watching The Smokers right now

Busy Phillips and Thora Birch

Sophie Scholl - The Final Days.

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yikes... the smokers. i barely remember seeing that, but i recall it was terrible.

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kill people burn shit fuck school

Daisy Kenyon

ghost world just now

it really was, mess

whispererer, I just finished reading that book yesterday and rewatched the movie last night and I love it and so now I love you, too

Dark Corners (it's Thora Birch day)

pretty bad already

too bad, turned it off

Confessions of a Porn Addict

This can't be entirely real

Get Rich or Die Trying. It was shit, but sometimes that's what you need.

I liked get rich or die trying.

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kill people burn shit fuck school

Hanna. It was fun. I wonder how a movie with such prominent and overwhelming techno music will be viewed in 20 years. Will it be like some 80s movies with a chessy synth-heavy soundtrack, or will techmology music be like rock and roll and I'm the square still listening to Bing Crosby?

I'm no expert but 50 Cent has to be one of the lamest monotone rappers ever.

Monsters per Buffy's recommendation in the "films outside the film club" thread. Nice and understated. Great setting in Central America. Enjoyed it but sort of expected more. I've had "The Fighter" for two weeks and haven't watched it.
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the bang bang club.

The Closet

it is delightful

I need you alllllll to see it

Mother and Child. Terrible.

Something Borrowed was fucking horrid, fyi

Never Let Me Go.
Great. Very sad though.

Howl.
Good little movie. Solid performance from Franco. The cartoons could've been better.

Black Swan.
The ending and the stupid horror bits pretty much ruined it.

we agree 100% on Black Swan

anyone seen Hesher? I so wanna see it.

Glad we agree. It could've been better.

Never Let Me Go delivered though. Much of its power was in things left unpronounced and repressed. No shock or horror effects, but it felt like a punch in the gut. Aronofsky should take note.

Reading the book now.

Watched Four Lions last weekend. Ironic really given what happened the Monday after.

Rubber dinghy rapids bro.
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i watched "monsters" at the weekend.

not very good

"oh mickey, i love you. " - Melancholyjen
"the language you use reflects an attitude to women that i don't find appealing " - Ferris Wheel Junkie
"doe sit juts eman a wedding" - Scummy Man
"I would have phone sex with mickey" - Kjoyoho

"Ironic really given what happened the Monday after."

Very ironic (in the Alanis Morrissette sense)

Balls Deep in Jasmine St. Claire

Anna M.
Really good French stalker film.
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hahaha

hamster's so cool


it's like GF and some art snob had a baby, and listened to bleach while he was being conceived.

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"You to mr703.......You are exactly the fuckd who have run many off this board. - gringo"

You forgot that I'm a commie

i don't care about your views, beliefs, and opinions.

i just find it funny how you present them in such a pompous ass fashion....verrrrry GF-like

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"You to mr703.......You are exactly the fuckd who have run many off this board. - gringo"

oh, I'm hurt now... the board cunt doesn't like me

haha

perfect form

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"You to mr703.......You are exactly the fuckd who have run many off this board. - gringo"

too pompous for you is the form I'm aiming at

if only we could all be as clever as you

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"You to mr703.......You are exactly the fuckd who have run many off this board. - gringo"

I just watched Toy Story 3 for the first time the other day. I thought it was great!


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Last movie I saw was "Get Low". It wasn't as good as I thought it would be.

I read "Never Let Me Go" before I saw the movie. I was so effected by the book that the movie was blah to me.

THOR

FTW!

they shoot horses, don't they?

thora birch is smokin hot.

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"Ball -The best way to celebrate this holiday is to drink alcohol, eat pork, rearrange your condo office computer so you can view porn facing Mecca, and update StreetLamp Glow with your favorite Camel Jockey jokes from the Desert Storm era."

- Ely Plains

i just finished watching 'black snake moan'..... i just wanted to see christia richie run around in panties and see her boobs...
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"keef i remember you wear the first person i got in a fight with on the internet" - tim crimson

"gharland loves monster pianists." - sean

Your Friend,
Keef Riffhard - intolerant hypocrite



-Bea Arthur Whirlwind-

'Swimming with Sharks' with Spacey. Well written film but the ending was dumb.

I liked Swimming with Sharks a lot.

Watching The Brave now. Anyone?

black snake moan sucked ass. when are people going to realize that samuel l. jackson is a terrible fucking actor?

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"Ball -The best way to celebrate this holiday is to drink alcohol, eat pork, rearrange your condo office computer so you can view porn facing Mecca, and update StreetLamp Glow with your favorite Camel Jockey jokes from the Desert Storm era."

- Ely Plains

Double Indemnity

I like old movies.

No fucking way! I just watched that last night. I have a serious case of lust for young Barbara Stanwyck.
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Brian: I'm not drunk, all right. I just have a speech impediment ... and a stomach virus ... and an inner ear infection.

Black Snake Moan looks pretty good... for the reasons keef mentioned :)

watched Failan last night, another good one with the korean Jack Nicholson..

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Another Year.

From the desk of DSS.

Torero, with Rocco Siffredi. He's huge.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0314063/

Home movies. Birthday cake, candles, cowboy outfit, 8mm stutter. "I wish that I knew what I know now, when I was younger."

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highlife = poor man's doogie
I ain't got nothing but love for you now.

The Meerkats, wholesome family entertainment.

Bridesmaids.

It was good, but probably not "90%-on-rottentomatoes" good.

It was very funny, but it switched tones awkwardly a few times. You know how a lot of comedies try to throw in a "meaningful/tender/sorrowful" scene or two for some reason? They tried to do that a couple times, in a pretty heavily dramatic manner, and it made for a couple awkward transitions.

The only consistent criticisms I've read is that the tone was uneven and that it's too long. I'd agree with the first one.

Still quite good though, and an overall thumbs up.


Best of 2010 Disc 1
Best of 2010 Disc 2

I watched Water for Elephants yesterday, I shed some tears.

saw limitless
thought it was very entertaining but can't see it being something that will last...just entertaining

Also just watched Black Swan for the 1st time. I think the story just backed itself into a corner. I liked the creepy feel of it early on, but it got predictable. Ending kind of beggared belief.

Just rewatched Mulholland Drive. It's my favourite Lynch film (cue the arguements...)

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"He is/was Iranian and like all Iranians of his age group daughter against the Iraqis for a year when he turned 18."

-AWU

'did you hear about the morgans'.....

love a rom com me

for snugglin with your under-age girl friend?

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"He is/was Iranian and like all Iranians of his age group daughter against the Iraqis for a year when he turned 18."

-AWU

I just finished with the DVDs of Season 1 of Treme on HBO. Today in the mail I should have Fair Game about the outing of Valerie Plame as a CIA agent and Nowhere Boy about Lennon's childhood. Can't wait!

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The heat came 'round and busted me for smiling on a cloudy day!

Between Two Women-- Maureen O'Sullivan was drop dead gorgeous.


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Black Swan sucked.

black swan was my least favorite of the oscar contenders but let's not forget portman's performance i thought she was great in it

my favorite of the oscar movies was true grit it was damn good acting and fucking hilarious

Black Swan was fucking great.

OK, I will let it slide if you are saying it was great just bc of the Mila/Natalie carpet munching scenes (which werent all that great), but if you think it was overall a fucking great movie, then no wonder you aren't in the film club.

ghey

The munching scene wasn't that great but the masturbation scene was pretty hot. Didn't mind the rest of the movie either.

"but if you think it was overall a fucking great movie, then no wonder you aren't in the film club."

Thank you kjoy, for being consistently moronic.

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"He is/was Iranian and like all Iranians of his age group daughter against the Iraqis for a year when he turned 18."

-AWU

I'm trying my damnedest to finish Santa Sangre.


I don't know. I don't want to know; and don't you dare try to enlighten me, Mother Fucker.

I loved the Notebook. lol


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"joost 5/18/11 1:21:38 PM
The munching scene wasn't that great but the masturbation scene was pretty hot"

absolutely

Wait, I am not kjoy. How many times do I have to post it?

"Shadow Monkey 5/18/11 2:10:50 PM
I'm trying my damnedest to finish Santa Sangre."

why?
yes, I read the description

So, did you manage to finish it? I'm thinking about seeing what I imagine to be a similar film tonight, Balada Triste de Trompeta, about two homicidal clowns.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1572491/

I did finally finish it. And it has ended up being one of those movies I regret seeing.

I just wish I had gone with my instinct to stop watching the first time I thought to.


I don't know. I don't want to know; and don't you dare try to enlighten me, Mother Fucker.

Oh come on, didn't you laugh when that pimp gave coke to those downies and then set them up with this monstrous looking whore?

No. And the giant trannie luchador creeped me out. : )


I don't know. I don't want to know; and don't you dare try to enlighten me, Mother Fucker.

"I just wish I had gone with my instinct to stop watching the first time I thought to."

me too

Just rented Boogie Nights again...

Paul Thomas Anderson is a genius...Boogie Nights, Magnolia, Punch-Drunk Love and There Will be Blood...all excellent...

Anyway, Boogie Nights has it all....story, soundtrack, set pieces, great tracking shots starting with the opening, great direction, great acting...see it if you haven't yet....

"I wish that I had Jessie's girl"....

Great film, Cloverfield/Blair Witch Project but funnier.

Alderman, good to see some Boogie Nights love. It is my absolute favorite movie.

Tree of Life.

From the desk of DSS.

Burlesque

:]
I missed aloooot in between I wanted to see.

Now I wanna see The Woody Allen Paris one:]

DSS, how was Tree of Life? Can't wait for that one... love Malick.

the lincoln lawyer, pretty ok
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Scott Pilgrim - pretty good actually.
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This weekend I watched Nowhere Boy, which was really good and Kick Ass, which I also thoroughly enjoyed.

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The heat came 'round and busted me for smiling on a cloudy day!

Tonight I'm watching either The King Is Alive or Fear Me Not; both by Kristian Levring.

I hadn't even realized until recently that I was a fan of Dogme95 directors but it makes sense. I have an affinity for Dutch films.

Denmark, The Netherlands, it's all the same to you. Have you seen Festen, or Idioterne (or as you Canadians like to call 'em The Celebration, or The Idiots)?

Kick Ass is on Netflix instantly, and I actually may watch it in the next few days.

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highlife = poor man's doogie
I ain't got nothing but love for you now.

