20 years after B+

to sentimential for me but well done none the less

The Haunting (1963) - B

Vampyros Lesbos - B

oh and Anthropophagus - B+

If you had read the book, you wouldn't think that. Pff.



Cowboy Bebop: The Movie - C+
Not as good as the series.

Atompilz von links - A

yeah the cowboy bebop movie was just kinda meh

yeah the cowboy bebop movie was just kinda meh

lollers

i love you man A

this movie is highly entertaining. if you like neither paul rudd of jason seagull i would avoid tho

i've been out of the habit of watching movies lately but i have seen these over the last couple weeks

Le Doulos - B. i think this is the 6th melville film i've seen. melville employs a quiet, paced film noir style here. there's this really great shot where belmondo shuts the music off. a good movie, even if it's not his best.

Paris, Texas - B. it is a great movie but would it be wrong to say it's about 20 minutes too long?

Solaris - A+. third viewing. it's pretty much a perfect film.

Jellyfish. C-. didn't really care for it.

The International - C+. mediocre but entertaining enough.

The Thief of Baghdad - B-. you know. it was good for an early technicolor fantasy film.

which solaris?

lollers

What?

which solaris?

oh, right. the Tarkovsky one.

i saw the Soderbergh one in theaters and didn't like it much but i'll probably watch it again soon because some people are a fan of it.

What?

who cares?

weapons of ass destruction - D

pretty shitty.

Rabbit-Proof Fence- A

how was the soundtrack? it was gabriel iirc

oh, right. the Tarkovsky one.

i saw the Soderbergh one in theaters and didn't like it much but i'll probably watch it again soon because some people are a fan of it.
why would you watch it though when you could just watch the tarkovsky one a fourth time

that reminds me i wanted to watch it with audio commentary on which is something i never do

gonna watch drag me to hell tonight with my sorta bf dude im dating. woo woo

how was the soundtrack? it was gabriel iirc

yeah- the pg soundtrack was how i knew of the movie to begin with, it just took me 7 years to watch it.

i like the music. it has some recycled elements from the time (parts of sky blue from up, some recognizable themes from ovo) which only are noticable if you're a fan to begin with. getting past that, though, it's certainly worthy of a listen if you liked the birdy/passion soundtracks- it's similar to those in that there are a lot of very unique sonic elements used and abused to create a very enveloping and deep listening experience.

there's an interesting bit during the commentary where pg describes how he recorded some of the stuff, even demonstrating the use of a digiridoo sample that he sped up and slowed down to create some different types of sounds for the album. it was a brief discussion, but really coll.

flight of the conchords season 2 C+

i guess i needed to see the first season, not as funny as i have heard.




first season is way funnier. you definitely need to see it.

sweet a/. i fucking love the passion soundtrack. possibly my favourite gabriel release.

so no one saw In the Loop? :(

I watched Slumdog Millionaire. I think I get the appeal but it didn't really do much for me.

My dad said Slumdog won an Oscar due to "ethnic push-in"

Boyle's movies are awesome tho.

A Man Called Horse

Gigantic C+

this movie is fucking crazy and all over the place.
i was fairly messed up wheni saw it so there is very likley something ijust missed.
i am going to watch it again and hopefully enjoy it more.

slumdog millionaire was an A-.


I just saw Drag me to Hell last night at the Magic Bag Brew and View. 5 star movie. A.

It is top tier Raimi. Up there with Evil Dead and Spiderman 2.

rush hour 3 - one of the five or ten worst movies i've ever seen

GI Joe - The Rise of Cobra
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It's ironic that the best thing about the movie, the accelerator suits and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, are what had the fans most up in arms but they play the best. Overall lame, but it has hints and spurts of life. Rachel Nichols is crazy hot, but her acting in the film was the standard "motormouth geek" kind of like Mr. Peabody. But with way better tits. Sena Miller was mostly fun for the majority of the movie, but a really lame 3rd act twists takes out any good will built up. The middle action sequence in Paris was pretty great but the rest of it was overly busy and not very attention-getting. But it must be restated: Gordon-Levitt killed in every moment of pure "Muha ha ha ha" evil.

boarding gate C

kinda borring, asia argento looks like brian molko for the entire film

Shuttle B-

the movie was not bad, the entire premise just ran way thin way fast.
the decent acting and great ending pushed the grade up though.

Mr. Woodcock C+

not bad, kinda cheesey though.

Roadtrip beer pong C-

i guess anyone who actually watches this film has no right to complain about how bad it is.

dj quals still rawks tho

Nightmare City - B+

lonely street A-

this movie was a delight.

sunshine cleaning - C+

saw this on a plane yesterday. it was good i guess but the plot felt kind of unfinished and i did not enjoy the ending.

bruce springsteen & the e street band live at hammersmith odean london '75

i give this picture the grade of AMERICA FUCK YEAH

julie and julia - B/B+

it was surprisingly nice to see a lighthearted chick flick-y type movie that wasn't a stock romantic comedy. still cliché at times. and it could have been cut back a bit. i was ready for an ending about a half hour before it came. but streep was spectacular as always. tucci and adams were good too, and i have an inexplicable giant crush on chris messina. soooo. thumbs up.

if you wanna see a movie where almost nothing bad happens, see it. it'll make you feel good.

i'd rather see a biopic of julia child starring meryl streep and not this other blogger bitch

Funny People - C-
Waaaaay too long. The previews I have seen misled me a bit but there were some funny parts in there. Jason Schwartzman was funny but Jonah Hill needs a new schtick. It was sort of like two movies in one, a weak comedy and a depressing drama and the one you walk out remembering is the latter.

yeah I've heard a lot of bad things about Funny People so far.

I really need to see it to see what all the fuss is about.

