I still really wish it would have ended with the kid at the bottom of the sea begging for the blue fairy to make him a real boy.

Would have been one of the best endings ever.

Sorry Trots...

Scorecard:

A Clockwork Orange A++ my favorite movie of all time. Even the flaws are charming.
Paths of Glory: B+
Full Metal Jacket: A (the first half knocks you out but the second half is the brilliant part.)
The Shining: A-( the minus is for the people in animal costumes having sex.. totally lame and distracting from a really good climatic scene.)
Eyes Wide Shut: B+
Lolita: B- (he should of waited to make this. He had to hold back too much.)
Barry Lyndon: B (it's an big commitment to watch this and the rise and fall story seems a bit typical but I recommend it to anyone who is a fan of Kubrick.)
2001: A ( i turned it off the first few times i tried to watch it but this movie is mindblowing. Even without the trippy part.)
Dr. Strangelove: B(extra points for being so edgy during that period of time and making a strong argument against the arms race. Kubrick should of done more comedies)
AI: B+

yeah a clockwork orange is the best i agree

i've never watched paths of glory and i think i really should

Sorry Trots...

Scorecard:

A Clockwork Orange A++ my favorite movie of all time. Even the flaws are charming.
Paths of Glory: B+
Full Metal Jacket: A (the first half knocks you out but the second half is the brilliant part.)
The Shining: A-( the minus is for the people in animal costumes having sex.. totally lame and distracting from a really good climatic scene.)
Eyes Wide Shut: B+
Lolita: B- (he should of waited to make this. He had to hold back too much.)
Barry Lyndon: B (it's an big commitment to watch this and the rise and fall story seems a bit typical but I recommend it to anyone who is a fan of Kubrick.)
2001: A ( i turned it off the first few times i tried to watch it but this movie is mindblowing. Even without the trippy part.)
Dr. Strangelove: B(extra points for being so edgy during that period of time and making a strong argument against the arms race. Kubrick should of done more comedies)
AI: B+

Fear And Desire 4.0 (really awesome concept, would've liked to see him remake it with a competent cast and a better script)
The Killing 7.8
Paths of Glory 8.6
Spartacus 4.5
Lolita 6.9
Dr. Strangelove 7.9
2001 8.6
A Clockwork Orange 9.9
The Shining 8.5
Full Metal Jacket 8.2
Eyes Wide Shut 8.0

The only Kubrick films I haven't seen yet are Killer's Kiss and Barry Lyndon.
Will rectify that soooon.

jesus christ this thread is ruined

that whole boring ass conversation was a set up so we get the chance to see gossamers douchebag ratings of kubrik movies. lordy lordy lordy.

OH NOES THE THREAD IS RUINED!!!!!111

Shoot Em Up 11.4/10

i bet gossamer likes vincent gallo. which would negate any scene points added from kubrick love.

who the fuck does he think he's fooling with that obnoxious feigned interest in what other people think, anyway.

hey trots what are you still doing in here?

i thought this thread was ruined?

better go make a new movies thread.

:banging:

what would it matter you'll post in it, an utterly boring list of every scorsese movie with percentile ratings to the nearest thousandth of a percentage point next to it after having a vapid bs session with some fuckwit tool that doesn't get what a completely self-centered prat you are

why oh why can't i break your hands

what would it matter you'll post in it, an utterly boring list of every scorsese movie with percentile ratings to the nearest thousandth of a percentage point next to it after having a vapid bs session with some fuckwit tool that doesn't get what a completely self-centered prat you are

why oh why can't i break your hands

The Departed 8.912
Gangs of New York 8.334
Bringing Out The Dead 7.955
Casino 7.167
Cape Fear 6.000
Goodfellas 9.000
Raging Bull 8.145
Taxi Driver 8.598

Is there any other director you'd like me to do trots?

marc anthony was a really awesome actor in bringing out the dead.

I really like Bringing out the Dead.
It's one of the few Nick Cage movies I can actually stand him in.
(another is Matchstick Men)

I think there needs to be more movies about paramedics.
That seems like the craziest fucking job on the planet.

nobody asked you

marc anthony was a really awesome actor in bringing out the dead.

he was okay. i could smell him through the internet. even though the movie was good, nick cage is still pretty insufferable. ving rhames, john goodman and tom sizemore make it fun. arquette is kinda...eh. good movie though.

Matchstick Men is a really solid flick that I always forget about for some reason.

I'd probably give it a 7.9

i will have to watch bringing out the dead.

mean streets bored the hell out of me, though.

knowing A

this movie is actually pretty damn great. ok so it was incredibly predictable. but it has one of the best sifi plots i have seen in a long time, it also loses points because cage is no actor, but the predictability and cage did not really take away from the kick assness of this movie, and the plane crash might even be better than the one in cast away

nic cage either does really shitty movies or awesome ones. no happy medium.

and everyone knows 2001 is the best kubrick film.

having goss on ignore really ruined page 175 of this thread.

nic cage either does really shitty movies or awesome ones. no happy medium.

i think he's shitty in all his movies, despite some of the movies he's in being good. :).

Have you seen vampires kiss nairb? He's fucking hilarious in that

ugh Knowing is pure crap.

what a terrible movie.

the only good things about it were the fx in the plane crash and the subway crash

hi shaunna.

Here's my rating of Danny Boyle films just for you trots.