I have both and can't wait to watch them. And I am not Canadian, thank God. Better to be hated and feared than be ignored. ;)

"Denmark, The Netherlands, it's all the same to you."

You share a coast, a bit of soil and a love for fish. Can't you see why the lines are blurred to me?

It's okay, I like the Danes. And the other Scandinavians too. That Troll Hunter I mentioned a few posts up is a Norwegian film, check it out.

I have seen previews for it. I am kind of interested. It's like a Norwegian Cloverfield?

And Joost, anything you can suggest...Norwegian, Dutch, Swedish, Scandinavian....whatever....I'm open to it.

Together, Jalla! Jalla!, North, the Ari Kaurismaki films, Italian for Beginners, Mifune's Last Song, Lilya 4Ever (that one's good but awful, a smack in the face), Fuckin Amal, all scandinavian and all good.

Can't think of many good Dutch movies. Turks Fruit (turkish delight) is alright and I'm a fan of Alex van Warmerdam but I have no idea if you can find his movies with subtitles (if you can, check out Abel or De Noorderlingen). Spoorloos is great, also known as The Vanishing. And Theo van Gogh has made some good movies, Interview, Blind Date and 06 for instance.

I actually have 3 or four films by Alex van Warmerdam. I had to buy Grimm twice because my first copy had no subtitles. I still watched it w/o and thought it was great. It hade me thinking I had seen it somewhere before and realized it was his take (and a bit of a stretch) on Hansel and Gretel. Anyways, I love Alex van Warmerdam. That was my point.

Wow, I thought you hated the Dutch!

No, I am just jealous.

Btw, if you do hate the Dutch you should see Pretpark Nederland.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0882800/

It made me hate the Dutch too.

Wow. That looks kind of scary.

Okay. What about Swedish films specifically. Any suggestions there? Any "can't miss" movies?

It is scary.

Simon is another good film, it has all the thing we're proud of: gay marriage, euthanasia and our soft-drugs policy. And it's funny.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0393775/

I'm gonna check out New Kids Turbo tonight, I'll let you know if it's any good.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1648112/

Wow, I want to see New Kids Turbo now. It looks like it will be funny???

"What about Swedish films specifically. Any suggestions there? Any "can't miss" movies?"

ABBA, the movie.

Dick

"Shadow Monkey 5/23/11 1:37:03 PM
And Joost, anything you can suggest...Norwegian, Dutch, Swedish, Scandinavian....whatever....I'm open to it."

you're one step away from film club ;)

and you may wanna be careful what you tell joost you're 'open to'

Btw, if you do hate the Dutch you should see Pretpark Nederland.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0882800/

It made me hate the Dutch too.

I've hated the Dutch for years! Ever since I moved away from the Netherlands, the Dutch really fucking get on my tits when I go back to visit my folks.

's all,
peas,
Baffy

"And her Baffy’s got arch
And her flipflop's all right"

This is kind of odd:

Details
Country: Netherlands
Language: Dutch | Mandarin

Mandarin but no English?

Is there a huge market for films about the Dutch tourism industry in China?

's all,
peas,
Baffy

"And her Baffy’s got arch
And her flipflop's all right"

It's Holland seen through the eyes of a bunch of Chinese tourists doing one of those 'see Holland in a day' bus tours.

Crying Fist:



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Fisting Cry-

Fortunately there is no image available.

rating, joost?

just rewatched Buffalo '66 recently and wondered why I loved it so much so many years ago

Just saw the new Will Ferrell "dramedy" Everything Must Go. More or a drama than a comedy. I give it 3 1/2 out of 5.

Out Of Sight

Rating? I give it a solid 7.3.

Speaking of Will Ferrell, I saw Megamind the other day. But it was dutch spoken so it didn't really have anything to do with Will Ferrell. It was alright.

September Songs the music of Kurt Weill is fucking amazing

Must-see

who's that asian guy trying to be David Bowie?

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"You to mr703.......You are exactly the fuckd who have run many off this board. - gringo"

Trees Lounge. Written, directed by, and starring Steve Buscemi.

Utter crap. Had high hopes too.

The Tourist

Guessed the "surprise" ending about halfway through the film. It was nice seeing Venice. Fun bit of fluff.
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joost, I saw The Troll Hunter last night. It was a lot of fun. It's probably the funniest monster movie I have ever seen.

"I warned you, NO CHRISTIANS!"

Pirates 4 - terrible film. Best thing about it was that Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley weren't in it. And you do get to see Al Swearengen as a pirate.
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These pretzels are making me thirsty

I'm going to a 'sneak preview' this evening. I'm hoping for the new Von Trier but with my luck it will probably be some chick flick.

Hot tub time machine is a very good movie.

2 thumbs up.

supa eight

Odd film. The little girl is incredible.

Great film, very moving. I don't know what the Chilean equivalent of the Oscar for best actress is, but this woman deserves it.

For what it's worth, 9.4 by the critics on rottentomatoes.com.

wow! did nick cave write it?

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"You to mr703.......You are exactly the fuckd who have run many off this board. - gringo"

No, this one had dialogue you could believe.

Would have been a good selection for the film club: bleak, depressing and with little bit of animal torture (though very mild). Except this one ended on an optimistic note.

Last movie I saw was I Saw the Devil.

It was meh.




But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?
-Albert Camus

Scratch that. The last film I watch was gay porn.

It was meh.



But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?
-Albert Camus

Red - the one with Bruce Willis and Helen Mirren. Wasn't concentrating properly because I've started knitting again - this time it's a jumper - but it looked entertaining enough for me to watch it again...
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I'm lonely, but I ain't that lonely yet.
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highly recommended
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Bad Teacher was hilarious

Once is sweet

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I was forced by a six year old to watch Iron Man 2. He will not watch films by himself ,so he sits on your lap and gets upset if you dont enjoy it as much as he does. Thankfully he fell asleep after 45 minutes and i didn't have to sit through any more of that tripe.

How can they spend that much money and end up making something so bland.Scarlett Johansson is always pleasant to look at though so not completely without merit then.

I have found that 5 years is the magic number for me as far as deciding that I really love something as opposed to its just being good at the time, for whatever reason.
Once is still so, so lovely.

More gay porn. Still no plot. Sucks.

Disappearance On 7th Street

it sucked.



But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?
-Albert Camus

Blue Valentine

I'd heard the acting in this was exceptional and I agree. The movie was a bit draining. Very realistic portrayal of a relationship through the early infatuation period to falling out of love. I couldn't get this movie out of my head for a few days after watching it.

Very good film, Blue Valentine, but a bit too close for comfort.

That's how I felt too, joost.

This, and The Hulk.

watched "the ledge" utterly fucking piss poor movie...don't bother

Kung Fu Panda 2

before that
The Tree of life

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we all got a space to fill
pop life
Prince

i will learn to survive
Ordinary World - Duran Duran

Lonesome Dove= epic.
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Animal Kingdom=meh

Bronson - awesome
Brideshead Revisited - not bad
Andrei Rublev - awesome
The Loneliness of The Long Distance Runner - not bad

Didn't really care for Bronson (not enough to finish it anyway), curious about Refn's new one, Drive.

Too much weed perhaps? I was hooked from the start. Great perfomance by the leading guy, whatshisname.

Too much or not enough, it's hard to say.

yes, great performance by whatshisname, indeed :)

'The Great White Silence'. Remastered film from 100 years ago - Scott's expedition to the Antarctic. Instantly placed amongst my all-time favourites.

Barney's Version - really enjoyed it.
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Interesting story, not a very good film.

Melancholia - pretty, pretty good. Bring on the apocalypse.

That's out in your country already? Not out here until August 25th.

Saw About Schmidt for the second time yesterday, it was actually better than the first time i saw it. Cadillac Records tonight.

Yep, it's out. Make sure you see it in the theatre too when it comes out there. Won't work on a small screen.

Next up, Werkmeister Harmonies on DVD.

Rocco's Ghost, here's a review:

The existent title variations (Rocco's Ghost, Rocco's Ghosts, Rocco Ghost) betray a confusion as to what the fuck is going on, but the most accurate one is probably Rocco's Ghosts, since it's about Rocco porking a bunch of "flesh and blood phantoms." The plot, as it were, has Rocco and friend hit up a haunted castle for no discernible reason wherein they meet a pack of super friendly ghosts. There's some usual porno-funny moments, like when the chick wants to ascertain whether a ghost's cock actually works or not, or how one ghost has a little dog with him at all times (sadly the pup doesn't get to partake in the doggy style fucking), or my favorite: how one ghost keeps slapping his cock on the chick's forehead. For more supernatural D'Amato fun, be sure to also check out Ghostfuck.

great movie

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Tried to watch the Werkmeister Harmonies (which I purchased on DVD from London) but honestly, I fell asleep after an hour. I still need to finish it. EL syndrome perhaps?

After that I watched 3 very entertaining classics in a row, which all featured a tough guy main character. No "character development" in sight, thank god.

Bullitt - excellent
Point Blank - amazing
Le Samourai - incredible

How was Hesher Virg?

crouching tiger hidden dragon....

for the 2nd time. only.

Hesher was good. The main character comes across as a despicable asshole but that's kinda the point. Even by the end of the movie I felt the same about him but at least I felt like I'd learned something from him, as did his co-stars in the film.

Last movie was Hannah next movie is Thor then Paul.

Klovn, a Danish film. Great stuff. A gross "buddy comedy" about men (and a boy) going for a canoe trip which is really an attempt to visit the best whorehouse in Europe. Safe to say joost would love this.

Not for the faint of heart.

For fans of Eastbound & Down and similar humour.

the Name of the Rose

Yeah, I'm a little late seeing that one. Slater had hair.


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highlife, you are wonderful--Doogie

I ain't got nothing but love for you now.

they banned the second poster, too much penis.

Greenberg, currently.

"Something foreign and obscure"

'Ne le dis a personne' which was so so. Thor, Hesher and Hannah were all pretty dispappointing. Win Win was the last good one ive seen.
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before that it was the facebook movie

x-men? xXx? red cross?

Hesher was only a 6/10 for me

"Safe to say joost would love this."

Why? Because there's lots of nudity in it and sick jokes? Ridiculous.

Downloaded it, might watch it tonight.

"Why? Because there's lots of nudity in it and sick jokes? Ridiculous."

