A few films recently watched.

  On 8/5/2012 at 12:30 AM, Amen Lare said:

Speaking of serial killer films, did you watch Angst? It's a cult film self-financed by its austrian director who never directed another feature film because of losses. The hero is based on the real scenario while interior monologues are borrowed from that Henry case. It was well ahead of its time regarding camera techniques. I heard a lot about it, Gaspar Noe particularly is a big fan, but i haven't seen film yet.

 

http://youtu.be/cfqN2wuH_Ck

 

Found the full film on YouTube yesterday and ended up watching the whole thing. I'm not usually a big fan of horror/killer films but I sat through it. The way the killer's thoughts were spoken out gave a bit of a harrowing view into the thoughts in the mind of a sadistic killer. The way he always spoke about scaring them was quite obsessive, linking to his childhood.

  On 8/6/2012 at 7:48 AM, THIS IS MICHAEL JACKSON said:

the hunger games - what's happening with the world??? this shit should have ended in 2012 like everyone predicted, i just hope the end is near...

 

it was good movie, like battle royale for middle schoolers 7.2/10

yea i really liked it

  On 8/6/2012 at 11:04 AM, spratters said:

  On 8/5/2012 at 12:30 AM, Amen Lare said:

Speaking of serial killer films, did you watch Angst? It's a cult film self-financed by its austrian director who never directed another feature film because of losses. The hero is based on the real scenario while interior monologues are borrowed from that Henry case. It was well ahead of its time regarding camera techniques. I heard a lot about it, Gaspar Noe particularly is a big fan, but i haven't seen film yet.

 

http://youtu.be/cfqN2wuH_Ck

 

Found the full film on YouTube yesterday and ended up watching the whole thing. I'm not usually a big fan of horror/killer films but I sat through it. The way the killer's thoughts were spoken out gave a bit of a harrowing view into the thoughts in the mind of a sadistic killer. The way he always spoke about scaring them was quite obsessive, linking to his childhood.

 

So it's on YT. I messed up a little in my description. Inner monologues are borrowed from different serial killer confessions of the day, but mostly from Peter Kürten, the so-called “Vampire of Düsseldorf". The real life killer whose case is shown in this movie with a couple of alterations, austrian Werner Kniesek also said in front of the judge: "I just love it when women shiver in deadly fear because of me. It is like an addiction, which will never stop”.

Brave 7.5/10 - Cheesy but still great. It's a little run-of-the-mill for a Pixar film, which is kind of like saying it's not the best ice cream sundae I've ever had. Beautiful texture work on the forests & castle, as well.

 

Dark Knight Rises 8/10 - Same review basically applies. Very satisfying end to the trilogy for me. IMAX was not wasted.

caught up on two lesser works of high profile directors. back to back

 

Eyes Wide Shut

Kubricks last. Feel like I missed the point of this. Didnt enjoy viewing, didnt even find the visuals interesting. didnt feel the need to read up on what he was going for.

 

Following

Nolans first. a much simpler film than eyes wide shut. infact polar opposites you could argue. whilst much simpler i thought much more enjoyable. the main guy looks like a young squarepusher.

my only problem with it was:

 

 

Edited August 7, 2012 by Jimmy McMessageboard

  On 8/7/2012 at 10:03 PM, Jimmy McMessageboard said:

caught up on two lesser works of high profile directors. back to back

 

Eyes Wide Shut

Kubricks last. Feel like I missed the point of this. Didnt enjoy viewing, didnt even find the visuals interesting. didnt feel the need to read up on what he was going for

 

At some point it drifts off into surrealism when/after he visits the secret society.

That seemed like the film finally gets going, but it stopped and turned out to be what it seemed like in the beginning – something I didn't get or just wasn't good. I like Kubrick too much to not give it a second chance some time (I'll admit I've just seen it once). The visuals are not bad though.

Edited August 8, 2012 by HokusPoker

…Tom Cruise being the main character kind of spoiled it for me I have to say, I couldn't really take it seriously, felt like some mediocre popstar playing first fiddle.

yeah that was Kubrick's fatal flaw, he may have thought it would be interesting to have a couple on the verge of divorce play a couple on the verge of divorce, but it just doesn't work. Kidman is a lot stronger, but when you see parts like her pot smoking scene it just makes you think there is no other possibility than Kubrick being senile, its just like what the fuck man? are you serious?

 

the scene of her smoking weed seems less believable than in Friday when Ice Cube hallucinates while stoned and that movie was supposed to be absurd and unbelievable

Edited August 8, 2012 by Awepittance

I love that fucking movie.

 

 

get it?

 

 

butt I do...

 

 

and......

 

 

Scientologists killed Kubrick.

I find it beautiful that the filmography of the director such caliber as Kubrick ended with 'fuck'. I loved that film, it's enigmatic way to go.

  On 8/8/2012 at 6:46 AM, Awepittance said:

yeah that was Kubrick's fatal flaw, he may have thought it would be interesting to have a couple on the verge of divorce play a couple on the verge of divorce, but it just doesn't work. Kidman is a lot stronger, but when you see parts like her pot smoking scene it just makes you think there is no other possibility than Kubrick being senile, its just like what the fuck man? are you serious?

 

the scene of her smoking weed seems less believable than in Friday when Ice Cube hallucinates while stoned and that movie was supposed to be absurd and unbelievable

 

The weed smoking scene in Eyes Wide Shut made me turn the movie off. Fuck Nicole Kidman.

yeah kidman was terrible in eyes wide shut. so over dramatic and not a good drunk or stoned act. when she tells the story about almost cheating she tells it like she killed someone and at the end it was very frustrating. perhaps the point i don't know.

