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Latest as in the last movies I saw or as in newest film out to date?
"Latest movie you watched", the answer to your question is in the bread pudding.Quote:
Originally Posted by ziggyjuarez
If I changed the title to read "the last film you watched" I bet you'd be wondering if you needed to wait until you were on your deathbed to post.
"T'was a gentle and comfortable passing.
The deceased was surrounded by family and close friends as Tyler Perry ushered him into the Great Beyond.
Popcorn and Twizzlers served as the sacrament, a moment of silence observed before yelling at the screen resumed and the great circle of life rolled on."
Cause that's how we do.
So what is it?
I suggest you take it any way you like and be utterly happy with yourQuote:
Originally Posted by ziggyjuarez
derisiondecision.
Besides like seriously what the fuck do I know?
Are u going to complain again?
Probably only if insist on continuing to substitute "u" for "you" like you are some sort of mental retard.
Zig has been through a lot, and has a great economy of words. And, in case you haven't noticed, the letters he saves off of some words, he adds to others. It all balances out.Quote:
Originally Posted by IdolEyes787
What he said:01: anyway my data plan isn't too good as of now...
Weight of Chains
Do you remember Yugoslavia, that war torn former communist state somewhere in Eastern Europe? Yeah, what was that all about again?
So I had a lot of preconceptions going into this film, several of them have shifted dramatically as a result. I used to attribute the civil war and political turmoil to the death of Tito and rise of corrupt/inept political figures. This documentary makes a heavily researched effort to construct a picture detailing many of the external forces acting on Jugoslavija at the time, and when collectively portrayed, makes quite a convincing argument that Western democracies had played just as big a role in creating this dark period of Slavic national history as the denizens themselves.
It's my first exposure to Boris Malagurski, currently a Canadian. There's a plethora of dialogue to follow (something I personally enjoy), but as far as the optical sensory goes, he switches between old clip footage and recent interviews, never appearing in the documentary himself (that I'm aware). I do recall that he was consistently sarcastic in his presentation of events throughout, as he narrated the entire thing. There are quite a few bits from Serbian filmography, their style of humor included.
Maybe you don't care about Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia or any of the territories of the former Yugoslavia, but what could capture your interest is the manner in which the U.S., Germany, U.K., NATO, IMF, etc. practice their predatory capitalist agendas. However, if the story of Yugoslavia is of any interest to you, it does cover the historical background from the Ottoman occupation to the cessation of Montenegro.
This movie seems to not be able to find its way to common consumer outlets, so it's basically something you would need to either pirate from Demonoid or purchase directly from their website. Definitely worth a watch though, assuming the audience that I'm preaching to doesn't include ignorant nitwits.
The Taqwacores
It's pretty much just about a bunch of punk rock Muslims, and a couple straight-edge ones, all living in the same house. The plot really doesn't go anywhere, it's basically just about their antics inside the house. But still, it was different and I really enjoyed it.
inception. one of the best movies i've ever seen
I love you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Funkin'
No seriously,I love you.
Hangover 1, and I loved it
That sounds like a reality TV show.Quote:
Originally Posted by Funkin'
Yeah, it kind of almost is. Except unlike most reality tv shows I found this one to be pretty good.
Young Adult
So take one of your standard "coming home" flicks, switch out the old buddy with a high school "loser" with his own serious baggage, make the main character dejected and delusional, base all humor around her apparent psychosis, give her a serious drinking problem, and highlight just how mundane small town America is (without injecting any false charm), and I loved this movie. It makes all of those other "coming home" flicks feel so damn trite (or if you're like me, intensifies existing preconceptions).
Cannot watch another coming home romcom again without shitting all over it. Grosse Pointe Blank being the exception since it borders parody (in addition to Cusack stereotype character and Aykroyd).