Slumdog Millionaire 8.5
Sunshine 6.4
Millions 5.8
28 Days Later 9.5
The Beach 8.3
Trainspotting 6.9
Shallow Grave 6.3

Have you seen vampires kiss nairb? He's fucking hilarious in that

i havent, but now i will based on your recommend :) i mean, i do like raising arizona and wild at heart, but there is just something about HIM that drives me nuts. his half drunk, i'm on LUUUUUDES demeanor. plenty of movies ive liked with him in it though, i just always cringe in the same way i would at george clooney playing himself in almost every movie, and christian slater... i can appreciate him though. and i fucking love george clooney, but dude plays the same guy in almost everything. head down. eyes up.

Here's some Clint Eastwood too.

Gran Torino 3.5
Changeling 7.1
Million Dollar Baby 7.0
Mystic River 7.7
Unforgiven 8.6

Tarantino:

Death Proof 5.0
Kill Bill Vol. 1 8.3
Kill Bill Vol. 2 8.0
Jackie Brown 6.5
Pulp Fiction 9.6
Reservoir Dogs 8.3

so, how full of yourself are you, really?

Coen Bros:

Burn After Reading 7.5
No Country For Old Men 9.5
The Lady Killers 6.4
The Man Who Wasn't There 7.0
O Brother, Where Art Thou? 7.5
The Big Lebowski 9.0
Fargo 7.6
Miller's Crossing 5.0
Raising Arizona 7.2
Blood Simple 4.5

Paul Thomas Anderson:

There Will Be Blood 9.4
Punch-Drunk Love 7.4
Magnolia 8.8
Boogie Nights 6.9

Alfred Hitchcock:

The Birds 7.7
Psycho 8.2
North By Northwest 8.4
Vertigo 8.6
The Trouble With Harry 7.2
Rear Window 7.8
Spellbound 7.7

definitely need to check out some more Hitchcock.

Polanski:

The Pianist 8.2
Death And The Maiden 6.5
The Tenant 8.0
Chinatown 8.0
Rosemary's Baby 9.0
Repulsion 6.6

yes, gossamer, you're full of yourself because you're spamming with your meaningless rating system review of movies, and use bullet points to "PROVE" your belief that your opinion is superior to all others. you come across as a douchebag who is full of himself, so that's what you are. my opinion of people doesn't lie. and so it was written, and so it is. fucking tool.

As much as I hated on Spielberg in the previous page, I do actually like him, just not when he's mucking up Kubrick's art.

Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 4.5
Munich 7.4
War of the Worlds 6.7
Catch Me If You Can 7.4
Minority Report 8.5
Artificial Intelligence 8.2
Saving Private Ryan 9.0
The Lost World: Jurassic Park 2 7.3
Schindler's List 8.0
Jurassic Park 7.8
Hook 7.4
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 7.9
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 6.5
E.T. 9.1
Raiders of the Lost Ark 8.7
Jaws 8.5

"from: gossamer
subject "my opinion of people doesn't lie"
yeah that makes sense.

way to be an idiot.

i don't care what you think of me and it's fun to rate movies since well IT IS a movie thread.

suck my dick"

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Gossamer Self Esteem 0.5
Gossamer Ability to Comprehend "My Opinion of People Doesn't Lie" in Context 1.0
Gossamer Douchery 10.0

finger my ass.

waaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh

waaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh

i'm glad you can pick up on what you sound like.

his half drunk, i'm on LUUUUUDES demeanor.

i take it back, dont watch vampires kiss

Robert Rodriguez:

Planet Terror 5.0
Sin City 8.5
The Faculty 7.1
From Dusk Till Dawn 7.3
Desperado 7.4
El Mariachi 7.2

i take it back, dont watch vampires kiss

i'll just have to get stoned and enjoy it, like i had to for con air :D

Sam Mendes:

Revolutionary Road 7.9
Jarhead 7.0
Road to Perdition 7.4
American Beauty 9.6

Fincher:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 7.5
Zodiac 8.9
Panic Room 5.5
Fight Club 9.0
Se7en 8.0

Christopher Nolan:

The Dark Knight 8.1
The Prestige 7.6
Batman Begins 6.9
Insomnia 7.7
Memento 8.7

balls out B

i was looking for a stupid light hearted comedy. this movie is stupid and light hearted, but not terribly funny so i give it a B now off to wwatch two depressing films grades to come

Fincher:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 7.5
Zodiac 8.9
Panic Room 5.5
Fight Club 9.0
Se7en 8.0

Fincher is my second favorite director

Fight Club - 2nd favorite movie of all time A+. I love how a lot of critics changed their tune on this one. Notoriously Entertainment Weekly giving the movie a D rating but the DVD got an A rating.
Se7en - Kevin Spacey is awesome in this A
Panic Room - unoffensive thriller B-
Zodiac - a tad long but well done. B
Benjamin button - god awful forrest gump-lite bs. D-.
Alien 3 - haven't seen it in my adult life but I didn't like it much back then.
The Game - underrated gem. A-

planet terror was so good

what are peoples thoughts on the alien quadrilogy?

i've never seen any of them, but considering their directors i'm sure they must be essential viewing. is the fourth one completely forgettable?

the first two are great

the first two are great

yeah just watch the first 2 and forget the rest ever existed

you know treat then as if they where bumface

my dad got this whole weekend off so were gonna watch transformers 2 and terminator salvation now because i got really good copies of them.

transformers is going to suck but whatev, he's excited.

our 60 inch tv is amazing

our 60 inch tv is amazing

i don't think watching shitty, compressed, low resolution video on a sixty inch tv would be amazing.

and i fucking love george clooney, but dude plays the same guy in almost everything. head down. eyes up.

