Films Recently Watched

  On 3/21/2014 at 7:47 PM, Jimmy McMessageboard said:

 

  On 3/21/2014 at 3:34 AM, TRiP said:

 

302? The sequel to 300... - whatever it's called, watched 3/4 before leaving to see Under the Skin...

 

 

please say you didnt pay to see 300 sequel but not under the skin!

 

 

I payed a hefty €11.50 to see Zero Therom...then snuck into 300 + Under the Skin....i'd like to think that €11.50 theoretically splits into both Zero and Skin....i'd like to think...

 

but you're right, i did feel slightly bad about not supporting it with a ticket sale

 

  On 3/21/2014 at 11:15 PM, tec said:

 

  On 3/21/2014 at 3:03 PM, TRiP said:

 

  On 3/21/2014 at 11:36 AM, tec said:

 

  On 3/21/2014 at 3:34 AM, TRiP said:

Under the Skin - Loved it. Two small things are stopping me from saying 'FILM OF THE YEAR!', but it's a darn good contender in a ridiculously strong year of film thus far. Great use of non-actors, loved the naturalistic cinematography, or rather videography(!), soundtrack and sound design were ace...and who can complain with seeing Johansson naked...multiple times!

9.5/10

 

What were the two small things?

 

I'll try spoiler this just in case:

 

 

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Felt it hit a bit of a slow spot once Johansson shacks up with the Scot lad, starts to slightly drag and lose it's momentum, could have been cut tighter and still made it's point about her becoming more human etc. etc.

 

And the other thing was the ending - I had no idea it was based on a novel, so perhaps this is exactly what happens in the novel? But i just felt the burning thing was a bit silly - would have preferred if the man had just witnessed her transformation and then ran away - leaving us the viewer wondering "IT'S STILL OUT THERE, COULD BE ANYWHERE, ANYONE...WHEN WILL IT STRIKE NEXT!?"

 

 

But other then that, it was just great. Really refreshing to see such an experimental film in the mainstream cinemas.

 

 

I agree with your first point, I'm hoping that will improve on the rewatch and I can enjoy the journey rather than waiting to see what happens.

 

Second point is spoiler territory, don't go there unless you plan on reading the book, which you really should.

 

 

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After gaining some empathy for humanity she has a man onboard that is going to the hospital to see his wife who is giving birth. She becomes distracted and crashes, injuring them both and trapping them in the car. A passerby offers to help and says they will find a payphone to call an ambulance. After failing to call the person back she knows her true identity will be discovered and presses a button that blows up the car and kills them both.

 

So err, a bit different but I guess the idea of her being burned and her remains floating to space is kinda similar. I've not really done it justice, sorry.

 

 

innnteresting, yea I guess I can see what he was going for so.

 

So the book's really good? It sounds so whacky in it's blurb, but I guess that's inherent in all sci-fi novels

Her: 10/10 <3

Lost in Translation - never seen it before, A+ movie. LoL @ Squarepusher track in the film too

New World

 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2625030/

 

8.7ish/10

hunger games catching fire 10/10

 

exciting (hypocritical considering the entertainment aspect of the story?) film about fighting for freedom

 

hopefulness of the film makes it seem old fashioned (looming climate catastrophe, economic collapse, devaluing of human life in the real world means there may not be as much hope in reality as there used to be)

  On 3/23/2014 at 5:51 PM, Terpentintollwut said:

Lost in Translation - never seen it before, A+ movie. LoL @ Squarepusher track in the film too

 

I thought it was nice! good use of it imo.

  On 3/22/2014 at 8:52 PM, TRiP said:

 

  On 3/21/2014 at 7:47 PM, Jimmy McMessageboard said:

 

  On 3/21/2014 at 3:34 AM, TRiP said:

 

302? The sequel to 300... - whatever it's called, watched 3/4 before leaving to see Under the Skin...

 

 

please say you didnt pay to see 300 sequel but not under the skin!

 

 

I payed a hefty €11.50 to see Zero Therom...then snuck into 300 + Under the Skin....i'd like to think that €11.50 theoretically splits into both Zero and Skin....i'd like to think...

 

but you're right, i did feel slightly bad about not supporting it with a ticket sale

 

 

ah ok. zero therum needs your $ too.

