Rainmaster 7 Report post Posted December 16, 2010 Yep, Scott Pilgrim is damn entertaining. So what if it's an ADHD movie! You're too intelligent to allow your imagination to straitjacket you. There are a lot of "weird" movies out there which are hypercreative and entertaining. Do see David Lynch's Lost Highway. If not nothing, you'll at least love Patricia Arquette's T & A display. You've no business watching that pile of garbage. At least check out the imdb ratings before proceeding. But yes, Kim Catrall's sexy! About chick flicks, I watch them only when I'm feeling slightly gay. And I confess I've found quite a few of them (I've felt gay that many times?! Gets foot out of mouth) to be quite entertaining. One such is Clueless. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112697/ Do see it. Alicia Silverstone is a doll! Just a matter of taste Jay! I see what they were trying to do with it but I just didn't think they were doing it all that well. I didn't like the way the story was developed, just felt very unnatural and lazy (iirc). Obviously in a comic I would expect for a story to be progressed in that way, but in a film it doesn't really work for me. In other words I have no problem with the story (I've liked lots of different plots in different movies), but I didn't like the way it was told. Also, in my defence I was watching it with my girlfriend who loves Michael Cera, and even she didn't really like it.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LabradoRacer 2 Report post Posted December 16, 2010 Just a matter of taste Jay! I see what they were trying to do with it but I just didn't think they were doing it all that well. I didn't like the way the story was developed, just felt very unnatural and lazy (iirc). Obviously in a comic I would expect for a story to be progressed in that way, but in a film it doesn't really work for me. In other words I have no problem with the story (I've liked lots of different plots in different movies), but I didn't like the way it was told. Also, in my defence I was watching it with my girlfriend who loves Michael Cera, and even she didn't really like it.. Fair dinkum. Shouldn't have judged you on basis of your reaction to a couple. Sorry about that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LabradoRacer 2 Report post Posted December 25, 2010 Watched Buried. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1462758/ Awesome movie. If you want to learn the meaning of claustrophobia, frustration, terror & helplessness, watch this movie. Fortunately, the director has chosen to stay true to his story than pander to straitjacketing "norms" of the audience. Ryan Reynolds has turned in a superb performance. This movie also reminded me of a Dutch one I had seen long ago: Spoorloos http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096163/ . Another twisted movie, very disturbing. Yep, it's good, of course. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LabradoRacer 2 Report post Posted December 26, 2010 Continuing with confined spaces, watched Devil http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1314655/ A good, entertaining and somewhat predictable movie. A bit surprised to see the devil not as an evil entity, but merely an overzealous vigilante with morals! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kopite Girl 0 Report post Posted December 31, 2010 Memories of Matsuko. Excellent film, very gripping. Emotional in parts, but not emotional as a conventional description of the word. Watch it, you'll see. I can't sleep, so I watched Stephen King's Apt Pupil (again). Did the book justice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LabradoRacer 2 Report post Posted January 9, 2011 [i]Hard Candy[/i] ([url="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0424136/)%20"]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0424136/) [/url] is a terrific crime/drama movie. Plays around with your mind as to who's right & who's wrong till the very end. Ellen Page delivers a stunning performance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LabradoRacer 2 Report post Posted January 9, 2011 Recommend 2 of Stephen Frears's offerings: Dirty Pretty Things http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0301199/ Superb story & direction. Not pleasant to see the ugly underbelly of life, but it sure as hell entertains. In the acting dept, Ejiofor & Tautou in top form here. The Hit http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087414/ Superbly combines humour & darkness (nihilism?). The best thing about the movie? The Spanish babe, especially her hooters. Must thank a Perverse guy on this forum for telling me about this movie. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Persevere 0 Report post Posted January 9, 2011 Stephen Frears has been flying under the radar for too long, Jay. Good of you to mention these. As always, you've juxtaposed the letters in my name: must be a generational thing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kopite Girl 0 Report post Posted January 10, 2011 Stephen Frears has been flying under the radar for too long, Jay. Good of you to mention these. As always, you've juxtaposed the letters in my name: must be a generational thing. Sure, Daveybaby. That's what it is. Sh#t. Ok, email. Crap. -looks genuinely guilty- Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Quiet One 15 Report post Posted January 10, 2011 Highly recommended: "Amer" ("Bitter"?) directed by French directors Cattet and Forzari. French experimental film. Quite disturbing in that slow way only the French can handle so well. It's not about the gore, it's not about the non stop action. Almost nothing happens yet it is a thriller. No dialogues (only some phrases here and there) and a girl being watched through a keyhole. Countdown to zero: documentary about the nuclear weapons. For those who are too young to remember what it was like to live during Cold War, when you knew in some level that any minute you could hear that somebody pressed the button and the world was about to end in 15 minutes...this film will remind you that the danger is still pretty much out there along with some shocking revelations about those old days (at least to me, like the fact that all the codes invented to prevent anybody but the President of the US from starting a nuclear war were never fully implemented so any paranoid lieutenant could have started it at any moment) Also, reading Night Watch on account of Steph's recommendation and liking it very much so far (still on the first book). I highly recommend the Shadows of the Apt series by Adrian Tchaikowsky. