A few films recently watched.

nm: it's My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

(i'm a good detective)

  On 9/29/2012 at 9:14 PM, roasty said:

nm: it's My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

(i'm a good detective)

haha, just finished downloading it. will watch in a bit looks good!

  On 9/29/2012 at 9:39 PM, roasty said:

haha, just finished downloading it. will watch in a bit looks good!

i just hope it's 720p at least

a lady friend dragged me into seeing "the house at the end of the street"

meh is all i'll say. wouldn't recommend it, but jennifer lawrence panting and sweating kept me interested

Better off watching House On The Edge Of The Park. David Hess shows a bit of range and versatility. He was pretty under-rated.

Two films film I do love which I watched this week are 'The Angel's Share' and 'Cabin In The Woods'.

Kinda dissapointed with 'La Havre' and 'Once Upon A Time in Anatolia', the latter of which moved at a snails pace with no real pay-off. Needed a few explosions, or just something to keep it engaging. It was 2.5 hours. To invest that amount of time in a film you gotta have at least one bomb going off or a fight sequence.

Also kinda looking forward to seeing Paranormal Activity 4 this month. Apparently the demon takes human form this time and speaks to reveal his intentions.

snowtown -

kind of wish i hadn't watched this. it's extremely unpleasant. frankly it just seems like a more well made version of August Underground, the Guinea Pig movies, or any of those faux snuff films. not recommended.

it's time you won't get back, and when it's over all you're left with is a really deep feeling of depression. it's like Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer or Gummo mixed with Cannibal Holocaust. No redeeming qualities, really. Just disturbing, depraved crap (at its core). Really well made disturbing depraved crap. But not recommended unless you like any of the movies I mentioned.

unlike any of the other movies you mentioned though, it's based on real events isn't it? so it's basically just retelling what happened. but yeah i could've done without some of the scenes aswell.

True. Just not for me I suppose.

The dictator - 3/10 for the 3 haha's i forced out of my corpse watching this pathetic movie

huge dissapointment, what the fuck were they thinking??

  On 9/30/2012 at 4:33 PM, Schlitze said:

Also kinda looking forward to seeing Paranormal Activity 4 this month. Apparently the demon takes human form this time and speaks to reveal his intentions.

this made me lol. What an amazing franchise, if it can have people looking forward to a demon speaking, after 3 films...

  On 10/1/2012 at 1:21 AM, lumpenprol said:

  On 9/30/2012 at 4:33 PM, Schlitze said:

Also kinda looking forward to seeing Paranormal Activity 4 this month. Apparently the demon takes human form this time and speaks to reveal his intentions.

this made me lol. What an amazing franchise, if it can have people looking forward to a demon speaking, after 3 films...

Paranormal activity is more about the experience. Seeing it in a packed theatre is actually really fun. Overall, the people sitting next to you are louder and more frightening than anything happening in the movie...

Paper Moon - 8/10

Captivating, heartfelt and darkly funny in equal measure, this 1973 crime drama is one of its kind. It stars Ryan O'Neal and his real-life daughter, Tatum O'Neal. At the mere age of ten, her performance is as sophisticated as any Academy Award winner. Her character is fully realized throughout, as she embodies everything about Addie and the detail of her situation with sheer class.

There are times in which, during unexpected and highly tense moments, she lies to important people. Addie gets nervous at times like these, and anyone could tell she sounds abrupt and unconvincing. How such a young child actor could pull off a complex role like this - pretending to be bad at pretending - is simply breathtaking.

The atmosphere of the film is very interesting indeed. We see a lot of dirty doings, given the second lead is a con artist. This gives the film a rich, darkly comic edge. At the same time, however, the relationship between Moze and Addie has a lot of warmth. It's clear they love each other, and through all their shenanigans, that familiar feeling of togetherness is always there.

It's a very unique approach. While many moments in the film use black comedy (and are a little risky by today's standards...) it still manages to be sweet and heartfelt. There are times you'll laugh out loud, there are times some of you will tear up, but that combination of light and dark is present every step of the way.

Watch it if you like a good film. And enjoy what you can, they certainly won't let a kid smoke on camera again. Not for a while.

edit: character entities, what is this 2004?

Jiro Dreams of Sushi - 10/10

  On 9/30/2012 at 5:32 PM, vamos scorcho said:

snowtown -

 

kind of wish i hadn't watched this. it's extremely unpleasant. frankly it just seems like a more well made version of August Underground, the Guinea Pig movies, or any of those faux snuff films. not recommended.

 

it's time you won't get back, and when it's over all you're left with is a really deep feeling of depression. it's like Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer or Gummo mixed with Cannibal Holocaust. No redeeming qualities, really. Just disturbing, depraved crap (at its core). Really well made disturbing depraved crap. But not recommended unless you like any of the movies I mentioned.

They had to show a little gore but compared to what really happened to all those victims I think it went pretty soft. Read on wikipedia for more info. These murders were freaking nasty and brutal and just... damn. The movie captures this bad feeling pretty well. Not enjoyable movie for sure, but it doesn't want to be.

the lady vanishes

enjoyed. i liked the idea that you do not know which lady will vanish.

diamonds are forever

not a great bond. not sure why. the dubbing was awful for some reason

Dpek, yeah, you're right, i think the violence was pretty restrained in comparison to what actually happened.

