Last Film You Saw

[LegendShark]

did dream works put in a dancing scene and did the characters do the dream works smirk?

confirm/deny

It would be considerably hard for Dreamworks to have put them in the movie considering it was made by Illumination Entertainment.

Edit: Although there was some smirking and there was a dance scene at the end.

[Shadow]

It would be considerably hard for Dreamworks to have put them in the movie considering it was made by Illumination Entertainment.

Edit: Although there was some smirking and there was a dance scene at the end.

meh, I was close.

edit: apparently some Dreamworks guy works in that company, but I didn't know that before.

[Jabby]

Inception holy fucking hell inception is amazing.

[LegendShark]

I would say that Inception is the new The Matrix.

[Jenius]

@LS
I felt a similarity while watching it but I don't think it's quite there as a replacement simply because the matrix feels plausible from I'm a brain in a jar being fed false information standpoint whereas dreams other people link to and enter feels ridiculous because a: no one wants to steal my brain informations, I'm just an ordinary plebeian, and b: if technology were advanced enough to pull shit like this there'd probably be an easier way to extract info from someone (a mind reading device).

I mean I guess the premise of the matrix was pretty ridiculous (getting more energy out of humans than they put into growing them is obviously all kinds of stupid) but I would say brain in a jar seems like a likelier future than shared dreaming.

[notallama]

~20 minutes of the tracey fragments.
it had shakey cam, so it was unwatchable. ellen page seemed pretty decent at acting, though.

edit: does anyone else have a problem with handheld? i find i just start thinking that the camera man is picking his nose or something, and then my suspension of disbelief is broken.

[Shadow]

When it's all handheld it's very annoying.

I have to agree. I don't understand why actions scenes don't use any steady cam. I find everything shaking all the time to hurt my eyes after a while. I suppose it adds more "action" to the action scenes because you don't know what the fuck is going on.

[Shadow]

It's also a tool for compensating for a lack of budget.

And steadicam would suck on fight scenes. Way too fucking slow, you'd have to do a million fucking cuts, and piecing that together would be a huge pain the nuts.

What is the alternative then? I don't want to see the camera shaking during fighting scenes.

[Fonzy]

I've actually always wanted to do wide/zoomed shots of fight scenes, with tasteful slomo usage.

Personally, I'd like that better than the closeups they seem to do a lot in movies now. I can never tell what the fuck is going on.

[Cara]

I'm actually watching The Tracey Fragments right now and I don't have a problem with the camera. But I'm weird.

[chrkchrkchrk]

man the hallway fightscene in oldboy is amazing. also the dotted line visual gag with the hammer is an all-time favorite (oh hey i'm posting)

[notallama]

I'm actually watching The Tracey Fragments right now and I don't have a problem with the camera. But I'm weird.
how's the rest of the movie?
i'm not going to watch it, but i'm curious about what i'm missing.

i found the split screen thing was working pretty well for the bit i watched. (especially how some of the clips seemed to be there mostly for their sound).

[.Rikku.]

I watched 2010, which was filmed in 1984. It's kind of interesting to see what people in the old days thought the world would be like now.

[LegendShark]

Yeah, I hate the million-cuts-per-second nonsense they're so fond of using now.

Have you seen Oldboy? Fucking AMAZING fight scenes.

I agree with this post.

I actually haven't seen Oldboy, but I've seen all of the relevant fight scenes because, well, you just have to.

[HarrisonBergeron]

What is Oldboy?

[LegendShark]

What is Oldboy?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OzB-mop6AA

[Tony3]

Inception.

[Fonzy]

Grown-ups. Pleasantly hilarious.

[chrkchrkchrk]

speaking of Oldboy, is Will Smith still signed up for the remake? that and the Let The Right One In remake are just upsetting.

not that the Let Me In trailer looks that bad, but what's the point of a shot-for-shot remake? FUCKING AMERICAN IS PIG

[Cara]

Post to fix the thread pointing out the above Oldboy remake isn't happening

[chrkchrkchrk]

oh thank god :V

[Jabby]

Ooof I did not like Let the Right One In.

Fonz, are on luudes?

[chrkchrkchrk]

a twilight fan, eh?

[Jabby]

a twilight fan, eh?

Uh no. I just found it to be a bunch of scenes that were supposed to be creepy, strung together very weakly.

[Fonzy]

Fonz, are on luudes?

What because of the Grown Ups comment?

I accidentally the whole movie.

[LegendShark]

The Host. Eh...

I don't exactly know what to say about it.

[twin1]

Inception. It lived up to the hype and so much more. I can't wait to go see it again.

[notallama]

red beard.
fuck yeah.

[LegendShark]

Inception. Again.

What? My girlfriend didn't see it yet. <.<

[Cara]

Ink.

Fuckin' Amazing.

[LegendShark]

Ink.

Fuckin' Amazing.

I saw that. I'm not sure how good it was, but I think it was definitely the most indie thing that I've ever seen.

[Quesadilla]

Inception. A

[twin1]

Memento 4.5/5

[notallama]

half of hot fuzz.
it's pretty awesome.

didn't finish it because i wanted to go outside. but i want to watch the rest eventually.

[Cara]

I saw that. I'm not sure how good it was, but I think it was definitely the most indie thing that I've ever seen.

It was good, the problem was it looked like a final in a graduate level film making class where they said "Use all the techniques you've learned so far..."

[LegendShark]

National Treasures 1+2 and Con Air.

Nicolas Cage Week (Cage Fest 2010) is going to be so awesome.

[notallama]

about half of pi.

pretty much everything about it made me think the director was some douchebag hipster straight out of film school.
also, shakey camera.
1/5.

[LegendShark]

Face/Off and Gone in 60 Seconds last night, Leaving Las Vegas and Windtalkers earlier tonight.

[Jenius]

I watched 7 pounds last night, was okay but a bit too predictable. I even called the use of the jellyfish.

[.Rikku.]

Twilight Saga

[twin1]

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. 3.5/5

[HarrisonBergeron]

Zombieland. "Friday night.
Third straight week indoors.


World of Warcraft.


Leaning tower of pizza boxes.
Code red Mountain Dew.


Pride?
No where.


Dignity?
Long gone.


Virginity?
Totally justifiable to speculate on."