I also really need to see 500 Days of Summer which I've heard nothing but good things about.

so is there any possibility to get a captcha thing for registration

plague town C+

it is not awful not really great either though, was very diffrent.

smile pretty C

this movie is crazy, it's like a life time movie did a bunch of acid, and wandered onto the playboy chanel. i guess the draw of this film is that gilmore girl doing lots of crazy sex acts? i dunno. the movie just ended up being weird and gross.

i saw a crapload of movies over the past week

wallstreet - C-
american movie - B-
the big lebowski - A+
funny people - B
in the loop - B+
gi joe - B
secretary - B+
saving private ryan - A
grace is gone - B

so is there any possibility to get a captcha thing for registration
this might have prevented mojo jojo from joining as well

boondock saints - B-

Thank You For Smoking- B

Is Aaron Eckhart naturally smarmy, or does he just play it really well? I'm not too familiar with him outside of Batman and this. The performances in the movie were all pretty good, even Katie Holmes (or was it just the fantasies she created in some of her scenes?). I think the movie ended up being too tongue-in-cheek for its own good, and didn't make me laugh as much as I had thought it would, but it was still plenty enjoyable. The kid subplot could have been done better and more efficiently, IMO, as all it did was help setup his final line at the hearing.

If you enjoyed his performances, watch In The Company Of Men. Highly underrated movie.

Is he smarmy in it?

he's smarmy in the pledge too

one more episode before i've polished off the last season of MST3K and start over again...

I'm Rowsdower.

Zap Rowsdower.

"Oh mom can't I just have one more sacrifice?"

"OK but this is your final sacrifice."

Great episode.

Hey who put a cigarette out in my beer....oh well...*drinks*

I wonder if there's beer on the sun...

??? ??? ???

Martyrs - B

The first half is excellent. The premise is pretty great. But goddamn it there was a segment in the second half that just dragged for no reason. I feel like people need to realize that there isn't necessarily anything wrong with making a movie that's 80-85 minutes long. Lop 15 minutes off of this movie and it probably gets an A.

Funny People - C-
Waaaaay too long. The previews I have seen misled me a bit but there were some funny parts in there. Jason Schwartzman was funny but Jonah Hill needs a new schtick. It was sort of like two movies in one, a weak comedy and a depressing drama and the one you walk out remembering is the latter.

Eh, it had it's moments. If it was 90 minutes, it actually could have been really good (You know how 80% of comedies are 90 minutes, Apatow). But as it stands now, it's a bunch of subplots struggling for dominance. (I think Adam Sandler is the main character. I THINK.) Hack out all the stand up, all of it. It wasn't funny, even if the actors themselves wrote it. And cut out Jonah Hill who is criminally handicapped by the fact that he's Jonah Hill. And Rogen's not-interesting-sub-plot with the chick. It does feel like Judd Apatow's cry for help, "DEAR GOD! I NEED AN EDITOR!!!" I like/love his producing efforts - Superbad, Forgetting Sarah Marshal, Walk Hard, Pineapple Express - but his directed movies have been overlong schmatlz. Funny in spots but not all that they're made out to be. I don't hate the film, I think it's very good in places as both comedy and drama, but it's just kind of a shrug due to being too goddamn long and too goddamn all over the place.

Martyrs - B

The first half is excellent. The premise is pretty great. But goddamn it there was a segment in the second half that just dragged for no reason. I feel like people need to realize that there isn't necessarily anything wrong with making a movie that's 80-85 minutes long. Lop 15 minutes off of this movie and it probably gets an A.

I agree that the first half of it was decent to good, but I think they completely dropped the ball in the second half. I know the pacing grinding to a halt was supposed to make what was happening onscreen more disturbing, but in actuality it just made it tedious. And the ending/explanation just pissed me off. The second half of the movie just completely squandered and shat on all the potential the first half showed.

This movie finally turned me off of French horror for a while. I liked High Tension (other than the ending), and I really liked Inside for what it was (a decent slasher flick). But everything I've seen since has been just really bleak, slow, and watered down torture porn with little entertainment value.

I agree that the first half of it was decent to good, but I think they completely dropped the ball in the second half.

This reminds me of almost every movie I've seen at the cinema in the past decade. Does anybody else think most movies would be better if the concept of a plot was completely disregarded? Especially with comedies? Real talk.

Does anybody else think most movies would be better if the concept of a plot was completely disregarded? Especially with comedies? Real talk.

I kinda do, actually, at least in regards to comedy. Not most, mind you, but a good chunk of them.

I think I've commented in here on a couple different movies where I felt the thing started going to shit when they started to try and tie everything together. Hot Rod, I think... Role Models, too... Pineapple Express for sure...

I mean, these aren't highbrow art films made to be judged and certainly none of them needed a definitive conclusion to continue to be funny. Yet they all have this very distinct spot in the movie where it is clear the filmmakers figured they better start to wrap everything up in a nice little bow. The insistence on plot resolution ends up making for a shittier movie in the long run.

Generally, as a rule, fiction has plot resolution. If you bring up something, it has to pay off and 90% of the time, it should pay off in that particular story. Otherwise, it's just sloppy writing.

Well, duh.

But did Role Models really need a tightly wrapped up story? Not at all. It was sloppy writing to begin with. Why try and dress it up? Keep the plotline loose. Nothing wrong with that in a movie like this, IMO.

But the movie is about how these losers turn around and, while still being themselves, actually help some kids mature and they themselves mature. Should there have been a version of Role Models where the two main characters go in the RPG fight at the end with McLovin but Stiffler leaves his kid behind in his shit situation because, hey, that's life? C'mon, at that point it's just cruel. These are stories, with beginnings, middles, and endings, and while it may seem "manufactured" that's how plots work.

I agree that the first half of it was decent to good, but I think they completely dropped the ball in the second half. I know the pacing grinding to a halt was supposed to make what was happening onscreen more disturbing, but in actuality it just made it tedious. And the ending/explanation just pissed me off. The second half of the movie just completely squandered and shat on all the potential the first half showed.

This movie finally turned me off of French horror for a while. I liked High Tension (other than the ending), and I really liked Inside for what it was (a decent slasher flick). But everything I've seen since has been just really bleak, slow, and watered down torture porn with little entertainment value.

ehhh the ending gets some credit for me anyway. i mean, they tried! that deserves some sort of respect i guess. but for the most part you're entirely correct, i'm just not holding their faults against them as much as you are because compared to most recent horror films it's pretty awesome.

