Author Topic: Movie News, Reviews, and Discussion Super-Thread (Read 5371195 times)

Raban · « **Reply #17400 on:** July 08, 2013, 03:13:56 PM »

That's real? I thought it was a shitty photoshop

Momo · « **Reply #17401 on:** July 08, 2013, 03:21:17 PM »

Spike Lee can go fuck himself. I hope he retires.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #17402 on:** July 08, 2013, 06:14:23 PM »

The Last Stand

I head really low low expectations, but it was alright. Kind of makes me want to watch T2 again.

Quote from: chronovore on July 06, 2013, 01:23:09 AM

Wanted to get some USA feels and '80s nostalgia, so I rented MIAMI VICE. Michael Mann brings just the right amount of what made Miami Vice great in its day, and applies more of what he's learned since that era. Jamie Foxx was flawless, and Colin Farrell was alright. If there's anything I could complain about, it's the weird, "Everyone wants to get with the Asian chick" vibe that goes throughout the film I mean, basically everyone loses their professional perspective at some point because they're all bonkers to get with a very cold, very severe-looking Asian mob accountant. I mean, Gong Li killed it. She was very good. But I just don't see why #1 baddie, #2 baddie, and Crockett ALL had to have a thing for her.

Another part that bothered me was some continuity stuff: In one scene, prior to meeting a major player, Sonny and Rico are frisked for weapons, but not two minutes later, Sonny produces a hand grenade. I guess he had it in his underpants, and the frisker mistook it for his brass balls.

After that, I realized I shouldn't take the continuity too seriously, but there's a whole bit in the climax where the Miami/Dade Police Department appear to have TRANSPORTER TECHNOLOGY, because they're in the middle of a very fast boat journey in one scene, racing toward a deal and then, BAM, they're infiltrating a trailer park, outfitted with SWAT kit.

It is, all in all, a fun movie with a lot of suspense. Several UK citizens people play Americans, which is always a little weird for me, but then Naomie Harris gets in a shower with Jamie Foxx and I forgot about most of it.

Its a real 3/5 movie for me. Sorry for the short comment but that's what the movie deserves. I expected more from Mann, but after that Johny Depp flick I just think Heat was his shining moment (and jeebus who can say that the best movie of the last xx years is something bad?)

chronovore · « **Reply #17403 on:** July 08, 2013, 06:26:35 PM »

Collateral was better than Vice; it is a good portrait of Los Angeles, both the grit and the shabbiness really come through in it.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #17404 on:** July 08, 2013, 06:39:35 PM »

Shit I forgot about that one. Collateral was amazing too. I'd kill for another movie like that or Heat.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #17405 on:** July 08, 2013, 06:58:59 PM »

The visuals in Collateral are so effin good

Its 2013 and the movie looks like from yesterday.

HyperZoneWasAwesome · « **Reply #17406 on:** July 09, 2013, 05:09:29 AM »

saw Thief (with motherlovin James Caan) before it expired on Netflix too long ago, and even though its Mann's first film, its like the whole blueprint for his entire career was already set in stone for him. Its an excellent film BTW, but what's surprising about it is just how little he's changed over time. The Keep, Manhunter, and Last of the Mohicans are the outliers, Thief falls in damn near perfectly with any of his other crime stories.

and how did Mann make the digital video look so good in Collateral but so shitty in Miami Vice (and to a lesser extant, Public Enemies). When a guy has been that ace for so long it becomes suspect when certain elements of his films begin to falter

chronovore · « **Reply #17407 on:** July 09, 2013, 06:57:48 AM »

The Keep: such a not-good movie. I am a fan of Scott Glenn and Mann, but yuck.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #17408 on:** July 09, 2013, 05:01:44 PM »

Spring Breakers

What did I just watch. Some good visuals, some neat music. Lots of boring repetition, I mean lots. Few ok lines.

Still better then Tree of Life though.

Maybe if the movie had twice the plot it would have been great.

Diunx · « **Reply #17409 on:** July 10, 2013, 02:16:11 PM »

Just saw Trance, I'll let this series of pics speak for myself.

http://i.imgur.com/7SVJdZm.png
http://i.imgur.com/PCfrTtJ.png
http://i.imgur.com/rZa8xji.png

Barry Egan · « **Reply #17410 on:** July 10, 2013, 02:32:15 PM »

Just saw Sleepaway Camp, I'll let the pic speak for itself.