Someone asked me what kind of girls I like and I said Emma Stone girls.

[Fonzy]

I know someone has said this before but that dude definitely does Michael Cera better than Michael Cera does.

[LegendShark]

The Rock, Wicker Man, and The Sorcerers Apprentice.

Awesome, horrible, and enjoyable. I swear The Wicker Man was intended to be a comedy.

I know someone has said this before but that dude definitely does Michael Cera better than Michael Cera does.

I think you said it, but I've definitely said it before as well.

The other day my mom said that from the preview she was interested in the new Michael Cera movie. I told her that she can't possibly mean Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World because there is no way she would like that kind of movie, and she had no idea what I was even talking about.

It turns out she was talking about The Social Network.

http://screencrave.frsucrave.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/The-Social-Network-Poster-21-6-10-kc.jpg

[Shadow]

The Rock, Wicker Man, and The Sorcerers Apprentice.

Awesome, horrible, and enjoyable. I swear The Wicker Man was intended to be a comedy.

He beats women in that movie like it's his job. They had to know it was terrible when they were making it.

[LegendShark]

Apparently in the commentary one of the female actors in the movie said that she loved the movie because "you just don't see that many women being punched in movies."

Also the director had to talk Nic Cage out of wearing the bear suit for the entire movie.

[Shadow]

Apparently in the commentary one of the female actors in the movie said that she loved the movie because "you just don't see that many women being punched in movies."

Also the director had to talk Nic Cage out of wearing the bear suit for the entire movie.

So, you're telling me that the movie could have been even better?

[Cara]

Wet Hot American Summer.

Best dumb movie ever.

[LegendShark]

Dinner For Schmucks. It was pretty funny, and I love Steve Carrell and Zach Galifiankakis. And Jemaine Clement. And Larry Wilmore. And Paul Rudd for that matter, but he was just the straight man in this movie so its easy to mention him last.

Some parts were just painful to watch though. Really, not even humorous, just awful. The ending was cute. Cute movie.

Wet Hot American Summer.

Best dumb movie ever.

I do love that movie. Its even better if you've ever worked at a summer camp.

[Cara]

Book of Eli.

Okay.

[twin1]

I watched Primer again. 8/10. I still don't understand all of the stuff that went down in that movie but man is it a good film.

[twin1]

Implied layers of time travel + deliciously subtle character 'development' man

I get that part. But working out the exact details is what causes me to nearly pull a scanners.

[LegendShark]

The Other Guys
B+

Adaptation
A

[Sunweb]

Memento

Probably one of the best movies I ever saw, too bad it has a low replay value...

[LegendShark]

Color Me Kubrick. Good movie.

[Sunweb]

Book of Eli.

Okay.

I was annoyed by how stupid and simplistic the main villain was.

But yeah, "okay" seems to sum it up well enough.

[LegendShark]

The Big Lebowski - Love

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs - Cute, but not the greatest.

[LegendShark]

I'm in the middle of Wristcutters: A Love Story, and something is bothering me.

There's a character blatantly based off of Eugene Hutz. Eugene Hutz is an actor. Hell, they're already using his voice for the character whenever he "sings". Why is he not playing [the movie version of] himself?

[twin1]

I'm in the middle of Wristcutters: A Love Story, and something is bothering me.

There's a character blatantly based off of Eugene Hutz. Eugene Hutz is an actor. Hell, they're already using his voice for the character whenever he "sings". Why is he not playing [the movie version of] himself?

I'm pretty sure the character is based of Eugene Hutz but they never explicitly mention the fact. Its sort of a nod to anyone who knows of him. Though its been a while since I saw the movie so I could be wrong. Still its a good film, I'd say a 7/10. Worth a rent but probably not a blind buy.

[Cara]

I think it was one of those "He's constantly busy with everything so he can't actually act in a movie right now but thanks anyways!" He has like two bands, charity work, used to DJ at a club every weekend in New York, and that was just stuff I know about.

He's friends with the director though.

[LegendShark]

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World.

Very cute, and very faithful to the source material. They also acknowledged that it is a different medium and changed stuff accordingly. I liked it a lot. Fun movie.

Fuck Seinfeld

I think it was one of those "He's constantly busy with everything so he can't actually act in a movie right now but thanks anyways!" He has like two bands, charity work, used to DJ at a club every weekend in New York, and that was just stuff I know about.

He's friends with the director though.

Makes a lot of sense.

[Fonzy]

Away We Go.

Meh.

[LegendShark]

The Expendables.

Awful movie. The action was pretty good though.

[chrkchrkchrk]

finally saw Watchmen, I have to say it was a lot better than I expected

[twin1]

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World - 8/10. I really liked what they did with the material. They managed to make it work going to far away from what was in the comics and didn't take out too much from all of the books. Its too bad this movie will probably under perform at the box office.

[LegendShark]

Idk it seemed like I saw a lot more people seeing it than the Expendables.

[Cara]

THe Lovely Bones:

Would be better if any of the characters have a vocal range between "dramatic whisper" and "Yelling."

[twin1]

Idk it seemed like I saw a lot more people seeing it than the Expendables.

When saw it the theater was practically empty. And it looks like from the weekend box office results that it made about 10 mill while the expendables made somewhere around 30 mill.

[twin1]

Memories of Murder 9/10. Its a South Korean crime drama dealing with the first serial killer in the country. If you are looking to see a good foreign film or just want to get into Korean cinema see this movie. It will not disappoint.

[LegendShark]

Finished Wristcutters: A Love Story. It was really good. The end reminded me of dream sharing from inception tho. Because if they both supposedly offed themselves at radically different times how did they end up in the same hospital room at the same time?

This is a rhetorical question I don't really need anyone to answer it, btw.

[Cara]

Scott Pilgrim, which you should go see.

[Shadow]

Scott Pilgrim. Love that Beck did a lot of music and it was just awesome.

[LegendShark]

Drag Me To Hell. It's like a slightly more serious Evil Dead (with regrettably less Bruce Campbell).

I liked it a lot.

[LegendShark]

Saw Inception again. My mother made me take my brother because he hadn't seen it.

Funny, two movies in a row that have this guy (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2438307/) in it. It's really not that weird, except there's only three of them.

[twin1]

Just finished A Bittersweet Life. I'd give it a solid 8/10.

