A few films recently watched.

A Dangerous Method was damn good I thought. Anyone who hates Keira Knightly will not enjoy it but she plays a mentally disturbed woman with repression issues fantastically. Viggo does an amazing job as Freud. It is definitely Cronenberg. There is fucked up sex in it. They only problem I have with the film is the portrayal of Jung as a sex addict. Fassbender does a great job but Jung was so much more than this film leads anyone to know, by just seeing this film. I would definitely watch it again. A great film about two important individuals discussing issues that make up what we "know" about human behaviour.

Tampopo

sweet movie - 9/10 read the synopsis and it sounded like something that i'd be into. it delivered A+ a sweet movie indeed!

Shinjuku Incident - 8/10 so bad it's good action-drama starting Jackie chan. loved it

best worst movie -8/10 . the second half is fantastic. loved every scene involving claudio fragasso

I watched 20 minutes of Shark Night 3D and then turned it off.

looks pretty good imo

  On 12/24/2011 at 2:27 AM, mrx said:

looks pretty good imo

It's all lies. No tits or ass at all. Plus there's a dog.

  On 12/23/2011 at 12:06 AM, Squee said:

  On 12/23/2011 at 12:01 AM, Brian Tregaskin said:

mission impossible: ghost protocol - 120/10

 

most epic lol i had in a long time

 

*air guitar*

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

  On 12/23/2011 at 10:12 AM, Gocab said:

  On 12/23/2011 at 1:27 AM, eugene said:

  On 12/21/2011 at 8:48 PM, data said:

 

7/10

i'll raise it to 8/10

Is it really good? the poster looks retarded.

Lol at John C. Reilly's facial expression hardly changing.

Skipped Ghost Writer. But this actually looks a bit interesting.

On these last two months, me and a couple of friends organized a small film festival, regarding the theme "Image - Space", in our architecture department, and for one of the days, i chose this movie called Soy Cuba (1964), which is absolutely breathtaking, totally innovating for its time and that got me into Mikhail Kalatozov, a relatively unknown soviet filmmaker.

Yesterday i watched Cranes are Flying (1957) and it was definitely one of the most exciting experiences of the last years for me. I have never seen anything like it. Kalatozov has a very peculiar way of making films. His photography is full of rich, often infrared constrasts, long takes that seem impossible for a human being to create, vertical/diagonal shots and compositions that really are bizarre, because they are so beautiful. He often films very close to the human face as well, slightly rotating the camera, which gives it a very intense feeling, which i don't recall seeing with any other filmmaker.

This particular film has a pretty common story,

It is such a beautiful film, and i hope you can watch it someday.

By the way, for all you film lovers, and especially soviet film lovers, the legendary Mosfilm is displaying pretty much every of their movies for free, with English, French, Hungarian and Russian subtitles, here. There is Eisenstein, Tarkovsky, Kalatozov, Anna Karenina, the epic War and Peace. Everything!

  On 12/24/2011 at 4:29 PM, ruiagnelo said:

By the way, for all you film lovers, and especially soviet film lovers, the legendary Mosfilm is displaying pretty much every of their movies for free, with English, French, Hungarian and Russian subtitles, here. There is Eisenstein, Tarkovsky, Kalatozov, Anna Karenina, the epic War and Peace. Everything!

Wow, impressive.

Haha I love this: http://www.cinema.mosfilm.ru/FAQ.aspx

  On 12/24/2011 at 9:21 PM, Ego said:

  On 12/24/2011 at 4:29 PM, ruiagnelo said:

By the way, for all you film lovers, and especially soviet film lovers, the legendary Mosfilm is displaying pretty much every of their movies for free, with English, French, Hungarian and Russian subtitles, here. There is Eisenstein, Tarkovsky, Kalatozov, Anna Karenina, the epic War and Peace. Everything!

Wow, impressive.

 

Haha I love this: http://www.cinema.mosfilm.ru/FAQ.aspx

Well, in soviet Russia, englihs translates you!

