A few films recently watched.

  On 2/13/2011 at 2:53 AM, ieafs said:

ah right, i only just started (and finished) watching it late last year so i didn't see any threads on here when it was originally. ended up watching a season a week i think! i guess i can blame christmas for that a bit though

 

i guess he was only kind of a minor role... but it was just so jarring!

 

to be balanced about it - one thing i didn't like was that continually bad theme song... is that some sort of HBO rule. the last season (with i kind of assume steve earle...) was especially bad!

agreed....the 4th season version wasnt too bad.

the theme at the end of every episode is so damn perfect though.

i must admit that Six feet under is now being reran in order on HBO and i'm getting kind of sucked in. I felt it was really gimmicky when it came out but now so much TV resembles it, that it actually kind of stands the test of time. It's much better than i remember initially feeling about it.

I think Six feet under is either good or bad depending on whether or not you watch it with a girlfriend, and probably whether or not you come from a traditional background. I caught one episode when it was on its first run and decided it was pretentious, but last year I picked up the complete box set and watched it through with my Chinese gf and we both really enjoyed it. She was intrigued by the unconventional family stuff, and it has a decent blend of drama and humor. The much-praised final episode is unintentionally hilarious, though - note to Hollywood: old person make-up never, ever works (for ref, see jennifer connelly in "A beautiful Mind")

  On 2/13/2011 at 7:36 PM, The Overlook said:

  On 2/13/2011 at 7:29 PM, halisray said:

I thoroughly enjoyed Six Feet Under. True Blood on the other hand...

Okay, I was being unfair to SFU, but I still think it's majorly bleh once you get over its formula. The acting is uneven at best, too.

 

True Blood is definitely a much worse evil. Alan Ball = Shit.

no you were right the first time, it's all dogshit.

black swan - 5/5 - i loved it.

i never thought much of natalie portman as an actress until this movie. i mean, most of the performance kinda leaned on the desperate horror/confusion face, but there are very impressive moments.

her mom was so fucking creepy from the very start. immediately creepy, but ambiguously so. well done.

21 grams - good

winter's bone - good(ish)

/in-depth review

The Wire's theme music is incredible.

It keeps on flipping out more and more every episode.

Anthem.

Tokyo Sonata 8/10 well done though a little drawn out. Not as good Bright Future by same director Kiyoshi Kurosawa

The Troll Hunter 3/10 solely for the effects which were alright

Adventureland 8/10 Brilliant little film in every way, also a wicked soundtrack

amer - 5/10, kind of a sensual-art-horror thing, ranges from really captivating to just pretentious and annoying, very well shot with a good soundtrack.

l'illusionniste - 8/10 - every single frame of it is a marvel full with emotion and meaning, the artwork and attention to details are just incredible, it's just miles and miles ahead of what disney and pixar are doing, the closest comparison i can think of is perhaps yuri norstein. i guess directors fetishism with this "Jean-Pierre Jeunet thing" can get tiresome, the "modern vs. the good-old" theme, and it's the backbone of the whole film. the decision not to include any dialogue was a mistake imo, they obviously could of pulled it off with such talent in the crew but it just didn't work, the story is rather shallow and undeveloped, the pictures easily steal the show (with the exceptions of some computer animated sequences that seemed really redundant.)

vanishing on the 7th street - poo.

unstoppable -

the troll hunter - 4/10 - (spoilers ahead) fun concept, great humor, big mess. the whole bureaucracy and secrecy thing was a lot of fun i thought, the grumpy hunter with a shitty job who decides to make it all public, the dead bear smuggling poles, idiotic press and press agents..it just could be a great satire/comedy film. but instead half of the film you get this shaky-camera-infra-red-scream n' run bullshit, and the acting isn't any good, the hunter could be a classic character for example, but in the film he's almost completely lifeless. didn't like the cgi either with the exception of the last troll. felt like a missed opportunity to me.

  On 2/14/2011 at 3:26 PM, eugene said:

l'illusionniste - 8/10 - every single frame of it is a marvel full with emotion and meaning, the artwork and attention to details are just incredible, it's just miles and miles ahead of what disney and pixar are doing, the closest comparison i can think of is perhaps yuri norstein. i guess directors fetishism with this "Jean-Pierre Jeunet thing" can get tiresome, the "modern vs. the good-old" theme, and it's the backbone of the whole film. the decision not to include any dialogue was a mistake imo, they obviously could of pulled it off with such talent in the crew but it just didn't work, the story is rather shallow and undeveloped, the pictures easily steal the show (with the exceptions of some computer animated sequences that seemed really redundant.)

As you said, it's a beautiful movie. Extremely beautiful and the level of detail is amazing.

I loved The Triplets from Belleville but this one didn't catch my attention at all. It had its moments where I simply couldn't help but smile at just how wonderful it all looked. I loved how they in The Triplets from Belleville replaced pretty much all the dialogue with sound effects, moans and groans and music, but it seemed as if they were afraid of doing this in The Illusionist or maybe it simply didn't fit the characters because they weren't as extreme-looking as the ones in Triplets. I don't know. But what I do know is that the Sims-like language that they created for the girl in the movie was god-awful. Pretty much everything about the girl annoyed me. Her design didn't fit the rest of the world - plus, she had no forehead. And her voice seemed out of place.

