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Joe Molotov · « **Reply #13080 on:** February 13, 2012, 09:54:00 AM »

Twilight lol

Mupepe · « **Reply #13081 on:** February 13, 2012, 10:02:06 AM »

Quote from: Borys on February 13, 2012, 09:51:26 AM

Ok Mups what about Twilight? Shit? Nothing at all like Interview?

Oh god no. Twilight is nothing like Interview. It's like all the romanticized vampire shit in Interview turned up to 11 without all the dark broody shit. It's terrible. In Twilight, the characters biggest curse is that he sparkles in the sunlight. SPARKLES

Fifstar · « **Reply #13082 on:** February 13, 2012, 10:41:29 AM »

Watched "The Guard" yesterday. Good, entertaining movie. Directed by the brother of the director of In Bruges. Film is in some regards similar, by taking a boring environment and bringing a gangster story it. Same sort of black humour as well. Gerry Boyle is just great.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #13083 on:** February 13, 2012, 10:52:45 AM »

Quote from: Borys on February 13, 2012, 06:10:14 AM

was it a box office bomb?

Actually, no. $220+ million worldwide on $60 million budget.

And don't forget Christian Slater.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #13084 on:** February 13, 2012, 10:55:03 AM »

Day 1

Mandark · « **Reply #13085 on:** February 13, 2012, 02:07:47 PM »

Quote from: Mupepe on February 13, 2012, 10:02:06 AM

Quote from: Borys on February 13, 2012, 09:51:26 AM
Ok Mups what about Twilight? Shit? Nothing at all like Interview?
Oh god no. Twilight is nothing like Interview. It's like all the romanticized vampire shit in Interview turned up to 11 without all the dark broody shit. It's terrible. In Twilight, the characters biggest curse is that he sparkles in the sunlight. SPARKLES

THIS IS THE SKIN OF A KILLER!

cool breeze · « **Reply #13086 on:** February 13, 2012, 02:25:18 PM »

OSS 117 (the first one; there are two on netflix)

really funny. it's a French comedy-spy movie with casual racism and sexism.

Robo · « **Reply #13087 on:** February 13, 2012, 02:36:25 PM »

I watched Contagion over the weekend. It's the Andromeda Strain if it had been written/created by human beings with some small consideration for people's emotions and shit. I think that's the best thing I can say about it. Otherwise, it follows the various cliches of a epidemic/disaster flick too closely to be notable beyond its handling of the science and procedure behind outbreaks of the sort (which I am assured by Wikipedia is a relatively accurate portrayal), and chases a few too many plot lines without giving any the attention they might deserve, particularly Marion Cotillard's, which could've been cut entirely without sacrifice.

I kept getting distracted by Demetri Martin, too. He'd appear for a second, and then I'd spent the next few minutes wondering if that was really Demetri Martin and why he might be in this movie.

Mupepe · « **Reply #13088 on:** February 13, 2012, 03:39:58 PM »

Quote from: Mandark on February 13, 2012, 02:07:47 PM

Quote from: Mupepe on February 13, 2012, 10:02:06 AM
Quote from: Borys on February 13, 2012, 09:51:26 AM
Ok Mups what about Twilight? Shit? Nothing at all like Interview?
Oh god no. Twilight is nothing like Interview. It's like all the romanticized vampire shit in Interview turned up to 11 without all the dark broody shit. It's terrible. In Twilight, the characters biggest curse is that he sparkles in the sunlight. SPARKLES

THIS IS THE SKIN OF A KILLER!

I watched The Innkeepers over the weekend. I loved it. I actually thought it was much better than The House of the Devil. It had some really great humor and they wrote the dbag coworker's character perfectly. I really loved it. It nailed the atmosphere and was actually a little creepy. A really well done genre movie through and through. And opposite of what I've seen others say, I think the buildup and payoff was done a lot better than The House of the Devil.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #13089 on:** February 13, 2012, 03:47:09 PM »

Quote from: Linkzg on February 13, 2012, 02:25:18 PM

OSS 117 (the first one; there are two on netflix)

really funny. it's a French comedy-spy movie with casual racism and sexism.

