Movie News, Reviews, and Discussion Super-Thread

[Raban]

Saw Edge of Darkness. Extremely satisfied.

I thought the movie had some really terrible pacing in spots.  When it was good, it was really fucking good.  When it was slow, it was Grandma at the grocery store slow. 

Still a good movie.

The pacing was pretty wacky, but I'm sure it's because transferring a TV miniseries into a film always ends up coming out really strange. I was expecting pacing issues though, so I enjoyed the film anyways.

[Eric P]

i just watched Hardware

my 16 year old self probably would have loved this as it was built on new school british metal, industrial music, cyberpunk and post apocalyptic scenes with some great music built in

but the movie goes from awesome to horrible to shit to utter shit to total pretty good to fucking awful.  the limitations really do count against it, unfortunately and i was unable to look past them in this instance

worst sex scene since munich

[Bebpo]

I watched Man on Wire and Tyson the other night. I'd see Man on Wire before, but it's one of those docs that you can watch over and over. Tyson was pretty interesting.

I thought Man on a Wire was really well put together.  Very entertaining and powerful.
Tyson was good though I kept thinking how everytime anything bad for Tyson came up he'd always spin it like crazy to avoid responsibility.  Like "yeah...I don't really remember what happened then"    Definitely feel bad for the guy though, especially after his daughter died 

[Great Rumbler]

i just watched Hardware

my 16 year old self probably would have loved this as it was built on new school british metal, industrial music, cyberpunk and post apocalyptic scenes with some great music built in

but the movie goes from awesome to horrible to shit to utter shit to total pretty good to fucking awful.  the limitations really do count against it, unfortunately and i was unable to look past them in this instance

worst sex scene since munich

I actually has this movie on VHS, haven't watched all of it though.

[Robo]

Wow. How have I still not seen The Deer Hunter?

I still haven't seen Lawrence of Arabia.

WHAT

[Raban]

Wow. How have I still not seen The Deer Hunter?

I still haven't seen Lawrence of Arabia.

WHAT

Neither have I

Once I do I'll probably just make a thread saying how much it sucks, get flamed, leave EB for 6 months and come back.

[Bebpo]

Me neither

/runs!

[Mr. Gundam]

Good movie. Much better than the fucking downerfest that is Dr. Zhivago. Holy fuck I want to kill myself after watching that film.

[The Fake Shemp]

I have actually never seen Dr. Zhivago, but I hear it's pretty mediocre. I know it's box-office haul was impressive for the time.

[The Sceneman]

Im keen to smoke heaps of weed and watch Problem Child 2

fuck the movie owns
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[Mr. Gundam]

I have actually never seen Dr. Zhivago, but I hear it's pretty mediocre. I know it's box-office haul was impressive for the time.

It's visually breathtaking but my God does it go on forever and horrible things keep happening. Not entertaining horrible things, mind you.

[Great Rumbler]

I have actually never seen Dr. Zhivago, but I hear it's pretty mediocre. I know it's box-office haul was impressive for the time.

It actually got quite a bit of criticism when it first came out.

[The Fake Shemp]

I'd imagine so. It never really pops up on any "must-see" lists.

[The Sceneman]

omg
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[brawndolicious]

That was such an awesome movie.

[The Sceneman]

haters are going to hate, but the reality is its a family comedy classic. Kicking the octopus is absolute gold!

[Bildi]

I did not see the Octopus kick coming.  Great twist.

[Bildi]

I also saw Insomnia recently (the Christopher Nolan remake).  Didn't blow me away, but it was pretty enjoyable.  Like 4 out of 5 enjoyable.

[chronovore]

Whoever hates on Amelie can fuck off.

Amelie is a great movie. Fuck off, haters.

My brethren. Amelie is just about perfect.

The only good thing about Smokin Aces was Alicia Keys in that wig

::: Yeah, she's very hot in that movie. She's gorgeous in general, but they missed a bet by not just having her running around in that wig for the whole movie. And dropping all the other characters. What a crap movie; I saw it on Guam during a two-day trip. It only cost four bucks, there wasn't much else to do, and I still felt like I'd wasted my time.

