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Bebpo · « **Reply #18481 on:** December 26, 2013, 07:52:24 PM »

Wolf of Wall Street

Fucking great! I mean, I don't think there's ever been a "bad" Scorsese movie (even Gangs of NY being his weakest in the last couple of decade; it was still a good watch), or even one that wasn't ridiculously entertaining. Very well directed, incredible performances. Like wowwww, DiCaprio even outdid his Howard Hughes role in Scorsese's The Aviator. If it wasn't for those 12 Years a Slave performances (which were damn good), he'd be winning best actor for sure this year. Still could! Even Jonah Hill was great, as were all the supporting actors/actresses. The script was REALLY GOOD. Very funny and entertaining while also telling a good story. Maybe best film I've seen this year. I liked 12 Years a Slave a lot, but it was more for the powerhouse performances from everyone and less from the film as a whole itself (which was good, just didn't think it amazing). Going to see Inside Illeywn Davis tonight (most hyped film for me this year as Coen Brothers are my favorite directors), then will check out Her down the line and see where Wolf stands, but yeah, absolutely worth the ticket price.

I was surprised at the low RT score (77% or something) for a Scorsese film, but then reading the reviews it's kind of lame. Basically the movie is about greed and excess and so there is a HUGE excess amount of full-frontal naked models everywhere, lots of sex and lots of cursing to emphasize the vulgarity of it all. Apparently this upsets a lot of people and at least half of the negative reviews are by conservative people getting offended that the movie wasn't NC-17 (which I agree, Scorsese totally got a pass by the MPAA because it's Scorsese. No one else would've gotten this cut through without an NC-17). Lame.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #18482 on:** December 26, 2013, 08:09:54 PM »

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #18483 on:** December 26, 2013, 08:40:20 PM »

Quote from: Mamacint on December 26, 2013, 05:58:31 PM

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #18484 on:** December 26, 2013, 09:33:18 PM »

Quote from: Oscar the Grouch on December 26, 2013, 09:26:36 PM

why

now the real pain begins, danny-boy

Tasty · « **Reply #18485 on:** December 26, 2013, 09:35:51 PM »

Barry Egan · « **Reply #18486 on:** December 26, 2013, 09:44:08 PM »

these knock-offs make huge bank. huge.

Tasty · « **Reply #18487 on:** December 26, 2013, 09:45:04 PM »

For the record, my vid isn't actually a real movie.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #18488 on:** December 26, 2013, 09:56:02 PM »

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #18489 on:** December 26, 2013, 10:01:35 PM »

breaking wind is pretty clever

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #18490 on:** December 26, 2013, 10:02:27 PM »

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #18491 on:** December 26, 2013, 10:04:40 PM »

Bebpo · « **Reply #18492 on:** December 27, 2013, 03:28:18 AM »

Inside Llewyn Davis

Man, and here I thought A Serious Man was gonna go down as the Coen Brother's most minimalist, bleak and obscure film. I liked ILD a lot, and there's a lot of depth to it. Does a good job with the main guy's tale and does a really GREAT job portraying Greenwhich Village Folk Scene right before the Folk Scene hit it big. Really authentic poor starving artists background to the tale. The music was really nice and the cinematography has this fairy tale like soft look that works considering it's christmas and NYC in the snow and the story even has a hint of Mr. Grinch in it. Some good performances too. Carey Mulligan chews scenery in her brief screen time. She spits anger like only a damn fine actress can. Oscar Isaac is great too and this is definitely his breakout role (and his hair looks SO MUCH BETTER in the movie than he looks in real life where he just looks like a generic fit dude [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1209966/?ref_=nmmd_md_nm]).

It's not really a movie that instantly hits you as fantastic, like Wolf of Wall Street, but the more you think about it the better it gets. Really liked it, but I love like every Coen Brothers' film, so I'm a bit biased. Been a good week seeing two of my favorite directors (Scorsese & Coen) films back to back. If only my other favorite director's film was opening now, instead of in April (Wes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel).

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #18493 on:** December 27, 2013, 10:04:52 AM »

Saw 7 Psychopaths, then went and watched In Bruges. I enjoyed both of them, but preferred the quieter weirdness of In Bruges. I hope Colin Farrell continues this path of wanting to act again, as he was quite good in both. Ralph Fiennes' In Bruges character was tripping me out

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #18494 on:** December 27, 2013, 07:47:26 PM »

Both really good, but yeah, In Bruges is definitely superior. Like you said, quiet weirdness vs straight up insanity.

Eric P · « **Reply #18495 on:** December 28, 2013, 10:01:14 PM »

Just watched Pac Rim and absolutely loved it. The people were ehhhhhhhhhh but the monster / robot scenes were aces. Loved the HK sequence. I giggled like mad throughout.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #18496 on:** December 28, 2013, 10:24:12 PM »

Tried to see Frozen this afternoon and it was sold out, wtf? Checked BoxofficeMojo and it was #1 on Friday. Dat Disney magic.