If you enjoyed his performances, watch In The Company Of Men. Highly underrated movie.

great fucking movie

But the movie is about how these losers turn around and, while still being themselves, actually help some kids mature and they themselves mature. Should there have been a version of Role Models where the two main characters go in the RPG fight at the end with McLovin but Stiffler leaves his kid behind in his shit situation because, hey, that's life? C'mon, at that point it's just cruel. These are stories, with beginnings, middles, and endings, and while it may seem "manufactured" that's how plots work.

I guess I don't take my lowbrow comedy films as seriously as you do. I don't need the characters to mature. I don't need conflict resolution. I just want to laugh, man.

There were a lot of laughs in Role Models, but it actually had a point to it. That's why it's better than most comedies. It's actually downright endearing and wholesome in the midst of all the tit and cocaine jokes. But Role Models is better than Knocked Up or Funny People because Role Models never overdoses on the overwrought drama or schmatlz, it keeps it at just the right tone. Heavy on the funny but with some character growth and resolution.

Role Models is actually, to use a simplistic term, "realistic" in the way the story is presented - compared to, like, Walk Hard, which is also very awesome but it's totally unrealistic but that's the point - Walk Hard is a satire- so it gets a pass. Good, but different.

striped down F

didnt finish it it sucked that bad.

Martyrs - B

The first half is excellent. The premise is pretty great. But goddamn it there was a segment in the second half that just dragged for no reason. I feel like people need to realize that there isn't necessarily anything wrong with making a movie that's 80-85 minutes long. Lop 15 minutes off of this movie and it probably gets an A.

Naw that was the point, the torture was supposed to like WEAR DOWN YOUR SOUL

Cannibal Ferox - B

funny people - c
sad

I guess I don't take my lowbrow comedy films as seriously as you do. I don't need the characters to mature. I don't need conflict resolution. I just want to laugh, man.

QFT

the hangover - B

I guess I don't take my lowbrow comedy films as seriously as you do. I don't need the characters to mature. I don't need conflict resolution. I just want to laugh, man.

i agree with this. but what you end up with are funny, and completly forgetable films. a good plot will make up for other shortcomings. all of the best films, from simple comedys to complex dramas the only ones that really get noticed in the long term are the oneswith stand out plots.


whatever


the man who wasn't there. A

great film, it might even get an A+ after i rewatch it

all of the best films, from simple comedys to complex dramas the only ones that really get noticed in the long term are the oneswith stand out plots.

more hard-hitting analysis from mojo jojo

fired up D+

does netphoria like horror movies

eulogy does

i've never watched a horror movie i sincerely liked on a non-ironic level

maybe alien

Alien is great

made up for not watching anything for weeks last rainy weekend.
harry potter 6 - B+
bruno - A
network - A
deer hunter - B+
office space - A
zoolander - B-
harold and kumar 2 - B

500 days of summer: A
GI Joe: C
Aliens in the Attic: C-
Ugly Truth: B

yeah i'm sure bruno is a lot better than the deer hunter

totally. both plots involved a lot of creativity. the acting was just as oscar-worthy but they only had one take. no one was at risk of dying or undergoing trauma during the filming of deer hunter.

I guess I don't take my lowbrow comedy films as seriously as you do. I don't need the characters to mature. I don't need conflict resolution. I just want to laugh, man.

I don't think you have to take your lowbrow comedies too seriously, but they should still have something that can drag you through ninety minutes other than "I hope the next joke/gag is funny."

Stuff I watched recently:

Road House - B - A little on the long side, but dumb and entertaining enough to be fun.

Dark City (director's cut) - C+ - I was disappointed with this after all the hype I'd heard. It was a neat concept, but it just didn't grip me. Too much style over substance. I could see the influence of Fritz Lang's Metropolis, but it only illustrated how much better that movie was than this one. Kiefer Sutherland was good though, and pre-starving-herself Jennifer Connelly was all kinds of hot, so this was watchable.

I Love You, Man - B - It was a likable piece of fluff. Paul Rudd is good in just about everything. Plot was typical rom-com stuff, but the twist of it being about platonic man-love kept it fresh enough.

it's called bromance

get a fucking CLUE, corganist!!!!

SRRRSLY!@!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

it's called bromance

I know, but that term irks me for some reason. That's why I try to avoid using it.

i find it stupid and wonderful

i've never watched a horror movie i sincerely liked on a non-ironic level

maybe alien

horror movies like alien arent even made any more. hell even aliens, which is my favorite of the trilogy, is a completely different breed of movie. horror movies dont even rely on suspense nowadays rather just shock value. the modern horror movies i like are just as much comedy as they are horror. though i thought the descent was pretty great when i watched it. maybe you'd like rosemary's baby if you havent seen it, that movie's pretty great.

is 500 days of summer really good? the trailers make it seem pretty generic but ive heard nothing but good things about that movie.

secretary - B+

i like this movie

from dusk til dawn - B
may - B-
vampire hunter d: bloodlust - B+

we got some of the Spawn series that was on HBO too, that's really cool so far

when i was a kid and saw may it freaked the fuck out of me

oh speaking of hbo i finished the wire last week

god that show is so fucking good sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeit partner

i've seen may a few times before, and i thought it was really good. this time around, i dunno, i like it, but it wasn't as cool as i remember it being.

i have a feeling id find it underwhelming too if i saw it again

yea i liked the descent

horror movies like alien arent even made any more. hell even aliens, which is my favorite of the trilogy, is a completely different breed of movie.

dumb summer blockbuster with explosions

what the fuck is so great about aliens

is it because it's the original mold for all the stupid fucking summer movies that come out yearly

because its an extremely well done action movie

let's see.. What I have watched/re-watched recently.

(500) Days of Summer-
I really liked this movie. It was a little bit different than what I expected. More Matthew Gray Gubler, please. A

From Dusk til Dawn-
I think this movie is on some cable channel at least once a week. Caught it last weekend and it's still a good flick. B+ for being funny, gorey, and Tarantino-y and Rodriguez-y at the same time.