Ulysses everett mcgill is a pretty classic performance though

that movie sucked

nobody asked you

Ulysses everett mcgill is a pretty classic performance though

my favorites are that, and michael clayton, burn after reading, and that newer football one i can't remember even though google search bar is a mere click away. you know what im talkin about.

what are peoples thoughts on the alien quadrilogy?

i've never seen any of them, but considering their directors i'm sure they must be essential viewing. is the fourth one completely forgettable?

i own the quadrilogy.

i will always defend the 4th as a fun, if nonsensical, romp. until it derails at the very end.

alien3 is the worst by far. so, so boring. fincher was in way over his head and completely manhandled by the studio.

i like the style of resurrection. that same dude that did city of lost children. i dunno, i thought the look of it was awesome. the green tint.

what's funny is that i saw bits of alien resurrection first before i saw alien and i saw wynona rider bleeding milk and when that happens to Ian Holm in the first flick i was still shocked, surprised and completely "WHAT THE FUCK!?" Just something about the pacing of it and the compelling nature of wtf is Ian Holm up to/what is wrong with him just made me completely forget about the android i had seen in resurrection.

Alien is a masterwork.

just watched star trek II: the wrath of khan

cool movie, first time i'd seen it

the birds A+

i think we can all go ahead and agree hitchcock is probally the best director/ writer of all time.


and if you do not agree you are a fucking retard

nobody asked you

I found myself really interested in where the Melanie and Mitch courtship was heading before it got interrupted by those stupid never explained birds.

I found myself really interested in where the Melanie and Mitch courtship was heading before it got interrupted by those stupid never explained birds.

yeah, the movie starts out as this great funny romantic tale, and goes quickly dark.

and that scene when she is sitting in front of the monkey bars, as the birds begin to trickle in is fucking brilliant

i will always defend the 4th as a fun, if nonsensical, romp. until it derails at the very end.


yeah. i watched it again recently and this is pretty true. the script was kind of shit but the jeunet touches are nice.

i'm pretty sure Aliens is the best action movie ever.

does blade runner count as an action movie

i don't really put it in the action category. it is more like noir sci-fi eh.

cameron makes the best action movies. can't wait for Avatar. I have no clue what it's about, but I hear it will CHANGE YOUR LIFE OMG

Debaser, Ridley Scott made Alien. James Cameron made Aliens.

i don't really put it in the action category. it is more like noir sci-fi eh.

I consider it cyberpunk. I was just checking because i think BR is better than Alien.

i'm pretty sure Aliens is the best action movie ever.

cameron makes the best action movies. can't wait for Avatar. I have no clue what it's about, but I hear it will CHANGE YOUR LIFE OMG

<fdsfsaf>

both alien films are scifi/horror.

oh then my mistake he said aliens plural

i like alien a lot more

both alien films are scifi/horror.

nobody asked you what section they're in at blockbuster

yeah well you are an idiot so i though i would help you out

street kings A

I found myself really interested in where the Melanie and Mitch courtship was heading before it got interrupted by those stupid never explained birds.

:rofl:

awesome.


I don't see how the birds can be A+ though. Seriously the romance part is pure boring drivel. Oh she was a wild one in france could she possibly clean herself up to make a fit mother/wife.. oh the drama.

the rest is great though.

Public Enemies-B

i'd have to say that alien is scifi/horror and aliens is scifi/action. thats obvious amirite

i'd have to say that alien is scifi/horror and aliens is scifi/action. thats obvious amirite

of course you are right and such is common knowledge but i just ignore mojos posts because they're so dumb that i'm convinced it's just trolling

alien and aliens are just such a great and unique event in movie history where the same subject was tackled with two different approaches and each one served as a template for a whole new genre

Transformers II - C

michael bay is like a hyperactive little kid

alien and aliens are just such a great and unique event in movie history where the same subject was tackled with two different approaches and each one served as a template for a whole new genre

yeah untill all those ailen vs predator movies started comming out

the cold vacum of space will not kill and alien, but tie an anchor around it's neck and drop it in an ocean.....

zombie strippers F

i am offically out of movies to watch. what a piece of shit this was, as if you could not tell from the title, right?

they should have made an alien vs predator movie based on the original dark horse comic series. that storyline was good. way better than the dumb dreck they came up with.

i watched zombie strippers tonight too. just as fucking awesome as you'd expect

avp2 wasn't that bad. Not great, but enjoyable.

rear window - A
public enemies - A-
chinatown - A-
the squid and the whale - B+

yeah that was a pretty cool streak of movies, thoroughly enjoyed each one. the squid and the whale was produced by wes anderson and had a similar feel to some of anderson's movies but was better than any anderson movie since tenebaums. and it was very much a project of noah baumbach's anyways. i really enjoyed public enemies and i dont think chinatown nor rear window need explanations.

i think chinatown is overrated

Hellraiser: Hellworld :erm:

aliens is a major cheesefest and does not compare to alien

this may signal some kind of doomsday scenario but i agree with ATS

rear window is on my watch list for this weekend....well monday i guess

joe dante's homecomming. B+

joe dante is the man, and i thought this was a very clever short film. dead soilders comming back to life to vote bush out of office? priceless

sleepy hollow: B-

i'm a little surprised that for some reason i never really knew this was a tim burton movie, since i've seen most of his other films. enjoyed the look and feel, but for reasons i can't quite place, i lost interest about halfway through.

