Author Topic: Movie News, Reviews, and Discussion Super-Thread (Read 4870018 times)

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #360 on:** January 25, 2009, 02:53:21 PM »

Yeah, I think a conventional, more rewarding ending would have felt good - and almost righteous. But the film had balls, like Walt, and sacrificed cliche Hollywood shenanigans for a truly great ending.

dammitmattt · « **Reply #361 on:** January 25, 2009, 04:02:29 PM »

The Wreslter was incredibly good on every single level. It even ended perfectly.

Herr Mafflard · « **Reply #362 on:** January 25, 2009, 04:06:56 PM »

I don't wanna derail the thread but 'Good Night, and Good Luck' and 'Austin Powers: International Man of
Mystery' are both on tv tonight.

I haven't seen either, so which one should I watch, 'bore? Help me make a choice.

Edit: Man, it's like George Clooney night on BBC2, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind is on straight after Good Night, Good Luck.

dammitmattt · « **Reply #363 on:** January 25, 2009, 04:10:51 PM »

Quote from: InfectedGib on January 25, 2009, 04:06:56 PM

I don't wanna derail the thread but 'Good Night, and Good Luck' and 'Austin Powers: International Man of
Mystery' are both on tv tonight.

I haven't seen either, so which one should I watch, 'bore? Help me make a choice.

You've never watched Austin Powers? That's required viewing!

Good Night and Good Luck is also incredibly well-done, but keep in mind it's a small-scale period thriller, so make sure you're into that kind of thing.

Herr Mafflard · « **Reply #364 on:** January 25, 2009, 04:14:20 PM »

Hmm, when you said small scale period drama, it reminded me of Frost/Nixon. Not that I don't like it, it wasn't that interesting.

So, I guess I'll watch Austin Powers then

.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #365 on:** January 25, 2009, 04:43:47 PM »

Austin Powers is a must see.

Greatness Gone · « **Reply #366 on:** January 25, 2009, 05:14:43 PM »

Holy shit this was fantastic.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #367 on:** January 25, 2009, 06:12:30 PM »

YES

I remember when that came out. Fuck haters, it's pretty good. And funny

WrikaWrek · « **Reply #368 on:** January 26, 2009, 01:20:00 PM »

Death Sentence.

There's some stupid shit happening here and there, but overall it was a really fun revenger flick. Cool camera work too.

Herr Mafflard · « **Reply #369 on:** January 26, 2009, 01:39:37 PM »

So I watched 'Good Night, And Good Luck' on tv last night instead of Austin Powers. I have to say, I liked it better than Frost/Nixon. I hadn't realised Frank Langella was in this movie too, that was a pleasent suprise - though I think he overdid the voice impersonation in Frost/Nixon.

McCarthy

dammitmattt · « **Reply #370 on:** January 26, 2009, 01:39:58 PM »

Oh, and for those who just watched The Wrestler, Beyond the Mat is absolutely required viewing.

Herr Mafflard · « **Reply #371 on:** January 26, 2009, 02:15:17 PM »

Quote from: Forgotten Ancient on January 26, 2009, 02:03:22 PM

Quote from: dammitmattt on January 26, 2009, 01:39:58 PM
Oh, and for those who just watched The Wrestler, Beyond the Mat is absolutely required viewing.

I got that along with the Jake the Snake docu last night. I"ll be viewing both this week

Let us know if they're good. I think 'The Wrestler' was the best film I saw this year so far, and I'm interested in more wrestling stuff.

dammitmattt · « **Reply #372 on:** January 26, 2009, 03:00:18 PM »

Quote from: InfectedGib on January 26, 2009, 02:15:17 PM

Quote from: Forgotten Ancient on January 26, 2009, 02:03:22 PM
Quote from: dammitmattt on January 26, 2009, 01:39:58 PM
Oh, and for those who just watched The Wrestler, Beyond the Mat is absolutely required viewing.

I got that along with the Jake the Snake docu last night. I"ll be viewing both this week

Let us know if they're good. I think 'The Wrestler' was the best film I saw this year so far, and I'm interested in more wrestling stuff.

Beyond the Mat is required viewing for any fan of wrestling in the 80s, and even if you were never into wrestling, it'll make you think twice before you mock it for "not being real."

