A few films recently watched.

  On 1/25/2011 at 5:25 PM, remy marathe said:

  On 1/24/2011 at 2:00 PM, The Overlook said:

 

  On 1/24/2011 at 5:24 AM, remy marathe said:

jesse james is a good film but i absolutely hate the narration. it basically knocks it down from great to merely good.

The narration was genius. It suited the film's subversion of wild west mythmaking perfectly as it sounded like the equivalent of 19th century American tabloids / dime novels.

 

it sounded like a nature documentary on pbs. it was fucking terrible.

Stop flirting with me and just take your pants off already.

dušan makavejev - wr: mysteries of the organism

I've watched the first 7 or 8 episodes of Twin Peaks this last week.

9/10 so far. Awesome, and keeps getting better.

finally saw Braveheart

I'd say 8/10 mostly because I think Apocalypto and Passion were better movies

  On 1/28/2011 at 5:31 AM, Capsaicin said:

I've watched the first 7 or 8 episodes of Twin Peaks this last week.

 

9/10 so far. Awesome, and keeps getting better.

same here!

Jack Goes Boating - Philip Hoffman directorial debut starring Philip Hoffman as a rasta. Worth a watch I would say.

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

  On 1/28/2011 at 5:31 AM, Capsaicin said:

I've watched the first 7 or 8 episodes of Twin Peaks this last week.

 

9/10 so far. Awesome, and keeps getting better.

I'm going to say to you like I say to everyone else I know who has just started watching Twin Peaks: Don't loose your hope when you're about halfway through season 2 because it really goes down hill from there but the last episode is so fucking sweet that you'll instantly forget how lame most of season 2 really was.

i always turn it off right after laura's killer is resolved...can't remember anything after being worth the trouble. I remember the climax of the last episode but found it disillusioning, not cool.

I also recently rewatched Twin Peaks. Second season will surely disappoint anyone, but there's still some good moments here and there.

I recommend looking for the pilot! it's not always included with whatever collection, which is a shame because it's one of the best episodes. and don't forget to close with Fire Walk With Me, it's so much more intense than the show, in a good way.

season one 8+/10

season two 5-7/10

film 9/10

the other guys 7/10

much much better than i expected. didnt hear much about this when it came out. good action and very funny too. will ferrel plays the straight man to marky mark. and it actually worked. well maybe not the straight man but marky definitely gets all the jokes. maybe it was the expectation, maybe it was the beer, maybe it was the takeout pizza but i thought this was good.

  On 1/28/2011 at 6:14 PM, Benedict Cumberbatch said:

the other guys 7/10

much much better than i expected. didnt hear much about this when it came out. good action and very funny too. will ferrel plays the straight man to marky mark. and it actually worked. well maybe not the straight man but marky definitely gets all the jokes. maybe it was the expectation, maybe it was the beer, maybe it was the takeout pizza but i thought this was good.

I thought it was great, very surprised by it.

everything adam mckay did so far is pretty great, much better than the judd apatow stuff

  On 1/28/2011 at 6:33 PM, eugene said:

everything adam mckay did so far is pretty great, much better than the judd apatow stuff

I thought Step Brothers was 1% watchable, 99% hideous. I get that John C. Reilly is one of McKay and Ferrell's friends, but the dude is about as funny as a child with terminal cancer. Walk Hard? Just....no.

i liked walk hard ALOT

john c reilly is great!

tim meadows is in it too!

did anyone see that vampire film he was in recently? (john c reilly i mean) that looked real bad

i love everything with Ferrel and Reilly in it

  On 1/28/2011 at 9:38 PM, Benedict Cumberbatch said:

did anyone see that vampire film he was in recently? (john c reilly i mean) that looked real bad

i did, just for c reilly and yes it was horrific

  On 1/28/2011 at 6:37 PM, The Overlook said:

  On 1/28/2011 at 6:33 PM, eugene said:

everything adam mckay did so far is pretty great, much better than the judd apatow stuff

I thought Step Brothers was 1% watchable, 99% hideous. I get that John C. Reilly is one of McKay and Ferrell's friends, but the dude is about as funny as a child with terminal cancer. Walk Hard? Just....no.

his character on tim and eric is pretty hilarious.

  On 1/29/2011 at 1:14 AM, remy marathe said:

John C. Reilly's character Steve Brule on Tim & Eric is fucking awesomely hilarious.

I don't care for Will Farrel at all, but Reilly has been ok in my book since I 1st saw "magnolia" (shudder cruise).

Grabbed some Judd Apatow produced things after finishing Freaks and Geeks.

Forgetting Sarah Marshall - Dracula bit was the only enjoyable part.

Funny People - People ok, funny terrible.

Talladega Nights - 38 minutes and that's enough for me.

Pineapple Express - Alright but pretty weak in terms of comedy, I don't even understand how they get away with jokes so dull in these films.

  On 1/29/2011 at 8:51 PM, futuregirlfriend said:

Pineapple Express - Alright but pretty weak in terms of comedy, I don't even understand how they get away with jokes so dull in these films.

It didn't think it was all that when I first watched it but now I absolutely love it.

  On 1/29/2011 at 8:51 PM, futuregirlfriend said:

Grabbed some Judd Apatow produced things after finishing Freaks and Geeks.

 

Forgetting Sarah Marshall - Dracula bit was the only enjoyable part.

Funny People - People ok, funny terrible.

Talladega Nights - 38 minutes and that's enough for me.

Pineapple Express - Alright but pretty weak in terms of comedy, I don't even understand how they get away with jokes so dull in these films.

only one of those was actually written/directed by Judd Apatow, the rest are just under his production company.

I thought Pineapple and Forgetting sarah marshall were probably the best comedies of that year,

'Get Him To The Greek' has me in fits on the ground....a lot of these films don't sink in the first time with me, but upon second and third viewings the comedy explodes in my mind!

Yeah, I know, I just wanted to sample some of his/their stuff. @awepittance