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Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #14280 on:** July 07, 2012, 03:57:08 PM »

plz don't bomb plz don't bomb plz don't bomb...

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #14281 on:** July 07, 2012, 05:15:58 PM »

more like Specific Rim (Job) because I'm getting a huge movie boner

Eric P · « **Reply #14282 on:** July 07, 2012, 11:09:29 PM »

Watched The Hunger Games today w/ the GF. Excellent companion piece to the film but a horrible stand alone story. It makes the crazy racist twitter posts against Rue really fucking stupid because she was an excellent character. http://jezebel.com/5896408/racist-hunger-games-fans-dont-care-how-much-money-the-movie-made I wish the film were about 3 hours long, because what what it focused on, it did quite well (District 12 before the Reaping, Katniss as Rambo, etc) but I hated some things about the film (Peeta and Liam Hemsworth were both horrible and way underdeveloped. the love triangle in the book was neglected altogether here. Liam was more of a friend).

You Are The Apple of My Eye. An EXCELLENT Taiwanese film about growing up and going to high school / college in the 90s. Was able to make me semi nostalgic for a time and place I never experienced on my own. Absolutely hilarious in places and heart breaking in others, esp when you realize that the film and book which it is based on were created by the director to tell a girl how much he loved her a decade ago. Still quite good.

Expect the Unexpected. Turns out I had seen this before, but it had been so long that I had forgotten the ending

spoiler (click to show/hide)

it goes a bit Hamlet and everyone dies. EVERYONE DIES. brutal

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I'm currently watching East Meets West 2011 by a long time collaborator of War Kai Wong. Its, uh, amazing. Best comedy dealing w/ the Cantonese Music Industry since Heavenly Kings. Totally fucking crazy film. If you liked Kung Fu Hustle, you'll probably enjoy this. Shit's bananas.

Himu · « **Reply #14283 on:** July 07, 2012, 11:11:50 PM »

oscar

Eric P · « **Reply #14284 on:** July 07, 2012, 11:14:00 PM »

yeah so should I see Spider-Man in theaters or just wait for Netflix?

Diunx · « **Reply #14285 on:** July 07, 2012, 11:15:19 PM »

BONEEEEEER!!!

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #14286 on:** July 07, 2012, 11:22:47 PM »

hopefully the movie grosses a billion dollars so Del Toro can make any movie he wants for the rest of his life

cool breeze · « **Reply #14287 on:** July 08, 2012, 12:31:39 AM »

I tried watching Sucker Punch last night. It's really bad. If anyone remembers that stupid Master Chief versus Samus video from a few years back, it's basically that with real people.

ManaByte · « **Reply #14288 on:** July 08, 2012, 12:54:30 AM »

I couldn't even get through the first 10 minutes or so.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #14289 on:** July 08, 2012, 02:29:49 AM »

Loooved Amazing Spider-Man- fuck any haters; this is the kinda movie I wanna fuckin see.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #14290 on:** July 08, 2012, 03:46:35 AM »

Quote from: Eric P on July 07, 2012, 11:14:00 PM

yeah so should I see Spider-Man in theaters or just wait for Netflix?

Whatever else it may or may not be, it is a big-screen movie.

Mupepe · « **Reply #14291 on:** July 08, 2012, 11:07:18 AM »

I would definitely see Spider-Man in theaters. I probably wouldn't have liked it quite so much if it hadn't been for the big screen effect.

And I liked Sucker Punch

It's the poster child for a mindless action movie with hot chicks.

