Movie News, Reviews, and Discussion Super-Thread

[Phoenix Dark]

Godfather III>Blade Runner

[Himu]

No wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

Godfather 2 > Godfather

[TEEEPO]

>*

[CajoleJuice]

Disturbia > Rear Window

[Phoenix Dark]

Planet Of The Apes (2011)>2001

[Himu]

(Image removed from quote.)>*

Top best 10 films of all time dude









fuck yea bro

[Robo]

Alfred Hitchcock is a poor man's Paul Thomas Anderson.

[CajoleJuice]

The Master is gonna be better than Citizen Kane.

[Great Rumbler]

Planet Of The Apes (2011)>2001

Duh.

[Himu]

Let's get real here

Ted > Airplane!

[Phoenix Dark]

at least we can agree No Country For Old Men>TWBB

[CajoleJuice]

fuck you

[Himu]

[Phoenix Dark]

 

[TEEEPO]

aww 

[CajoleJuice]

<3 you guys

[Diunx]

at least we can agree No Country For Old Men>TWBB

fuck off!

[Himu]

We all agree that Saw > Pan's Labyrinth?

[Mupepe]

We all agree that Saw > Pan's Labyrinth?

suck my dick

[Phoenix Dark]

II>I but it often changes for me. I think the biggest issue is that the transition from Michael's story to the Vito flashbacks often feels a bit jarring. Thematically they're similar but they break up the momentum of Michael's story imo.

[Himu]

We all agree that Saw > Pan's Labyrinth?

suck my dick

gotcha

[Robo]

Vertigo > Read Window

https://twitter.com/wfederman/status/230768386991333376

[Phoenix Dark]

anyway
https://twitter.com/WillyFerrell/status/230438974391472128

[CajoleJuice]

parody accounts are the fucking worst

[Mupepe]

We all agree that Saw > Pan's Labyrinth?

suck my dick

gotcha

you son of a bitch

[Madrun Badrun]

[TEEEPO]

Real Talk

Caligula >>>>>>>> 8 1/2

[chronovore]

I just re-watched Total Recall, a Blu-Ray remaster came out today. It's the earliest theater experience I can remember. Mars atmosphere and its effects on Arnold scarred me for life.

Fuck Colin Farrell.

There's some stuff in Total Recall which doesn't hold up real well, but it's pretty solid in general. The effects of Mars' atmosphere on Arnold are some of the things which aren't super impressive.

But, yeah, fuck Colin Farrell and fuck the remake. What is the damned point?

[Phoenix Dark]

Killing Me Softly trailer
http://thefilmstage.com/trailer/killing-them-softly-trailer-andrew-dominik-plans-heist-with-his-jesse-james-star-brad-pitt/

 

[Timber]

It's nice that a movie other than Kane topped the list. We should celebrate diversity and pour one out for the HEGEMONIC STATUS QUO.

No joke I'm kinda delighted that Tokyo Story is #1 on the directors' list.

[Timber]

Also Man With a Movie Camera in the top 10 is way cool.

Brad Pitt movie looks like ass garbage, suck it.

[Timber]

8. Man With A Movie Camera - this is still one of the most OMG things ever made



edit abort, there's no sound on that link, so sorry, silent movies should always go with a merry gay tune.

[Tasty]

I have no idea how anyone can take that genre seriously. Blackwitch had some interesting parts and a solid ending, but this shit is embarrassing

The first PA was legitimately scary at points. PA2 went over the top and was a retread all at the same time, but PA3 brought things back to being slightly scary and worth it. Dat fan camera.

Honestly the "story" wrapped up fine with PA3, we've now officially entered  milkage territory.

I absolutely love found footage films though -- Blair Witch is my favorite horror movie, and I give even mediocre movies a pass if they're the same genre.

Now it's being used an excuse to hire no-name actors, drop the budget to pocket change and a box of Cheez-Its, and not bother with pointless things like framing, cinematography, plot, and actually making a good movie that people want to see.

That's exactly why I like them. Horror movies shouldn't feel overproduced at all, barring some exceptions. The grittier and more realistic, the better. (And it's impossible to be realistic without no-names, I feel.)

[Great Rumbler]

Found footage has basically become on par with jump scares in the horror genre: effective with the right director, but often used to disguise the lack of anything worthwhile. Except that found footage takes up the entire movie.

[cool breeze]

21 Jump Street is hilarious.  Funniest comedy I've seen in some time.

[Eric P]

Roger Etherbert has some words for you Vertigo Haters

For years people have been telling me they just don't see what's so great about 'Citizen Kane.'" Now they tell me they just don't see what's so great about "Vertigo." My answer will remain the same: "You're insufficiently evolved as a moviegoer." Or, more simply, "You're wrong."

[Mandark]

My parents met at a screening of Vertigo.

You know, any time I've read the source material for a Hitchcock movie, it's nowhere near as good as the movie.  Rear Window, for example, is a super cheesy short story where Grace Kelly's character is a loyal black sidekick.  Makes you wonder why they bothered adapting the things instead of coming up with original material, but you can't argue with the results.

[Joe Molotov]

Roger Etherbert has some words for you Vertigo Haters

For years people have been telling me they just don't see what's so great about 'Citizen Kane.'" Now they tell me they just don't see what's so great about "Vertigo." My answer will remain the same: "You're insufficiently evolved as a moviegoer." Or, more simply, "You're wrong."

Or to paraphrase the ultimate debate winning line: "You're wrong because you are."

