism, slavery and warfare, the violence and nudity emerge from the fabric of the story. It isn't gratuitous.

Robert E. Howard's stories, although violent and perverse for their time, were not intrusively graphic either. So this is ultimately a movie about the character Conan, a character that will hopefully launch a healthy franchise of movies with stories and characters that celebrate Howard's work. Yes, you'll see blood and boobs, but this isn't a Cinemax movie; it's epic action/fantasy.

And yes, it's rated R.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #10763 on:** June 17, 2011, 06:32:33 PM »

How I wish that people would learn that putting awful rock songs in trailers for fantasy movies/games only ever produces incredibly painful results.

ManaByte · « **Reply #10764 on:** June 17, 2011, 07:57:22 PM »

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

Better than the US trailer.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #10765 on:** June 17, 2011, 11:45:51 PM »

Quote from: Mr. Gundam on June 17, 2011, 12:47:36 PM

Quote from: The Sceneman on June 17, 2011, 06:58:28 AM
I decided on: THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI ACROSS THE 8TH DIMENSION - 1984

this film is really strange

This was one of the first movies I saw in the theater as a little kid. I still absolutely love it.

You're not wrong about many things, but you are wrong about this

Unfunny, horribly paced, meandering, 'kooky', 'zany' bullshit

The Sceneman · « **Reply #10766 on:** June 17, 2011, 11:55:47 PM »

yeah I'm not sure about it. Theres some good jokes and some of the clothes are awesome. But it's just a bit too strange.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #10767 on:** June 17, 2011, 11:58:11 PM »

I actually took the DVD out of the machine and threw it out, never done that before or since

chronovore · « **Reply #10768 on:** June 18, 2011, 12:03:10 AM »

Quote from: Joe Molotov® EDGE™ on June 14, 2011, 10:46:19 AM

Wow, House was just straight up insane. Crazy awesome. Movie's bananers.

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That's five different shades of insane.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #10769 on:** June 18, 2011, 12:17:30 AM »

Quote from: chronovore on June 18, 2011, 12:03:10 AM

Quote from: Joe Molotov® EDGE™ on June 14, 2011, 10:46:19 AM
Wow, House was just straight up insane. Crazy awesome. Movie's bananers.

[youtube=560,345]NN0HVJ5tkIM[/youtube]
That's five different shades of insane.

[youtube=560,345]0CS1XoTGMQ4[/youtube]

chronovore · « **Reply #10770 on:** June 18, 2011, 12:34:14 AM »

WHITEOUT
Mediocre. I wish I'd watched it on blu-ray because it's clearly got a lot of beautiful scenery. The director seemed to be going for an ALIEN meets Friday the 13th meets generic mystery -- ON ICE. Tom Skerritt (adding to the original Alien feel) was good, Kate Beckinsale was trying too hard. The flashback sequences were predictable and laughably melodramatic. The payoff was pretty good, but many things in review just don't make a lot of sense. B-

GANTZ live action
The dub was weak. I'll see the sequel, PERFECT ANSWER, in Japanese while it's on the big screen if I can squeeze it in. The translation of the characters to live action was handled surprisingly well, excepting Tae Kojima. The guy playing Nishi was perfect -- just spot-on. The two male leads, it was strange. The guy playing Kei is one of those "idoru tarento" that they push into as many jobs as possible. Right now they are convinced he can act. The guy playing Katoh actually CAN act though, and the disparity is clear. B+

Quote from: Cormacaroni on June 17, 2011, 11:58:11 PM

I actually took the DVD out of the machine and threw it out, never done that before or since

I didn't like it on my first viewing in the theaters, but later on VHS I came to love it. It's one of those things I'm surprised has never been turned into a game. Hm...

ManaByte · « **Reply #10771 on:** June 18, 2011, 10:28:13 AM »

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fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #10772 on:** June 18, 2011, 10:38:49 AM »

TROLLHUNTER

i thought it was pretty good.

