Author Topic: Movie News, Reviews, and Discussion Super-Thread (Read 5443778 times)

Third · « **Reply #5340 on:** April 15, 2010, 09:18:31 AM »

Quote from: chronovore on April 15, 2010, 01:13:22 AM

Jacob's Ladder, right?

Yeah...

Saw Magnolia yesterday with my sis again. Pretty good movie. But I still don't understand the falling frogs. And the ending is very strong. My sis cried again. $:-\$

Eric P · « **Reply #5341 on:** April 15, 2010, 09:45:34 AM »

Quote from: The Fake Shemp on April 15, 2010, 09:16:07 AM

Quote from: The Dark Shake 3000 on April 15, 2010, 12:15:47 AM
I Spit on Your Grave is bleh. I picked up the DVD a few years back after seeing it mentioned everywhere as some great horror film, but in reality it's a mildly interesting exploitation D-picture. Half of the film is an uncomfortable rape sequence and the other half is the chick getting revenge in the most boring ways possible (save one castration that's pretty amusing). It might be worth watching once, but I wouldn't recommend it.

I don't think I have ever heard of someone praising it as anything other than a very exploitative film.

same

it's largely fuck awful.

did you know there's a sequel?

Cheebs · « **Reply #5342 on:** April 15, 2010, 10:01:06 AM »

Martin Scorsese's sci-fi family movie now has a release date of Dec 9th 2011 and will be officially shot in 3D (not post-production 3D ala Alice or Clash of the Titans). It has been rumored for a while but at least it's official it won't be the post-production shit that looks horrible.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118017699.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&ref=vertfilm

A 3D blockbuster directed by Martin Scorsese where one of the main characters is a robot. So pretty much another Goodfellas/Casino. It stars Sacha Baron Cohen, Ben Kingsley, and Chloe Moretz (Hit Girl from Kick-Ass).

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #5343 on:** April 15, 2010, 10:11:48 AM »

Ho. Ly. Shit.

This is like essential action movie shit right here. Amazing! Tits in every other scene. Copious amounts of unnecessary gore and swearing. Awesome one-liners.

I can't believe I hadn't heard more about this movie. It's kinda flawless. It pushes aside anything that could distract from tits and action. Brandon Lee and Dolph go from opposed strangers to best buds in like five minutes.

Green Shinobi · « **Reply #5344 on:** April 15, 2010, 10:33:48 AM »

Martyrs wasn't that bad. The GAFfers crying in this thread are a bunch of girlie men confirmed.

You only really see the after-effect of the worst part of the whole movie.

The first half was really something though.

Green Shinobi · « **Reply #5345 on:** April 15, 2010, 10:52:22 AM »

The ending of Martyrs elevates it a level above the typical fare, I thought.

But the "torture" scene wasn't bad at all. Hostel was worse. I was far more creeped out by the scenes in the first half with the

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nightmarish creature

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Green Shinobi · « **Reply #5346 on:** April 15, 2010, 11:09:18 AM »

Well, to me the best moment was when you realize why all this stuff was happening. As I understand it:

spoiler (click to show/hide)

a bunch of rich old people nearing the end of their lives were willing to try anything to find out what happens after death.

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It pissed me off at first that we didn't get to actually hear the answer to that question, but then I realized that any answer we could have been given wouldn't have been as effective as the actual ending.

But the fact that all that horror had an actual purpose beyond providing an outlet for desensitized perverts to get their jollies was a pretty interesting idea.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #5347 on:** April 15, 2010, 11:25:08 AM »

Quote from: Eric P on April 15, 2010, 09:45:34 AM

Quote from: The Fake Shemp on April 15, 2010, 09:16:07 AM
Quote from: The Dark Shake 3000 on April 15, 2010, 12:15:47 AM
I Spit on Your Grave is bleh. I picked up the DVD a few years back after seeing it mentioned everywhere as some great horror film, but in reality it's a mildly interesting exploitation D-picture. Half of the film is an uncomfortable rape sequence and the other half is the chick getting revenge in the most boring ways possible (save one castration that's pretty amusing). It might be worth watching once, but I wouldn't recommend it.

I don't think I have ever heard of someone praising it as anything other than a very exploitative film.

same

it's largely fuck awful.

did you know there's a sequel?