I have to agree with you on both films, Macky. Gotta love the parts that happen in YA that couldn't happen in the other films of the genre. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by mjmacky
And I love that went with crazy without going full single white female crazy.Quote:
Originally Posted by megabyteme
Score one for semi-functioning penises everywhere... :)Quote:
Originally Posted by mjmackyAnd I love that went with crazy without going full single white female crazy.Quote:
Originally Posted by megabyteme
I'm sure he got off rather quickly.Quote:
Originally Posted by megabytemeScore one for semi-functioning penises everywhere... :)Quote:
Originally Posted by mjmacky
Just watched The Devil's Double. It was good for what it was, but I felt that it really tried to hard to be an action film, but just didn't have enough material. Also, I heard it took a few liberties in some of the more crazier scenes. I'd recommend it though.
footloose........pathetic!!!!!! bad acting, bad story, ok screenplay
I would tell you that makes little sense but from your sudden influx of posts I have a feeling contributing something worthwhile to the movie section isn't high on your list of priorities here.Quote:
Originally Posted by zevlas
Update:I seem to be psychic .
Please now do fuck off.Quote:
Originally Posted by zevlas
I don't know if anyone's heard of it but I just watched this little known and relatively un-hyped movie called The Hunger Games.
I think I have been forever put off to teen star cross lover triangle thingies by Twilight so that part of the movie I could have definitely done without but Jennifer Lawrence is utterly convincing as Katniss Everdeen and basically single-handedly lifts the whole dopey mess to another level entirely.
I say mess even though it isn't because I thought the movie stumbles badly right near the end resolving far too quickly and conveniently.
Other than that I was surprised that Donald Sutherland having lost some of his lean and hungry look and chubbied up a bit was a good fit for President Snow.
All and all not a bad film ,evoking some real emotion and even after losing much of the relational subtext of the novel , definitely worth a watch.
John Carter
What it isn't: A grand epos that will last for millenia.
What it is: A fairly enjoyable Narnia meets Star Wars type of deal.
The effects were decent, and while the script wasn't amazing, nor was it terrible. Basically it's a light fantasy/sci-fi adventure with visuals that won't make your eyes bleed. Also, there are no annoying children or a Jar-Jar Binks.
My previous experience of the story mostly involves old reprints of the John Carter: Warlord of Mars marvel comics from the seventies I read at my grandmother's house as a child, and a brief cameo of Carter's in LOEG, alongside Gullivar Jones. And for what it's worth, it lives up to what the comics promised. The five-year-old me who was flipping through the pages for the first time would have been ecstatic if he'd seen the movie, the current me still enjoyed it, and felt a bit nostalgic.
I'm giving it a thumbs up, or something else.
Friends with Benefits Between this and The Hunger Games it shows how a movie can rise or fall all dependent of having a good casting director.
It's partly the writing's fault which is artificial in it's attempts(and fails) to be way to hip but both of the leads ,Timberlake and Kunis, bring zero and I mean zero, believability to their parts.
Seeing as Rom-coms basically live or die on how much the audience likes/roots for/identifies the main characters basically everything else(which besides Woody Harleson turn as a gay sports editor isn't very much) is for naught here.
Not horrible but flat as hell and leaves you asking yourself "why'd I bother?" at the end.
Having seen him in a couple of movies now I suspect Justin Timberlake has been taking acting lessons from Keanu Reeves. :blink:
Not the one to defend former teen pop stars, but Timberlake does a fantastic job in almost every skit I've seen him in on SNL.
A skit is not a movie as while there might be caricature there is rarely characterization involved.Quote:
Originally Posted by mjmacky
Anyway Timberlake is one of those rarest of people who has lived basically his whole life as a wealthy and adored celebrity so any chance of actually embodying the essence of a normal,relatable person in a role is purely coincidental.
I'm having difficulty with the title of this thread again.
What if the latest movie I watched was the same one I already talked about last week and I haven't watched a movie since then cos my 96 inch 3 fucking D wall-rape thing is on the fucking frizz and I really, really, fucking really need to post in this thread?
Eh? I wouldn't want to have to repeat myself, like.
Write something better for a title and have manker change it to that.Quote:
Originally Posted by chavis
What would you propose, old sock? Would it be unreasonable to suggest a more vigilant approach, moderation-wise to this hallowed of hallows? Despite your poo poo cha choo, Idol, I know that movieworld is your realm. Your Five Corners. Your South Fork. Your Tara. Your Alamo. It's yours, mate, take it. And don't you never go let no low-down dirty, torrent fantasy, grease-tongued, pube-aspirer tell you no different.Quote:
Originally Posted by IdolEyes787Write something better for a title and have manker change it to that.Quote:
Originally Posted by chavis
Ask to be deputized as a movieworld ranger. This town needs sturdy folk like you. Hell, you could be rightly assured of me and my Nellie's votes. Once the young'uns reach votin' age, you'll rule this town.
