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CajoleJuice · « **Reply #14820 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 #14821 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 #14822 on:** July 12, 2012, 10:08:58 PM »

Red Band Dredd clip:

Emerald Band Oz trailer:

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #14823 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 #14824 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 #14825 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 #14826 on:** July 13, 2012, 01:38:30 AM »

Holy shitty CGI batman!

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #14827 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

Philip Cardgage · « **Reply #14828 on:** July 13, 2012, 08:56:56 AM »

Yeah Dredd looks awesome. But CG blood

cool breeze · « **Reply #14829 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 #14830 on:** July 13, 2012, 09:00:05 AM »

I hope that slowmo was exclusive to that scene

Eric P · « **Reply #14831 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 #14832 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 #14833 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 #14834 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 #14835 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.

Philip Cardgage · « **Reply #14836 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.

Diunx · « **Reply #14837 on:** July 13, 2012, 02:11:22 PM »

iconoclast · « **Reply #14838 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 #14839 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 #14840 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.

Mupepe · « **Reply #14841 on:** July 13, 2012, 10:34:28 PM »

What's the verdict on The Roost? I'm in the mood for some Ti West and I've never seen it.

Cindi Mayweather · « **Reply #14842 on:** July 13, 2012, 10:37:26 PM »

watch spider-man with me, mups you fucking cunt

Enl · « **Reply #14843 on:** July 13, 2012, 10:52:55 PM »

Quote from: Mupepe on July 13, 2012, 10:34:28 PM

What's the verdict on The Roost? I'm in the mood for some Ti West and I've never seen it.

Depends on your mindset as to whether or not you can handle something really low budget. For the miniscule budget that he had for his first film I thought it was a good first effort. It still has his eye for old fashion style pacing and has a few fun moments (mainly with the Cryptkeeper-esque storyteller played by Tom Noonan) and the suspense is well done. I felt it was a worth a watch just to see how far he's come as a director.

Mupepe · « **Reply #14844 on:** July 13, 2012, 11:49:01 PM »

Quote from: Stringer Bell on July 13, 2012, 10:37:26 PM

watch spider-man with me, mups you fucking cunt

I saw it on July 4th homeboy!

Mupepe · « **Reply #14845 on:** July 13, 2012, 11:49:28 PM »

Quote from: Enl on July 13, 2012, 10:52:55 PM

Quote from: Mupepe on July 13, 2012, 10:34:28 PM
What's the verdict on The Roost? I'm in the mood for some Ti West and I've never seen it.

Depends on your mindset as to whether or not you can handle something really low budget. For the miniscule budget that he had for his first film I thought it was a good first effort. It still has his eye for old fashion style pacing and has a few fun moments (mainly with the Cryptkeeper-esque storyteller played by Tom Noonan) and the suspense is well done. I felt it was a worth a watch just to see how far he's come as a director.

Sweet. I don't mind low budget so I'll give it a shot tonight

HyperZoneWasAwesome · « **Reply #14846 on:** July 14, 2012, 04:01:37 AM »

On the Stephen Chow recommendations...

All for the Winner, his blockbuster spoof of the then ubiquitous "cool-ass gambler" genre is pretty damn great. Its even nice enough to contextualize some of its gags, which is very handy. It also set the blueprint for many of Chow's future starring efforts.

King of Comedy has the best John Woo spoof ever, as well as some pretty damn brilliant non sequiters. Its a little heavy on the melodrama, but if you've seen any decent amount of Canto-cinema you should be inured to it by now.

The God of Cookery is the second best (Tsui Hark's classic The Chinese Feast wins out) Iron Chef-esque movie ever made and is a damn riot to boot.

and there's more great stuff in his career, but I still need to dig more.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #14847 on:** July 14, 2012, 09:13:40 AM »

God of Cookery is a great movie.

TEEEPO · « **Reply #14848 on:** July 14, 2012, 09:37:27 AM »

easily my favorite stephen chow film.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #14849 on:** July 14, 2012, 09:54:27 AM »

Quote from: TEEEPO on July 14, 2012, 09:37:27 AM

easily my favorite stephen chow film.

