A few films recently watched.

ah ok, that explains it. It kind of had that odd david mamet pacing. did you see Cassandra's dream? I normally hate the actor in most films, but he did a good job in this one too.

Nope, I haven't. I normally hate Woody Allen so that's actually the only reason why I haven't watched it. And why do I hate Woody Allen you ask? Watch Vicky Cristina Barcelona and that ought to explain why.

But I must say that I really enjoyed Match Point so maybe I should give this one a chance. I loved how it went from being a typical romantic movie to making the audience uneasy when all of a sudden

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  On 12/16/2009 at 12:43 AM, Squee said:

Nope, I haven't. I normally hate Woody Allen so that's actually the only reason why I haven't watched it. And why do I hate Woody Allen you ask? Watch Vicky Cristina Barcelona and that ought to explain why.

Do you even hate the classics or just his later work like I do? Though I have not given Match Point or Cassandra's Dream a try, so I'm probably being premature. Whatever you do, DO NOT watch Whatever Works.

  On 12/16/2009 at 1:10 AM, goffer said:

  On 12/16/2009 at 12:43 AM, Squee said:

Nope, I haven't. I normally hate Woody Allen so that's actually the only reason why I haven't watched it. And why do I hate Woody Allen you ask? Watch Vicky Cristina Barcelona and that ought to explain why.

Do you even hate the classics or just his later work like I do? Though I have not given Match Point or Cassandra's Dream a try, so I'm probably being premature. Whatever you do, DO NOT watch Whatever Works.

I just pretty much hate all Woody Allen movies that starres...well, Woody Allen. His character is always the same neurotic weirdo who walks around talking like Porky Pig. Also, I hated Vicky Cristina Barcelona because at first I thought the narrator was Woody Allen himself and then some of the characters reminded me of people I know.

Haha strange, my consensus, the contrary... I find all the films Allen doesn't star in are flops, though I enjoy his character. So you don't find the films bad per se, you just can't relate or disdain the characters he uses?

i hated Allen for a while because the only movies i'd seen of his were Sleeper and that one about Gene Wilder fucking the sheep. I thought both of them were terribly dated and unfunny but i changed my mind on him someone convinced me to watch Annie Hall and Deconstructing Harry.

Annie Hall and Manhattan are my go to films.

Das Weisse Band (2009) This is really really good. A varied set of rich characters, supported by a superb cast, made me experience rural German society and mentality while keeping me at the edge of my seat. 5/5

  On 12/15/2009 at 11:32 PM, Awepittance said:

  On 12/15/2009 at 8:56 PM, maoam said:

A Serious Man - 9/10 - An eminently watchable film, Larry.

 

nice!, glad to see someone else in here saw this. Kind of crazy how only 3 people in the whole forum talked about the new Coen bros. Seemed like everyone here saw Burn after reading and had an opinion on it.

I will probably see it again before it leaves the theatre

it played just down the road from me for a week and i couldnt convince myself to wander down there. its not appealing at all. but its back again in a double feature (with 'maid' which looks really low budget and shite) so i got a second chance . can i make i this time? i've got until thursday probably.

Do you enjoy slower paced character films with splashes of dark humor and surrealistic undertones?

Stranger Than Paradise, cosy and sober look at americanism as experienced by hungarian emigrants.

Always nice to revisit Jarmusch

  On 12/16/2009 at 2:28 AM, Ego said:

Das Weisse Band (2009) This is really really good. A varied set of rich characters, supported by a superb cast, made me experience rural German society and mentality while keeping me at the edge of my seat. 5/5

god damn, i knew it! i missed it at the festival.

Audition - This one carried a bit of extra weight for me as I'm surrounded by lovely, demure girls here in Korea...

Excellent film, some really sickly funny moments and a story that is more interesting and detailed than it one might guess after reading a plot synopsis.

8/10

Hardware - Awful, awful film. Started off with some awesome post-apocalyptic imagery only to descend into some sort of slasher film where the killer is a crap Johnny-5 replica. Zero character development, bollocks nonsensical ending. On the plus side, Lemmy from Motorhead had a cameo.

  On 12/16/2009 at 10:54 AM, kokoon said:

  On 12/16/2009 at 2:28 AM, Ego said:

Das Weisse Band (2009) This is really really good. A varied set of rich characters, supported by a superb cast, made me experience rural German society and mentality while keeping me at the edge of my seat. 5/5

god damn, i knew it! i missed it at the festival.

Didn't you know it was a Haneke film? Or it just so happened to be the one you didn't research before watching?

i knew it was haneke, but i had 3 other films that night :/

You poor ol' chap :(

ive never seen it, but hardware seems to have a pretty big cult following

  On 12/16/2009 at 2:47 AM, Benedict Cumberbatch said:

  On 12/15/2009 at 11:32 PM, Awepittance said:

  On 12/15/2009 at 8:56 PM, maoam said:

A Serious Man - 9/10 - An eminently watchable film, Larry.

 

nice!, glad to see someone else in here saw this. Kind of crazy how only 3 people in the whole forum talked about the new Coen bros. Seemed like everyone here saw Burn after reading and had an opinion on it.

I will probably see it again before it leaves the theatre

 

it played just down the road from me for a week and i couldnt convince myself to wander down there. its not appealing at all. but its back again in a double feature (with 'maid' which looks really low budget and shite) so i got a second chance . can i make i this time? i've got until thursday probably.

went last night. by myself again. only the 3rd film i've ever seen that way. at first it really was just me but then about 5 people came in. i enjoyed it.

the stoned bar mitzvah was great. lots of great scenes. overall an 8/10.

if it had had brad pitt and george clooney then it would have failed like burn after reading. i think burn could have worked with less expectation set by a lesser known cast.

i'm gonna go read about serious on the imdbmb

Madhouse, it was crap.

Dead End (2003) with Ray Wise. Was awesome.

Suram Fortress.. visually very impressive at times, especially the attention to color and the wide, spacious shots. i didn't care much for the rest and ended up turning off the sound & skipping thru it. which is what happens every time i try to sit down for a paradjanov film. such a contrived, theatrical style.

Shotgun Stories... pretty good, a bleak shakespearian tale in bass ackwards Arkansahhh. shitty music (where's a bluegrass banjopickin soundtrack when you need one). but a great michael shannon.

going to watch Kin-Dza-Dza tonight

the soundtrack to shotgun stories grew on me. doesnt really sound very southern but i think it works with the film.

Avatar

9/10 for the experience that it was

nice! looking forward to it for tomorrow, hopefully.

Just got MBM - 2005 Travelogue DVD which is a lot better than even hoped for. It's all about the presentation.

avatar

shock and awe. i was shocked that a filmmaker would have the balls to delve this far into some kind of fetishistic adolescent fantasy. if he spent 300 million dollars on this, it's probably the most ridiculous use of that much money i've ever seen on screen. it felt like a cliche machine wrote the script. probably some of the most horrendous dialogue i've ever heard, in terms of generic script writing. but then, of course, it was beautiful. i can't complain about the special effects, or uncanny valley, or anything like that. the 3d was used perfectly, added depth of field without ever being gimmicky. for a movie with this much cgi, i was impressed how real the environments and lighting looked. in the end, it's a great movie if you're ten years old, but for a cynical guy in his twenties who grew up on james cameron, it's a major disappointment. maybe battle angel alita will be more interesting, if not more adult.