It did okay on Rotten Tomatoes:
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/beyond_the_mat/

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #373 on:** January 26, 2009, 04:23:26 PM »

Just in case you aren't able to catch it in the theater, Che parts 1 and 2 are now available on Comcast OnDemand. $6.99 for each part (SD or HD).

HyperZoneWasAwesome · « **Reply #374 on:** January 26, 2009, 04:59:21 PM »

My Bloody Valentine 3D

I'm not a big horror geek, and I'm usually not into slasher movies (and I can't stand torture porn), and with all that being said, I very much enjoyed MBV3D. Goawrsh DANG! It was a fun experience. As a 2D movie, it would have still been kinda decent, but the 3D-ness really helped make it a lot more fun then it ordinarily would have been. I fear for the day when every big-budget flick is filled with gimmicky 3D effects, but I will gladly take a modestly made and more than competent slasher film with lots of fun exploitation bits in 3D. Something about a flying mandible coming right at you is just so much fun, a perversion of high technology I'll gladly embrace. That the film itself is an earnestly made throwback to disreputable 80's horror cinema only increases the charm.

and at this point, I'm also looking very much forward to Final Destination 4 in 3D. I can't wait for some more virtual splatter in my face.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #375 on:** January 26, 2009, 11:28:25 PM »

Mary Shelly's Frankenstein (1994)

So outrageous it becomes grossly entertaining, and hilarious. Like Coppola's Dracula is very surreal with lots of bright colors and some dramatic acting that seems more apt for a play than a movie. De Niro is pretty disappointing as Frankenstein but I dunno if it's solely his fault, or the director's lack of vision. Frankenstein is supposed to be a child like monstrosity, at least initially. Well here, he learns how to walk in one of the most homoerotic scenes I've ever seen

(3:40-4:30)

is that De Niro's dick, or just a prop

And right after that he's ready to take on the world. Sure he can't talk/read, but he dresses himself and knows how to hide from mobs wtf. Yet from the point he learns how to walk to the point where he learns how to speak/read you never get the impression that De Niro is portraying the character any different. The mannerisms are the same...hell you can even hear his accent.

So yea...like Dracula, this is pretty flawed; but despite the flaws I like a lot of Dracula whereas Frankenstein is very spotty. But it gets props for featuring one of the most hilarious death scenes ever

(7:10-7:40)

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #376 on:** January 26, 2009, 11:33:24 PM »

Helena Bonham Carter

Brehvolution · « **Reply #377 on:** January 27, 2009, 06:48:34 PM »

I just got Pineapple Express on BR in the mail today.

WrikaWrek · « **Reply #378 on:** January 27, 2009, 06:51:24 PM »

I love Pineapple express, James Franco and Danny McBride are hilarious in that one. Craig Robinson too.

Bildi · « **Reply #379 on:** January 27, 2009, 08:40:23 PM »

Resident Evil: Extinction.

Well it's still not brilliant, but oddly I find RE is getting better with each iteration. Maybe by the tenth film they'll make something awesome. Getting rid of the writer would be a good start.

maxy · « **Reply #380 on:** January 28, 2009, 06:33:25 AM »

Outlander

Good movie,watch it

WrikaWrek · « **Reply #381 on:** January 28, 2009, 12:53:56 PM »

Quarantine.

I saw Rec, and the only good thing about REC were the final 10 mins.

I was waiting for Quarantine to fix some of the absolute dumb shit that happens during REC, but no luck, it's basically the same movie, but this time in English i guess.

I don't understand how knowing about the virus, these suckers still aren't shooting people, i mean you have this niga and this cracka with guns, and they don't do shit, and then the black dude, after the lil bitch bites her mother, still doesn't shoot her, gets bitten, etc for the rest of the movie.

Fuck dumb people, seriously. You have a gun, start shooting, and if you know what's going on, how about you stop worrying about infected motherfuckers?

Horrible movie. One day they will make an horror movie where the main characters aren't complete dipshits, and Hollywood will be taken by surprise.

Diunx · « **Reply #382 on:** January 28, 2009, 12:59:16 PM »

Oh man The Truman Show is awesome, I don't know why I waited so long to see it, really took me by surprise.

is Man on the Moon good?

ninja edit: Milos Forman directed it! must watch.

