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TEEEPO · « **Reply #12000 on:** November 08, 2011, 11:12:29 PM »

Quote from: Eric P on November 03, 2011, 03:31:03 PM

this is an excellent column with some excellent advice

http://www.badassdigest.com/2011/11/03/film-crit-hulk-smash-never-hate-a-movie

Never Hate a Movie

from what little i've skimmed, this shit is the truth.

Herr Mafflard · « **Reply #12001 on:** November 09, 2011, 07:27:41 AM »

Quote from: HyperZoneWasAwesome

how weird was it seeing John Hurt as an actual young man, and still recognizing in him the signs of the magnificent codger he would turn out to be?

great damn movie.

Really weird. He had a few minutes of screen-time before I realised, 'Oh wow, that's John Hurt!' I'm not used to seeing him so young!

iconoclast · « **Reply #12002 on:** November 10, 2011, 04:22:45 AM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on November 03, 2011, 11:37:16 AM

The Quiet Family

I actually just watched this; weird to see it mentioned here. Pretty good black comedy.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #12003 on:** November 10, 2011, 09:24:01 AM »

Quote from: iconoclast on November 10, 2011, 04:22:45 AM

Quote from: Great Rumbler on November 03, 2011, 11:37:16 AM
The Quiet Family

I actually just watched this; weird to see it mentioned here. Pretty good black comedy.

It's one of my favorite Korean movies [the Japanese remake, a musical, is pretty good too], just so weird and fun.

Robo · « **Reply #12004 on:** November 10, 2011, 11:13:15 AM »

Huh, I love The Happiness of the Katakuris; had no idea it was a remake. I'll have to check out The Quiet Family.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #12005 on:** November 10, 2011, 11:29:14 AM »

Quote from: Robo on November 10, 2011, 11:13:15 AM

Huh, I love The Happiness of the Katakuris; had no idea it was a remake. I'll have to check out The Quiet Family.

A very loose remake, admittedly.

Solo · « **Reply #12006 on:** November 10, 2011, 11:49:28 AM »

Quote from: Mupepe on November 03, 2011, 11:26:36 AM

I loved Oldboy when I was younger. I can't watch it past the first act now.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #12007 on:** November 10, 2011, 12:51:40 PM »

Dammit.

Melancholia is being taken off OnDemand tonight. Was planning on watching it tomorrow night. Oh well, guess I'll go see it in the theater next Friday.

Diunx · « **Reply #12008 on:** November 10, 2011, 01:29:11 PM »

http://www.slashfilm.com/a-thousand-words-trailer/#more-115619

Eddie Murphy is back!!!

Mupepe · « **Reply #12009 on:** November 10, 2011, 01:38:27 PM »

Quote from: Solo on November 10, 2011, 11:49:28 AM

Quote from: Mupepe on November 03, 2011, 11:26:36 AM
I loved Oldboy when I was younger. I can't watch it past the first act now.

Nothing like that. I just got over the appeal of shock endings and weird quirky shit. That was the only reason I ever liked it. I can't stand the pacing or the way the dialogue is written. It just irks me.

Solo · « **Reply #12010 on:** November 10, 2011, 01:41:45 PM »

I was just joking. I haven't seen it in a few years now myself, so I'd probably feel the same for all I know.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #12011 on:** November 11, 2011, 05:39:30 AM »

http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/universal/snowwhiteandthehuntsman/

i have to admit. it looks good.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #12012 on:** November 11, 2011, 10:42:54 AM »

Quote from: fistfulofmetal on November 11, 2011, 05:39:30 AM

http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/universal/snowwhiteandthehuntsman/

i have to admit. it looks good.

Oh, I was expecting a Twilight/Riding Hood ripoff, but it's actually epic fantasy instead. Hmm...could be good, although Kristen Stewart and Chris Hemsworth aren't exactly acting giants. Charlize Theron, however...

Also, the music in that trailer is AMAZINGLY similar to Mind Heist from Inception. Like, somebody gonna get sued.

Diunx · « **Reply #12013 on:** November 11, 2011, 02:41:04 PM »

Yeah that looks much better than I expected!

