Author Topic: Movie News, Reviews, and Discussion Super-Thread (Read 5394887 times)

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #13740 on:** May 08, 2012, 08:57:13 PM »

Also, you didn't even post this awesome production still.

James Franco

chronovore · « **Reply #13741 on:** May 09, 2012, 01:53:25 AM »

Quote from: Enl on May 07, 2012, 04:25:47 PM

Watched Bad Dreams (1988) last night for the first time. It's always nice to find a somewhat decent 80s horror film that I haven't seen yet. It plays out like a remake of Nightmare on Elm Street Part 3 without the Dream Warriors. That was probably intentional too since it stars the punk chick from NoES3 and was originally supposed to be directed by Chuck Russell who also did NoES3. The film basically involves a girl in a psychiatric hospital having "bad dreams" of a burnt up cult leader who apparently pushes other people in her group into committing suicide. Sound familiar? As blatant of a copy as this is the film is quite watchable and seems to have a fairly decent budget for the time.

I dated a stunt woman from that movie.

That's all I got.

chronovore · « **Reply #13742 on:** May 09, 2012, 01:54:55 AM »

Finally watched Ginger Snaps. I loved it until the last 20 minutes, which dragged on endlessly. The relationship between the two sisters was well realized, the dialog was a lot of fun.

How are the sequels?

Bebpo · « **Reply #13743 on:** May 09, 2012, 02:11:17 AM »

The second one is good but it's a lot darker.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #13744 on:** May 09, 2012, 02:16:12 AM »

did K-Fed lose all that weight he put on?

Enl · « **Reply #13745 on:** May 09, 2012, 02:44:43 AM »

I liked the second one just as much as the first one, but it does have a different tone than the first film. I enjoyed the third one as well but it's definitely the weakest of the three.

Enl · « **Reply #13746 on:** May 09, 2012, 03:05:25 AM »

New film, Killer Joe, from William Friedkin (Exorcist, French Connection, Bug). It's NC-17 but the trailer is SFW.

Eric P · « **Reply #13747 on:** May 09, 2012, 06:06:31 AM »

I back up what ENL says, but I also enjoyed the third movie and was kind of impressed at the chance the filmmakers took.

Eric P · « **Reply #13748 on:** May 09, 2012, 08:57:44 AM »

The 10th Victim.

The Hunger Games / Battle Royal as swinging psychedelic 60s Italian film. Basically amazing.

Robo · « **Reply #13749 on:** May 09, 2012, 11:54:28 AM »

Haywire is fucking badass, dear god. Soderbergh gets it: that is exactly how you direct an action scene; and as a result, Haywire has some of the best hand-to-hand sequences in an American film, ever.

Bebpo · « **Reply #13750 on:** May 09, 2012, 02:41:30 PM »

I heard there's almost no action in the movie though?

Robo · « **Reply #13751 on:** May 09, 2012, 02:50:13 PM »

That's not completely true. It doesn't have big, lengthy, bombastic action set-pieces, certainly, but there is plenty of action. Or rather, the film is paced effectively to where there isn't a significant chunk of time that seemed it would've been better served with a car chase jammed between. And there are no car chases.

Oops, I lied, there is a very short car chase.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #13752 on:** May 09, 2012, 03:28:42 PM »

It's not Mission: Impossible, where nearly every scene is packed with action, but everything is handled so well that the down-time between the short, brutal action scenes doesn't drag the whole thing down.

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #13753 on:** May 09, 2012, 04:09:28 PM »

I made the mistake of seeing Red State. Avoid, avoid, avoid. Kevin Smith, after being in the game for 20 years, still doesn't know how to write realistic dialogue. He's like a sped version of Quentin Tarantino. While this was mildly tolerable in the View Askewniverse, it flounders outside of that world. If John Goodman wasn't in the movie, it would be a total write off.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #13754 on:** May 09, 2012, 11:04:41 PM »

So anyway, I was browsing Wikipedia and just found out this was a thing.

http://www.dracula3d.it/

In related news, Giallo was just added to Netflix streaming, I added it to my queue, my expectations are low.

