A few films recently watched.

great work guys

  On 6/5/2012 at 10:11 PM, eugene said:

spartacus is a horrible, horrible film..i watched it long ago but i can still remember the facepalms it induced, it's not even wholly a kubrick film , is it ?

once again you have proven to be a furious cunt of epic proportions

+1 for me making the only complete kubrick film list, what the fuck happened to all the foreign film elitists in here, thought you guys knew your kubrick.. wake the fuck up dudes

  On 6/6/2012 at 9:48 PM, Awepittance said:

  On 6/5/2012 at 10:11 PM, eugene said:

spartacus is a horrible, horrible film..i watched it long ago but i can still remember the facepalms it induced, it's not even wholly a kubrick film , is it ?

 

once again you have proven to be a furious cunt of epic proportions

 

 

+1 for me making the only complete kubrick film list, what the fuck happened to all the foreign film elitists in here, thought you guys knew your kubrick.. wake the fuck up dudes

I only did a top four. If you insist, here is my top ten.

1. The Shining
   
2. Full Metal Jacket
   
3. 2001: A Space Odyssey
   
4. Dr. Strangelove
   
5. Paths of Glory
   
6. Barry Lyndon
   
7. A Clockwork Orange
   
8. The Killing
   
9. Lolita
   
10. Spartacus
    

...13. Eyes Wide Shut

i'm curious about your take on eyes wide shut, care to elaborate?

I think if Tom Cruise was a normal sized man, it would have made the movie 3, maybe 4 times better.

  On 6/7/2012 at 12:50 AM, Alcofribas said:

i'm curious about your take on eyes wide shut, care to elaborate?

It's the sort of film I gather means a lot when interpreted through the lens of Lacanian psychoanalysis or a deep study of bourgeois married life. Personally, having suffered academically through the former and circumstantially through the latter, I rate neither of those subjects. More than anything, I was just very bored.

  On 6/5/2012 at 11:57 PM, YO303 said:

  On 6/5/2012 at 8:12 PM, Benedict Cumberbatch said:

Ok lets put kubrick's films in order

 

2001

Barry Lyndon

Clockwork Orange

The Shining

 

.. Don't like the rest.

how can you not like Dr Strangelove? ? ?

  On 6/7/2012 at 12:53 AM, thanks robert moses said:

I think if Tom Cruise was a normal sized man, it would have made the movie 3, maybe 4 times better.

By the way, Wisp, I could marry you for what you wrote about Kristen Stewart. I hate that bitch with unparalleled intensity.

http://www.grantland...kristen-stewart

You'll probably enjoy that article from Grantland.

P.S. - lol.

For any of you Kubrick fans who also enjoy media theory:

The Wolf at the Door: Stanley Kubrick, History, and the Holocaust

http://www.amazon.com/The-Wolf-Door-Stanley-Holocaust/dp/0820471151

Fucking stellar bit of structuralist criticism / scholarship from Geoffrey Cocks.

  On 6/7/2012 at 1:03 AM, The Overlook said:

For any of you Kubrick fans who also enjoy media theory:

 

 

The Wolf at the Door: Stanley Kubrick, History, and the Holocaust

 

 

http://www.amazon.co...t/dp/0820471151

 

Fucking stellar bit of structuralist criticism / scholarship from Geoffrey Cocks.

Awesome, will check this out.

  On 6/7/2012 at 12:59 AM, The Overlook said:

  On 6/7/2012 at 12:53 AM, thanks robert moses said:

I think if Tom Cruise was a normal sized man, it would have made the movie 3, maybe 4 times better.

 

By the way, Wisp, I could marry you for what you wrote about Kristen Stewart. I hate that bitch with unparalleled intensity.

 

http://www.grantland...kristen-stewart

 

You'll probably enjoy that article from Grantland.

 

P.S. - lol.

nice. i still think her best role was in "Panic Room" where I thought she was a boy.

Also: Jared Leto Cornrows.

  On 6/7/2012 at 12:58 AM, Awepittance said:

  On 6/5/2012 at 11:57 PM, YO303 said:

  On 6/5/2012 at 8:12 PM, Benedict Cumberbatch said:

Ok lets put kubrick's films in order

 

2001

Barry Lyndon

Clockwork Orange

The Shining

 

.. Don't like the rest.

 

how can you not like Dr Strangelove? ? ?

I tried multiple times to watch it, it looks outdated and the jokes are difficult to get (i consider myself a well informed/educated guy but i don't know enough about the cold war and its politics to get the jokes)

chronicle gets a 6.5/10 from me, nice concept, boring film i found.

the last ten minutes were reaonably badass though.

  On 6/7/2012 at 12:57 AM, The Overlook said:

  On 6/7/2012 at 12:50 AM, Alcofribas said:

i'm curious about your take on eyes wide shut, care to elaborate?

It's the sort of film I gather means a lot when interpreted through the lens of Lacanian psychoanalysis or a deep study of bourgeois married life. Personally, having suffered academically through the former and circumstantially through the latter, I rate neither of those subjects. More than anything, I was just very bored.

well, i'm glad it comes down to being boring and not that you had some beef with the critique of bourgeois married life or the object petit a or something.

personally, i found it to be pretty intriguing and fun but obviously far from one of kubrick's great works.

  On 6/7/2012 at 2:54 AM, Alcofribas said:

well, i'm glad it comes down to being boring and not that you had some beef with the critique of bourgeois married life or the object petit a or something.