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #10773 on:** June 18, 2011, 10:48:30 AM »

Gonna be best movie of summer

ManaByte · « **Reply #10774 on:** June 18, 2011, 11:25:01 AM »

Quote from: Mamacint on June 18, 2011, 10:48:30 AM

Gonna be best movie of summer

It's out in November.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #10775 on:** June 18, 2011, 08:25:39 PM »

I just watched this. Pretty good. Ludicrously high body count

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #10776 on:** June 18, 2011, 09:51:51 PM »

I watched that a few months ago and really like it. Had a great sense of humor and some really nice action scenes. The characters were pretty good too. Some scenes/side plots felt a bit extraneous though.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #10777 on:** June 18, 2011, 10:09:01 PM »

yeah the action was really well shot and exciting. Loved the setting as well. Some beautiful desert locations..

I liked it how the plot wasn't too heavy. It was mainly about the three main guys on the poster and the different things that drove them. I like character driven storylines like that.

I never really figured out what was going on with the bounty hunter though (guy on the left). They explained the other guys motivations pretty well but I could never really figure out what the bounty hunter was trying to achieve during the film.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #10778 on:** June 18, 2011, 10:19:52 PM »

Quote from: chronovore on June 18, 2011, 12:03:10 AM

Quote from: Joe Molotov® EDGE™ on June 14, 2011, 10:46:19 AM
Wow, House was just straight up insane. Crazy awesome. Movie's bananers.

[youtube=560,345]NN0HVJ5tkIM[/youtube]
That's five different shades of insane.

It's pretty much Anime: The Movie. It's got lolis, fan service, parental issues, Freudian imagery, so-bad-they're-good pop songs, the grimdark twist about half-way through, loads of WTF, leading up to an inexplicable finale.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #10779 on:** June 18, 2011, 10:21:16 PM »

hmm. Sounds like I should watch Hausu.

Mupepe · « **Reply #10780 on:** June 20, 2011, 12:09:53 PM »

The Rite
wtf. How the hell was this ever greenlit? It's like someone decided to take the exorcism movie and turn the volume up to 11. It's not about a Priest having a faith crisis, the dude is straight up Atheist. No clever writing to be found. It's like having a debate with one of the atheist tards on GAF. Obnoxious. There's not just one possessed person. Multiple! Not just one exorcist, hundreds! The Vatican has a class that's training exorcists. It's like X(orcist)-Men. Hell, the head Priest that's training them is called Xavier!! Not just one demon. Nooooo. They travel in packs! Anthony Hopkins is officially a C-List actor now if he wasn't before. This shit is so fucking terrible I wonder how he got talked into it. The dude can't be that broke. This is really one of the worst movies I've seen in a long time. Everything about it is so dry and bland. It really feels like a bunch of executives were brainstorming and came to the conclusion that they needed a movie that was like the Exorcist but times ten!!!

Love and Other Drugs
Soooo, Jake Gyllenhaal(sp?) is a smooth talking sex maniac who is extremely intelligent and could sell ice to an eskimo. He's a funny guy. The parts with him are funny. He's a Pfizer drug rep trying to get doctors to prescribe drugs (specifically Viagra and Prozac) in this movie. Lulz do ensue. Then one day when he's shadowing a doctor, he meets Maggie (Anne Hathaway). Well the movie is downhill. Chick is insane and in about 10 minutes it turns into a serious movie. She has Parkinson's disease and is scared of making someone take care of her and we get to see these issues in all their glory. Including Jake going to a support group meeting. She runs out of meds one weekend and turns into a blubbering shaking alcoholic. She's insane, he's stupid and all of a sudden it's a drama, not a comedy. What the fuck.

HyperZoneWasAwesome · « **Reply #10781 on:** June 20, 2011, 03:15:42 PM »

so Takashi Miike's 13 Assassins is going round the country, and its pretty great. But its great in ways that you might not expect from a Miike flick. Its got its occasional gonzo elements, but for the most part the film plays it straight as a conventional men-on-a-mission movie. And that's okay, in fact, its pretty damn good.

