A few films recently watched.

  On 11/9/2010 at 2:00 PM, Terpentintollwut said:

  On 11/9/2010 at 3:18 AM, THIS IS MICHAEL JACKSON said:

  On 11/8/2010 at 6:59 PM, Terpentintollwut said:

  On 11/7/2010 at 1:12 PM, Squee said:

  On 11/7/2010 at 12:10 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.

i don't know shit

Watched Sympathy for Mr. Vengence a couple of night ago - no Oldboy, but very good. I found it hard to follow but it might have been because I was tired as sin, gonna have to give it another watch in a more awake state.

The Imaginatorium of Dr. Parnassus - 4/10 It may have been Heaths last appearance in a film but it sure was a shitty one. Even if he hadn't have passed away half way into filming i think it would still suck

Wristcutters: A Love Story

fell asleep/10

  On 11/10/2010 at 1:56 PM, AcrossCanyons said:

Watched Sympathy for Mr. Vengence a couple of night ago - no Oldboy, but very good. I found it hard to follow but it might have been because I was tired as sin, gonna have to give it another watch in a more awake state.

Enjoyed that film... but I would completely avoid watching Lady Vengeance... it really rubbed me wrong... the script was a mess...

love this one

Do we have a documentary thread? Has anyone seen any interesting documentaries lately?

  On 11/11/2010 at 2:08 AM, Lascaille said:

Do we have a documentary thread? Has anyone seen any interesting documentaries lately?

king of kong is on my list

'Exit Through The Gift Shop' is the best documentary I have seen in a long time...

makes 'King of Kong' look like the King of Turds....

the documentary about a Christian haunted house held every year in Cedar Hill Texas, 'Hell House', rules!

and 'Crumb', watch this is you have never seen it...

  On 11/11/2010 at 2:26 AM, yek said:

  On 11/11/2010 at 2:08 AM, Lascaille said:

Do we have a documentary thread? Has anyone seen any interesting documentaries lately?

king of kong is on my list

Saw this. The entire thing is on Youtube.

Consulting your list, Atop.

'Style Wars', 1983 doc about New York graffiti and hip hop culture, should be seen by everyone if you haven't yet...fuck this is a great film!

last doco i watched was BBC.Churches.How.to.Read.Them.1of6.Dark.Beginnings - intrestening, i thought that i was gonna hate it because of the presenter, but he and it turned out to be ok.

  On 11/11/2010 at 2:08 AM, Lascaille said:

Do we have a documentary thread? Has anyone seen any interesting documentaries lately?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttq7w-nS2g4

"The film explores the obsession Adolf Hitler had with his own particular vision of what was and was not aesthetically acceptable and how he applied these notions while running the Third Reich. His obsession with art he considered pure, in opposition to the supposedly degenerate avant-garde works by Jewish and Soviet artists, reveals itself to be deeply connected to Hitler's equally subjective and strict ideal of physical beauty and health.

Hitler is shown as an amateur architect who spends a lot of time planning designs of new buildings for the Reich and acquiring paintings and sculptures that reinforce his vision."

I liked Manufactured Landscapes, docu about a photographer documenting ehm.industrial changes to landscapes, the title says it all really. There are some astonishing shots from huuuuuge chinese factory floors and indian (I think)ship graveyards etc. Also the two first quatsi films are pretty great.

The devil came on horseback is good, also about a photographer, but honestly the focus is on the darfur/sudan genoside.

Capturing the Friedmans is a GREAT documentary about a family torn apart by claims of pedophile abuse, a must see if you ask me.

Onibus 174 is another great documentary, this one is about a hostage situation on a bus in Rio de janeiro, lots of footage from the event.

and then there's the "mondo" movie africa addio, what could be considered very racist undercurrents in there, and lots of unsettling footage of human brutality, but I found it very enlightening nontheless. It depicts the chaos arising in Africa after the portugese/british/german/french/whatnot leave the continent. It's rough stuff to watch and there are scenes there that will never leave me. I don't know if I can recomend it, it's dirty and distasteful, but some of the events that are documented give a lot of insight.

