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lordmaji · « **Reply #600 on:** March 02, 2009, 11:46:21 AM »

Quote from: WrikaWrek on March 01, 2009, 03:14:58 PM

Quote from: fistfulofmetal on March 01, 2009, 02:54:37 PM
i watched Valkyrie the other day. I really enjoyed it.

I was a bit meh about it.

Tom Cruise did a good job and whatever, but you know the ending. And it's not a cool ending. So the buildup to it is always hard to stomach.

Tom Cruise was WAAYYY better in Tropic Thunder.

cool breeze · « **Reply #601 on:** March 02, 2009, 11:19:59 PM »

I watched the first 10 minutes of Twilight, mainly on fast forward pausing at certain places. In the two scenes I stopped to see, I heard the word Chillax come from some asian kid, and a random unpopular new girl suddenly becoming really popular. This shit is rancid.

FatalT · « **Reply #602 on:** March 02, 2009, 11:20:53 PM »

I just saw The Departed and it rocked my face off. That Dropkick Murphy's song Shipping Up to Boston rocks too!

Bildi · « **Reply #603 on:** March 03, 2009, 12:26:00 AM »

The Sting

Yeah, I've never seen it before. I didn't really expect much other than a light-hearted romp, but what a tightly-knit piece of work it turned out to be. Modern movie-makers could learn a bunch from this (I'm sure they did, but then forgot it, or just don't have the talent).

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #604 on:** March 03, 2009, 12:30:59 AM »

Yeah, The Sting was awesome. Love that movie.

Bebpo · « **Reply #605 on:** March 03, 2009, 01:04:45 AM »

Encounters at the End of the World

Good times. Really gorgeous movie and all the interviews with the people working/living in Antarctica felt very genuine.

Slumdog Millionare

Was good, but not great. I really dislike scripts where everyone in the world besides the main lovers are secretly evil and trying to fuck you over. A few people...ok. But when every character is introduced only to try to fuck the main character over, it just feels cliche.

City of God

Finally got around to seeing this and really liked it. The directing was exciting and the story was good. I was totally hoping it was not based off a real story by the end because of all the violence and death in the tale....and then the end credits said it was :\

Rock n' Rolla. So close to a good movie :|

The first 45 mins or so where it's setting up all the plotlines and characters was a lot of fun. Then it just sort of meanders on some level of entertaining but not really all that entertaining for the whole film and then just kind of ends. Meh.

Bildi · « **Reply #606 on:** March 03, 2009, 01:26:42 AM »

Quote from: BrandNew on March 03, 2009, 12:30:59 AM

Yeah, The Sting was awesome. Love that movie.

Plus, young Redford probably has the cheekiest smile I've ever seen.

Bebpo · « **Reply #607 on:** March 08, 2009, 01:48:54 AM »

Rachel Getting Married

Wow.wow.fuck.wow. The directing and editing in this were SO GOOD. Incredible use of handheld style and so tightly edited. Never a dull moment and the acting was top-notch. Might be my favorite 2008 movie and like my favorite 2007 film, Jesse James, I miss it in the theater and end up seeing it in the following year, lol ^^;

Greatness Gone · « **Reply #608 on:** March 08, 2009, 01:56:46 AM »

Heavenly Creatures - Really good.

V For Vendetta - Portman is really hott bald. The actual movie was '...'...

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #609 on:** March 08, 2009, 03:03:08 AM »

Quote from: Kosma on March 02, 2009, 09:22:37 PM

Glengarry Glen Ross: Jack Lemmon's role

I only caught a glimpse of the movie awhile back, but it was Alec Baldwin coming in and delivery a speech for the ages and Jack Lemmon being so awesome. I had to leave for some reason but it's awesomeness stuck with me. Thanks for the reminder, I'll have to make a point of watching the whole thing.

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #610 on:** March 08, 2009, 03:09:25 AM »

Quote from: Malek on March 02, 2009, 04:49:07 AM

Couldn't finish Forgetting Sarah Marshal, so I watched Training Day instead. I can't believe that (a) the movie is eight years old and (b) I've never seen it until now. How PD of me.

I enjoyed the movie, but I was disappointed with some of the contrived plot points. For example, it was an amazing coincidence that the girl Hoyt stopped from being raped also happened to be the cousin of the man paid to kill Hoyt. And Alonzo's carefully planned and highly contingent set-up of Jake Hoyt was very contrived. Since Alonzo needs the money by the end of the day, what happens if Hoyt refuses to bend his ethics right from the start, derailing everything?

