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TEEEPO · « **Reply #5160 on:** April 09, 2010, 12:48:54 PM »

still walking was my favorite movie from last year

i resonated with tall jap guy

brob · « **Reply #5161 on:** April 09, 2010, 12:50:27 PM »

The fuck are you gaying up the bore for then shake? Go watch it.

HyperZoneWasAwesome · « **Reply #5162 on:** April 09, 2010, 01:06:28 PM »

Quote from: am nintenho on April 09, 2010, 02:06:09 AM

Quote from: Cheebs on April 08, 2010, 11:55:18 PM
Have you seen the Guy Ritchie movie Revolver? It is really really weird.
man I hated that movie.

I'm amazed that anybody ever gave him money to do anything else, ever, after that.

Its not that its just bad (although its plenty terrible), its all just so damn up its own ass. It doesn't even make sense internally. Its like watching a dude who sucks at crime thrillers also make a crappy and half-assed philosophy statement. How it didn't ruin at least one career is beyond me.

and Still Walking was freaking great.

bud · « **Reply #5163 on:** April 09, 2010, 02:35:20 PM »

i enjoyed a prophet, but don't get all the buzz it got. the lead actor's performance was great, though.

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to me it felt like his rise to the top was way too easy. there isn't a single moment in the movie that made me feel that his life was in real danger; that he could actually die.

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The Dark Shake 3000 · « **Reply #5164 on:** April 09, 2010, 02:42:01 PM »

Quote from: bud on April 09, 2010, 02:35:20 PM

i enjoyed a prophet, but don't get all the buzz it got. the lead actor's performance was great, though.

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to me it felt like his rise to the top was way too easy. there isn't a single moment in the movie that made me feel that his life was in real danger; that he could actually die.
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Isn't that kind of where the whole religious subtext plays in, though? The character is put in many situations where he should conceivably be killed, but each time divine intervention seems to come into play and he survives miraculously unscathed (the deer scene, the shootout in the van etc.). That kind of plays into Malik being some sort of spiritual figure -- a prophet, one could say

-- and seems to give his rise to power some sort of divine subtext. I thought it was an interesting way to go with the material, and certainly not something I've seen in a lot of crime films.

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bud · « **Reply #5165 on:** April 09, 2010, 03:00:03 PM »

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iirc, the title was in reference to him being able to see into the future or something. but i don't remember it being referred to other than in the deer scene. i could be wrong, though--it's a been quite a while since i saw it.

oh yeah, i thought the scenes with the dead guy should've been fleshed out more. they're just... there. it felt underutilized to me. what'd you think of those?

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The Dark Shake 3000 · « **Reply #5166 on:** April 09, 2010, 03:06:29 PM »

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I liked the fact that the scenes with the dead guy are just there, and they don't really explain exactly what's going; is Malik simply imagining things and plagued by guilt, or is the dude offering him some sort of spiritual guidance? The scene where they watch the guys playing basketball seems to suggest he's more than just an apparition, but perhaps some sort of divine presence helping Malik makes his moves in advance. I've only seen the film once and didn't really wrap my head around the religious subtext too much, but I think in both cases it's clear Malik is supposed to be guided by some sort of divine presence, hence him getting these visions and being able to plan for events that haven't happened yet (like the deer) and being able to walk out of a situation that should have killed him without even ruffling his feathers.

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The Dark Shake 3000 · « **Reply #5167 on:** April 10, 2010, 02:29:55 AM »

Had what's got to be one of the weirdest film classes of all time earlier tonight. I'm taking one class this semester where the entire semester is dedicated to analyzing a single film, and in this case they picked Billy Wilder's Some Like It Hot. To put the film into perspective and compare it to more modern fare, tonight we screened clips from Mrs. Doubtfire, White Chicks and Big Mama's House.

Film school education

Ichirou · « **Reply #5168 on:** April 10, 2010, 03:35:01 AM »

Big Mama's House

The Dark Shake 3000 · « **Reply #5169 on:** April 10, 2010, 04:24:48 AM »

Due to overwhelming response, we'll be watching the entirety of White Chicks later this month. The scholarly approach

TEEEPO · « **Reply #5170 on:** April 10, 2010, 04:27:48 AM »

omg yojimbo bluray transfer

who said b&w would only have a marginal improvement?

film

digital

brawndolicious · « **Reply #5171 on:** April 10, 2010, 04:28:52 AM »

What's the benefit of film vs digital for something that's black and white? I've heard that film only gives you more color latitude over digital, right?