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #18497 on:** December 28, 2013, 10:27:41 PM »

It's good but not amazing. The first 30 minutes are kind of a clusterfuck of broadway songs.

I really scratch my head at the dudes in the GAF thread that have went and seen it 5-6 times already.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #18498 on:** December 31, 2013, 01:19:19 PM »

So Ridley Scott is directing a movie out next year with Christian Bale as Moses:

Apparently, 2014 is the year of Bible movies, between this, Aranofsky's Noah, and some smug white hipster Jesus movie all coming out.

Diunx · « **Reply #18499 on:** December 31, 2013, 03:08:34 PM »

And all starring white men.

Raban · « **Reply #18500 on:** December 31, 2013, 03:48:22 PM »

This white-washing shit got old years ago, shame that it keeps happening.

How is a cracker from Wales gonna play a nicca from Egypt? Hollywood has no respect.

Mupepe · « **Reply #18501 on:** January 01, 2014, 06:05:01 PM »

Bro its supposed to be funny.

but I agree on a lot of things. Its really uneven but I still enjoyed it. It feels like a cheap imitation of a Scorsese movie. This was made even more apparent when I went to go see Wolf of Wall Street afterwards which was absolutely incredible.

Mupepe · « **Reply #18502 on:** January 01, 2014, 06:34:16 PM »

I thought SLP and The Fighter were both great but they were a lot smaller than this film in scope and it really feels like it was out of each as far as talent went. It could have been great. But I still enjoyed it.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #18503 on:** January 02, 2014, 01:05:21 AM »

That Arnie montage in the outside link thread made me finally check out The Last Stand.

It took like an hour for the movie to stop being a Chevy commercial.

Yeti · « **Reply #18504 on:** January 03, 2014, 12:22:12 AM »

shitty quality Guardians of the Galaxy trailer, will probably get taken down soon

Rocket Raccoon looks pretty badass

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #18505 on:** January 03, 2014, 12:29:42 AM »

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #18506 on:** January 03, 2014, 12:51:27 AM »

That's the musical selection they're going with?

Eric P · « **Reply #18507 on:** January 04, 2014, 05:37:13 PM »

hell yeah it's shitty movie day!

The Boys All Love Mandy Lane - Slasher film which kind of toys with the genre a bit. You'll see the "twist" coming from a mile away. Good characters mixed in with some really obnoxious ones makes this kind of difficult watching, but I do like that they spent a good deal of time with the characters before killing them off. Final segment doesn't make much sense. Not really suggested for casual fans of the genre as it's not the platonic ideal of the slasher genre and people who are hardcore fans of slashers may get bored long before any blood makes its way to the screen.

The Devil's Pass - Bunch of college kids go investigating a real life mystery and find all kinds of wonderful weirdness. It's a found footage film but it doesn't devolve into horrible shakeycam until the end. Not horrible but not great either. The ultimate reveal is pretty cool, even if the associated creatures are kind of eh. Not really a monster movie per se so much as it is a Sci-Fi "Bad Place" tale.

Ninja 2 - fuck yeah. lots of good fights with extended middle-distance takes and a minimum of horrific quick cuts to hide the fighter's inability to fight. GREAT final fight scene. Lots of great varied fight sequences. Definitely worth a watch if you don't mind low-budge fight films. As many of you fetishize horrible 80s action films, you should like this.

Currently watching Grabbers which is the Irish Tremors.

update Grabbers was funny in parts. pretty good comedic creature film which sadly isn't as good as Tremors. ah well

also watched People Under The Stairs which I liked and was amazed that I hadn't seen before.
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Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #18508 on:** January 04, 2014, 06:56:07 PM »

Riddick. Better than Chronicles, still sucks compared to pitch black.

bud · « **Reply #18509 on:** January 04, 2014, 09:17:44 PM »

Quote from: Mupepe on December 11, 2013, 10:47:37 AM

Saw The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug last night...

I'm so fucking torn. It was a good movie in its own right. But you can really see in this one where they're stretching themselves thin for 3 movies. Though I honestly believe if you're not familiar with the book it won't bother you or you won't care. But so much of it is so unnecessary and they skip over things in the book that they actually could have expanded upon for just completely made up portions of the story. It got a great reaction from the crowd though. Smaug was really, really well done. His voice, the animation, his design. Incredible. They brought him to life better than I could have imagined. The pacing is uneven. But it's PJ so is anyone surprised? But even with that everything is extremely well done and interesting. If you liked the first Hobbit you'll like this one. Oh and the ending is a cliff hanger cock tease of epic fucking proportions. If I didn't know what happened in the book I'd be fucking pissed. I couldn't believe where they ended the movie. No resolution whatsoever for any of the story arcs.