 

cruise was passable but not great

 

i saw the version with the cgi people blocking the orgy scenes. which was funny. but i didnt feel any scene in the film looked stunning like it was filmed by a master.

  On 8/8/2012 at 3:57 AM, HokusPoker said:

I like Kubrick too much to not give it a second chance some time (I'll admit I've just seen it once).

 

my wife watched it with me for her 2nd viewing and enjoyed it more than me and more than her first viewing. no idea why though

I watch it about once a year and gather new subtleties each time I watch it.

 

If you haven't see 'Kubrick's Boxes', about his obsession with the film making process, his process, then you will see, more than in just viewing the film, how much went into making that film.

 

I also feel that it was heavily edited after the fact. Some scenes feel very short, whereas Kubrick is known for not leaving gaping holes in his films. Known more for being a photographic, editing and story telling genius.

 

Anyhow I love this film. I feel it has a ton of hidden, purposeful symbolism.

 

I am pretty sure this and the Ninth Gate, one of my other favourite films, came out around the same time.

 

The Ninth Gate was finished way before Eyes Wide Shut though, and was delayed until the year Eyes Wide Shut was released, for whatever reason.

 

They both have such similar themes that I think Polanski might have been trying to steal a bit of Kubrick's thunder. I have other ideas that go deeper than that but I will not go into conspiracies in the film thread. Especially theories that I have created.

 

Both of these films are bickering siblings in my mind and I love the shit out of both of them.

 

Most people do not.

 

OH well......

Edited August 8, 2012 by Atop

  On 8/8/2012 at 4:26 PM, Squee said:

The weed smoking scene in Eyes Wide Shut made me turn the movie off. Fuck Nicole Kidman.

i'm not on any side, i don't care about movies, but i wanna know of a movie where stoner acts don't seem retard, is there any?

  On 8/6/2012 at 8:34 AM, roasty said:

Okay, break this one down for me here MJ...I thought it was just an entertaining movie

• random forgettable nice looking teens
  
• poor vs rich / bad vs good
  
• there's no story, there's just random lines to make the movie flow forward...
  
• friendship, fashion, sponsors, fame
  
• no action at all
  
• no hunger at all
  
• 100% predictable
  
• cringe worthy all the way
  
• too long...
  
• gimmycs, gimmycks, gimmys
  
• lenny krevitz out of the closet
  
• boring crispy/shinny cgi...
  
• the bad guys are not bad guys, i remember star wars and such you just hear darth vader breathing you'd piss your pants...
  
• everything that it tries to have as a moral is despicable...
  
• there's something very wrong and irreversible with a 16 year old brain being fed by this kind of shit...
  

Edited August 8, 2012 by THIS IS MICHAEL JACKSON

the hunger games - pretty good for what it is, but lack of any background for characters make a lot of this movie pretty much nonsensical if you don't know the book. it kinda tries to establish itself as something different from the novels but then falls right back into them without any explanation. i'm hoping the sequel will not follow the suckage of the later novels and do the story some justice.

  On 8/8/2012 at 6:46 AM, Awepittance said:

yeah that was Kubrick's fatal flaw, he may have thought it would be interesting to have a couple on the verge of divorce play a couple on the verge of divorce, but it just doesn't work. Kidman is a lot stronger, but when you see parts like her pot smoking scene it just makes you think there is no other possibility than Kubrick being senile, its just like what the fuck man? are you serious?

 

the scene of her smoking weed seems less believable than in Friday when Ice Cube hallucinates while stoned and that movie was supposed to be absurd and unbelievable

do you think that kind of person (character) doesn't smoke weed? or that the way she acts stoned isn't believable?

 

  On 8/8/2012 at 8:28 PM, Jimmy McMessageboard said:

  On 8/8/2012 at 3:57 AM, HokusPoker said:

I like Kubrick too much to not give it a second chance some time (I'll admit I've just seen it once).

 

my wife watched it with me for her 2nd viewing and enjoyed it more than me and more than her first viewing. no idea why though

ask her

HIGHLANDER

music by queen, epic quotes and story, christopher lambert that looks like a vodka potatoe + carmageddon

 

100/10

J.Edgar - 8/10. Really good, you should see it.

You guys are crazy. I have smoked pot with Nicole Kidman countless times, and I can tell you that's just how she acts when stoned.

You guys are critical about the most subjective, personal, inane shit.

 

Give that shit up and talk about deeper aspects within the film/films.

 

Elitism as an aspect in society where taboos are used as ritual and entertainment, where child prostitution is okay, and our political leaders/ceo's/the upper class are mostly a part of the same evil gang.

 

This is the heart of the film.

Edited August 9, 2012 by Atop

Finally watched Kin-Dza-Dza. Fantastic movie.

 

I fucking love Russians.

I watched both Batman Begins & The Dark Knight in order to decide whether I want to pay for the new one and go see it in cinema. My decision: no. I just don't like Nolan's style. He has a tendency to hastily jump through all scenes, as if he wanted to squeeze as much as possible into a single movie. For me, that means a rapid loss of interest. Whenever there's something interesting building up, bam, next scene. Every single time. His editing and directing style just won't sit right with me.

 

However, I stumbled upon a relatively unknown gem last night - an Australian 2008 thriller/ghost/suspense type film called "Lake Mungo"

 

 

The film is shot like a documentary, not Blair Witch style but interview-style with a family retelling the events after they had happened. It doesn't take away from the suspense though and it's beautifully shot at times. This is the first film that gave me the chills since Session 9 (which I first watched over three years ago)

 

Oh, one interesting fact about the film: It features music by Fernando Corona aka Murcof pretty much all the time and in a lot of scenes, mostly material from Remambranza, which is used quite appropriately. Nice surprise for me.