Quote from: The Dark Shake 3000 on April 10, 2010, 02:29:55 AM

Had what's got to be one of the weirdest film classes of all time earlier tonight. I'm taking one class this semester where the entire semester is dedicated to analyzing a single film, and in this case they picked Billy Wilder's Some Like It Hot. To put the film into perspective and compare it to more modern fare, tonight we screened clips from Mrs. Doubtfire, White Chicks and Big Mama's House.
Film school education

well what the hell are you supposed to learn about Some Like It Hot from watching those movies?

etiolate · « **Reply #5172 on:** April 10, 2010, 06:26:46 AM »

dear god copout is embarrassing

Ichirou · « **Reply #5173 on:** April 10, 2010, 06:49:21 AM »

Quote from: am nintenho on April 10, 2010, 04:28:52 AM

What's the benefit of film vs digital for something that's black and white? I've heard that film only gives you more color latitude over digital, right?
Quote from: The Dark Shake 3000 on April 10, 2010, 02:29:55 AM
Had what's got to be one of the weirdest film classes of all time earlier tonight. I'm taking one class this semester where the entire semester is dedicated to analyzing a single film, and in this case they picked Billy Wilder's Some Like It Hot. To put the film into perspective and compare it to more modern fare, tonight we screened clips from Mrs. Doubtfire, White Chicks and Big Mama's House.
Film school education
well what the hell are you supposed to learn about Some Like It Hot from watching those movies?

...goddamn, bro, can't you see what all the movies have in common? I imagine the topic is something like the degeneration of the screwball comedy or how the tropes invented by Wilder in Some Like It Hot are still in wide use today.

brawndolicious · « **Reply #5174 on:** April 10, 2010, 08:28:45 AM »

It wouldn't make sense for the instructor to be trying to teach how the genre is getting worse and then agreeing to screen all of White Chicks though. My guess is that it's just to point out contemporary examples of cross-dressing that those students have already seen. The cross-dressing itself wasn't such a big deal in Some Like It Hot, it was the romantic relationships that they were complicating which was funny.

Ichirou · « **Reply #5175 on:** April 10, 2010, 08:41:08 AM »

Quote from: am nintenho on April 10, 2010, 08:28:45 AM

It wouldn't make sense for the instructor to be trying to teach how the genre is getting worse and then agreeing to screen all of White Chicks though. My guess is that it's just to point out contemporary examples of cross-dressing that those students have already seen. The cross-dressing itself wasn't such a big deal in Some Like It Hot, it was the romantic relationships that they were complicating which was funny.

OK.

The Dark Shake 3000 · « **Reply #5176 on:** April 10, 2010, 03:00:53 PM »

"There's gotta be a connection between these movies, I just need to break 'em down. I am, after all, a genius."

brawndolicious · « **Reply #5177 on:** April 10, 2010, 08:26:49 PM »

Well I am not the one saying that there is a big connection, your teacher is.

Ichirou · « **Reply #5178 on:** April 10, 2010, 08:33:01 PM »

Quote from: am nintenho on April 10, 2010, 08:28:45 AM

It wouldn't make sense for the instructor to be trying to teach how the genre is getting worse and then agreeing to screen all of White Chicks though. My guess is that it's just to point out contemporary examples of cross-dressing that those students have already seen. The cross-dressing itself wasn't such a big deal in Some Like It Hot, it was the romantic relationships that they were complicating which was funny.

Why is nintenho always wrong about every single thing?

The Dark Shake 3000 · « **Reply #5179 on:** April 11, 2010, 12:20:05 AM »

:'( :'( :'(

Cheebs · « **Reply #5180 on:** April 11, 2010, 12:22:07 AM »

Why do people talk about Some Like It Hot so much when The Apartment was so much better. $:-\$

The Dark Shake 3000 · « **Reply #5181 on:** April 11, 2010, 12:36:57 AM »

I agree. The Apartment, Ace in the Hole, Sunset Blvd and Double Indemnity are all better than Some Like It Hot, out of the Wilders I've seen.

Ichirou · « **Reply #5182 on:** April 11, 2010, 12:51:09 AM »

Anyone ever seen The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes or whatever it was called?

