A few films recently watched.

speakin in code.

it's crazy to realize how small the electronic music scene is in north america. this doc really made you feel that/ also cool to see inside forced exposure.

the main artists interviewed were really cool, makes me want to go to germany

127 Hours

8/10

Insane.. Franco was really good.. I seriously felt ill just watching it, so fucking graphic.. I still feel sick.

That Aron Ralston guy really wanted to live... jesus

9/10

posted image was fucking amazing, YES

  On 1/17/2011 at 3:45 PM, The Overlook said:

This vodor guy needs to be banned. He rates Into the Wild and The Road better than The Ghost Writer and The Social Network.

if that's what you disagree with most then that's pretty cool :)

transiberian poopoo/10

how did ben kingsley get roped into this shit? the casting was awful, could have been saved by some decent actors

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we live in public

excellent documentary about late 90s internet craziness, the ultimate big brother experiment, etc..

  On 1/17/2011 at 11:27 PM, remy marathe said:

posted image was fucking amazing, YES

holy lol

Under image info there is a revealing fact about Data's tastes which I wouldn't have guessed but I also have not seen the film.

The Housemaid was pretty fucking good. Great acting all around. Not quite sure about the ending though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fw4-QDg8f6s&feature=related

The King's Speech - 8.5/10

Season of the Witch - 2/10

sherlock (bbc modern day reboot thingy) 8/10

first episode was good but the crime/mystery/serial killer cabbie was lame and simple. better than the hollywood reboot anyways. looking forward to more.

  On 1/18/2011 at 6:59 PM, Benedict Cumberbatch said:

sherlock (bbc modern day reboot thingy) 8/10

first episode was good but the crime/mystery/serial killer cabbie was lame and simple. better than the hollywood reboot anyways. looking forward to more.

Wahey, even starring Benedict Cumberbatch

Just saw a neat little horror film called End Of The Line. Not bad at all. Some decent scares, lots of gore, infact some of goriest effects I've seen in a while.

Nice apocalyptic feel, and the old 'small group of strangers against the zombies' type deal. Except the zombies are crazed cult members.

Black Swan: everything/everything.

I'm still having a hard time processing it in my head, it was absolutely awestruck by the hauntingly beautiful story, atmosphere, visuals and soundtrack.

my only problem with black swan was the bit where she actually changed into a black swan. i hated that scene. seems a few others did a few pages back too. i loved the black swan part. her face was incrdible during that bit but the feathers and all that was too much. a slap in the face

  On 1/18/2011 at 7:17 PM, AJW said:

  On 1/18/2011 at 6:59 PM, Benedict Cumberbatch said:

sherlock (bbc modern day reboot thingy) 8/10

first episode was good but the crime/mystery/serial killer cabbie was lame and simple. better than the hollywood reboot anyways. looking forward to more.

 

Wahey, even starring Benedict Cumberbatch

 

 

knew he was gonna be a star ;)

the trailer < the movie

crazy ass movie

Blue Valentine 9/10

  On 1/18/2011 at 10:18 PM, dankbudz said:

 

 

the trailer < the movie

 

crazy ass movie

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0870090/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1092016/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0489458/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1236397/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0861739/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1555149/

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  On 1/11/2011 at 7:07 AM, Squee said:

  On 1/11/2011 at 4:01 AM, Al Hounos said:

The Chaser - Another brutal, brilliant Korean thriller.

 

Having just watched Memories of Murder, I can't help but compare them, and this one lacks the colorful, well-developed characters of the former, and there are a few moments in the film when the suspense becomes a little forced, as well as a few minor plot holes.

 

Unfair comparisons aside, this is still a film that more than deserves a watch - one that keeps your eyes wide and fists clenched for two hours. 8.5/10

 

I'd also say it's a movie best experienced not knowing anything of the plot beforehand, as I did.

 

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While watching the film, I kept telling myself, at least it's just a movie... then I look it up on Wikipedia and find out it's loosely based on a guy who didn't just kill 12 people as did the movie killer, but 21...

 

 

I love that movie. I watched Memories of Murder, The Chaser, and Madeo within a short period of times so these movies are almost linked together in my world; three fantastic Korean crime movies.

 

Have you watched I Saw The Devil? The one that got recut three times but still couldn't be shown in Korean theatres? It's a lot like all the other Korean revenge movies (not as good as any of the ones mentioned above though) but just a lot more messed up.

i just saw it

oh btw, what's up with the Korean police??? it's common in these movies to make them look retarded, why is that???

  On 1/19/2011 at 12:14 AM, Awepittance said:

whoops

i saw the reply, but then you erased it, why was that???

what i meant was, when i saw it for the first time, by the end, i kept thinking that if i re-watched it, i would find lots of flaws cause, you know, it's a damn tough plot to keep cohesive.

The Social Network 7/10

Was okay. Interesting. Zuckerberg seems like a complete douchebag

  On 1/19/2011 at 2:13 AM, THIS IS MICHAEL JACKSON said:

  On 1/19/2011 at 12:14 AM, Awepittance said:

whoops

i saw the reply, but then you erased it, why was that???

 

what i meant was, when i saw it for the first time, by the end, i kept thinking that if i re-watched it, i would find lots of flaws cause, you know, it's a damn tough plot to keep cohesive.

i idiotically edited an old post instead of posting a new one, and by the time i previewed it i realized 'oh fuck i jsut deleted my old post'

yeah i was basically saying The Game has the best Michael Douglas performance, he should have won an academy award for it. It has Sean Penn's fantastic comeback after not doing much acting or mostly unmemorable roles for a while. Howard Shore's best score besides Silence of the Lambs. As well as being Fincher's most visually diverse movie. It has color filtering going on but it's done in a much less static way than in his later stuff ie: zodiac or especially Fight club.

but yeah when it comes to the way the story is constructed even Fincher admits that they 'cheat' many times in the film, making it appear to the audience that Nick Van Orton is indeed about to die. They had to pull out all the stops and basically make the whole elaborate setup of 'The Game' an inexplainable, impossible to construct ruse. I could see why certain people would find this very irritating, but it only increases my enjoyment of the movie.

  On 1/10/2011 at 9:31 PM, Jonas said:

devil: 6/10

 

surprisingly okay for a Shyamalan story.

yeah i watched it thinking i'll hate it as much as i hate all the shyamalan films.. i hate them with a passion. but i quite enjoyed this one quite a bit and i was genuinely creeped out at the devil too. good stuff.