the fountain: played like a tool video stretched out to feature length, disappointing/10

female convict scorpion series: 8/10

toy story 3: cried my tits off/10

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'Style Wars', 1983 doc about New York graffiti and hip hop culture, should be seen by everyone if you haven't yet...fuck this is a great film!

i've had time to catch up lately

Moon

-loved it. 8/10

2012

- iv'e heard much bad about this movie but had a good time watching it. awesome destruction cgi shitz. 6/10

Robin Hood (2010)

-didn't like the pacing and music video like cutting.

the way it was a prequel and not the usual robin hood story was nice. 5/5

Toy Story 3

-exelent. cried a little. 8/10

Twilight

-acctually better than i had imagined but still kind of crap. 3/10

Twilight New Moon

-14 year old girl filth fantasy greatness. fast forwarded a couple of times. 2/10

Twilight Eclipse

-more fast forwarding. >> 2/10

The Other Guys

-true lol delivery. the intro is awesomely over the top awesome. 7/10

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

-some lols. completely ok. 6/10

Eyes Wide Shut

-i think i need to see it one more time but i don't think i want to. ~/10

Xtro

-very b-movie but worth watching. 6/10

Grizzly Man

-great and fascinating but probably wouldn't watch again. 8/10

The Crazies (2010)

-not that good. can't remember how it ended... 4/10

Zombieland

-very good. veeeery good. fresh. right up my alley. 9/10

The Harry Potters 1-6

-think i should have read the books instead(before). i got sucked up in their world but got the feeling things happened too fast at times. 5-7/10

Hausu

-lots of moments. super wierd movie, cool aesthetics but... nah. worth seeing though. 6/10

Predators

-positively surprised 6/10

Despicable Me

-worn out formula. it didn't find my cry channel though it really felt like it tried to. the little yellow guys where love/hateable. good looking and entertaining. 6/10

  On 11/11/2010 at 2:08 AM, Lascaille said:

Do we have a documentary thread? Has anyone seen any interesting documentaries lately?

some awesome docs i've watched recently have been:

winnebago man

best worst movie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tFgZ6DmXmw

FUBAR 2 (although this is more of a fake documentary/mockumentary it rivals the very best of trailer park boys and is basically the best movie ever)

Don't under any circumstances watch the documentary 'catfish'. It is incredibly fake and made me really angry

Expendables - 2/10

Was meh all around. If it was trying to do a callback to the 80s action flicks it failed miserably. With all the supposedly appropriate actors in a movie like this, it just didn't work. They lacked any sort of chemistry and comradery that you would expect from a group of elite mercenaries who's been through some serious shit. The gang in Predator had that vibe going. Only highlight was the monologue by Rourke.

no way, the only highlight was the AA-12

snuff box seems to be more hit & miss than even tim & eric

Toy Story 3 - 8.5/10

All in all a most enjoyable movie. I just love how Pixar designs its characters and everything in their movies. The oldtimer phone toy, just genius. And the monkey and the disturbing Big Baby. Mr.Potatohead as a tortilla had me do a genuine LOL. Top notch.

Exit Through The Gift Shop 9/10

  On 11/11/2010 at 2:08 AM, Lascaille said:

Do we have a documentary thread? Has anyone seen any interesting documentaries lately?

If you haven't seen the Power of Nightmares, The Trap, Century of Self or some of Louie theroux's excellent episodes like 'The Most Hated family in america' I highly recommend them. All available on google video & youtube

  On 11/11/2010 at 12:53 PM, Gocab said:

I liked Manufactured Landscapes, docu about a photographer documenting ehm.industrial changes to landscapes, the title says it all really. There are some astonishing shots from huuuuuge chinese factory floors and indian (I think)ship graveyards etc. Also the two first quatsi films are pretty great.

The devil came on horseback is good, also about a photographer, but honestly the focus is on the darfur/sudan genoside.

Capturing the Friedmans is a GREAT documentary about a family torn apart by claims of pedophile abuse, a must see if you ask me.

Onibus 174 is another great documentary, this one is about a hostage situation on a bus in Rio de janeiro, lots of footage from the event.

i liked both of these as well, manufactured landscapes was insane. I almost wished the movie wasn't about the photographer but more about the landscapes themselves

will have to check those docs out and:

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