There's a larger subtext about the morality of being a samurai, having to swear your life to a perhaps unworthy cause or even abetting evil. But mostly the movie is about assembling a team to fight a really bad guy and his minions, and the eventual last third of the film makes the wait until the clashing of blades especially worthwhile. Its just one of the best action movie set pieces you'll see this year.

***1/2

oh, and Hause freaking rules.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #10782 on:** June 20, 2011, 08:39:00 PM »

bizarrely, 13 Assassins isn't out in Japan 'til September, although it is already getting hyped on TV. grrr

Herr Mafflard · « **Reply #10783 on:** June 21, 2011, 05:54:01 AM »

already reserved the blu-ray for 13 assassins, gonna be long wait for September now

chronovore · « **Reply #10784 on:** June 21, 2011, 11:27:20 AM »

Quote from: Cormacaroni on June 20, 2011, 08:39:00 PM

bizarrely, 13 Assassins isn't out in Japan 'til September, although it is already getting hyped on TV. grrr

This country's theatrical release schedule is a joke. And the joke is on us.

HyperZoneWasAwesome · « **Reply #10785 on:** June 22, 2011, 02:17:44 PM »

are we sure 13 Assassins doesn't come out in Japan till September, are we sure it wasn't last September.

exhibit A
B
C

and its already out on video in Japan. So I wanna know exactly what the ads he's seeing are for.

ManaByte · « **Reply #10786 on:** June 23, 2011, 09:38:54 AM »

Mupepe · « **Reply #10787 on:** June 23, 2011, 09:44:31 AM »

hell yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

chronovore · « **Reply #10788 on:** June 23, 2011, 10:16:23 AM »

Cormacaroni is wily.

Robo · « **Reply #10789 on:** June 23, 2011, 10:34:16 AM »

I watched Slither last night. Meat.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #10790 on:** June 23, 2011, 10:38:22 AM »

Mupepe · « **Reply #10791 on:** June 23, 2011, 10:47:28 AM »

that fucking pimp!

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #10792 on:** June 23, 2011, 11:32:26 AM »

Quote from: HyperZoneWasAwesome on June 22, 2011, 02:17:44 PM

are we sure 13 Assassins doesn't come out in Japan till September, are we sure it wasn't last September.

exhibit A
B
C

and its already out on video in Japan. So I wanna know exactly what the ads he's seeing are for.

Huh. I saw half of a feature on it on a TV show that runs down upcoming movies (King's Brunch), then went to my local cinema page, was surprised total to not see it there, then went to the imdb page and saw September. Must have missed the year!

I guess they were only covering it 'cause of the US release or something. Doesn't make a whole lot of sense but that's all I can think of.

ManaByte · « **Reply #10793 on:** June 23, 2011, 05:24:10 PM »

A year and a half of TORTURE.

At least the LOTR: FOTR concert comes to LA in October!

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #10794 on:** June 23, 2011, 09:38:09 PM »

Ian looks like he hasn't aged a day

Diunx · « **Reply #10795 on:** June 23, 2011, 11:49:37 PM »

Meh who cares about this childish crap now that we have game of thrones

Bebpo · « **Reply #10796 on:** June 24, 2011, 01:31:16 AM »

The Green Hornet was alright but the subplot of Hornet & Kato being mad at each other for a quarter of the movie was awful and I dunno why they wrote the plot that way at all. Otherwise it was entertaining and the bad guy was really really good. Had some decent comedy too.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #10797 on:** June 24, 2011, 06:02:00 PM »

Quote from: Bebpo on June 24, 2011, 01:31:16 AM

The Green Hornet was alright but the subplot of Hornet & Kato being mad at each other for a quarter of the movie was awful and I dunno why they wrote the plot that way at all.

Same, it felt way too sudden and contrived. Also, out of character for both.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #10798 on:** June 24, 2011, 10:46:17 PM »

I Saw the Devil and The Man from Nowhere

both really great korean revenge flicks. would saw i preferred the latter over the former.

ManaByte · « **Reply #10799 on:** June 25, 2011, 11:23:32 AM »

Him jumping on the grenade is totally Steve Rogers. They nailed that.

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