A few films recently watched.

I'm about to start Sátántangó, but considering that it's 8pm and the film's 8hrs long, it may be a two part affair. christ does it look gorgeous though!

rapt - a classy, thoughtful ransom-drama - 8/10

  On 7/29/2011 at 10:46 AM, MAXIMUS MISCHIEF said:

  On 7/28/2011 at 7:13 PM, beerwolf said:

Very rarely post here but I watched Bad Lieutenant for the first time a few nights ago. Great acting by HK but a grim movie imo. Not sure what to give it out of 10, as the story/plot is a bit pointless. But the acting is top notch and worth seeing for that alone.

 

hicolas kage?

lolirl

Just saw xmen first class, Good movie even tho theres a few mistakes in it

  On 7/29/2011 at 11:50 AM, Awepittance said:

  On 7/27/2011 at 10:39 PM, The Overlook said:

  On 7/27/2011 at 10:27 PM, Awepittance said:

Green lantern 3/10

Truly horrible. I kinda quietly cheer for Ryan Reynolds because he strikes me as being a nice guy, but the chemistry between he and Lively was non-existent. The script had a lot to do with that, but at some point, you gotta look interested, Ryan! Maybe that's what ended his gig with SJ.

 

Green Lantern definitely suffered from Frankenscript. It seemed like initially they set out to make a spiderman style earth bound super hero movie and then retooled the entire thing to make it intergalactic to compete with Thor. I actually enjoyed the ambitiousness that the movie had at times, the opening 10 minutes while having so-so CGI i thought had a very psychedelic scifi creepy quality to it. It made me think about what new scifi movies could be like if one was entirely like that opening sequence. It might not be very intellectual but from what i saw it would be a whole lot more enjoyable than all 3 star wars prequels.

I agree with you. It started with a little promise, like a bit of a The Last Starfighter vibe, maybe a little 80's reboot of The Twilight Zone. It then spiraled into something worse than Ang Lee's Hulk.

was going to go see cowboys and aliens but damn the reviews are B A D

Black Death 7/10

I normally don't like period films like this, but Christopher Smith comes through once more and manages to make it interesting, even a little Wicker Man'ish.

  On 7/28/2011 at 7:20 PM, tec said:

Hobo with a Shotgun - My mind was blown by the sheer amount of dodgy gore and crap one-liners, cinema has nowhere to go after this one.

I forgot about this one. Fucking nutzo! I liked it a lot, but it definitely made me feel sick. I appreciated a healthy dose of unrealistic splatter gore. The music was too!

  On 7/27/2011 at 7:28 PM, baph said:

Wolves in the Ski Lift

WITSL

i made it about 5 minutes into The Garbage Pail Kids Movie

went right past so bad its good and back into fucking terrible territory

so instead i watched mst3k: the movie. good stuff!

South Park Movie - i'm a little confused as to what in the fuck this is? a musical? didn't like it.

Wolfman 7/10 - a slow burner with flaws but the moody lighting and excellent cinematography make it worth a watch

Gonna have to watch Harold and Maude soon... only just discovered it because Disparaissant mentioned it somewhere

Don't leave it at that, do a Hal Ashby full sweep. Well, actually, I've heard his '80s films aren't so hot.

Manhattan Murder Mystery - 8.5 or maybe 9/10

Chicago - 8/10

Cowboys and Aliens - lol/10

Alfred Hitchcock's "Rope" - 8/10

brilliant film. A simple concept, the entire movie taking place in one set, similar to rear window in that regard. Very twisted. There were some very very long scenes in that film, the actual cuts were very subtle which made it seem as if the entire movie was somehow one long take. Great ending.

  On 8/1/2011 at 3:17 AM, futuregirlfriend said:

Don't leave it at that, do a Hal Ashby full sweep. Well, actually, I've heard his '80s films aren't so hot.

yeh all ive seen of his from the 80s was 8 million ways to die and it wasn't bad, but it was pretty not-good. if you know what i mean.

i watched Objectified yesterday. 7/10. it was a bit boring but i mean it's about industrial design so it's not exactly going to be action packed. but it just kind of wandered around and touched on some really neat ideas without really exploring any of them in any sort of substantive way.

london to brighton - 7/10 a gritty british film about the seedy sex trade underworld.

Saw7 aka saw3d - 1/10 glad this shit is over

I am almost through Event Horizon for the first time in years and i still love it.

Event Horizon is a nice mix of, like, 80% goofy b-movie & 20%

Altered States 9.0/10

  On 8/1/2011 at 11:43 PM, Cryptowen said:

Event Horizon is a nice mix of, like, 80% goofy b-movie & 20%

It's Hellraiser in space. Not a bad movie, certainly enjoyable enough.

I haven't seen it in a long fucking time but I don't remember Event Horizon have much of a B movie feel at all for a sci fi flick of its time.

Yeah I wouldn't say it was B-movie either. Maybe a little bit cheese, but it certainly takes itself seriously.