Author Topic: Movie News, Reviews, and Discussion Super-Thread (Read 4168920 times)

Diunx · « **Reply #301 on:** January 24, 2009, 12:50:07 AM »

For a moment there I thought you were serious.

TVC15 · « **Reply #302 on:** January 24, 2009, 12:50:39 AM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on January 24, 2009, 12:47:08 AM

Has she been in a decent movie since The Others?

That movie where she plays Diane Arbus is pretty good, but probably only if you like Diane Arbus. And from Diane Arbus, the conversation could go back to Kubrick. . .

Greatness Gone · « **Reply #303 on:** January 24, 2009, 12:52:45 AM »

Lets talk about Eyes Wide Shut, bitch.

I'm downloading the european uncut version RIGHT NOW. uncensored orgy scenes omg

TVC15 · « **Reply #304 on:** January 24, 2009, 12:55:20 AM »

Why not just get the BD?

Diunx · « **Reply #305 on:** January 24, 2009, 12:58:11 AM »

There is an uncut version? fuck I have only see that movie on tv.

Greatness Gone · « **Reply #306 on:** January 24, 2009, 01:01:28 AM »

I dunno. My blu ray collection only consists of lost season 3, momento and two other nolan directed films.

Is the blu ray version of ews uncut?

Greatness Gone · « **Reply #307 on:** January 24, 2009, 01:01:52 AM »

memento, I mean.

TVC15 · « **Reply #308 on:** January 24, 2009, 01:09:17 AM »

Yeah, it's uncut.

cool breeze · « **Reply #309 on:** January 24, 2009, 01:34:29 AM »

Choke

it was pretty good

Tabasco · « **Reply #310 on:** January 24, 2009, 02:01:08 AM »

Just saw Sex in the City the movie

It was always a guilty pleasure of mine in college and law school. It is so terribly wonderful.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #311 on:** January 24, 2009, 02:15:59 AM »

Gran Torino

Clint was awesome. Everyone else was fucking awful.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #312 on:** January 24, 2009, 03:19:33 AM »

Is Tom Cruise nude in Eyes Wide Shut (no homo)?

EvilBoris · « **Reply #313 on:** January 24, 2009, 03:26:20 AM »

sorry no

drohne · « **Reply #314 on:** January 24, 2009, 06:30:42 AM »

just watched die hard on blu ray. i haven't seen that movie in at least 15 years, and it is clearly THE BEST ACTION MOVIE EVER

i actually haven't seen any of the sequels -- maybe i should check them out

HAAAANNNNSSSS

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #315 on:** January 24, 2009, 06:39:19 AM »

I always felt that Under Seige was the best Die Hard sequel.

I still need to see Choke.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #316 on:** January 24, 2009, 12:39:11 PM »

Quote from: drohne on January 24, 2009, 06:30:42 AM

just watched die hard on blu ray. i haven't seen that movie in at least 15 years, and it is clearly THE BEST ACTION MOVIE EVER

i actually haven't seen any of the sequels -- maybe i should check them out

HAAAANNNNSSSS

drohne

how was the blu-ray quality?

Diunx · « **Reply #317 on:** January 24, 2009, 01:03:09 PM »

Just watched Frost/Nixon, great movie and an amazing peformance by Frank Langella.

cool breeze · « **Reply #318 on:** January 24, 2009, 01:18:54 PM »

Quote from: drohne on January 24, 2009, 06:30:42 AM

just watched die hard on blu ray. i haven't seen that movie in at least 15 years, and it is clearly THE BEST ACTION MOVIE EVER

i actually haven't seen any of the sequels -- maybe i should check them out

HAAAANNNNSSSS

watch 3, skip 2 and 4.

and yeah, Die Hard is the best action movie ever. Along with Blade Runner and a few others, it's on a list of blu-ray I'm rewatching when I get the JVC 5.1 thing in the mail.

OptimoPeach · « **Reply #319 on:** January 24, 2009, 02:32:19 PM »

Quote from: EvilBoris on January 24, 2009, 03:26:20 AM

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on January 24, 2009, 03:19:33 AM
Is Tom Cruise nude in Eyes Wide Shut (no homo)?
sorry no

You get to see Nicole Kidman peeing, though, which is almost as good.

ch1nchilla · « **Reply #320 on:** January 24, 2009, 05:05:46 PM »

Quote from: diunx on January 24, 2009, 01:03:09 PM

Just watched Frost/Nixon, great movie and an amazing peformance by Frank Langella.

I've heard awesome things about this, I'll definitely have to catch it in the theatre.

bud · « **Reply #321 on:** January 24, 2009, 06:43:09 PM »

what did everyone think of tropic thunder? i liked it.