Dude, remember that it was me that told you about the sequel? Somehow she gets raped again! (Or something.)

I'm sorry, but if you are raped twice, you're just asking for it.

brob · « **Reply #5348 on:** April 15, 2010, 11:32:55 AM »

Maybe her skirt shrunk in the wash and she didn't have any other clean clothes? =(

Cheebs · « **Reply #5349 on:** April 15, 2010, 12:08:12 PM »

Soo....anyone seeing Kick-Ass this weekend? I am surprised to see no EB hype at all.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #5350 on:** April 15, 2010, 12:20:50 PM »

That's because we're not Internet hipsters.

Cheebs · « **Reply #5351 on:** April 15, 2010, 12:24:28 PM »

Quote from: The Fake Shemp on April 15, 2010, 12:20:50 PM

That's because we're not Internet hipsters.

What in the world does that have to do with hipsters? It's a movie by a really solid director (Stardust and Layer Cake were pretty good) and is getting good reviews.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #5352 on:** April 15, 2010, 12:25:13 PM »

i am going to, most likely

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #5353 on:** April 15, 2010, 12:28:21 PM »

Quote from: Cheebs on April 15, 2010, 12:24:28 PM

Quote from: The Fake Shemp on April 15, 2010, 12:20:50 PM
That's because we're not Internet hipsters.
What in the world does that have to do with hipsters? It's a movie by a really solid director (Stardust and Layer Cake were pretty good) and is getting good reviews.

Typical hipster response. Go choke on your latte.

Cheebs · « **Reply #5354 on:** April 15, 2010, 12:30:59 PM »

I didn't know a movie with Nick Cage could be hipster.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #5355 on:** April 15, 2010, 12:34:36 PM »

He has his own internet meme; of course he's hipster.

cool breeze · « **Reply #5356 on:** April 15, 2010, 12:35:42 PM »

It's ironic to like Nicholas Cage

Third · « **Reply #5357 on:** April 15, 2010, 12:39:00 PM »

Kick-Ass has Nicolas Cage in it?

And I wanted to see it..oh well. I'll wait for another remake.

Cheebs · « **Reply #5358 on:** April 15, 2010, 12:48:18 PM »

Quote from: Third on April 15, 2010, 12:39:00 PM

Kick-Ass has Nicolas Cage in it?
And I wanted to see it..oh well. I'll wait for another remake.

Nic Cage is bad? I saw Bad Lieutenant the other day. Cage was awesome in that.

Robo · « **Reply #5359 on:** April 15, 2010, 12:50:11 PM »

[youtube=560,345]kfcJUl39iiA[/youtube]

bad? nope, definitely not. no sir.

Cheebs · « **Reply #5360 on:** April 15, 2010, 01:00:14 PM »

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

Eric P · « **Reply #5361 on:** April 15, 2010, 01:37:50 PM »

Quote from: The Fake Shemp on April 15, 2010, 12:20:50 PM

That's because we're not Internet hipsters.

we're regular hipsters

WrikaWrek · « **Reply #5362 on:** April 15, 2010, 01:41:31 PM »

Nicolas Cage is the man.

Robo · « **Reply #5363 on:** April 15, 2010, 02:24:53 PM »

Don't you mean, "should be KICK ASS

"?

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #5364 on:** April 15, 2010, 02:36:59 PM »

[youtube=560,345]e6i2WRreARo[/youtube]

Cheebs · « **Reply #5365 on:** April 15, 2010, 02:49:06 PM »

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

Robo · « **Reply #5366 on:** April 15, 2010, 02:51:40 PM »

Valley Girl is awesome.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #5367 on:** April 15, 2010, 02:52:22 PM »

Family Man

Eric P · « **Reply #5368 on:** April 15, 2010, 02:54:57 PM »

Quote from: RoboJ on April 15, 2010, 02:51:40 PM

Valley Girl is awesome.

Party Girl is awesome.

Cheebs · « **Reply #5369 on:** April 15, 2010, 03:05:54 PM »

Quote from: RoboJ on April 15, 2010, 02:51:40 PM

Valley Girl is awesome.

Yep, guilty pleasure of mine.