Momo · « **Reply #14292 on:** July 08, 2012, 11:17:18 AM »

I have sucker punch on blu ray, never watched it

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #14293 on:** July 08, 2012, 12:02:56 PM »

sucker punch has a great soundtrack, for whatever all of that is worth

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #14294 on:** July 08, 2012, 12:05:28 PM »

http://www.comicvine.com/the-amazing-spider-man/223-1213/staff-review/ --spoilers but you can read the first few bits and score without fear

HyperZoneWasAwesome · « **Reply #14295 on:** July 08, 2012, 01:36:53 PM »

damn, Safe House (aka "I can't Believe its not a Tony Scott movie") was shitty as hell. I can understand Denzel being rather fond of those 20 million dollar checks, but man, please be a little more discriminating about the everything else that comes with it. When you're always better then the movies you're in, perhaps its time to upgrade your surroundings.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #14296 on:** July 08, 2012, 01:42:17 PM »

Finally saw Moonrise Kingdom last night. Loved it, but the male lead was a little awkward, which was the point, but still got on my nerves at times. You can tell this would've been Schwartzman if it were done when he was a kid still.

For having a little one at home, we've managed to see four movies in the theater now: Jiro Dreams of Sushi, Avengers, Prometheus and Moonrise Kingdom. Not bad.

Also saw Jeff Who Lives at Home on the flight to Omaha and Best Exotic Marigold Hotel on the flight back from Omaha.

patrickula · « **Reply #14297 on:** July 08, 2012, 03:54:39 PM »

Streamed Night of the Comet last night. Fun 80s movie if a little disjointed scene to scene in the middle.

Eric P · « **Reply #14298 on:** July 08, 2012, 05:35:48 PM »

currently watching Love Strikes / Moteki which is the Relationship thread committed to film. Crazy fantasy elements and karaoke / teen idol group sing-a-longs punctuate the emotional parts of the film giving it a strong fantastical bent.

movie gets kind of brutal in places. lots of broken hearts and bad life choices in this film. it's kind of funny because it's the inverse of the manic-pixie genre in that nothing is overly precocious or quirky for the sake of being quirky. It focuses on people who are kind of indie scenesters in that two thirds of the threesome of leads work in the 'indie" (i'm guessing, my knowledge of what constitutes "indie hipster trash" in japan is quite low) blogosphere (the final character designs toy cars like these ).

chronovore · « **Reply #14299 on:** July 08, 2012, 07:50:26 PM »

Quote from: Oscar the Grouch on July 08, 2012, 10:53:12 AM

Quote from: Linkzg on July 08, 2012, 12:31:39 AM
I tried watching Sucker Punch last night. It's really bad. If anyone remembers that stupid Master Chief versus Samus video from a few years back, it's basically that with real people.

Sucker Punch is one of the worst movies I've ever seen. Just baffling how bad it was.

Quote from: Momo on July 08, 2012, 11:17:18 AM

I have sucker punch on blu ray, never watched it

That is the best way to own Sucker Punch.

Snyder can adapt other people's good stories, but he's incoherent on his own.

Diunx · « **Reply #14300 on:** July 08, 2012, 11:21:22 PM »

Just watched Prometheus, hollywood plz keep the lost guy out of my movies.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #14301 on:** July 09, 2012, 12:20:47 PM »

Momo · « **Reply #14302 on:** July 09, 2012, 01:29:03 PM »

These people need to be taught a lesson.

Eric P · « **Reply #14303 on:** July 09, 2012, 01:55:00 PM »

what a weird ass career trajectory that dude has had

HyperZoneWasAwesome · « **Reply #14304 on:** July 10, 2012, 01:24:36 AM »

another thing about Hara Kiri, its a straight drama shot in 3D.

and its American release lags behind the Japanese one by a year exactly, and since then he's finished three other films and is working on a fourth. Two of those are traditional Japanese drama films that will probably not see anything in the way of international travel. One of them is a wacky kids slapstick movie, and the other is the damn near unabridged adaptation of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney.

135 minutes.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #14305 on:** July 10, 2012, 01:30:42 AM »

Yeah, I'm pretty hyped for that Phoenix Wright movie.