Quote

Kirk Lazarus: Nah! It's simple as pie man, you plant your feet on the ground, you look her square in the eyes you say "Hey! baby, you and me's goin' on a date, that's in the story"... What's her name?
Alpa Chino: ...Lance
Kirk Lazarus: You say 'Listen here, Lance'... Lance? What the fuck did I just hear? Lance?

downey was pretty hilarious

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #322 on:** January 24, 2009, 06:44:27 PM »

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #323 on:** January 24, 2009, 06:46:44 PM »

Quote from: CajoleJuice on January 24, 2009, 06:44:27 PM

meh

horrible movie

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #324 on:** January 24, 2009, 06:51:36 PM »

Tropic Thunder felt like it went nowhere for about 75% of the movie.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #325 on:** January 24, 2009, 06:52:11 PM »

I thought it tried way too hard.

TVC15 · « **Reply #326 on:** January 24, 2009, 06:53:05 PM »

That's a shame. The trailer made it seem hilarious.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #327 on:** January 24, 2009, 06:54:24 PM »

Quote from: CajoleJuice on January 24, 2009, 06:52:11 PM

I thought it tried way too hard.

That too.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #328 on:** January 24, 2009, 06:55:18 PM »

The trailer is better than the movie. The parts that had me dying laughing in the trailer just made me roll my eyes while actually watching the movie. Especially Stiller throwing the kid off the bridge

Barry Egan · « **Reply #329 on:** January 24, 2009, 06:55:41 PM »

Punch Drunk Love

can I get a witness? One of the most beautiful looking films I have ever seen.

cool breeze · « **Reply #330 on:** January 24, 2009, 06:56:12 PM »

Tropic Thunder was enjoyable. The worst parts were easily the scenes with Tom Cruise. That joke doesn't work when he's in on it.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #331 on:** January 24, 2009, 06:59:40 PM »

While I can understand why people would find the movie funny, I can't wrap my head around why anyone would honestly think Cruise was funny - at all - in that movie. The movie was forced, but that role went beyond forced. And everyone knows I love me some Tom Cruise but seriously, what the fuck

TVC15 · « **Reply #332 on:** January 24, 2009, 07:00:35 PM »

Would you like it more if Tom Cruise took his pants off?

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #333 on:** January 24, 2009, 07:04:53 PM »

The fat suit turned me off. Under any other circumstance yes, naked Cruise would get 3 thumbs up from me

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #334 on:** January 24, 2009, 07:06:20 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on January 24, 2009, 07:04:53 PM

The fat suit turned me off. Under any other circumstance yes, naked Cruise would get 3 thumbs up from me

I don't know where that third thumb is coming from, and I don't want to know.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #335 on:** January 24, 2009, 07:12:29 PM »

Tropic Thunder had it's lulz and its dullz. The showing of the Simple Jack trailer wasn't really funny, but the Vietnamese making him reenact it for their pleasure was very funny.

bud · « **Reply #336 on:** January 24, 2009, 07:15:18 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on January 24, 2009, 06:55:18 PM

The trailer is better than the movie. The parts that had me dying laughing in the trailer just made me roll my eyes while actually watching the movie. Especially Stiller throwing the kid off the bridge

that's why i never fully watch trailers anymore--they give away way too much. red band ones are even worse, i think.

but yeah, that scene with the kid look better in the trailer.

i went in with pretty low expectations because some people--like beelze, who has excellent taste--hated it, but eh, i laughed.

can anyone name some more -funny- comedies that came out last year? the only other one that i saw--and really, really loved--is pineapple express.

cool breeze · « **Reply #337 on:** January 24, 2009, 07:17:00 PM »

I'm not the biggest fan of Pineapple Express, so consider that, but I thought Gran Torino was the best comedy this year by-far.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #338 on:** January 24, 2009, 07:17:45 PM »

I loved PE. Gran Torino was funnier than TT, for sure. The bad acting added to the lulz.

WrikaWrek · « **Reply #339 on:** January 24, 2009, 07:24:06 PM »

Max Payne Unrated.

Loved the ragdoll physics, and loved the style of the movie, the director has eye for visuals.

That's it though.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #340 on:** January 24, 2009, 08:49:27 PM »

Yea I looked up some of it and felt so dumb for not "getting it" while watching the movie. Great flick

drohne · « **Reply #341 on:** January 24, 2009, 09:02:19 PM »

Quote from: CajoleJuice

how was the blu-ray quality?

not all that impressive -- kind of soft and grainy. but there's nothing particularly wrong with it

i'm going to netflix the sequels

Kestastrophe · « **Reply #342 on:** January 25, 2009, 08:50:32 AM »

Finally got to see The Wrestler last night. Great movie, and I had no idea that Marisa Tormei was going to be naked so much

, which was an added bonus

Cheebs · « **Reply #343 on:** January 25, 2009, 09:04:04 AM »

Quote from: diunx on January 24, 2009, 12:37:25 AM

Vicky Christina Barcelona.

Scarlett Johansson
Penélope Cruz
Rebecca Hall

Woody Allen

Rebecca Hall

She was pretty damn hot in Frost/Nixon.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #344 on:** January 25, 2009, 09:36:18 AM »

I really didn't think Gran Torino had clunker performances. Are you sure you're not confusing foreign accents with bad acting, Cajole? Considering outside Clint's family, that none of the characters were supposed to be born and bred Americans, I thought the awkward English was appropiate.