identity C+

it's deff the best oh no it's all a dream movies, great cast, acting. i only give it a shitty rating cause movies like this are really just a fuck you to the audience

henry v (1944) - B-

rambo 2008 A-

by far the best rambomovie, amazes me how well done it is i recomend it to action/ gore fans

i like the alien sequels, but they don't even come close and there really didn't need to be any. the first one is perfect

i mean they're good movies, but there's kind of no reason for them to be affiliated with the first one or giger's monster, other than the fact that it facilitates having sigourney weaver in them, because she's awesome

<b>Public Enemies</b> - Strong showing from Michael Mann after a rather boring Miami Vice movie. Everything's as you expect from Mann, top notch cinematography, action, pacing. Very solid all around. The cast is superb, especially Christian Bale who I was actually surprised with and it's nice to see his chops after hearing nothing but bad things about him in that stupid Terminator movie. I also really liked Stephen Lang in this as well as Stephen Graham as Baby Face Nelson and Billy Crudup as a rather creepy J. Edgar Hoover. <b>B+</b>

Miss Potter

A biopic about children's author and illustrator Beatrix Potter.

One of the, if not the easiest to follow out of any movie I've ever watched.

Pretty good. I can't complain about it.

B-

<b>Public Enemies</b> - Strong showing from Michael Mann after a rather boring Miami Vice movie. Everything's as you expect from Mann, top notch cinematography, action, pacing. Very solid all around. The cast is superb, especially Christian Bale who I was actually surprised with and it's nice to see his chops after hearing nothing but bad things about him in that stupid Terminator movie. I also really liked Stephen Lang in this as well as Stephen Graham as Baby Face Nelson and Billy Crudup as a rather creepy J. Edgar Hoover. <b>B+</b>Terminator wasn't really Bale's fault, he had nothing to do. He's quality.

phoned it in i'm sure

them B

not really a bad movie, i fuess i was just expecting more, the ending was bad ass and because it was a true story it i give it a decent grade, not to mention the female lead has smoking hot.

knowing - F

enjoyed crow and dark city, figured cage might just pull a 7.5 movie down to a 6.0. much worse. :erm:

man thing C

it would get a higher grad but it has many tech problems, not a bad movie actually but probs the worst marvel film

knowing - F

enjoyed crow and dark city, figured cage might just pull a 7.5 movie down to a 6.0. much worse. :erm:

what does the crow and dark city have anything to do with this

proyas

no way the same director?

really??

botched - B+

slumdog millionaire - B+

my bloody valentine (rented it because my little sister was dying to watch it with me) - B-

it actually wasn't half bad. storyline meh, scare factor meh, but bloody & gory none the less!

I am going to try to squeeze in all of the Harry Potter's this week, too...

rear window C

wow how borring is this movie? damn fucking borring.

ugh

didn't you just slobber all over hitchcock's wang like a page ago you moron

aren't you suposed to have me on iggy you stupid peice of shit?

borring

JESUS FUCKING CHRIST, STOP SAYING "IGGY"!

Cunt.

aren't you suposed to have me on iggy you stupid peice of shit?

most of the time. it is like you're not here

a man for all seasons - B+

hey that was good

is that the thomas more movie

yes it is, the old one though, not the charlton heston one

i have a question about where the line is drawn between the director and cinematographer.

are all the shots we see on film the vision of the director, and the responsibility of the cinematographer is simply to make those shots a reality? or do they have some say in how things are filmed?

the cinematographer can be just the guy who holds a camera. usually it's a person who has some say in things such as lenses / filters and shit i think

it's pretty blurry

ironically

a lot of the time though the director has a preferred cinematographer and i think that's because they have a good relationship and respect the guy's input so it's a collaborative thing

the coens use Roger Deakins all the time, for example.

gotcha, thanks.

i just watched jonas akerlund's the horsemen and must say i was pleasantly surprised.

i drew a lot of parallels to the movie seven (i'll refrain from using the 7 in the title so trots won't make fun of me) with ceremonial biblical-themed serial killings, and such. i can't think of another movie with dennis quaid in it that i enjoyed off the top of my head, but he was great. although, i guess after watching nic cage in 'knowing' last, any performance would seem great.

i'm not gonna make fun of you for that

i'm not gonna you for that



i thought it was you that made fun of my cliche list of favourite movies, a few years back, specifically noting that i spelled seven se7en, even though that is the title of the movie. must have been mayfuck.

that was a few years ago

i've been embarrassed ever since. :(

i have a question about where the line is drawn between the director and cinematographer.

are all the shots we see on film the vision of the director, and the responsibility of the cinematographer is simply to make those shots a reality? or do they have some say in how things are filmed?