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #12014 on:** November 11, 2011, 03:02:30 PM »

http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi4230192665

Journey 2: The Mystery Island

genius title.

cool breeze · « **Reply #12015 on:** November 11, 2011, 03:19:17 PM »

really, that's what the Uncharted movie will be like

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #12016 on:** November 11, 2011, 03:45:18 PM »

Quote from: fistfulofmetal on November 11, 2011, 03:02:30 PM

http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi4230192665

Journey 2: The Mystery Island

genius title.

Well, I just threw up all over my keyboard.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #12017 on:** November 11, 2011, 05:23:54 PM »

Imagine The Rock doing the pec dance in 3D. It's gonna be glorious.

Robo · « **Reply #12018 on:** November 11, 2011, 05:31:01 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on November 11, 2011, 03:45:18 PM

Quote from: fistfulofmetal on November 11, 2011, 03:02:30 PM
http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi4230192665

Journey 2: The Mystery Island

genius title.

Well, I just threw up all over my keyboard.

I read on the internet the other day that if you squeeze your left thumb into your fist you can tame your gag reflex. That's what I do when I click to show Methodis' posts, among other things.

cool breeze · « **Reply #12019 on:** November 12, 2011, 12:42:07 AM »

Captain America

what? is this a trend where movies don't end properly? this and Transformers 3 were just...what

the movie was something something is Captain America a virgin?

iconoclast · « **Reply #12020 on:** November 12, 2011, 02:14:49 AM »

I watched Tokyo! last night, because I saw it in Joon-ho Bong's list on imdb (the guy who made Memories of Murder, Mother, and The Host). It's basically three short stories thrown into one movie: one story about a girl who feels useless, one about a guy who lives in a sewer and speaks some distinguished mentally-challenged fellow language that only he and his lawyer can understand, and another story about a hikikomori (the one Joon-ho Bong directed). The movie sucked though. The first story was okay; nothing special, but entertaining enough. The second story with the sewer guy was bad. It starts out well enough, but after he gets arrested it starts moving painfully slow and I had lost all interest by the time it ended. The hikikomori story, again, starts out well enough, but the ending was kinda pointless. So all in all, it was a waste of time.

Bebpo · « **Reply #12021 on:** November 12, 2011, 04:00:32 AM »

Captain America - Was ok. The first 45 mins were solid, then the first Captain America parts were great in a campy what-if alternate history way. But the last hour was kind of generiiiic total. Final fight sucked. I'm a little confused about the timeline for marvel movies:

spoiler (click to show/hide)

So this magic power box is recovered by Stark and then I assume he used it to make the energy source for the Iron Man suit, but if I'm remembering correctly, in the post-credits of Thor, which is modern time, they recover the magic box. But how did they recover it if Stark had it the whole time? Maybe I'm just not remember this Thor scene clearly. I'm guessing this is all important for setting up The Avengers since it's one of the few major continuity pieces between marvel films.

[close]

Immortals - Great costumes and sets as expected from the guy who did The Fall and The Cell. Story is super light, but if you expect that you won't be disappointed. Action is so-so. The worst part is some of the dialogue and acting (Mickey Rourke is not a particularly good actor these days). But the gods are handled well and I like how they made Zeus a beautiful man in his prime instead of this old bearded father dude you see in most interpretations. Makes more sense that if they were immortal gods they'd want to remain immortal at the time they looked their best.

Eric P · « **Reply #12022 on:** November 12, 2011, 08:43:47 PM »

Harold and Kumar Christmas. Much much MUCH better than the second one. Laughed my ass off while sober. Saw it in a fucking gorgeous 90 year old theater.

http://www.villageeastcinema.com/angelika_history.asp?hID=166&ID=120&page=Cinema%20History

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #12023 on:** November 12, 2011, 08:47:07 PM »

Quote from: Eric P on November 12, 2011, 08:43:47 PM

Harold and Kumar Christmas. Much much MUCH better than the second one. Laughed my ass off while sober. Saw it in a fucking gorgeous 90 year old theater.

http://www.villageeastcinema.com/angelika_history.asp?hID=166&ID=120&page=Cinema%20History

Color me surprised.

Eric P · « **Reply #12024 on:** November 12, 2011, 09:07:57 PM »

honestly, me too. the second one was so horrible.

this movie is over the top and then some.

