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Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #14760 on:** July 04, 2012, 03:25:12 AM »

Why go to a Wes Anderson flick if you don't like him anymore? I mean I don't go to Tim Burton or Johny Depp movies anymore for exactly that reason.

Anyhoo.

5 Year Engagement.

The rom com you can take your lady too and have more laughs then her.

patrickula · « **Reply #14761 on:** July 04, 2012, 03:07:27 PM »

I liked the last few Wes Anderson movies enough for them to be at least worth seeing (before Moonrise), and I've held out hope that he'd really excel again. Various positive reactions to Moonrise Kingdom increased my interest also.

And I saw it for free thanks to a friend's extra passes.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #14762 on:** July 05, 2012, 02:57:41 AM »

Since people have seen Spidey now, and it's the 4th of July...

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I think it's time to salute the Great Noo Yawk Brotherhood of Crane Operators

no, what a lot of cheese

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Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #14763 on:** July 05, 2012, 03:00:08 AM »

You're off the hook Patrickula, for now.

EmCeeGrammar · « **Reply #14764 on:** July 05, 2012, 04:39:54 AM »

Transfomers 3 is on netflix steaming.
Was motherfucking pathetically lol.
I would compare it to playing music so loud the speakers can't handle it and whatever sound is coming out is just a blair of obnoxious screeching. It really is mere noise. Oh and they made it so the robots bleed red now.

Philip Cardgage · « **Reply #14765 on:** July 05, 2012, 10:07:24 AM »

Watched the Straw Dogs remake.

Was structured pretty well, kept most of the plot subtle with the exception of the coach character who was over the top (James Woods? Weird.)

Mupepe · « **Reply #14766 on:** July 05, 2012, 10:31:31 AM »

Quote from: mojovonio on July 05, 2012, 10:07:24 AM

Watched the Straw Dogs remake.

Was structured pretty well, kept most of the plot subtle with the exception of the coach character who was over the top (James Woods? Weird.)

I was really surprised by how much I liked this remake. I didn't particularly care for the trailers but it was a pretty good movie.

The Amazing Spiderman
Liked it a lot more than the Raimi ones but I never cared much for them. Worth seeing even though the lizard is The Goblin, schizophrenia and all.

Ted
I can't stand Seth Macfarlane but this was actually a good movie. The plot was well conceived and executed. A lot of the humor was too family guy-ish for me, but there were a surprising amount of laughs. I really liked it.

cool breeze · « **Reply #14767 on:** July 05, 2012, 11:39:22 AM »

Quote from: Cormacaroni on July 05, 2012, 02:57:41 AM

Since people have seen Spidey now, and it's the 4th of July...

spoiler (click to show/hide)
I think it's time to salute the Great Noo Yawk Brotherhood of Crane Operators

no, what a lot of cheese

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haha

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it managed to out cheese those moments from the Raimi movies.

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Bebpo · « **Reply #14768 on:** July 07, 2012, 01:45:29 AM »

Beasts of the Southern Wild

Really good personal film. The script (which was based off a stage play) is fantastic and the child actor and her father are SO GOOD. The film really develops the relationship between the two in a very authentic and touching way. The musical score was great and so were the GIANT DINOSAUR BOARS. As a tale of a little girl living in the bayou, the film is a great adventure.

ManaByte · « **Reply #14769 on:** July 07, 2012, 11:19:32 AM »

Quote from: Mupepe on July 05, 2012, 10:31:31 AM

The Amazing Spiderman
Liked it a lot more than the Raimi ones but I never cared much for them. Worth seeing even though the lizard is The Goblin, schizophrenia and all.

Well that's sort of how the Modern Lizard is in the comics, especially recently. The Lizard in the movie had the look of the Ditko Lizard, but the personality of the modern McFarlane Lizard. And a majority of the Spidey villains are the scientists the go nuts and schizo. They need to do Mysterio in one of the movies.

I've seen it twice now (only paid for it once though) and it makes the Raimi movies look like made-for-ABC Family TV movies.

fart · « **Reply #14770 on:** July 07, 2012, 11:20:20 AM »

what the hell? you let manabyte on here?