Pandorum
Yes, it's an Alien derivative, and yes, maybe it's not that original.
Man wakes up on spaceship. He can't remember where he is, or what's going on. The spaceship is run-down, badly lit and inhabited by strange and dangerous things, and the few recognizably human survivors he encounters on his quest to set things right pretty much range from just hostile to murderously psychotic. The title refers to a kind of madness that affects deep-space travellers, often with catastrophic results.
What I like about it is that it's slick, and well executed. Good performances from all actors involved, a well-written if not especially intricate script, and well-made stages make for a movie that, in my mind, would have been just as successful as the original Alien, if it had been first.
Btw, that wasn't sarcasm.Quote:
Originally Posted by chavisWhat would you propose, old sock? Would it be unreasonable to suggest a more vigilant approach, moderation-wise to this hallowed of hallows? Despite your poo poo cha choo, Idol, I know that movieworld is your realm. Your Five Corners. Your South Fork. Your Tara. Your Alamo. It's yours, mate, take it. And don't you never go let no low-down dirty, torrent fantasy, grease-tongued, pube-aspirer tell you no different.Quote:
Originally Posted by IdolEyes787
Ask to be deputized as a movieworld ranger. This town needs sturdy folk like you. Hell, you could be rightly assured of me and my Nellie's votes. Once the young'uns reach votin' age, you'll rule this town.
Then
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3c9n...eature=related
Actually this is the one that I originally intended ,capturing better the essence of what you said but the Leone one was too brilliant to ignore.I think I came in my pants at least twice while rewatching it.:pinch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uFarFM9sow
Btw I found Open Range quite enjoyable in it's insistence of clinging to the old fashion notion of doing the right thing.Westerns let you get away with that without adding any irony to the mix.
I don't think the two movies are that comparable Alien being for all the distractions a much more straight forward "monster movie" , Pandorum requiring more from the audience as the real scary stuff coming after the twist finding form more the psychological horror aspects.Quote:
Originally Posted by Snee
Actually I think Pandorum matches up better with Super Nova a movie that frankly scared/disturbed the fuck out of me. It like Pandorum tanked at the box office btw.
Being that the only movie I've seen him in was the Social Network, of which I'm not even sure it was him (so apologies if I'm wrong), I was only trying to say that he does comedy pretty well.Quote:
Originally Posted by IdolEyes787A skit is not a movie as while there might be caricature there is rarely characterization involved.Quote:
Originally Posted by mjmacky
Anyway Timberlake is one of those rarest of people who has lived basically his whole life as a wealthy and adored celebrity so any chance of actually embodying the essence of a normal,relatable person in a role is purely coincidental.
The Rum Diary
For those of you who haven't seen this movie, yet have seen a. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and b. the trailer for The Rum Diary a spoiler FAIR WARNING! This movie is refreshingly nothing like either Fear and Loathing or the trailer which is really surprising. It starts out hilariously and drunkenly enough with a 'writer' (not yet published) who takes on a freelance job at a local paper in Puerto Rico in the 1950's. The movie though becomes a story of his awakening to corruption and abuse of power by the 'bastards' and is surprisingly uplifting. Aaron Eckhardt puts in another great performance as the archetypal corporate baddie, while Johnny Depp is stellar as Kemp the writer awakening to the corruption. Richard Jenkins as usual puts in a great performance as a ground down character this time the newspaper editor, while Giovanni Ribisi is brilliant as Moberg.
There are of course some Hunter Thomson moments in this movie and they do exceed excess, the scene when they are driving the Fiat Bambina after it has been stripped is hilarious.
This truly is a movie to watch, and guess what boys and girls not a CGI effect in sight just superb character acting driven by a brilliant script.
Hmm, I hated Fear and Loathing in LV, and I love me some Eckhardt. I originally wrote off this movie (meaning I actively avoided seeing it), you have prompted me to start another investigation. If I'm disappointed in the recommendation, I will use the poor advisement in some manner to insult you in the distant future.Quote:
Originally Posted by Artemis