Jamie · « **Reply #12025 on:** November 12, 2011, 09:13:59 PM »

Saw Michael Clayton with my girl tonight, best movie we've seen together in a long while. I was a bit confused after it was over but after reading up about it... Movie is genius!!

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #12026 on:** November 12, 2011, 09:23:28 PM »

pics of your girl?

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #12027 on:** November 12, 2011, 09:29:36 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on November 12, 2011, 09:23:28 PM

pics of your girl?

pics of yours first

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #12028 on:** November 12, 2011, 09:39:43 PM »

not before yours

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #12029 on:** November 12, 2011, 09:46:09 PM »

but...i...don't have one

Jamie · « **Reply #12030 on:** November 12, 2011, 10:42:21 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on November 12, 2011, 09:23:28 PM

pics of your girl?

Hell no!

cool breeze · « **Reply #12031 on:** November 12, 2011, 11:38:02 PM »

Quote from: AWESOM-O on November 12, 2011, 01:00:20 AM

Quote from: Linkzg on November 12, 2011, 12:42:07 AM
is Captain America a virgin?

I'm pretty sure he fucks ALL of the girls who come with him on the USO tour, but he doesn't enjoy it.

he was still awkward when dealing with the horny desk broad. I think he was a virgin.

Bebpo · « **Reply #12032 on:** November 13, 2011, 03:33:35 AM »

He's a virgin, afraid of a women, and gets stronger by protecting people.

Captain America is an anime protaganist.

Eric P · « **Reply #12033 on:** November 13, 2011, 09:21:53 PM »

saw Attack the Block finally. Fucking phenomenal.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #12034 on:** November 13, 2011, 09:29:48 PM »

Redboxed Captain America and Horrible Bosses on Friday night. Nothing special but they were fun.

Diunx · « **Reply #12035 on:** November 13, 2011, 09:56:18 PM »

Saw Silver Bullet. Pretty great, lots of ultraviolence and it has a fat Gary Busey, the guy from twin peaks, the kid from the lost boys and the bald guy from lost.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #12036 on:** November 13, 2011, 10:08:35 PM »

Quote from: Diunx on November 13, 2011, 09:56:18 PM

Saw Silver Bullet. Pretty great, lots of ultraviolence and it has a fat Gary Busey, the guy from twin peaks, the kid from the lost boys and the bald guy from lost.

Scared me as a kid lol, fun movie

Diunx · « **Reply #12037 on:** November 13, 2011, 10:34:40 PM »

Quote from: AWESOM-O on November 13, 2011, 10:05:44 PM

Wait, which guy from Twin Peaks? I don't see Kyle MacLachlan in the credits.

The one that was in people under the stairs too, can't remember the name of his character in TP.

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #12038 on:** November 13, 2011, 11:50:19 PM »

Saw Harold and Kumar 3. I loved the first one, hated the second, and liked the third. It is definitely a movie that should be watched in 3D. I thought it was a good movie and to be honest, it should probably end here. I know there were some hints dropped about a fourth but nah, I think the series went about as far as it could go without being Police Academy or American Pie in terms of comedy franchises that just don't know when to give up.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #12039 on:** November 14, 2011, 12:03:17 AM »

Quote from: The Experiment on November 13, 2011, 11:50:19 PM

Saw Harold and Kumar 3. I loved the first one, hated the second, and liked the third. It is definitely a movie that should be watched in 3D. I thought it was a good movie and to be honest, it should probably end here. I know there were some hints dropped about a fourth but nah, I think the series went about as far as it could go without being Police Academy or American Pie in terms of comedy franchises that just don't know when to give up.

But that's the American way!

Bebpo · « **Reply #12040 on:** November 14, 2011, 01:19:21 AM »

Trollhunter

Was really boring. Everyone always tells me stuff like Blair Witch or Paranormal Activity are boring and I don't get it at all. Now I do! I think the difference is that those films are horror and have freaky unsettling atmosphere which was enough to keep it interesting. Trollhunter is not trying to be scary, it's not trying to be too funny, it's just kind of goofy, but not goofy enough and I was bored outside a few of the scenes.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #12041 on:** November 14, 2011, 01:32:23 AM »

Quote from: Eric P on November 12, 2011, 08:43:47 PM

Harold and Kumar Christmas. Much much MUCH better than the second one. Laughed my ass off while sober. Saw it in a fucking gorgeous 90 year old theater.

http://www.villageeastcinema.com/angelika_history.asp?hID=166&ID=120&page=Cinema%20History

At first, I thought you said you saw a gorgeous 90 year old at the theater. Too much Skyrim, need sleep.