Q: DO YOU STILL BELIEVE IN ALIENS?!?!?!

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #14771 on:** July 07, 2012, 12:55:28 PM »

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #14772 on:** July 07, 2012, 01:00:40 PM »

ManaByte · « **Reply #14773 on:** July 07, 2012, 01:42:57 PM »

They're going to need to hand out tissue packets and lotion at the Warner panel next Saturday.

Momo · « **Reply #14774 on:** July 07, 2012, 02:00:36 PM »

I actually read that just dont care enough for marvel to be a part of this conversation

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #14775 on:** July 07, 2012, 02:35:31 PM »

watching Transformers 3

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #14776 on:** July 07, 2012, 03:32:15 PM »

So when will we finally get to see Clown 9 in a Spider-Man movie?

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #14777 on:** July 07, 2012, 03:41:08 PM »

Quote from: fistfulofmetal on July 07, 2012, 02:35:31 PM

watching Transformers 3

I assumed when people said this was a bad movie that it was just because it was super dumb. But NOPE. The way this movie goes from scene to scene is so very awful. The entire first hour is like a collection of scenes that make absolutely no sense. I'm just sitting here puzzled wondering 'WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?' 'WHAT IS GOING ON?' WHO IS THAT?' there's no logic to how it proceeds.

Then the big action finale starts and it goes on and on and on and on and it ends up being boring because it's not building up to anything. It's like a mini movie inside this movie.

They seriously had no idea how to end this movie. Optimus just fights, loses. Then Megatron saves the day? And challenges Optimus. Then Optimus puts him down like a bitch. Then there's a huge and a kiss and the movie ends.

UGH and this was supposed to be BETTER than the last one?

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #14778 on:** July 07, 2012, 03:57:08 PM »

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

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #14779 on:** July 07, 2012, 05:15:58 PM »

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

Eric P · « **Reply #14780 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

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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.

Cindi Mayweather · « **Reply #14781 on:** July 07, 2012, 11:11:50 PM »

oscar

Eric P · « **Reply #14782 on:** July 07, 2012, 11:14:00 PM »

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

Diunx · « **Reply #14783 on:** July 07, 2012, 11:15:19 PM »

BONEEEEEER!!!

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #14784 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 #14785 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 #14786 on:** July 08, 2012, 12:54:30 AM »

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

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #14787 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 #14788 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 #14789 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 #14790 on:** July 08, 2012, 11:17:18 AM »

I have sucker punch on blu ray, never watched it

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #14791 on:** July 08, 2012, 12:02:56 PM »

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

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #14792 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 #14793 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 #14794 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 #14795 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 #14796 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 #14797 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 #14798 on:** July 08, 2012, 11:21:22 PM »

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

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #14799 on:** July 09, 2012, 12:20:47 PM »

Momo · « **Reply #14800 on:** July 09, 2012, 01:29:03 PM »

These people need to be taught a lesson.

Eric P · « **Reply #14801 on:** July 09, 2012, 01:55:00 PM »

what a weird ass career trajectory that dude has had

HyperZoneWasAwesome · « **Reply #14802 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 #14803 on:** July 10, 2012, 01:30:42 AM »

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

Eric P · « **Reply #14804 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 #14805 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 #14806 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 #14807 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 #14808 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 #14809 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

Quote

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 #14810 on:** July 10, 2012, 11:45:21 AM »

Angela Lansbury?

HyperZoneWasAwesome · « **Reply #14811 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 #14812 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 #14813 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 #14814 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 #14815 on:** July 12, 2012, 01:29:40 AM »

The Battle of Algiers

Holy shit.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #14816 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 #14817 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.

Philip Cardgage · « **Reply #14818 on:** July 12, 2012, 08:57:37 AM »

Started watching Another Earth.

While the movie itself is good, its made me realize I absolutely hate movies filmed with handhelds. Shaky all the time, random quick zoom ins, ugh.

cool breeze · « **Reply #14819 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.

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