Brokeback Mountain-
Caught this on HBO last night. I didn't dislike it when I saw it the first time, I just liked a lot more on this re-watch. It's still kind of a long movie, though. A

because its an extremely well done action movie

an extremely solid and well formed piece of feces is still shit

is it because it's the original mold for all the stupid fucking summer movies that come out yearly

the characters arent boring pieces of shit equipped with catch phrases that no one gives a fuck about. weaver is so good as ellen ripley it even makes the hurried aliens 3 watchable. she makes the tension so palpable through 2 movies that it makes it easier to suspend some disbelief with the special effects when she goes all action hero at the end of aliens. even the little girl did a good job.

an extremely solid and well formed piece of feces is still shit

trots doesn't watch any action movies i guess

jigoku - B-. weird fucking movie. about a dude, everyone, literally everyone around him dies, and then he goes to hell. i'm pretty sure the film has no real message or logic, but it is darkly comic and definitely hugely influential on japanese horror. some really genius editing.

last year at marienbad - B+. it is a trying but excellent film. for a while it was just confusing and i had the impression of a disjointed joyless renoir film. but as it went on it came together as it became clear that everything was unclear.

watchmen. B. i heard a lot of bad things about it but i watched the director's cut and enjoyed it. most of the criticisms i have seen leveled at it are valid but i enjoyed it regardless.

bring me the head of alfredo garcia. B-. an ok peckinpah film that is boosted by having warren oates in the starring role.

Aliens has diverse characters stuck in a terrible situation, you throw them in there, light the match, and see how they react. And they react by shooting the hell out of everything. Also, the scenes are just extremely well constructed and the pacing of the action scenes are as tight as a nun's cunt.

Weaver did also get that Oscar nomination and all. Not to say that Oscar nominations = instant gold (*cough*dreamgirls*cough*) but she managed to get a nomination for a film that was a sci-fi/action/horror hybrid. That takes some skill.

the characters arent boring pieces of shit equipped with catch phrases that no one gives a fuck about. weaver is so good as ellen ripley it even makes the hurried aliens 3 watchable. she makes the tension so palpable through 2 movies that it makes it easier to suspend some disbelief with the special effects when she goes all action hero at the end of aliens. even the little girl did a good job.

Pretty much this. Weaver even got nominated for an Oscar for her performance in this movie. Add that to Paul Reiser's utterly slimy Carter Burke, Michael Biehn's cool and collected Hicks and Bill Paxton's Hudson, and you've got more great characters in one movie than modern Hollywood usually creates in a year.

Opinions can vary on whether Alien or Aliens is the better film, but I think it's unfair to point fingers at Aliens for the "dumb summer blockbuster" template we're stuck with today. There's long, winding road with a lot of fucking detours between Aliens and the lame ass GI Joe/Transformers shit that passes for action nowadays.

And actually, I'm not sure that Alien hasn't directly inspired more bad films than Aliens has.

even the little girl did a good job.

I will say that Newt gets more irritating as the movie goes on. I think 50% of her lines in the last 30 minutes are: "RIPPPLLLAAAAYYYYY!!!" She does the shell-shocked bit pretty well at the start of the flick.

They mostly come out at night... Mostly

Opinions can vary on whether Alien or Aliens is the better film, but I think it's unfair to point fingers at Aliens for the "dumb summer blockbuster" template we're stuck with today. There's long, winding road with a lot of fucking detours between Aliens and the lame ass GI Joe/Transformers shit that passes for action nowadays.


I think it's a little lame to blame one film for spawning imitators: Pulp Fiction inspired a shit-load of pale Tarantino imitators, does that mean Pulp Fiction is a bad film? I'm a big fan of the first Scream movie, but it inspired the WB-slasher-not-very-witty-era for the late 90s...but Scream was a solid satire of the slasher genre that also worked as a slasher film it it's own right. Just because something is popular and creates a very bad spawn of imitators doesn't mean the original is terrible.

Also: I have to say I liked TF2 more than GI Joe. Not by much at all, but GI Joe is more of a failure as an action flick. At least there were giant robots and Optimus Prime punching through robot chests and tearing faces off in TF. There wasn't anything as cool as that in GI Joe (although Gordon-Levitt's scenery chewing comes close, but one actor can't save a whole FX movie).

They mostly come out at night... Mostly

South Park did an episode when Cartman kept running around quoting Newt, it was pretty funny.

are we talking about aliens again lol

kiss kiss bang bang A

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra


About the only reason I bothered with this movie was because one of my friends wants to see this and he likes to rip on me because I tend to go by what the majority of critics say about films (with some exceptions of course). I pointed out that this one wasn't screened for critics, which usually is indicative that the movie's going to be a massive turkey, but he just used that as more fodder to express his distaste for film critics and his distaste for me going by them. So now I can say I saw it and it SUCKED. Hyperactive two-hour-long toy commercial that seemed like it was made by a 12-year-old boy who was given few million dollars and a second-rate Hollywood CGI computer program and was told to make a movie about action figures. Joseph Gordon-Levitt was probably the only thing about the movie I liked; he brought the film a little pizazz as Cobra Commander. I was probably disappointed most by Christopher Eccleston as Destro...he was basically doing nothing but playing a parody of himself in this movie. He deserves better roles that this crap.

Sienna Miller is fucking delicious, though. :mrpimp: She should stick to being a brunette.

At least this movie, unlike Transformers, knew that it was what it was and didn't bother making any pretensions otherwise.

D

I'd kick that rating up to a C-. Rachel Nicols is hot, the accelerator suit scene was kind of neat, and the Snake Eyes/Storm Shadow scenes are pretty to watch. Inc</>lude Gordon-Levitt's hammy ham ham haminess and there's almost half a dozen things in the movie that was not entirely terrible. (and I liked the reference to the "kung fu grip"). So it's about 1 hour and 40 minutes of bad and maybe 20 minutes of good in there overall. That's still a bad movie, but not the awfullest film of the year.

the soloist - c - nice, some really cool cinematography, my favorite being the shots of the birds and most of the views from the air, and the color sequences. moral of the story really was to befriend a homeless person. kinda depressing, kinda nice knowing we can't fix fucked up shit and still be okay with it. i dug it.

i love you man - b - some good laughs, but on par with every other comedy about nothing. paul rudds haircut wasn't as cool in this one as his other movies.

the ice storm - B

Inside - A

2007 french horror film...one of the most fucked up movies i've ever seen

trots doesn't watch any action movies i guess
yeah neither do i really

i dont know why that is

Probably because most of them are mindless and boring.