Hell, Alonzo was contrived and over-the-top. I was, wrongly, expecting more of a morality tale involving a jaded police-officer's means-ends reasoning gone bad. But that wasn't the case; Alonzo's just a self-interested sociopath, though an entertaining one.

I agree on Training Day, part of watching his performance was "oh shit, this niccah is cooooold", but another part is just like "Here's Denzel Washington trying to act against type, doing it ok I guess but I'm still pretty aware what he's trying for".

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #611 on:** March 08, 2009, 04:27:03 AM »

Denzel has been the "nicca with a gun" for a long fucking time. He was just a "bad" guy in Training Day. Great performance tho

Cheebs · « **Reply #612 on:** March 08, 2009, 08:21:04 AM »

Quote from: Bebpo on March 08, 2009, 01:48:54 AM

Rachel Getting Married

Wow.wow.fuck.wow. The directing and editing in this were SO GOOD. Incredible use of handheld style and so tightly edited. Never a dull moment and the acting was top-notch. Might be my favorite 2008 movie and like my favorite 2007 film, Jesse James, I miss it in the theater and end up seeing it in the following year, lol ^^;

FANTASTIC movie. I agree. I loved it. Anne Hathaway really deserved to win an oscar for it.

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #613 on:** March 08, 2009, 08:59:25 AM »

Training Day is one of my favorite movies.

Also to bring up an older topic, I'm burned out on Apatow. In two years, I'll go back and look at the dozens of movies he surely made and find out which ones were really worth watching and which ones were just wastes of time. 40 YOV is a good one an the other one is Superbad. No, do not get into the semantics w/ me regarding whether he made the movie or his production team. I don't give a fuck.

Cheebs · « **Reply #614 on:** March 08, 2009, 09:07:18 AM »

I am quickly getting bored of the various movies he produces, there is far too many of them. We don't need 2-3 of those a year. As for his actual direction, I am not tired of that at all. He has only done 2 movies so far and his two actual films are both better than all the endless movies he produces. And this third film, Funny People looks a lot better than his various productions his name is thrown onto.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #615 on:** March 08, 2009, 10:31:39 AM »

Cheebs, the only difference between an Apatow produced/written comedy and an Apatow directed comedy is that he cranks the sentimental bullcrap up to eleven for the climax. No thank you.

Role Models was great, by the way. Apatow crew without Apatow involved - and it was better for it. Just when I thought they were going to go ahead with some kind of Apatow-esque courtroom scene where we all learn a valuable life lesson (with a couple of curse words thrown in), they said - fuck you, Apatow! - and rocked out to a KISS inspired climax. Fantastic.

Apatow is quickly becoming this generation's John Hughes.

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #616 on:** March 08, 2009, 10:34:24 AM »

Apatow is just cashing in on his popularity. Might as well pump out as many movies as possible before the public moves on. I call it the Master P effect.

Cheebs · « **Reply #617 on:** March 08, 2009, 10:40:30 AM »

Quote from: Willco on March 08, 2009, 10:31:39 AM

Apatow is quickly becoming this generation's John Hughes.

Yeah, I agree with this. Hughes put his name on a shit load of films he produced or wrote but the ones he directed himself tended to be sentimental and kinda sappy.

Still, Sixteen Candles is a 80's classic.

drew · « **Reply #618 on:** March 11, 2009, 12:15:28 AM »

fucking loved this. which was a surprise since i assumed it was gonna be super corny from the trailers. fucking awesome. also i was in the mood today for a slower paced more subtle movie - which this is in comparison to other guy ritchie films.

Eric P · « **Reply #619 on:** March 11, 2009, 12:19:17 AM »

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think The Faculty, but not dumb.

would be a great kids movie, if not for all the cussing.

available here as The Substitute

Bildi · « **Reply #620 on:** March 11, 2009, 01:14:43 AM »

No Country for Old Men

Really awesome. I'm not sure if I've ever seen a film directed by the Coens but I admit, they're pretty damn good. I also had no idea whatsoever what the movie was about, which made the first half hour or so utterly riveting.

I really liked the way they get the camera in quite close at times, it gives a great feeling of what the environment is like. Pacing was superb. Actors were all great.