Eric P · « **Reply #5183 on:** April 11, 2010, 11:39:14 AM »

yes. it's pretty good. nothing great but certainly worth watching

Third · « **Reply #5184 on:** April 11, 2010, 12:55:58 PM »

True Lies

They don't make such great mindless movies anymore. A very funny flick with awesome action sequences.

8.5/10

Groundhog Day

Pretty good. More interesting than funny.

7/10

Pandorum

Boring. The final twist was unexpected, though. Still a shitty movie.

3/10

Cheebs · « **Reply #5185 on:** April 11, 2010, 12:59:50 PM »

Groundhog Day might be the best comedy film of the 1990s. I love that movie.

The Dark Shake 3000 · « **Reply #5186 on:** April 11, 2010, 01:11:55 PM »

Quote from: Cheebs on April 11, 2010, 12:59:50 PM

Groundhog Day might be the best comedy film of the 1990s. I love that movie.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #5187 on:** April 11, 2010, 01:24:24 PM »

Ed Wood, ya'll.

Cheebs · « **Reply #5188 on:** April 11, 2010, 01:32:26 PM »

Quote from: Joe Molotov® EDGE™ on April 11, 2010, 01:24:24 PM

Ed Wood, ya'll.

Ed Wood is one of the best movies of the 90s but I don't think of it as like a traditional comedy really.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #5189 on:** April 11, 2010, 01:33:43 PM »

The Dark Shake 3000 · « **Reply #5190 on:** April 11, 2010, 01:34:08 PM »

It's not. I can't even recall off the top of my head what the best 90s comedy is, but it sure as fuck ain't Groundhog Day.

Himu · « **Reply #5191 on:** April 11, 2010, 01:34:48 PM »

Quote from: Cheebs on April 11, 2010, 12:59:50 PM

Groundhog Day might be the best comedy film of the 1990s. I love that movie.

No way.

WrikaWrek · « **Reply #5192 on:** April 11, 2010, 01:37:19 PM »

Monsters Inc

Way better than i remember.

Cheebs · « **Reply #5193 on:** April 11, 2010, 01:40:40 PM »

Yeah Big Lebowski is better.

Himu · « **Reply #5194 on:** April 11, 2010, 01:43:09 PM »

Although I find Big Lebowski to be a great movie, I don't really consider it laugh out loud funny aside from cremation + funeral + ashes part.

I just don't think of comedy when I think of the 90's. And in fact, outside of Ed Wood, Boomerang and Friday I struggle coming up with 90's comedy movies that have remotely aged well. Home Alone?

WrikaWrek · « **Reply #5195 on:** April 11, 2010, 01:47:10 PM »

What?

Hot Shots? That was some funny ass shit. Beginning of the 90s.

At the end of the 90s, Analyze this is pretty funny.

Cheebs · « **Reply #5196 on:** April 11, 2010, 02:11:34 PM »

Dumb and Dumber is too much of the gross-out fart humor for me, never liked that type of comedy.

The Dark Shake 3000 · « **Reply #5197 on:** April 11, 2010, 02:12:38 PM »

Yeah, fuck Dumb and Dumber. I liked that when I was like ten but nowadays I don't even think I'd be able to get through it.

muckhole · « **Reply #5198 on:** April 11, 2010, 02:25:24 PM »

I don't think I even began to enjoy Dumb and Dumber until I was older, when I stopped trying to have refined sensibilities about film.

Now it's dick and fart jokes 24/7.

Himu · « **Reply #5199 on:** April 11, 2010, 02:31:34 PM »

Speaking of Hot Shots, what about Major League 2?

Solo · « **Reply #5200 on:** April 11, 2010, 02:43:45 PM »

Dumb and Dumber is still great. Who cares if a lot of the humor is juvenile? If its funny, then it works. Carrey has never been funnier and Daniels even outdoes him.

The Dark Shake 3000 · « **Reply #5201 on:** April 11, 2010, 02:48:42 PM »

Quote from: Solo on April 11, 2010, 02:43:45 PM

Carrey has never been funnier...

Yes he has. Me, Myself and Irene and The Cable Guy Carrey are both better.

Third · « **Reply #5202 on:** April 11, 2010, 02:59:35 PM »

Ehh the Naked Gun movies are the best comedies of the 90's. That's a fact.

