A few films recently watched.

There will be blood - whoooa. incredible acting, amazing movie.

  On 7/11/2010 at 10:17 AM, vasio said:

  On 7/11/2010 at 1:23 AM, Awepittance said:

i still call bullshit, but i feel like this will probably break down to the same camps who claimed Terminator Salvation was even remotely watchable

 

 

It's like with the new Star Wars movies, people kept fooling themselves that the last one was the one that returned to the same greatness as the old movies, until we reached a point where people just lowered their standards because that's what the movie industry is able to put out now-a-days.

exactly, it's like when Crystal Skull came out and actual Indy fans claimed they liked it better than Temple of Doom, i personally think they were consciously lying when they said that.

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

lol

It really is a crock of shit.

the biggest perhaps

did you watch teh AVGN say it 'wasn't that bad...'

incredibly well written surreal cheesefest of the highest order 7/10

you can see where a lots of other films have knicked ideas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_Lf8lE_fwQ

  On 7/12/2010 at 1:48 AM, Fishtank said:

did you watch teh AVGN say it 'wasn't that bad...'

Yes. That son of a bitch lied so hard. Fuck him. Damnation!

Just watched American History X.

i wonder how many of those who had racist ideals started thinking after watching this.

EDIT: 10/10. the movie speaks for itself. no reasons needed.

  On 7/12/2010 at 12:05 AM, sneaksta303 said:

the biggest perhaps

I borrowed it off a friend after your thread. I seriously see exactly what you mean, I wasn't happy.

Indiana Jones and the Kingdon of the Crystal Skull

1/10

just saw that centipede movie, very cronenberg. anyone recommend something similar as i've seen most of his movies already

might watch some more Hitchcock, I think Frenzy was the last one I saw, good stuff

also saw Amélie.. well done but kind of boring. might have to check out something else he's done

Brazil - 10/10

Moon - 5/10

So much potential ruined...

  On 7/12/2010 at 12:23 PM, viscosity said:

just saw that centipede movie, very cronenberg. anyone recommend something similar as i've seen most of his movies already

I saw this a few weeks ago. Thought "Cronenberg-lite" while I was watching it, and it's a bit cheesy too, but still you might enjoy it. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098354/

cyrus 7/10

low expectations and pleasantly surprised. tomei is hot milf action. john C is his usual awesome. jonah hill was very good too. the music makers on the forum will enjoy his musical performance, i fucking lolled hard.

tropa d'elite - 7/10

the corruption and brutality of rio's elite squad is quite shocking.

  On 7/12/2010 at 6:22 PM, Benedict Cumberbatch said:

cyrus 7/10

low expectations and pleasantly surprised. tomei is hot milf action. john C is his usual awesome. jonah hill was very good too. the music makers on the forum will enjoy his musical performance, i fucking lolled hard.

nice, this is playing at an independent theater here. i should get my ass over there....

  On 7/12/2010 at 7:25 PM, sneaksta303 said:

  On 7/12/2010 at 6:22 PM, Benedict Cumberbatch said:

cyrus 7/10

low expectations and pleasantly surprised. tomei is hot milf action. john C is his usual awesome. jonah hill was very good too. the music makers on the forum will enjoy his musical performance, i fucking lolled hard.

 

nice, this is playing at an independent theater here. i should get my ass over there....

I read a review that said the humor comes from a lot of awkward moments and thats makes me not want to see it.

  On 7/12/2010 at 11:39 PM, Fishtank said:

  On 7/12/2010 at 7:25 PM, sneaksta303 said:

  On 7/12/2010 at 6:22 PM, Benedict Cumberbatch said:

cyrus 7/10

low expectations and pleasantly surprised. tomei is hot milf action. john C is his usual awesome. jonah hill was very good too. the music makers on the forum will enjoy his musical performance, i fucking lolled hard.

 

nice, this is playing at an independent theater here. i should get my ass over there....

I read a review that said the humor comes from a lot of awkward moments and thats makes me not want to see it.

Being a fan of T&E and Curb that doesn't scare me off one bit.

watching Harry Brown and really enjoying it, altough i have seen similar stories before.

do you guys know the locations where it was filmed, in London? just curiosity.