Xmas eve movies

Fight club 10/10

More relevant today than when it was made. Lots of special features on the bluray too.

Gross point blank 7/10

Thought this was my furst viewing but some parts very familar. The dialogue is great but the story only ok. Forgot how sexy mini driver was(is?).

Warrior - 7/10

Great performances by Tom Hardy and Nick Nolte. Tom Hardy looks fucking terrifying. The music was terrible though and the high school students were not very believable. No one going through puberty is THAT psyched about their science teacher.

Watched "the Road" last night. That is not a Christmas Eve feel good movie! Good lord.

  On 12/26/2011 at 12:34 AM, chenGOD said:

Watched "the Road" last night. That is not a Christmas Eve feel good movie! Good lord.

You're not wrong about that. The soundtrack is absolutely wonderful. Gotta love it.

the cable guy - 7/10

the fight scene is classic

  On 12/24/2011 at 9:21 PM, Ego said:

  On 12/24/2011 at 4:29 PM, ruiagnelo said:

By the way, for all you film lovers, and especially soviet film lovers, the legendary Mosfilm is displaying pretty much every of their movies for free, with English, French, Hungarian and Russian subtitles, here. There is Eisenstein, Tarkovsky, Kalatozov, Anna Karenina, the epic War and Peace. Everything!

Wow, impressive.

jazzband! quality is OK, lot of it is on youtube too. coincidentally i watched bits of 'white sun of the desert' on their channel a few days ago. film traditionally watched by cosmonauts before their space journeys.

Kill List is on sale (or has leaked), someone go watch it then meet me back here. The less you know about it the better.

  On 12/26/2011 at 1:24 AM, tec said:

Kill List is on sale (or has leaked), someone go watch it then meet me back here. The less you know about it the better.

Oi oi you lucky people!

  On 12/26/2011 at 12:34 AM, chenGOD said:

Watched "the Road" last night. That is not a Christmas Eve feel good movie! Good lord.

very disapppointed having read the book

surprisingly unshit - really enjoyed it - who knew Van Damme could act? 6.9/10

  On 12/26/2011 at 12:45 AM, Brian Tregaskin said:

the cable guy - 7/10

the fight scene is classic

i love when Jim Carrey screams the Kirk VS Spock fight scene music

Captain America

Really boring. Some critic said it was the best superhero film of the year but it was lacking. Not even as good as thor

  On 12/26/2011 at 5:45 AM, Benedict Cumberbatch said:

  On 12/26/2011 at 1:24 AM, tec said:

Kill List is on sale (or has leaked), someone go watch it then meet me back here. The less you know about it the better.

 

Oi oi you lucky people!

i saw it yesterday, 75% of the movie was almost perfect for what it is, but then, i don't know...

i'm not hating i'm just sad cause i was digging the hell out of this movie/10

  On 12/26/2011 at 10:08 PM, Benedict Cumberbatch said:

Captain America

Really boring. Some critic said it was the best superhero film of the year but it was lacking. Not even as good as thor

i tried watching it twice and could not finish. I also agreed with a lot of the reviewers who said that the pre Captain america CGI skinny body was ultra creepy looking.

i don't think the guy who directed it will ever top the Rocketeer, which was imo better than Crystal Skull

  On 12/26/2011 at 9:56 PM, Awepittance said:

i love when Jim Carrey screams the Kirk VS Spock fight scene music

That part always makes me laugh.

Agora - 7/10 - I'd never heard of this film before seeing it on Netflix instant and was pleasantly surprised. Probably, I (mostly) liked this because I enjoy "historical epics". It's also set during a period that hasn't been represented much in film. It's set in 4th century Alexandria and tells the story of how the clash between the pagan upper class and the growing christian population changes the city. The biggest problem is a major character being played by a sub-par actor and the film does suffer because of this. I feel like his dialogue may have been cut down to minimize this too. Watch the film and see if you can figure out which character I'm talking about!