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ripley is the only character in aliens that isn't two dimensional

and there was no WHAT THE FUCK IS IAN HOLM <I>DOING</I> intrigue like in Alien.

some friends dragged me to GI JOE.

pretty bad movie guys

last house on the left. B

it was a great movie, but i really could have done without the rape scene.

ripley is the only character in aliens that isn't two dimensional

and there was no WHAT THE FUCK IS IAN HOLM <I>DOING</I> intrigue like in Alien.

There's a bit of that going on with Bishop, but it's more of a nod than anything. Besides, Lance Herickson is great when he dismisses Ash as "That explains it, the 1282s were always a bit twitchy. You sure you don't want some cornbred?" *SMACK* "You just stay the hell away from me Bishop, you got that?"..."Guess she don't like the cornbread either."

If you wanna have a hate on for films that created the modern blockbuster, look towards Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Jaws. But I find it really hard to hate those movies. Mostly because they're Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Jaws.

Hyperactive two-hour-long toy commercial that seemed like it was made by a 12-year-old boy who was given few million dollars and a second-rate Hollywood CGI computer program and was told to make a movie about action figures.

You say this like it's a bad thing

edit: fuck i think i bought an album recently with the same description and would've killed for the dvd.

the soloist - c - nice, some really cool cinematography, my favorite being the shots of the birds and most of the views from the air, and the color sequences. moral of the story really was to befriend a homeless person. kinda depressing, kinda nice knowing we can't fix fucked up shit and still be okay with it. i dug it.


You dig? Why the "C"?

If you wanna have a hate on for films that created the modern blockbuster, look towards Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Jaws. But I find it really hard to hate those movies. Mostly because they're Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Jaws.

Actually, I think it's still fair to blame James Cameron for the current state of the summer blockbuster if one were so inclined, but not because of Aliens. I think the modern "big, dumb, explosion-y, FX-laden summer movie" owes a lot more to Terminator 2 (which, don't get me wrong, I love) than it does Aliens.

just watched frost/nixon, i give it an A. for my almost complete lack of outside information regarding much of the subject matter i thought it was well done and compelling.

thirst - surprisingly funny, really good, felt like it went on for a long time though after what i thought was the climax.

Land of the Lost - D - Why I let my friends drag me into this over my objections, I still don't know. Outvoted or not, I really have no excuse for watching this piece of crap. I would have had a better time sitting in the car for two hours.

currently watching mulholland drive seems ok. i fucking hated blue velvet so i wonder if i'll like this one

but blue velvet is better

fuck blue velvet, dennis hopper was on the only good thing about that movie

he was the best thing about a very good film, yes.

who hates blue velvet

come on

i bet mojo jojo does

but blue velvet is better

in bizarro world

david lynch world

district 9 and hjurt locker seem pretty interesting for a couple of mnstrm movies but i dunno if i wanna go watch mnstrm movies by myself. no qualms watching ponyo alone since no 1 will be in the theater or going to a arthouse cinema to watch that korean vampire movie where it is nothing but mid-20s to mid 40s single reclusive creepy guys like myselff in the theater

500 days of summer - A-

wow, that was a pleasant surprise

ok, mulholland drive was pretty good, although i have no idea what was going on for most of it

Sansa - B+

very nice

District 9 - B/B-

a bit overhyped, but still better than average.

surveilence A+

great movie, jenn is just aw crazy as her dad.

lower learning. B-

not a great comedy, but the subtext was good.

iron man B-

much better than i expected, but a tad on the borring side.

i bet mojo jojo does

watching it this weekend

500 days of summer - A-

wow, that was a pleasant surprise

Yep, this. Really liked it. I have an ex that is EXACTLY like the girl in the movie and is getting married:erm:

Ponyo was AMAZING! It was SO. GOOD.

i don't care much for blue velvet

yeah blue velvet isnt really one of those movies that id think "who doesnt like this?!"

Ponyo was AMAZING! It was SO. GOOD.

Glad to hear it, it looks pretty fantastic.

i saw district 9 this evening. i didn't enjoy it much. for a two hour movie, it didn't really do much to establish the characters. i liked that the main guy was somewhat unsympathetic for most of the film, but otherwise the characters were strictly two-dimensional. i guess that's what happens when you spend most of your time on tedious action scenes. maybe the intention was to dehumanise the other human characters, but if so it didn't work. they just felt cheap and cartoony.

as for the anti-apartheid / mankind's-general-shittiness themes, they felt superficial at best, also losing out to the constant action sequences. shame, really; the concept is novel and it could've been a thoughtful, nuanced film. instead it's mostly a series of increasingly-ridiculous macguffins and exploding mercenaries

Torso - C+

Pieces - B+

(500) Days of Summer - B-
It was a solid A up until the ten or fifteen minutes, then it pulled a sort of switcheroo thing and to be honest sort of half ruined it for me.

my summer of love - B+
the diving bell and the butterfly - A

pretty heavy movie night

Walmart: The High Cost Of Low Prices- B

Nothing was presented here that anyone who pays attention doesn't know (or didn't know in 2005, anyway), but seeing it all together is impressive. In addition to being unabashedly one-sided, the movie was a bit too vanilla, and doesn't really ask questions or get into the real grit of its points, making it less interesting than the Frontline (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6281757350710695719) piece on Walmart in terms of information presented. Still, worth viewing.

district 9 and hjurt locker seem pretty interesting for a couple of mnstrm movies but i dunno if i wanna go watch mnstrm movies by myself. no qualms watching ponyo alone since no 1 will be in the theater or going to a arthouse cinema to watch that korean vampire movie where it is nothing but mid-20s to mid 40s single reclusive creepy guys like myselff in the theater

the hurt locker was awful. really annoyed that i wasted a ticket on it.
ham fisted action/thriller.