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Mupepe · « **Reply #17411 on:** July 10, 2013, 02:56:51 PM »

I loved the ending!

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #17412 on:** July 10, 2013, 03:55:36 PM »

There's so much missing in this movie. Also they seem to insist to repeating every line twice.

Maybe if I was 15 the whole tits and ass angle would have made up for it, but then again I was raised on Wild Things which is way beyond this and a pretty similar topic.

Eric P · « **Reply #17413 on:** July 10, 2013, 04:00:52 PM »

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Electro in costume.

reminds me of

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Diunx · « **Reply #17414 on:** July 10, 2013, 04:22:27 PM »

Even I can't defend that shit.

Tasty · « **Reply #17415 on:** July 10, 2013, 04:24:56 PM »

ASM2 is gonna be an amazing hatewatch. I wanna see how they try to spin the trailers for this shit.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #17416 on:** July 10, 2013, 04:32:46 PM »

They should have just made Rhino the main bad guy. At least having the villain be a furry is something we can all support.

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #17417 on:** July 10, 2013, 04:34:32 PM »

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #17418 on:** July 10, 2013, 04:38:47 PM »

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #17419 on:** July 10, 2013, 05:03:41 PM »

sort of want

chronovore · « **Reply #17420 on:** July 10, 2013, 06:41:08 PM »

I just saw A Dangerous Method, featuring Michael Fassbender, Viggo Mortensen, and Keira Knightley. It was directed by Cronenberg, but I'd never have guessed it from the film's style.

I was surprised to see how far Keira can distort her face, in the throes of psychological pain. I was also surprised how plain and unattractive she tried to make herself for a role which featured such complex sexuality. And by complex, I should say "uncomfortable." Even with the effort to reign in her fey features, it is a mystery then why nudity is so frequently and casually featured. My only guess is that this disconnect is intentional, and likely the one mildly transgressive element Cronenberg snuck in.

Barry Egan · « **Reply #17421 on:** July 10, 2013, 06:46:58 PM »

in part it was because the woman Knightley was playing was said to be very plain looking, and she thought of herself that way, as well.

Trurl · « **Reply #17422 on:** July 10, 2013, 08:21:32 PM »

Andrew Garfield is so cute. When I look at his hair I just feel. . . .

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #17423 on:** July 10, 2013, 09:23:40 PM »

Didn't much care for A Dangerous Method, personally. I thought Cosmopolis was much better, even though most people would probably find it very boring.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #17424 on:** July 11, 2013, 03:36:14 AM »

Keira is plain looking so a perfect cast

Eric P · « **Reply #17425 on:** July 11, 2013, 05:03:12 AM »

i knew it was coming but it still looks kind of goofy

i too enjoyed ASM more than i expected.

chronovore · « **Reply #17426 on:** July 11, 2013, 07:28:15 AM »

I want to see Cosmopolis.

Keira is not plain, you jaded freak.

...I was happy to see her nipples.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #17427 on:** July 11, 2013, 09:22:36 AM »

Keira>adult Portman

#AllFistfull

Barry Egan · « **Reply #17428 on:** July 11, 2013, 09:29:22 AM »

Keira's teeth

#AllGenghis

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #17429 on:** July 11, 2013, 10:35:51 AM »

Quote from: chronovore on July 11, 2013, 07:28:15 AM

I want to see Cosmopolis.

Keira is not plain, you jaded freak.

...I was happy to see her nipples.

She is just too bony for my taste

Steve Contra · « **Reply #17430 on:** July 11, 2013, 10:39:37 AM »

Quote from: Barry Egan on July 11, 2013, 09:29:22 AM

Keira's teeth

#AllGenghis

Snaggleteeth

cool breeze · « **Reply #17431 on:** July 11, 2013, 11:51:25 AM »

Quote from: Oscar the Grouch on July 10, 2013, 08:49:46 PM

Quote from: Eric P on July 10, 2013, 04:00:52 PM
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Electro in costume.

reminds me of
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Looks pretty close to Ultimate Electro to me, which is the entire angle they're treating Amazing with. I mean, we weren't in a million years going to get Classic Electro. He's one of the stupidest looking villains in Spidey's regular gallery.