The second one is just as good!

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #13090 on:** February 13, 2012, 04:22:38 PM »

Watched Woman in Black yesterday, it was a really good old-school ghost story.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #13091 on:** February 13, 2012, 04:24:05 PM »

Quote from: Mupepe on February 13, 2012, 03:39:58 PM

Quote from: Mandark on February 13, 2012, 02:07:47 PM
Quote from: Mupepe on February 13, 2012, 10:02:06 AM
Quote from: Borys on February 13, 2012, 09:51:26 AM
Ok Mups what about Twilight? Shit? Nothing at all like Interview?
Oh god no. Twilight is nothing like Interview. It's like all the romanticized vampire shit in Interview turned up to 11 without all the dark broody shit. It's terrible. In Twilight, the characters biggest curse is that he sparkles in the sunlight. SPARKLES

THIS IS THE SKIN OF A KILLER!

I watched The Innkeepers over the weekend. I loved it. I actually thought it was much better than The House of the Devil. It had some really great humor and they wrote the dbag coworker's character perfectly. I really loved it. It nailed the atmosphere and was actually a little creepy. A really well done genre movie through and through. And opposite of what I've seen others say, I think the buildup and payoff was done a lot better than The House of the Devil.

Cool, looking forward to it. I loved House Of The Devil but I do feel like the buildup was better than the actual payoff, which seemed a bit rushed. It just seems like it was missing something

spoiler:

spoiler (click to show/hide)

I think showing the mother crawling out of the attic room would have been the perfect addition to make it feel complete. Instead the door opens, you don't see anything, and the main character blacks out

[close]

Eric P · « **Reply #13092 on:** February 13, 2012, 04:47:08 PM »

I like the Innkeepers more. I don't see why people who liked House hate Innkeepers.

cool breeze · « **Reply #13093 on:** February 13, 2012, 06:27:20 PM »

Quote from: Mr. Gundam on February 13, 2012, 03:47:09 PM

Quote from: Linkzg on February 13, 2012, 02:25:18 PM
OSS 117 (the first one; there are two on netflix)

really funny. it's a French comedy-spy movie with casual racism and sexism.

The second one is just as good!

yeah, I'm planning on watching it soon. mainly watched the first one because it's expiring on netflix tomorrow. good reason as any to check out a movie I've wanted to watch.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #13094 on:** February 14, 2012, 12:11:37 AM »

Quote from: Linkzg on February 10, 2012, 11:23:43 PM

superficially, I guess.

I sort of feel the same about Grindhouse (the first part). And then there was Hobo with a Shotgun and it's a lot better and truer.

I loved Hobo with a Shotgun. It perfectly emulated the excess and depravity of a Troma film. Only thing I didn't like were the opening credits, which were more 70's/blaxploitation or something, and didn't really fit the rest of the film.

Bloodwake · « **Reply #13095 on:** February 14, 2012, 12:17:05 AM »

I watched Episode I in 3D and was disappointed that the entire crowd wasn't there to provide their own Rifftrax. Also, that is the most flat 3D I have ever seen. PATHETIC.

chronovore · « **Reply #13096 on:** February 14, 2012, 01:15:39 AM »

Lucas tricked me into seeing Episode I once. It was a couple hours before I realized how badly I had been duped. I'll not be seeing it again just for 3D.

Netflix streaming has been great for me to catch up on a decade of non-American films. I have finally seen Pan's Labyrinth and Intacto. Next is Timecrimes and that OSS 117.

What do you mean it will expire?

Bloodwake · « **Reply #13097 on:** February 14, 2012, 01:18:14 AM »

I really want to check out Timecrimes as well. But first: Drive, with Ryan Gosling. I've heard EXTREMELY good things about this film.

chronovore · « **Reply #13098 on:** February 14, 2012, 01:24:49 AM »

Drive was quite good but don't get overhyped for it.