I'd say it's definitely Top 3, along with Shaolin Soccer and Forbidden City Cop.

naff · « **Reply #14850 on:** July 14, 2012, 01:23:14 PM »

Girl with a dragon tattoo - thought the beginning was pretty weak, and there were a lot of sloppy scenes. One that made me really laugh was mikael investigating, reading through some documents highlighting specific lines cut with pages turning, then back to highlighting important parts of he document except he's just highlighting consecutive line after line on the same page like a bored student

overall a very affecting good thriller though.

Batman begins - don't know why I didn't watch this area ago. Great flick.

So Hugo's actually good in 3d? Heard bad things about it from friends but I was looking for a new 3d film t o try out since I hardly ever use the 3d on my tv. Thought tintin was pretty bad, I had a little fun with it but wouldn't watch again, was going to wait for avengers but for all the big effects and solid direction i still found it pretty sterile and boring and god damn Robert downey Jr is a douche.

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #14851 on:** July 14, 2012, 05:33:04 PM »

Actually found Ted funny. The banter between Wahlberg and Ted is great and yet it wasn't as indulgent as it could have been (basing this off of what I've seen from Family Guy).

Verdigris Murder · « **Reply #14852 on:** July 14, 2012, 05:40:17 PM »

Quote from: quietID on July 14, 2012, 01:23:14 PM

Batman begins - don't know why I didn't watch this area ago. Great flick.

So Hugo's actually good in 3d? Heard bad things about it from friends but I was looking for a new 3d film to try out since I hardly ever use the 3d on my tv. Thought tintin was pretty bad, I had a little fun with it but wouldn't watch again, was going to wait for avengers but for all the big effects and solid direction i still found it pretty sterile and boring and god damn Robert downey Jr is a douche.

Every time I think about Batman Begins the videogame similarities just are so huge. The whole film is basically the best vg adaptation so far.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #14853 on:** July 14, 2012, 06:58:53 PM »

Batman Begins would have been better if Batman wasn't in it

iconoclast · « **Reply #14854 on:** July 14, 2012, 07:21:46 PM »

God of Cookery is probably my least favorite Stephen Chow movie. I just didn't think it was as funny as his other stuff, and the whole cooking theme isn't particularly interesting to me. I still liked it though - all of his movies are good. I'd probably rank them like this: Shaolin Soccer > Kung Fu Hustle > King of Comedy > Love on Delivery > From Beijing With Love > Forbidden City Cop > God of Cookery.

I also think Love on Delivery is a little underrated, compared to his other movies. I loved this scene in particular: #t=19m10s. It's so obvious that everything's going to go poorly for him, but I still thought it was hilarious. And the Garfield stuff is so good.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #14855 on:** July 14, 2012, 09:44:33 PM »

Quote from: Robo 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.

IRA 'soldier'?

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #14856 on:** July 15, 2012, 02:09:58 AM »

Robo showing his true colors

Eric P · « **Reply #14857 on:** July 15, 2012, 09:03:42 AM »

a local movie theater is going all in on Batman this week. Looks like 8 screens devoted to it or so

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BlueTsunami · « **Reply #14858 on:** July 15, 2012, 09:09:24 AM »

Holy Crap

I'm def' gonna watch it at IMAX

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #14859 on:** July 15, 2012, 09:31:08 AM »

I really want to go to a midnight showing, but I also don't want to wait in line for hours and fight through a massive crowd. $:-\$

cool breeze · « **Reply #14860 on:** July 15, 2012, 11:00:26 AM »

yeah, I don't really like the midnight showings. It's never been the best environment to see the film and the people are crazy (sometimes in a good way). I just got tickets for Friday.

