A few films recently watched.

She got her memory erased?

  On 2/1/2012 at 2:19 PM, Squee said:

She got her memory erased?

fucking lol

she probably did though.

pretty good, but everyone was so over the top evil. kevin's like damien from the omen x100, and what

especially annoyed me was how everyone in town would hate on the mother like they did. it felt pretty unrealistic. then again i've no idea what the parents of for example the columbine killers went through. maybe people just need to blame somebody, it just felt sorta cliché.

outstanding.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhHkDb6H5_c

Watched Le Quattro Volte last night. Very good.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/may/29/le-quattro-volte-michelangelo-frammartino

Chewing my way through this Eclipse release as well.

http://www.criterion.com/boxsets/825-eclipse-series-28-the-warped-world-of-koreyoshi-kurahara

The Warped Ones is pretty fun.

  On 2/2/2012 at 1:29 AM, eichel said:

outstanding.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhHkDb6H5_c

yessss

Underworld Awakening £D - ultra not bad violence and average CGI try and make up for loss of character back story and scenic charm of the previous two main movies (never saw the the prequel with that bird from Doomsady). The 3D wasn't that spectacular and I don't think the format works with dark films anyway although the new Res Evil Trailer looked like fun which is probably why this film was rushed out. KateBeckinsale'sfineassin3D/10

Underworld Awakening 2D: 2/10

Wow, Transformers got a rival in badness. Stupid visuals, stupid characters and stupid story. Also very very bad ethics. One of those movies that make me hate humans.

saw the prestige last night which i quite enjoyed. there was, however, one point that i remain a bit confused about, perhaps some one here can tell me what i'm missing:

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The other weekend, me and a buddy got baked as shit and went through some movies.

In Like Flint - The women in this film are so. fucking. gorgeous. The male actors must have had a terrible time trying to hide their boners in every scene. The flint movies are so fucking awesome because you get James Coburn trying to be proto-Austin Powers but failing miserably. He's just too fucking serious, chiseled and sturdy. So with the intended premise of Flint being a parody character, but at the same time more serious than Bond (the ridiculous memory and skills being the only real parody), it all turns into some weird, self-referential meta-satire of american idealized culture in the 60's. As part of the ideal, there's that indescribable light-heartedness of the past western positive spirit, amplified by the idyllic vistas and classy, yet catchy lounge music. We completely lost track of the plot by the end, it felt like it ended kinda hastily. But the ladies make it all worth it. I'm pretty sure I recall Our Man Flint pulled most of this off well enough that a sequel might have been unwarranted, but ah well. There's something in these kinds of movies that we need more of. Maybe it's colour, I don't know.

I'm not sure if there were any fish or cetaceans in the movie, maybe some shark or so, but at some point me and my buddy got sidetracked into a discussion about how fucked up it would be to be swallowed by a whale.

Platoon - I never really gave this film a honest watch, so as a fan of vietnam war movies, I was pretty stoked. From the very beginning it was enjoyably captivating and atmospheric, until the village scene unfolded and my entire being crunched at the unashamed display of mans capacity of savagery. I found myself shivering, clawing my face at the sheer horror, trying to bear through that scene. At the same time, it felt so perfectly executed (no pun intended) and poignant that I realized how well-made the film was. But jesus, fuck. Few things will harsh your buzz like a fucking demon of a man talking about how he is reality while he puts 5.56's in old asian women's faces. I guess that was the point of the film.

Apart from the actors (dear god, the actors! It's even got keith fucking david in it.), the best things about this movie are really the little details. The nazi flag, the little quick bits of dialogue. The whole underground scene was amazing, those dreamy drug-dens only seem to pop up in the worst conditions imaginable (or just movies in general). Me and my buddy just light up a corn cob pipe under the kitchen stove. These guys smoked out of loaded M16 rifles. They also had alot better pop music back then. One shot that I personally loved was a quick one of VC running through the jungle. I think I mentally added some insightful observation by Cap Willard (Apocalypse Now) at that point, but the shots way of creating a strong sense of distance to these characters, and at the same giving an impression of their unbridled, almost primal resolve, was really stunning. The classic Elias scene has been parodied too much to be taken seriously. Oliver Stone apparently based the movie on his own war experience. What if, at the end, Chris taylor or whatever the dude's name was, went back to the states and made a movie about his war experience, in which the main character also makes a movie about his experience and so forth. That would have been sweet.

Horrible Bosses - This is not a perfect comedy by any means, but it has so many little brilliant moments that I can't help but feel this is one of the better recent films. Kevin Spacey makes half of this film. Colin Farrel and Motherfucker Jones make the other. Also, some support by Jennifer Aniston's dirty talk. The main characters do their parts well but don't really stand out, it's all about the mean-ass bosses and the hilariously disgusting things they do. I think the Navguide dude was a good way to wrap up the film but he felt abit forced and less naturally funny.

Napoleon Dynamite - I have put off watching this film for ages, being afraid it would be one of those ultra-hipstery movies (with intro sequences that look really cheaply made but actually aren't) containing all sorts of quirk for today's young faux-outcasts. Well, it sort of was, but it was cute and balanced it with decent comedy. I still don't get what that black woman saw in kip. I guess that ending dance bit with jamiroquai is sort of the thing everybody remembers about the movie. Well, now it's pretty much the only thing I remember. I never liked high school movies so I guess the movie did the best it could with what it had to work with.

