A few films recently watched.

harry brown - was enjoying it then it all got silly and over the top. 4/10

Last house on the left (2010) Been awhile since i saw the original but i have a feeling it was better than the 2010 version 5/10

the big lebowski 10/10

hadn't seen it in a few years. kept meaning to but thinking "ah i know it too well" but this film just keeps giving and giving. a perfect film.

  On 11/7/2010 at 2:12 PM, Squee said:

  On 11/7/2010 at 1:10 PM, data said:

rec - 6/10

 

rec 2 - 2/10

 

shakey cam never used to bother me until i saw these movies. even when they're not doing anything, just standing around, the camera is all over the place.

 

There are some major fails in those movies that really bother me. For instance, there's a scene where they rewind the tape to get a look at one of the infected or something like that and you actually get to see the the tape rewinding. That doesn't make any sense since what you're watching is what they're recording? Teh fuck?

I don't remember that being in the movie. I only saw the first REC, but if I remember correctly, there's just a cut after they say lets rewind, and the next scene begins immediately. Maybe you saw some idiot-edit version? Like when the studio pushes the creators to edit in these silly echo-flashback-reminder-sounds from earlier dialogue when it becomes important again.

Robin Hood 3/10

  On 11/8/2010 at 7:59 PM, Terpentintollwut said:

  On 11/7/2010 at 2:12 PM, Squee said:

  On 11/7/2010 at 1:10 PM, data said:

rec - 6/10

 

rec 2 - 2/10

 

shakey cam never used to bother me until i saw these movies. even when they're not doing anything, just standing around, the camera is all over the place.

 

There are some major fails in those movies that really bother me. For instance, there's a scene where they rewind the tape to get a look at one of the infected or something like that and you actually get to see the the tape rewinding. That doesn't make any sense since what you're watching is what they're recording? Teh fuck?

 

I don't remember that being in the movie. I only saw the first REC, but if I remember correctly, there's just a cut after they say lets rewind, and the next scene begins immediately. Maybe you saw some idiot-edit version? Like when the studio pushes the creators to edit in these silly echo-flashback-reminder-sounds from earlier dialogue when it becomes important again.

It's in all the versions I've watched so far.

4 Lions

[uncollapsed wave function]/10

Chris Morris has created a previously unseen quantum state wherein every single joke in a comedy is piss weak, and yet somehow the overall film is great. I don't quite understand the physics, but I'm going to see if I can build a teleporter out of it.

I almost wonder if the jokes are deliberately shit as a kind of meta-joke - i.e. the joke is somebody made a shit comedy with lots of really forced jokes ABOUT TERRORISTS

  On 11/8/2010 at 6:44 PM, Benedict Cumberbatch said:

the big lebowski 10/10

hadn't seen it in a few years. kept meaning to but thinking "ah i know it too well" but this film just keeps giving and giving. a perfect film.

Fuck it, man. Let's go bowling.

L.A. Confidential 10/10 great movie

  On 11/8/2010 at 7:59 PM, Terpentintollwut said:

  On 11/7/2010 at 2:12 PM, Squee said:

  On 11/7/2010 at 1:10 PM, data said:

rec - 6/10

 

rec 2 - 2/10

 

shakey cam never used to bother me until i saw these movies. even when they're not doing anything, just standing around, the camera is all over the place.

 

There are some major fails in those movies that really bother me. For instance, there's a scene where they rewind the tape to get a look at one of the infected or something like that and you actually get to see the the tape rewinding. That doesn't make any sense since what you're watching is what they're recording? Teh fuck?

 

I don't remember that being in the movie. I only saw the first REC, but if I remember correctly, there's just a cut after they say lets rewind, and the next scene begins immediately. Maybe you saw some idiot-edit version? Like when the studio pushes the creators to edit in these silly echo-flashback-reminder-sounds from earlier dialogue when it becomes important again.

the original movie is spanish, is there any confusion about thsi???

Welt am Draht (1973) - Great stuff. Somehow a lot of the goofy awkwardness actually helps raising suspense. 4/5

Robin Hood (2010) - What a disaster. 0/5

  On 11/9/2010 at 12:05 AM, analogue wings said:

4 Lions

 

[uncollapsed wave function]/10

 

Chris Morris has created a previously unseen quantum state wherein every single joke in a comedy is piss weak, and yet somehow the overall film is great. I don't quite understand the physics, but I'm going to see if I can build a teleporter out of it.

 

I almost wonder if the jokes are deliberately shit as a kind of meta-joke - i.e. the joke is somebody made a shit comedy with lots of really forced jokes ABOUT TERRORISTS

The more I think about this film the cleverer it gets. It's really starting to fuck with my head now. FUCK.

lol 4 Lions was awesome for sure

  On 11/9/2010 at 4:18 AM, THIS IS MICHAEL JACKSON said:

  On 11/8/2010 at 7:59 PM, Terpentintollwut said:

  On 11/7/2010 at 2:12 PM, Squee said:

  On 11/7/2010 at 1:10 PM, data said:

rec - 6/10

 

rec 2 - 2/10

 

shakey cam never used to bother me until i saw these movies. even when they're not doing anything, just standing around, the camera is all over the place.