Cinematographer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinematographer)

the bank job C+

it was a great story, but cliche, the directing could have made it more intresting but it did not, but i may watch it again so it gets a C+

he's just not that into you B+

despite this movie having more bad actors than you can shake a stick at, the movie actually was not that bad. the editing/directing in the first 10 minuites was bad ass they just did not stick with it. i found myself actually concerned with what happened to a few of the chars, other i could not really give a fuck about, but the ending worked and i might actually watch this film again.


is it just me or should scarlet johanson have quit acting when she turned 19?

he's not that into you was fan-fucking-solid. lovesit. i wanted to bang ginnifer goodwin even more, but would still rather fuck her as margene henrickson.

as for scarlett, i usually find her dull & overrated, but she actually seemed sexy without trying too hard in this one.


i recently saw zack & miri make a porno- d. started off FUCKING HILARIOUS turned into a total turd half way thru. what should have happened is it shoulda been called "zack & miri's wild & crazy night with gay porn stars," and used the high school reunion scenario to make a ONE CRAZY NIGHT! type movie based around the brandon routh & justin long dudes. oh god brandon routh looked fucking dreamy in this one, did i mention?

don't review any more movies we have enough bad posts in this thread right now

say the guy who loves the departed

holy christ are you trying to bash somebody for liking The Departed

the movie was pretty much universally loved. over 90% on rottentomatoes, it was on every critic's top ten list of the year. what the fuck.

were you the one that didn't understand why mark wahlberg was there at the end? maybe most of the movie went over your head.

well that is your opinion man.

i hated that movie, and no critic in the world will change my mind about that. you like it apparently thats cool, thats your right, i mean me hating it should not cause you any pain so just calm down.

horsemen A+

jonas akerlund rules. great story, a little predictable but the coolness of the plot hooks made up for it. i highly reccomend

well that is your opinion man.

i hated that movie, and no critic in the world will change my mind about that. you like it apparently thats cool, thats your right, i mean me hating it should not cause you any pain so just calm down.

Believe it or not, i'm trying to help you here. Let's go back and review what happened:


don't review any more movies we have enough bad posts in this thread right now

say the guy who loves AMAZINGLY AWESOME MOVIE THAT ALMOST EVERYBODY LOVED.

That is how your comeback plays to me. Do better.

Cinematographer - Wikipedia, the (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinematographer)

even though the standard 'google' it, or 'wiki' it responses are generally hilarious, this was saved by one paragraph from being completely useless:

"The cinematographer typically selects the film stock, lens, filters, etc., to realize the scene in accordance with the intentions of the director. Relations between the cinematographer and director vary; in some instances the director will allow the cinematographer complete independence; in others, the director allows little to none, even going so far as to specify aperture and shutter angle. Such a level of involvement is not common once the director and cinematographer have become comfortable with each other. The director will typically convey to the cinematographer what he wants from a scene visually, and allow the cinematographer latitude in achieving that effect"

thanks. that was essentially what i was after.

horsemen A+

jonas akerlund rules. great story, a little predictable but the coolness of the plot hooks made up for it. i highly reccomend

to follow up claiming that this movie, while admittedly flawed, is an A+, mostly because jonas akerlund rules, is a bit of stretch. for this to maintain, you would have to concede that spun was also a masterpiece--something that i hope even you can't agree with.

to debaser: almost everybody loves sonic youth and the beasty boys and they are two of the worst bands in musical history. so your just being nitpicky. i respect your opinion you are the one who wants to argue about this.

and what was wrong with spun? spun was a great movie. and yes i gave horsemen an A+ it's one of the best movies i have seen so far this year so what do you just want to argue too?

Public Enemies

Considering the track record of director Michael Mann when it comes to making crime dramas (Collateral, The Insider, Heat), I found myself surprised by the direction he took with Public Enemies. Instead of a nail-biting suspense movie set in the 1930s, I found myself watching a fairly low-key drama about the fall of one of America's most notorious criminals.

Audiences who come to watch Public Enemies expecting it to be a swashbuckling crime film will likely leave the theater disappointed. Some critics and film fans have faulted Mann for not putting enough adrenaline into this movie, and truth be told, at times his insistence on keeping this movie low-key as a whole does get a bit tiresome. Because of the film's overall lack of suspense, it finds itself relying heavily on the performances of its actors to keep audiences engaged. And for a crime drama without much suspense, that is asking a lot. Fortunately, the cast of the film is generally up to the task.

In terms of the performances in the movie, Depp is the standout, hands down. Film fans who know Depp only as Captain Jack Sparrow likely will be shocked by his understated and effective performance in this movie, which is a refreshing change-up for him, given his recent track record of films. Depp's best scene in this film, in which his Dillinger tries to woo Billie Frechette (Marion Cotillard) at her job with a smörgåsbord of tough talk, will make it clear to people exactly why practically every girl in this country is in love with him. Similarly, Christian Bale plays a role against type, portraying FBI agent Melvin Purvis, a promising agent who finds himself somewhat in over his head after he is assigned by the fledgling Bureau to track Dilinger down. His performance is not quite as effective as Depp's, but nevertheless is a welcome change of pace for him after he mailed it in as John Connor in his last film (Terminator Salvation). Cotillard does a solid if unspectacular job as Frechette, while Billy Crudup's J. Edgar Hoover is entertaining but slightly more cartoony than it should have been.

Mann's depiction of the 1930s Midwest, oddly enough, lacks much visual evidence of the Great Depression, and the film as a whole would have been better (especially considering the film's overall lack of suspense throughout) had he sacrificed some of the film's more melodramatic moments in order to give the audience a clearer idea of just how important the Dillinger case was in modernizing the way crime is fought in America, as well as how much Dillinger himself captured the imagination of Americans as a then-modern-day Jesse James. Nevertheless he was clearly valuing substance over style while making this movie. For example, the violence in this film is comparatively realistic and low-key, even when the intensity is dialed up a bit, which is a nice change of pace from the stylized insanity of the violence found in many other crime flicks.

