Movie News, Reviews, and Discussion Super-Thread

[Tasty]

“Everybody bought these T-shirts and said “it’s terrible, it’s terrible” but do you think Joseph Kony’s tweets made a fucking bit of difference? You can make all the YouTube videos you want but it doesn’t mean anything. It’s not the way to get things done. In The Green Inferno, these kids have this fantasy that they can fix everything with their phones but they get their asses kicked.”

That sounds strangely cathartic.

[Phoenix Dark]

bbububu #PS4NoDRM

[Great Rumbler]

When entertainment/film writers try to figure out the secrets to the success of the Fast and Furious franchise, they invariably hit upon the multiculturalism of the cast of the six movies (and counting). That notion was supported this week by the announcement that Thai action star Tony Jaa, of the popular Ong Bak trilogy, will be making his Hollywood (and English language) debut as a costar in Fast & Furious 7. The movie is still being written, but Universal is apparently confident that the production can be shot and finished quickly, as the movie is already scheduled for release on July 11, 2014 (a date Fast & Furious 7 has to itself, in between Maleficent on 7/2/14 and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes on 7/18/14). Tony Jaa is not the only new addition for Fast & Furious 7, as Jason Statham is already confirmed as the film's main villain (after appearing in the end credits of Fast and Furious 6). (Last minute breaking news! Kurt Russell is also in talks for a role in Fast & Furious 7.)

[Joe Molotov]

I hope Kurt Russell plays Vin Diesel's dad.

[fistfulofmetal]

Pain and Gain

currently watching.

the first fucking hour is all montages. there's not a single actual scene at all, just small 20-30 second shots that cuts together. it's so exhausting. and what the hell is with the constant narration? who's the main character?

then the movie basically starts and i'm ready to tap out.

The Rock is the only good thing about this.


The second half of the movie is better than the first half. It becomes an actual movie with real scenes that have purpose and a point. Still awful.

[chronovore]

Oh, my god. I need to go change my shorts.

[Verdigris Murder]

If its not FF6 I don't want wanna know.

The tank scene onwards is pretty much the best shit.

[HyperZoneWasAwesome]

Hayao Miyazaki just retired again.
heck, he just might mean it this time, now that Ghibli has produced consecutive good movies that he didn't direct.  Kick back man, you've earned it.

[Great Rumbler]

heck, he just might mean it this time, now that Ghibli has produced consecutive good movies that he didn't direct.

But he was still heavily involved with both. The problem isn't that Ghibli can't carry on without him, it's that they have no one who can even remotely replace him. Maybe Goro gets there with another decade of work, but he's certainly not there yet.

[fistfulofmetal]

Morgan Freeman double feature! Oblivion and Olympus Has Fallen

I'll start with the latter

OHF is pretty ho-hum overall. It starts surprisingly strong and evokes weird feelings of 90's actioners, specifically Die Hard 3, with the way it's shot and the framing used on scenes. When things get going it kinda droops down and becomes super super dumb. It kinda stays at that level for the remainder. I appreciated it's R rating which allowed for some unforgiving violence. Gerard Butler gives it all he can but the script is just too weak to get anything out of.

Oblivion. This movie is downright beautiful. From the design of the all the drones and future tech, the way the tetrahedral sits in the sky and is used to put a stamp on some scenes, the style of the post "apocalyptic" landscape which is weirdly sterile with spurts of landmarks here and there. I pretty much loved watching this movie because of how pretty it was.

Unfortunately the writing is a bit weak in some spots throughout. Specifically near the end with some schlocky action sequences. I also didn't understand the logic behind how Tom Cruises character was able to successfully pull off his "plan".

Weak writing notwithstanding, I rather liked the story it told. The movie reminds me of War of the Worlds in a way. You have this incredibly GIANT and EPIC foundation and the story itself deals with WORLD-SPANNING events, but you tell it in a way that feels personal. Tom Cruise is the focal point and they make it a point to make his story the focus. Everything he does is influenced by his personal motivations and you never question why he's doing something. I can say that at least for the movie, I was never confused by character motivations. As long as I have that a movie will typically work for me.

I compare Oblivion more directly to Elysium. Both are incredibly ambitious sci-fi movies with famous white male leads. Both deal with a future Earth in peril. Both have strong analogies to modern events.

Oblivion handles all his elements far better. It's not perfect and has some logic flaws due to writing issues but the sum of it's parts equaled an incredibly entertaining movie with amazing visuals.

[Phoenix Dark]

This first feature film shot entirely in Saudi Arabia is the story of a young girl living in a suburb of Riyadh determined to raise enough money to buy a bike in a society that sees bicycles as dangerous to a girl's virtue.

 

[Momo]

why did you think there are 1 million bicycles in beijing?