[LegendShark]

Piranha. Fantastic movie. Seriously, see this movie. Oh my god.

[Quesadilla]

Piranha. Fantastic movie. Seriously, see this movie. Oh my god.

I heard it was basically 3D softcore porn for the first half hour, then people getting eviscerated by fish for the rest of it. Made it sound kind of terrible to me.

[LegendShark]

In theory that sounds bad, but it was really fucking great. It was basically as campy a campy gore movie as they can get.

With a lot of great tits.

[Shadow]

Going to see it eventually. My friends better not be niggers about it.

[Jabby]

In theory that sounds bad, but it was really fucking great. It was basically as campy a campy gore movie as they can get.

With a lot of great tits.

I saw it with my girlfriend's dad, and those were his EXACT words.

It was fantastic.

[Cara]

I am going to blow your mind

FLCL = Scott Pilgrim

[Tony3]

Jordan Rides the Bus

Not going to say why.

[.Rikku.]

Memories of Murder 9/10. Its a South Korean crime drama dealing with the first serial killer in the country. If you are looking to see a good foreign film or just want to get into Korean cinema see this movie. It will not disappoint.
Does it have subtitles?

[LegendShark]

Fargo. B+

[twin1]

Does it have subtitles?

The version I have comes with it in Korean with subtitles or an English dub so either way you'll be able to understand it.

[LegendShark]

The Boondock Saints. Good watch.

[.Rikku.]

Men who Stare at Goats. I think I have to watch it a few more times to understand it or like it.

[notallama]

snatch.

it looks like it was made by the same people as lock, stock, and two smoking barrels. i can tell by the pixels.

[Fonzy]

The Expendables.

/high five

[LegendShark]

Machete. Enjoyable experience.

[LegendShark]

Videodrome. It was funny because it was so ridiculous, but it was really dumb. Everyone I was watching it with was sucking it's dick so hard though.

[chrkchrkchrk]

agreed - cool visuals, but I don't get the fuss. i love Scanners though.

[LegendShark]

agreed - cool visuals, but I don't get the fuss. i love Scanners though.

Oh yeah, the fx were really great.

[twin1]

Machete - 7/10. It was pretty good but nowhere near as funny as Black Dynamite

[Fonzy]

Slammin' Salmon. Eh.

[HarrisonBergeron]

Go.

I never really got around to seeing it in its entirety until recently.

9/10.

[LegendShark]

All The President's Men. Excellent film. The ending was brilliant, but a little flat. I guess it was just time constraints, but I feel like it was still in the middle of the action when it just ends.

[chrkchrkchrk]

The Good The Bad And The Weird

better than expected, actually. willing to call it the Kung Fu Hustle of westerns.

[Cara]

Harry Potter 7

Slow and plodding, Like the book.

[Kant]

Videodrome. It was funny because it was so ridiculous, but it was really dumb. Everyone I was watching it with was sucking it's dick so hard though.

The dude was making a statement about sexuality in an era when we can really easily find porn--at least, that's what I thought it was about. I thought that the guys who were behind videodrome were trying to bring us back to medieval levels of sexuality--making us better warriors by connection sexuality and violence.

Personally I think that Cronenberg is one of the better moviemakers alive, precisely because he can, in an odd way, make horror movies simply by focusing on how fucking weird human sexuality is

[twin1]

The Good The Bad And The Weird

better than expected, actually. willing to call it the Kung Fu Hustle of westerns.

Yea it was a pretty fun film. A bit long but still good.

[chrkchrkchrk]

The dude was making a statement about sexuality in an era when we can really easily find porn--at least, that's what I thought it was about. I thought that the guys who were behind videodrome were trying to bring us back to medieval levels of sexuality--making us better warriors by connection sexuality and violence.

Personally I think that Cronenberg is one of the better moviemakers alive, precisely because he can, in an odd way, make horror movies simply by focusing on how fucking weird human sexuality is

hmmm... not a bad interpretation. i think my problem with videodrome is that i can't make sense of any of the symbolism. might give it another watch sometime.

i love cronenberg's philosophy that you aren't actually alive until you become mutated/disfigured (paraphrasing, its like 3:30am here)

[chrkchrkchrk]

i also saw the new harry potter tonight. had some pretty sweet visuals, especially scenery-wise, an animated bit that was actually pulled off pretty well, some solid funny parts, and a couple fairly gory scenes. the fight scenes were all blurry handy-cam headaches and plot wise it was probably one of (if not THE) least cohesive of the whole series (which i think is really saying something) and of course ended on a big stupid cliffhanger. minor complaints, though. in relation to the others in the series, it's an A+

also, dobby the house elf dies at the end (WHOA SPOILERS SORRY) and at that part somewhere in the audience someone was audibly sobbing. i'm just going to assume it was actually a child and move on with my life.

[mrs_bun]

your dog has booobs wird.

also dobby so sad

also six was not cohesive

[Quesadilla]

also, dobby the house elf dies at the end (WHOA SPOILERS SORRY) and at that part somewhere in the audience someone was audibly sobbing. i'm just going to assume it was actually a child and move on with my life.

It was probably some kid's dad. Thanks to violent videogames, I don't think children have emotions regarding death any more.

[Kant]

Saw HP7:deus ex machina

The movie was fucking full of them, mostly because they stripped a lot of the exposition out of the plot (where the plot of the first half of the book was nearly entirely exposition) which left me wondering at a lot of things, even though I had read the book. And, in all honesty, this was the fault of JK Rowling and the writing of the beginning of book 7--especially when you take out a lot of the talking they do, I only get to focus on the really odd pseduo-DEM's

For instance, if I hadn't read the books Dobby's heroes save the day moment (awesome though it is) would be a total deus ex machina.

That they didn't explain how Harry got the sword back just means that
A)They're in a totally random place Hermione happened to choose to go to
B)That has the Sword of Griffindoor in a pond in the area
C)Which harry goes to get while having the One Locket on his neck, which Ron then saves him after the deluminator bullshit happens.


Really, they picked entirely the wrong place to end, and they didn't even get on how manipulative a dick Dumbledoor was (which was my favorite part of book 7). Because they focused on the 200 or so pages where nothing but exposition happened, and then took out half the exposition (Grindlewald isn't explained at all, when it really sets up a lot of new characterization for Dumbledoor), meaning that little to nothing happened in the movie. Which sucks because it means that the last movie is going to have to skip over a lot of stuff to get over all the stuff they have already skipped.