You dig? Why the "C"?

was a bit over hyped in the trailers as being a different kind of movie. it wasn't awful, but i expected i think a bit more than i got. jamie foxx was great, and downey is the shit, but all in all, i dont feel like the movie exposed anything new to me, or even let me get to know much about the characters. the cinematography and acting was great, the story just wasn't. never need to watch it again, hence the C. wouldnt really even recommend anyone watching it unless they're bored.

the hurt locker was awful. really annoyed that i wasted a ticket on it.
ham fisted action/thriller.

Dude, you are such a fucking idiot.

YEAH MAN, YOU JUST DON'T GET IT

you're sounding a bit like gossamer here redbull

redbreegull,

instead of just chucking out insults why not tell me what was so great about that film?

i'm fairly convinced that beyond some well shot slow-motion action scenes that there really wasn't anything compelling about this movie at all.

i wasn't convinced by the poor acting in the emotional scenes. in particular the one where the second in charge guy has a huge blubber about not having any children. it just had no impact. although to be fair to the actor, i didn't feel the script or direction left him much to work with.

the story was weak at best. cowboy bomb squad guy goes and gets himself into a tense situation. repeatedly. cowboy bomb squad guy escapes tense situation by a whisker. repeatedly. insert some kind of weird emotion scene eg. bomb squad gets drunk and punch each other for good times, whoop and holler a bit. cowboy bomb squad guy goes shopping. cue more intense action scenes.

what was the point or the message that the film tried to convey here? that being a cowboy in a bomb squad is dangerous business and will potentially put you and others in harms way? that stuff exploding looks really good when you shoot it in slow motion? that bad actors need love too?

so that's why i didn't like it. now you go redbreegull. tell me why you liked it, and if you'd like to go on ahead and explain why I'm a fucking idiot for not liking it?

i like this opening paragraph of the Variety review (http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117938188.html?categoryid=3212&cs=1&query=the+hurt+locker):

War may be hell, but watching war movies can also be hell, especially when they don't get to the point. Often gripping at a straight thriller level, but increasingly weakened by its fuzzy (and hardly original) psychology, Kathryn Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker," centered on an elite U.S. bomb squad in Baghdad, doesn't bring anything new to the table of grunts-in-the-firing-line movies. Modest biz looks likeliest.

blue velvet B+

great.

strength in numbers D

cookie cutter bad horror.

domino B+

District 9 - A-

very awesome, go see it

dear everyone, please stop giving films letter grades and not explaining why you liked/disliked said films. you're not well-known film critics and i have no reason to automatically respect your opinion

redbreegull,

instead of just chucking out insults why not tell me what was so great about that film?

i'm fairly convinced that beyond some well shot slow-motion action scenes that there really wasn't anything compelling about this movie at all.

i wasn't convinced by the poor acting in the emotional scenes. in particular the one where the second in charge guy has a huge blubber about not having any children. it just had no impact. although to be fair to the actor, i didn't feel the script or direction left him much to work with.

the story was weak at best. cowboy bomb squad guy goes and gets himself into a tense situation. repeatedly. cowboy bomb squad guy escapes tense situation by a whisker. repeatedly. insert some kind of weird emotion scene eg. bomb squad gets drunk and punch each other for good times, whoop and holler a bit. cowboy bomb squad guy goes shopping. cue more intense action scenes.

what was the point or the message that the film tried to convey here? that being a cowboy in a bomb squad is dangerous business and will potentially put you and others in harms way? that stuff exploding looks really good when you shoot it in slow motion? that bad actors need love too?

so that's why i didn't like it. now you go redbreegull. tell me why you liked it, and if you'd like to go on ahead and explain why I'm a fucking idiot for not liking it?

Don't give me that garbage, you are a well established idiot on this board.

this guy ...

this guy ...

Mercurial, for some reason being high makes my actions in this situation seem reprehensible. I apologize for my unwarranted hostilities. I wish you nothing but luck in the future.

wtf are you going to at least explain why you liked the movie

The House Bunny - A +

Wonderful use of talent. Great execution. Set lighting - average, but the acting skills outshine any technical issue possible.

Nosferatu - A+. not sure what you can say bad about this film

Revolutionary Road - B. technically impressive, it was all around successful at achieving what it aimed to achieve. not quite taking its melodrama to the ridiculous point where it could be disregarded as just oscar bait, but i do tire of this strain of modern american studio prestige picture.

Degrassi Goes Hollywood - yes, i watched this.

I dig Revoultionary Road, just a lot of thespian scenery chewing. It's fun to watch them just yell shit at each other the whole movie. Kate Winslet felt at times more like a philisophical talking point than an actual human being (I thought her character in The Reader was more full). I think the movie would have been better if it ended at that conversation in the kitchen, that felt nicely ambiguous. The stuff that happens after he leaves for work doesn't have quite the same impact.

Wristcutters - B-
it was nice.

the great buck howard - B
cute, john malkovich was great in this. in retrospect it seems a little superficial and didn't explain quite as much as i would have liked i guess, but i did enjoy it.

Don't give me that garbage, you are a well established idiot on this board.

i'm sorry but you're the well established idiot

is the dustin hoffman movie where he plays lenny bruce any good? i got a vhs of it from the library

dear everyone, please stop giving films letter grades and not explaining why you liked/disliked said films. you're not well-known film critics and i have no reason to automatically respect your opinion

this

stop being lazy

District 9
http://forums.netphoria.org/images/rating/rating_5.gif

Hey, you. The person reading this. Stop reading this and go see District 9.

NOW!

Best of '09

Also saw the girlfriend experience last night which I really liked, but I was extremely drunk, kept drinking the whole movie, and took frequent smoke breaks throughout which possibly made it play better. Great frame composition, anyway. Just about every shot had something cool with it. Sasha Grey basically just kinda pouted mostly but she had maybe half a dozen emotional scenes at the end which she pulled off (She has, like, maybe 8 closeups the entire flick). It's not about sex at all, really, it's about commerce. But it's nice to see how the superrich piss their money away.

the golden boys C

ok so it is a period comedy...david caradine rip torn and bruce dern, play retired sea captians, and they are trying to find a woman to marry rip torn. so that they will have someone to clean the house. so i hope that explains why i gave it a C

district 9 is fucking awful.

this movie is probably the most overrated film since gran torino.

plz see it if you are an idiot and don't give a shit about plot or anything.