[Himu]

oh my fucking god fast 7

[nudemacusers]

new gravity trailer

#t=0

[Diunx]

  WHY DOES IT STAR SANDRA FUCKING BULLOCK!!!!!?

[Tasty]

bicycle rape isn't a joke, pd

It totally is.

[Momo]

new gravity trailer

#t=0

WHY DOES IT STAR SANDRA FUCKING BULLOCK!!!!!?

Meh, just like Bat Affleck thing, who cares if the performance is good?

[Momo]

She's been good once or twice before, so it's not unpossible

[Momo]

When?

The Net, (1995)

[Great Rumbler]

Demolition Man

[nudemacusers]

WHY DOES IT STAR SANDRA FUCKING BULLOCK!!!!!?

because alfonso cuaron knows what he's doing

[Rahxephon91]

I don't know if this even looks like it's worth a dollar.

[Great Rumbler]

[Great Rumbler]

[Rahxephon91]

"Alex You need to speak to your son"

Yeah I believe thats where I lost it and then Gary Oldman's Human Emotions! rant. ehh.

It just looks like any other Hollywood movie. I'm sure in the end Robocop will resume a happy life with his wife.

[Himu]

What in the fuck at that Robocop trailer.

I laughed out loud at "You need to speak to your son!" shit.

[Phoenix Dark]

"Alex You need to speak to your son"

Can't wait to complete that mission in the Xbox 360/PS3 version.

[Diunx]

I don't know if this even looks like it's worth a dollar.

 

[Momo]

fucking HOBOCOP, yuck.

Also how on earth did i miss this till now?

[Great Rumbler]

I went on Wikipedia to see if that was a Witcher movie, but somehow it's not.

[Momo]

"Seventh Son (1987) is an alternate history/fantasy novel by Orson Scott Card. " fuck that scared me for a second

[Great Rumbler]

[Eric P]

American Mary is on Netflix to watch instantly.  It's a horror story about a medical student who gets deep into the body mod underground to pay off some student loans.  not really gorey but there are a few moments of surgery.  it's heavy psychological horror.

[Joe Molotov]

American Mary is on Netflix to watch instantly.  It's a horror story about a medical student who gets deep into the body mod underground to pay off some student loans.  not really gorey but there are a few moments of surgery.  it's heavy psychological horror.

From the directoresses of Dead Hooker in a Trunk.

[nudemacusers]

haha, I saw the seventh son preview in the theater. everyone was like

[Tasty]

I think the new RoboCop looks great except for the son shit.

[Barry Egan]

I think the new RoboCop looks great except for the son shit.

"Tron: Legacy is one of the greatest sci-fi films ever made"

[Diunx]

I think the new RoboCop looks great except for the son shit.

Of course you do.

day one for seventh son, it has The Dude channeling Sean Connery

[Dickie Dee]

New design actually looks alright in silver, but the black/red "tactical" suit

[Tasty]

I think the new RoboCop looks great except for the son shit.

"Tron: Legacy is one of the greatest sci-fi films ever made"

And you disagree...?

[cool breeze]

I like that everyone except Michael Keaton is acting.

[recursivelyenumerable]

Saw "Cutie and the Boxer"

This is great and way better than the last relationship-y movie I saw which was Before Midnight . Ushio was kind of a jerk, like Ethan Hawke's character, but he was way cuter and a better artist than Ethan Hawke's character, so unlike Ethan Hawke's character he didn't ruin my enjoyment of the movie.

[Mr. Gundam]

Saw "World's End" the other night. I enjoyed it for the most part and it had some great bits, but it's definitely my least favorite of the trilogy. That ending was pretty dumb and negated the message of the film, but whatever.

[Verdigris Murder]

Place Beyond The Pines is nothing like the weird bait and switch trailer, and its well worth 2 hrs of your time, as an important businessman, I have precious little time as it is, and the time that I have left after selling it to hot sexual ladies narrows down to not a lot. So my time is preciously important.

Stoker is just great. My favourite bit was the mirror shot/long take, and as a bonus it has Danny from Withnail & I.

[Mupepe]

So I don't understand the big deal over Furious 6.  Even compared to the rest there's a lot of "story" except it's even fucking worse this time.  I would have been bored to death trying to sit through it in theaters.  At least at home can I tune out until the action starts.  And the action isn't bad, but the pacing of it is pretty flat.  I never feel like it's culminating into anything.  And this is coming from someone that has been idiotically in love with the previous movies.  Fast 5 was great... this is not.  It's okay, but it was way overhyped and it's a hell of a letdown after 5.

[Great Rumbler]

So I don't understand the big deal over Furious 6.  Even compared to the rest there's a lot of "story" except it's even fucking worse this time.  I would have been bored to death trying to sit through it in theaters.  At least at home can I tune out until the action starts.  And the action isn't bad, but the pacing of it is pretty flat.  I never feel like it's culminating into anything.