Which completely invalidates the fact that they made a 5-6 hour long fucking movie out of book 7.

[Quesadilla]

I read all of the HP books except the last one. I guess I should get on that sometime.

Also,
Jury Duty
D / (graded against other Pauly Shore movies*) C+

*In the Pauly Shore grading system, Encino Man is S and Biodome is F (because it has Stephen Baldwin in it, also it is a big turd)

[LegendShark]

The dude was making a statement about sexuality in an era when we can really easily find porn--at least, that's what I thought it was about. I thought that the guys who were behind videodrome were trying to bring us back to medieval levels of sexuality--making us better warriors by connection sexuality and violence.

Personally I think that Cronenberg is one of the better moviemakers alive, precisely because he can, in an odd way, make horror movies simply by focusing on how fucking weird human sexuality is

I mean I understand his statement, and it was also sort of about how media controls people, but I really thought it was kinda basic and overdone within the context of the movie, to the point of ridiculousness.

[LegendShark]

Barton Fink

S

Strangely, this ^^^

Not sure what you mean by S tho.

[chrkchrkchrk]

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=S-Rank

[chrkchrkchrk]

Saw HP7:deus ex machina

The movie was fucking full of them, mostly because they stripped a lot of the exposition out of the plot (where the plot of the first half of the book was nearly entirely exposition) which left me wondering at a lot of things, even though I had read the book.

yeah, i saw it with a friend of mine who is a big HP geek and afterward he went on and on about the plot holes. also for instance weird shit like the mirror shard harry has through the whole movie; he actually acquired it during the events of the book before and it's a fairly important little artifact plot-wise, but it never appeared in the last movie and now harry just happens to have it on him right from the start.

i've got to the point with harry potter movies where i don't even care about that sort of stuff. i feel like they're made more like live-action highlight reels for fans. everyone else can pretty much fill in the blanks enough to get by, and if you can't, then why the hell are you going to see a harry potter film cause they're all like that.

[Quesadilla]

i've got to the point with harry potter movies where i don't even care about that sort of stuff. i feel like they're made more like live-action highlight reels for fans. everyone else can pretty much fill in the blanks enough to get by, and if you can't, then why the hell are you going to see a harry potter film cause they're all like that.

Yeah. Pretty much that. I mean, if you haven't read the books by now, and are really invested in the movies anyways, what the hell. Do you just not know how to read?

[Shadow]

Harry Potter is terrible. I would say the only redeeming quality is nostalgia.

[LegendShark]

The books were extremely interesting and well written if not really that good. The first couple movies were alright (especially in spite of the main characters being so young at the time), the next two movies were near awful, and the sixth one was probably the best one movie wise so far. Have not seen seven yet.

Really the only thing Harry Potter movies have going for them is that every great english actor ever at least makes an appearance in the movies and it's great.

[Captain Piano]

Harry Potter had so much dialogue and Rupert is the only of the trio who can actually act. That was what I thought was wrong with it. Liked the 6th movie better.

[Quesadilla]

Winnebago Man
A

[Van]

Paranormal Activity 2 is horrible.

[LegendShark]

The Hudsucker Proxy - Great
The Good, The Bad, The Weird - Extremely entertaining.
Harry Potter 7 I - Definitely the best of the series so far
Eraserhead - Fucking brilliant
My Cousin Vinny - I now know why this is a classic. I love Joe Pesci so much. Why does he not make movies anymore?

[twin1]

The Good, The Bad, The Weird - Extremely entertaining.

Check out Memories of Murder. You'll love it if you enjoyed the good the bad the weird.

[Quesadilla]

Cyrus
B-?

Not sure what to think about this movie. I seem to remember seeing a few previews for it and it kind of billed it as this screwball comedy with John C. Reilly and Jonah Hill, but then I watched it and it was kind of a drama with some comedy thrown in (a dramadey if you will).

It was pretty okay for what it was, but I suffered the same thoughts about it that I had for Dan in Real Life when I watched that. It was good, but not what it was billed as, so that kind of threw me for a huge loop, which kind of threw off my equilibrium the whole time. It didn't help that the plot of the movie was kind of thin, so I kept waiting for this punchline that never came hoping it would offset the void left by the script. The acting was pretty good, though.

I guess I would probably say that aside from Dan in Real Life, it also reminded me of Adventureland in a way. The cinematography wasn't as good, but it also had kind of middling plot and good acting. I think I liked the Dan in Real Life and Adventureland more, though.

Also,
The Good,the Bad, the Weird
A

Throw Down Your Heart
Bela Fleck goes to Africa and makes awesome world music
A

[Shadow]

I saw Bela Fleck with Africans make music in a concert. It was awesome.

[mrs_bun]

Harry Potter had so much dialogue and Rupert is the only of the trio who can actually act. That was what I thought was wrong with it. Liked the 6th movie better.

rupert was super terrible. he's gotten ok, but if u think hes good, its only cuz he was so godawful to start with.

[Shadow]

Ginny really isn't hot. <-- main problem with HP

[Tony3]

rupert was super terrible. he's gotten ok, but if u think hes good, its only cuz he was so godawful to start with.

Except Piano, i think everyone agrees that everyone is awful, and it only sells because of nostalgia and special effects. and emma watson.

[mrs_bun]

lmao <3 ben.

i think six an seven were wayyy better than the others, altho seven was draggy in parts when it shouldntve been and not when it shoulda

[LegendShark]

i think six an seven were wayyy better than the others, altho seven was draggy in parts when it shouldntve been and not when it shoulda

i generally agree with bun here.

But I love ron weasley so y'all shut the fuck up about it

[mrs_bun]

i love ron too :]

[Shadow]

I'm pretty pissed that she saved all of her important character development for the 7th book.

[Jenius]

And then wrote it like a bad fanfiction.

[Shadow]

And then wrote it like a bad fanfiction.

I believe she wrote the 7th book in a way that would be easily made into a movie...

[Jenius]

Is that what she was going for? Cause I mean honestly the main thing I noticed was how drastically the writing quality had dropped. Like I never really considered her a fabulous writer in the first place, but like literally fanfiction came to mind in several of the romantic elements of the last book (and possibly second to last, I can't recall when the harry/jinny thing started).