Though far from being a dramatic masterpiece, I found Public Enemies to be a welcome breather from much of what has been passing as entertainment in movie theaters these days.

B

Gonzo - B+

The Boondock Saints - C

Willem Dafoe was awesome in this, but overall it was a pretty forgettable and nonsensical mashup of scenes done better in other movies.

Goodfellas - A-

I think I liked The Departed and Taxi Driver better as far as Scorsese movies go, but this was still pretty damn good.

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - A-

Can't go wrong with John Wayne in a John Ford western. And Lee Marvin's character has got to be one of the better film villains I've seen.

Dirty Harry - B+

Some Like It Hot - B

This is the first Marilyn Monroe movie I've ever watched. It's easy to tell why she was such a big deal. The movie was amusing too.

Horror of Dracula - A

Sergeant York - B+

The Kid (the one with Charlie Chaplin, not Bruce Willis) - B+

the haunting in ct B+

i really was not expecting much but this movie was pretty decent, the script was a little loose, but it had good scares and mantained a decent creepy vibe, definatly the best 'horror' movie i have seen this year and the best one i can actually recall sence 30 days of night. borrows heavilly from all it predecessors tho so it's grade reflects that, but all in all really suprising and worth watching.

and what was wrong with spun? spun was a great movie. and yes i gave horsemen an A+ it's one of the best i have seen so far this year so what do you just want to argue too?

i was drunk. but yes, i just want to argue.

on the waterfront - A+
bruno - B+

Believe it or not, i'm trying to help you here. Let's go back and review what happened:






That is how your comeback plays to me. Do better.

srsly

i watched linda linda linda today. it was very sweet

THE SQUID AND THE WHALE C

i expected more from wes and noah. but who knew jeff daniells could actually act?

really tho daniells was the only thing good about this movie he played his char masterfully.

i watched linda linda linda today. it was very sweet

great soundtrack, and i've been meaning to check out the movie.

The Hurt Locker -

I want to give this movie an A+ but the last minute of the movie was kind of dumb.

Bruno - B+

very funny

Bruno - C+

wife and I are seeing Hurt Locker and Moon back-to-back with friends tomorrow, should be awesome

oh Moon opened here? awesome.

i am behind on movies argg

I saw The Hangover

it was funny but I only laughed out loud a few times... the last 30 seconds were probably the best

wild things C+

not a bad movie but the direction photography was awfull, it was as if they always wanted you to be aware you are watching a movie, it kept me from really getting into the plot, and too many twists. reminded me of departed, in that both alright scripts, with decent actors but neither film was very good

lol you just compared wild things to the departed.

Hurt Locker - A-

Moon - B+

Both definitely worth checking out.

got some movies to watch tomorrow:

Adventureland
Do The Right Thing
Los Bastardos

I saw The Hangover

it was funny but I only laughed out loud a few times...
exactly how i felt, minus "funny" and put "midly chuckle-worthy"

got some movies to watch tomorrow:

Adventureland
Do The Right Thing
Los Bastardos

this isn't the movies to watch tomorrow thread assdick

Adventureland
don't waste your time.

Do The Right Thing
:rockon:

this isn't the movies to watch tomorrow thread assdick

heh

Adventureland

i saw this with friends in theaters because i had absolutely nothing esle to do and knew nothing about the movie. my friends hated it, but i didn't mind it because it mostly didn't rely on farcical bullshit for dumb laughs like superbad and other stupid comedies that i am too big of a douche to be able to enjoy. in that same vein, there might not be that many laughs, which is what many seemingly soley base their impression of comedies on.

the soundtrack is great, and featured prominently in the movie: lou reed, bowie, the replacements, husker du, the cure, yo la tango, the velvet underground.

yeah I'm interested in seeing Adventureland because I think at the time when it was marketed it was definitely marketed to the wrong crowd.

will watch it now.

superbad and other stupid comedies that i am too big of a douche to be able to enjoy.

wow you are a douche

Hey guys I just saw The Departed.

at least self-aware. does that count for anything?

Hey guys I just saw The Departed.

OMG WALHBERG AT THE END OF THE MOVIE MADE LIKE NO SENSE

adventureland is an adorable movie, and one of my favorites so far this year.

people who found the hangover less than hilarious have questionable senses of humor, or just needed to smoke doobies beforehand.

Adventureland was alright, definitely nothing special.

The main character was basically playing Michael Cera, except he wasn't as likable or as funny.
I also hated how everyone basically did drugs to drown out their sorrows.
I mean c'mon it got a little ridiculous after a while, literally every character had a drug problem.
Also the ending was way too happy and unrealistic for a movie like that.
I'd probably give it a 5/10

I wasn't incredibly impressed by Do The Right Thing either.
I always heard that it's a classic and this and that and I know Spike Lee's shtick is basically throwing racial commentary down your throat for 2 hours but.... even so I didn't feel like there was anything there that I haven't heard or seen a thousand times already. Also the ending was kind of ridiculous and unbelievable to me because of what Spike Lee's character winds up doing.
I really liked the off center camera angles throughout though and the music was tight.
I'd probably give it a 6.5/10

lol. smoking pot casually as a teenager =/= "drug problem."