^ that post is wrong. Those aren't plot holes, it was explained at the beginning of the movie.

no.

they may not be plot holes, but it's terrible writing through and through.

nothing is logical.

Walmart: The High Cost Of Low Prices- B

Nothing was presented here that anyone who pays attention doesn't know (or didn't know in 2005, anyway), but seeing it all together is impressive. In addition to being unabashedly one-sided, the movie was a bit too vanilla, and doesn't really ask questions or get into the real grit of its points, making it less interesting than the Frontline (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6281757350710695719) piece on Walmart in terms of information presented. Still, worth viewing.

you're starting to watch the kind of stuff i do all the time :D documentaries, give em to me! i should send you a list of things you'd probably enjoy, documentary wise. nearly all of them i downloaded off piratebay or some other torrent source.

post the list here! i'd be interested as well.

Bad meat C

it is pretty funny, but not great or anything

pathfinder C

i was unable to get into this movie cause of the piss poor plot

500 days of summer-B. i was drunk and half paying attention.

I love you man-B+. this was the second time that i watched it and it wasn't as funny as i remember. paul rudd is an absoulte nerd and at times i just cringed.

Gigantic-C. the only thing i liked about this movie was Zooey Deschanel. otherwise i found it quite boring. i like Paul Dano, but not in this movie.

Push-D. horrible. Dakota Fanning was trying to act older and didn't pull it off. also, they call this an action movie and there wasn't enough of it.

I Love You Man kind of sucked.
I thought it was going to be sweet but Paul Rudd actually kind of annoyed me and that's weird because I usually love Paul Rudd.

I still want to see 500 days of summer sooooo bad.

fun list

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lol I love Quentin

He has interesting taste.
Never would have guessed Friday would be one of his favorite films but lol I love Friday too.

I think I've seen everything on this list except for that Woody Allen movie Anything Else and Memories of Murder.

Gonna check em out.
Thanks for posting that dude.

wow, aren't you fucking interesting.

dude, thanks for posting that "lol". i'm gonna totally LOL now myself.

dude.

sweet, bro.

anything else got horrendous reviews which made me avoid it.

Woody Allen is pretty solid though.

Annie Hall and Deconstructing Harry are my faves.

run fatboy run C+

pretty standard comedy fair

I've always really wanted to see Battle Royale, I should get on that

Woody Allen is pretty solid though.

woah there watch it you're blowing my MIND

anything else got horrendous reviews which made me avoid it.

it is bad. i don't know if it's his absolute worst because he made a run of really bad movies there and i think i hate melinda and melinda.

Pickpocket (Bresson) - A-. it's a Robert Bresson movie. they seem to be consistent in form and excellence. i will continue watching his films.

Zigeunerweisen - A. i have seen a large portion of the 60's output of Seijun Suzuki. i was hesitant to head into his later work out of fear of disappointment. this movie from 1980 was just awesome though. it is definitely different from his 60's work, but it is also totally unique in its execution. it is a surreally quiet, dreamlike film. i love films that come across like a recollection of a dream, and this is one of the most successful films i have seen at achieving that tone. the movie really goes off in directions i didn't expect, where we are left to question what in the film is reality and what is imagined.

i also just saw the documentary King of Kong. i give it an A. the main character pulled at my heart strings.

i should send you a list of things you'd probably enjoy, documentary wise.

Do eeeeeeeeet



i also just saw the documentary King of Kong. i give it an A. the main character pulled at my heart strings.

King Of Kong is awesome. Steve Wiebe is awesome. Billy Mitchell is awesomely evil.

District 9 - A

this was really good. like old peter jackson movies with aliens

the goods - B
jeremy piven is a great charmer and has a lot of his usual comedic energy. loads of funny moments, a bit sappy towards the end, but overall i recommend it.

King Of Kong is awesome. Steve Wiebe is awesome. Billy Mitchell is awesomely evil.

I remember watching that and thinking that they even look the part. Steve looks like an everyman and Billy Mitchell's hair and clothes pretty much shout that he is a huge egomanical turd.

adventureland C+

it's pretty decent but not great. the plot seemed to be missing something.

I remember watching that and thinking that they even look the part. Steve looks like an everyman and Billy Mitchell's hair and clothes pretty much shout that he is a huge egomanical turd.

and what about that tape that was obviously altered? the real life characters were almost charactures of themselves. i was amazed that there are people like this. also it made me laugh everytime they mispronounced Wiebe.

sex pot B+

i really cannot remember the last time i laughed so hard. bad plot, decent acting, but so freaking funny it makes up for it/

i watched (500) days of summer last night and really enjoyed it. not something i can say about most romantic comedies.

the smiths are featured prominently in the movie, and were discussed by the main characters. i happened to be wearing a smiths t-shirt to the theater, and also own the 'love will tear us apart' joy division shirt tom wears in the film. the last movie i saw in theaters was adventureland, and the chick in the film wears a lou reed shirt in it that i almost wore to the theater unknowingly but it didn't pass the sniff test. :erm:

District 9-A-

still, they needed to keep up with the "eviction" plot a little more throughout the course of the movie

district 9 - well, it was pretty good. not fantastic.
slumdog millionaire = that was the third time i saw it, i thought the show host part where he said 'this is MY show!!' was pretty cheesy and the end too. still like it.

sunshine cleaning A

this movie is great. i was worried cause i know a bunch of peeps who slamed this movie and said it was awful,but i enjoyed it very much.

taken in broad daylight. A

Dawson is a kidnapper and a rapist.

nights in rodanthe - c+. an emotionally manipulative piece of crap, but i fell for it, and enjoyed it.

the informers A +

what a great movie good acting good plot i liked it

good double feature day

Ponyo - A-

Beautiful trippy animation, good for all ages

Inglorious Basterds - A

Very good, not really what I thought it was going to be, but badass

somebody recommend me some good emo films

guys srsly, watch In the Loop.