Yup, as a fan of everything Danish and sick jokes, i don't think you will be disappointed. And there's the nudity too.

"Downloaded it, might watch it tonight."
Have fun. I hope there's decent subtitles around, I need to DL it too.

The torrent on demonoid has english subs.

Coolio, thanks!

Great film.

127 Hours. It was exhausting!
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Koalas aren't hard they some little bitches.

"127 Hours. It was exhausting!"

There's a joke there somewhere.



eggs, cheese, milk, lean ground round, broccoli crowns, laundry soap, creamer, bar soap, honey, hand sanitizer, magnums & Gringo

"Great film."

Heh, it did provide some laughs, didn't it? Some bits still make me chuckle...

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"Some bits still make me chuckle..."

Me too, "I feel violated"...

Before anyone thinks that Klovn is some kind of highbrow arty farty "foreign and obscure" film, it's basically The Hangover 3, just a little bit cruder and a whole lot funnier. See it but be careful not to piss your pants.

Velvet Goldmine

I somehow didn't catch this until now...

Interesting, enjoyable, not quite the must-see I've been told it is, but maybe close to essential for a music lover

I watched Velvet Goldmine for the first time a few weeks ago. Thought it was pretty bad, actually. Don't remember why, exactly, but just thought it was pretentious and boringly written. I like that whole scene, but Factory Girl and 24 Hour Party People were better.

I Love You Phillip Morris
just started
really unsure about this so far

Don't waste any time watching Apollo 18.
I made that mistake.

Saw "Dragon Tattoo" yesterday and "MI 4" today....

They are totally opposite in nature...one is slow and cerebral, the other a bunch of action set pieces...one is based on a historical crime, the other a current threat....

Both were very good but nothing special....

I enjoyed the European version of "Dragon Tattoo" a little more (primarily because I felt that Lisbeth was better played in the European version)...still a good film....

The action scenes in "MI 4" were excellent in places...and the character development is decent for a film of this genre...but the plot is only spotty...still, I enjoyed it slightly better than "Dragon Tattoo"....

And I generally prefer cerebral to action films...

I watched the Smurfs with my friends daughter while we were playing uno last night. It wasn't good, but it wasn't as completely god awful as I had expected.

"My vision of scummy and mickey right now - is them with one extravagantly coloured drink and two straws. " - W-T
"Lacey (she's lovely) " - Mickey

were you drunk?

No. I didn't drink last night. I was insanely hung over from Friday night.

That's what makes it even sadder. But a sober NYE with a small group of my girlfriends was a blast.

"My vision of scummy and mickey right now - is them with one extravagantly coloured drink and two straws. " - W-T
"Lacey (she's lovely) " - Mickey

was it so fun you no longer feel the need to drink anymore?

Ha no. I have not given up drinking.

"My vision of scummy and mickey right now - is them with one extravagantly coloured drink and two straws. " - W-T
"Lacey (she's lovely) " - Mickey

The Guard. First half hour looked promising, a bit like In Bruges, but then it fizzled out.

5.4

Hawthorn

It was just okay.

Neds (Non-Educated Delinquents), about a clever Scottish kid who derails after he joins a gang. Set in the 70's, great soundtrack and a very good film.

Hangover Part II

Dumb movie

did you like the hangover exile??

last film i watched was 'due date'.

thought it was fuuunny!

I thought Hangover was pretty good. I think II just tried too hard to outgross the first one.

hmmm
neds looks great i'm gonna check that out.

have you seen sweet sixteen?





Gregory Alan Isakov - Virginia May (Folk Radio UK Session) by Folk Radio UK

I've seen Sweet Sixteen, if you liked that one you'll like Neds too. The Hangover 2 is absolute shit, check out Klovn (a bit similar but much much funnier, and it has the best DP scene I've ever seen).

I thought NEDS was just so-so.

watching Luke and Brie Are on a First Date



anyone?

Does it count if you just skip to the "good stuff"?

"Double Anal"





Gregory Alan Isakov - Virginia May (Folk Radio UK Session) by Folk Radio UK

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i watched a streaming netflix movie called "Remember The Daze" yesterday. i thought it was going to be utter shit. it's not going to win any academy awards any time soon, but parts of it were thought-provoking and the soundtrack was killer. also, it was a blatant rip-off of "Dazed And Confused" only set in the 90's instead of the 70's. me thinks the writer/director/producer didn't even attempt to hide this fact and likely used the word "homage" when selling it.

i also watched "Take Me Home Tonight" yesterday. again, i thought it was going to be utter shit. it looked like a novelty movie that was only meant to vessel one-liners from the 80's. it didn't suck though, even though topher grace overacted in most scenes and forgot that he wasn't on the set of "In Good Company". the writing was actually slightly witty and it was well casted (minus topher, whom i typically like). i also decided that i'm in love with the object of topher's affection. i have no idea who she is, but she bore a striking resemblance to kristen stewart, only her acting wasn't annoying.



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"If ever I stray from the path I follow
Take me down to the English Channel
Throw me in where the water is shallow
And then drag me on back to shore

Because love is free and life is cheap
As long as I've got me a place to sleep
Clothes on my back and some food to eat
I can't ask for anything more"

Some short film on xnxx. Thanks EL

Sent from my iPhone 3Gs

I've been Netflixing a lot of 70's films. The last ones I watched were Network and Absence of Malice and tonight I think I'm going to watch Chinatown. There are so many great movies that I haven't seen from that decade.

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The heat came 'round and busted me for smiling on a cloudy day!

Had a craving for the Star Wars trilogy on my jaunt in Europe. Epic watch. Those movies have aged wonderfully. Forgot how I much I love them and realized I always will. True classics.

Let Me In

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Hot Wired, Hot Wheeled and "Suzy is a Headbanger"

Just bought the dvd of The Good, The Bad and The ugly.

Also recieved a bottle of Glenfiddich Single Malt whiskey for notifying the fire brigade last friday, so it's best if I mention it now: will be watching this tonight.

Will have forgotten it tomorrow.

just watched a video on my phone I recorded of an ex blowing me. It started off strong by the climax was lacking substance.
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mrchompchomp on Tim Tebow: "People are threatened by him because he almost always does the right thing in his daily life, and a lot of those people (especially when provided the anonymity of a computer) RARELY do the right thing in theirs."

Who wants to watch Julia Roberts eat with that awful mouth for two and a half hours? This movie is awful.

MFST with Star.

Contagion: bleh (this is Soderbergh?)
Incendies: outstanding
Alien (dc): wow

I could have done without the Radiohead songs but yes, Incendies was very good.

HUGO:)

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I watched Bronson the other night. Tom Hardy was great but I didn't get much out of the plot or most of the scenes. It was cool but forgettable.
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he was great

loved that movie

seen it at least a dozen times

I laugh out loud often while watching it

Contagion

Irreversible. Best watched on Christmas day with the family or on a first date.

One of these movies will be watched by me tonight. Which one it is will be up to you. Guide me sweet through the still waters of the spirit, Charon.

La Haine (1995)

Any of Refn's Pusher Trilogy (1999/2004/2005)

Kill List (2011)

La Haine it is. Thank you for your input.

La Haine is a must see.

You read my mind.

No hamster, I am your mind.

Good film: How you fall doesn't matter. It's how you land


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This shit look cray-cray.

El Sicario, Room 164 is an 80-minute documentary about a hit man. He has killed hundreds of people, is an expert in torture and kidnapping, and for many years was a commander of the state police in Chihuahua. At the moment, there is a contract on his life of $250,000.

The “sicario” or professional killer, his face obscured by a black mesh hood, tells his story to the camera inside the very hotel room he once used to hold and torture kidnapped victims. Aided only by a magic marker and notepad, which he uses to illustrate and diagram his words, the sicario describes, in astounding detail, his life of crime, murder, abduction and torture.

anyone seen the new exorcism flick, Devil Inside?

wondering how awful it is

Dead Man's Shoes. Decent film, great soundtrack. (must-hear movie for the alt-country crowd)

Puss in Boots. Pretty good, much better than Shrek 4. That El Sicario movie opens here tomorrow, I'm going. 4 star review in the local paper.

i thought one day sucked big fucking balls.

i'm a hathaway fan too...that movie sucked.

the fact that anyone could consider themselves a Hathaway fan for something other than her chest is startling

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"You to mr703.......You are exactly the fuckd who have run many off this board. - gringo"

Let Me In.

It was good, though there was a fair amount of hype beforehand that didn't help its cause. Still a good story, and a unique spin on the "horror" genre.

8/10


Best of 2011 Disc 1
Best of 2011 Disc 2

703
okay i'll bite...

aside from her stunning portrayal in the "princess diaries" saga she made some decent and commendable (imo) acting spots in "havoc" and "rachel getting married"

maybe it's my fault i used the term "fan" pretty loosely...am i fan of anne hathaway like i'm a fan of other actors...like say paul newman, glenn close, eastwood and dicaprio or damon? nope....not even really that close. so mr. 703 would you be ever so kind as to let me retract just a lil bit of that statement to appease your over-sensitive self-indulgent opinion?

casual fan of anne hathaway.....casual.

CASUAL.

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oh man i love close in just about anything she's in i think she's underrated and just a really good actress....love damon movies as well.....
duh.

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OKAY!
watch glenn in the shield and damages....

she has great presence in both of those and makes them very memorable.

damon wrote good will hunting....end of story fuck face.

Cowboys & Aliens

Much better than I thought it would be.

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you mean you don't fantasize about being a secret agent when you watch him in the bourne series? preposterous.

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didn't you see damnon in talented mr. ripley? or how could you forget the brilliant the departed?

and one very great project greenlight production was "the battle of shaker heights" a great little flick.

bam. beeeotch.

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last movie i saw was hangover II the other day. what a steaming pile.

i love matt damon
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well you brought it up...it needed mentioning in so far that he and ol pal ol ben fuckfleck greenlighted it....it helped put shia laboof on the map and bam....transformers was born....

I just started watching the latest season of Damages and it's such a dark and taut thriller of a series. NOBODY could play the Patty Hewes character like Glenn Close. Superb.

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The heat came 'round and busted me for smiling on a cloudy day!

"damon wrote good will hunting....end of story fuck face."

Ha!

Post of the Day.


Best of 2011 Disc 1
Best of 2011 Disc 2

Just watched Kill The Irishman. Very good mob movie about Danny Green.

