A few films recently watched.

  On 6/12/2011 at 8:24 PM, dr lopez said:

  On 6/12/2011 at 3:03 PM, chris moss acid said:

Wim Wenders'

Wings of Desire 10/10 just a fantastic fantastic film highly recommended, bruno gatz is stunning in this film

I had a hard time with wings of desire. Ganz was good as always but peter falk was the bet part. but it just seemed to go on and on and on. Der Amerikanisch Freund is one of my favorites tho. Wenders is hit and miss.

next up on the playlist is paris, texas kinda looking forward to it

Paul Merton has a new series on BBC2 that may interest the film thread regulars. Just downloaded the first three episodes. http://gorillafilmmagazineblog.wordpress.com/2011/06/04/the-rise-of-hollywood-presented-by-paul-merton/

  On 6/13/2011 at 12:40 AM, eugene said:

i'd love to get on the bandwagon but i just can't, RT is right. the dull, cliched dialogue brings it down, it's like it's been pasted on a solid film from somewhere else entirely, some facepalm inducing plot twists don't help things either. the cinematography and the lighting are really really great though, managed to produces a fantastic vibe.

Which? WOTN?

I agree with that and saying I "loved" it might be a stretch. I remember renting it through gnashed teeth. The wife wanted to see Joaquin and I thought it was going to be horrible. I was very much surprised by its many qualities.

The Explorers - 7.5/10

with all this hype over Super 8 happening and the overly heavy handed linkages with 'early Spielberg' i thought i'd revisit one of Joe Dante's almost effortless channeling of steven Spielberg on the Explorers a scifi movie with a cast including Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix as kids. It also includes one of Jerry Goldsmith's most synthesizer heavy 80s movie scores. Overall one of Joe Dante's weaker films, but still far more fun and unique and full of character than anything Mr Abrams has laid a finger on.

Unfortunately the movie jumps the shark a little at the end, even Dante said it was unfinished, but the first hour or so is pretty great.

stop the Super 8 hatred ya'll!

aren't carniverous psychic aliens with energy boxes that build anything still cool?

I think so....

  On 6/13/2011 at 12:40 AM, Deep Fried Everything said:

has anyone viddied mallick's tree of life yet?

yes and if you like heavily dogmatic films with no sense of cohesion for over two hours, and intense close ups of human faces then you will love this film.

Black Dynamite

What can I say? Tits, kung fu, drugs, pimps, black g's = win

(.)(.)/10

Love

I saw Tsubaki Sanjuro last night... wow, just wow. Might be the best Kurosawa's i've seen. A 9/10 for me!

Oh, and i also saw "Stonehenge Apocalypse". An entertaining watch, haven't seen such a bad movie for years. Watched the last third at 1.5x speed for extra action boost. 2/10

  On 6/10/2011 at 8:55 PM, THIS IS MICHAEL JACKSON said:

  On 5/24/2011 at 3:10 AM, huzur said:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091341/

 

Kin-Dza-Dza russian

 

 

 

 

 

I cannot express the pure sincere high that I get from (re-)watching this genius 89' russian sf/comedy movie, but what I am almost sure of is the fact that this is going to win the most idm tournament 2012 IF enough people watch it. anything I would say would surely be a spoiler, so just watch it inb4 i start spamming it

 

 

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wtf

 

i thought it was boring and dumb, uninteresting plot, horrible visual and sound fx... i really don't get all the hype :|

i stared at your comment for 6 full minutes and still haven't found a decent reply. maybe you are just missing the point

  On 6/13/2011 at 4:43 PM, huzur said:

  On 6/10/2011 at 8:55 PM, THIS IS MICHAEL JACKSON said:

  On 5/24/2011 at 3:10 AM, huzur said:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091341/

 

Kin-Dza-Dza russian

 

 

 

 

 

I cannot express the pure sincere high that I get from (re-)watching this genius 89' russian sf/comedy movie, but what I am almost sure of is the fact that this is going to win the most idm tournament 2012 IF enough people watch it. anything I would say would surely be a spoiler, so just watch it inb4 i start spamming it

 

 

  Reveal hidden contents

 

wtf

 

i thought it was boring and dumb, uninteresting plot, horrible visual and sound fx... i really don't get all the hype :|

 

i stared at your comment for 6 full minutes and still haven't found a decent reply. maybe you are just missing the point

lol, and i tried said that with other words and i couldn't find them...

i mean, the humor thing is a bit like kusturika movies but "dumber"

the main script is pretty hollywood...

i love the fx and sceneries but in the movie context they just get boring, i mean, look at that still you posted, pretty cool...

and i must say, i really went watching it with a positive attitude, i really wanted to like it!