Mupepe · « **Reply #13099 on:** February 14, 2012, 10:12:09 AM »

Quote from: Eric P on February 13, 2012, 04:47:08 PM

I like the Innkeepers more. I don't see why people who liked House hate Innkeepers.

I don't get it either. Both are really great but Innkeepers just feels like a more well rounded film.

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on February 13, 2012, 04:24:05 PM

Cool, looking forward to it. I loved House Of The Devil but I do feel like the buildup was better than the actual payoff, which seemed a bit rushed. It just seems like it was missing something

spoiler:
spoiler (click to show/hide)
I think showing the mother crawling out of the attic room would have been the perfect addition to make it feel complete. Instead the door opens, you don't see anything, and the main character blacks out
[close]

Yep. The movie was really good but the ending was one hell of a cock tease. The Innkeepers has a proper ending and well paced climax.

Robo · « **Reply #13100 on:** February 14, 2012, 11:45:38 PM »

Watched the first half of Deadfall and then turned it off. Greatest 60 minutes in cinema history.

It's on Netflix streaming. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend setting aside a full two hours to watch the first half and then to rewind and watch it again.

HyperZoneWasAwesome · « **Reply #13101 on:** February 15, 2012, 12:07:01 PM »

on Deadfall, even after...

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Nicolas Cage dies a hilarious death

[close]

there's still some pretty good weirdness to come that keeps things if not good, then at least interesting. Its a terrible film but its so dang batshit I kinda love it, poor Micheal Biehn was probably really excited that he got a proper leading role in that movie.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #13102 on:** February 15, 2012, 01:04:12 PM »

Diunx · « **Reply #13103 on:** February 16, 2012, 10:24:39 AM »

Tim Burtom? pass

ManaByte · « **Reply #13104 on:** February 16, 2012, 11:42:40 AM »

I like anything Machete likes.

HyperZoneWasAwesome · « **Reply #13105 on:** February 16, 2012, 01:17:37 PM »

God bless Killer Elite and its stupid, stupid dreams. Its a trashy movie that wants to be an honest mediatation on the futility of revenge, but then forgets that classy films usually don't have any gratuitious nudity or awesome fist fight and stunt sequences. But even though its a B movie with A film asperations, its demerits as a "real and important film" don't really work against it as an entertaining bit of cinema. It doesn't matter that Jason Statham plays an unconvincing Aussie, or that there's so much very painfully obvious symbolism, or that the most shocking plot twist instead comes off as hilarious, it doesn't matter because it still entertains.

So what if you can't take this very serious movie seriously, that doesn't detract from all the fun parts that are there on purpose or the ones that are there accidentally. After the last few underwhelming Statham films, its at least nice to have one that fails due to over ambition, and not from lacking in it. Still a good time though.

3.5/5

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #13106 on:** February 16, 2012, 02:26:10 PM »

I know De Niro does stuff for paychecks, but it's kind of odd he hasn't done any serious roles in ages. Maybe he feels there's no need, or isn't interested?

cool breeze · « **Reply #13107 on:** February 16, 2012, 02:37:24 PM »

The least believable aspect of Fast Five was Vin Diesel as a match for The Rock. It was still awesome. The action is great. Can't wait for Fast Six. Or a spin off that's just The Rock jumping through walls and fucking up criminals.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #13108 on:** February 16, 2012, 04:51:09 PM »

saw Pariah last night. great coming-of-age movie with excellent acting. watching stuff like this makes me so glad i had open-minded parents lol

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #13109 on:** February 18, 2012, 07:28:48 PM »

the priestess in it plays Melisandre in the new GoT season

cool breeze · « **Reply #13110 on:** February 19, 2012, 04:02:05 AM »

Moneyball was boring

It has some vague similarities to The Damned United and that movie is way better, even though I enjoy the subject matter of Moneyball more. But it's so boring.

