A few films recently watched.

  On 8/15/2011 at 8:21 AM, m u st co n t r ol t h o 4 said:

Happiness (Todd Solondz)

So this is the prequel for LDW. Once you know the back story of Joy and the writer sister things get even more chilling but kinda hated it as a whole, it is so morbid and unpleasant.

Really? I thought it was extremely funny in places. Great dark comedy.

Final Destination 5 (IMAX 3D)

9/10

This one delivers, chaps.

hobo with a shotgun - absolute unadulterated shite/10.

  On 8/15/2011 at 6:19 AM, Eggs said:

  On 8/15/2011 at 3:50 AM, Terpentintollwut said:

Super 8 aka Letdown-Meltdown

 

that movie kinda sucked. droppin my rating from a 3/5 to a 2/5. sooo Atop. FUCK YOU. not including you in my next mix.

I went to the movie knowing NOTHING except for the fact that it was JJ Abrams. I hadn't seen a trailer or anything, not even a poster. I went there with a friend who also knew nothing and we both enjoyed the beginning. First I was surprised that it had kids in the lead, but I quickly got used to that and thought hey, could be a cool idea. I also could identify so well with the fat director-kid cause I was just like him when I started making movies at the same age, the wannabe-perfectionism and stuff, I even was a fat fuck like him back then. It was kinda hilarious, even my friend said "that's what I imagine you were like back when you started shooting movies", and I kept smiling until that train station scene. When it became clear that they were shooting a zombie movie, I had a thought that was kinda similar to what happened later on but would have been much better - instead of the >things< (spoiler-proof) that came out of that train, I thought there'd be zombies. Real zombies that is, and that the kids would be the only ones staying behind while the city is being evacuated in order to shoot their zombie film with real zombies. So it'd be funny at first but then get out of hand once the first one of them dies for real etc. This could have been a great plot if executed well, and Abrams could even have done some scenes entirely made of Cloverfield-esque first person camera footage.

  On 8/15/2011 at 9:08 AM, jefferoo said:

Final Destination 5 (IMAX 3D)

 

9/10

 

This one delivers, chaps.

Does it? I saw Final Destination 4 and it was the dullest in the series. Not sure I wanna see 5 at all.

^ fail-edit:

my opinion as to what REALLY ended up happening @Super 8: It was just a disappointment. The movie didn't have a clear direction, the acting of the grown up actors was all cliché and I didn't know whether it was supposed to be that way, the shocks didn't work, the laughs didn't work (they did in the first half hour, but not once the audience had been lost), and not once has the appearance of THE ARMY improved any film, period. The film just didn't know whether it wanted to be some 80's childrens film or a horror flick, so it ended up being stuck somewhere in between in the movie-limbo of irrelevance. It wasn't really bad but it was really sad, waste of potential too, hence a letdown-meltdown.

  On 8/15/2011 at 9:08 AM, jefferoo said:

Final Destination 5 (IMAX 3D)

 

9/10

 

This one delivers, chaps.

In what way? Same as above I saw the fourth one recently and it was just a fucking joke.

girl with dragon tattoo

very good. now i understand the hype.

red

what a load of shite. was this meant to be funny? i guess it was ok but with this cast list why was this so bad? also had similar storyline to 'knight and day' which i was unlucky enough to have viewed recently. odd how movies with same ideas come out at same time

  On 8/15/2011 at 4:29 PM, Obel said:

  On 8/15/2011 at 9:08 AM, jefferoo said:

Final Destination 5 (IMAX 3D)

 

9/10

 

This one delivers, chaps.

 

In what way? Same as above I saw the fourth one recently and it was just a fucking joke.

I think you have to accept you wont be watching high art. Once you get past that, a world of wonder will open before your eyes.

The death scenes are just really clever and entertaining. That is the whole point of the franchise. Clever and entertaining death scenes.

There is actually quite a bit of suspense too. There's this one moment where a screw falls out of a ceiling fan in a gymnasium and lands point-up on a balance beam while a gymnast is practicing her routine. The way it was shot/edited had everyone in the audience screaming and nothing bad had even happened.

Aside from that kinda thing, the gore was just really well done. Nothing but fun to be had.

Just don't go in there expecting to see Oscar material and you'll be good.

You gotta see it IMAX 3D though. The extra $6 or whatever is totally worth it for the added sound and image quality.

The opening credit sequence is fantastic, btw.

the Mist -- 5 or 6/10

A good movie, but too many spots were just really cheesy, and the ending, while not necessarily a bad result plot-wise, was just not executed in a believable way.

Black Dynamite 8/10 = excellent blacksploitation spoof, best comedy i've seen in a while

Hobo with a Shotgun 5/10 = grindhouse wannabe and dissapointing as a whole, Rutger was the only thing making it watchable.

Scarface = 9/10 only watched it once many moons ago and its was much better second time round. Loved the Morroder soundtrack too.

  On 8/15/2011 at 8:44 AM, Gocab said:

  On 8/15/2011 at 8:21 AM, m u st co n t r ol t h o 4 said:

Happiness (Todd Solondz)

So this is the prequel for LDW. Once you know the back story of Joy and the writer sister things get even more chilling but kinda hated it as a whole, it is so morbid and unpleasant.

Really? I thought it was extremely funny in places. Great dark comedy.

I think I laughed at the writer a couple times but I found it mostly bad taste and I didn't get that feeling from the others.

The Green Hornet (Michel Gondry)

pop corn comedy comic book thing where hero is hilariously incompetent but I really think Kato should have done what I was expecting of him. Guess Gondry is not Lars Von Trier and this is why you can't take any of this stuff seriously.