And who can forget Raising Arizona?
[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

The Dark Shake 3000 · « **Reply #5370 on:** April 15, 2010, 03:20:24 PM »

Quote from: The Fake Shemp on April 15, 2010, 09:16:07 AM

Quote from: The Dark Shake 3000 on April 15, 2010, 12:15:47 AM
I Spit on Your Grave is bleh. I picked up the DVD a few years back after seeing it mentioned everywhere as some great horror film, but in reality it's a mildly interesting exploitation D-picture. Half of the film is an uncomfortable rape sequence and the other half is the chick getting revenge in the most boring ways possible (save one castration that's pretty amusing). It might be worth watching once, but I wouldn't recommend it.

I don't think I have ever heard of someone praising it as anything other than a very exploitative film.

I heard from countless sources that it was a good film. It was not.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #5371 on:** April 15, 2010, 03:31:59 PM »

Ebert 1-starred Kick Ass

The Dark Shake 3000 · « **Reply #5372 on:** April 15, 2010, 03:33:51 PM »

Forget Kick-Ass, this week Exit Through the Gift Shop goes limited

ManaByte · « **Reply #5373 on:** April 15, 2010, 03:35:37 PM »

Just finished watching the Apollo 13 BluRay...again and GOD DAMNIT that movie deserved Best Picture so much more than Braveheart.

Cheebs · « **Reply #5374 on:** April 15, 2010, 03:39:05 PM »

Apollo 13 wasn't even Ron Howard's best movie. This was. By far:
[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

The Dark Shake 3000 · « **Reply #5375 on:** April 15, 2010, 03:40:07 PM »

No, this was

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

Cheebs · « **Reply #5376 on:** April 15, 2010, 03:43:42 PM »

That is amazing.

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]
> Anything Ron Howard has done in 20 years

HyperZoneWasAwesome · « **Reply #5377 on:** April 15, 2010, 03:45:47 PM »

I think I miss old Robert Zemeckis more then old Ron Howard, but they were both pretty awesome.

Cheebs · « **Reply #5378 on:** April 15, 2010, 03:56:02 PM »

Quote from: HyperZoneWasAwesome on April 15, 2010, 03:45:47 PM

I think I miss old Robert Zemeckis more then old Ron Howard, but they were both pretty awesome.

Both were far better in the 80's that is for sure.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #5379 on:** April 15, 2010, 10:17:01 PM »

Quote from: Green Shinobi on April 15, 2010, 09:53:21 PM

I'd love to see Pixar's take on the Fantastic Four.

Yea, but at the same time they kinda did that already with The Incredibles, and I'd rather get a sequel of that than a FF movie.

Ichirou · « **Reply #5380 on:** April 15, 2010, 11:54:40 PM »

Quote from: Cheebs on April 15, 2010, 10:01:06 AM

Martin Scorsese's sci-fi family movie now has a release date of Dec 9th 2011 and will be officially shot in 3D (not post-production 3D ala Alice or Clash of the Titans). It has been rumored for a while but at least it's official it won't be the post-production shit that looks horrible.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118017699.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&ref=vertfilm

A 3D blockbuster directed by Martin Scorsese where one of the main characters is a robot. So pretty much another Goodfellas/Casino. It stars Sacha Baron Cohen, Ben Kingsley, and Chloe Moretz (Hit Girl from Kick-Ass).

What the fuck.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #5381 on:** April 16, 2010, 02:34:44 AM »

Christ, don't give him any more Oscars if this is to be the result.

Cheebs · « **Reply #5382 on:** April 16, 2010, 12:27:17 PM »

Quote from: Cormacaroni on April 16, 2010, 02:34:44 AM

Christ, don't give him any more Oscars if this is to be the result.

Scorsese? He has been obsessed with 3D ever since Avatar came out and has wanted to experiment with those cameras. His next movie after this is a drama about 2 priests in Japan so I really don't think this movie is going to lead to a trend of Scorsese doing nothing but sci-fi/fantasy blockbusters.

It should be interesting to see him do something with fucking talking robots in it though. The whole idea of him doing this is so strange.

A Scorsese movie that will probably have a toy line for kids. It is just so absurd.

brob · « **Reply #5383 on:** April 16, 2010, 03:56:37 PM »

So I downloaded Lebanon and I can't for the life of me find proper subtitles. :\ The ones included with the video are a mess, and there seems to be a glut of google translated ones so I guess that's what it is. And all the other ones I find are only 1CD while my video is two. :'(

any help?