Bebpo · « **Reply #12042 on:** November 15, 2011, 01:57:49 AM »

My brother told me I must hate good movies for not liking Trollhunter

I was tired goddamnit!

cool breeze · « **Reply #12043 on:** November 15, 2011, 02:02:27 AM »

sue him

Bebpo · « **Reply #12044 on:** November 15, 2011, 03:33:22 AM »

The Sceneman · « **Reply #12045 on:** November 15, 2011, 06:42:38 AM »

I was interested in Trollhunter and I was gonna go see it with my mum, then we found out it was a mockumentary, and we were like FUCK THAT

Pretty much the worst genre of movie next to "quirky little indie gems" and chick flicks

iconoclast · « **Reply #12046 on:** November 15, 2011, 05:56:52 PM »

Watched Tell Me Something last night. The ending was kinda

at first, but actually, they dropped lots of hints throughout the movie and left it up to the viewer to make sense of everything. So you need to either watch it twice to fully understand everything, or you need to go online and read about the clues that you most definitely missed the first time through (I chose the latter). I was kinda meh toward the movie after I finished watching it, but I actually like it quite a bit now.

Mupepe · « **Reply #12047 on:** November 15, 2011, 06:17:10 PM »

Trollhunter is indeed terrible. I was bored as hell.

cool breeze · « **Reply #12048 on:** November 16, 2011, 03:46:12 AM »

Snow White showdown

vs

only thing second one has going for it are the eyebrows

chronovore · « **Reply #12049 on:** November 16, 2011, 06:56:19 AM »

Both of those look like they're trying a little too hard, but at least Mirror, Mirror isn't taking itself seriously.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #12050 on:** November 16, 2011, 08:24:23 AM »

Mirror Mirror looks stupid and dumb.

the one with Kristen Stewart looks cool. the trailer does a good job establishing a pretty decent style and atmosphere and plus, Charlize Theron > Julia Roberts.

muckhole · « **Reply #12051 on:** November 16, 2011, 09:23:53 AM »

Quote from: Eric P on November 13, 2011, 09:21:53 PM

saw Attack the Block finally. Fucking phenomenal.

So far this is my suprise favorite movie of the year. Really well done, perfect casting too.

Diunx · « **Reply #12052 on:** November 16, 2011, 01:28:13 PM »

I think Mirror Mirror looks the best out of the two but snow white will definitely make the most moneys.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #12053 on:** November 16, 2011, 03:44:41 PM »

chronovore · « **Reply #12054 on:** November 17, 2011, 03:28:55 AM »

Saw the live-action Æon Flux, after having put it back on the rental shelf several times. It's not great, but it's a lot better than I was expecting it to be. The filmmakers tried too hard to have everything make sense, which isn't particularly true to the theme. It was a fun way to spend lunch, though.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #12055 on:** November 17, 2011, 03:33:32 AM »

Quote from: muckhole on November 16, 2011, 09:23:53 AM

Quote from: Eric P on November 13, 2011, 09:21:53 PM
saw Attack the Block finally. Fucking phenomenal.

So far this is my suprise favorite movie of the year. Really well done, perfect casting too.

Yeah, I loved it.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #12056 on:** November 17, 2011, 05:12:53 AM »

i will support the attack the block love

Diunx · « **Reply #12057 on:** November 17, 2011, 09:35:19 AM »

http://www.slashfilm.com/watch-titanic-3d-trailer-2d-computer/#more-115954

You guys ready to cry girly tears in the theater again?

Solo · « **Reply #12058 on:** November 17, 2011, 12:00:53 PM »

I will cry my tears in three dimensions!

chronovore · « **Reply #12059 on:** November 17, 2011, 05:32:53 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on November 16, 2011, 03:44:41 PM

This looks good. Probably have a killer soundtrack as well.

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