 

[Verdigris Murder]

I thought 5 was pretty shit, it was just guys with huge tits and a not very good ending.

6 is a perfect segway into Fast & Furious Wan. With Japson Statham, because he's huge in the Asian world, and by Asian I actually mean Asian and world I meant vagina.

It's bizarre the way the wests men have bigger dicks than the oriental countries. And seriously the negros have the biggest fixation with the Asian girls, possibly because underneath their gruff exterior, all they want is a warm snuggly place for their penises, a bit like a sleepy hibernating bear.

[Mupepe]

Sorry.  The story is too awful and there's too much of it.  Someone should have taken a pair of scissors to this bad boy during editing.

[Verdigris Murder]

And that said, you'd probably really enjoy Stoker as well.

[chronovore]

Saw "World's End" the other night. I enjoyed it for the most part and it had some great bits, but it's definitely my least favorite of the trilogy. That ending was pretty dumb and negated the message of the film, but whatever.

I said the same thing after I saw it, and was told I was overanalyzing it.

[Mupepe]

Wow. Robocop looks absolutely awful.

[Rahxephon91]

Sadly that is Abbie Cornish trying to act. She's such a bad actress and she's not hot enough to get away with it.

[Phoenix Dark]

edit: wrong thread

[Himu]

wrong thread

[Phoenix Dark]

Kill List

Shout outs to Eric P, god damn...blew me away. Initially the heavy British accents threw me for a loop but once the film finds its setting it really hooks you. It's a slow burn film that's very violent - and the non-violent emotional scenes are often more painful to watch - depicting a hit man's rapid descent through madness.

One note: DON'T watch the trailer. I really wish I hadn't, as it tipped me off on a few things

spoiler:

spoiler (click to show/hide)

the trailer shows a glimpse of the Bohemian Grove-esque scene. Once the second kill list victim thanked the dude, I immediately started thinking "this is some type of death cult shit." It didn't ruin the movie for me by any means, and there were still plenty of surprises, but I did call that early. Also...when the cult members started chasing the hit men...holy fuck. And the end...wow.

I seemed like there were two kill lists, really. One for the hit man, naming all his victims/cult members. And the other must have had Jay on it, considering each member recognized him. Like this was all some type of initiation or test. Not just to welcome a new member, but to crown one of the worst human beings possible as a leader.

[close]

[Raban]

And that said, you'd probably really enjoy Stoker as well.

Stoker is so fucked up and awesome. I wasn't expecting it to be a thriller film but I quickly realized what was going on as the film continued. Lots of visuals that are gonna stick with me for a while.

[Eric P]

Kill List

Shout outs to Eric P, god damn...blew me away. Initially the heavy British accents threw me for a loop but once the film finds its setting it really hooks you. It's a slow burn film that's very violent - and the non-violent emotional scenes are often more painful to watch - depicting a hit man's rapid descent through madness.

One note: DON'T watch the trailer. I really wish I hadn't, as it tipped me off on a few things

spoiler:

spoiler (click to show/hide)

the trailer shows a glimpse of the Bohemian Grove-esque scene. Once the second kill list victim thanked the dude, I immediately started thinking "this is some type of death cult shit." It didn't ruin the movie for me by any means, and there were still plenty of surprises, but I did call that early. Also...when the cult members started chasing the hit men...holy fuck. And the end...wow.

I seemed like there were two kill lists, really. One for the hit man, naming all his victims/cult members. And the other must have had Jay on it, considering each member recognized him. Like this was all some type of initiation or test. Not just to welcome a new member, but to crown one of the worst human beings possible as a leader.

[close]

check out everything else he's done (except A Field in England which goes so far up its own ass that it turns itself inside out)

[Positive Touch]

So I don't understand the big deal over Furious 6.  Even compared to the rest there's a lot of "story" except it's even fucking worse this time.  I would have been bored to death trying to sit through it in theaters.  At least at home can I tune out until the action starts.  And the action isn't bad, but the pacing of it is pretty flat.  I never feel like it's culminating into anything.  And this is coming from someone that has been idiotically in love with the previous movies.  Fast 5 was great... this is not.  It's okay, but it was way overhyped and it's a hell of a letdown after 5.

make sure you leave your man card on the counter before you go

[Mupepe]

Pfft. The story is made for bitches. Cut that shit to just the action.

[Verdigris Murder]

And that said, you'd probably really enjoy Stoker as well.

Stoker is so fucked up and awesome. I wasn't expecting it to be a thriller film but I quickly realized what was going on as the film continued. Lots of visuals that are gonna stick with me for a while.

Didn't really get the thriller angle, I thought it was a bit like a Pinter play on acid.

Still, what a great film.