[Bebpo]

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The Chaser just became the very best movie I've ever seen about a pimp (sorry Street Smart), or a pimp/ex dirty cop if you want to get technical about it.  That pimp puts his skills to use to find out why all his girls keep disappearing, and to where, and what does that ultra-creepy dude with the horrifying bathroom/murder chamber has to do with it all.  

There's no unearned sentiment, there's just a hard-edged thriller that plays out kinda like a cop movie without an actual cop protagonist.  There's nothing particularly flashy, but all the elements congeal into a frequently gasp-inducing whole.  The remake rights have been bought by Warner Bros., but its unlikely that they would make a version as intense, as gritty, as morally teetering as this film is, or just as freaking excellent.  Bottom line - See This Movie.

****

I just watched this and wasn't that impressed.  It was a very solid thriller, but pretty standard.  Nothing really stood out to me.  Neither the directing nor the story.  I mean it's a fine, entertaining thriller and I'd give it 3/4 stars, but I feel like I've seen this movie a dozen times before and it didn't do anything to make it unique.  I watched this instead of playing 2 hours of DQVI and I feel like I made the wrong choice -_-

I guess I'm not big on thrillers.  The only ones that have stood out to me in the last decade were Tell No One & Seven.

[Eric P]

i just watched Hardware

my 16 year old self probably would have loved this as it was built on new school british metal, industrial music, cyberpunk and post apocalyptic scenes with some great music built in

but the movie goes from awesome to horrible to shit to utter shit to total pretty good to fucking awful.  the limitations really do count against it, unfortunately and i was unable to look past them in this instance

worst sex scene since munich

I actually has this movie on VHS, haven't watched all of it though.

wherever you stopped is probably the right place to end

[Robo]

of David Lean's epics, Lawrence of Arabia > Bridge on the River Kwai >>> Dr. Zhivago >>> A Passage to India

I'd like to see more of his earlier stuff.  What's worth checking out?

[Great Rumbler]

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[The Fake Shemp]

Those movies killed John Ritter.

[Ichirou]

Those movies killed John Ritter.

He met his wife Amy Yasbeck doing those movies.  By all accounts, making the Problem Child flicks were very happy experiences for him.

[chronovore]

Watched the director's cut of WATCHMEN. I was mostly happily surprised, but thought it had some troubles with bad Nixon makeup and CG that managed to make Dr. Manhattan's dangling participle more believable than his lipsynch. Other than that, it was really pretty.

I thought it was a nasty trick to put an advertisement pamphlet for An Even More Exclusive Edition inside the case of The Director's Cut. 

[The Fake Shemp]

He met his wife Amy Yasbeck doing those movies.  By all accounts, making the Problem Child flicks were very happy experiences for him.

Or were they?

[Great Rumbler]

Those movies killed John Ritter.

They were pretty slow-acting, considering that he died ten years after the last one.

[Phoenix Dark]

Those movies killed John Ritter.

They were pretty slow-acting, considering that he died ten years after the last one.

you must be a total pain to be around irl

[Great Rumbler]

Those movies killed John Ritter.

They were pretty slow-acting, considering that he died ten years after the last one.

you must be a total pain to be around irl

I'm not going to just sit back and let Willco throw around such slanderous accusations at a masterpiece of modern cinema.

[Reb]

I saw The Island yesterday. Scarlett

[Raban]

Just watched The Fantastic Mr. Fox. Much better than UP, and I love Pixar to death. Anderson nailed it, and good claymation never ceases to knock my fucking socks right off. Coraline was also an excellent movie. I hope claymation catches on again.

[brawndolicious]

FMF was pretty great but it just felt generic compared to Up and Coraline.  The animation was awesome though.

[Raban]

FMF was pretty great but it just felt generic compared to Up and Coraline.  The animation was awesome though.

I thought it was really well done. Like was said in a Cracked article, last year in movies was about directors making movies that kind of epitomized their body of work up to this point. You had Anderson stretching out his legs with FMF, the Coens' going superjew in A Serious Man, and James Cameron well...yeah.

[Diunx]

I didn't get the ending of A Serious Man 

[duckman2000]

Watched Penny Dreadful last night. Felt way too long, like a short dragged out to qualify for full length status, but it was genuinely chilling at times. Rachel Miner is good at playing hazy chicks with baggage.