OMG WALHBERG AT THE END OF THE MOVIE MADE LIKE NO SENSE

HE MUST HAVE BEEN THE RAT RIGHT??? THE REAL RAT ON THE BALCONY MAKES ME THINK SO!!! IT WAS A CLUUUEEE!


Actually, what I don't get it why Scorcese used that shitty shitty shitty ass version of Comfortably Numb. That's what I don't get. <actually, i do, as using Van Morrison was appropriate, but christ that version sucks balls>

I liked the movie. I thought going in there would be more twists in the story, but save for a couple instances the audience was pretty much given everything upfront and was just left to invest themselves in how it would all play out.

Hurt Locker - A-

Moon - B+

Both definitely worth checking out.

I saw Hurt Locker friday, I thought it was pretty excellent. I'd probably give an A- as well.

Also it was directed by a girl wtf???

The Hangover - B+

Not gonna write my usual long-ass review for this one. Just know that I thought it was much more clever than your typical gross-out comedy.

by the 200th testosterone laced insult I was so done with The Departed.

the script needed to be purged of the male vs male overboard banter. It was like someone repeatedly poking me in the side and telling me 'this is a MOVIE'.. totally took me out of the plot and detracted from what were otherwise great performances.

it's funny how morons dislike the departed

pretty convenient coincidence it seems.

by the way the fact that you're sitting in a chair and watching a movie should remind you enough that you're watching a movie but maybe you're so stupid you actually think it's real

cuz you are pretty dumb :)

wild things was excellent.

its funny how mojo dislikes movies for the exact reasons i like them

Wild Things was corny as hell at times, but it also had some decent twists. It really was a better movie than it should have been. Bill Murray's cameo as Matt Dillon's lawyer was awesome.

And Denise Richards can't act to save her life, but man was she smokin' in that movie. :smoke:

wild things was a trash movie, but it knew it and did it well.

by the way the fact that you're sitting in a chair and watching a movie should remind you enough that you're watching a movie but maybe you're so stupid you actually think it's real

cuz you are pretty dumb :)

i like to lose myself in the movie.. thanks for the pep talk pal:2thumbsup

i guess you've never hung out with dudes that act like that then

do you have any friends that don't have ponytails?

guys insult other guy friends.. this happens a lot but it's usually tempered with some affection for the person and they certainly don't do it to the level that was displayed in that movie..

...well some guys may but they are just as annoying when they do it too.

male putting down other male banter is usually done well in these kinds of movie but this one just made me want to shove my fist down all their throats.

wild things was excellent.

its funny how mojo dislikes movies for the exact reasons i like them

it was not at all a bad movie. it just wan not at all as great as i have been led to belive over t he years. it was almost like watching an epp of dateline or 48 hours or something.

guys insult other guy friends.. this happens a lot but it's usually tempered with some affection for the person and they certainly don't do it to the level that was displayed in that movie..

huh you really don't understand a lot of things

i didn't know wild things ever set out to be--or was perceived as--anything more than a softcore erotic thriller.

wild things was a trash movie, but it knew it and did it well.

SHOWGIRLS is the epitome of this. one of my favorite movies of all-time.

For what it's worth, this pretty much sums up the latest Transformers movie:

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The first time I saw this, I :rofl: 'd for like 10 minutes straight.

it was not at all a bad movie. it just wan not at all as great as i have been led to belive over t he years. it was almost like watching an epp of dateline or 48 hours or something.

what does this even mean

i have been trying to watch inglorious bastards and super hig me all weekend

it was not at all a bad movie. it just wan not at all as great as i have been to belive over t he years. it was al

led to believe by whom? this movie was essentially a vehicle for a scene of a three-way in a pool.

:banging:

Wild Things was essentially a vehicle for a scene of a three-way in a hotel room and a lesbian tryst in a pool.

:banging:

Fixed.

champagne on denise richards' big titties.

and bacon's peen

i believe the correct phrase is 'kevin's bacon'

Night of the Demom (1957) - B

Sweet

yeah no i mean it really was just for that 3 way.

I saw Hurt Locker friday, I thought it was pretty excellent. I'd probably give an A- as well.

Also it was directed by a girl wtf???
why is it surprising a woman directed a movie?:think:

I really want to see Hurt Locker but will probably wait until it comes out on DVD for lack of a person to see it with.

Recently I have seen:

Adventureland - B-
Pretty good. Whoever marketed this movie did a crap job. I expected a comedy from the ads but got something different. Really good soundtrack though.

Jim Gaffigan: King Baby - B+
Not a movie I know but I just got around to seeing this and haven't laughed that hard in a long time. I think the second half was better than the first but all in all definitely worth a watch.

why is it surprising a woman directed a movie?:think:

what i think is most surprising is that she directed Point Break too

Fanboys B-

Bruno - B+

Not as consistent as Borat. Seems like a lot of things had to get stretched out to make it a full length feature. But still definitely worth seeing, and certain parts elicited audible reactions from me, so that's always a good sign.

Adventureland - B-
Pretty good. Whoever marketed this movie did a crap job. I expected a comedy from the ads but got something different. Really good soundtrack though.
.

you are played a lot during this movie

what i think is most surprising is that she directed Point Break too

and fucking strange days


inglorious bastards C+

tarentino is aparently remaking this so it's been re released on dvd. not really a good war movie, it had a really weak plot and the first 30 minuites seemed to tak an our but it picks up in the end and it turns out to be not that bad. i would only recomend this if you are a hard core explotation fan.


super high me. B+

ended up being really funny, it's amazing the test results before and after being stoned. it's funny and it has a decent scientifc handling so not a bad movie

I like how the first half of the movie where he's sober is like 3/4s of the movie because once he started smoking all the time he was just like "fuck it."