Eric P · « **Reply #14306 on:** July 10, 2012, 07:19:12 AM »

they were showing that at New York Asian Film Fest but I couldn't fit it into my schedule

Eric P · « **Reply #14307 on:** July 10, 2012, 07:53:21 AM »

A movie I really liked has been added to Netflix streaming

http://movies.netflix.com/Movie/Absentia/70204765?country=1&rdirfdc=true

ManaByte · « **Reply #14308 on:** July 10, 2012, 08:16:47 AM »

http://img2-2.timeinc.net/ew/i/2012/07/09/the-hobbit-scroll/HOBBIT-SCROLL_6000.jpg

Momo · « **Reply #14309 on:** July 10, 2012, 08:20:47 AM »

Quote from: Diunx on July 08, 2012, 11:21:22 PM

Just watched Prometheus, hollywood plz keep the lost guy out of my movies.

For sure, his writing is below shit level

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #14310 on:** July 10, 2012, 08:48:38 AM »

Quote from: Momo on July 10, 2012, 08:20:47 AM

Quote from: Diunx on July 08, 2012, 11:21:22 PM
Just watched Prometheus, hollywood plz keep the lost guy out of my movies.
For sure, his writing is below shit level

I.e. an average Hollywood writer.

Robo · « **Reply #14311 on:** July 10, 2012, 11:21:15 AM »

http://twitchfilm.com/news/2012/07/breaking-wes-anderson-approaching-depp-wilson-murray-law-norton-and-more-for-untitled-new-picture.php

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Wes Anderson is no dummy. And so, fresh off the success of Moonrise Kingdom, the quirky auteur is already hard at work setting up his next picture. True to typical Anderson form, Twitch has learned that it will be an ensemble cast and while the as-yet-untitled film - or, at least, title-as-yet-unknown-to-us film - will feature a number of Anderson's regulars there are also some intriguing new names in the mix.

While it's hard to say what stage of the process each of these is at at the present, we are told that Anderson is approaching a cast of Johnny Depp, Owen Wilson, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Jude Law, Jeff Goldblum, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe and Angela Lansbury to star in the film.

(please no Roman Coppola)

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #14312 on:** July 10, 2012, 11:45:21 AM »

Angela Lansbury?

HyperZoneWasAwesome · « **Reply #14313 on:** July 10, 2012, 01:56:50 PM »

the extremely talented Scott Sanders (Black Dynamite) is finally getting another film underway.

Hurray! Its not Black Dyanmite 2, Boo! Ah, well, any movie starring Luis Guzman deserves a chance.

'starring' Luis Guzman as the titular Aztec Warrior, a film that lovingly pokes fun at the luchador genre, also starring Terry Crews and whole bunch of latino people. I'm excited.

Cheebo · « **Reply #14314 on:** July 11, 2012, 10:10:12 AM »

Quote from: Robo on July 10, 2012, 11:21:15 AM

(please no Roman Coppola)

Not a fan of Moonrise Kingdom? Thought it was his best in a while.

Robo · « **Reply #14315 on:** July 11, 2012, 01:32:40 PM »

Not so much, but I think I'll probably like it a bit more the second or third time I see it, as is the trend. In any case, I much prefer his collaborations with Baumbach and Wilson.

chronovore · « **Reply #14316 on:** July 12, 2012, 01:20:07 AM »

Quote from: Eric P on July 10, 2012, 07:53:21 AM

A movie I really liked has been added to Netflix streaming

http://movies.netflix.com/Movie/Absentia/70204765?country=1&rdirfdc=true

Added, thanks.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #14317 on:** July 12, 2012, 01:29:40 AM »

The Battle of Algiers

Holy shit.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #14318 on:** July 12, 2012, 03:28:05 AM »

Quote from: CajoleJuice on July 12, 2012, 01:29:40 AM

The Battle of Algiers

Holy shit.

just watched the trailer...wuut. ok I need to see this

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #14319 on:** July 12, 2012, 03:56:46 AM »

I can only manage to force myself to watch movies in theaters nowadays. Takes me a while to get around to seeing the classics that way, unfortunately. But goddamn.

cool breeze · « **Reply #14320 on:** July 12, 2012, 11:00:41 AM »

Quote from: CajoleJuice on July 12, 2012, 03:56:46 AM

I can only manage to force myself to watch movies in theaters nowadays. Takes me a while to get around to seeing the classics that way, unfortunately. But goddamn.