Atop you've been calling the tree of life Christian and dogmatic and I can't help but wonder what the fuck you could possibly be talking about.

in fact, it occurs to me that you must be joking

the film goes on about grace, is grace not a christian concept?

  On 6/12/2011 at 8:44 PM, Squee said:

Is We Own the Night worth watching?

watch it!

Synechdoche, New York (4/4). what a downer.

xmen 1

nothing happened in this film. it felt so short. went back to it as i couldnt remember it and had just seen the prequel. lots of stuff didnt make sense after seeing the prequel though. didnt they try and make it make sense?

^I think the new one is basically being treated as the start of a new continuity, even though it's officially supposed to be connected to the other ones.

Atop, grace is indeed not a concept confined to Christian theology. are you even trying? I literally encourage you to look up the word in a dictionary. simply, the film reflects upon the nature of things like beauty, mercy, righteousness, severity, etc in the face of chaotic, violent, and indifferent nature. basically, uh, life. it's like any other malick film this regard so don't tell me that you think all of his films are dogmatic Christian exercises going on and on about some fundamentalist concept.

and for some one with occult leanings such as yourself you may want to take a glance at the, you know, cabalistic tree of life or pillar of which is called "mercy."

come on man, it's cool if you don't like this shit but don't try to lend your opinion weight by claiming the film is offensively dogmatic Christian. it clearly is not.

and no, it might not be coherent. and yes, it has lotsa close up, but those are not characteristics of an objectively flawed film.

ffs watmm

*never enters film thread again*

*backflips into cum drops*

  On 6/13/2011 at 7:36 PM, Ricky Downtown said:

Synechdoche, New York (4/4). what a downer.

Favourite film. Got nothing but love for it.

  On 6/13/2011 at 9:10 PM, Alcofribas said:

 

 

*never enters film thread again*

 

*backflips into cum drops*

LOL

Watching through the first season of Breaking Bad. I don't really watch much/any TV but this stuff is pretty good I think.

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  On 6/13/2011 at 9:10 PM, Alcofribas said:

Atop, grace is indeed not a concept confined to Christian theology. are you even trying? I literally encourage you to look up the word in a dictionary. simply, the film reflects upon the nature of things like beauty, mercy, righteousness, severity, etc in the face of chaotic, violent, and indifferent nature. basically, uh, life. it's like any other malick film this regard so don't tell me that you think all of his films are dogmatic Christian exercises going on and on about some fundamentalist concept.

terrence malick is brilliant and i'm going to love this film.

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  On 6/13/2011 at 10:42 PM, Cryptowen said:

Watching through the first season of Breaking Bad. I don't really watch much/any TV but this stuff is pretty good I think.

First season is amazing, short but sweet. Stopped watching it half way through the second, not sure why. Guess it got a bit formulaic.

  On 6/13/2011 at 9:17 PM, Obel said:

 

LOL

 

Good lord, that's a LOL of a .gif.

  On 6/13/2011 at 9:10 PM, Alcofribas said:

Atop, grace is indeed not a concept confined to Christian theology. are you even trying? I literally encourage you to look up the word in a dictionary. simply, the film reflects upon the nature of things like beauty, mercy, righteousness, severity, etc in the face of chaotic, violent, and indifferent nature. basically, uh, life. it's like any other malick film this regard so don't tell me that you think all of his films are dogmatic Christian exercises going on and on about some fundamentalist concept.

 

and for some one with occult leanings such as yourself you may want to take a glance at the, you know, cabalistic tree of life or pillar of which is called "mercy."

 

come on man, it's cool if you don't like this shit but don't try to lend your opinion weight by claiming the film is offensively dogmatic Christian. it clearly is not.

 

and no, it might not be coherent. and yes, it has lotsa close up, but those are not characteristics of an objectively flawed film.

 

ffs watmm

 

*never enters film thread again*

 

*backflips into cum drops*

I doubted The New World based on the trailers and I think it's magnificent, so I'll probably do the same with Tree of Life.

Les tontons flingueurs - 6/10