HyperZoneWasAwesome · « **Reply #13755 on:** May 09, 2012, 11:32:02 PM »

Giallo is depressingly terrible. Its not even funny-bad like Mother of Tears. Its just an inept slog that wastes the time and money of all involved.

Enl · « **Reply #13756 on:** May 09, 2012, 11:39:25 PM »

Any hope of old Argento coming back is dead to me after Mother of Tears. His style has gotten progressively worse after The Stendhal Syndrome. I don't think he's got it in him anymore.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #13757 on:** May 09, 2012, 11:49:56 PM »

Sad, but not really surprising. He hasn't made a good movie in decades.

Tasty · « **Reply #13758 on:** May 10, 2012, 02:46:57 AM »

Mother of Tears was great if you viewed it like you would Army of Darkness.

Bebpo · « **Reply #13759 on:** May 10, 2012, 04:32:06 AM »

Super

Hadn't heard too much good about it (people would just say it was dark and messed up version of Kick Ass [errr, Kick Ass was pretty dark already!]), maybe I'm just kind of fucked up but I thought the first hour of the movie was pretty darn funny in a dark humor way. Ellen Page was AWESOME. The scene where:

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She runs the car into the bad guy and destroys his legs and gets out and starts taunting and laughing at him like "OH MAN, YOU JUST GOT FUCKED UP. HOW YOU LIKE THEM APPLES BITCH!" I was rolling on the floor. Her craziness + cussing was the highlight of the comedy and the main guy was a good straight man. The hilarity of some of his stuff like when he smashes the guy who cut in the line at the movies was

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The last 30 mins were entertaining and fit with the narrative flow and tone of the film. In the end it wasn't a great film, but it was a good one. What actually propped it up from just an alright film to a good film worth seeing and recommending was the punk soundtrack. It was so good! Lots of great great punk tracks and it fit the scenes so well. I love punk music so that boosted the film up and made it a very entertaining 90 mins. Kevin Bacon is great too like he is in X-men FC; I like this old crazy bastard Kevin Bacon. The direction was pretty tight for the film too, and the opening credit animation was nicely done. Would recommend.

A Dangerous Method

100% character acting film. Fassbender & Mortison chew the scenes as Jung and Freud. Keira Knightley is surprisingly good, considering I'd only seen her once or twice before in tween stuff. I think she overacts the role a bit, but she does a good job. Jung's wife is so weirdly acted in the film too, can't tell if she's good or bad. Movie-wise...Eastern Promises this is not. The plot is very thin and time skips between every scene. It's the story of the people and their interactions and changes, but at the end of the day it feels a little short-changed and there isn't much there. But the cinematography is gorgeous and Howard Shore's music is great as always. So you get to sit back, watch some good acting and look at a pretty picture. Could do a lot worse for 90 mins. So I'd still recommend it. I think this would have worked better as a stage play tbh since it's mainly about two people standing in a room giving good performances.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #13760 on:** May 10, 2012, 07:03:37 AM »

need a buzzy ass cult-ish movie to watch tomorrow for bros movie night. So far I got Speed Racer but need something else. Thinking about Hook but probably need something with more excess.

Eric P · « **Reply #13761 on:** May 10, 2012, 07:52:26 AM »

Giallo is fucking depressing.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #13762 on:** May 10, 2012, 10:49:44 AM »

Quote from: The Sceneman on May 10, 2012, 07:03:37 AM

need a buzzy ass cult-ish movie to watch tomorrow for bros movie night. So far I got Speed Racer but need something else. Thinking about Hook but probably need something with more excess.

Tucker & Dale vs. Evil

Edit: Wait...scratch that...watch Thankskilling instead.

Robo · « **Reply #13763 on:** May 10, 2012, 11:04:40 AM »

HACKERS

I watched Cool World a few months ago while stoned with a bunch of friends and it was a revelation.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #13764 on:** May 10, 2012, 11:46:37 AM »

yes THANKSKILLING that was on my list. Tucker & Dale is too, safe...

HACKERS is a fantastic choice too.