Robo · « **Reply #383 on:** January 28, 2009, 01:06:01 PM »

Quote from: Kosma on January 28, 2009, 07:27:55 AM

There Will Be Blood

My impression:

bud · « **Reply #384 on:** January 28, 2009, 06:47:08 PM »

Quote from: Kosma on January 28, 2009, 07:27:55 AM

There Will Be Blood

My impression:

well, there was some blood

maybe you expected a bloodbath

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #385 on:** January 28, 2009, 06:49:46 PM »

Seeing TWBB at the theater was kinda sad. People were laughing at odd moments and it was so obvious most people didn't like it, especially the ending.

WrikaWrek · « **Reply #386 on:** January 28, 2009, 06:53:51 PM »

People are stupid.

bud · « **Reply #387 on:** January 28, 2009, 06:54:40 PM »

i think it was the best film of 2007--it's beautiful and the acting's insane; not just day-lewis', but paul dano's as well.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #388 on:** January 28, 2009, 06:56:20 PM »

Yeah, I'm a huge fan of it.

HyperZoneWasAwesome · « **Reply #389 on:** January 28, 2009, 06:56:50 PM »

Quote from: Kosma on January 28, 2009, 07:27:55 AM

Joint Security Area (Korean film):

Great movie, I watched it together with a Korean guy who already did his service and he said it's a beautiful fantasy. I would reccomend this to ya'll.

it was a huge hit in South Korea. I'm just wondering if he commented any further on what parts were particularly ludicrous. I wouldn't imagine that in real life that...

spoiler (click to show/hide)

the North and South would have as much cooperation as they did in the film. Or did he mean it was a beautiful fantasy because it was an affecting movie that probably couldn't ever actually happen

[close]

But really, spill the goods if you've got any.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #390 on:** January 28, 2009, 07:01:56 PM »

Dano gets overlooked because of how powerful the Lewis performance is, but I thought Dano was amazing. It was a dead on portrayal of hypocritical evangelical cretins.

Awesome movie. Better than No Country

WrikaWrek · « **Reply #391 on:** January 28, 2009, 07:20:41 PM »

Yes great performances.

But Lewis is what made me watch the movie a second time, and he is what will make me watch the movie again along the years.

I don't think it's as good as No Country though. I've seen that movie like 5 times. For someone who's a huge fan of the directing aspect of movies, No Country was amazing for me.

There Will be blood was amazing on another level to me, and yes, mainly because of the performances.

Cheebs · « **Reply #392 on:** January 28, 2009, 10:08:47 PM »

It was a great film, one of the best of 2007. Not PT Anderson's best movie though I think. Both Boogie Nights and Magnolia were better.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #393 on:** January 28, 2009, 10:10:00 PM »

Movie sucked. PTA fans pwned yet again.

Cheebs · « **Reply #394 on:** January 28, 2009, 10:11:53 PM »

Quote from: Willco on January 28, 2009, 10:10:00 PM

Movie sucked. PTA fans pwned yet again.

Come on even you had to love Magnolia.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #395 on:** January 28, 2009, 10:14:00 PM »

I have always contested that not only is he the most overrated director in the past twenty years, but that his fans are totally insufferable and his only decent film is Boogie Nights. Which, by the way, falls apart in the third act, but is an enjoyable romp none the less.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #396 on:** January 28, 2009, 10:18:05 PM »

And while I think No Country for Old Men was the Coen Bros. most impressive film on a technical level, the film suffers in the end and ultimately doesn't do it for me. I'm willing to concede that to personal preference rather than shoddy screenwriting or filmmaking, though.

My two favorite films of 2007 got virtually no awards recognition, but I'm okay with that, because both received the Federman Award of Excellence in Repeat Viewings While J.O.'ing!

Bildi · « **Reply #397 on:** January 28, 2009, 10:28:24 PM »

I just bought No Country for Old Men. I'll be interested to see how it goes.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #398 on:** January 28, 2009, 10:34:04 PM »

I think it's mostly excellent until the end, when it becomes dry and ultimately unsatisfying in its conclusion. I also think the casting of Tommy Lee Jones is probably what wound up ruining the experience for me. The movie is essentially put on his shoulders at the finish line and he just does not have the gravitas to pull it off.