Towelhead - C

meh. only saw it 'cause Alan Ball directed it. and i actually read the book only because alan ball directed the movie. but yeah, it was not terrible. not great, but not terrible.

oh it also totally neglected what i thought was one of the more interesting and subtle things in the book. lame.

why is it surprising a woman directed a movie?:think:

It was a movie completely about men.

It was a movie completely about men.

would it surprise you if a man directed a movie about women

i mean can you guys BELIEVE that herbert ross directed steel magnolias??!! how weird!!

^ hah, good post!

just watched sex drive- a solid c. really really awful but kind of great.

bigelow is one of my fav directors

super high me. B+

ended up being really funny, it's amazing the test results before and after being stoned. it's funny and it has a decent scientifc handling so not a bad movie

that's bullshit. scientific handling? he asks a couple of people their opinions and completely ignores them. it's basically "what happens if a massive stoner stops smoking weed for a few days and then goes back to smoking weed all the time"

it was hugely biased and the guy wasn't funny. at least with super size me the guy wasn't already a mcdonalds fiend before he made the documentary.

"should i smoke dope" by the bbc is on youtube. it's a better documentary, although a bit more biased in the other direction.

Office Space - A
K-PAX - A-/B+

Back to back.
The guy playing Samir is also a doctor in K-PAX. Heh.

inglorious bastards C+

tarentino is aparently remaking this so it's been re released on dvd. not really a good war movie, it had a really weak plot and the first 30 minuites seemed to tak an our but it picks up in the end and it turns out to be not that bad. i would only recomend this if you are a hard core explotation fan.

As far as I know, Tarantino's movie has nothing to do with this one other than the similar title.

I only watched a couple things this weekend.

My Blue Heaven - A

I've seen this movie a hundred times, but I never knew that it was a pseudo-sequel to Goodfellas until recently. Probably my second favorite Steve Martin movie.

Push - C-

It would have been a mildly tolerable little movie but for the fact that it doesn't resolve 80 percent of all the plot points it introduces. I guess they were setting up for sequels already or something, but it was annoying sitting through an hour an 45 minutes and getting no ending.

snow angels - B
thumbsucker - C+
wag the dog - B+
office space - B+

has anyone seen the following movies? i would like multiple review. they are on HD On Demand and i'm not sure if I should pay to watch them

Revolutionary Road ---
Push ---

push isnt exactly highbrow but if you like heroes / xmen type shit and dont mind it having essentially no resolution and a "TO BE CONTINUED IF WE GET THE GREEN LIGHT FOR A SEQUEL" ending, then go for it. i thought it was pretty enjoyable popcorn fare.

that's bullshit. scientific handling? he asks a couple of people their opinions and completely ignores them. it's basically "what happens if a massive stoner stops smoking weed for a few days and then goes back to smoking weed all the time"

I can agree with this.

it was hugely biased and the guy wasn't funny.

But I will NOT say Doug Benson isn't funny. Fuck you!!

SMOKE WEED EVERYDAY

sorry man, i've only ever seen him in that and i was baked when i watched it, but he still just came off as whingey. it doesn't really help that the only standup you actually see is him moaning about how he cant smoke pot right now, or later on him talking about how cool it is to be high all the time :/

you hurt me, Christ.

you hurt me.

right ->here<- man.

<hedoessucktho>

has anyone seen the following movies? i would like multiple review. they are on HD On Demand and i'm not sure if I should pay to watch them

Revolutionary Road ---
Push ---

Revolutionary Road was a miserable little movie. It wasn't badly made or anything, but it was just really bleak to the point of being overbearing. If you want to watch two hours of miserable people treating each other miserably then it's worth checking out I guess. I'd give it a B minus.

My thoughts on Push are a couple posts up. I agree with Christhimself's view on it. It's a decent watch if you can get past the "Want to know how everything is resolved? Hope for a sequel!" ending.

revolutionary road made me cry.

cant believe kate winslet died at the end. lol

Inside and Martyrs are now on my mother's netflix queue :rockon:

Inside and Martyrs are now on my mother's netflix queue :rockon:

Inside was pretty awesome.

Martyrs was pure shit though. Absolutely terrible.

revolutionary road was fantastic but really sad

word. kate and leo kill me.

i watched six days, seven nights today. it was pretty awful. D

Office Space - A
K-PAX - A-/B+

Back to back.
The guy playing Samir is also a doctor in K-PAX. Heh.


I love K-Pax.

I think it's incredibly underrated and overlooked.

Kevin Spacey owns.

tak an our

kill yourself

i like how lauren gave away the ending to revolutionary road when brady was wondering if she should watch it

i love the stars of kpax but cmon it wasnt that good

planet terror. C-

not at all great. i mean i get it the whole grindhouse era...whatev. the movie was borring and stupid and over the top in being over the top so it just bored me to death.

seven pounds - B

heavy stuff. pretty long, but it was good

i like how lauren gave away the ending to revolutionary road when brady was wondering if she should watch it



^

K-PAX - A-/B+
:rockon:

stroszek - B

i enjoyed this but it was kind of weird.

Elling - B