A few films recently watched.

Whatever Works - 6/10 - I love Woody Allen... I hold Manhattan as one of my top 5 films, but this was just bad... watchable at best. Larry David did his best and played the Allen character quite well but it just didn't settle right... well because no one can play Allen like Allen. The rest of the film is riddled with sub par, cringe-worthy performances from a regurgitated Allen script. This film lacked the rawness and unscripted feel that I get from most of Allen's films.

^^ pretty much agree 100%, i'm also like woody allen very much, but can't say i really enjoyed "whatever works". i wasn't offended, but it's probably my least favorite film by him.

  On 12/15/2009 at 7:09 AM, Z_B_Z said:

eaten alive

8/10

 

great film from the director of texas chainsaw massacre, his follow up, actually. loses some of the realism of chainsaw due to the fact that its shot on sets, but that actually takes the film into a totally different, very surreal territory.

i was surprised by how good this movie was, a lot of the tobe hooper stuff besides chainsaw from around the time is not so good, so i wasn't expecting much when i went into it.

on the waterfront - fucking amazing movie. i loved everything about it. especially marlon brando (hot hot hot) and the chick that played edie. their acting was superb. no wonder it's a classic!

agreed, great flick. I bought it recently but haven't rewatched it yet; it's been years.

  On 12/14/2009 at 11:54 AM, keltoi said:

i'd like to reitterate that moon really is a great film.

Yeah I enjoyed it a lot too. I didn't expect much when I saw the trailer but the story's actually very good and Sam Rockwell impressed me.

Funny that Duncan Jones is actually David Bowie's son...

I saw Martyrs a few weeks ago, a French movie, one of the nastiest film I've seen in a while. Some people compare it to the Hostel sequals, but I disagree, it's much more clever and nicely filmed. The movie's in two parts and I can understand that the first one can put people off, but the second makes the whole movie worth watching!

Dark, distrubing, graphic, brutal.

I already put in my 2 cents on moon, which I thought was just so-so, but I have to say I really liked the super low-budget effects in the film, particularly the way he would drive up behind the harvester thing as it spewed the chunks out the back in slow-motion. Something very original and beautiful about that approach.

moon was extremely boring

moon was a good trip to the cinema

moon was uninspired, badly acted, horribly directed and unintentionally confusing. bad movie.

IMHO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A Serious Man - 9/10 - An eminently watchable film, Larry.

Das Weisse Band - 10/10 - Powerful stuff, a proper movie.

  On 12/15/2009 at 8:56 PM, maoam said:

Das Weisse Band - 10/10 - Powerful stuff, a proper movie.

I didn't know Haneke released anything new. Thanks!

damn it I could have seen it in cinema, for free even, but I didn't go

  On 12/15/2009 at 8:56 PM, maoam said:

A Serious Man - 9/10 - An eminently watchable film, Larry.

nice!, glad to see someone else in here saw this. Kind of crazy how only 3 people in the whole forum talked about the new Coen bros. Seemed like everyone here saw Burn after reading and had an opinion on it.

I will probably see it again before it leaves the theatre

Well Burn After Reading had a wiper release and much more publicity. This one almost slipped by me as well.

true, but a shit load of people here tracked down Antichrist which was showing with an equally limited release to 'A Serious Man' . i guess the prospect of a clit being sawn off is more intriguing than a surreal jewish dark comedy

lol mmhmm

I seriously hope the soundtrack for A Serious Man gets nomiated for an Oscar.

  On 12/15/2009 at 11:55 PM, Squee said:

I seriously hope the soundtrack for A Serious Man gets nomiated for an Oscar.

Agreed!

Anyone else read the script after the first viewing? It's a beautiful script.

I watched Land of the Lost with Will Ferrel last night. I was pleasantly surprised. It's not a gut-splitting laugh fest but it makes up for this by having a genuinely unique, thoughtful and interesting storyline with a few cool twists.

Still, there were a good handful of serious lol's to be had here

  On 12/16/2009 at 12:05 AM, goffer said:

  On 12/15/2009 at 11:55 PM, Squee said:

I seriously hope the soundtrack for A Serious Man gets nomiated for an Oscar.

Agreed!

Carter Burwell is my new favorite composer. His soundtrack for In Bruges is god damn beautiful as well.

  On 12/15/2009 at 11:55 PM, Squee said:

I seriously hope the soundtrack for A Serious Man gets nomiated for an Oscar.

i forgot or didn't realize you saw it also Squee. Yeah i just downloaded it and it's definitely his best score since Fargo.

his score for a Serious Man had moments that reminded me of Howard Shore's score for The Game. Both excellent scores and movies

  On 12/16/2009 at 12:09 AM, Squee said:

  On 12/16/2009 at 12:05 AM, goffer said:

  On 12/15/2009 at 11:55 PM, Squee said:

I seriously hope the soundtrack for A Serious Man gets nomiated for an Oscar.

Agreed!

 

Carter Burwell is my new favorite composer. His soundtrack for In Bruges is god damn beautiful as well.

I had not seen it... I'll add it to the list.

In Bruges was interesting but i found that it switched tone from very funny to really dark and overly dramatic in a really jarring way. I enjoyed watching it though. I liked that newer Woody Allen movie with Colin Farrel better, Cassandra's Dream.

  On 12/16/2009 at 12:24 AM, Awepittance said:

In Bruges was interesting but i found that it switched tone from very funny to really dark and overly dramatic in a really jarring way. I enjoyed watching it though. I liked that newer Woody Allen movie with Colin Farrel better, Cassandra's Dream.

I think the reason why it seemed a bit overly dramatic here and there was because Martin McDonagh (the writer and director) usually makes plays. It's only his second movie.

But I really liked it. Colin Farrel really redeemed himself with this one.