Barry Egan · « **Reply #5203 on:** April 11, 2010, 03:38:59 PM »

Quote from: The Dark Shake 3000 on April 11, 2010, 02:48:42 PM

Quote from: Solo on April 11, 2010, 02:43:45 PM
Carrey has never been funnier...

Yes he has. Me, Myself and Irene and The Cable Guy Carrey are both better.

Joke post.

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Groundhog Day might be the best comedy film of the 1990s. I love that movie.

I can get down with this. It's at the very least the most thoughtful comedy of the 90s. And it's actually funny despite all that.

Mandark · « **Reply #5204 on:** April 11, 2010, 03:50:25 PM »

One more for Groundhog Day. Also, The Birdcage is underrated.

Not a lot of really funny movies in the 90's, but I don't think it's different from other decades. TV is a much better medium for comedy than film, Two And A Half Men notwithstanding.

HyperZoneWasAwesome · « **Reply #5205 on:** April 11, 2010, 04:00:55 PM »

Groundhog Day really is a great film. Its easily the best thing Bill Murray was in for that whole decade, and as one of the best comic actors of all time one of his best films should be a strong contender for comedy of the decade.

chronovore · « **Reply #5206 on:** April 11, 2010, 08:21:17 PM »

Quote from: muckhole on April 11, 2010, 02:25:24 PM

I don't think I even began to enjoy Dumb and Dumber until I was older, when I stopped trying to have refined sensibilities about film.

Now it's dick and fart jokes 24/7.

Do you have kids? I found it became a lot easier to laugh at the stupid stuff after I had kids.

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #5207 on:** April 11, 2010, 08:31:12 PM »

The '90s also had 2 of the 3 Naked Gun movies, that's gotta count for something.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #5208 on:** April 11, 2010, 08:59:14 PM »

But the first was the best.

Eric P · « **Reply #5209 on:** April 11, 2010, 09:25:36 PM »

watched the killer today having not seen it in like 13 years or so

still holds up

muckhole · « **Reply #5210 on:** April 11, 2010, 11:46:52 PM »

Quote from: chronovore on April 11, 2010, 08:21:17 PM

Quote from: muckhole on April 11, 2010, 02:25:24 PM
I don't think I even began to enjoy Dumb and Dumber until I was older, when I stopped trying to have refined sensibilities about film.

Now it's dick and fart jokes 24/7.

Do you have kids? I found it became a lot easier to laugh at the stupid stuff after I had kids.

Nope, no kids. I just set the bar low and will laugh at anything.

The Dark Shake 3000 · « **Reply #5211 on:** April 11, 2010, 11:47:39 PM »

He just DIED INSIDE.

muckhole · « **Reply #5212 on:** April 11, 2010, 11:48:57 PM »

Third · « **Reply #5213 on:** April 12, 2010, 09:15:54 AM »

Jacob's Letter

Pretty unnerving. The best Silent Hill movie ever. The ending was kinda predictable, though.

8/10

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #5214 on:** April 12, 2010, 09:18:17 AM »

I watched Cat People last night. How can a song inspired by the motion picture be the best thing about a motion picture? Answer: Cat People.

brob · « **Reply #5215 on:** April 12, 2010, 09:31:29 AM »

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Is this supposed to be a parody on gore horror?

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #5216 on:** April 12, 2010, 09:36:12 AM »

It was all the rage on the festival circuit, and is apparently one of many sequels!

... looks cheaper than I imagined.

brob · « **Reply #5217 on:** April 12, 2010, 09:41:11 AM »

But the premise is so preposterous! Am I supposed to be scared that there is some mad scientist with a german accent out there that fantasizes about super-gluing a bunch of people together in a rim-job train?

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #5218 on:** April 12, 2010, 09:43:45 AM »

Yes! And you will be scared shitless - literally - when the sequel arrives, and the human centipede is made of twelve people attached from ass-to-mouth!

... The director has said that the operation is apparently feasible, and had some surgeon sign off on the medical accuracy or something. I don't know. I remember it was all the rage on a lot of the horror blogs last year, won a handful of irrelevant festival awards, etc.

brob · « **Reply #5219 on:** April 12, 2010, 09:50:26 AM »

yeah there is a stamp of "100% biologically possible" at the end of the trailer.

It'd be a better concept if it was more Mengele and had the doctor transplanting limbs on twins and what-not.

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