About a week ago I watched the new A Tribe Called Quest documentary called "Beats, Rhymes, and Life" and that was pretty good. Dragged on a bit towards the end, but still very interesting.

7.8/10

I just watched Super 8. It was ok.

  On 8/15/2011 at 8:55 PM, Capsaicin said:

About a week ago I watched the new A Tribe Called Quest documentary called "Beats, Rhymes, and Life" and that was pretty good. Dragged on a bit towards the end, but still very interesting.

 

7.8/10

I loved that documentary and I would suggest it to anyone who likes hip hop or documentaries on musicians but It did get a little slow.

just watched benjamin button for the first time. I can't say it was a bad movie, as it was masterfully told and the shots were beautiful and the acting was great. But the story was boring as hell and the movie was way too long. It was basically forest gump all over again but not as entertaining.

  On 8/15/2011 at 8:55 PM, Capsaicin said:

About a week ago I watched the new A Tribe Called Quest documentary called "Beats, Rhymes, and Life" and that was pretty good. Dragged on a bit towards the end, but still very interesting.

 

7.8/10

Yeah, that's probably what I would rate it too. I could have done with them going into more detail on a few things like: The Ummah (and how big a role each member played in production) & Q-Tip losing his huge vinyl collection. But I guess that's what the dvd is for. I read there's a whole section about Dilla that didn't make it to the screen.

I Saw the Devil - 8/10 - Haven't seen a movie this disturbing in a while. This rates pretty high on the "Korean Revenge Flick" scale. It's pretty ridiculous at points but has this really creepy atmosphere that makes up for it. It's worth seeing just for Choi Min-sik's (Oh Dae-su from Oldboy) performance. He plays a completely despicable character yet you can't wait to see what he does next.

Kill the Irishman - 3/10 - Supremely pedestrian mob movie. The only thing this movie did effectively is make the Cleveland, Ohio of the 1970's look like an absolute shithole. I feel there's a good film to be made in the actual story but it isn't here. It's sad when the archival footage interspersed throughout the film is more interesting than the actual film. And I still don't know why Val Kilmer is in this film.

Four Lions - 8.5/10 - Laughed my ass off at this. I've heard a lot of you recommend Chris Morris' work before and this has definitely gotten me interested.

Heading South - 8/10 - Found this on Netflix Instant by accident and was surprised at how good it was. It tackles race, sex and the interaction between natives and tourists in a country, with a primarily service based economy, in a way that isn't trite. Charlotte Rampling is really good in this.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes - 7/10 - Pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed this, although I wasn't expecting much. It was so well put together that I didn't find myself annoyed by some of the plot holes.

I want to give rise of the planet of the apes 7/10 but there was just so many terrible errors that even if this film was set in an alternate universe this shit wouldn't happen. This film highlights how everyone in America needs to be taught evolution and the concept of how genes work.

I can't tell you how angry it makes me because sadly people will watch this and will think it's possible. People are so god damn dumb.

source code: 5.5/10. watchable i suppose but i was bored. preferred moon.

Y Tu Mama Tambien - 8/10

Good message behind it and the acting was pretty good.

Social Network - 9/10

Dude who played Zukerberg was awesome

The Fighter - 8/10

Was expecting more from all of the hype it got, but it was still pretty good. Bale was awesome.

network - 9/10 . wow great movie, what an ending, what a journey to get there. The movie seemed to be about so many things at the same time(both plot wise and them-wise), but really good and I never lost interest in the dialogue. suprised I had not really heard of it before, since it seems to be pretty famous from what I read.

Volver was the last one I watched.

8/10

Dear Penelope,

You are pretty frigging good in your native Espanol. You should not act in English.

Love,

baph

Marjoe

Behind the scenes with a evangelical child preacher who grew up to be a disillusioned hippy, but still preaches to make money...

Really incredible documentary. Won the 1972 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature...

  Quote

Marjoe was a precocious child preacher with extraordinary talents, who was immensely popular in the American South. His parents earned large sums of money off him up until the point he outgrew his novelty. Marjoe rejoined the ministry as a young adult solely as a means of earning a living, and not as a believer; he spent the next several years using his fame and status as an evangelist to defraud a small fortune out of individuals both through tent revivals and televangelism.

 

Eventually, Gortner suffered a crisis of conscience and decided to renounce his ways, offering the documentary film crew unrestricted access to him during his final revival tour. The film contains scenes from genuine revival meetings showing Gortner preaching and praying for people, interspersed with footage of Gortner admitting on camera that he was a non-believer and revealing the tactics used by himself and other evangelists to manipulate people.

  On 8/16/2011 at 7:20 PM, Mr Ouija said:

Y Tu Mama Tambien - 8/10

Good message behind it and the acting was pretty good.

What was the message?

Las Hurdes (Luis Buñuel)

I can't really parse if the guy is poking fun at the poor villagers? The Internet says this was the first mockumentary ever. I think Buñuel was a communist at the time so this can't really be a complete joke as the text at the end makes it quite serious and poignant.. man, what a director. Killing goats and donkeys in the name of art is not cool though. 30 minutes.

Eastern Promises --- pretty good/14

currently watching point blank (1967) directed by john boorman. Hes the guy that directed Deliverance and Zardoz back to back. Yeah, those two movies motherfucker. too tired to finish though, will finish tomorrow night. Pretty good so far though, fucking trippy as fuck and spontaneous style.