So in short:

+Gorgeous movie
+Smaug is fucking incredible
+Nerd porn through and through
+Fun adventure
+Bombur is more than a joke in this one and redeems himself

-Uneven pacing
-Cliff hanger/awkward ending
-Rapes the fuck out of the book

Since I'm sure someone will ask. Here are some spoilers...
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They go through so much effort to shoehorn in a really unnecessary love story. That's probably the most offensive part of all the added shit. And they end the movie with Smaug flying to Lake Town. But this is after a thirty minute chase through Erebor where they run in circles and eventually cover Smaug with melted gold and really do nothing. It's a pointless chase, but it's pretty to look at.
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i actually thought the first one was visually more appealing.

very enjoyable film, though.

Eric P · « **Reply #18510 on:** January 05, 2014, 08:44:36 PM »

The Last Will And Testament of Rosalind Leigh - great little film about a man who must contend with the death of his mom. it's a film about loneliness and faith and the inability to reconcile with your folks. Not really scary, more a depressing drama but it's quite good.

A Lonely Place to Die - Hikers come across a girl who'd been kidnapped and then must contend with her kidnappers. Very grim, very violent, very cool.

A Cat In Paris - The art reminds me of Richard Sala but this is a cute little noir for kids with some lovely animation

Ghostbusters - still rulez.

Mupepe · « **Reply #18511 on:** January 05, 2014, 10:43:36 PM »

Carrie (2013) - what a steaming pile of crap. Good lord.

Huff · « **Reply #18512 on:** January 06, 2014, 10:56:11 AM »

So the Lone Survivor was pretty garb. But it had a rolling down the mountain scene on par with Hot Rods. So I guess worth it for that.

chronovore · « **Reply #18513 on:** January 08, 2014, 09:38:23 PM »

This looks great. From the director of RUBBER, WRONG COPS:

Marylin Manson

Also, live action version of Masamune Shirow's Black Magic M66:

Yeti · « **Reply #18514 on:** January 09, 2014, 12:26:45 AM »

Diunx · « **Reply #18515 on:** January 10, 2014, 01:22:03 PM »

WOWS was pretty fucking amazing! easily movie of the year and a new Scorsese classic, too bad Leo and Jonah are probably gonna be snubbed at the oscars.

Eric P · « **Reply #18516 on:** January 11, 2014, 01:45:42 PM »

Red State - surprisingly not horrible. I don't know if I'd call it a horror film though. I really liked John Goodman's character and the various Smithisms were far less annoying in the mouths of actually talented actors. Also pleasant to see the folks from Breaking Bad in this.

bud · « **Reply #18517 on:** January 11, 2014, 07:09:45 PM »

wolf of wall street is a scorsese classic. didn't think he still had it in him--it's been a while.

leo.

jonah.

margot robbie.

lemmon.

Eric P · « **Reply #18518 on:** January 11, 2014, 07:58:08 PM »

Quote from: Exodust SoulBurn on January 11, 2014, 04:05:34 PM

Meh, I thought it was OK.

surprisingly not horrible.

It's not great or anything.

I grabbed the Vincent Price Blu Ray set which includes his Poe AIP Corman films along w/ Abominable Dr Phibes and Witchfider General. Watched Pit and the Pendulum and Masque of Red Death. Totally awesome films still and Masque's color is just so beautiful on Blu Ray

Eric P · « **Reply #18519 on:** January 11, 2014, 09:41:31 PM »

I don't even think I'd call it a horror film really. It's a film with some horrific moments, but they're few and far between. I'd say it's more of a thriller.

I just finished The Objective which was directed by one of the Blair Witch Project directors. I like it. It reminds me of a Call of Cthulhu scenario. Group of soldiers are sent to go investigate something for which they're wildly unprepared and it just destroys them as a team. Not a great film by any means but it does a very nice series of reveals to build up tension as they wander further and further into this place which they should have avoided altogether.

Baiano19 · « **Reply #18520 on:** January 12, 2014, 12:43:26 AM »

Just watched Lars von Trier Nymph()maniac

Like Dogville and Melancolia I´ve watched it almost completely blind ( my GF just told me it was a LVT movie and had nudity).
That being said I could predict most of the scenes.

The setup is really bizarre, as usual with him, but kinda self aware of how crazy the events happens, which leads to a lot of funny scenes.
Nudity is an understatement, sometimes its basically a porn without the cumshot.

Stellan Skarsgard is great as usual.

watch if you like LVT previous work.

Warning BTW be ready to see a lot of flabby cocks. I am a doctor and I saw more in this movie than in my profession.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #18521 on:** January 12, 2014, 12:46:54 AM »

On this board I'd say that's more like a bat-signal than a warning

Yeti · « **Reply #18522 on:** January 12, 2014, 01:16:05 AM »

lots of flabby cocks, you say?