Incidentally, me and the friend that I am watching movies with tomorrow watched Cool World a couple of weeks ago.

<3 you guys

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #13765 on:** May 10, 2012, 01:39:43 PM »

Cool World should be more popular than it is. I mean it's about a guy that has sex with a cartoon, why is this not the Titanic of Japan?

Bebpo · « **Reply #13766 on:** May 11, 2012, 01:07:00 AM »

Tim Timebomb's Rock n Roll Theater Part 1

Twilight Zone-ish musical by Rancid's Tim Armstrong and Lars Fredrickson. Story is eh, mainly just an extended music video for new Rancid spinoff album with girls shaking booty and guys dancing around.

Mainly just checked it out because it comes with a 14 song album (http://rocknrolltheater.tv/). Music is good, but kind of simple in lyrics.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #13767 on:** May 11, 2012, 10:48:08 AM »

just watched Immortals. Yeah, wtf. Visually pretty cool and the 3 or so fight scenes were great, but waaaaaaayyy too much plot.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #13768 on:** May 11, 2012, 11:04:28 AM »

watching Thankskilling now. awesome urban music intro

The Sceneman · « **Reply #13769 on:** May 11, 2012, 11:05:45 AM »

omg this college shit

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #13770 on:** May 11, 2012, 10:52:38 PM »

The Last Mountain - I admit that Justified piqued my interest in seeing this movie. A bunch of West Virginians get pissed at strip mining with footage of angry protests from the locals. The facts are pretty damning but I suspect most of the violent protestors will vote Republican this fall because Obama is a secret muslin. Some of the footage of the protests is shocking and I'm surprised that these didn't get shown on TV...oh wait, no I'm not. As a nicca working in the energy industry, coal plants should be decommissioned and soon. While wind and solar isn't 100%, if you combine that with combined cycle natural gas plants, you can get a smart grid up and running without problems. It's going to be painfully expensive and unless people want to pay a double digit increase in rates, the government is going to have to subsidize this operation.

Go and see it.

Robo · « **Reply #13771 on:** May 11, 2012, 11:34:52 PM »

Captain America.

chronovore · « **Reply #13772 on:** May 12, 2012, 02:07:37 AM »

Immortal: Thought it was going to be a horrid knockoff of 300. I didn't know Tarsem was doing it. Gorgeous movie. I enjoyed it, though narratively it is at once overly obvious and muddled toward the end. Mickey Rourke managed to be great without stealing every scene. But what the hell was John Hurt doing in this movie?

HyperZoneWasAwesome · « **Reply #13773 on:** May 12, 2012, 11:48:38 AM »

Dark Shadows is going to be a huge bomb, but that's only because it cost 150 Million US dollars.

But yeah, its getting slaughtered by The Avengers, its actually doing kinda okay for an adaptation of a hyper-obscure gothic nerdy IP with no selling points besides "Hey, Johnny Depp's in this".

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #13774 on:** May 12, 2012, 11:50:49 AM »

$150 million is a lot for a movie about a vampire guy that gets revenge on a witch by making her fish company go out of business.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #13775 on:** May 12, 2012, 02:31:19 PM »

Cabin in the Woods

Should have watched it stoned I think. I mean it's entertainment but wtf

/10

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #13776 on:** May 12, 2012, 02:36:47 PM »

Cabin in the Woods

Momo · « **Reply #13777 on:** May 12, 2012, 02:37:35 PM »

Just finished watching Alien directors cut

As good as I remember, Jones is a fucking mastermind lol

Next up Aliens special edition

Will give the other two on the anthology a miss for now

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #13778 on:** May 12, 2012, 03:05:05 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on May 12, 2012, 02:36:47 PM

Cabin in the Woods

I like it how I liked Eight Legged Freaks.