[Shadow]

I get it. She couldn't have Harry and Hermione together because she wrote that thing at the end of the 7th book first. So she had to somehow get Harry and Ginny together which didn't really work...

[.Rikku.]

chole

[Quesadilla]

The Vampire's Assistant
C

[Jenius]

I get it. She couldn't have Harry and Hermione together because she wrote that thing at the end of the 7th book first. So she had to somehow get Harry and Ginny together which didn't really work...

Does that really excuse bad writing?

[Shadow]

Does that really excuse bad writing?

Yeah, I was trying to make excuses for how shitty she is.

[Kant]

The Vampire's Assistant
C

Dude it was a great movie

spit that heals

SPIT THAT HEALS

[LegendShark]

i love John C Reily!

[Tony3]

avatar. better than expected. still not that great.

[.Rikku.]

the american version of 'Death at a Funeral' is not funny as compared to the UK version

[LegendShark]

the american version of 'Death at a Funeral' is not funny as compared to the UK version

But... it's the same exact movie...

I guess it does lose major points for casting Martin Lawrence. Fuck that guy.

[Fonzy]

I guess it does lose major points for casting Martin Lawrence. Fuck that guy.

^^^^ * 1001923012830912

I don't know how that moron keeps getting work. He was never funny.

[HarrisonBergeron]

Shortbus.

It felt like a very natural film to make after Hedwig for JCM, but the stalker's character seemed underdeveloped. This was a bigger deal for me, until I realized that the parts of his character that were underdeveloped weren't really important to the main story, so ultimately I forgave him there. Good film that gets a little better the second viewing.

[Tee See Em]

The other day I found myself explaining the plot of Harry Potter 7 to a friend who hadn't seen/read it. Actually explaining what happened made the absolute absurdity of the entire plot stand out more strongly than it previously had.

Harry and Voldemort are the descendants of characters in a fairy tale? What the fuck?

The movie was like most of the series has been: there is too much content for them to know what to do with, so they just picked random bits that seemed exciting and mashed them together into something that independently conveys none of the important points of the story, but is reasonably satisfying if you seen it just as a supplement to the book.

[Shadow]

Pirate Radio, I quite liked it.

[Quesadilla]

Youth in Revolt
B+

[mrs_bun]

groundhog day

[Quesadilla]

Easy A
C+

[LegendShark]

Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Entertaining. Basically just saw it to keep myself entertained while stuck at college for one more day than everyone else that I know here. It strayed from the book, but who gives a fuck, it's a Narnia movie, and it worked the way it was.

Best performance of the night was quite clearly Simon Pegg.

[Cara]

Tron Legacy.

It's worth seeing in theaters with friends but not alone or at home, basically.

[chrkchrkchrk]

TRONNNNNNN

Tron Legacy is a batshit crazy 3D eyecandy Daft Punk eargasm extravaganza
but other than that, it is completely pointless and dumb - if it wasn't so pretty, it'd be a total waste of time.

Instead, it beats you over the head with sensory overload until you totally forget how shitty the plot and dialogue is. TECHNOLOGY

[Cara]

Good Jeff Bridges' dialog was awesome sorry

[chrkchrkchrk]

ok this is true. i've been saying

TECHNO-ORGANIC JAZZ, MAN (... or whatever. can't remember wtf he actually says there)

and

WILD STUFF

all day today. definitely another addition to the 'plus' list for the movie. though in my opinion he loses points for "TRON... WHAT HAVE YOU BECOME?????" I think I actually laughed out loud at that one

[twin1]

Exit Through the Gift Shop - 9/10

"I think the joke is on... I don’t know who the joke is on, really. I don’t even know if there is a joke." - Steve Lazarides

[Captain Piano]

Exit Through the Gift Shop - 9/10

"I think the joke is on... I don’t know who the joke is on, really. I don’t even know if there is a joke." - Steve Lazarides

Someone suggested to me that "Mr. Brainwash" was all a hoax orchestrated by Banksy. It sounds pretty plausible..it was pretty unexplained how the guy went from this nobody photographer to someone who was churning out hundreds of pieces of art. I mean, you'd think there'd be a pretty steep learning curve there.

[LegendShark]

Hell, I thought Tron Legacy was great besides just the visuals. I mean, it kept me entertained the whole time. I got so fucking bored after a while watching Avatar.

[twin1]

Someone suggested to me that "Mr. Brainwash" was all a hoax orchestrated by Banksy. It sounds pretty plausible..it was pretty unexplained how the guy went from this nobody photographer to someone who was churning out hundreds of pieces of art. I mean, you'd think there'd be a pretty steep learning curve there.

Its entirely plausible that the movie was one giant set up by Banksy. But the beauty of it all is that it doesn't really matter.

[Captain Piano]

Its entirely plausible that the movie was one giant set up by Banksy. But the beauty of it all is that it doesn't really matter.

Fine then don't open the door to a discussion.

[Kant]

Hell, I thought Tron Legacy was great besides just the visuals. I mean, it kept me entertained the whole time. I got so fucking bored after a while watching Avatar.

yeah.

But yeah, Lebowski lines were the best part of that movie. I've been describing it as Big Lebowski meets Star Wars to a Daft Punk soundtrack. If you don't like that then I literally cannot be friends with you.

[twin1]

Fine then don't open the door to a discussion.

Its not that I was trying to be dismissive of you. Its just that I think the message that Banksy & co were trying to push is much more interesting/important than the question of whether it was staged or not. Sure we could debate on whether or not Banksy set him up or if Mr. Brainwash was able to put out all that art but then we miss the point of it all. Things like the power of branding/hype or the commercialization/degradation of art were the things that the movie had me pondering over in the end and I think are the things we should be looking at after watching it.

[LegendShark]

The King's Speech. Damn fine movie. Fantastic performances by all.

[.Rikku.]

The Secret in the Eyes started off good. Then sucked as the movie went on, but it got exciting close to the end and then finished off sucky.

[Cara]

Santa Claus Conquers The Martians / Santa Claus (1954) double feature.

Best chrismas double feature ever, with half priced beer.

[LegendShark]

Got high as a kite and watched Exit Through The Gift Shop. A+ decision.