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #345 on:** January 25, 2009, 09:40:52 AM »

It is expected that Eastwood would outshine the other actors. Besides, a lot of them seem to be FOB characters, so they can be expected to have a subpar performance. The main point of the movie is Eastwood. The other characters are just there to prevent it from being a monologue.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #346 on:** January 25, 2009, 09:42:23 AM »

I've lived around a lot of FOBs, so I think the acting was pretty accurate to how they are in real life!

Barry Egan · « **Reply #347 on:** January 25, 2009, 09:44:14 AM »

can't believe there's no Punch Drunk Love love on the bore... $:-\$

edit: nm! missed some posts

cool breeze · « **Reply #348 on:** January 25, 2009, 10:42:44 AM »

Quote from: Willco on January 25, 2009, 09:36:18 AM

I really didn't think Gran Torino had clunker performances. Are you sure you're not confusing foreign accents with bad acting, Cajole? Considering outside Clint's family, that none of the characters were supposed to be born and bred Americans, I thought the awkward English was appropiate.

I didn't think it was too bad in general, but come on, some parts were really bad. One specific scene is when

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Toad was locked in the basement and he was yelling "WALT!" over and over. I'm pretty sure he forgot that line and startled to mumble while hoping not to laugh.

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Tabasco · « **Reply #349 on:** January 25, 2009, 12:57:04 PM »

Max Payne was okay. Really nice looking visually, cool audio. Movie was meh but fun, and along with Hitman, it's something that videogame movies are longer awful

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and feature naked olga kurylenko

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The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #350 on:** January 25, 2009, 01:10:27 PM »

swaggaz, nothing about that scene seemed unnatural.

Have you lived around FOBs? THIS IS HOW THEY ACT.

Herr Mafflard · « **Reply #351 on:** January 25, 2009, 01:11:16 PM »

Saw Che Part 1.

It was alright, nothing special though. The guy who plays Fidel is hilarious. Del Toro is great.

cool breeze · « **Reply #352 on:** January 25, 2009, 01:47:54 PM »

Quote from: Willco on January 25, 2009, 01:10:27 PM

swaggaz, nothing about that scene seemed unnatural.

Have you lived around FOBs? THIS IS HOW THEY ACT.

my only experience with FOBs was hanging with a friend and his Asian buddies and listening to them try find out who the biggest FOB was

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #353 on:** January 25, 2009, 01:50:40 PM »

My only real grievance with Gran Torino is that Eastwood's use of racial slurs bordered on comedic every time, even an instances when he wasn't supposed to be funny. This isn't really his fault - it stays true to his character (and yes, people like this exist in the Midwest), but rather on how anyone under thirty was raised. So much of the stuff that flies out of his mouth is so socially unacceptable that I think our first natural inclination is to find it funny, especially since he does not mean it maliciously throughout much of the movie.

WrikaWrek · « **Reply #354 on:** January 25, 2009, 01:54:44 PM »

I liked Gran Torino, but it's a pretty simple movie. If it wasn't for Clint Eastwood it would've been a straight to dvd movie.

Highlights include the korean dude with two thumbs in one hand, and the ending.

Herr Mafflard · « **Reply #355 on:** January 25, 2009, 02:14:29 PM »

Quote from: Forgotten Ancient on January 25, 2009, 01:54:06 PM

Watching the Wrestler made me want to check out the Jake the Snake docu, but I couldn't find a torrent anywhere.

I found rapidshare links if that helps.

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http://rapidshare.com/files/91647043/JakRobes.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/91656147/JakRobes.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/91664624/JakRobes.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/91669747/JakRobes.part4.rar

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The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #356 on:** January 25, 2009, 02:35:25 PM »

Quote from: WrikaWrek on January 25, 2009, 01:54:44 PM

I liked Gran Torino, but it's a pretty simple movie. If it wasn't for Clint Eastwood it would've been a straight to dvd movie.

Agree on the former, disagree on the latter. Eastwood's performance certainly drives the film, but he's the lead. That's like saying Indiana Jones with Harrison Ford is a straight to home video release (although I wish the last one was). It goes without saying if you don't have a compelling main character, any film sucks.

I think it's an example of excellent filmmaking that he was able to take a story that you could probably write in two sentences and craft an entertaining story about cultures and morals. It was also one of his rare modern directoral efforts that didn't feel like he was overreaching and aimed for the simple goal of crafting an entertaining yarn. I really appreciated that and it came off as geniune as a result.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #357 on:** January 25, 2009, 02:43:47 PM »

Even if that's how they really act, it's still hilarious nonetheless. Comedy of the year.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #358 on:** January 25, 2009, 02:45:15 PM »

And that's the achilles heel of Gran Torino - unintentional comedy. Good movie, never the less.

Herr Mafflard · « **Reply #359 on:** January 25, 2009, 02:49:55 PM »

I loved Gran Torino.

At first, I was so shocked at the ending, I wasn't sure if I liked it; it left me feeling empty just after that scene. But later, I realised that I was just angry at the ending for what happened to Walt - I found, I loved the old basterd. This hasn't happened to me with any other film ever, so for that, much kudos.

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