A few films recently watched.

The Raid. Absolutely fucking mental.

  On 5/21/2012 at 6:57 PM, chimera slot mom said:

Going to watch Shawshank Redemption and Hara-Kiri

I think the Hara Kiri that was being recommended was a newer one? But the original black and white one is awesome.

i remember not seeing any previews for Fight Club, i just kept seeing that soap poster everywhere. and having been a huuuuuge fan of The Game with Michael Douglas i had very high hopes. Sat down in the theatre with my popcorn slightly nervous, then boom fucking cheesy breakbeat hard hitting techno music with a green filtered 'cell' cgi animation of us going through a body or some shit. My heart sunk, i was devastated, it was a punch in the stomach for me compared to the Erik Satie like beautiful opening of the game. I sat in horror for the rest of the film, occasionally giggling at 'man tits' and stuff like that, but cringed horribly during the Ikea monologues. The pixies song playing eased the pain of the 'surprise' ending

  On 5/22/2012 at 1:54 AM, lumpenprol said:

  On 5/21/2012 at 6:57 PM, chimera slot mom said:

Going to watch Shawshank Redemption and Hara-Kiri

I think the Hara Kiri that was being recommended was a newer one? But the original black and white one is awesome.

Yeah it's a new one

  On 5/22/2012 at 2:02 AM, Awepittance said:

i remember not seeing any previews for Fight Club, i just kept seeing that soap poster everywhere. and having been a huuuuuge fan of The Game with Michael Douglas i had very high hopes. Sat down in the theatre with my popcorn slightly nervous, then boom fucking cheesy breakbeat hard hitting techno music with a green filtered 'cell' cgi animation of us going through a body or some shit. My heart sunk, i was devastated, it was a punch in the stomach for me compared to the Erik Satie like beautiful opening of the game. I sat in horror for the rest of the film, occasionally giggling at 'man tits' and stuff like that, but cringed horribly during the Ikea monologues. The pixies song playing eased the pain of the 'surprise' ending

Good lord, that stirred up my man for you.

  On 5/22/2012 at 2:32 AM, RadarJammer said:

  On 5/22/2012 at 1:54 AM, lumpenprol said:

  On 5/21/2012 at 6:57 PM, chimera slot mom said:

Going to watch Shawshank Redemption and Hara-Kiri

I think the Hara Kiri that was being recommended was a newer one? But the original black and white one is awesome.

 

Yeah it's a new one

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fuck, can't believe they remade it. That's like remaking 7 Samurai, pretty sacrilegious. But whatever, hope it's good.

  On 5/22/2012 at 3:43 AM, lumpenprol said:

fuck, can't believe they remade it. That's like remaking 7 Samurai, pretty sacrilegious. But whatever, hope it's good.

Magnificent Seven?

curses!

Hah!

Magnificent Seven is pretty good too! And I don't generally enjoy westerns.

  On 5/22/2012 at 1:54 AM, lumpenprol said:

  On 5/21/2012 at 6:57 PM, chimera slot mom said:

Going to watch Shawshank Redemption and Hara-Kiri

I think the Hara Kiri that was being recommended was a newer one? But the original black and white one is awesome.

I've seen 7 samurai and yojimbo and want something new, plus I love takashi miike. Speaking of 7 samurai remakes, his 13 assassins comes pretty close. It's really good for a blatant ripoff though.

Actually 13 Assassins is a remake of a 1960's Japanese film, same name.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057212/

I thought it was a rip when I first saw it too.

Love 13 Assassins, was well happy to see it in cinema.

I would at least recommend watching the original Hara Kiri before the new one. It's a beautiful film, and I'm sure the new one is flashier, which means if you see it first it'll probably make it harder to appreciate the original.

  On 5/22/2012 at 3:59 PM, lumpenprol said:

I would at least recommend watching the original Hara Kiri before the new one. It's a beautiful film, and I'm sure the new one is flashier, which means if you see it first it'll probably make it harder to appreciate the original.

Good point!

Sympathy for Mr Vengeance, Lady Vengeance and Oldboy.

violent retribution films/10

These films are facking Epic!

(not really a zombie film, as the poster says)

7/10

overnight - a doc about boondock saints troy duffy, who nearly made it but eventaully blew it. painfully boring story about a jock with a gift for dialogue. heeven had a band whose major label debut cd sold nearly 700 copies in first 6 months. amazing.

it was funny to see john goodman and marky mark (young and drunk) trying to score a role in an miramax produced movie from an up and coming director. i guess there was quite a search for another keving smith halfway into the 90s.

sadly, life's a bitch. but i do like both boondock saints movies. fun stuff.

  On 5/23/2012 at 2:17 AM, kinski said:

i do like both boondock saints movies. fun stuff.

is the monster you? (in the photographic depiction)

the prestige (2nd viewing) - 8.5/10 pretty sure this is nolan's only good movie

the rules of the game - 10/10

the passenger - 9/10 watched this at the afi theater as part of a jack nicholson retrospective they're doing. the shining is next.

The-Secret-World-of-Arrietty .. it was great, perhaps a classic but that's to find out. had the same charm as totoro sometimes. watch it....

  On 5/23/2012 at 6:56 AM, zaphod said:

the rules of the game - 10/10

At least 10/10.

  On 5/23/2012 at 6:56 AM, zaphod said:

the passenger - 9/10 watched this at the afi theater as part of a jack nicholson retrospective they're doing. the shining is next.

Wow. I couldn't get into The Passenger. Maybe I'll try again.

that reminds me; The last detail 8.4/10.

brewster mccloud 7.5/10

alien - 8/10 -

the conformist - 7/10

1990 the bronx warriors - 1/10 and 10/10 at the same time

The Woman - The only good thing about shit horror films like this is that my motivation to make my own good horror film grows with each one I see. 2.65/10.98

Avengers - 7/10

i fucking hate thor