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That said, it all felt rather well planned and executed for being the work of a escaped mental hospital patient.

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[Raban]

I didn't get the ending of A Serious Man 

The whole thing is like a retelling of Job. Read that, then you'll understand the movie like a billion times more. Or not. I haven't, and I still enjoyed the film.

Like 98% of everything in Coen films is allusion and symbolism.

[Eric P]

watched Johnnie To's Mad Detective

still probably my favorite HK director

that movie was pretty beast, but if you only know him for his "gritty crime" stuff then this would probably be confusing and you'd hate it

[Bildi]

Oliver Twist

The fairly recent one made by the pedophile director whose name escapes me just now.  It was OK.

[Joe Molotov]

Saw II - Not as good as the first one, but them finding the bathroom from the original was a nice touch, and the twist ending was better than the first.

[Mr. Gundam]

Going to see North Face (German film) tonight after work.

[Eric P]

the review at the av club made this a "must avoid" for me

[brob]

Going to see North Face (German film) tonight after work.

I'd love some impressions of it when you're done. I've heard mixed things about it and don't know if I can sully my reputation forcing some friends to watch "another german arty farty film". 

[Joe Molotov]

"German art film" sounds like a code word for scat porn.

[brob]

"German art film" sounds like a code word for scat porn.

What, are you saying German Goo Girls isn't a stylized hyper-patriarchal satire of the post-feminism movement? Is that why my film critique teacher keeps saying I can't show it in class?  :'(

[Mr. Gundam]

Going to see North Face (German film) tonight after work.

I'd love some impressions of it when you're done. I've heard mixed things about it and don't know if I can sully my reputation forcing some friends to watch "another german arty farty film". 

This is one of the best things about being married. My wife loves foreign/indie/art films just as much as I do. It's part of our weekly date night.

[The Fake Shemp]

Just wrapped up Moon, continuing my streak of science-fiction films better than Avatar.

[EmCeeGrammar]

I think I have ADD bad.  Its been a problem lately while trying to watch movies. I'm getting so lost so easily.  I tried watching Munich today.  So, like, they ran into the enemy at the safe house?  What?  Did the bomb defuser commit suicide?   Why were the main character's nightmares photographic recounts of the munich murders? Was he there?  Maybe I need to try to watch it again.  The subtitles weren't very friendly either.  White text on predominantly bright backgrounds.

[Barry Egan]

District 9 - a resounding MEH

A Serious Man - watched 3 times since procuring it.  Depressing and sublime all at once.

[Joe Molotov]

Just wrapped up Moon, continuing my streak of science-fiction films better than Avatar.

Have you watched Transformers 2 yet?

[The Fake Shemp]

Yeah, unfortunately.

[Great Rumbler]

I saw Transformers 1, does that count?

[Phoenix Dark]

District 9>Moon>Avatar

anyone seen Surrogates? The idea sounded cool

[Great Rumbler]

anyone seen Surrogates? The idea sounded cool

Yeah, it did. Too bad the movie was mediocre at best.

[cool breeze]

anyone seen Surrogates? The idea sounded cool

I was just coming into this thread to post about Surrogates since I watched it earlier today.

It's really awful.  Maybe on par with I Robot and slightly worse than Gamer.

[Raban]

I think I have ADD bad.  Its been a problem lately while trying to watch movies. I'm getting so lost so easily.  I tried watching Munich today.  So, like, they ran into the enemy at the safe house?  What?  Did the bomb defuser commit suicide?   Why were the main character's nightmares photographic recounts of the munich murders? Was he there?  Maybe I need to try to watch it again.  The subtitles weren't very friendly either.  White text on predominantly bright backgrounds.

Too much ganja.

[Ichirou]

EmCeeGrammar, it's not ADD, Munich just wasn't very good.  The idea that the main character has nightmares about something he didn't even experience was distinguished mentally-challenged.

[Raban]

EmCeeGrammar, it's not ADD, Munich just wasn't very good.  The idea that the main character has nightmares about something he didn't even experience was distinguished mentally-challenged.

Maybe I'm just uncultured swine, but you're like two-for-two on hating some of my favorite films. Good jon.

[Ichirou]

Well, you're still a teenager.  You'll learn!

[Raban]

Well, you're still a teenager.  You'll learn!