Films Recently Watched

Saving Mr Banks - 8/10 well done drama / biopic on the film adaptation of Mary Poppins. Hanks wasn't in it nearly enough, and Colin Farrell waay too much. a little melodramatic at times, but childhood trauma can come off that way. basically a love letter to Disney & Travers and the impact they had on children in the 20th Century.

Nymphomaniac - 7/10

Didn't live up to the hype. Hell, the sex scenes weren't even all that explicit.

It was okay. It's hard to put into words what to think about this movie, but I was hoping for a more interesting story and it didn't need to be 4 fucking hours long.

only semi-erect, then?

Chubs

  On 1/2/2014 at 4:02 PM, Squee said:

Chubs

how many, say, per 15 minutes of film ?

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Gravity - 0/10

Hunger Games - 10/10 (it was shallow but I didn't mind)

The Hunt - 10/10

I saw Hobbit 2 again. Oh boy, the novelty of the 48 fps and 3d finally wore off and left me a bit bored by the first third of the film. Analysing our civilization through this product kept me mildly entertained until the end. I'll give it 2/10 for entertainment value, it's on the scale where jigsaw puzzles all get over 6.

  On 1/2/2014 at 2:18 AM, Nebraska said:

good movie. alfonso cuaron killed it- but it's also one of those sci-fi movies where the astronauts can't wait to get back to earth (a theme i really dislike).

 

seven pieces of flying debris out of ten

I dunno, if the options were to suffocate in space or even have a slim chance to get back to Earth, I think I might give the latter a go.

  On 1/2/2014 at 3:24 AM, eugene said:

12 year a slave - pretty devastating overall, the acting was great (especially fassbender, who plays the most interesting character in the film), there are many incredible scenes and it mostly manages to avoid cliches and goes into the the guts (psychological and sociological aspects) of slavery instead of just dramatization. i can't tell if periodization was done right because i'm not familiar with u.s history at all but it felt very well done to me anyway. there were some jarring and strange choices in regards to editing and music though (mostly in the beginning), and that fucking brad-pitt-the-film's-producer-speech that felt like it came from a different movie.

I have to agree. On point. 9 or 8/10

  On 1/2/2014 at 3:24 AM, eugene said:

12 year a slave - pretty devastating overall, the acting was great (especially fassbender, who plays the most interesting character in the film), there are many incredible scenes and it mostly manages to avoid cliches and goes into the the guts (psychological and sociological aspects) of slavery instead of just dramatization. i can't tell if periodization was done right because i'm not familiar with u.s history at all but it felt very well done to me anyway. there were some jarring and strange choices in regards to editing and music though (mostly in the beginning), and that fucking brad-pitt-the-film's-producer-speech that felt like it came from a different movie.

i think that the appearence of Brad Pitt in the movie was ok - he looked at bit speechless and sheepish when confronted with Epps (Fassbender)not at all hero-like.

This is going to be one of my fave picture 2014. Hope it wins loads of Oscars.

Saturday i'm going to see the new Lars von Trier pic Nynmphomaniac.

  On 1/2/2014 at 4:14 PM, Squee said:

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so is there is actual penetration shown and does it look super imposed? I'm curious how he's pulled that part off. In anti-christ all the explicit scenes were done with body doubles

well, this was a feast. greenaway (literally) ticks an entire checklist of things that will guarantee he continues NEVER to be distributed in the english speaking world. he's toned down his multi-screen thing in favor of a more "straight" storytelling avenue: somewhere along macon and nightwatching- but there's still plenty of nudity (full frontal and ample buttocks in yo face) and mention of pricks to shake a stick at for a super stylized porno bible orgy.

  On 1/3/2014 at 4:00 AM, John Ehrlichman said:

 

  On 1/2/2014 at 4:14 PM, Squee said:

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so is there is actual penetration shown and does it look super imposed? I'm curious how he's pulled that part off. In anti-christ all the explicit scenes were done with body doubles

 

Yeah, you see actual penetration. It was all done with stunt doubles which has then been composited together with the original footage, and I guess all the blowjobs were done with prosthetics.

It's weird, though, because I went in expecting some really hardcore stuff, but it wasn't even the images of dicks going into vajayjays that were stuck in my head when I left the theatre. Lars Von Trier and his producers really did everything they could to make it sound as if that this movie was going to be pure porn. The movie is just a bad excuse to be provocative.

The Decline of the American Empire (watched on VHS for colour bleed and warped sound effect - oh yeah).

Must see Canadian middle class dichotomy of attitudes towards life, sex, sexuality, intelligence and each other. From 1986 now onto the sequel called The Barbarian Invasion I believe.

lone survivor

dled a screener copy. this is a fairly disturbing feature length recruitment video for the us military. it ends with a completely fabricated attack on an afghan village where pashtun guys are willing to die for the american soldier. the whole story is embellished to grand effect; i believe the official number of men attacking luttrell and company was around ten. in the film it's a small army, close to a hundred. complete nonsense, wouldn't be surprised if this was directly funded by the marines. 1/10

The Earrings of Madame de...

the opening scene is brilliant, excellent film

http://youtu.be/9U_julmmUsE

The Purge - 3/10 I can't really get past the shit premise. So i threw the DVD into in the skip and danced on it's grave. Watched it on Tivo later in the week. Threw my Tivo box into the sea when the tide was out.

The East - 7/10 Lets get this straight this is a vast improvement on this hipsters 'Sound Of My Voice' which is my most hated film of 2012 and indeed the decade, 7/10 for improvement in narrartive and structure. bUt also for makin sure the hipsters bike had gears and brakes on this bike as he rode through forest....(deep breath) :D

American Hustle - 8.5/10 It's all about that opening scene. Bale gettin his hair right only for Coopers FBI agent to mess it up. The story is as tangled as the methods Bale uses to perfect his barnet. Love it.

Inland Empire - 9.6/10 Where do i begin?

the east was so, so much worse than sound of my voice. the spoon scene was a top unintentional lol though, seriously had me crying laughing.

The spooning scene should have been deleted from The East completely and edited into Sound Of My Voice where it belonged.

Klown

Pretty good! Perhaps It's because I went in with zero expectations, and had no idea the route it would take - very funny and entertaining, felt like an extended episode of Curb with the jewish context replaces with Danish...tis' on Netflix

I watched fight club for the first time last night, couldn't help but get the feeling it was making fun of the kind of guys who're always going on about how cool fight club is

Dude first rule of watching Fight Club is never admit you watched it

Zodiac - 8/10