Tasty · « **Reply #18523 on:** January 12, 2014, 01:35:39 AM »

Came into this thread to ask whether to see Hustle or Wolf and I definitely got my answer.

I was leaning heavily towards Hustle (since I'm a Bale stan like Wrath) but pne of my Twitter peeps was raving about Wolf. After this thread, definitely gonna see Wolf (especially with all that apparent nudity

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Tasty · « **Reply #18524 on:** January 12, 2014, 01:51:27 AM »

Quote from: Exodust SoulBurn on January 12, 2014, 01:43:03 AM

Hustle is complete shit, Wolf on the other hand is awesome.

Can't wait to go to the movies Monday.

Boogie · « **Reply #18525 on:** January 12, 2014, 01:52:21 AM »

I must have missed the boat on Wolf or something.

I just came back from seeing it. And sure, I was entertained. I laughed my ass off more than probably anyone else in the theatre at some of the hijinks. Some of the writing was great, and the performances were certainly amazing, but as a whole, I dunno, the whole thing came across as a bit of a mess to me. And definitely too long.

also, yeah, probably the most nudity I've ever seen in a mainstream flick.

Boogie · « **Reply #18526 on:** January 12, 2014, 01:53:45 AM »

Quote from: Baiano19 on January 12, 2014, 12:43:26 AM

Warning BTW be ready to see a lot of flabby cocks. I am a doctor and I saw more in this movie than in my profession.

All I'm hearing is that you're clearly the wrong kind of doctor...

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #18527 on:** January 14, 2014, 05:21:29 PM »

Her was great. I love when a movie can create a believable sci-fi future.

Steve Contra · « **Reply #18528 on:** January 14, 2014, 05:31:50 PM »

Quote from: Boogie on January 12, 2014, 01:52:21 AM

Some of the writing was great, and the performances were certainly amazing, but as a whole, I dunno, the whole thing came across as a bit of a mess to me. And definitely too long.

Sounds like a Scorsese flick to me. Not sure what you were expecting.

Mupepe · « **Reply #18529 on:** January 14, 2014, 05:58:27 PM »

Watched Hansel and Gretel (2013) last night and it was surprisingly entertaining. Really stupid, but pretty self aware and silly. Not a bad way to waste 90 minutes.

chronovore · « **Reply #18530 on:** January 14, 2014, 07:05:20 PM »

Quote from: Mupepe on January 14, 2014, 05:58:27 PM

Watched Hansel and Gretel (2013) last night and it was surprisingly entertaining. Really stupid, but pretty self aware and silly. Not a bad way to waste 90 minutes.

I've been waffling on that one for ages. Thanks for the recommendation.

Steve Contra · « **Reply #18531 on:** January 14, 2014, 07:06:00 PM »

It's truly, truly awful.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #18532 on:** January 14, 2014, 07:38:58 PM »

Keep in mind Mupepe likes Lady in the Water.

Steve Contra · « **Reply #18533 on:** January 14, 2014, 07:40:17 PM »

Quote from: CajoleJuice on January 14, 2014, 07:38:58 PM

Keep in mind Mupepe likes Lady in the Water.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #18534 on:** January 14, 2014, 09:03:08 PM »

Watched StarShip Troopers which I hadn't seen since it originally came out. I didn't especially like it back then and its only aged badly since then imo.

The Verhoeven charm isn't enough to lift the flick. And the cast is absolutely awful but not in a great awful way like Total Recall.

Steve Contra · « **Reply #18535 on:** January 14, 2014, 09:17:49 PM »

Starship Troopers

tiesto · « **Reply #18536 on:** January 14, 2014, 09:21:42 PM »

Quote from: BobFromPikeCreek on January 14, 2014, 05:21:29 PM

Her was great. I love when a movie can create a believable sci-fi future.

I couldn't really get into the love story aspect of it, but I love how believable the setting was in the movie...

Mupepe · « **Reply #18537 on:** January 14, 2014, 09:50:27 PM »

Quote from: CajoleJuice on January 14, 2014, 07:38:58 PM

Keep in mind Mupepe likes Lady in the Water.

haven't seen it in ages, so I'm not sure anymore. But I stand by my old opinion! Great concept, bad execution.

hansel and Gretel is just (really) dumb fun.

chronovore · « **Reply #18538 on:** January 14, 2014, 11:30:25 PM »

Quote from: CajoleJuice on January 14, 2014, 07:38:58 PM

Keep in mind Mupepe likes Lady in the Water.

I also liked Lady in the Water, so...

Mupepe · « **Reply #18539 on:** January 15, 2014, 10:17:09 AM »

Quote from: chronovore on January 14, 2014, 11:30:25 PM

Quote from: CajoleJuice on January 14, 2014, 07:38:58 PM
Keep in mind Mupepe likes Lady in the Water.

I also liked Lady in the Water, so...

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