I saw The Battle of Algiers in school. Something like 80% of the class left and most of who remained fell asleep. I remember really liking it.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #14321 on:** July 12, 2012, 01:57:57 PM »

Quote from: Linkzg on July 12, 2012, 11:00:41 AM

Quote from: CajoleJuice on July 12, 2012, 03:56:46 AM
I can only manage to force myself to watch movies in theaters nowadays. Takes me a while to get around to seeing the classics that way, unfortunately. But goddamn.

I saw The Battle of Algiers in school. Something like 80% of the class left and most of who remained fell asleep. I remember really liking it.

People are the worst.

Robo · « **Reply #14322 on:** July 12, 2012, 02:33:44 PM »

Watched a few flicks over the last few days:

Immortals - Liked this a lot more than I expected to. The plot is weak (because of course it is), but Singh was the perfect guy for a myth epic. He comes about as close as I can imagine to capturing real visual transcendency of divine beings.

Hunger - Another visual masterpiece; Fassbender turns in a great performance as an IRA soldier incarcerated during the Thatcher-era phase-out of political prisoner status, engaged in a hunger-strike in protest of civil rights violations. Instantly a Steve McQueen fan.

The Chaser - I had to turn this off about half way through. Contrived police incompetence as a plot device in film and television is a big pet peeve of mine, and this one is especially idiotic. Reading the plot summary on wikipedia, it doesn't sound like I missed anything I hadn't already predicted.

Enl · « **Reply #14323 on:** July 12, 2012, 10:08:58 PM »

Red Band Dredd clip:

Emerald Band Oz trailer:

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #14324 on:** July 12, 2012, 10:11:54 PM »

Quote from: Enl on July 12, 2012, 10:08:58 PM

Red Band Dredd clip:

Enl · « **Reply #14325 on:** July 12, 2012, 10:15:11 PM »

Yeah, very much looking forward to Dredd. Seems like the screening they had yesterday has been getting some pretty good word of mouth. Getting a bit of an old fashion Robocop vibe from this movie.

Groogrux · « **Reply #14326 on:** July 13, 2012, 01:12:31 AM »

Quote from: Enl on July 12, 2012, 10:08:58 PM

Emerald Band Oz trailer:

I want this to be good. The world needs a good spin on The Wizard of Oz without redoing the classic (because some things just shouldn't be fucked with, and Judy Garland in that role is one of them). It looks a little too Tim Burton-ish for me, but I'd probably still watch it.

Diunx · « **Reply #14327 on:** July 13, 2012, 01:38:30 AM »

Holy shitty CGI batman!

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #14328 on:** July 13, 2012, 08:39:35 AM »

Quote from: Enl on July 12, 2012, 10:08:58 PM

Red Band Dredd clip:

Fuuuuuck. I'm more excited for Dredd than TDKR

cool breeze · « **Reply #14329 on:** July 13, 2012, 08:59:42 AM »

I don't know if that slow-mo drug is from the books but it's a nice excuse to have scenes like that

Diunx · « **Reply #14330 on:** July 13, 2012, 09:00:05 AM »

I hope that slowmo was exclusive to that scene

Eric P · « **Reply #14331 on:** July 13, 2012, 09:02:43 AM »

I liked The Chaser because of the characters not the plot. also, the ending was a lot of fun.

If you want an insane Korean film, I just watched this thing called Secret Love this week.

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Two months after their wedding, Yeon-Yi (Yoon Jin-Seo)'s husband Jin-woo (Yoo Ji-Tae)gets into an accident and falls into a coma. During this time, Yeon-Yi's life shatters from the seams. She misses her deadlines for work, while she has only videos of her wedding to comfort her.

Then Yeon-Yi waits at the airport for Jin-Woo's brother Jin-Ho (Yoo Ji-Tae), whom she has never met before. She is stunned when she meets him, because Yeon-Yi never knew Jin-Woo and Jin-Ho are identical twin brothers. Although Jin-Ho and Yeon-Yi's relationship is cold at first. they soon become attracted to each other. Their relationship becomes even more volatile, when Jin-woo suddenly awakes from his coma ...