Sent from my Dick

My Sassy Girl

kill the irishman was good.

28 Days (Sandra Bullock)

Much better than the critics made out.
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I watched Kids the other night. It was fantastic and I'm ashamed I never saw it in the 90s. I'm seeing that Tinker Tailor Barber Cook movie later tonight with my gf.
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i heard tailor tinker is a long pile of shit with nothing....

let me know if you think otherwise....i don't want to believe it given the cast....shit tom hardy and oldman? whoa.

Tinker Tailor is OK. Good acting, mediocre plot.

kids sucked, waves

Different strokes for different folks EL, maybe waves likes looking at half naked 14 year olds.

the descendants

loved it....still kind of upset and pissed that warrior isn't getting any award recognition...to me it's just a great great movie...the acting is excellent.

true grit...

meh to the 10th degree

3/5 on netflix

can't believe so many people talked that movie up. glad i waited til i had nothing particular i wanted to watch

further cementing the coens as good directors...nothing more.

and what exactly was so good about the girl? the fact that the dialogue she had to spit out was mature for a 14 year old character? she was just meh too.



adjustment bureau - quit about half way through - horrendous acting and goofy storyline


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"703, you are without a fucking doubt, the biggest piece of shit loser on the internet" -dudeman

"You to mr703.......You are exactly the fuckd who have run many off this board. - gringo"

agreed with adjustment bureau

but true grit i thought was great....as for remakes i think it's as good as it gets and i thought damon, the girl and bridges were excellent and enjoyable...i saw it three times and i never tired of it....pretty damn funny....

bridges was it's saving grace


3:10 to Yuma remake > True Grit remake

and that guy directed copland and knight and day


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"703, you are without a fucking doubt, the biggest piece of shit loser on the internet" -dudeman

"You to mr703.......You are exactly the fuckd who have run many off this board. - gringo"

Whoa, EL. Get out of town! Kids was amazing. Probably my favorite movie of the 90s.

Tinkor Tailor was okay. Not great. Too many damn characters and confusing what the hell was even going on sometimes.
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no

kids was pretentious and plotless drivel

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no

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I'm sure

you're thinking of Havoc, I think

Chloë Sevigny was the one in Kids

'Infamous' (T Capote). Feel slightly traumatised.

Best movie I've seen in the past few weeks was The Way Back. WWII Siberian prison break/desert wandering movie with Ed Harris, Colin Farrell and a few others I didn't know.

Guess it was a pretty big flop, but I thought it was pretty amazing. Spectacular cinematography/photography/whatever I'm supposed to say, sick acting... I know it's cool to hate Colin Farrel, but I think he's pretty damn good, and he was damn good in this, as was everyone else. Incredibly brutal and powerful and just kind of blew me away over the course of an afternoon covered in blankets because, appropriately, my heating system is fucked.

I watch a movie almost every day, and that's the best I've seen in a bit.

Blow

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Our Idiot Brother

better than I thought it would be

thought that's not saying much

i enjoyed the way back too...a little long but worth the watch and i think farrell is great as well....his best role was tigerland and intermission but he's a solid actor in most any part....except alexander....UGH.

2 Days - Paul Rudd and Adam Scott

currently

I think I already answered up there but Hugo was amazing.omg.

agreed, I loved Hugo :)

It was so painful like great pain:)weeping :)

Its going to be a great year for the films:)
last year seemed kinda dark all evil dead horrible
now its good :)
Pina and all the good feeling films
Incredibly close...
OMG
This is a good year.

it made me cry, too

I loved how they intertwined the history of film with the story

I watched The Way Back yesterday, because tomb loved it so much. It was okay but I didn't mind when Farrell left the film after an hour or so. Ed Harris was the star of the film, probably because he didn't have to speak with a phony accent.

I watched it at my parents place, proud owners of a huge HD tv. Maybe I just need to get used to it but I watched some other movies on similar tv's and I'm not a fan. Somehow it makes everything look fake. I remember someone making a thread with a similar complaint (Conspicious Narrator?) but I can't find it.

Yes, the 'soap opera' effect. From yahoo answers:

"I think you are describing a side effect of 120hz that LCD TVs suffer from. It's most often called the 'soap opera' effect because it has that 'too clean' video look that soap operas have.

I call it the creepy camcorder effect, and I don't like it. It makes major motion pictures shot on film look like it was shot with a cheap flip cam or something.

I've noticed that younger people like it, and actually love it. But I can't blame anyone to be honest because if you aren't used to 24 frame per second film, you don't know any better. I've heard some people call this 120hz thing as giving a 3D effect.

It's a result of creating addition frames or images that never existed and it gives the motion a strange look. Some TVs really show this side effect, others not so much. I see the effect in 240hz LCD, but it seems to be more mild. So bottom line, 120hz is creating something that was never intended and something that doesn't exist in the original material, that's why I'm totally against it.

I own two flat panels, one plasma that doesn't need any fancy 120hz because plasma TV don't have lag time, and I have one LCD in my room that's regular 60hz, I don't like the video look of 120hz.

So if you love it, that's what you want to buy next time, but if you can, see it the store first because every model TV that has 120hz looks a little different"

I hate it too. It feels like I'm watching a staged play rather than being drawn into the film itself.

There was nothing remotely pretentious about Kids. I'm not sure what you think pretentious means.
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Contraband
good entertaining action heist movie...nothing special...popcorn cruncher to the maxx but worth a night out of the house ....

Loser

Very cute, I liked it

The Descendants

In no way, shape, or form a BEST PICTURE.

This film has been overrated. That being said, it's a solid movie that keeps Clooney high on my list of favorites, and the tone it carries is thoughtful and charming.

3.7/5



Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Needlessly knotted, but an entertaining movie by the end. An end that came off as slightly cheesy to me but satisfying. Oldman reminds me of bill nighy in this role, he was terrific.

3.5/5

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"703, you are without a fucking doubt, the biggest piece of shit loser on the internet" -dudeman

"You to mr703.......You are exactly the fuckd who have run many off this board. - gringo"

clooney is very likable...not on my list of fave actors though...although the descendants might change that for me...i thought the movie to be great and the acting superb by both young girls.

i'd give it a 4.275/5

i've not bothered to watch tinker tailor but perhaps i should get around to it.

@703 are you on torrentday or bitsoup?

Kill List.

WhiteBuffalo, if you haven't seen it yet, don't bother. First 45 minutes looked promising, after that it got weird. And not in a good way.

forgot about this

I love Laird Hamilton, don't get me wrong...



but why the hell was he in The Descendants?

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"703, you are without a fucking doubt, the biggest piece of shit loser on the internet" -dudeman

"You to mr703.......You are exactly the fuckd who have run many off this board. - gringo"

ha agreed 703....total douchetastic moment....thank god it was like two scenes...

wow!

look at this!

"He appeared in Waterworld, as Kevin Costner's stunt double in numerous water scenes"

you pussy Costner...had to bring in the big guns to do your stunts!

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"You to mr703.......You are exactly the fuckd who have run many off this board. - gringo"

such a great performance....

Clooney's Casting Director: soo, there's this stunt double from Water World that lives in Hawaii

Clooney: WHY ISN'T HE ALREADY IN MY OFFICE!?

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"703, you are without a fucking doubt, the biggest piece of shit loser on the internet" -dudeman

"You to mr703.......You are exactly the fuckd who have run many off this board. - gringo"

Phone Booth, anyone?

edit

I liked Phone Booth

didn't love it

3/5

The Woman in Black.
Good ghost movie. Lots of great scares with an ok story. I didn't see the Harry Potter movies so I was able to see Radcliffe in a different role. No gore, just lots of tension.

Looking forward to the Woman in Black.

Bumper week this week - I saw The Iron Lady, Carnage, and Oranges & Sunshine.

All great for different reasons :-)

Haven't been to the cinema in ages, I want to see Le Havre somewhere this week.

Got a Bunuel box from the library today but I think I'm gonna watch The Good, The Bad and The ugly later this evening, for the umpteenth time.

I heard good things about Carnage.

I just watched The Life of David Gale. Someone gave me a free copy years ago and I just got around to it because I'm sick and don't have anything else to do but lie around. It was decent, heavy handed at times but still not bad.
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'I heard good things about Carnage.'

I forgot that it was Polanski until the end credits - and then I wasn't surprised. I enjoyed The Ghost Writer as well.

I'm watching Twilight: Breaking Dawn. I don't know why I rented it when I checked out Jesus Camp, Sicko, and a BBC version of Jane Erye from the library. I'm hungover and just wanted a stupid movie, a coke, and some ice cream. And maybe popcorn. And to watch SNL at 10:30.

Zooey Deschanels hosting.

Lol, I am watching New Moon, Lacey! I liked Jesus Camp but not any of the versions of Jane Erye I have ever seen. It gets too boring near the end.

you ladies are brave admitting that

I only saw those movies because mom made me during a holiday

having said that, I'm kind of curious if they have sex in this Breaking Dawn or if that's going to be part two

Yeah, they have sex and a baby in part 1. Part 2 starts with Bella as a vampire.

Dammit you ruined it for me :p Kidding... I know what happens.

I really cannot stand Kristen Stewart. At least in these movies. She makes too many crazy faces. And is just too all around angsty for me.

yeah I can't tolerate her well, either

her voice, pretty much everything about her annoys me

I kinda feel bad saying that

she IS a person

a human being

I have always thought that she isn't even acting in the movies. . .she's just being her regular self. I don't know if you read the books, but book Bella is just as annoying.

I liked Kristen Stewart in The Runaways and Panic Room. She was okay in Welcome to the Rileys.

I think she actually brought something TO Runaways but my gosh, that movie sucked too badly to really use as an indicator of much at all

I guess I haven't really seen her in anything else.

If this movie doesn't start getting more interesting I may have to shut it off and watch the buns play together.

If you feel like shutting it off then just fast forward to the last scenes when she "has the baby" and transforms.

Maybe. I think that I enjoy these movies more when I watch them with my friend Laurel because we add our own commentary to them.

And really the bed just broke like that? He did nothing to make it break!

Haha, I think he would of had to do more but it's a PG-13 movie, Lacey. Instead of breaking a bed he should have been putting on a condom PSA style and not creating a devil hybrid baby.

But if they did that they couldn't have included the authors anti-abortion message!

I have always thought of it as an "only have sex when you're married and sex is for making babies" message but anti-abortion fits in there, too.