Monday - B-

somebody recommend me some good emo films

fight club

shaun of the dead - A. watched this this weekend for the first time from start to finish in maybe two years. i think i still find something new that is funny every time i watch it.

doubt - B. an entertaining film with great performances. pretty much what everyone says. it had a bergman feel to it. i didn't realize until the opening credits that roger deakins was dp for the movie and yes the lighting was excellent. but ultimately i don't think the film will linger in my mind long.

days of being wild. B. wong kar-wai's 1990 film. it shows most of his style elements already intact though he would improve in execution later on. i don't like it overall as much as a few of his other films, but it has its good points.

what about bob A+

bill murray in his prime.

shaun of the dead - A. watched this this weekend for the first time from start to finish in maybe two years. i think i still find something new that is funny every time i watch it.
i think it's so weird that you're so much into that film

anyway recommend emo films people

Fight Club seriously isn't that great.


now what would constitute an 'emo' film, Alex?

whimsical sad faggy

but good nonetheless

like miyazaki films or something

hahahaha brilliant.

see for me, 'the english patient' is an emo film. whimsical/sad/faggy. but i love it.

yeah stuff like that but that i don't know yet

in the loop was good but it felt like it was too in love with itself. like moving at breakneck speed not for the sake of the substance but because it was stylish or something. it was very funny and a lot of it feels eerily true but its almost like its a bit gimmicky and it wears off as the movie wears on.

my friday was especially great with movies

inglourious basterds - A. this is probably my favorite tarantino movie. just loved it, the pacing, the characters, the dialogue, some of the shots, just very tarantino. and yes i like pulp fiction a lot but there are times in the movie im not too into it, maybe because travolta didnt push his scenes much and i was just waiting for other characters to prop him up, while basterds was constantly good.
barton fink - A. fuck, this might even be my fav coens movie. hard to compare it to lebowski but it was fantastic. probably like it more than no country. this is a great movie for anyone that likes psychological thrillers like memento, the machinist, and movies of that sort.

i saw a couple others the rest of the weekend too
the secret life of words - B+. im a sucker for sarah polley, it was deliberately slow because it had a dynamite ending.
the firm - B+. good movie, hackman and cruise are stellar as they usually are. was a little campy at times but kinda expected that.

rc watch things we lost in the fire, that was a pretty good emotional movie.

i still don't understand the concept of emo film i guess

its a silly title to put on a movie but when he says whimsical sad faggy its easier to understand

more or less means melodrama

barton fink - A. fuck, this might even be my fav coens movie. hard to compare it to lebowski but it was fantastic. probably like it more than no country. this is a great movie for anyone that likes psychological thrillers like memento, the machinist, and movies of that sort.

yuck

barton fink is what happens when good writers go bad

no way

you must've at least enjoyed goodman, he was pretty great in the movie

for a movie that made little sense yeah he and turturro were great

pretty sure it was one of those purposely ambiguous movies. i can understand why people would be turned off with it, but i liked it a lot.

great to see turturro in a leading role

yeah well i don't mind purposely ambiguous movies but when it's smart asses being smart assy i tend to resent it a bit

ohoho. so barton fink has writers block and the script of the movie starts going haywire. ohoho get it? ohoho.

I haven't seen Barton Fink but that actually sounds pretty cool.

Anyway, I Love You, Man. This was frustrating as fuck. The whole thing was pleasant enough and I could watch Paul Rudd do just about anything but the script and direction were just all over the place. There was a lot of potential funny from all 25 of the secondary characters but none of them had enough time to really do anything worth while. The idea of Jon Favreau bickering with Jamie Pressley is funny but wasn't so much. Lt. Dangle could have been given more than the vindictive gay dude, Samberg could have been funny as shit as the gay straight-guy-predator but didn't have enough time, Jane Curtain was completely wasted, etc. Whoever rote Role Models should have been brought in to tighten it up.

i saw a pretty good movie the other day but now i forget what it was

Jane Curtain was completely wasted, etc. Whoever rote Role Models should have been brought in to tighten it up.

monte?

in the name of the king C+

uwe boll sucks, but the movie ended up being alright, kinda simple plot, it unfolds the way you think it will unfold, but still entertains.

~~EQUINOX!!~~ B-

Fun

monte?

SHIT I'VE BEEN FOUND OUT

I haven't seen Barton Fink but that actually sounds pretty cool.

Anyway, I Love You, Man. This was frustrating as fuck. The whole thing was pleasant enough and I could watch Paul Rudd do just about anything but the script and direction were just all over the place. There was a lot of potential funny from all 25 of the secondary characters but none of them had enough time to really do anything worth while. The idea of Jon Favreau bickering with Jamie Pressley is funny but wasn't so much. Lt. Dangle could have been given more than the vindictive gay dude, Samberg could have been funny as shit as the gay straight-guy-predator but didn't have enough time, Jane Curtain was completely wasted, etc. Whoever rote Role Models should have been brought in to tighten it up.

I saw this movie yesterday and I liked it. Even though the ending was unspectacular, I couldn't have guessed where it was going to end. I had the feeling that something was going on with the 'friend'.

Inglorious Basterds is probably one of the top 5 movies of this decade.

Highly recommend.

District 9 - A - Not your usual Sci-Fi movie.

mirror - the images in this film really resonate with me; it's like i remember a lot of it from my own experience - but i can't exactly put my finger on it, which makes it mysterious and also makes me feel special - although i'm sure many people feel exactly the same way about this and other films of tarkovsky's

I Love You, Man: C+
this was ok. I don't understand why everyone thought it was the funniest thing they had ever seen.

Being John Malkovich: A
awesome movie, loved it

Vicki Christina Barcelona: C-
why did anyone think this movie was good?

Team America: C+
first time seeing this since it came out. brought the lols pretty heavily several times. I guess it sort of stops being funny about halfway thru when the fact that they are all puppets stops being novel

aww c'mon, VCB and Team American deserve better scores than I Love You, Man.

Totally agree about Being John Malkovich.

if whoever gossamer sends his script drafts too doesn't leak them to netphoria I will find you.

My script is pretty solid yo.

Still working on the 2nd draft, unfortunately school starts soon so I'm going to have less time to work on it.