A few films recently watched.

Roddy Piper aka George Nada stumbles backwards into a bank full of nasty capitalist aliens from the planet Andromeda. Realising where he is and what he must do he sqaures up, readying his shotgun, and dryly announces: "I have come here to kick ass and chew bubblegum. And I'm all out of bubble gum".

Oh and watched Frozen last night thinking I's fall asleep to it, however I soon found myself sitting up to attention. Really tense thriller, certainly did the job for me.

  On 9/12/2010 at 1:55 PM, gaarg said:

  On 9/11/2010 at 8:09 PM, kokoon said:

the godfather 3: a pale mirage of an attempt at capturing the spirit of the first two parts. i was able to sit through all of it though, so i guess it's not SUCH a bad movie. still, avatar was better.

 

Avatar was better? You sir need a lobotomy.

Office Space - 8/10

quite the entertainment to be had, great characters, brilliant rap soundtrack, ending wasn't hugely strong but i can't complain.

this scene made it all worthwhile

Top Secret - 9/10

can't remember what I rated this before, but I've seen it 3 times now and it hasn't got old... The props and model making is absolute gold, so much effort gone into each shot, makes it all the more hilarious to think how much work was behind all the silliness.

Billov, which was better: Airplane! or Top Secret! ?

I'm thinking about which one to buy.

Dude... I actually watched Airplane! a month back, and was sorta disappointed. I seem to remember it being a lot more funny (hadn't seen it since childhood) but all the humour was a little too cringey. Top Secret was much more sophisticated, silly but clever at the same time.

I hadn't heard of Top Secret until someone posted here recently saying it was their favourite film

american werewolf in london - 7/10. i was supposed to watch batman returns for a class but ive seen it so i said fuck it an watched this instead.

Went to see the remastered, re-cut, re-other things version of Metropolis.

It was thuggin' awesome.

  On 9/13/2010 at 3:21 AM, Atop said:

Wow was John Carpenter ALWAYS old?

let the right one in 8/10

very good. reminded me of noi albinoi (albino(ish) kid/snow landscape).

left me wondering :

greenzone 4/10

not engaging and very predictable.

i cannot workout how based on a true story this is. i know its based on a book

oh here we go.

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The nonfiction book has been adapted into a fictional thriller

Werckmeister Harmonies

Might just be up there in my top 10 of all time.

The opening scene is absolutely perfect.

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Werckmeister Harmonies, looks good that gonna see if I can download it.

Looking forward to watching this tonight

The Sicilian Girl

7/10

  On 9/13/2010 at 4:49 PM, AJW said:

  On 9/13/2010 at 3:21 AM, Atop said:

 

  On 9/13/2010 at 5:37 PM, sneaksta303 said:

Wow was John Carpenter ALWAYS old?

He is an immortal!

a ternary of triple worded titles...

Away We Go - 6.8/10

A cute feel-good type of film. Its emphatic/over-bearing secondary characters really turned me off, well just about any approach to making me LOL felt forced and awkward, in turn destroying the humbling atmosphere I was beginning to enjoy at the beginning of the film. I could not decode what the film was trying to be... At times it felt like Meet the Fockers and other times something with a bit more soul.

Don't Look Now - 8.5/10

This was brilliant! My first Roeg film :) A highly visual film saturated in cinematic know-how. Those interchangeable cut scenes and delightful montages masturbated my visual cortex up until that final deflating moment (ya'll who have seen it know what I'm talkin' about). I need to rewatch this a few more time to take it all in.

When We Leave - 7.5/10

I enjoyed this quite a bit. The lead who played Umay was spectacular. The story felt a bit spastic at times though... a few of the sub plots could have been cut (the whole new boyfriend bit had no place that I could figure and added some melodramatic nonsense the really took away from the film) to further flesh out the under-development of the family. Aside from that though, brilliantly acted, I'll say again.

a clockwork orange - incredibly dated. one of kubrick's worst films. malcolm mcdowell is pretty amazing in it, but that's about it.

one flew over the cuckoo's nest - polar opposite of clockwork. still one of the best movies ever made.

  On 9/14/2010 at 5:20 AM, remy marathe said:

a clockwork orange - incredibly dated.

how so?

uh, watch it some time. it's a panorama of terrible sixties/seventies design aesthetics. this is an issue i have with 2001 as well, although less so. neither film has aged well.

I haven't seen either in years, despite owning both. Perhaps I shall have a revisit.

  On 9/14/2010 at 6:31 AM, remy marathe said:

uh, watch it some time. it's a panorama of terrible sixties/seventies design aesthetics. this is an issue i have with 2001 as well, although less so. neither film has aged well.

who cares if the characters have shag carpet in their homes and wear bell bottoms? you dont have any deeper reasons for saying these films havent aged well?

I'm with the rest Remy, not valid reasons at all. You can't base a films obsolescence on apperance alone.... that's just being cynical to be cynical.

  On 9/14/2010 at 6:31 AM, remy marathe said:

uh, watch it some time. it's a panorama of terrible sixties/seventies design aesthetics. this is an issue i have with 2001 as well, although less so. neither film has aged well.

Classic Movie 'Avatar' Updated For Today's Audiences

  On 9/14/2010 at 7:46 AM, Z_B_Z said:

  On 9/14/2010 at 6:31 AM, remy marathe said:

uh, watch it some time. it's a panorama of terrible sixties/seventies design aesthetics. this is an issue i have with 2001 as well, although less so. neither film has aged well.

 

who cares if the characters have shag carpet in their homes and wear bell bottoms? you dont have any deeper reasons for saying these films havent aged well?

They're far too popular to be truly respected......