Verdigris Murder · « **Reply #13111 on:** February 19, 2012, 09:19:42 AM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on February 18, 2012, 07:28:48 PM

the priestess in it plays Melisandre in the new GoT season

I'm refusing to read Dance with dragons until GRRM has finished off the whole series, i don't see the point investing my valuable and important time in something that may have an unsatisfactory conclusion, ie he pops his clogs whilst banging a hot nubile teen fan, and either Terry Goodkind or AC Grayling is drafted in to finish them off.

Oh I also watched True Grit by the Jew brothers, was really hoping for a styling update with Big Lebowski leanings, but was sadly disappointed. Lebowski will never be topped I fear, and Fargo was shit.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #13112 on:** February 19, 2012, 10:20:03 AM »

Your Highness a.k.a. the stoner fantasy movie by the guys who did pineapple express. uhhhh wtf. movie's not really very good, and most of the laughs you'll get from this movie come from profanity and gross-out jokes. this part was great though

chronovore · « **Reply #13113 on:** February 19, 2012, 12:28:13 PM »

Hard Revenge Milly is not the worst Japanese v-cinema I've ever seen, but it is pretty close. There is some excuse about it being a post-apocalyptic future, I guess so it can explain some of her prosthetic gear, but otherwise the story is not served much by it being set in "the future." Special effects vary from laughably bad to surprisingly good. Most of the money appears spent in the final shot of the bad guy's face, which is kind of neat. Mostly just gross-out and silly, it's only 43 minutes, so whatever. There's a sequel, I'm not sure if I'm going to finish it. The first 5 minutes looks like it took more money than half of the first film.

Billy Madison made me laugh a few times, but is pretty darned stupid, and appears to be an excuse to string together a number of Sandler schticks from SNL. Was this his first feature film? Happy Gilmore is such a better movie. Steve Buscemi's bit is the best joke in the movie.

Hitler Stole My Potato · « **Reply #13114 on:** February 19, 2012, 02:15:50 PM »

Rented Tim & Eric's Billion Dollar Movie on my iPad and watched here at work this morning. It's more of what you'd expect of T&E minus the censorship. Kind of surprised it got an "R" rating, especially with stuff like the dick piercing scene in it. Can't imagine what that'll look like on a large movie screen

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #13115 on:** February 19, 2012, 03:02:19 PM »

Any suggestions for slow burn horror/suspense films like Rosemary's Baby or House Of The Devil?

Barry Egan · « **Reply #13116 on:** February 19, 2012, 04:34:01 PM »

Quote from: chronovore on February 19, 2012, 12:28:13 PM

Billy Madison made me laugh a few times, but is pretty darned stupid, and appears to be an excuse to string together a number of Sandler schticks from SNL. Was this his first feature film? Happy Gilmore is such a better movie. Steve Buscemi's bit is the best joke in the movie.

Billy Madison was indeed Adam Sandlers first film, and Happy Gilmore was his second. Part of the reason the second film was so much stronger is because Judd Apatow had his hands in it.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #13117 on:** February 19, 2012, 05:03:00 PM »

Quote from: Positive Touch on February 19, 2012, 10:20:03 AM

Your Highness a.k.a. the stoner fantasy movie by the guys who did pineapple express. uhhhh wtf. movie's not really very good, and most of the laughs you'll get from this movie come from profanity and gross-out jokes. this part was great though

Sigh....

I really wish David Gordon Green would go back to making movies like George Washington and All the Real Girls...

Eric P · « **Reply #13118 on:** February 19, 2012, 08:25:46 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on February 19, 2012, 03:02:19 PM

Any suggestions for slow burn horror/suspense films like Rosemary's Baby or House Of The Devil?

spend a few bucks and check out Kill List. You can rent it through Xbox.

Mupepe · « **Reply #13119 on:** February 20, 2012, 10:19:44 AM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on February 19, 2012, 03:02:19 PM

Any suggestions for slow burn horror/suspense films like Rosemary's Baby or House Of The Devil?

Did you end up seeing The Innkeepers?? If not you shouldn't even be asking this question!