Javier Bardem deserves all the accolades he received for his role, as does Brolin. It's odd that Josh Brolin went from irrelevant in Hollywood to one of its best actors within the span of a year.

Cheebs · « **Reply #399 on:** January 28, 2009, 10:36:17 PM »

What were the two movies?

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #400 on:** January 28, 2009, 10:42:11 PM »

Transformers and Spider-Man 3, obviously.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Zodiac and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

[close]

brawndolicious · « **Reply #401 on:** January 28, 2009, 11:01:52 PM »

The ending was the best part of NCFOM by far. Zodiac was good but the ending wasn't that great. It would have been a little more interesting if it wasn't a real, unsolved case where nobody really knows the answer.

Cheebs · « **Reply #402 on:** January 28, 2009, 11:22:59 PM »

David Fincher. $:-\$ Zodiac was so awesome. I really hope he doesn't stick around in Forest Gump land forever.

Robo · « **Reply #403 on:** January 28, 2009, 11:30:24 PM »

Assassination of Jesse James

I saw In Bruges tonight and it was fucking excellent.

Bildi · « **Reply #404 on:** January 28, 2009, 11:36:10 PM »

Quote from: Willco on January 28, 2009, 10:42:11 PM

Transformers and Spider-Man 3, obviously.

spoiler (click to show/hide)
Zodiac and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
[close]

I haven't seen either of those but your hatred of TF and Spiderman 3 lets me know you are a man of impeccable taste so I will seek out these movies.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #405 on:** January 28, 2009, 11:36:33 PM »

In Bruges is indeed good times.

Quote from: Bildi

I haven't seen either of those but your hatred of TF and Spiderman 3 lets me know you are a man of impeccable taste so I will seek out these movies.

To be fair, I did enjoy Transformers in theaters. I gave it the infamous "B-", no less! But I'm genetically predisposed to watching large things fight each other, whether it be monsters or robots. I'll enjoy almost any monster or robot movie on a guilty pleasure level.

Cheebs · « **Reply #406 on:** January 28, 2009, 11:36:54 PM »

Quote from: Bildi on January 28, 2009, 11:36:10 PM

Quote from: Willco on January 28, 2009, 10:42:11 PM
Transformers and Spider-Man 3, obviously.

spoiler (click to show/hide)
Zodiac and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
[close]

I haven't seen either of those but your hatred of TF and Spiderman 3 lets me know you are a man of impeccable taste so I will seek out these movies.

uh willco quite liked transformers or at least he has said he did iirc

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #407 on:** January 28, 2009, 11:39:45 PM »

By the way, I'm not actually advocating that Michael Bay win an Oscar - maybe for most gratuitous cleavage shots in a PG-13 film, but that's it. Transformers is a fun popcorn flick, whereas Zodiac and the Assassination of Jesse James are legitimately great films snubbed by a pretentious and snobby Academy.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #408 on:** January 29, 2009, 12:26:51 AM »

Zodiac is more entertaining than No Country and TWBB but both are better films imo. I really like all three though; can't find Jesse James sadly

Button is meh. My mom has seen it twice and LOVES it though, and I'm not surprised. There were a lot of older people in the theater when I saw it, and it was pretty obvious they enjoyed it (clapping, crying, etc)

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #409 on:** January 29, 2009, 12:48:34 AM »

You like that dumb Lohan movie and hate Unforgiven, then have the audacity to almost insinuate Zodiac is a popcorn flick. I seriously hope you get raped in the butt by knives by a dirty hobo.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #410 on:** January 29, 2009, 12:58:46 AM »

Where do I insinuate Zodiac is a "popcorn" flick; it's more entertaining, that doesn't make it a popcorn flick. It's almost 3 hours long and you've got to pay attention to understand the plot/case, but it's fascinating to me, and more captivating than TWBB in general for instance which has some pacing problems. I own the movie; I don't own either No Country or TWBB.

Mandark · « **Reply #411 on:** January 29, 2009, 01:00:54 AM »

I still think Transformers was badly botched, and not just in the usual Michael Bay, lowest-common-denominator, everything-is-obvious-and-kinda-sucks way.