Watched 'Lost Highway' directed by Lynch last night.

Fffffuuuuuuu--

I just saw 2001: A Space Odyssey for the first time

I say 8/10

Great movie but I don't like the long drawn out scenes, and yes I realize it's part of Kubrick's style.

  On 7/12/2010 at 3:04 PM, the anonymous forumite said:

Moon - 5/10

 

So much potential ruined...

finally someone! what ruined it for you?

  On 7/13/2010 at 11:19 AM, kokoon said:

  On 7/12/2010 at 3:04 PM, the anonymous forumite said:

Moon - 5/10

 

So much potential ruined...

finally someone! what ruined it for you?

Scenario fail.

1) The hallucinations. So the guy starts seeing weird stuff, the tension builds up, until the point where we discover that what should be another hallucination is not (the other Sam). And then, no more hallucinations, no point made about the hallucinations, and no more hallucinations until the end of the movie. Which leaves you thinking that they were only here to fill the film. Stupid.

2) The clone. No explanations (unless I missed something) are given about why he was waken up. The original Sam seems to have no clue as well. Stupid. If I missed something, pls explain.

3) Sam never tried to go out of the work zone. But finally, he does. He's been there for years, but only now he decides to go, freely, explore beyond the work zone. Stupid.

4) The company behind the operation (Lunar). We have absolutely no knowledge of the inner workings and conspiracy they set up. Just a super cliché videoconference. Stupid, again.

5) The ending: only a few lines about Sam's return on earth and a mention of the company going down 30% on the stock market. Who cares ? Stupid.

So yes, scenario fail, permanent Solaris-wannabee-ism (I'm not even comparing it to Trakovsky, but Moon makes Soderbergh look like a Genius) , and cheap effects for a 2010 film. Science fiction should be much more than this, think Blade Runner.

  On 7/13/2010 at 12:17 PM, the anonymous forumite said:

  On 7/13/2010 at 11:19 AM, kokoon said:

  On 7/12/2010 at 3:04 PM, the anonymous forumite said:

Moon - 5/10

 

So much potential ruined...

finally someone! what ruined it for you?

 

Scenario fail.

 

1) The hallucinations. So the guy starts seeing weird stuff, the tension builds up, until the point where we discover that what should be another hallucination is not (the other Sam). And then, no more hallucinations, no point made about the hallucinations, and no more hallucinations until the end of the movie. Which leaves you thinking that they were only here to fill the film. Stupid.

 

2) The clone. No explanations (unless I missed something) are given about why he was waken up. The original Sam seems to have no clue as well. Stupid. If I missed something, pls explain.

 

3) Sam never tried to go out of the work zone. But finally, he does. He's been there for years, but only now he decides to go, freely, explore beyond the work zone. Stupid.

 

4) The company behind the operation (Lunar). We have absolutely no knowledge of the inner workings and conspiracy they set up. Just a super cliché videoconference. Stupid, again.

 

5) The ending: only a few lines about Sam's return on earth and a mention of the company going down 30% on the stock market. Who cares ? Stupid.

 

So yes, scenario fail, permanent Solaris-wannabee-ism (I'm not even comparing it to Trakovsky, but Moon makes Soderbergh look like a Genius) , and cheap effects for a 2010 film. Science fiction should be much more than this, think Blade Runner.

this is all just how i understood it so i might be wrong...

they are both (/and therefore all) clones. the real sam is alive and well on earth the whole time.

the clones have a limited lifespan after which they start to break down menatally and physically (hallucinations and illness). the girl is a hallucination seen by a clone nearing the end of it's life, causing him to crash.

when 'he' wakes up in the infirmary after the crash this is a new clone, the old one still outside in the rover... new clone is not allowed out til they clear the wreck and old clone away but he overhears gerty and hatches plot to get out and investigate... he discovers the old clone and brings him back, and so on until they discover the clone bay.

the company is behind it all... what else do you want to know?

so left to the imagination - the clone returns to earth and exposes the company's "unethical" practices and their shares go down. he eventually expires just like all the other clones and the company continues its business of manipulating clones for money.

it's not an entirely original concept by any means but i found it all pretty thought provoking.