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #5384 on:** April 16, 2010, 04:12:20 PM »

it was decent. nothing special.

HyperZoneWasAwesome · « **Reply #5385 on:** April 16, 2010, 04:30:24 PM »

Its on my Netflix instant queue, but I used last night to watch Triad Election (again). So awesome.

Bebpo · « **Reply #5386 on:** April 16, 2010, 07:37:31 PM »

Kick-Ass

Thought it was really good! For literary value I thought the story did a great job interweaving an ode to the classic superhero structure in a film responding to superheroes. I saw one review call it a great post-modern superhero film and I can get on that. The directing was good. Like Vaughn's Layer Cake It could have been tighter, but it overall it was well directed with some really neat segments. The action was good in a Kill Bill way, the pacing was good and the film was a nice meaty length without feeling overbearingly long, the comedy was...ok and Nicholas Cage once again proves kooky batshit insane Nic Cage is thumbs up, while serious drama Nic Cage is lol.

Will probably be the better superhero film this year between it and Iron Man 2.
Would recommend

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #5387 on:** April 17, 2010, 11:16:35 PM »

kick ass

was a little too long. wasted too much time on the relationship crap.

once it gets to the action, whoo boy. Hit-Girl steals the movie. She fuckin grabs the movie by he balls and holds it close. That second last action sequence. Jesus Christ.

solid 8/10

Eric P · « **Reply #5388 on:** April 17, 2010, 11:26:50 PM »

Transsiberian - totally not what i had expected at all, but i found it quite enjoyable even if the end heavily reminded me of The Lady Vanishes.

Slammin' Salmon - not great, but i laughed a hell of a lot.

Tell No One - still fucking awesome

WrikaWrek · « **Reply #5389 on:** April 17, 2010, 11:49:23 PM »

Kick Ass

Somebody get an editor up in this bitch. Very uneven.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #5390 on:** April 17, 2010, 11:55:14 PM »

Commando

out of

The Dark Shake 3000 · « **Reply #5391 on:** April 18, 2010, 12:02:51 AM »

Anyone here ever seen a Ralph Bakshi film (not counting the animated LOTR from the eighties)? I've been rewatching Coonskin, Fritz the Cat and Heavy Traffic a lot recently. I love this dude's style.

BAKSHI

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

Shame you can't get a legit Coonskin DVD in the states. Had to burn my own copy of a boot I found online

Ichirou · « **Reply #5392 on:** April 18, 2010, 12:10:40 AM »

What'd you think of Cool World, Shake?

The Dark Shake 3000 · « **Reply #5393 on:** April 18, 2010, 12:11:30 AM »

I have ignored/haven't gotten to Bakshi's later work so NO COMMENT.

But Brad Pitt is in it so

Ichirou · « **Reply #5394 on:** April 18, 2010, 12:12:25 AM »

I saw Cool World IN THEATERS.

The Dark Shake 3000 · « **Reply #5395 on:** April 18, 2010, 12:13:26 AM »

Quote from: Ichirou on April 18, 2010, 12:12:25 AM

I saw Cool World IN THEATERS.

Was it unapologetically politically incorrect?

Ichirou · « **Reply #5396 on:** April 18, 2010, 12:39:07 AM »

Gabriel Byrne fucked a cartoon in it.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #5397 on:** April 18, 2010, 12:57:14 AM »

Quote from: The Dark Shake 3000 on April 18, 2010, 12:02:51 AM

Anyone here ever seen a Ralph Bakshi film (not counting the animated LOTR from the eighties)? I've been rewatching Coonskin, Fritz the Cat and Heavy Traffic a lot recently. I love this dude's style.

BAKSHI

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

Shame you can't get a legit Coonskin DVD in the states. Had to burn my own copy of a boot I found online

[youtube=560,345]YjSFujG6Uhg[/youtube]

The Dark Shake 3000 · « **Reply #5398 on:** April 18, 2010, 12:58:36 AM »

Wizards is pretty badass too

Green Shinobi · « **Reply #5399 on:** April 18, 2010, 01:15:00 AM »

Quote from: Ichirou on April 18, 2010, 12:39:07 AM

Gabriel Byrne fucked a cartoon in it.

That was the hardest you've ever been, wasn't it?

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