It's a movie ostensibly about giant robots, but they use the Roland Emmerich template and play it like a worldwide crisis response flick (ID4, Godzilla, Day After Tomorrow).

By the time the final battle takes place, I should be completely hyped up for the robots to finally go at it. Instead they've been relegated to comic relief and macguffin hunts. Even if the robot fights hadn't sucked, they would have suffered from a total failure to build anticipation.

Look at the Hulk. You don't need a great movie or a big artistic statement to get this stuff right.

Bildi · « **Reply #412 on:** January 29, 2009, 01:22:59 AM »

My main beef was the structure. In a movie about Transformers the Autobots assembled one hour into the film, and the Decepticons assembled 1.5 hours in. They could have safely jettisoned the first 45 minutes of the film.

Then when you finally get to see big-ass robots fighting in the last 30 minutes or so, it's not very good and even I (a man) had trouble figuring out which Transformer was which.

The best part of the film was probably the first 45 minutes if it would have been in a romantic comedy about a bumbling idiot trying to nail a hot chick.

Bildi · « **Reply #413 on:** January 29, 2009, 01:24:37 AM »

It was better than Masters of the Universe with Dolf Lundgren though.

Greatness Gone · « **Reply #414 on:** January 29, 2009, 01:25:12 AM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on January 29, 2009, 12:26:51 AM

Zodiac is more entertaining than No Country and TWBB but both are better films imo. I really like all three though; can't find Jesse James sadly

Button is meh. My mom has seen it twice and LOVES it though, and I'm not surprised. There were a lot of older people in the theater when I saw it, and it was pretty obvious they enjoyed it (clapping, crying, etc)

Ugh.

Cheebs · « **Reply #415 on:** January 29, 2009, 08:34:24 AM »

Transformers wasn't terrible. I liked it somewhat till the robots started talking. I enjoyed it as some weird teen comedy movie with LABUFF more than as a robot action movie.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #416 on:** January 29, 2009, 09:42:23 AM »

Quote from: Mandark on January 29, 2009, 01:00:54 AM

I still think Transformers was badly botched, and not just in the usual Michael Bay, lowest-common-denominator, everything-is-obvious-and-kinda-sucks way.

It's a movie ostensibly about giant robots, but they use the Roland Emmerich template and play it like a worldwide crisis response flick (ID4, Godzilla, Day After Tomorrow).

By the time the final battle takes place, I should be completely hyped up for the robots to finally go at it. Instead they've been relegated to comic relief and macguffin hunts. Even if the robot fights hadn't sucked, they would have suffered from a total failure to build anticipation.

Look at the Hulk. You don't need a great movie or a big artistic statement to get this stuff right.

Which Hulk, Mandark? I got you there!

The movie has obvious screenplay flaws, but I really dig anything that had giant robots fighting or flying or fighting and flying. I'm a sucker for military porn too. Your initial rebuttal to my first review was probably accurate - something about lowered expectations. That said, I love giant things destroying other giant things.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #417 on:** January 29, 2009, 10:12:43 AM »

Quote from: RoboJ on January 28, 2009, 11:30:24 PM

I saw In Bruges tonight and it was fucking excellent.

WrikaWrek · « **Reply #418 on:** January 29, 2009, 11:46:59 AM »

Quote from: Willco on January 28, 2009, 10:34:04 PM

I think it's mostly excellent until the end, when it becomes dry and ultimately unsatisfying in its conclusion. I also think the casting of Tommy Lee Jones is probably what wound up ruining the experience for me. The movie is essentially put on his shoulders at the finish line and he just does not have the gravitas to pull it off.

Completely disagree. I love the ending, and i love Tommy.

And the Transformers rocked. Even Shia was cool in it, that's the power of Michael Bay.

Bildi · « **Reply #419 on:** January 29, 2009, 05:16:55 PM »

Edward Scissorhands

I realise everyone has seen it, but it's years since I saw it and I'm not sure I ever saw it all the way through. So anyway, it's awesome.

News:

Author Topic: Movie News, Reviews, and Discussion Super-Thread (Read 4870018 times)