The ending was a bit meh, (especially since I drifted off half way through the final monologue and then suddenly it was over

) but that was more personal taste.

Bloodwake · « **Reply #621 on:** March 11, 2009, 03:14:32 AM »

I watched Milk tonight and... wow, I'm glad I don't pick who wins the Academy Awards. Milk was a film that was admittedly lacking in complex cinematography, but the acting was amazing and some thought to some minor symbolism in some shots made the film amazing. Compelling story too. Fuck Brokeback Mountain, this is the "gay" movie that's truly good.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #622 on:** March 11, 2009, 03:37:00 AM »

Quote from: Bildi on March 03, 2009, 12:26:00 AM

The Sting

Yeah, I've never seen it before. I didn't really expect much other than a light-hearted romp, but what a tightly-knit piece of work it turned out to be. Modern movie-makers could learn a bunch from this (I'm sure they did, but then forgot it, or just don't have the talent).

One of the most perfectly-scripted and cast movies ever made.

Reb · « **Reply #623 on:** March 11, 2009, 06:25:27 AM »

Watchmen, didn't like the altered ending, or the use of 99 luftballons and hallelujah.

Enjoyed the Rorschach parts.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #624 on:** March 11, 2009, 08:44:37 AM »

Quote from: Bloodwake on March 11, 2009, 03:14:32 AM

I watched Milk tonight and... wow, I'm glad I don't pick who wins the Academy Awards. Milk was a film that was admittedly lacking in complex cinematography, but the acting was amazing and some thought to some minor symbolism in some shots made the film amazing. Compelling story too. Fuck Brokeback Mountain, this is the "gay" movie that's truly good.

Agreed. From a screenwriting perspective, it's a particularly impressive effort since biopics have a tendency to be too sprawling and end up with no compelling (if without a cohesive narrative entirely) story. They focused on a particular time in Milk's life and made a smart move by making Anita Bryant the boogeyman. Then Brolin sells it with his portrayal of Dan White.

Good stuff.

And I agree, Brokeback Mountain sucks.

Bloodwake · « **Reply #625 on:** March 11, 2009, 01:27:59 PM »

Quote from: Willco on March 11, 2009, 08:44:37 AM

Quote from: Bloodwake on March 11, 2009, 03:14:32 AM
I watched Milk tonight and... wow, I'm glad I don't pick who wins the Academy Awards. Milk was a film that was admittedly lacking in complex cinematography, but the acting was amazing and some thought to some minor symbolism in some shots made the film amazing. Compelling story too. Fuck Brokeback Mountain, this is the "gay" movie that's truly good.

Agreed. From a screenwriting perspective, it's a particularly impressive effort since biopics have a tendency to be too sprawling and end up with no compelling (if without a cohesive narrative entirely) story. They focused on a particular time in Milk's life and made a smart move by making Anita Bryant the boogeyman. Then Brolin sells it with his portrayal of Dan White.

Good stuff.

And I agree, Brokeback Mountain sucks.

We seem to be agreeing a lot lately. I read the Wikipedia entry soon afterwards about Harvey Milk and it just makes me extremely glad they decided to focus on what they did. The entire cast was amazing. For one, James Franco is my favorite "good actor who isn't being recognized." Emile Hirsch gets some points too, but the star (other than Penn) is Brolin.

Cheebs · « **Reply #626 on:** March 11, 2009, 01:30:58 PM »

Brolin's best work:

Milk or THE GOONIES?

Solo · « **Reply #627 on:** March 11, 2009, 05:39:03 PM »

Quote from: Cheebs on March 11, 2009, 01:30:58 PM

Brolin's best work:

Milk or THE GOONIES?

DOC-TOR BLOCK

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #628 on:** March 11, 2009, 05:40:32 PM »

No Country for Old Men

Cheebs · « **Reply #629 on:** March 11, 2009, 07:01:34 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on March 11, 2009, 05:40:32 PM

No Country for Old Men

The fact you have yet to see milk amazes me.