This is a black comedy but no one bothered to tell the lead characters. This movie gets insanely convoluted with the twin brothers switching identities (they all look alike, amirite?!) and Yeon-yi bouncing between brother to brother. The film ramps up the Korean melodrama to like 13 at the end and the ending 1) comes out of nowehre and 2) makes no sense and 3) is complicated further with a stupid ass "happy ending" coda.

while watching this I swerved between "i can't believe I'm seeing this", "wait, what is going on?", and "who the fuck wrote this shit?"

It's not GOOD but it contains enough of those moments of frisson that I was absolutely glued to the screen.

Also, lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of sex.

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #14332 on:** July 13, 2012, 09:11:06 AM »

I think the slow mo is a bit justified if they're going to showcase that level of violence. Usually slow mo is used to show people flying around after impossibly powerful kicks

cool breeze · « **Reply #14333 on:** July 13, 2012, 09:25:09 AM »

Not just the violence. It's how, presumably, everyone sees Dredd bust in and shoot everyone in super slow mo but can't react fast enough to stop him. It's like sleep paralysis worked into an action scene.

And I agree that it'll lose its charm if overused.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #14334 on:** July 13, 2012, 11:36:58 AM »

Also, it was worth it to see that one dude's skin rippling in slow-mo when he gets hit by the explosion.

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #14335 on:** July 13, 2012, 12:22:29 PM »

Quote from: Linkzg on July 13, 2012, 09:25:09 AM

Not just the violence. It's how, presumably, everyone sees Dredd bust in and shoot everyone in super slow mo but can't react fast enough to stop him. It's like sleep paralysis worked into an action scene.

And I agree that it'll lose its charm if overused.

That's a good point and the way time returns to normal shows Dredd dispatching dudes really fast. I hope they play with this sense of speed in that, as you said, it showcases how efficient Dredd is.

Diunx · « **Reply #14336 on:** July 13, 2012, 02:11:22 PM »

iconoclast · « **Reply #14337 on:** July 13, 2012, 05:11:38 PM »

I spent the last few weeks watching every movie that Stephen Chow has directed (aside from CJ7), and they were all good to great. He's definitely one of my favorite actors & directors now. Anyone familiar with some of the older stuff he's done? I'm getting A Chinese Odyssey 1 & 2, but other than that I'm not sure what else is worth watching.

I'm starting to watch some early Jackie Chan movies as well. I've only seen Wheels on Meals and Police Story so far, and both of them were great. Jackie was a complete beast in the 80s.

Quote from: Eric P on July 08, 2012, 05:35:48 PM

currently watching Love Strikes / Moteki

I saw this a little while ago as well. I thought it was alright, but I was kinda mad about what they did to Kumiko Aso/Rumiko. :'(

Best part was the Perfume scene.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #14338 on:** July 13, 2012, 05:37:59 PM »

Quote from: iconoclast on July 13, 2012, 05:11:38 PM

I spent the last few weeks watching every movie that Stephen Chow has directed (aside from CJ7), and they were all good to great. He's definitely one of my favorite actors & directors now. Anyone familiar with some of the older stuff he's done? I'm getting A Chinese Odyssey 1 & 2, but other than that I'm not sure what else is worth watching.

How far back are we talking? Well, as far as pre-1995 goes, the two Chinese Odyssey movies are pretty good [the first was better than the second, I thought], Hail the Judge is good, Fight Back to School is great [FBTS II is okay, but not as good], and From Beijin with Love is good.

chronovore · « **Reply #14339 on:** July 13, 2012, 10:25:07 PM »

Quote from: mojovonio on July 13, 2012, 12:24:25 PM

V/H/S Trailer

Can't wait. Supposed to be really good. Ti West directed one of the films.

This looks pretty great! But it will have that "why is this guy still filming the action?" feeling which all found footage films do.

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