Not at all, that's fair, and to be honest, I haven't seen it in over 10 years. It's a film that I'm likely to glean more from as I grow older, wiser, and sadder. :)

lol, i haven't seen it in 10 years either. i'd probably watch it now and hate it for its inability to portray the bourgeois married unit with a suitably critical eye.

eyes wide shut is laughably bad. an out of touch old man who seemingly hasn't had sex in decades tried to make a moral drama about infidelity. it lacks any of the excitement or sexuality inherent to that subject matter and the fact that it exists is just sort of bizarre. why would a director known for being emotionally distant attempt to make that kind of film? and the scene where nicole kidman is pretending to be high is fucking hilarious. his worst movie by miles.

moral drama about infidelity? imo the movie was more of a romp through strange male fantasy land, i saw nothing moral in it all. hence the ending.

Nicole Kidman is a shite actor, what did you expect?

  On 6/7/2012 at 12:59 AM, The Overlook said:

  On 6/7/2012 at 12:53 AM, thanks robert moses said:

I think if Tom Cruise was a normal sized man, it would have made the movie 3, maybe 4 times better.

 

By the way, Wisp, I could marry you for what you wrote about Kristen Stewart. I hate that bitch with unparalleled intensity.

 

http://www.grantland...kristen-stewart

 

You'll probably enjoy that article from Grantland.

 

P.S. - lol.

did you actually read the article? it's fairly apologetic for her. i would even say the writer likes her. also, huge for his immediately quoting dfw.

People just WANT to like her. I don't get it. She should be kicked out of the Screen Actors guild and forced to work at a Hot Topic. Forever.

Scratch that. She should be forced to work at an Auntie Anne's pretzel stand that is directly outside of Hot Topic, so she can stare longingly in to Hot Topic, wishing she could work there.

Watched some films with the kid.

John Carter, it really felt like one of the star wars prequels, minus all the terrible politics babble and shitty kid actors, it also made me realize even more how shit the cgi in those films look. Unlike the prequels the story sort of makes sense, is focused and the pace is fast, I just couldn't get into the art style. The little earth bit at the end made me like it more, I guess I'm a sap. Completely forgettable, but fairly entertaining. 5/10.

Men in black III (3D), it's another MIB film, it had some entertaining bits. More like a fun ride than a film though, even though it tries to be a film in some places. It didn't bore me. I guess I liked it for what it is. Guilty pleasure 6/10.

Watched some films by myself.

Chronicle, it had some potential, but it never went anywhere interesting. The found footage aspect didn't work at all. First season of heroes/10.

The Awakening, if you feel like watching the others, turn of the screw, the orphanage, the devils backbone etc all over again, this is your film. Innovation/10.

favourite kubricks (not necesarily the best) ::::::::::::::::::::::::

THE SHINING

BARRY LYNDON

2001

DR STRANGELOVE

EYES WIDE SHUT

A CLOCKWORK ORANGE

PATHS OF GLORY

FULL METAL JACKET

LOLITA

A.I (if it counts, which it dosent but...)

not seen

SHPARTACUS

THE KILLING

KILLERS KISS

FEAR + DESIRE

always hated eyes wide shut till the last time i watched it (about 2 + years ago) and caught bits + pieces on tv since. nowadays i like the weird atmosphere + just generally enjoy kubricks style so i like the film nowadays (mainly once it gets past the kidman being stoned part) .

also dont think the film is meant to be sexy or even about infidelity. it seems to be more about how tom cruise thinks hes some big shot doctor guy who knows "all the best people" + gets invited to their parties but his wifes confession causes him to go on a journey where he realises he dosent actually know anything and he isnt getting invited or isnt wanted at the real party. so the point of the movie basically is tom cruise is a massive bellend. but overall i just like kubricks style, he could have made a movie about a womens wheelchair volleyball team and i probably would have ended up liking it eventually

prometheus 3d - 6.1111113333/10

prometheus cam torrent - 2.33333333/10

bladerunner the (supposed) final cut - 8.9.50 /10

  On 6/3/2012 at 6:25 AM, thanks robert moses said:

So, I went to the movies tonight thinking Prometheus had been released....but it hadn't. Only in the UK, apparently. Wtf is up with that? Since when do we not come first? America comes first. All the time. ME ME ME.

 

Any how, my girlfriend and I decided to see "Snow White & The Huntsman". I hate Kristen Stewart, and Thor is an oaf...but whatever. The movie, stylistically was amazing. Really great atmosphere, awesome fx. Also, I thought how the story was approached was pretty good, for what it was. It definitely played more to the LOTR style of fantasy film. I think my favorite bits were the first half, and most of the scenes with the Dwarves (really the best acting in the film), and Charlize Theron's bits (even though she has a few facepalm moments...her dialogue sounded a bit Diablo 3 at times[ and by that I mean the Skeleton King in D3. "You will NEVER defeat me!!!"] ). In all honesty, I thought this could have been a very memorable film for the genre. The costumes, sets, and most of the cgi sequences were pretty awesome. But....

 

Kristen Stewart is just terrible. I got the impression that the director didn't want to give her any lines at all, and the only reason she was cast in this was role due to the success of the Twilight series. In fact, she made Thor look like an proper thespian. She made the same stupid fucking face through out the entire movie. Her reaction to every thing is to breath heavy, and open and close her mouth a few times. Terrible. I think she has aspergers or something, and she constantly looks like she is trying to smell her own farts. And she has the body of a 10 year old boy.

I have no idea what this film is or who these people are and the title sounds like the last film in the cinema that I would ever go to see but this review makes me want to watch it.

Become a witness to true horror.

  On 6/7/2012 at 12:44 PM, Shit Attack said:

causes him to go on a journey where he realises he dosent actually know anything and he isnt getting invited or isnt wanted at the real party. so the point of the movie basically is tom cruise is a massive bellend. but overall i just like kubricks style, he could have made a movie about a womens wheelchair volleyball team and i probably would have ended up liking it eventually

lol