Scorcho is right when he compares it to Henry, it has the same grim feeling of dread throughout and doesn't spell too much out with the characters motivation. I did find the film kinda confusing in parts, mainly to do with the answer phone messages Bunting made his victims leave, got a few characters mixed up. Also, given how much of a monster Bunting was, he showed the gay paedophile amazing leniency at the beginning... I guess he didn't want to make too much of a crazy first impression.

On a lighter note, anyone seen 'The Tall Man' yet? I can't make my mind up about it. Very well made, with the same kinda three act structure as Martyrs, loaded with twists and turns, but ends with a very confusing message. Infact its not a message, it's a dilemma. Dunno.

  On 9/30/2012 at 5:32 PM, vamos scorcho said:

snowtown -

 

kind of wish i hadn't watched this. it's extremely unpleasant. frankly it just seems like a more well made version of August Underground, the Guinea Pig movies, or any of those faux snuff films. not recommended.

 

it's time you won't get back, and when it's over all you're left with is a really deep feeling of depression. it's like Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer or Gummo mixed with Cannibal Holocaust. No redeeming qualities, really. Just disturbing, depraved crap (at its core). Really well made disturbing depraved crap. But not recommended unless you like any of the movies I mentioned.

I felt like that after watching an Austrian (I think) film called 'Funny Games' a few years back. Terribly disturbing and upsetting.

How I spent my summer vacation.

5/10 not as cool as the trailer lead me to believe. Also when did mel gibsons face become a leather boot? Wrinkles!

Looper - 8/10 ok, actual wow. Complete surprise. Originally just looked stupid but was really well executed. VERY entertaining movie. Will see again.

loved brick. saw brothers bloom but must have been very forgettable. will be seeing looper soon

  On 10/1/2012 at 10:43 PM, yshf said:

Looper - 8/10 ok, actual wow. Complete surprise. Originally just looked stupid but was really well executed. VERY entertaining movie. Will see again.

Yeah, I just watched it too. It was fantastic. I'll be getting this on blu-ray when it comes out. I really enjoyed it. I'd give it a 9/10.

chronicle

the cgi isn't totally convincing at points, but who cares. the concept is great, and i liked the story.

best thing since primer / 10

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looper

this had real potential, but ultimately falls short.

time travel requires a tighter plot than this, you can't just have one handwavy scene to explain it when the entire story revolves around the concept. i like that they tried to show restraint and leave things to the imagination, but that only gets you so far.

also, jgl is wearing too much makeup and it's distracting. bruce willis was completely unnecessary. they should have cast this with unknowns.

the kid was awesome, though.

almost, maybe next time / 10

Looper is fun as hell,

reminded me of a good trashy adaptation of PKD's style,

like Verhoeven with a bad ass computer,

I was entertained as fuck,

some minor flaws,

loved the first and third act,

will go down as one of the more classy sci-fi films,

and I wasn't bothered by JGL's smooshy face,

great cgi work,

amazing cgi on Piper Peraboo's ass,

the hottest Emily Blunt will ever look.

8/10

  On 9/30/2012 at 7:48 PM, data said:

unlike any of the other movies you mentioned though, it's based on real events isn't it? so it's basically just retelling what happened. but yeah i could've done without some of the scenes aswell.

henry is based on real story and gummo is kinda inspired by a real tornado. but snowtown is still excetionally depressing and terrorising.

anyway, some flicks i saw recently

BRONSON - so much cool visuals but the shtick was so obvious from the first 10min onward. tell us a story, dammit. keep us interested. great ending, though.

THE JEDI TRYLOGY- so i kinda avoided it ever since seing it in the 90s as a kid, but started to feeling like a popculture retard. and i gave it a shot and holy lightsaber batman, this is some great stuff. i can't think of more consistent film trilogy ever. first one is less flashy but more witty and funny so it all levels out. great piece of cinema.

SHE's HAVING A BABY - so after rewatching breakfast club and realising it gets better with time, like a high school version of 12 angry men or something, i gave hughes a shot with other movies that kinda passed me by. and they're all shit. this movie tells a story of kevin bacon being unhappily married and his wife tricking him into having a baby by not telling him she stopped taking birth control. and it all of course ends up with them being happy because unwanted babies always save unhappy couples.

WEIRD SCIENCE - two teenagers make a perfect girl and NOT use her as a sex slave? come on now. plus, again, the teenagers are so fucking sad and lonely THEY MAKE UP A WOMAN TO HAVE SOMEONE TO HANG OUT WITH. this is so depressing and in no way funny.

PLANES TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES - another sad-o-rama trying to be funny. and steve martin and john candy are probably the least funny people on the planet so they ruined his movie for me from the start, so they're no helping.

how can one make the breakfast club and then proceed to only make turds with a short stop for ferris bueller is beyond me.

i saw like 20 more movies this few weeks, and only one hat really stod out were FLETCH (chevy chase cracks me up), LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE (hip drama version of national lampoon's vacation) and LAST NIGHT about the end of the world, which is always something i enjoy.