I guess I can get both from it. I figured that the point where bella refuses to get rid of the baby even though it's going to kill her was pretty much saying that.

I haven't gotten that far in the movie but I've read the books.

When I read this book I can remember being all WTF?!?! It's like she sabotaged her own series.

Even if they all wanted to, I don't think they could have aborted the fetus without killing Bella. Plus, who would Jacob have ended up with? Heaven forbid Leah or something.

Oh god. I hated the whole creepy adult imprinting on child thing.

Okay, I had to laugh at the revealing of the pregnancy belly.

It's alive! I will admit that they did a great job making Kristen Stewart look like she had a demon baby in her. It's actually like she was actually on death's doorstep.

From what I've seen they've did a good job, or she was on a huge bender before they started shooting :p

Have you read what's out of Midnight Sun? That makes Edward seem a million times more creepy than he already seems.

I have not, but I just googled what that was.

It's on Stephenie Meyer's website and goes almost to the meadow scene. Both he and Jacob are crazyass stalker pedophiles.

"creepy adult imprinting on child thing"

those books were dreadful

that part was their absolute low point

I ended up fast forwarding to where she gets changed. Good god this movie was awful. I'm glad I didn't sit through the whole entire middle part.

And I honestly liked the 1st one. but it seems like the movies are like that books and get crappier and crappier as they go.

I like when she opens here eyes. . .BAM vamp eyes.

The first one is definitely a Catherine Hardwicke film, and I like her style. But, there is no way any director could have made Breaking Dawn a decent film. The material they are working with is just too bad.

gonna watch Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close now

Anything to save this thread from the pubescent mess it has become.


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I ain't got nothing but love for you now.

Lol amen to that

Been on a herzog kick -

Cave of forgotten dreams (on 3D - absolutely amazing)
Encounters at the end of the world (excellent)

I just watched what's your number. It was a cute chick flick.

I'm now watching Our Idiot Brother. Its better than I expected. And the fact that Paul Rudds ex won't let him have his golden retriever is making me sad. :(

OK. Now let's talk about those rabbit farts.


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I ain't got nothing but love for you now.

Our Idiot Brother was very enjoyable to me, I saw it twice.

Extremely Long and Incredibly Bland is just that.

Tonight I saw The Secret World of Arrietty. I don't usually go for cartoons, but the animation was good.

I heard that movie was pretty bad EL.

I keep waiting for him to get Willie back!

well it wasn't bad

it just wasn't that great

it wasn't a Best Picture, that's for sure

Cowboys & Aliens: not bad.
I Love You, Phillip Morris: good.
Le Havre: very good (Little Bob deserves an Oscar for best supporting actor).

i liked our idiot bro...very enjoyable and a great deal better than i expected.

watched the grey
pretty fuck meh.

had great potential but you just end up watching people get eaten by these computer animated wolves the whole time...these are some crafty genius wolves too i might add...

i want to see bullhead and natural selection.

anyone seen or heard of em??

Bullhead, the Belgian movie? Rundskop? Very good film, violent and depressing, you'll like it.

rundskop or raskam

this bullhead you bullshitter ;)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1821593/#lb-vi791781657

looks great

It is.

cool
i'll check it out when it comes out.

thanks joost

the effect of outrageous pharmaceutical costs on our healthcare and medical insurance systems

the way disorders are invented by greedy drug companies to sell us more medicine

the myth of the need for women to orgasm during each sexual encounter

all dealt with in the perfect mix of levity and informational, really very good, much better than I thought it would be

"i liked our idiot bro...very enjoyable and a great deal better than i expected.

watched the grey
pretty fuck meh.

had great potential but you just end up watching people get eaten by these computer animated wolves the whole time...these are some crafty genius wolves too i might add... "

you're fucking crazy balv

our idiot brother was awful bullshit that sells movie tickets



the grey was better than i thought it would be. great tone in that pic.

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"You to mr703.......You are exactly the fuckd who have run many off this board. - gringo"

The last disturbing movies I watched recently are Eden lake and the cove. For tonite I have dogtooth. (thank you whispy for your movie recs)
I like you do you like me?

I'm starting the Straw Dogs remake. I'm not expecting anything out of it.

I watched In Time last night and it was an ok movie.
I just finished watching The Thing. I liked it, it was a good monster/alien movie.
Up next... Hugo.

Seeing Hugo on Tuesday, looking forward to it. Saw five episodes of The Walking Dead last Friday, going to watch the 6th this afternoon and download the second season asap. Amazing show, is the third season out yet?

edit: I'll download the second season when it's finished, end of March.

Hugo is amazing.

The Breakfast Club, a great 80's classic i used to watch when i was young... also just watched Rango with my 6 yr old (future) Stepson...

Went to the movies the other night and saw Act of Valor. It was pretty good, I guess, I teared up at the end. Military funerals always get to me. The thing about it that was kind of odd was that it seemed like watching somebody play Mortal Combat.
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703
i'm not crazy
anytime someone doesn't see eye to eye with you they're either crazy or "morons"

either way, the grey was not as good as i had hoped. yes the "tone" was good...i loved the bit and back story of his dad and the poem...

i just felt this so called wolf expert led them right to the den at the end...huh? wha.....


anyways,
saw young adult and goons.

i liked both...theron is awesome as usual ;)

i really loved goons...it's the grandson to slapshot and they didn't let me down liev schreiber makes the movie...albeit he's brief...but he's that good.

even paul rudd knew "our idiot brother" was going to be a rehash

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"703, you are without a fucking doubt, the biggest piece of shit loser on the internet" -dudeman

"You to mr703.......You are exactly the fuckd who have run many off this board. - gringo"

The Kid with a Bike, loved it.

@703
yeah probably! but i kind of half expected it to suck ass...much to my surprise i found myself liking it more than i thought i would....is it a movie i'm going to go back to? nope...would i be able to quote it? nope...will it be forever lost in the huge pile of movies i've seen...yes.

Despicable Me. Very cute and funny.
Great for those of you with munchkins.

correcto inky
i watched it twice in two days with my girls...so damn funny.

"The Kid with a Bike, loved it."

Saw it twice last year, teared up both times. Masterpiece.

Agreed, it was really moving without being sentimental at all. One of the best of 2011...if not the best.

That movie was just ho-hum.

Figured it out very early. Shannon's acting was good though.

Brokeback Mountain.

The Importance of Being Earnest. Easily the worst out of the Earnest series.

Hugo 3D. Spectacular.

hugo is good. i would have loved to see martin win the oscar.

i saw the sitter and atm

both were entertaining but no lasting power. the sitter is kind of like adventures in babysitting minus elisabeth shue and plus a lot more swearing and gross out ;) good stuff actually.

atm, well if you don't see it...you'll be alright. trust me.

"atm, well if you don't see it...you'll be alright. trust me."

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"703, you are without a fucking doubt, the biggest piece of shit loser on the internet" -dudeman

"You to mr703.......You are exactly the fuckd who have run many off this board. - gringo"

great joke 703!
that post doesn't really make sense so would you mind putting something up that contributes to the overall theme of the thread? huh?

:)

it totally made sense

why are you trying to parent 703 today?

" would you mind putting something up that contributes to the overall theme of the thread? huh?

:)" = douchiest thing I've read here ever.

um EL that was a satire of mr703 he's been hounding and getting in most people's faces....in fact "would you mind putting something up that contributes to the overall theme of the thread? huh?" is his .org mantra.

see what i did there???? i made a sarcasm....i give the best sarcasms out there.

obviously

lol

Parrish (1961)



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8th graders don't cry



In Holland 8th grade is the last year of primary school. The film is about a girl who's diagnosed with leukemia...and dies. Sorry for the spoiler, but that's about it. I knew it would end badly but jesus,I didn't expect to cry like a little girl.

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I already knew about the ending before I saw it but it didn't matter, go see it anyway.

There's one scene where she tells her doctor, Doctor Moustache, that he has to promise to save her or else shave off his moustache. Then later in the film he shows up at her bed without his moustache...

Man, I can't even type it without crying all over again.

No way could I watch that. I'm getting all choked up thinking about joost getting choked up.

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There's a scene in Garp (only scene I remember) where Garp's recovering from crashing his car into his wife's car (causing his wife to bite off the penis of her lover) and he sees her again for the first time. His jaw is stitched up, and he tells her: "I wof you".

Heartbreaking.

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Shit movie, don't bother.

I saw Act Of Valor.

First movie i've seen in well over a year. Should have stayed home, it was like watching someone play Mortal Combat from over their shoulder. No real plot, just an mission to show the Navy Seals in a good, patriotic light. It was a midnight show and I slept through half of it - only to be awakened by the all too frequent explosions. Wife just had a hankering for movie theater popcorn.

What a waste of money.
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We saw "Get Low" this weekend.

Fantastic.

Also went out with the 12 year olds to see Hunger Games and was suprisingly pleased with it.

Sent from your iPhone

"Also went out with the 12 year olds"

Is this disturbing to anyone else?

Gnomeo and Juliet is fucking adorbes.


I love CN in this thread

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Excellent film, those 4 hours flew by.

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You can't go wrong with boners and upskirts.

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""Also went out with the 12 year olds"

Is this disturbing to anyone else?"

I believe Willie is refering to bourbon here. He always takes a couple with him.


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El Sicario, the doc WhiteBuffalo mentioned a little higher up in this thread.

Very good, it's basically a hitman telling the story of his life but every now and then he acts out some of the more gruesome stories.

Educational too. If you ever kill a DEA-informant, don't bury him: they're all chipped.

Avengers. It was okay.

Watched Bubble, directed by Soderbergh on Monday and watched Love and Death on Long Island yesterday. Love and Death was a repeat viewing and one of my faves. Bubble was pretty cool. Shame I never heard of Soderbergh doing the other 6 low budget films he'd planned.
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Les Géants. Funny movie, a bit like Stand By Me but with pot and hard liquor.

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Super 8. CN would cry at it.

the last movie watched was Pursuit of Happyness. I put it in my netflix queue bc I thought my mom would like it, turns out she's already seen it. Good story, Im glad he was smart and got rich, but not made into a very interesting movie. I dont like how they made the hippie girl out to be a thief and the wife/baby momma was about as annoying as could be. I didnt finish the movie. I dont reccommend it. It was stupid.
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I like how he killed himself with That poison fish at the end thinking his heart would still be good for somebody.