This was original, funny, but not scary or anything.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #13779 on:** May 12, 2012, 03:34:29 PM »

Eh, it's not really supposed to be scary [despite how the trailer made it out to be]. Cabin in the Woods is more Evil Dead than Night of the Living Dead.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #13780 on:** May 12, 2012, 03:43:07 PM »

I don't care if a movie is scary if (Cabin in the Woods spoiler)

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It features a grown man yelling FUCK YOU repeatedly at a TV showing Asian children

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Joe Molotov · « **Reply #13781 on:** May 12, 2012, 03:55:58 PM »

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #13782 on:** May 12, 2012, 04:01:19 PM »

Well yeah I liked it in that Evil Dead/Eight Legged Freaks way. I went in expecting something hardcore scary though

Verdigris Murder · « **Reply #13783 on:** May 12, 2012, 04:02:44 PM »

Oh Joss, how is it possible to be a homosexual and yet be so awesome?

Eric P · « **Reply #13784 on:** May 12, 2012, 05:52:01 PM »

one night in mongkok. I love this film. Country bumpkin is recruited to help escalate a gang war in the most populated section of hong kong. good character piece.

HyperZoneWasAwesome · « **Reply #13785 on:** May 12, 2012, 06:17:53 PM »

Derek Yee kicks so much ass. Check out Protoge and/or Triple Tap (but Protoge first really) for some more fine crime drama'in.
Mongkok is still the best film of his I've yet seen though. Love the trigger happy cop drama mini-arc in this film.

Eric P · « **Reply #13786 on:** May 13, 2012, 07:13:24 AM »

I didn't like Protege as much because Andy Lau as a big time drug mogul? It never clicked for me.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #13787 on:** May 15, 2012, 02:32:51 AM »

Menace II Society

Yes, I hadn't seen it until tonight. But I gotta say it was...eh dunno. I thought it was rather poorly written, especially the voice over dialogue. Nearly every character felt like a cliche or one dimensional, from the black nationalist to the crazy best friend. Boyz N The Hood is a far better film, despite the cheesy music.

Verdigris Murder · « **Reply #13788 on:** May 15, 2012, 04:46:21 AM »

Boyz>Juice>Menace

I dont know where Fear Of a Black Hat stands though. Rule number 1 dont trust nobody, especially a girl with a hookers body.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #13789 on:** May 15, 2012, 06:37:18 AM »

Juice>*

Fear of a Black Hat has dated horribly

Verdigris Murder · « **Reply #13790 on:** May 15, 2012, 07:52:47 AM »

Yeah I was afraid of that, the explanation of distinguished black fellows with hats makes me lol.

Verdigris Murder · « **Reply #13791 on:** May 15, 2012, 07:53:32 AM »

Goddamn word fisherman.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #13792 on:** May 15, 2012, 08:01:53 AM »

well it was ahead of it's time in being a mockumentary before the whole Chris Guest wankathon. Still, the film is dismal.

Eric P · « **Reply #13793 on:** May 15, 2012, 09:14:07 AM »

Quote from: The Sceneman on May 15, 2012, 08:01:53 AM

well it was ahead of it's time in being a mockumentary before the whole Chris Guest wankathon. Still, the film is dismal.

alternately it was 15 years after All You Need is Cash.

Diunx · « **Reply #13794 on:** May 15, 2012, 10:30:56 AM »

That was awesome!!!!!!

Diunx · « **Reply #13795 on:** May 15, 2012, 10:46:08 AM »

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/55632

Catwoman

Verdigris Murder · « **Reply #13796 on:** May 15, 2012, 10:50:40 AM »

He looks a bit like Jeff Green.

chronovore · « **Reply #13797 on:** May 15, 2012, 12:23:40 PM »

Quote from: Diunx on May 15, 2012, 10:46:08 AM

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/55632

Catwoman

Nice. "already looks better than the Schumacher films"

ManaByte · « **Reply #13798 on:** May 15, 2012, 09:22:51 PM »

Just sat down for a screening of Battleshits. Hopefully I can get some sleep.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #13799 on:** May 15, 2012, 10:05:26 PM »

Quote from: ManaByte on May 15, 2012, 09:22:51 PM

Just sat down for a screening of Battleshits. Hopefully I can get some sleep.

Tell us, on a scale of "Awesome to AWESOME", how awesome is the US Navy?

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