[HarrisonBergeron]

yeah.

But yeah, Lebowski lines were the best part of that movie. I've been describing it as Big Lebowski meets Star Wars to a Daft Punk soundtrack. If you don't like that then I literally cannot be friends with you.

Is "this aggression will not stand?" in there?

[.Rikku.]

Good Hair, very funny

[LegendShark]

True Grit. Was fucking bananas.

[chrkchrkchrk]

The social network - 6.5/10
A couple Harvard students all shit on each other then sign NDAs and get on with their lives.

Despicable me - 3/10
Not one of those kids movies that is rewarding on some deeper level for adult viewers.

[chrkchrkchrk]

Also I really want to see True Grit and Black Swan soon

[Kedster]

Exit Through the Gift Shop

I shouldn't have slacked so much waiting to watch it.

[LegendShark]

Despicable me - 3/10
Not one of those kids movies that is rewarding on some deeper level for adult viewers.
Awww I thought it was adorable.
Also I really want to see True Grit and Black Swan soon

DO IT FAGGOT

Seeing Black swan today probs.

[HarrisonBergeron]

Oh, Princess Amedala, youssa soo silly.

[HarrisonBergeron]

Also, does True Grit contain a lot of scenes with pot, like all their other movies? Or did they not so that, because it's a remake?

[.Rikku.]

the losers

[Kedster]

After the Wedding and Adam's Apples. Former wasn't a ton of intrigue, but it was an entertaining watch and a well done script. Latter is heavy as fuck, grim as fuck, funny as fuck.

And also, The Ghost Writer. It paced up like a regular noir movie and would've been mehish, but the very final scene made up for it all. It was fucking amazing. God damn it, I couldn't stop laughing like a maniac for half an hour.

Also got these badbois queued up:

Dogville / Manderlay
Brothers
Open Hearts
The Five Obstructions

Gogo pretentious arthouse movies.

[LegendShark]

True Crime. Meh crime drama. Clint Eastwood and James Woods are great together tho.

Clint was too fucking old for that movie though.

[Captain Piano]

The Fighter twas excellent. And I will one day marry Amy Adams, I swear.

[chrkchrkchrk]

Also, does True Grit contain a lot of scenes with pot, like all their other movies? Or did they not so that, because it's a remake?

no, but they do roll a couple cigarettes and there's a coolie smoking opium for like 5 seconds.
(i finally saw it, it's good)

[.Rikku.]

I saw black swan today. I was suprize by the amount of old people who came out to watch the movie.

[LegendShark]

When movies get well reviewed old people come out to see it in droves. They have nothing better to do.

[.Rikku.]

The person who I watched the movie with said that since the black swan was about ballet old people wanted to see it. I also thought they got a major discount on watching movies on tuesday.

[Cara]

I didn't want to see it until I heard Darren Anonfdsutsdfky did it who has yet to make a bad movie.

[LegendShark]

I didn't want to see it until I heard Darren Anonfdsutsdfky did it who has yet to make a bad movie.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1430132/

I'm both excited and afraid.

[Tee See Em]

Tron. Never saw the original. Was slightly let down.

[.Rikku.]

Seven with Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman

[LegendShark]

The Green Hornet.

Definitely actiony and 3-D enough for my tastes.

[LegendShark]

No Strings Attached. It was like watching a trainwreck with a live band and a comedian.

It was painful to watch yet amusing that someone could even try to make such a monstrosity of an experience entertaining. Fuck rom coms. Seriously.

[HarrisonBergeron]

Fuck rom coms. Seriously.

The last romantic comedy I remember liking was When Harry Met Sally and that was in 1989.

[Van]

The Town - Atrociously predictable and Ben was forcing that accent so hard it sounded like he had a mick's cock down his throat. The action was decent but aside from the whole mask thing there was nothing original at all.

The Fighter - pretty predictable as well(there's only so many ways an inspirational comeback sports story can go) but damn if it wasn't amazingly executed. The acting was phenomenal all around, and it was really funny and sad at their respective moments.

[Shadow]

So are you saying you liked the town or not. You didn't really put it clearly.

[Van]

So are you saying you liked the town or not. You didn't really put it clearly.

It was awful.

[Shadow]

It was awful.

The forced cock bit didn't get you?

[Kant]

The last romantic comedy I remember liking was When Harry Met Sally and that was in 1989.

A)How old are you?
B)Scott Pilgrim was a pretty good rom-com, as was zombieland and Adventureland

[Kant]

I agree that Annie Hall is the best rom com, but I didn't want to be that hipstery


I'd say that Zombieland is a rom-com, because ultimately the plot is about getting Springfield to kiss Jules from Superbad

I can see differing interpretations though

(sorry for the pretentious speak, I'm writing an essay and doing this on the side and it's bleeding through

[Shadow]

I agree that Annie Hall is the best rom com, but I didn't want to be that hipstery


I'd say that Zombieland is a rom-com, because ultimately the plot is about getting Springfield to kiss Jules from Superbad

I can see differing interpretations though

(sorry for the pretentious speak, I'm writing an essay and doing this on the side and it's bleeding through

At some point liking Annie Hall meant you were a film person. Now it means your a hipster. Hipsters are such faggots.

[Van]

What the fuck is a hipster

[Kant]

At some point liking Annie Hall meant you were a film person. Now it means your a hipster. Hipsters are such faggots.

I meant that someone would have been a dick had I said it and called me a hipster.

[Shadow]

What the fuck is a hipster

Go back under your rock!

[LegendShark]

The Eagle. Fun to look at. Flat as a pancake.

[HarrisonBergeron]

A) 27
B) I haven't seen Scott Pilgram, I liked both Adventureland and Zombieland - they were both more comedy than romantic. I was more referring to the more 'traditional' romantic comedy, I guess the ones more leaning towards the romantic side. I personally see a big different between WHMS and the other two.

And there's really nothing better about Woody Allen than his jazz oboe abilities or whatever instrument he plays.

[Quesadilla]

X-Men: First Class
C

It was... okay. Actually, it was really bad, but I like the X-men a lot, so I think I probably gave it more credit than I should. More realistically, it's probably a D/D-.