[cool breeze]

My parents met at a screening of Vertigo.

You know, any time I've read the source material for a Hitchcock movie, it's nowhere near as good as the movie.  Rear Window, for example, is a super cheesy short story where Grace Kelly's character is a loyal black sidekick.  Makes you wonder why they bothered adapting the things instead of coming up with original material, but you can't argue with the results.

That's interesting.  I once saw a remake of Rear Window on TV with Christopher Reeves (post-accident) and he had a loyal black (Jamaican) sidekick.  There's still a blond woman who visits but the roles don't fit with the original film.  And it's a then-modern adaptation, so there's stuff about internet cheating and using cameras to spy.

[Momo]

Batman Bullshit. What a stinker.

[Tasty]

I have no idea how anyone can take that genre seriously. Blackwitch had some interesting parts and a solid ending, but this shit is embarrassing

Blair Witch was pretty cool because nobody had done anything like it before. Now it's being used an excuse to hire no-name actors, drop the budget to pocket change and a box of Cheez-Its, and not bother with pointless things like framing, cinematography, plot, and actually making a good movie that people want to see.

Dragging this across 2 pages, but no, Blair Witch really wasn't the first "Found footage" movie.



And the movie that directly drove Blair Witch to happen.

Last Broadcast was so good until like the last 1/5.

[Tasty]

Yeah, it just didn't know how to put the final touches on everything it built. Overall, I still liked it better than Blair Witch though.

I like Blair Witch more because of its ending. Other than the endings, both movies are about on the same level I think... although I still might give it more to BW. The setting and circumstances were more engrossing than "here's some dude interviewing some other dudes with old footage spliced in."

Poughkeepsie Tapes were effing crazy though. Like Saw, done right.

[Great Rumbler]

I have no idea how anyone can take that genre seriously. Blackwitch had some interesting parts and a solid ending, but this shit is embarrassing

Blair Witch was pretty cool because nobody had done anything like it before. Now it's being used an excuse to hire no-name actors, drop the budget to pocket change and a box of Cheez-Its, and not bother with pointless things like framing, cinematography, plot, and actually making a good movie that people want to see.

Dragging this across 2 pages, but no, Blair Witch really wasn't the first "Found footage" movie.



And the movie that directly drove Blair Witch to happen.

[Tasty]

Yeah, it just didn't know how to put the final touches on everything it built. Overall, I still liked it better than Blair Witch though.

I like Blair Witch more because of its ending. Other than the endings, both movies are about on the same level I think... although I still might give it more to BW. The setting and circumstances were more engrossing than "here's some dude interviewing some other dudes with old footage spliced in."

Poughkeepsie Tapes were effing crazy though. Like Saw, done right.

I was just bored through 90% of Blair Witch, but the ending is fucking fantastic.

Yeah, Poughkeepise was good, but just felt too acted.

Still love Man Bites Dog though.

Haven't seen that one. Good?

[Tasty]

Lol I looked it up, wow.

Seems more like a comedy than horror, though.

[Bebpo]

Is Cannibal Holocaust worth watching?  Trailer looks cheesy and I've heard it's pretty gross.

[Verdigris Murder]

21 Jump Street is hilarious.  Funniest comedy I've seen in some time.

It really is !

Holmes 2 loses its stride about half way through. Yeah, not so great. And demonoid is still down.

[The Sceneman]

I just rented Wargames and Twilight for crappy fridae movie night. Gonna be fun!

[The Sceneman]

I just re-watched Total Recall, a Blu-Ray remaster came out today. It's the earliest theater experience I can remember. Mars atmosphere and its effects on Arnold scarred me for life.

Fuck Colin Farrell.

There's some stuff in Total Recall which doesn't hold up real well, but it's pretty solid in general. The effects of Mars' atmosphere on Arnold are some of the things which aren't super impressive.

But, yeah, fuck Colin Farrell and fuck the remake. What is the damned point?

they should have just given the remaster of the original a theatrical release, makes more fiscal (and common) sense.

I would gladly pay full admission to hear this on a Dolby 7.1 cinema system:

[ManaByte]

Oh god Total Recall is shit. I want those 2 hours back. At least I didn't pay for it.

Shocked that they flashed the three tits in a PG13 these days tho.

[chronovore]

PG13 is the most useless rating in a largely already-useless rating setup.

[Diunx]

Don't watch it if you like animals :'(

[Phoenix Dark]

I kind of want to see those three boobs tho

[ManaByte]

I kind of want to see those three boobs tho

It's like one second. And the movie is horrible. It should be illegal to remake any Arnie movie.

[Enl]

Yeah there's some animal violence in Holocaust, but if you could stomach that and have a taste for old school Italian horror then it's kind of worth the watch. Despite its very shallow characters (typical of most old Italian horrors) its one of the few films that can really get under my skin. I guess it's the whole rawness of how everything is shot.

And it has such a lovely theme song:




Also I second Man Bites Dog as well worth watching if you're wanting more "found footage" films.

[Barry Egan]

I'm still waiting on a Last Action Hero remake actually

[Great Rumbler]

I would gladly pay full admission to hear this on a Dolby 7.1 cinema system:

Jerry Goldsmith

[Momo]

Michael Fassbender is The Last Action Hero

[The Sceneman]

I'm still waiting on a Last Action Hero remake actually

Last Action Hero is my favourite movie of all time. A remake would be a mindblowingly ludicrous concept

[cool breeze]

Last Action Hero remake could work if they mocked action movies of the past decade or so.