All in all I was pretty damn disappointed.

The Scots were hilarious though.

anna paquin

Freaks and Geeks baby

yeah true blood has paquinn's tits going for it.

it's entertaining, and gets lamer and lamer but one thing that's good about it is the photography, at least in the last season every frame looked like it could be hung in a museum.

Rip Remy, you will be missed

  On 2/14/2011 at 5:05 PM, sneaksta303 said:

anna paquin

the romantics - anna paquin/10

in brudges - didn't see that lol coming 8/10

tropa elite 2 - way ahead of me/boring/politics/10

  On 2/14/2011 at 4:15 PM, Squee said:

  On 2/14/2011 at 3:26 PM, eugene said:

l'illusionniste - 8/10 - every single frame of it is a marvel full with emotion and meaning, the artwork and attention to details are just incredible, it's just miles and miles ahead of what disney and pixar are doing, the closest comparison i can think of is perhaps yuri norstein. i guess directors fetishism with this "Jean-Pierre Jeunet thing" can get tiresome, the "modern vs. the good-old" theme, and it's the backbone of the whole film. the decision not to include any dialogue was a mistake imo, they obviously could of pulled it off with such talent in the crew but it just didn't work, the story is rather shallow and undeveloped, the pictures easily steal the show (with the exceptions of some computer animated sequences that seemed really redundant.)

 

As you said, it's a beautiful movie. Extremely beautiful and the level of detail is amazing.

I loved The Triplets from Belleville but this one didn't catch my attention at all. It had its moments where I simply couldn't help but smile at just how wonderful it all looked. I loved how they in The Triplets from Belleville replaced pretty much all the dialogue with sound effects, moans and groans and music, but it seemed as if they were afraid of doing this in The Illusionist or maybe it simply didn't fit the characters because they weren't as extreme-looking as the ones in Triplets. I don't know. But what I do know is that the Sims-like language that they created for the girl in the movie was god-awful. Pretty much everything about the girl annoyed me. Her design didn't fit the rest of the world - plus, she had no forehead. And her voice seemed out of place.

 

All in all I was pretty damn disappointed.

 

The Scots were hilarious though.

will watch it tonight, is there too much dialogue?? cause it's in 3 different languages and i don't have subtitles for it

there's none

  On 2/14/2011 at 11:21 PM, eugene said:

there's none

Details

Country:

UK | France

Language:

English | French | Gaelic

From what i've read the point of the movie is that you're not supposed to necessarily understand the spoken language, the story is mostly conveyed without it.

ok just like the triplets of belleville, great :thumbsup:

Yeah, they only say things like 'oui' and 'thank you' and so on, but they've developed this ridiculous and out of place Sims-like language for longer sentences.

i love the dog dreaming sequence of belleville rendez-vous :sup:

blue valentine - terrific..the fresh first impression anyway.

aileen: life and death of a serial killer - 8/10 - i love nick broomfields documentaries. its been a while since ive seen this so i decided to rewatch, and it was actually even better than i remember it being. could have been exploitative trash, but broomfield resists tabloid sensationalism in favor of genuinely wanting to understand this sad, dangerous, broken woman.. found myself surprisingly emotional at the end.. excellent film. now i need to rewatch 'biggie and tupac'

  On 2/14/2011 at 4:15 PM, Squee said:

  On 2/14/2011 at 3:26 PM, eugene said:

l'illusionniste - 8/10 - every single frame of it is a marvel full with emotion and meaning, the artwork and attention to details are just incredible, it's just miles and miles ahead of what disney and pixar are doing, the closest comparison i can think of is perhaps yuri norstein. i guess directors fetishism with this "Jean-Pierre Jeunet thing" can get tiresome, the "modern vs. the good-old" theme, and it's the backbone of the whole film. the decision not to include any dialogue was a mistake imo, they obviously could of pulled it off with such talent in the crew but it just didn't work, the story is rather shallow and undeveloped, the pictures easily steal the show (with the exceptions of some computer animated sequences that seemed really redundant.)

 

As you said, it's a beautiful movie. Extremely beautiful and the level of detail is amazing.

I loved The Triplets from Belleville but this one didn't catch my attention at all. It had its moments where I simply couldn't help but smile at just how wonderful it all looked. I loved how they in The Triplets from Belleville replaced pretty much all the dialogue with sound effects, moans and groans and music, but it seemed as if they were afraid of doing this in The Illusionist or maybe it simply didn't fit the characters because they weren't as extreme-looking as the ones in Triplets. I don't know. But what I do know is that the Sims-like language that they created for the girl in the movie was god-awful. Pretty much everything about the girl annoyed me. Her design didn't fit the rest of the world - plus, she had no forehead. And her voice seemed out of place.

 

All in all I was pretty damn disappointed.

 

The Scots were hilarious though.

I guess ya'll aren't Jacques Tati fans... it was based off a Tati screen play which are silent (mostly), lack plot, are under developed, and heavily revolve around the theme of modern vs old. I thought it was an absolutely brilliant tribute/adaptation... and the animated representation of Monsieur Hulot warmed me to the bone. Ya'll need to go see Playtime right now! :)