  On 2/2/2012 at 6:35 PM, Alcofribas said:

saw the prestige last night which i quite enjoyed. there was, however, one point that i remain a bit confused about, perhaps some one here can tell me what i'm missing:

 

 

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when julia is locked in the tank and unable to untie the knot, why didn't some one just open the lock? earlier we learned that such tanks are typically equipped with a "fake lock," yes? surely they could have just opened the lock in that case?

 

 

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I'm absolutely in love with this film and have seen it several times over.

Vanishing on 7th Street - 3/10. Gets points for a decent premise but was woefully underdeveloped with poor character development for the most part and bad sequencing that took the intensity right out of it. Was hoping for more from the guy who did The Machinist and a bunch of decent TV work.

  On 2/2/2012 at 6:35 PM, Alcofribas said:

saw the prestige last night which i quite enjoyed. there was, however, one point that i remain a bit confused about, perhaps some one here can tell me what i'm missing:

 

 

  Reveal hidden contents

when julia is locked in the tank and unable to untie the knot, why didn't some one just open the lock? earlier we learned that such tanks are typically equipped with a "fake lock," yes? surely they could have just opened the lock in that case?

 

 

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In Nolan we trust

  On 2/2/2012 at 7:40 PM, chimera slot mom said:

  On 2/2/2012 at 6:35 PM, Alcofribas said:

saw the prestige last night which i quite enjoyed. there was, however, one point that i remain a bit confused about, perhaps some one here can tell me what i'm missing:

 

 

  Reveal hidden contents

when julia is locked in the tank and unable to untie the knot, why didn't some one just open the lock? earlier we learned that such tanks are typically equipped with a "fake lock," yes? surely they could have just opened the lock in that case?

 

 

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I'm absolutely in love with this film and have seen it several times over.

 

 

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Your thoughts are fridge logic at its best. Truthfully I don't think there was a fake lock, if only for the plot's sake. Way I see it, the point of her death was that Borden's attempt at his ultimate act was crazy from the start and he/they couldn't keep track of anything.

 

also, what is "fridge logic?"

thanks for taking the time to explain that.

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okay, if knowledge is the key then just show me the lock,

got the scrawny legs but I move just like Lou Brock,

...with speed, i'm agile, plus I'm worth your while.

Yeah, the Prestige is my favorite Nolan film by a mile. Was just thinking that it pairs nicely with "There Will Be Blood", two great recent-ish films about the "price of ambition", the way it can eat away at people/corrupt them over time. I love that subject matter and don't think it's explored in film as much as it could be. It's sort of one of the main realities of life, right? We all start off idealistic and then gradually we become jaded and cynical and make little sacrifices here and there, become more "pragmatic" - and one day find ourselves in a weird spot quite far from where we started. Or maybe it's just me.

edit: although in a certain way of looking at it, ambition is a form of idealism - the desire to be the "biggest" or "the best" is almost cutely naive, isn't it?

  On 2/3/2012 at 1:19 AM, lumpenprol said:

Yeah, the Prestige is my favorite Nolan film by a mile. Was just thinking that it pairs nicely with "There Will Be Blood", two great recent-ish films about the "price of ambition", the way it can eat away at people/corrupt them over time. I love that subject matter and don't think it's explored in film as much as it could be. It's sort of one of the main realities of life, right? We all start off idealistic and then gradually we become jaded and cynical and make little sacrifices here and there, become more "pragmatic" - and one day find ourselves in a weird spot quite far from where we started. Or maybe it's just me.

Oh man, I just watched There Will Be Blood last night. Hadn't watched it in 2 years. God, what a wonderful movie.

I'm finished.

It's weird because DDL makes being bad so sexy that you're basically on his side throughout the film, although you also completely understand why he ends up the way he does.It's sort of like Silence of the Lambs, the way the power of his performance completely captivates you, despite your better judgment...

there will be blood is perfect. in every way.

i'm on a bit of DDL binge at the moment... recently watched the crucible, the boxer, and got the ballad of jack and rose for the weekend. and i've got to watch there will be blood again cos it's also been a couple of years since.

looking forward to lincoln and silence even more so!

did you watch In the Name of the Father? Strangely all I remember about that is him walking down the street in some Austin Powers get up, and then the spittle flying from his mouth in some dramatic prison scene with his dad. Rest is a blank.

  On 2/3/2012 at 12:32 PM, lumpenprol said:

did you watch In the Name of the Father? Strangely all I remember about that is him walking down the street in some Austin Powers get up, and then the spittle flying from his mouth in some dramatic prison scene with his dad. Rest is a blank.

no i didn't fancy any more tales of IRA imprisonment after watching the boxer. but i read he lived in the prison cell on set for in the name of the father, telling everyone to hurl abuse at him and drench him with freezing cold water. he's been in character for abe lincoln for the last year or whatever. the guy's nuts. i love that about him.

yeah I remember reading about how he became a cobbler in Italy for a while, to detox from his celebrity. Acting is serious business....

Truth be told I'm not a huge fan of his, but there's no doubt he was epic in TWBB, plus he rocks a 'stache like nobody's business. He looks a lot like a friend of mine from high school...

he steals the show in gangs of new york too... and the crucible - if you haven't already, watch it! my left foot isn't exactly a barrel of laughs but his acting is immense, another character he lived as for ages, for the role.

and like you say, he's the master of the stache...