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LabradoRacer 2 Report post Posted January 10, 2011 As always, you've juxtaposed the letters in my name: must be a generational thing. No, I'm simply being myself. Recommend an eccentric Jap comedy movie: Big Man Japan http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0997147/ Yet to see it, but I'm already sold on the basis of the synopsis. Machete was fun exploitation spoof, but no match for Black Dynamite. The latter's an amazing comedy movie. A must-see. Blaxploitation def. Mexploitation! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Autumnpuma 0 Report post Posted January 10, 2011 True Grit. Damned fine movie. My only gripe is that I wish they'd chosen another, less iconic, movie to re-make. My mind kept drifting to the John Wayne version, comparing and contrasting, and it was a bit distracting. I'd tell you all to see it now, except the uncivilized world wont have this movie in theatres yet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LabradoRacer 2 Report post Posted January 11, 2011 True Grit. Damned fine movie. My only gripe is that I wish they'd chosen another, less iconic, movie to re-make. My mind kept drifting to the John Wayne version, comparing and contrasting, and it was a bit distracting. I'd tell you all to see it now, except the uncivilized world wont have this movie in theatres yet. And you, from a civilized world (gun shooting FTW) have never heard of torrents! Well, the Coen Brothers can do no wrong it seems. I really liked their Hudsucker Proxy, Barton Fink and The Big Lebowski. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Autumnpuma 0 Report post Posted January 12, 2011 And you, from a civilized world (gun shooting FTW) have never heard of torrents! Ha! Well, the Coen Brothers can do no wrong it seems. I really liked their Hudsucker Proxy, Barton Fink and The Big Lebowski. Agreed. You forgot Raising Arizona. Scoff if you must, but that was a funny film for it's time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
monza gorilla 1 Report post Posted January 12, 2011 Agreed. You forgot Raising Arizona. Scoff if you must, but that was a funny film for it's time. Correction: it is still funny. One of me faves. As for True Grit, isn't it more faithful to the book this time? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LabradoRacer 2 Report post Posted January 12, 2011 Agreed. You forgot Raising Arizona. Scoff if you must, but that was a funny film for it's time. Thank you for reminding me of that. A trip to imdb revealed I gave it 8/10. Damn fine comedy. Has anyone here heard of Troma films? They make hilarious, OTT comedies (with plenty of T & A thrown in!) on a shoe-string budget. Do see Toxic Avenger (about 5 or 6 movies here), Tromeo & Juliet, Poultrygeist, Terror Firmer . From Trey Parker, the South Park guy, a wacky comedy: Cannibal the Musical http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115819/ By the way, does anyone here have an appetite for gore-comedy (gorny) movies? If I recall correctly, only Russ was the other guy in this thread to mention one such movie (Bad Taste). A pity that Peter Jackson's turned his back on such movies. His Braindead (gore overload!), Meet the Feebles (not so gory) were also fantastic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
monza gorilla 1 Report post Posted January 12, 2011 Oh yeah. Bad Taste and Braindead. Absolute classics of the genre. The things you can do with a lawnmower! Best line: "I kick arse for the Lord" Meet the Feebles I thought was just feeble by comparison. Sort of Fraggle Rock with nudity. Toxic Avenger was fun. Loved ReAnimator and all those Charles Band movies. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LabradoRacer 2 Report post Posted January 29, 2011 Monsters. Sort of a Cloverfield on Valium. Fairly okay movie. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BradSpeedMan 6 Report post Posted January 29, 2011 Monsters. Sort of a Cloverfield on Valium. Fairly okay movie. not the animation movie? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LabradoRacer 2 Report post Posted January 29, 2011 not the animation movie? Haha, no, not Monsters Inc / Monsters vs Aliens. Just plain Monsters. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1470827/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BradSpeedMan 6 Report post Posted January 29, 2011 Haha, no, not Monsters Inc / Monsters vs Aliens. Just plain Monsters. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1470827/ ah, alien life on earth, so much for an original plot Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Persevere 0 Report post Posted February 21, 2011 Recently, and after an absurd number of delays, I had the pleasure of watching Juan Jose Campanella's The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de sus Ojos). He is obviously a talented filmmaker. If you are looking for a film with some intelligence and substance try this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jackgarrett 0 Report post Posted February 22, 2011 senna the movie Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rainmaster 7 Report post Posted February 22, 2011 Can't wait to see the Senna film on an IMAX screen. Saw a film called Timecrimes (2007) recently, pretty good and I'd recommend. Also saw King of the Hill/El rey de la montaña (2007), which was mildly entertaining if you've got nothing better to do. Finally, there was Babylon A.D. (2008), which I advise you to avoid at all costs! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rainmaster 7 Report post Posted March 7, 2011 Watched The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007). It's a documentary about veteran gamers trying to set world records on classic arcade games. Much more entertaining watch than I thought it would be. Really a cool film considering the subject matter! Also saw Get Him to the Greek which was a decent enough comedy with some funny lines, but nothing too great story wise as you'd expect. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
