A few films recently watched.

  On 4/27/2010 at 3:53 PM, ataraxy2 said:

Comparing Mononoke-hime to Avatar (as much as I enjoyed it) is insulting. One is visually beautiful and the other is perfection. Actually it's funny you just mentioned Miyazaki because...

 

My Neighbour Totoro! I'll confess I didn't get it, but because I refuse to lose faith in Hayao Miyazaki I'll rewatch it in a few years. (Yes.)

 

  On 4/27/2010 at 3:50 PM, karmakramer said:

I'm starting to think you guys love hating this film more then I love liking it.

totoro is a good pick-me-up movie to watch when you are nursing your sick girlfriend back to health or something. i think i enjoyed it because of how accurately it shows the imagination of a child.. now there's another movie without bad guys.

i wonder how the visuals in avatar will hold up on dvd.. sans hi-res 3d

  On 4/27/2010 at 4:08 PM, GORDO said:

  On 4/27/2010 at 4:01 PM, karmakramer said:

  On 4/27/2010 at 3:53 PM, Gocab said:

  On 4/27/2010 at 3:50 PM, karmakramer said:

  On 4/27/2010 at 3:43 PM, GORDO said:

the way you says that makes you look like you believe advancing the industry is a good thing.

 

Yeah, as in developing tech to allow artists and filmmakers more freedom...

 

Affordable digital cameras and digital distribution have done more for artistic freedom than avatars tech will ever do.

 

You know the future? Thats amazing dude! Sucks 3D film-making for independent film-makers like myself never took off... Damn I guess everyone likes looking at the world through one eye

 

And how do you think affordable digital cameras and the digital internet were created? Magic?

the magic of capitalism, yes.

Creativity is something humans need to do inherently... while money is something that has been manufactured as a need. My point is that even if we weren't in a capitalistic society we would still strive to develop technology to better our crafts (music, film, painting, etc)

cargo 6/10

swiss sci-fi. apparently the first swiss sci-fi but that sounds unlikely. was very similar to danny boyle's sunshine but without the shift in style/mood/film halfway through. was a little unsatisfying. love story not developed. why do we always need a love story? bah. meh. etc.

suspenseful first quarter i enjoyed but i've seen it done better and one the mystery was gone then so was most of my interest. the special effects were mostly very good.

keep this avator shit outta here you bastards

Bava's first masterpiece!

Strangely captivating. Soundtrack gets milked to the bone though.

Paul Thomas Anderson's Hard Eight - 7/10

It started out just perfect. I was hooked on it right from the beginning but unfortunately it fell a bit flat at the end with no real conclusion at all.

Narco - Enjoyed this film quite a bit even though I feel its ideas weren't done justice with their execution. Worth it for JCVD's minor part.

  On 4/27/2010 at 10:18 PM, Squee said:

Paul Thomas Anderson's Hard Eight - 7/10

 

It started out just perfect. I was hooked on it right from the beginning but unfortunately it fell a bit flat at the end with no real conclusion at all.

i agree, i reviewed it earlier in this thread. It was funny seeing Sam Jackson in an early role like that

9 to 5

lol i thought jane fonda was a man in drag for the first 20 minutes. partons tits defy all known physics laws

Tetro: 8/10 Well made and quite intense film. I thought I didn't get it and it took me a while to understand it's one of those films that keeps giving after it's done.

  On 4/27/2010 at 8:42 PM, Apeofnaples said:

Bava's first masterpiece!

 

Was in the mood for something and I didn't know what until I saw this post, thanks :)

A Single Man - 8/10

Why didn't the Oscar for best leading actor go to Colin Firth? As much as I love Jeff Bridges I don't think his performance in Crazy Heart was anything out of the ordinary. I mean, he did a good job but Colin Firth was 100% believable. Even the slightest movement gave away his sexual orientation in the movie - the way he walks, the way he sits in the couch and so on. Spot on!

The music was really beautiful, and the same goes for the cinematography, the overly saturated and desaturated colors (depending on Colin Firth's character's mood). Also, why wasn't this nominated for Best Picture? Both The Blind Side and Precious ended up getting nominated and they are no where near as good as this one.

The only thing that bothered me was the last 20 minutes.

le grand restaurant - 7.5/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjXdqBtELck

also starring the fantastically beautiful maria-rosa rodriguez http://filmstarpostcards.blogspot.com/2009/07/maria-rosa-rodriguez.html

Tiny Danson Man - 10/10

The Road - 6/10

I enjoyed it for its more subtle approach to the post-apocalyptic theme and its lighthearted bleakness. It was decent enough to look at, which helped mask off some blatant plot holes, but what kept bugging me the most was the lack of emotion/connection between the father and son, the driving point of the film. Sure there was dry, lifeless Hollywood emotion in there, but other than that I was unmoved. It might have just been the kid (not the character) who annoyed me... always whimpering and whining like a wet puppy. To be honest I felt more involved with the Will Smith and dog combo in I Am legend. When the ending came along...