Politics + Gays = PD's dream movie.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #630 on:** March 12, 2009, 01:13:18 AM »

Especially since Phoenix Dark is well versed in being awkward at both.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #631 on:** March 12, 2009, 01:55:02 AM »

real talk: I don't remember him in the Goonies, and I fucking love that movie

cool breeze · « **Reply #632 on:** March 12, 2009, 01:56:14 AM »

he was the older brother

Cheebs · « **Reply #633 on:** March 12, 2009, 02:49:49 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on March 12, 2009, 01:55:02 AM

real talk: I don't remember him in the Goonies, and I fucking love that movie

you gotta be shitting me, he was the main star of it next to sean astin.

Robo · « **Reply #634 on:** March 12, 2009, 03:33:44 PM »

He's pretty great in W. too.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #635 on:** March 12, 2009, 03:34:25 PM »

he was better in American Gangster imo

Cheebs · « **Reply #636 on:** March 12, 2009, 04:19:57 PM »

I liked him a lot in W. too.

man, when you look at for a mere two year span Brolin has done some pretty decent stuff.

Planet Terror
No Country for Old Men
American Ganger
Milk
W.

All in 2007-2008. Brolin.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #637 on:** March 12, 2009, 04:49:24 PM »

Yeah, Brolin went from "that dude that is James Brolin's kid" to one of the most relevant actors in Hollywood in a span of three years.

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #638 on:** March 12, 2009, 05:01:12 PM »

I was surprised to find he was the Jock Goonie. And the movie is pretty horrible to watch as an adult but I still want to live in a sleepy, gray town like that.

Lafiel · « **Reply #639 on:** March 12, 2009, 05:33:02 PM »

Rush hour 3 - was fun, but not as fun as the previous two films. $:-\$

captainbiotch · « **Reply #640 on:** March 13, 2009, 09:43:26 AM »

I watched JCVD tonight. It came off very well shot and edited, minus a lot of graininess and washed out/grayness on the DVD. Jean Claude himself showed great range as an actor, and the movie is obviously geared to show it. I really enjoyed it, but that is coming from a huge fan of van damme and any attempts at making a judgement of the artistic merits of the film are reserved till a more studious second viewing.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #641 on:** March 13, 2009, 11:44:24 AM »

I re-watched The Dark Knight. It wasn't as enjoyable the second time. I think I enjoyed the spectacle of the movie the first time, watching it in an IMAX theater. The same experience can't be duplicated on a 32" TV with standard stereo speakers.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #642 on:** March 13, 2009, 11:45:22 AM »

lol himuro pwned

FlameOfCallandor · « **Reply #643 on:** March 14, 2009, 12:35:28 PM »

I watched Ong Bak 2 last night. It was so fucking bad. It took place in ancient Thailand and had like magic fighters that had cat powers. It also had so many subplots that went nowhere.

FlameOfCallandor · « **Reply #644 on:** March 15, 2009, 01:47:48 PM »

What did Harry say about Ong Bak 2?
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/40435

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The film is stunningly beautiful. Filled with soul. Epic in scale. Unbelievably brilliant in action, design and scope. Throughout the film - I was told I was twitching and vibrating like one's cock before coating the interior fleshy drapes of the most awesome vagina ever!

This is unlike anything you've seen before. This isn't anything like a Kurosawa Japanese epic Samurai film. This isn't anything like CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON or the Zhang Yimou films. This is something wholly new. And absolutely that fucking awesome or more!

CHOW CHOW · « **Reply #645 on:** March 15, 2009, 01:51:20 PM »

district b13 (real title: banlieue 13) -- wow one of the best action films i've ever seen... just awesome with the parkour / martial arts / guns

see it if you haven't already

FlameOfCallandor · « **Reply #646 on:** March 15, 2009, 01:54:22 PM »

Quote from: CHOW CHOW on March 15, 2009, 01:51:20 PM

district b13 (real title: banlieue 13) -- wow one of the best action films i've ever seen... just awesome with the parkour / martial arts / guns

see it if you haven't already

Oh god that French Film. That movie was soo fucking stupid. It was like The Fast and the Furious meets free running in french. So gay.

Reb · « **Reply #647 on:** March 15, 2009, 01:56:00 PM »

I watched the three Bourne films and enjoyed them.
I watched Babel and was mostly bored.