 

There are some major fails in those movies that really bother me. For instance, there's a scene where they rewind the tape to get a look at one of the infected or something like that and you actually get to see the the tape rewinding. That doesn't make any sense since what you're watching is what they're recording? Teh fuck?

 

I don't remember that being in the movie. I only saw the first REC, but if I remember correctly, there's just a cut after they say lets rewind, and the next scene begins immediately. Maybe you saw some idiot-edit version? Like when the studio pushes the creators to edit in these silly echo-flashback-reminder-sounds from earlier dialogue when it becomes important again.

the original movie is spanish, is there any confusion about thsi???

No? The echo-thing was just an example for studio-pushed post-editing. Squee has seen a version of the film in which they rewind the tape and the scene they are looking at is shown again. I remember it differently (but I could have confused it with the scene in Cloverfield where they do the same and it's definitely not shown again), so I was wondering whether there are multiple versions of the film, other than the odd dub-versions, which Squee probably didn't watch.

Red Riding Trilogy - 7/10. Pretty good. Rather brutal at times and some of the camera work/post ventured into wank territory as did some of the narration in the 3rd film, but overall a decent story.

Bronson - 7.5/10. Great job by Tom Hardy. Not a lot of variety to his character but he played it well.

Cropsey - 7/10. Worth it for the freaky 70s Geraldo news story on the asylum alone. Fairly well done and even-handed I thought.

Bad Lieutenant, Port of Call: New Orleans - LOL/10. I have no idea what or how to rate this. Still mulling it over.

  On 11/9/2010 at 3:17 PM, patternoverlap said:

Bad Lieutenant, Port of Call: New Orleans - LOL/10. I have no idea what or how to rate this. Still mulling it over.

it was shit.

  On 11/9/2010 at 4:26 PM, keltoi said:

  On 11/9/2010 at 3:17 PM, patternoverlap said:

Bad Lieutenant, Port of Call: New Orleans - LOL/10. I have no idea what or how to rate this. Still mulling it over.

 

it was shit.

But it was spectacularly so.

  On 11/9/2010 at 4:37 PM, patternoverlap said:

  On 11/9/2010 at 4:26 PM, keltoi said:

  On 11/9/2010 at 3:17 PM, patternoverlap said:

Bad Lieutenant, Port of Call: New Orleans - LOL/10. I have no idea what or how to rate this. Still mulling it over.

 

it was shit.

 

But it was spectacularly so.

that's nic cage for you.

I thought Bad Lieutenant was an alright movie and Nic Cage was good in it. He does crazy well.

  On 11/9/2010 at 3:17 PM, patternoverlap said:

 

 

Cropsey - 7/10. Worth it for the freaky 70s Geraldo news story on the asylum alone. Fairly well done and even-handed I thought.

 

 

saw this on netflix the other day and almost watched it. time to add it to the cue..

anyone into a british comedy show from a few years ago called 'snuff box'? ive been watching and rewatching and ill be damned if its not one of the better sketch shows ive seen. pity theres only one season.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I66aySW4le8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PADkpyVWAwQ&feature=related

also watched louis ck's new show. SO much better than that shitty hbo show he had.

  On 11/9/2010 at 4:57 PM, keltoi said:

  On 11/9/2010 at 4:37 PM, patternoverlap said:

  On 11/9/2010 at 4:26 PM, keltoi said:

  On 11/9/2010 at 3:17 PM, patternoverlap said:

Bad Lieutenant, Port of Call: New Orleans - LOL/10. I have no idea what or how to rate this. Still mulling it over.

 

it was shit.

 

But it was spectacularly so.

 

that's nic cage for you.

I thought it was fucking ace. Solid entertainment.

  On 11/9/2010 at 11:28 PM, Z_B_Z said:

anyone into a british comedy show from a few years ago called 'snuff box'? ive been watching and rewatching and ill be damned if its not one of the better sketch shows ive seen. pity theres only one season.

Brilliant. Rich Fulcher is my hero.

really want to see this:

  On 11/9/2010 at 11:28 PM, Z_B_Z said:

anyone into a british comedy show from a few years ago called 'snuff box'? ive been watching and rewatching and ill be damned if its not one of the better sketch shows ive seen. pity theres only one season.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I66aySW4le8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PADkpyVWAwQ&feature=related

It's rick sanchez MD. I must grab this.

Yep it's very good. Shame there probably won't be anything like it on bbc3 any time soon, let alone a second series.