Momo · « **Reply #14861 on:** July 15, 2012, 12:19:04 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on July 15, 2012, 09:31:08 AM

I really want to go to a midnight showing, but I also don't want to wait in line for hours and fight through a massive crowd. $:-\$

Im watching it Wednesday 6PM, I have had much success with this method with Prometheus and Avengers.

Diunx · « **Reply #14862 on:** July 15, 2012, 04:14:36 PM »

Gonna have to wait till saturday 28 to see it

ManaByte · « **Reply #14863 on:** July 15, 2012, 05:19:27 PM »

Seeing it Wednesday at 7:00pm.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #14864 on:** July 15, 2012, 05:23:13 PM »

I'll get around to watching it at some point. Want to see it at Lincoln Center IMAX.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #14865 on:** July 15, 2012, 05:31:05 PM »

I don't feel like dealing with nerds and a full theater. I'll wait a week or so, like I did with TDK

Robo · « **Reply #14866 on:** July 15, 2012, 10:42:52 PM »

(I didn't know how else to phrase it. I don't think that particular aspect has very much to do with what makes it a great film, though.)

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #14867 on:** July 16, 2012, 03:32:05 AM »

I'd go for 'incarcerated terrorist' myself but yeah, soldier is very much the term his supporters would use. I've heard it's great from multiple sources so will probably check it out one of these days.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #14868 on:** July 16, 2012, 08:23:16 AM »

World's Greatest Dad was a really great black comedy and a good commentary on how people reshape the legacy of the deceased to suit their needs, be they personal or material.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #14869 on:** July 16, 2012, 08:31:37 AM »

Plus you get to see Robin Williams' cock.

Philip Cardgage · « **Reply #14870 on:** July 16, 2012, 08:55:59 AM »

Doing the Marathon Thursday.

Eric P · « **Reply #14871 on:** July 16, 2012, 09:51:32 AM »

Over the weekend I watched The Lost Bladesman a Donnie Yen movie which came out a few years ago. It was pretty amazing. Probably his best film since he resurfaced with SPL / Killzone. Everything is horrible except the martial arts though and there are times when the MA gets a little too modern (slow motion CGI etc).

also watched Hammer film The Reptile. There's a xenophobic little film for you! The bad guys are Borean snake cultists, one of whom is an actual snake person who bites a lot of white dudes, killing them. Good atmosphere, good snake person stuff, bad "drawing room" portions.

LA Story. Eh. Not as funny as when it was first released and I feel that it's certainly too much "of the moment" with the satire so it's more of a nostalgia piece than anything worth revisiting now. Also features MC Shan as a rapping waiter

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #14872 on:** July 16, 2012, 10:36:03 AM »

We should start a Borean snake cult.

Eric P · « **Reply #14873 on:** July 16, 2012, 10:43:52 AM »

ha ha

fuck

wait you mean we haven't?

Enl · « **Reply #14874 on:** July 16, 2012, 04:55:36 PM »

Thomas Jane returns as The Punisher... in a short film.

NSFW

Yeti · « **Reply #14875 on:** July 16, 2012, 10:34:03 PM »

That was pretty awesome

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #14876 on:** July 17, 2012, 12:07:03 AM »

two thumbs up - i guess he's angling to do more?

The Sceneman · « **Reply #14877 on:** July 17, 2012, 12:10:04 AM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on July 14, 2012, 09:13:40 AM

God of Cookery is a great movie.

love Sik San

have you seen 60 Million Dollar Man? It's one of my fave Chow movies

and the whole thing is on youtube

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #14878 on:** July 17, 2012, 12:49:13 AM »

Quote from: The Sceneman on July 17, 2012, 12:10:04 AM

have you seen 60 Million Dollar Man? It's one of my fave Chow movies

I have seen it! And you're right, it is good.

Bebpo · « **Reply #14879 on:** July 18, 2012, 04:23:04 AM »

50/50

You know, not only was this very good, but it was not the kind of film I expected it to be. I thought it was going to be one of those "you gotta live your life while you can" movies, but it was actually more personal and more of a well done drama about human relations. I really liked it.

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