Eric P · « **Reply #13120 on:** February 20, 2012, 02:46:34 PM »

The Woman- Based on its reputation (from non-horror audences) I basically expected this to be nearly two hours of just absolute brutal violence against women. Thankfully it was not that at all. I enjoy the two other Lucky McKee films I've seen (May, The Woods) so I should have had a bit more faith.

The film set up is simple. A man finds a feral woman while hunting. He decides to capture her and try to civilize her. He keeps her in a storage she and gets his family involved in her upkeep. Shit goes horribly horribly horribly wrong for almost all involved. It's got some very good character building as it tries to be more than just fraught moments. The acting and the script is very good giving great insight into all of the characters who are given great and subtle moments to build their characters.

It's certainly worth watching.

Verdigris Murder · « **Reply #13121 on:** February 20, 2012, 03:51:30 PM »

Quote from: Eric P on February 19, 2012, 08:25:46 PM

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on February 19, 2012, 03:02:19 PM
Any suggestions for slow burn horror/suspense films like Rosemary's Baby or House Of The Devil?

spend a few bucks and check out Kill List. You can rent it through Xbox.

Man, the scene with the film in the lockup really did my head in. I also tried to get Dookake to watch it, but he seems to be too busy banking his semen into hot starlets money slots.

Verdigris Murder · « **Reply #13122 on:** February 20, 2012, 03:57:26 PM »

Gonna watch the Fright Night remake. Will be back with profound and intense whimsy.

Verdigris Murder · « **Reply #13123 on:** February 20, 2012, 06:08:33 PM »

It's not a remake, more like a distinguished mentally-challenged fellow. The end credit sequences are actually fucking quite good. And the bit with Sarandon was ok.

Basically the whole film encapsulates the serious business issues that Hollywood has with reimaginies. Is it the Jews or the nigeers? Or maybe the Turks or armeniams. I don't know.

Maybe a good vampire film will be the one where vampires are hunted by soul onanists. That's right guys, soul masturbators. And you heard it here first.

So exclusive.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #13124 on:** February 20, 2012, 06:10:26 PM »

Verdigris Murder · « **Reply #13125 on:** February 20, 2012, 06:16:27 PM »

Sorry. I post like I think.

No holds barred, like those two buff black guys having at it in Germany.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #13126 on:** February 20, 2012, 07:03:22 PM »

I literally have no clue what you're saying.

chronovore · « **Reply #13127 on:** February 20, 2012, 09:58:31 PM »

Finally got around to seeing Jeunet + Caro's Delicatessen. It is every bit as delicate, whimsical and charming as I'd hoped, which is saying something for a postapocalyptic movie about cannibals. French cannibals.

Why was everyone so unwilling to eat lentils, though? They're a bean, so it's pretty good protein.

A beautiful film.

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #13128 on:** February 20, 2012, 10:15:23 PM »

Watched The Grey earlier today, fuck it was good. Just go in realizing its not an all out action flick. More suspense.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #13129 on:** February 20, 2012, 11:09:00 PM »

Insidious. Insipid.

Eric P · « **Reply #13130 on:** February 21, 2012, 08:57:40 AM »

Seriously disliked Insidious. A lot of people whose opinion I respect suggested it so I gave it a whirl. Blergh.

Yesterday I continued to clear out my Netflix queue.

The Bleeding House- I enjoyed it quite a bit. It features a wonderful loquacious villain and it kind of strikes me as what a Flannery O'Connor home invasion film would be like. It gets kind of goofy in parts but there are some great characters here and you'll most likely "solve" the central mystery to the film long before it's actually revealed.

Pontypool- I loved it. It is probably the best distillation of everything I like in the "weird" genre as a film. You have a central "what if" conceit that is somewhat unique, you have strong characters who are well acted, you have several bizarre mind melting moments which rely upon your imagination rather than being told explicitly what is going on and it doesn't cheat.

Machate Maidens Unleashed - A Highly entertaining documentary on the 60s Filipino Exploitation film. Boobs, blood and beasts in nearly every frame. From the directors who gave us Not Quite Hollywood which was about Australian exploitation films.