CHOW CHOW · « **Reply #648 on:** March 15, 2009, 01:57:08 PM »

Quote from: FlameOfCallandor on March 15, 2009, 01:54:22 PM

Quote from: CHOW CHOW on March 15, 2009, 01:51:20 PM
district b13 (real title: banlieue 13) -- wow one of the best action films i've ever seen... just awesome with the parkour / martial arts / guns

see it if you haven't already

Oh god that French Film. That movie was soo fucking stupid. It was like The Fast and the Furious meets free running in french. So gay.

holy shit, fucking kill yourself you elitist fuck... it was incredible. the plot means nothing in a film like this, and it wasn't even that bad...as good or better than any random hollywood action film like transporter etc. the fight choreoghraphy and action is what counts and it delivered in spades...some of the best and most unique stunts ever, and the parkour was great. fucking elitist scum

FlameOfCallandor · « **Reply #649 on:** March 15, 2009, 01:58:52 PM »

The opening scene in chase scene in Casino Real was a better movie than all of District B13

CHOW CHOW · « **Reply #650 on:** March 15, 2009, 02:01:41 PM »

casino real or royale?

CHOW CHOW · « **Reply #651 on:** March 15, 2009, 02:05:43 PM »

why dont u go fuck off u emo fuck

FlameOfCallandor · « **Reply #652 on:** March 15, 2009, 02:07:41 PM »

I mean B13 was okay, it was almost as good as The Fast and the Furious and that movie sucks too.

Barry Egan · « **Reply #653 on:** March 15, 2009, 02:10:42 PM »

Quote from: jarosh on March 15, 2009, 02:03:32 PM

Quote from: CHOW CHOW on March 15, 2009, 01:57:08 PM
Quote from: FlameOfCallandor on March 15, 2009, 01:54:22 PM
Quote from: CHOW CHOW on March 15, 2009, 01:51:20 PM
district b13 (real title: banlieue 13) -- wow one of the best action films i've ever seen... just awesome with the parkour / martial arts / guns

see it if you haven't already

Oh god that French Film. That movie was soo fucking stupid. It was like The Fast and the Furious meets free running in french. So gay.

holy shit, fucking kill yourself you elitist fuck... it was incredible. the plot means nothing in a film like this, and it wasn't even that bad...as good or better than any random hollywood action film like transporter etc. the fight choreoghraphy and action is what counts and it delivered in spades...some of the best and most unique stunts ever, and the parkour was great. fucking elitist scum
man you really have issues, don't you? i've never seen anyone get so defensive so quickly all the fucking time.

oh and LOL:

Quote from: CHOW CHOW
better than any random hollywood action film like transporter
first off, the transporter is a FRENCH film, filmed in FRANCE, just like the one you posted. but this little nugget is even better: the transporter was written by LUC BESSON. banlieu 13 was written by... LUC BESSON.

annihilated

CHOW CHOW · « **Reply #654 on:** March 15, 2009, 02:11:51 PM »

well it did have a tiny fraction of the budget that those films had

i mean, casino royale probably had like a 150 million dollar budget, and any of the fast and the furious movies prob around 100 mil

the fact that this is a tiny french action movie and it turned out this good should be taken into account when judging it

HyperZoneWasAwesome · « **Reply #655 on:** March 15, 2009, 02:54:08 PM »

The first F&F (while also very shitty) was actually a modestly budgeted film. But I agree, I agree very much that District B13 kicked a lot of arse and was quite fun, I don't think its anything to get worked up about though.

if only there was a sequel to it. Wouldn't that be swell?

Greatness Gone · « **Reply #656 on:** March 15, 2009, 03:30:47 PM »

I finally saw the Twin Peaks movie. Definitely the weakest of David Lynch's works.

WrikaWrek · « **Reply #657 on:** March 15, 2009, 03:40:43 PM »

Chow chow is acting like a closet homo.

Bildi · « **Reply #658 on:** March 16, 2009, 02:08:53 AM »

Quote from: Rebiak on March 15, 2009, 01:56:00 PM

I watched the three Bourne films and enjoyed them.

I bought these on DVD recently, but haven't seen them yet. Looking forward to some straight-up kick-ass action.

Reb · « **Reply #659 on:** March 16, 2009, 03:54:11 AM »

Quote from: Bildi on March 16, 2009, 02:08:53 AM

Quote from: Rebiak on March 15, 2009, 01:56:00 PM
I watched the three Bourne films and enjoyed them.

I bought these on DVD recently, but haven't seen them yet. Looking forward to some straight-up kick-ass action.

I fucking love the opening of 3, with the reporter.

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