I can't forgive it for its CGI, though. I mean, what the fuck? This is 2011. We carry around computer-phones in our pockets. You can make a fake tornado look not so fucking fake. Also, the scream/sound-wave CGI was pretty god-awful too. And the flying around CGI. Most of it was terrible. Havoc's energy hoola hoops looked kind of neat, though.

Also, the acting. Or should I say, ACTING! It was pretty offensive most of the time too. I did like the guy who played Prof. X, though. I don't know. It was kind of weird that he sort of looked like Zach Braff, but, when he wasn't trying to persuade Magneto to do anything, he was usually alright. Also, Magneto. My favorite character in X-men, and they had to get the guy who couldn't decide if he had a German accent or not. He's a good actor too. He was in Inglorious Basterds! What was he doing!

Oh wait. The movie was directed by the guy who did Kick-Ass. Fuck that guy.

The movie did have some scenes that were pretty okay, but I'm failing to remember them.
Actually, the part where Magneto pushes a Nazi coin through Kevin Bacon's head was pretty good.

In conclusion, HOW DOES THIS HAVE AN 87% ON ROTTEN TOMATOES?

[LegendShark]

I liked X-Men first class. Yes it was overacted. I liked the special effects a lot, actually, save for the stupid tornadoes. But the story was good, and though Magneto couldn't hold his accent, I thought both him and Xavier did great jobs.

Idk. It was a comic book movie. I hold much different standards for them than I do most movies.

At least the plot was tight. Movies like these tend to have huge gaping story holes, so I'm just glad this one did not. Plus it was fun.

[Tony3]

Get him to the Greek
Gran Torino

[HarrisonBergeron]

I haven't seen Midnight In Paris, yet. How is it?

[LegendShark]

I heard it was like a classic Woody Allen movie, unlike the garbage that he's been putting out recently. I would see it, but no money.

And no I won't stop spending it on weed.

[LegendShark]

I know exactly what you're talking about with Whatever Works...

As for the others I regrettably haven't seen em. The last one that I watched was Scoop.

[Quesadilla]

Win Win
B

Some of the acting was off (really just the main kid character once he had to act out emotions and not play a jaded teenager), but the story was pretty good, and you actually care about the characters (in spite of their acting). Paul Giamatti and Jeffrey Tambor did a good job. Holly from The Office was there, and she did a good job too.

Trailer Park Boys (the series)
A

Finished watching all of the seasons today, and I have to say, it was a really good show. It's a mocumentary set in a Canadian trailer park, and it deals with the three main characters dealing drugs and committing other various crimes.
The show does a good job of creating likable characters that carry distinct, funny personalities that create their own tropes that get referenced throughout the show. The dialogue is very well written and sounds very natural coming from the characters (you could see people like this actually living in some trailer park somewhere).

It had pretty much everything I could ask for from a show like it. Highly recommend.

[chrkchrkchrk]

Weekend at Bernies II
Spoilers: the early 90s were fucking retarded. As a comedy this is pretty meh, mostly just physical humor and sight gags involving Bernie's smirking dead body. But by the time you get to the end they lose track of the entire plot anyway, so who cares. Its actually more interesting to watch and think about what a fucked up movie it'd be if only a different editor put it together and everyone wasn't wearing ultra-loud Hawaiian shirts. I mean the comic relief is a pathological liar and impotent womanizer who repeatedly desecrates a dead body for monetary gain. Netflix intstant watch, yo.

fun fact - imdb has this trivia for the writer/director: Wrote "Greasier," a rejected script for a Grease sequel, in 1979

Con Air
Nic Cage puts on his best southern drawl, then goes to jail for manslaughter and on the day of his release ends up on a plane where Cyrus 'The Virus' Grisson (John Malkovich) leads a bloody escape attempt. All-star cast of cops and convicts including John Cusack, Steve Buscemi and Dave Chappelle. Honestly, if you're looking for a dumb 'hard R" action flick with explosions, massive shoot-outs, and one-liners that rival Schwarzenegger's Mr. Freeze, this is a pretty good choice.

[Quesadilla]

I Saw the Devil

Directed by the same guy who did The Good, The Bad, and The Weird. It was essentially a revenge film + gore, but it was so, so good. It was kind of long, but I think if I hadn't started watching it when I was already tired I wouldn't have noticed it. I actually didn't even mean to watch it (someone happened to start it while I was passing through the livingroom) but I ended up sitting down and getting really sucked into it.

The protagonist is a cop, whose fiance is murdered by the antagonist, a serial killer (and the lead from Old Boy), so the protagonist goes to avenge his fiance and a bunch of crazy shit happens.

A

[LegendShark]

I wanted to see Super.

Captain America. Not the greatest movie, but it was everything that I expected from a movie titled "Captain America".

MERICA

[chrkchrkchrk]

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/photopost/data/526/medium/My_Future_Boyfriend_Ad_Sara_Rue_Barry_Watson.jpg
My FUTURE Boyfriend

girlfriend suggested this as a joke and i called her bluff as a joke and then okay so we pretty much watched it on purpose.

netflix predicted a 3.2, so i kind of expected at least an attempt at some sort of real substance, but it's obviously created for 13 year olds. the plot is paper-thin and the writing is wooden and the acting is awkward. the jokes are all based on the guy from the utopian (but sex-less) future being clueless about our present day society, and at one point fred willard drives a car with a birthday cake smashed on the windshield. the attraction between the two main characters doesn't really make any sense at all; she works at a tabloid and he's literally introduced to her as a nut who thinks he's from the future (also he talks like Data the entire movie) and yet she's completely smitten. okay, whatever.

the real problem with this movie is it's so bland. instead of being so terrible its funny or trying too hard and being funny that way, it goes right down the middle. they actually manage to wrap up the plot relatively cleanly and a time paradox pretty much nullifies any loose ends. really too simple to get any mst3k-style laughs. oh well.

[LegendShark]

Rubber. MY GOD

[Shadow]

I watched Ip Man

[LegendShark]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_(2010_film)

"Rubber is a 2010 French horror comedy film about a tire that comes to life and kills people with its psychic powers."

Well, okay.

It's a fantastic idea and it is very well implemented but it sort of goes downhill after a while just because there's very little room for plot development.

It's still a very smart and self aware movie. I recommend watching it. (netflix, nigga)

[LegendShark]

I Love You Phillip Morris.