  On 4/29/2010 at 10:02 AM, goffer said:

The Road - 6/10

I enjoyed it for its more subtle approach to the post-apocalyptic theme and its lighthearted bleakness. It was decent enough to look at, which helped mask off some blatant plot holes, but what kept bugging me the most was the lack of emotion/connection between the father and son, the driving point of the film. Sure there was dry, lifeless Hollywood emotion in there, but other than that I was unmoved. It might have just been the kid (not the character) who annoyed me... always whimpering and whining like a wet puppy. To be honest I felt more involved with the Will Smith and dog combo in I Am legend. When the ending came along...

 

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I was quite surprised... at first I thought maybe the kid was dying from the fever (that magically disappeared?!?!) and the remainder of the film was his death hallucination... that is assuming the boy he spotted half way through the film was real or not. Ending it like that... the boy finding out the boy he spotted earlier is actually real and is apart of a fart-sniffing, breadcrumb-following family who finally decide to surface after the father dies? Wtf? Maybe the book helps tie things together... I don't know.

 

 

Agreed...

Did no one learn from Children of Men? I thought that film was going to revolutionize the action genre. Guess not.

l'homme orchestre - just watched this again 10/10. the soundtrack by francois de roubaix is excellent by itself. and here are some hastily snipped screenshots in a spoiler because the sets, colours, costumes, everything just looks great.

fargo- pretty good

  On 4/29/2010 at 10:02 AM, goffer said:

Maybe the book helps tie things together... I don't know.

 

its extremely faithful to the book. pretty much exactly the same in all respects.

i thought it was a moving film. well acted and believable.

  On 4/29/2010 at 4:21 PM, karmakramer said:

  On 4/29/2010 at 10:02 AM, goffer said:

The Road - 6/10

I enjoyed it for its more subtle approach to the post-apocalyptic theme and its lighthearted bleakness. It was decent enough to look at, which helped mask off some blatant plot holes, but what kept bugging me the most was the lack of emotion/connection between the father and son, the driving point of the film. Sure there was dry, lifeless Hollywood emotion in there, but other than that I was unmoved. It might have just been the kid (not the character) who annoyed me... always whimpering and whining like a wet puppy. To be honest I felt more involved with the Will Smith and dog combo in I Am legend. When the ending came along...

 

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I was quite surprised... at first I thought maybe the kid was dying from the fever (that magically disappeared?!?!) and the remainder of the film was his death hallucination... that is assuming the boy he spotted half way through the film was real or not. Ending it like that... the boy finding out the boy he spotted earlier is actually real and is apart of a fart-sniffing, breadcrumb-following family who finally decide to surface after the father dies? Wtf? Maybe the book helps tie things together... I don't know.

 

 

 

Agreed...

 

Did no one learn from Children of Men? I thought that film was going to revolutionize the action genre. Guess not.

uh, the road is certainly not an action film?

Yeah... that is what I applaud it most for, its lack of action. Also, after resting on it last night, I enjoyed it's not so political or preachy approach to the subject at hand. I retract my 6 for a 7/10.

  On 4/29/2010 at 11:27 PM, Z_B_Z said:

  On 4/29/2010 at 10:02 AM, goffer said:

Maybe the book helps tie things together... I don't know.

 

 

its extremely faithful to the book. pretty much exactly the same in all respects.

i thought it was a moving film. well acted and believable.

  On 4/29/2010 at 4:21 PM, karmakramer said:

  On 4/29/2010 at 10:02 AM, goffer said:

The Road - 6/10

I enjoyed it for its more subtle approach to the post-apocalyptic theme and its lighthearted bleakness. It was decent enough to look at, which helped mask off some blatant plot holes, but what kept bugging me the most was the lack of emotion/connection between the father and son, the driving point of the film. Sure there was dry, lifeless Hollywood emotion in there, but other than that I was unmoved. It might have just been the kid (not the character) who annoyed me... always whimpering and whining like a wet puppy. To be honest I felt more involved with the Will Smith and dog combo in I Am legend. When the ending came along...

 

  Reveal hidden contents

I was quite surprised... at first I thought maybe the kid was dying from the fever (that magically disappeared?!?!) and the remainder of the film was his death hallucination... that is assuming the boy he spotted half way through the film was real or not. Ending it like that... the boy finding out the boy he spotted earlier is actually real and is apart of a fart-sniffing, breadcrumb-following family who finally decide to surface after the father dies? Wtf? Maybe the book helps tie things together... I don't know.

 

 

 

Agreed...

 

Did no one learn from Children of Men? I thought that film was going to revolutionize the action genre. Guess not.

uh, the road is certainly not an action film?

Didn't say it was... just speaking generally about post-apocalyptic films. Children of Men being the best I have seen. Much better then I Am Legend

a single man - 7/10

also, it made me want to redesign my whole apartment in a contemporary 60's style (no hipster).

pirate radio - fun

(i'm great at these reviews)

Casshern ?/10

SBS had it on incredibly late so I was incredibly tired, actually forcing myself to stay awake throughout it. Visually unique. I want to watch it again when I am not drowsing off repeatedly.