The Best Of Youth. Six hour Italian movie depicting a family over forty or fifty years. Second time watching it... absolutely incredible, in a very accessible, non-foreign language movie sort of way. I'm sure a few of you have seen it... curious to hear some thoughts.

I'm on vacation and meant to spread it out over the week, but I finished it in a day or two. Couldn't turn it off. It's all character/story, and some beautiful cinematogrophy and acting as well. You will love the characters like they are your friends. I was really, really sad when it ended.

Thanks for the heads up, sounds interesting.

I just saw Barney's Version, which was pretty good. If you're a Paul Giamatti fan like I am, it's a must see. Made me want to read the book.


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Badlands

it was shit.

Trying for the troll olympics?

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Badlands. Not surprisingly I disagree with 703.

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13 Assassins.
Very good.

On the road.

It was good, yeah man,

Killer Joe.

I guess I liked it, but I still feel exploited. Bonus points for "alright, alright, alright" McConaughey not showing up.

White Lightning - meh movie, stellar soundtrack, about Jesco White.

Lockout - stupid SciFi prison movie

Celda 211 - rewatched it because I had to turn off Lockout but was still in the mood for a violent prison drama. Great movie.

Stalingrad - pretty awesome epic about the bloodiest battle of the WWII, enjoyed it. Say what you will about the horrors of war, but it makes for killer cinema (pun intended).

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Also, rewatched das Boot recently. Best movie ever made? Best submarine movie, hands down.

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You cunt of a piece of shit

For your information, fuckface, it's a genre. OK; i probably haven't seen half of the submarine movies ever made. You got me!

I'm sure das Boot wipes the floor with all of them.

Cunt.


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Operation Petticoat.

Hunt for The Red October is pretty great.
Submarine movies rule.

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The movie "Submarine" sucked dick, mind you. Had nothing to do with submarines.

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This is a movie thread. I am posting about movies. How are you contributing? seems to me you're just trolling here.

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And btw, you're thr asshole who spammed the board for weeks in your wank-fest of a thread about women's gymnastics, a subject no one else gave a shit about.

I'd keep quieter if i were you.

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I watched Willie Wonka last night - the good one with Gene Wilder.
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I went and watched The Dark Knight Rises last night at the iMax theater. I think the last movie I saw in a theater may have been The Dark Knight with Heath Ledger. Obviously I don't go to a lot of movies - or watch a lot of movies.

Before the show started I was bombasted with probably 8 trailers for movies I knew I would never see. Every one of those films had to take advantage of the super-duper sound system and have explosions that were at ridiculous decibel levels, to get your attention. They were all (or so it seemed) based on some comic book character or story you were already familiar with, and most of them wouldn't be released until 2013. Of course major studio movies can only be released in the summer or at Christmas.

The movie itself was really not much different than every one of those types of movies. More than half of the dialog was either whispered or spoken through some sort of devise made to sound extra-evil or bad ass... probably so it would be intentionally hard to understand so people would want to come back and see it a second or third time. Or maybe so you'd be tempted to buy the DVD, at least then you could rewind it back and make out what was being said. As if it really mattered. There was really no good acting, writing or dialog in this film. Of course it would be hard to convey any sort of emotion or feeling while you are doing that Clint Eastwood whisper thing through a rubber mask.

I give it about three stars out of ten, because it was stupid and tired. Still it was probably better than most. It will be another few years before I pay money to see anything like this again (which is pretty much all that is being produced now).

Sorry for the rant, now get off my lawn.
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the Tree of Life. Stunning movie. I loved it...and I am not much of a movie person.

"Killer Joe.

I guess I liked it, but I still feel exploited."

Yep. I think I spent a total of ten minutes with my hand over my face. It's the most profoundly fucked up thing I've ever seen in the theater. It just barely knocks Shortbus out of first place.
McConaughey did a fine job! No trace of Wooderson.

I'd be glad to refund the $10 you spent on your 'Short Bus' ticket, and extend to you an apology.

I would also like to give you an open hand slap to the face for even thinking that the movie was anything other than a complete piece of opportunistic shit designed to take that same $10 from your pocket.

What the fuck were you thinking when you paid $10 to see Wooderson anyway?

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I saw Shortbus on DVD, for free, admittedly. We made it through the first scene like troupers.
That first scene weans out the weaklings.
Killer Joe was a good time for 8 bucks. I did take issue with their white trash being in such good shape and having such good teeth- especially after having taken a such a nasty ass-whipping.

What's so bad about Shortbus? That one guy singing the national anthem into that other guy's ass, classic stuff.

Dark Knight Rises.

I thought it was too long for the story it told and was a bit boring.


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i actually found it to be my favorite of the trilogy. anne hathaway stole the show and in many ways saved it.


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frogbelly, did you see Bernie? I think you would enjoy that slice of Texas.

I saw The Dark Knight Rises. I thought it was pretty bad. My favorite stupid part is when a cop is supposed to evacuate Manhattan, and he only manages to get 12 orphans and a priest on a school bus. Nice work, kid.

Bernie just arrived here via Netflix. I am pretty excited to watch it.

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Kind of wanting to see this. Tell me what you think of it.

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about a young gang of BMX biker kids who fuck each other in ass on the school's football field bleachers


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I watched Lust For Life last night with Kirk Douglas.

It was good, but I'd seen it before.
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Cabin in The Woods. Very entertaining, a bit like Scream but a million times better.

There's a great piece in the Guardian today about a week spent on a nuclear submarine:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/aug/21/life-on-board-nuclear-submarine

The writer also listed his top 8 submarine movies:


Das Boot (1981): Based on the novel by U-boat survivor Lothar-Günther Buchheim, this is the submariner’s No 1 submarine film – gritty, accurate, detailed, slow-moving. Try to get the German-language rather than the dubbed version for added tension and claustrophobia.

Run Silent, Run Deep (1958): Another film derived from a novel by a second world war survivor, Edward L Beach. Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster ostensibly take on the Japanese, but mainly they take on each other. Submarines are custom-built for taut chamber dramas, and this is as good as they come.

Crimson Tide (1995): Another captain v executive officer drama, but this time played out on board a nuclear submarine and for the highest stakes, with hawkish commander Gene Hackman’s finger poised on the nuclear button and XO Denzel Washington trying to hold him back. Schematic but effective.

The Hunt for Red October (1990): More Russo-American paranoia, based on a Tom Clancy blockbuster, with Sean Connery as a Russian nuclear submarine commander who is heading for the US to either defect or blow the place to kingdom come. CIA agent Alec Baldwin has a few hours to work out which it is. What a loss the Soviet Union was to submarine movies.

The Enemy Below (1957): Superb depiction of a game of cat and mouse played out between a US destroyer and a German U-boat. The rival captains, Robert Mitchum and Curt Jurgens, are powerfully drawn; the denouement splendidly humane. Just that old problem that the German crew speak clipped English but say jawohl a lot.

Operation Petticoat (1959): Underwater romp starring Cary Grant as the gnarled skipper of a second world world submarine and Tony Curtis as an engagingly spivvy, fun-loving lieutenant. Film runs out of money and/or self-belief halfway through, but fun while it lasts.

We Dive At Dawn (1943): Wartime stiff-upper-lipper in which British submarine with womanising skipper John Mills and a crew of duckers-and-divers pursues a German battleship. Cleverly mixes battle scenes with domesticity so we really care, and ends in a blaze of joy and tears. British submarine captains of a certain era modelled themselves on Mills. Maybe they still do.

Above Us the Waves (1955): John Mills chasing another German battleship, but lacks the immediacy and charm of We Dive at Dawn. Doesn’t quite sink with all hands, but certainly lists badly. Plot twist is that the attack on the Tirpitz relies on midget submarines, but the real surprise is that it largely fails. Would never have been allowed in Hollywood.





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JMcH- I haven't seen Bernie but I heard it was good. I definitely want to see it. I think it's funny that McConaughey has made his money and is now making movies about brutally murderous trashy folks.
Joost- I liked Shortbus, actually. It's been a while but I remember thinking that it was definitely worth my time. That first scene though, I remember sitting there on the couch with my friend...dead silence. haha

Did you really like 'Shortbus'? Was Gummo too stupid and contrived for you?

Two words: Touch of Evil. Go see a movie worth a damn.

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I haven't seen Gummo. Just heard about it. Practically a documentary, right?
I do remember liking Shortbus. It's been a long time and I'm not a film person, so it could be that I just liked it because it was unusual for me, but I remember thinking it was worthwhile.

So what was the best movie that you've ever seen? Or at least one of your favorites and why?

I like Amelie because true beauty is so rare.

I like Citizen Kane because the truth hurts.

I like Blow Up because ambition is blinding.

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That's a tall order at this hour but maybe
The Lives of Others because it's a really compelling story and shows how godawful nasty and beautifully giving people can be.
The Philadelphia Story because it's so quick and funny, even as old as it is. It's so fun, I don't even mind the kind of creepy sexism at the end that much.
Raising Arizona because it makes me laugh without fail, no matter how many times I've seen it.

If you like Amelie, you might try A Very Long Engagement.

It was a very long and unrewarding movie.

But Raising Arizona was and is a brilliant piece of film making.

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I thought it was very romantic and aesthetically very like Amelie.

Also, as far as the last few years, I loved In Bruges.

The In Bruges guy has a new movie out with a great cast. even Tom Waits is in it. Too lazy to Google to the title, but I feel like it has a number in it.

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I googled it: seven psychopaths. Could be good.

"The comedy Seven Psychopaths follows a struggling screenwriter ('Colin Farrell' ) who inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends (Christopher Walken and Sam Rockwell) kidnap a gangster's (Woody Harrelson) beloved Shih Tzu."

I liked In Bruges a lot but I saw his last movie, The Guard, and I didn't like that one at all.

The Expendables.

I was hoping for something so bad that it would actually be funny, but no: it's just plain bad.

I watched Chimpanzee last night. Awful.

joost, The Guard was from the In Bruges guy's brother.

I watched Chimpanzee Tuesday night. Kind of early to let the kid dictate movie night, eh nick?

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haha, Inky. I watched this with a nephew. It really was awful though, huh?

The footage was great but everything else stunk. The narration was very bad. My kid even thought it was stupid. And that song. The music is great then that horrible woman starts singing. Still, Freddy is a badass.