Once I turned off my fanboy switch, I semi-enjoyed ASM. My biggest worry here is that it's going to collapse under the weight of too many characters, not that Jamie Foxx isn't wearing a giant yellow starfish mask.

Right now I see two outcomes: by some miracle it wrangles in all its characters and works, or it's going to be a colossal mess. But a mess can still be very entertaining. At least it doesn't sound boring.

and the lighting bolt on Electro's sleeve should be a gatorade logo. Missed opportunity.

Tasty · « **Reply #17432 on:** July 11, 2013, 11:58:36 AM »

Quote from: Trurl on July 10, 2013, 08:21:32 PM

Andrew Garfield is so cute. When I look at his hair I just feel. . . .

Only problem is his long neck but he's kinda like a giraffe I guess.

Himu · « **Reply #17433 on:** July 11, 2013, 12:02:46 PM »

Quote from: Eschaton on July 08, 2013, 02:29:23 PM

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Quote from: HyperZoneWasAwesome on July 08, 2013, 02:14:51 PM
jeez, that's going to be a disaster. I hope the career's of everyone involved can recover.
I don't want Spike Lee's career to recover.

good lord i wish i like this post a thousand times

Himu · « **Reply #17434 on:** July 11, 2013, 12:05:09 PM »

Quote from: Premium Lager on July 08, 2013, 03:13:11 PM

Oldboy remake is so stupid, the original is already such a classic that can be viewed by anyone.

This is a stupid line of thinking.

Yojimbo was a classic.

It was remade into A Fistful of Dollars, which is equally a classic.

The problem isn't the fact they're remaking Oldboy for western audiences. The problem is that Spike Lee is a fucking hack.

Steve Contra · « **Reply #17435 on:** July 11, 2013, 12:08:46 PM »

Yojimbo was a samurai movie made into a totally different genre. Oldboy is a crime drama with asians made into a crime drama with white people. It's wholly unnecessary no matter the director.

Himu · « **Reply #17436 on:** July 11, 2013, 12:12:31 PM »

Technically, Yojimbo isn't a samurai movie. There's only one samurai character (who is actually a wandering samurai) and the movie feels very western to begin with. One of Yojimbo's most striking features is its western film influenced cinematography. Then you have the fact that Yojimbo is a lone man in a desert town full of crooks and thieves, which is a very common western trope. Those two films aren't as dissimilar as you think.

To me, Yojimbo went from slightly western in Yojimbo to definitely a western in Dollars.

I think it's more than possible to make a good Oldboy remake. This one just isn't it.

Steve Contra · « **Reply #17437 on:** July 11, 2013, 12:26:20 PM »

There's just no need for it. At all. Leone saw Yojimbo and translated that to a completely different setting and genre palatable to American audiences. No one was ever going to pay attention to Yojimbo, but hey a western, sure why not. Oldboy is an ultraviolent revenge thriller set in modern times. It doesn't really work otherwise and the base for the original has already seen it. Plus the movie is famous for a few scenes in particular (octopus, the hammer) that either have to be simply copied or obliterated, so yeah, totally unnecessary.

Eric P · « **Reply #17438 on:** July 11, 2013, 12:26:45 PM »

Quote from: Steve Contra on July 11, 2013, 12:08:46 PM

Yojimbo was a samurai movie made into a totally different genre.

i'd argue that they're the same genre

fun new genre? the rise of the Chinese Western usually centering around the 1930s or 1940s (Guns N Roses, An Innaccurate Memoir)

Steve Contra · « **Reply #17439 on:** July 11, 2013, 12:29:49 PM »

You can argue that if you go deeper, sure, but I'm talking about what would sell over here. One looks like a western, a comfortable staple, one looks like a samurai movie.

Tasty · « **Reply #17440 on:** July 11, 2013, 12:36:32 PM »

Wow that Oldboy trailer looks awesome, can't wait.

Eric P · « **Reply #17441 on:** July 11, 2013, 12:39:31 PM »

Quote from: Steve Contra on July 11, 2013, 12:29:49 PM

You can argue that if you go deeper, sure, but I'm talking about what would sell over here. One looks like a western, a comfortable staple, one looks like a samurai movie.

in that case, yes. I'd agree. But Kurosawa was pulling HEAVILY from Westerns already for his Samurai films which turned into a feedback loop because American (and Italian and uh Swedish filmmakers) began to take from Samurai films.

