A few films recently watched.

  On 12/26/2011 at 9:34 PM, THIS IS MICHAEL JACKSON said:

  On 12/26/2011 at 4:45 AM, Benedict Cumberbatch said:

  On 12/26/2011 at 12:24 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...

 

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i was expecting some kind of mental/psych theme but instead i was presented with a cult, didn't like it, ruined it for me, and it made the end scene 100% predictable which was a shame.

 

 

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

Yeah I was undecided about that on the first watch, I picked it up today so will see how I feel about it on the second run.

Melancholia - 6/10

i really wanted to love this movie, Antichrist completely turned me on to Lars Von Trier, i wasn't a fan before. I thought that the opening 10 minute sequence was so beautiful looking and creepy that i don't know how they could have possibly topped it visually after that point.

I think the movie would have been stronger if they didn't actually show the very last scene. I loved the whole part with the magic cave/wood stick fort but it looked soooo fakey and Scifi channel level scifi right before the ending credits. Im not too familiar with his career but i think the concept felt rushed, the concept is great but the way it played out i didn't enjoy too much. Plus how does Kiefer Sutherland still get acting gigs? on 24 he just hams it up so that makes sense, but in any role that requires dramatic weight he is totally unbelievable on screen

positives: the wagner music was used well, reminded me of Kubrick a little bit but not in a heavy handed homage sort of way, the sound melancholia made as it came closer, kirsten dunst's performance was great, the colors looked really nice

  On 12/27/2011 at 1:35 AM, Awepittance said:

Melancholia - 6/10

 

i really wanted to love this movie, Antichrist completely turned me on to Lars Von Trier, i wasn't a fan before. I thought that the opening 10 minute sequence was so beautiful looking and creepy that i don't know how they could have possibly topped it visually after that point.

I think the movie would have been stronger if they didn't actually show the very last scene. I loved the whole part with the magic cave/wood stick fort but it looked soooo fakey and Scifi channel level scifi right before the ending credits. Im not too familiar with his career but i think the concept felt rushed, the concept is great but the way it played out i didn't enjoy too much. Plus how does Kiefer Sutherland still get acting gigs? on 24 he just hams it up so that makes sense, but in any role that requires dramatic weight he is totally unbelievable on screen

positives: the wagner music was used well, reminded me of Kubrick a little bit but not in a heavy handed homage sort of way, the sound melancholia made as it came closer, kirsten dunst's performance was great, the colors looked really nice

i was enjoying this movie until kirsten dunst become all depressed and all knowing-like (see attached image).

do people actually have these characteristics when depressed? it seemed totally over the top to me. other than this, film was kind of alright.. i guess. 6.2/10.

The Adventures of Tin Tin was pretty cool.

Have you guys, while watching Melancholia thought of seeing it in a metaphorical way? It really helps...

yo how good is the swedish version of "the Girl With the Dragon tattoo"?

not very

  On 12/27/2011 at 6:24 AM, abracadabra said:

The Adventures of Tin Tin was pretty cool.

yeaaaah..

no....

not really. i don't know. the characters were enjoyable enough (haddock in particular was a highlight), but there was still something overall cold and lifeless about this film. it was pumped with too much action and the action was just awhole lot of consequence-less flailing about (similar to the carefree technology driven lightsaber battles in star wars prequels). all show and visuals but kind of lacking in anything else.

and it's not like i had high expectations or anything. it was just, this dumb fun action movie that was based on the tintin books, and even then the dumb fun action was boring and pointless. kind of disapointed.

  On 12/27/2011 at 1:33 AM, tec said:

  On 12/26/2011 at 9:34 PM, THIS IS MICHAEL JACKSON said:

  On 12/26/2011 at 4:45 AM, Benedict Cumberbatch said:

  On 12/26/2011 at 12:24 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...

 

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i was expecting some kind of mental/psych theme but instead i was presented with a cult, didn't like it, ruined it for me, and it made the end scene 100% predictable which was a shame.

 

 

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

 

Yeah I was undecided about that on the first watch, I picked it up today so will see how I feel about it on the second run.

 

 

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I've read interviews where the director compares the plot to the current economic climate and the way people have unfortunate things thrust upon them that they don't fully understand by a system beyond their control. This certainly applies to the film and adds weight to the grim conclusion.

 

Rare Exports - Best Christmas film ever. 10 / 10

I finally saw Black Swan.

Natalie Portman is a good actress once every five years/10

Big Trouble In Little China /DVD commentary - Brilliant, Kurt really is the man, it was fun listening to Carpenter and Kurt talking about their works and personal lives.

  On 12/27/2011 at 5:20 PM, THIS IS MICHAEL JACKSON said:

  On 12/27/2011 at 1:33 AM, tec said:

  On 12/26/2011 at 9:34 PM, THIS IS MICHAEL JACKSON said:

  On 12/26/2011 at 4:45 AM, Benedict Cumberbatch said:

  On 12/26/2011 at 12:24 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...

 

  Reveal hidden contents

i was expecting some kind of mental/psych theme but instead i was presented with a cult, didn't like it, ruined it for me, and it made the end scene 100% predictable which was a shame.

 

 

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

 

Yeah I was undecided about that on the first watch, I picked it up today so will see how I feel about it on the second run.

 

 

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I've read interviews where the director compares the plot to the current economic climate and the way people have unfortunate things thrust upon them that they don't fully understand by a system beyond their control. This certainly applies to the film and adds weight to the grim conclusion.

 

 

 

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have you seen "a serbian film"???

 

  On 12/27/2011 at 8:17 PM, tec said:

 

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I am almost ashamed to admit that I have, before seeing this film I heard Mark Kermode's review and he mentioned how it owes something to A Serbian Film so the moment the hunchback arrived for the fight I was able to guess where it would lead, bastard!

 

i hadn't read anything yet i saw it coming :(

  On 12/27/2011 at 6:05 PM, LUDD said:

Rare Exports - Best Christmas film ever. 10 / 10

its not

better .. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116717/

Tokyo Godfathers is my favourite.

kill list

/10

Cible émouvante - 6/10

Tron Legacy - 6/10. Better than I expected

Battle: LA - 5/10

  On 12/28/2011 at 10:11 PM, patternoverlap said:

Battle: LA - 5/10

You are being far too generous.

most depressing thing i've seen all year / 10

  On 12/27/2011 at 1:47 PM, pigster said:

  On 12/27/2011 at 6:24 AM, abracadabra said:

The Adventures of Tin Tin was pretty cool.

 

yeaaaah..

no....

not really. i don't know. the characters were enjoyable enough (haddock in particular was a highlight), but there was still something overall cold and lifeless about this film. it was pumped with too much action and the action was just awhole lot of consequence-less flailing about (similar to the carefree technology driven lightsaber battles in star wars prequels). all show and visuals but kind of lacking in anything else.

 

and it's not like i had high expectations or anything. it was just, this dumb fun action movie that was based on the tintin books, and even then the dumb fun action was boring and pointless. kind of disapointed.

clearly you have no soul

i just got back from this and i can really only describe it as a romp.

it was a romp.

rather enjoyable, totally pointless, and i dont give a fuck.

it was great for what it was.

and that was a romp.

Ha:)

I may change my mind on second viewing, but yeah. I had bad taste in my mouth from all the over the top action the film focused. Don't mind me, I have no soul etc.

actually I agree with you completely pigster...i posted my review on here somewhere as well...