[sonic sphere]

 

[!@#$%!]

almost forgot, during the past few weeks of holiday disruption i watched this:

 

the grey

mang, there may be a few preposterous moments here like in any movie, and it's a bit of a fantastic scenario when you think about it, but this was GREAT FUN, especially considering it is a mainstream hollywood movie, and the more time passes the better it looks in retrospective. check it out.

[afterthefact]

Originally Posted by !@#$%!

almost forgot, during the past few weeks of holiday disruption i watched this:

 

the grey

mang, there may be a few preposterous moments here like in any movie, and it's a bit of a fantastic scenario when you think about it, but this was GREAT FUN, especially considering it is a mainstream hollywood movie, and the more time passes the better it looks in retrospective. check it out.

Good to know, since it's been in my Netflix queue forever, and I always look at it and think, "mmm... later."

[Murmer99]

Originally Posted by afterthefact

I always look at it and think, "mmm... later."

This. I'm expecting to feel the same about it as I did for "Taken" (also starring Neeson). Solid mainstream film but nothing too special. I definitely want to watch it though...

[tw2113]

not in order:
Toy Soldiers
Dead Poet's Society
The Chocolate War
Ghostbusters 1 & 2
Sucker Punch

[Murmer99]

 

[Bertrand]

Quentin Dupieux's Rubber.

It is all about a tire that rolls over and flattens a plastic bottle, a spider, a scorpio, attempts to smash a bottle, realizes it can not, then uses some form of power, manages its destruction. Then it moves on to killing birds, dogs and human beings, as your regular serial killer, til it falls in love with a good looking girl the police will use as a lure.

It is strange, and progressively really funny, and colors and the use of music are a treat.

[LifeDistortion]

I'm eager to see more from Dupieux. He's like a dark humorist version of David Lynch. I've not seen his follow up for "Rubber", "Wrong", but its apparently just as odd.

[Genteel Death]

Night and Fog (2009)

 

[h8kurdt]

 

Just what I needed last night. William Powells delivery of his lines is so dry and droll and yet it's humour doesn't get lost. Only afterwards do I find out that Johnny frigging Depp is going to be a remake of it. WATADICK.

 

And Dr Strangelove is on tv right now. Well whatmre is there to say? It's Kubrick, dammit. And the more I watch it the more I think it's probably my fav by him.

[afterthefact]

Originally Posted by h8kurdt

 

And Dr Strangelove is on tv right now. Well whatmre is there to say? It's Kubrick, dammit. And the more I watch it the more I think it's probably my fav by him.

My favorite by him too. Dr. Strangelove is a movie that I don't have to necessarily be in the mood for; I can watch it at anytime. There are only a few movies like that for me.

[Trama]

 

[evollove]

Originally Posted by !@#$%!

almost forgot, during the past few weeks of holiday disruption i watched this:

 

the grey

aka, One Fucking Thing After Another

I saw it based on everyone's recommendation.

I want my money back.

Actually I think folks overpraised it here. It was okay. But a disappointment after all the praise.

I got a thrill when a wolf would come out of nowhere and snatch a guy from the frame.

Other than that, the existential crisis of Liam's very dull character has been better served in literature written a hundred years ago.

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HITCHCOCK- It was an okay, well-acted, glossy bio-pic. Yet considering the source, it sucked. I mean, it's a film about a great filmmaker, so show some respect and imagination. Instead, we get a cookie-cutter flick about an artist who bucks the system while dealing with personal problems and comes out on top. You've seen it before.

Also, Hopkins' makeup is absolutely grotesque after 10 minutes. I swear, it looks to be damn near falling off at one point.

[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by evollove

aka, One Fucking Thing After Another

I saw it based on everyone's recommendation.

I want my money back.

Actually I think folks overpraised it here. It was okay. But a disappointment after all the praise.

I got a thrill when a wolf would come out of nowhere and snatch a guy from the frame.

Other than that, the existential crisis of Liam's very dull character has been better served in literature written a hundred years ago.

weh!-ll... of course everything has been better served in literature ages ago. thematically at least. visually it's another story. so that point is kind of moot. this isn't life-altering cinema, but for a mainstream dose of entertainment it's pretty good-- certainly better than anything else in the redbox machine that day. entertainment.

[batreleaser]

I saw Zero Dark Thirty. Very good. Worth the praise, might see it again.

Other night watched Half Nelson again. I kinda like how that movie kinda just happens and nothing is learned or solved. It ends with the cute little black girl choosing her crack addict history teacher role model over her drug dealing guy who makes her deal drug role model. Gosling shaves his beard. He might clean up, he probably won't. I like when movies end how life more or less is. Nothing is resolved. It just goes on.

[demonrail666]

Originally Posted by Trama

 

I love that film. The bit in the Chinese restaurant is classic.

[pokkeherrie]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20971857
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20984544

[evollove]

Originally Posted by !@#$%!

weh!-ll... of course everything has been better served in literature ages ago. thematically at least. visually it's another story. so that point is kind of moot. this isn't life-altering cinema, but for a mainstream dose of entertainment it's pretty good-- certainly better than anything else in the redbox machine that day. entertainment.

Oh. I didn't get that.

See, I think most Hollywood films are "good." Well made, well acted, good enough conflict for 90 minutes. My mistake to expect more.

You're right though. Lovely scenery. (Although I was wondering why Liam took the part. Even if he loved the script, filming in the cold must really suck. Unless it was all a soundstage, in which case give an Oscar to the art department.)

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LIVING END- Amazing how a film can be poorly made on nearly every technical level, yet still total to a great flick.


Can someone hip me to more "real" indie cinema of the late 80s, early 90s? Pretend I already know about Jarmusch, Soderbergh, van Sants and Reservoir Dogs. I wanna get really indie. Nothing before 1985 and nothing past 1993 please. I think I'll check out gas, food, lodging later.

[Murmer99]

Originally Posted by evollove

LIVING END- Amazing how a film can be poorly made on nearly every technical level

Can you elaborate? just curious

[evollove]

Originally Posted by Murmer99

Can you elaborate? just curious

Oh, just the usual low/no budget flaws: bad acting for the most part, clumsy handling of action, and so on.

At the end though, I was really moved.