Films Recently Watched

  On 5/12/2013 at 7:36 PM, THIS IS MICHAEL JACKSON said:

starlet - eugene didn't think this was utter shit? how can you be so easily manipulated dude? i liked the cinematography though, the color grade was a bit dead like but there were some shots where it matched perfectly with the L.A? vibe. the porn scenes were unnecessary, not that i'm some prude that got all disgusted, it's just that it felt it was trying to hard to be controversial.

i thought the idea was to portray it as something very uncontroversial and without any judgement, just a job some contemporary young adults indulge in.

  On 5/12/2013 at 7:37 PM, lumpenprol said:

 

  On 5/12/2013 at 6:43 PM, zaphod said:

the ego on that director must be huge.

I did notice his name (which I promptly forgot) was mentioned twice in the intro.

 

are you talking about the hunt?

  On 5/12/2013 at 7:46 PM, eugene said:

 

  On 5/12/2013 at 7:36 PM, THIS IS MICHAEL JACKSON said:

starlet - eugene didn't think this was utter shit? how can you be so easily manipulated dude? i liked the cinematography though, the color grade was a bit dead like but there were some shots where it matched perfectly with the L.A? vibe. the porn scenes were unnecessary, not that i'm some prude that got all disgusted, it's just that it felt it was trying to hard to be controversial.

i thought the idea was to portray it as something very uncontroversial and without any judgement, just a job some contemporary young adults indulge in.

 

yes, that's what made it so cringe worthy, the way it tried to portray it as a frivolous normal day-to-day thingie...

Hansel & Gretel Witch Hunters - the OTT violence and good head splatters made this farce actually quite bearable 6.8/10

Holy motors. So very entertaining and gaargish. That guy is just such a gaarg. 10/10 for fun movie.

iron man 3

Thats pretty harsh, i'd give Iron man at least a 6

iron man 6

Kar Wai Wong's Fallen Angels - 20/10

new star trek - ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

  On 5/13/2013 at 5:18 AM, THIS IS MICHAEL JACKSON said:

Kar Wai Wong's Fallen Angels - 20/10

 

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True. That movie is epic and inspired me a great deal.

I watched "I Am Legend" (again) because it was on TV last night. Saw it in cinema back when it came out. Yet another great example of how something that could have been quite good can be ruined very efficiently through the use of ridiculous CGI.

  On 5/13/2013 at 3:50 PM, Godwin Austen said:

 

  On 5/13/2013 at 5:18 AM, THIS IS MICHAEL JACKSON said:

Kar Wai Wong's Fallen Angels - 20/10

 

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True. That movie is epic and inspired me a great deal.

 

are you familiar with his other work?

  On 5/13/2013 at 5:18 AM, THIS IS MICHAEL JACKSON said:

Kar Wai Wong's Fallen Angels - 20/10

 

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Hah !! for a sec i thought i was in the 'pics you took that you're happy with' thread. oh my.

  On 5/13/2013 at 6:10 PM, delet... said:

 

  On 5/13/2013 at 5:18 AM, THIS IS MICHAEL JACKSON said:

Kar Wai Wong's Fallen Angels - 20/10

 

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Hah !! for a sec i thought i was in the 'pics you took that you're happy with' thread. oh my.

 

so, for a second you thought i actually took those pictures?

  On 5/13/2013 at 4:22 PM, THIS IS MICHAEL JACKSON said:

 

  On 5/13/2013 at 3:50 PM, Godwin Austen said:

 

  On 5/13/2013 at 5:18 AM, THIS IS MICHAEL JACKSON said:

Kar Wai Wong's Fallen Angels - 20/10

 

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True. That movie is epic and inspired me a great deal.

 

are you familiar with his other work?

 

Albeit his work might seem derived from the same idea, I very much appreciate his narrative and inventive ways of filmmaking, which took many forms and all are soothing: 2046 is a warm poetic masterpiece, while Chunking Express comes from a bit "colder" aspects, and Fallen Angels becomes even more radical in this respect, but none of them looses the depth required. The emphasis is on camera, colours and innermost feelings that come out this way.

Similar approaches were studied by Godard or Bertolucci but they never achieved the same depth and sincereness as Wong Kar Wai did. IMO. But then again all three of them are very different artists...

Just finished 6th season of Dr. Who

gremlins 2, classic.

I saw a bit of one of those Transformers films last night (Revenge of the Fallen). Mesmerisingly shite. I couldn't understand what the fuck was going on; everyone involved must have been on bad drugs. No intelligable dialogue, the camera jerked all over the place, the robots had 'hilarious' human accents and 'attitude' (one behaved like a talking dog, humping Hot Chick's leg at one stage). It was just an absolute mess. I'd liken it to Skrillex in movie form. Who watches this shit?

Dark Skies - 4/10

It was Ok-ish, some nice ideas but too many glaring plot holes and - the ending aside - unsatisfying.

Altered States - 6.5/10

Nice visuals. Brilliant opening shot. I don't like William Hurt.

Iron Man 3: ~6/10Watched this at IMAX in 3d while skipping work one day last week and it didn't leave much of an impression. I think this will probably be the last movie I watch in 3d at the theater, it looked really really low quality, however that might be due to the fact that it was a digital IMAX and it wasn't shot in 3d. I dunno, whatever, it wasn't great but probably better than the second one.

The Sweeney

Was pretty shit really, "We're the fucking sweeney"

  On 5/14/2013 at 12:02 PM, blackdust said:

The Sweeney

 

Was pretty shit really, "We're the fucking sweeney"

One of the worst films I've ever seen. The fact that a Danny Dyer appearance would have enhanced it says it all.

Great Gatsby - What happens when you give Baz Luhrmann too much CGI budget, old spor'. Nothing new here, just a shitty assortment of Luhrmann tropes already hashed out in the last four films, but this time round it's drowning in gobs of that slimy, soul-removing CGI icing.

*opening scene of extravagant party*

*cover of bad pop song juxtaposed with historical setting*

*well-dressed, beautiful people supposedly in love but instead are stiff and hyper-sterile*

*barely any sex that is arousing*

*actually zero sex*

*why is there no sex*

*close-up of leo's puffy, "crying is for poor people" face*

*EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: SHAWN "JAY-Z" CARTER*

The East

New film from Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij. I loved sound of my voice so was excited for this. it was good but an over-reach. it's a thriller which is obviously much harder than a talky. A lot is wrong with it but it was still fun. Hard to score. Maybe a 6/10 oh and Ellen Page is in it. I guess it is better to over-reach than to under-reach.

sound of my voice cost $135k to make

the east cost $6.5 million.

seems like they spent it on actors, lots of familiar faces.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1869716/

  On 5/14/2013 at 3:40 PM, dr lopez said:

 

Great Gatsby - What happens when you give Baz Luhrmann too much CGI budget, old spor'. Nothing new here, just a shitty assortment of Luhrmann tropes already hashed out in the last four films, but this time round it's drowning in gobs of that slimy, soul-removing CGI icing.

 

*opening scene of extravagant party*

*cover of bad pop song juxtaposed with historical setting*

*well-dressed, beautiful people supposedly in love but instead are stiff and hyper-sterile*

*barely any sex that is arousing*

*actually zero sex*

*why is there no sex*

*close-up of leo's puffy, "crying is for poor people" face*

 

 

*EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: SHAWN "JAY-Z" CARTER*

 

if you saw that film in theaters then you just help them earn their money back which means they will work again on something similar: like jay z is already producing a remake of annie