Frozen Disney/10

Wife's choice. Few laughs. the snowman song was the best. your kids might like it. I don't have any.

 

American Hustle 5/10

Finally caught this on rental and it was about exactly what I expected it to be. a few laughs and bale's accent annoying throughout. way too long. didnt need to see this. hella wiggy

 

the face on the cover is basically how these 2 spend the entire film. everyone keeps blaming it's failure and abysmal plot (and acting) on m night shamaylananananalyana'ya but the story was actually written by will smith- so focus your malice and criticism on him

 

0/10

big trouble in little china

 

way better than i remembered it being. just hilariously weird and surreal. felt almost like a modern spoof of the 80's, only it's actually from the 80's.

  On 3/24/2014 at 7:18 PM, Nebraska said:

 

the face on the cover is basically how these 2 spend the entire film. everyone keeps blaming it's failure and abysmal plot (and acting) on m night shamaylananananalyana'ya but the story was actually written by will smith- so focus your malice and criticism on him

 

0/10

I like the fact that they kept M Nights Name out of the advertisment as much as possible.

 

  On 3/25/2014 at 4:36 AM, data said:

big trouble in little china

 

way better than i remembered it being. just hilariously weird and surreal. felt almost like a modern spoof of the 80's, only it's actually from the 80's.

 

thx u. time to turn on the nostalgia plees

Edited March 25, 2014 by Redruth

 

such an amazing poster.....

is the knife stuck in his pack?

nah man, it is an extension of his wang.....

wud makǝ a lovely slash film

Edited March 26, 2014 by Redruth

  On 3/22/2014 at 5:42 PM, data said:

i made it about 6 minutes into snowpiercer before turning it off. the over the top evil guard punching the old woman in the face made it feel like i was watching an episode of walker texas ranger.

I'm totally gonna watch this now

  On 3/24/2014 at 7:18 PM, Nebraska said:

 

the face on the cover is basically how these 2 spend the entire film. everyone keeps blaming it's failure and abysmal plot (and acting) on m night shamaylananananalyana'ya but the story was actually written by will smith- so focus your malice and criticism on him

 

0/10

What? No, The story was written by Gary Whitta and M Night Shallamalladingdong. It's quite funny... Gary Whitta was a regular on a podcast I used to listen to and during the production and post production of the film he would constantly talk about his upcoming film. After it was released he never mentioned it again.

But yeah, it was fucking terrible.

Wolf of the wall street - far too long, mildly entertaining.

Cant remember if I posted this before but I thought jonah hill was hilarious in this, I now have a new found respect for him as an actor.

Snowpiercer 5/10

 

What a fucking mess! Some of my friends have been hyping this movie the past 3 years. Sure, Joon-Ho Bong has made 2-3 good movies, so there was no reason not to be excited about this one. But what a trainwreck [long silence]...

And Tilda Swinton? What the fucking fuck? I've watched a bunch of Korean movies and I know how quirky they can be from time to time, but that quirkiness didn't translate well into a Hollywood production.

It felt like I was watching Under Siege 2 meets Charlie and the Chocolate Factory meets The Hunger Games.

 

This movie was so full of holes:

 

 

 

Fahrenheit 451

6/10

Edited March 26, 2014 by arvy Ictal

  On 3/25/2014 at 7:24 PM, Squee said:

 

  On 3/24/2014 at 7:18 PM, Nebraska said:

 

the face on the cover is basically how these 2 spend the entire film. everyone keeps blaming it's failure and abysmal plot (and acting) on m night shamaylananananalyana'ya but the story was actually written by will smith- so focus your malice and criticism on him

 

0/10

What? No, The story was written by Gary Whitta and M Night Shallamalladingdong. It's quite funny... Gary Whitta was a regular on a podcast I used to listen to and during the production and post production of the film he would constantly talk about his upcoming film. After it was released he never mentioned it again.

But yeah, it was fucking terrible.

 

 

no. the story was written by will smith. the screenplay was written by whitta and shallamallaballahbomb

 

 

also check the video on this post where smith talks about writing the story

John Dies at the End.

 

Really cool movie but it caused me to have very strange, dark dreams last night.

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ONE BILLION BILLION / 10