Trailer is

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #13131 on:** February 21, 2012, 09:07:00 AM »

The demon in Insidious was awesome, really awesome. I thought the mid section of the movie dragged a bit but then it got weird and then it got real weird. I thought all the stuff from that point on was highly entertaining.

Mupepe · « **Reply #13132 on:** February 21, 2012, 12:58:50 PM »

Quote from: fistfulofmetal on February 21, 2012, 09:07:00 AM

The demon in Insidious was awesome, really awesome. I thought the mid section of the movie dragged a bit but then it got weird and then it got real weird. I thought all the stuff from that point on was highly entertaining.

I loved all but the third act even though it ripped off Poltergeist so much in the 2nd act. The third act was still entertaining but it brought the movie down as a whole for me.

Edit: It seemed like a homage to old paranormal movies that was broken down and made easily digestible for today's audience. Considering who created and directed it it's not surprising. They were at the helm of the two biggest horror franchises of the last decade. It's made for people who can no longer sit through slow burning horror films of the pre-2000 era and IMO it did a pretty decent job of it. I loved the design and concept even though the execution was quite flawed in many ways.

Momo · « **Reply #13133 on:** February 21, 2012, 01:22:52 PM »

Meet the Feebles or Tin Tin? Which do I watch next when I have time?

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #13134 on:** February 21, 2012, 02:09:41 PM »

I guess I didn't like Insidious all that much because I'd already seen it a dozen times before in the various Poltergeist knockoffs which came out in the 80s.

Plus, I can't watch Lin Shaye in anything without seeing this:

Mupepe · « **Reply #13135 on:** February 21, 2012, 03:09:21 PM »

Yeah it's just a rehash of various haunted house movies from 80's. I didn't grow up seeing them and I still haven't seen most of them (I only saw Poltergeist like less than a year ago) so while it was familiar it wasn't played out with me.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #13136 on:** February 21, 2012, 08:35:24 PM »

Quote from: HyperZoneWasAwesome on February 16, 2012, 01:17:37 PM

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God bless Killer Elite and its stupid, stupid dreams. Its a trashy movie that wants to be an honest mediatation on the futility of revenge, but then forgets that classy films usually don't have any gratuitious nudity or awesome fist fight and stunt sequences. But even though its a B movie with A film asperations, its demerits as a "real and important film" don't really work against it as an entertaining bit of cinema. It doesn't matter that Jason Statham plays an unconvincing Aussie, or that there's so much very painfully obvious symbolism, or that the most shocking plot twist instead comes off as hilarious, it doesn't matter because it still entertains.

So what if you can't take this very serious movie seriously, that doesn't detract from all the fun parts that are there on purpose or the ones that are there accidentally. After the last few underwhelming Statham films, its at least nice to have one that fails due to over ambition, and not from lacking in it. Still a good time though.

3.5/5

drives me insane when the position of the characters in the pic doesn't match up with their billing. I was thinking, fuck, Clive Owen got OLD

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #13137 on:** February 21, 2012, 09:47:22 PM »

Quote from: Cormacaroni on February 21, 2012, 08:35:24 PM

drives me insane when the position of the characters in the pic doesn't match up with their billing. I was thinking, fuck, Clive Owen got OLD

That's a pet peeve of mine, as well.

Barry Egan · « **Reply #13138 on:** February 22, 2012, 10:17:50 AM »

me too bros

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #13139 on:** February 22, 2012, 01:54:59 PM »

CJ7

Ultimately a disappointment. Stephen Chow's character is more serious this time [instead of the loveable jerk he usually plays] as well as playing a smaller role, and the kid's acting ranges from "gets the job done" to not very good at all. The story doesn't help much, since it's a very light on plot ET-inspired kid-meets-alien movie with tonal shifts that are too abrupt and plot lines that are built up and then resolved as quickly as possible. There are still flashes of the manic brilliance that Chow's recent movies are known for, but not anywhere close to the amount needed to cover over all the acting, writing, and plot shortcomings.

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