Very enjoyable watch. Moving, but also incredibly humorous at times.

[Fonzy]

Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, MST3K.

[LegendShark]

Yogi Bear.

Why. WHY

[HarrisonBergeron]

Super

I'm depressed now because Ellen Page will never rape me while wearing a superhero costume.

:stare: She's really weird looking. She does seem cool, as she cares about bees (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qDHAjFVsXU), though.

[LegendShark]

Jackie Brown again. Fantastic flick.

[LegendShark]

Tucker and Dale vs. Evil

Really great movie about rednecks and college kids, and has references to Evil Dead, too. It's not on the same level as Shaun of the Dead or anything but it's an admirable addition to the narrow ro/ho/co genre.

B+

I was looking at that movie, it really looked promising. I'm glad it delivered, I should probably watch it.

[chrkchrkchrk]

Tucker and Dale vs. Evil

Really great movie about rednecks and college kids, and has references to Evil Dead, too. It's not on the same level as Shaun of the Dead or anything but it's an admirable addition to the narrow ro/ho/co genre.

B+

hmmm. my supervisor at work gave me a burnt copy of this a week or two after i was hired. i kind of blew it off after his description of it and never made the time to watch it, but maybe i'll try to dig it up now.

i swear i am the worst kind of introverted awkward loner office coworker. i blame too many years of working retail with nutjobs i'd spend every shift trying to avoid. can't trust anybody in a work environment now =/

[LegendShark]

Forks over Knives.

It was this documentary about how meat and dairy and processed foods give you heart disease and cancer. It was cool because they basically showed findings that merely changing your diet can help reverse cancer, diabetes, and heart disease. I mean, I'm going to eat the same still but it's nice to know that if I ever have a heart condition I can just go vegan and I'll be fine.

[chrkchrkchrk]

'Point Break' to Be Remade by Alcon and Warner Bros. (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/point-break-alcon-warners-remake-surfing-234185)

"Point Break wasn't just a film, it was a Zen meditation on testosterone fueled action and manhood in the late 20th century and we hope to create the same for the young 21st!,” DeLuca added.

i hope the poster reads
POINT BREAK 2.0
UTAH, MAKE IT TWO... POINT OH


also apparently the Oldboy remake is on again, with spike lee and josh brolin?

[Tidal Kraken]

'Point Break' to Be Remade by Alcon and Warner Bros. (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/point-break-alcon-warners-remake-surfing-234185)



i hope the poster reads
POINT BREAK 2.0
UTAH, MAKE IT TWO... POINT OH


also apparently the Oldboy remake is on again, with spike lee and josh brolin?

Just Oldboy? It's the second part of a trilogy...

[Tidal Kraken]

Are you talking about Mr. and Lady Vengeance, or the manga?

Because I always only thought the 'vengeance' trilogy was only loose related. At least, I don't think there was any story/character crossover for Oldboy and Lady Vengeance.

Mr. and Lady Vengeance.

And yeah I know each film can be watched independently of one another. I mostly wanted to see what Spike Lee would do with Lady Vengeance since it's my favorite.

[chrkchrkchrk]

Moneyball

very good! brad pitt, jonah hill, phillip seymour hoffman, chris pratt all do a great job. brad pitt brings back the 'eat in every scene' thing he did in ocean's 11, jonah hill does a great job (and is still fat which confused me), psh is great as always, chris pratt is apparently just as lovable outside of parks and rec.

interesting take on the sports movie, since really its more about the stats and the management. you see very little of the sport actually being played. lots of interesting, subtle metaphors about the soul of the game / romance of the game / superstition vs playing the numbers, etc. it takes you through beane building his team with brand's help, early setbacks and later successes and you actually get a good feeling of tension as it goes on. they did a good job of making it accessible to people who aren't necessarily baseball fans, you don't have to know anything about RBIs or at-bats to understand the principles they're working with, and there's plenty of humor to keep things moving. it's right at 2hrs long but it gets enough steam going that it doesn't seem to drag.

the execution alone is impressive in that you could say it's a very watchable movie about baseball stats. (pretty much in the same way that the social network was impressive for being a very watchable movie about a website.)

solid A

[Tony3]

Moneyball.

A

[LegendShark]

Four Lions: Solid black humor.

[chrkchrkchrk]

after hearing some ridiculous reviews, i now wait with bated breath to go see Real Steel. it sounds awesomely terrible.

also, was anyone else confused by The Thing seemingly appearing out of nowhere? maybe it was just me, but i hadn't heard anything about it until about a week before it came out, and they didn't bother to tell you if it was a sequel or a remake or what (its a prequel). and what was the point? reviews online liken it to a lame direct-to-dvd sequel. hollywood, you so weird.

[chrkchrkchrk]

oh no, its a real question. i'm writing letters. knockin on doors.

[chrkchrkchrk]

#occupyblockbustervideo

[LegendShark]

Beer Pong Saved My Life

Phenomenal movie. Get stoned, watch this, and see the greatest movie ever made.

Or don't get stoned but still watch this movie.

[LegendShark]

Thor was a shitty movie but I enjoyed watching it so I'm chalking it up as a "halfway decent" comic book movie.

I just mostly really liked the performances and looking at Natalie Portman.

As for Cap'n, I liked it as well. It was extremely America.

I'm reserving Judgement for the Avengers. On the one hand, Joss Whedon, and on the other hand, the only advertisement out doesn't make it look that great. And in a world where advertisements are always better than the movie that isn't too promising.

I'd like to see a new Hulk in every movie though. That should be a thing.

[HarrisonBergeron]

"He's one of those dress in costume and wait in-line for Star Wars-types, but angry."

Oh, Danny Masterson. You "pretend" to be a geeky pothead in all of your acting jobs. Danny Masterson, you are a genius.

[HarrisonBergeron]

Actually, I take it all back. He's a scientologist.

Really, I'm just jealous that he makes millions of dollars off of pretending to be me.

[LegendShark]

How does that not fit in under nerdy pothead?

[HarrisonBergeron]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b3/The_Dreamers_movie.jpg
"...Bertolucci’s allegory about the desire to retreat into hermetic bubbles of hedonism, theory, and culture whilst the world burns, displayed a prognosticative insight."

I fall in love with this movie more every time I watch it.