Yes, great footage. I think the makers got a bit confused with which direction they wanted to go. I don't think they picked the right one.

As soon as I saw "Disney" I knew we were in trouble. Quirky sound effects.I'm still not sure if all that was real. Those glowing mushrooms were way cool.

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I am watching some random camera phone footage from Texas of a car running over an old man who was furiously masturbating on the sidewalk outside a sorority house.

I can't tell yet if it is meant to be a comedy or a tragedy.

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Beasts of the Southern Wild

The more I like something, the twattier I sound describing it*, so I'll try to keep it succinct.
It's beautiful to look at.
It's unsentimental for what you would expect from the subject matter, without being too hard.

*"it's a really compelling story and shows how godawful nasty and beautifully giving people can be".
What am I, a college freshman? ugh

The Avengers last night, awesome, best super-hero movie ever (well, together with Zebra Man). Gonna try The Incredible Hulk this evening.

Senna this morning, even awesomer. I have no love for Formula One racing at all but this was an epic story. Terribly sad ending though, I must admit I got a little teary.

The Divide.
It's described as a horror movie but I didn't think so.
I thought it was ugly.

V For Vendetta. Excellent.

I'm on a superhero movie kick, recommendations are welcome.

Nameless Gangster.

Great South-Korean movie that follows the career path of a gangster who's not really made of gangster material. Surprisingly little violence in it (mostly bitch slapping), especially for a Korean gangster movie, just a fucking great story (lead actor is the guy from Oldboy and I Saw The Devil). Set in the same region as The Yellow Sea, Busan.

I watched two great Danish films:

The Accused, a story about a man whose life is ruined by horrible stories his daughter tells about him to a school psychiatrist. Gripping movie which I keep thinking about.

Truth About Men – A script writer in his thirties has a midllife crisis and wants to start his life over again. Pretty standard story, but i liked the original style it was told.





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"Say what you will about the horrors of war, but it makes for killer cinema (pun intended)."

If you're into war porn you should check out Brotherhood of War and My Way, two South-Korean big budget war movies by the same director, Kang Je-gyu. Both very much in the style of Saving Private Ryan, with spectacular gory fight scenes. My Way has a totally unbelievable scenario(though it's based on a true story) about two men who wind up fighting for the Japanese Army, the Russian army and the German army. Not sure why rottentomatoes gives it a 2.1 critic score, maybe it's because the final episode has them gunning down American soldiers on the beach of Normandy.

Brotherhood of War is probably the better film.

Thanks for the rec, downloading BoW now.

I watched The Raid: Redemption again the other day, for the third time in as many months. Action movie of the year...of the millenium probably.

Don't get the English dubbed version, the oohs, aahs, crunch, smack, ouch are out of synch.

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i saw it hamster...he only got a bit part...my only "beef" with this movie was there wasn't enough paul...not enough anal either.
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I agree there's not enough Paul...he should get an extension.

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The Kid With A Bike. French movie, incredibly boring and unspectacular in every facet of filmmaking. I'm sure you all love it.

I can't speak for everyone but yes, I loved it. Don't you have a heart, tomb?

ps. it's a Belgian movie (Wallonian to be precise). And some of your fellow Americans enjoyed it a lot.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_kid_with_a_bike/

I don't understand how anyone could hate The Kid With A Bike. Unless you have to make a point about "foreign" vs. US movies. I'm not into that, I'm into good movies, where they're made is irrelevant.

I watched The Brotherhood of War. The fighting scenes were excellent, very realistic. Blood, mud and guts. But the "melodrama" scenes were a bit overplayed IMO. Well worth watching, four stars.


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I didn't say I hated it. Just didn't see what was so great about it. Nothing stood out to me at all. I had nothing invested in the characters, the story was very uneventful, certainly not dazzling from a technical point of view (not that it was trying to be), boring if realistic dialogue. Just my opinion, of course. It was fine... harmless... I didn't hate it, just didn't care.

I also don't care where a movie is made. Quality is quality. But I swear it seems critics are quicker or more eager to like movies in a foreign language. I know that America makes a lot of trash, and I don't want to get in a pissing contest here, but if "The Kid With A Bike" (man I hope that's just a weak translation of a better title), but if that movie was American and starred a few Hollywood actors and was word-for-word, shot-for-shot the same, I guarantee critics wouldn't have given two shits about it.

The funny thing is that The Brotherhood Of War, for instance, is as Hollywood as it gets. SO melodramatic! And several plot turns boiling down to one of the characters going all kung-fu (taekwondo?) in the trenches, which seemed very "dumb American" somehow. I remember liking it okay, though.

Also watched The Raid Redemption. It was pretty cool... solid action movie, no depth or story or character development, but they didn't even try. Pretty sweet action. Just scrolling to the last few posts here... adding my .02.

Off the top of my head, a few foreign movies I watched recently and really dug:

"Elite Squad 2": Much better than the first one, as most critics have opined. Really good stuff. Brazilian action movie, but lots of other stuff going on. Excellent flick.

"The Best Of Youth": Italian, think I've posted about it before. One of my favorite movies. Six hour Italian movie that was originally produced as a miniseries. Follows a family for forty or fifty years. Complete stunner, tons of heart. You will love these characters as if they are your friends.

"The Chaser" (can't remember the Korean title... "Chungyeowa" or something): Well whattdayaknow, a Korean film that is incredibly violent and bloody and involves revenge on a very twisted criminal. Still, very good. Some hella direction, some of the action/murder scenes were amazingly shot, as I recall. If anything, maybe a little over-stylized.

"The Way Back": Alright, it's probably produced in America and thus considered an American film, but it takes place in Russia (mostly) and much of the dialogue is Russian. I live in Asia and don't quite have my finger on the A&E pulse as much as I used to, but it seems like this movie pretty much bombed. I don't get why. I loved it. True story about these guys who escape from a Siberian prison camp and trek all over Asia, trying to survive. Breathtaking cinematography, great acting, and I'm partial to survival movies. Kind of a more epic version of "The Grey" (which I also liked a lot, but not as much as this), but without the wolves/action element.

"A Separation": You guys probably already know this one. Alright, you probably know all of these, because I'm nowhere near some of you in the foreign film category.

Anyway these are just off the top of my head, foreign films I quite enjoyed, which I list because I am insecure and don't want people to call me a moron.

"The funny thing is that The Brotherhood Of War, for instance, is as Hollywood as it gets. SO melodramatic! And several plot turns boiling down to one of the characters going all kung-fu (taekwondo?) in the trenches, which seemed very "dumb American" somehow. I remember liking it okay, though."

Agree with you 100%. I remember someone saying here that they thought it was better than Come And See. Ridiculous.

Nah, you're not a moron, but sometimes seem a bit defensive about american culture. Maybe cos you live abroad? I thing the US produces the best, and sometimes the worst. And I don't think there's no denying that Hollywood these days pretty much equals superhero movies and remakes...and it used to produce the best movies ever. Which is a shame.

Joost couldn't agree more about senna-everything a documentary should be.

I watched tyrannosaur paddy considine's debut film(as a directer).A very emotionally heavy drama.

I thought it was excellent.Two great acting performances.

Incidentally it has peter mullan in the lead role(mother superior in trainspotting).

Ha... yeah, I've noticed I've gotten kind of defensive about American culture. Agreed, it's kind of from being abroad and hearing us called fat, lazy, and stupid every five minutes. Also agree that America produces the best and the worst... I've actually said it the same way in the past.

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Okay doc, incredible band. I knew that already but I didn't know these guys are really accomplished musicians: Billy Zoom's dad used to play with Django Rheinhard and the drummer (who's name escapes me know) has got some mad jazz skills too.

Another Korean movie, and another example of how shameless copying can make for a pretty awesome film: War of the Arrows.

It's basically Apocalypto with bows and arrows.

L.A. Confidential for the first time since it came out when I was a teenager. I'm probably going to read Ellroy's L.A. quartet now because of it. I thought it was great, even though I really prefer Guy Pearce as a baddie. He plays SUCH a good bitch, it's amazing that he's a straight man.

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and alec baldwin in "the edge"

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I haven't seen any of the Focker movies.

Too ..... how should I put this ..... Larry David Jewish for me.

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I got a copy of The Black Dahlia and I'm only a few pages in but I like it already. I'm not really a mystery/thriller reader usually. Is it going to be one of those things where you start with some of the best and nearly everything after is a disappointment?

No. Ellroy has rarely diappointed, except for the Cold 6,000 which he admits went overboard with the short sentence structure. Still a good book but kind of annoying to read.

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Has anyone seen Rampart? Any good? Co-written by Ellroy, featuring Woody Harrelson. Think I'm gonna check it out soon.

I didn't know he was involved. I'll have to look for that. Probably on video now? I guess I should have also mentioned the Hilliker(sp?) Curse, but I'm trying to forget it I think. I have seen "late 2012" as a release date for Perfidia, his next novel.

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Saw another Korean one last night: No Mercy.

Great film, The Chaser meets Se7en. But what is it with Koreans and revenge? 9 out of 10 Korean movies seem to have revenge as their central theme. Fortunately I love a good revenge movie.

Black's Game, an Icelandic gangster movie, kinda like Pusher in Reykjavik, but darker. Gritty, nasty, awesome.

Vindig Refn is the executive producer, btw.

Rampart was okay, nothing very exciting.

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Ha... definitely, Joost. And there always seems to be a child molester or pimp or child killer or... someone hurting women/children at the center of it. The reveng-ee if you will.

Chaser was awesome. Haven't heard of No Mercy.

Oh, and I thought Rampart was pretty meh.

If you go looking for it, make sure to get the right one: Yongseoneun Eupda (2010). Apparently there's another Korean movie called No Mercy For The Rude.

But the best (Korean) film I've seen this year is probably Nameless Gangster.

Nameless Gangster was okay, but it's got nothin on Black's Game.

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It sounds like a good film but I can't find a torrent.

Nope, nothing: Black Dick In Daddy's Daughter is as close as it gets.

It's pretty recent; i saw it at the cinema, so there's probably not a DVD out yet. BDIDD sounds pretty good though. Is Ron Paul in it?

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Rampart sucked. I made it through the first half hour and then I gave up, watched The Art of the Steal instead. Interesting doc, maybe a bit too one-sided.

You don't like much of anything made by Americans.

As a matter of fact your taste in pretty much everything sucks.