'I Död Mans Spår'

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #17442 on:** July 11, 2013, 12:40:05 PM »

Craig and Mendes back for Bond 24. Deakins is still up in the air.

I'm kind of shocked how many people on GAF hated Skyfall. I loved it

Tasty · « **Reply #17443 on:** July 11, 2013, 12:42:11 PM »

Skyfall was pretty good.

Great looking too, amazing photography.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #17444 on:** July 11, 2013, 12:44:52 PM »

terrible use of ben whishaw though. Love the actor; hated Q.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #17445 on:** July 11, 2013, 12:47:33 PM »

Looks like she escaped from a concentration camp yo

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #17446 on:** July 11, 2013, 12:57:00 PM »

DAT STERNUM

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #17447 on:** July 11, 2013, 01:01:10 PM »

Skyfall is the best Bond movie. I'll take a hardcore Home Alone over "Let's-Play-Poker-For-30-Minutes Royale" any day of the week.

Momo · « **Reply #17448 on:** July 11, 2013, 01:16:49 PM »

Just came back from Man of Steel, what utter garbage

Steve Contra · « **Reply #17449 on:** July 11, 2013, 01:37:44 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on July 11, 2013, 01:01:10 PM

Skyfall is the best Bond movie. I'll take a hardcore Home Alone over "Let's-Play-Poker-For-30-Minutes Royale" any day of the week.

Casino Royale

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #17450 on:** July 11, 2013, 02:30:13 PM »

I liked both, what do I win

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #17451 on:** July 11, 2013, 02:34:33 PM »

50% isn't a passing grade in most school districts

Momo · « **Reply #17452 on:** July 11, 2013, 02:43:40 PM »

Things I dont want

-Oldboy remake
-Daniel Craig

Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich · « **Reply #17453 on:** July 11, 2013, 03:03:07 PM »

Quote

MoviePilot.com reports that actor Liev Schreiber has been tapped to play Chris Benoit in a movie about the tragic double murder-suicide. The movie is titled Crossface and is written by Sarah Coulter.

The movie will reportedly cover Benoit's life from the early days in his career through the final days of his life where he murdered his son and wife. Several WWE stars including Triple H and Vince McMahon will be portrayed.

"but will hollywood be able to successfully capture the man's WORKRATE? hmmm"

Tasty · « **Reply #17454 on:** July 11, 2013, 03:03:30 PM »

Things Momo already doesn't have

- Good taste

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #17455 on:** July 11, 2013, 03:09:34 PM »

The Rock IS Triple H IN Work Ethic: The Chris Benoit Story. Co-starring George Clooney as Vince McMahon.

Barry Egan · « **Reply #17456 on:** July 11, 2013, 03:16:46 PM »

*Flannel Boy logs in to OKCupid*

"Just saw the pic you sent over....you look just like Chris Benoit. No thanks."

*Flannel Boy logs in to GAF*

"Just saw your movie, dipshit. Pathetic attempt at ruining a great mans legacy. Where was the vortex? 0/5 stars"

Steve Contra · « **Reply #17457 on:** July 11, 2013, 03:19:47 PM »

Quote from: Joe Molotov on July 11, 2013, 03:09:34 PM

The Rock IS Triple H IN Work Ethic: The Chris Benoit Story. Co-starring George Clooney as Vince McMahon.

The Vortex: A Sci-Fi Thriller based on the Life of Pro-Wrestler Chris Benoit.

"Just how far will a man go to save his son?"

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #17458 on:** July 11, 2013, 03:57:02 PM »

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=10643902&postcount=84

Never Forget

chronovore · « **Reply #17459 on:** July 11, 2013, 07:51:57 PM »

Quote from: Premium Lager on July 11, 2013, 10:35:51 AM

Quote from: chronovore on July 11, 2013, 07:28:15 AM
I want to see Cosmopolis.

Keira is not plain, you jaded freak.

...I was happy to see her nipples.

She is just too bony for my taste

She has an exquisite face, but if someone left me alone with her for a week, I would spend it feeding her sandwiches.

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