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wasn't as good as i wanted it to be

Figures.

I bet your masturbation sessions are a big let down.

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Two more Korean movies that won't go down as the greatest Korean movie ever made.

No Mercy For The Rude: Oldboy-lite, some funny moments and some good knife fights but overall pretty meh.

Silmido: good film, interesting story: about a platoon of deathrow inmates, trained to assasinate Kim Il-Sung. Based on a true story.

I think I'm going for something American this evening: Bernie.

Bernie tonight. I started on another Korean one yesterday, Running Turtle, but I had to give up after 5 minutes. The movie was dubbed in Russian, and on a Russian budget. It had one actor doing all the voices: men, women and kids.

I watched a porn movie once that was dubbed in a similar fashion. Fortunately that one had plenty scenes where there was no dialogue at all.

I watched two good Koreans recently: Breathless and Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance. (surprisingly, both deal with getting even..)

Moonrise Kingdom wasn't Anderson at his best. I wanted it to be better too.

Bernie was alright. The best part were the real townspeople. Jack Black i'm not too crazy about.

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All Korean movies deal with getting event. They are bitter little people.

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The only Breathless I know is the one with Richard Gere, I'm gonna try the Korean one. I also have Crying Fist lined up.

I downloaded In China but I couldn't get the torrent to work, must have torrented the wrong format.

I got my danish movies from SMZ. Many of them have super quick rapidshare links. Sadly the sequel to In China (Old Men in New Cars) had subs out of sync, couldn't watch it.


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Prometheus.

I liked it, especially the medi-pod scene.

Was it because Noomi was in her panties or because she was getting sliced up? Or both?

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Lawless - pretty good. Didn't even feel sick at the sight of Shia's face.

Tom Hardy superb as always.

Ah... I'm pumped for Lawless. Loved The Proposition and The Road was very good as well. Badass director.

3:10 To Yuma was pretty awesome.

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Didn't think much of The Road and I really disliked The Proposition. Pretentious shite. 3:10 To Yuma is excellent.

Bernie was mildly funny. I liked that one Carthagian mocking the San Augustine jurors: "Throw another tire on the fire George, I'm cold."

Relations between Carthage and San Augustine must be at an all-time low right now.

the proposition was great. the road certainly didn't live up to the book.

3:10 to yuma was good nothing spectacular...bale's character kind of annoyed me. foster and crowe were great though.


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3:10 To Yuma better than The Proposition? On this board??

3:10 To Yuma was a likable, entertaining western with literally one of the worst endings I've ever seen in a movie. I tried it again recently and just could not believe they expected audiences to swallow that. I admit I sometimes don't get how people can let a five minute ending ruin a two hour film, but... I could barely get into the flick knowing it would all lead up to that.

Also, I'd try The Road again. It's very good. And I like McCarthy. I mean... I don't know. I couldn't imagine what else you'd be looking for in a movie version of that book.

Force 10 from Navarone.

The ending was ridiculous, but i could live with that. It's a classic style western, not a documentary. The characters were all great I thought. There wasn't anything pretentious about it. I can see joost's point about The Proposition, it took itself a bit seriously, though I remember liking it at the time.

I loved The Road book, the movie was meh compared to that.


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@ tomb
i agree
3:10 was nothing special.

in fact it isn't even in my top 5 fave westerns.

what are my top 5:

1. once upon a time in the west
2. open range
3. the unforgiven
4. little big man
5. outlaw josey wales


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I don't care for McCarthy either. I think he and Cave (in his books and scripts anyway, maybe in his lyrics too but I don't pay a lot of attention to those) try to out-faulkner Faulkner and fail miserably, giving all their characters the exact same voice.

Overrated trash.

Once Upon A Time is definitely the best western ever made, followed by The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.

Glad to see the love for Open Range... terrific movie, very underrated.

McCarthy seems to be a love-him-or-hate-him sort of writer. I love him, but I get people who don't. Strangely, I've only read one Faulkner book (Light In August) and wasn't that impressed.

The Proposition definitely takes itself very seriously. But I am in love with the cast, the photography, the music, and the general... tone.

I've never seen Open Range but I'm interested. Not a big fan of Costner but I did like Dances With Wolves. Better than The Magnificent Seven or The Wild Bunch? I don't believe it.

agreed tomb. proposition is just brutal

i wouldn't let costner steer you away from open range. it's a great western...

story wise nothing really exceptional but it's still great. duvall really makes it and the rest of the cast play it perfectly. watch it...i think you'll like it.



watched "the pusher" last night. not a bad little UK flick.
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Open Range is pretty good but def not better the The Good The Bad And The Ugly. I liked 3:10 better. Duvall is great in it though. I also loved the western series he did for TV, can' remember the name right now. Costner's not too bad either and I'm a fan of Dances With Wolves too, esp. the director's cut version.


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i saw the good the bad the ugly. for me if i'm going to have a westerns top 5 i need to narrow it down. i already have unforgiven and wales. good the bad could squeak in to beat wales. but for me, open range has to be in there...it's just a great western and beautifully shot...frame by frame.

i'd love to put the new True Grit in there...but i can't...top ten for sure.
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Its called Broken Trail, the series. Two parts. Check it out Duvall and western fans.

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what are your guy's top 5 westerns...i'd be interested to see the variance of opinion.


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I hate lists.


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so what?

to each their own.

try a list buddy. c'mon!
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Open Range.


Underrated? Snoozefest.

The Imposter.

Great docu about a teenager found in Spain who pretended he was the missing child of an american family. they welcomed him back and he moved in with them. fooled the fbi, the media. weird story that gets even weirder, i'm not gonna spoil it.

"what are your guy's top 5 westerns...i'd be interested to see the variance of opinion. "

I like The Proposition, Unforgiven, True Grit, Missouri Breaks (Jack Nicholson & Marlon Brando-crossdressing indian), and The Searchers.
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Rango was fun, as was The Quick and The Dead (big fan of Sam Raimi).

I just went through an Orson Welles phase. He was an interesting guy. F for Fake is my favorite.

Does Black God, White Devil count as a western?

The Master....

As much as I adore every one of Paul Thomas Anderson's previous films, and the fact that the acting was excellent, and the cinematography was excellent...

I was left wanting on this one....I don't mind slow films (2001, A Space Odessey is one of my favorite films and There Will Be Blood ranks in the top few as well), but this one seemed to have no real story progression or character arcs...

X-Men: First Call

Not bad but superheroes shouldn't wear yellow, makes 'em look like sissies. And the Avengers probably eat X-Men for breakfast.

I'm house sitting right now, so I've been sitting around watching a few movies.

Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie was hilarious and surprisingly had a followable plot. Antichrist was horrible. Can't believe how much better Melancholia was than that nonsense. All Good Things is another stinker, although you get to see Ryan Gosling in stupid old makeup and as a crossdresser.
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Adventureland (for the third time)...

This is a great film in my opinion...a mixed comedy/drama/romance that is so much more real than 99% of the crap today...

Tremendous 80's soundtrack to boot...at the climax you get "Unsatisfied" by the Replacements...incredible...

"Goon," and I dug it big time. It was great in every way and Liev Schreiber deserves a fucking nom for best supporting. I loved the humor, the action and the sweetness of the film. I bough it all and it just is a sweet, great flick. I no longer think of that dude as Stifler. He's The Thug!

I am currently watching Fish Story. It's about an Asian punk rock band whose song that was recorded in the 70's will save the planet from a comet in 2012.

On Red TV Asia. =0)

Hotel Transylvania with my son and ex wife.


Hilarious movie.

And Goon was fucking stupid.
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Goon did look stupid, but I though about seeing it because I like hockey. I watched Warrior yesterday, the MMA movie with Tom Hardy and Nick Nolte. I've gotta say that despite a predictable and convenient plot, it was very very good.

Think I'm gonna watch Holy Motors this evening, haven't been to the cinema in ages and I heard it's a stoner movie par excellence (incomprehensible and featuring Eva Mendes).

Dead Man by Jim Jarmusch.

So boring I had to stop half way through. the pretentiousness levels were through the roof in this one.


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Couldn't tell you what it was about but I remember liking it. Iggy Pop in a dress, always good.

Holy Motors this evening, last night I had to hurry home and listen to Ty Segall's new album.

Cool actors, cool soundtrack, Iggy in a dress, cool literary references, but if you don't have an interesting story, it's just not cutting it.

Next I want to see Justified, the series. looks good, based on Elmore Leonard's characters.

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Liked the first season a lot, second one was a bit disappointing, don't think I'll bother with the third.

Hmm, too bad. Any other shows worth watching? I tried the Walking Dead but lost interest quite soon.

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I loved The Walking Dead and you should see the first season of Justified. Have you seen The Shield? Last season of Breaking Bad was awesome, Spartacus is pulp but fun. Starting on the second season of Boardwalk Empire one of these days.

Thanks. Haven't seen any of those shows except the first few episodes of TWD. I have catching up to do.

Have you seen Louie? I liked the 3rd season, even if it wasn't as funny as the first two. David Lynch has a cameo, worth watching for that alone.

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You haven't seen Breaking Bad?!?! Make that one your priority.

The Walking Dead gets better as the show progresses.

Breaking bad has been on my list but somehow havent got around to it. Dl:ing the first season just now.

I'm hoping it'll ease my recovery from foodpoisoning. That shit was nasty.

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Panman:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mRMRjBDLPH4

yeah listen to joost

breaking bad

the shield is also excellent

another show that only ran for two seasons was Intelligence

very very good show.

and dl Luther
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Watched Deep Blue yesterday. Good set up and everything but they wrapped it up too quick. Odd credit - 'Story by James Ellroy'. I think he tried to distance himself from the film as it turned out.

Watched the 1st 2 episodes of Vegas with Michael Chiklis & Dennis Quaid. Not bad, but it would have been better on cable. Characters are a little too cardboard - good guys and bad guys. See where it goes.

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Vegas sucked. Evolution sucked. There aren't any good new dramas on prime time television.

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southland is about as good as it gets for prime time television...

other than you have to stick to your basic cable package channels...

unless of course you have dish and you can't even get AMC!
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Alderman, agree with you on Adventureland. Love that flick.

homeland is where it's at

season 2 episode 2 was great

I've heard goord things about Homeland, but I've also heard that the Israelian show it's based on is where it's really at. Prisoners of War (Hatufim).