Author Topic: The epically surreal currently watching Films topic (Read 86166 times)

Time was untied when set. · « **Reply #500 on:** June 26, 2009, 04:30:00 pm »

Hah yeah, Macy made an overall excellent performance in Fargo. The only thing about it that bothered me was how everyone says "Yah" after everything they say, I can guarantee that nobody in MN really talks like that.

Prada was just a great film for me because it shows what happens when you lose track of who you are and how it affects your life and everyone around you. I mean okay, it isn't the most original idea, but I liked the performances and Hathaway is just gorgeous.

Scrambler Fanny · « **Reply #501 on:** June 28, 2009, 02:59:00 am »

Great movie! Great cast! Powerful and tough to swallow, but Eastwood's movies are never a candyland adventure! Brilliant writing and directing with a decent score, I felt cold and twisted a bit after watching this for my 3rd time, only assuring that this was great, albeit sad and dark, storytelling from the writers and Mr. Eastwood. The only thing that I PERSONALLY would've liked to have seen, would have been that the movie would've shown Sean actually apprehended Jimmy, though I'm pretty sure the gesture-exchange between the two of them at the parade in the end reveals that he DOES know and WILL apprehend him...

a VERY solid 9.5/10!!!

Scrambler Fanny · « **Reply #502 on:** June 29, 2009, 05:52:00 pm »

Star Trek (2009) - 2nd time I watch it!

A very solid sci-fi movie with slick characters and a solid story. ILM doing the visual/digital effects is always a positive and they look sharp in this movie. I have said it before and I shall say it again, Star Trek is this year's Iron Man! Pure popcorn movie fun where (unlike Transformers 2) you can actually take your intelligence with you to the theater.

ps-i'm not bashing TF2, just calling it how it is.

Time was untied when set. · « **Reply #503 on:** June 29, 2009, 08:34:00 pm »

TF is gay

RWG · « **Reply #504 on:** June 30, 2009, 01:31:00 pm »

Really Shawn? As a good Christian I thought you could appreciate the middle-eastern geographical and historical importance in TF2... What a shame.

Scrambler Fanny · « **Reply #505 on:** June 30, 2009, 08:29:00 pm »

^rofl! I miss these posts! So because it took place in egypt, that makes it significant somehow? I have sorely missed you, guy.

RWG · « **Reply #506 on:** July 01, 2009, 04:28:00 am »

You still didn't answer my question.

RWG · « **Reply #507 on:** July 01, 2009, 10:10:00 pm »

Casablanca (1942)

I can definitely see how this would have been a 10/10 in 1942. At first I thought it must have lost some value in the past 67 years, but I can't even think how now that I reflect on it. The internationality of the film back then would have been marvelous, the three main characters are perfectly executed, the love story isn't cliche at all and the ending was quite unexpected, particularly from a film of this era. I probably shouldn't go on about this film as it's surely been talked about to death, but it was definitely a great film and a solid watch.

Scrambler Fanny · « **Reply #508 on:** July 02, 2009, 02:37:00 am »

Quote from: RWhiteGoose

You still didn't answer my question.

because i didn't see a question in your post. in america that is a statement.

Scrambler Fanny · « **Reply #509 on:** July 02, 2009, 02:42:00 am »

Lion King

been awhile since i saw this last. seemed really short with minimal character development. i even watched the extended version with the new song "weather report" and it STILL seemed short (80 minutes w/ the extra footage)

great scapes and cinematography, actually some of the best in any animated movie ever! simple, but effective story, memorable lines and voices (Jonathan Taylor Thomas anyone?) and frickin DARTH VADER!!!!!!

it was pleasant to watch this again, but it will prob be awhile before i revisit it.

7.75/10

Time was untied when set. · « **Reply #510 on:** July 02, 2009, 06:23:00 am »

There Will Be Blood - 10/10

Can't really say anything bad about this movie....Daniel is an amazing actor, great music that perfectly fits the emotion of the movie, just an all-round classic that everyone should watch. Ended on a pretty bleak note, but even during long scenes where not much is happening, it is just so captivating.

Juno - 4/10

Pretty much a total waste of time imo. I mean it isn't a terrible movie, but the characters were so annoying, and overall I don't feel as if I learned anything or experienced anything significant during this movie.

flukey lukey · « **Reply #511 on:** July 02, 2009, 07:16:00 am »

There Will Be Blood!! Yes

i'm glad you enjoyed it David, such an epic movie. Not sure if you know, but Johnny Greenwood did the score, the lead guitarist from Radiohead.

Juno though, i would rate about 8/10. Really enjoyed it when i saw it. It had its faults, but i really felt for the characters and the acting/music/directing was great

PerfectTaste · « **Reply #512 on:** July 02, 2009, 10:07:00 am »

It's All Gone Pete Tong (2004)
City of Angels (1998)
Senseless (1998)

all for the manyesth time

flukey lukey · « **Reply #513 on:** July 02, 2009, 11:02:00 am »

as a recomendation for David, check out Magnolia, Also directed by Paul Thomas Anderson (TWBB). I believe it was the movie i talked about when i started this topic up

Time was untied when set. · « **Reply #514 on:** July 02, 2009, 02:03:00 pm »

Sure, Ill check that out.

RWG · « **Reply #515 on:** July 02, 2009, 02:15:00 pm »

I've been meaning to watch Magnolia along with that crazy death trilogy of Babel, Amores Perros and 21 Grams, plus some other unconventional films like Memento and Requiem for a Dream.

AEB · « **Reply #516 on:** July 02, 2009, 08:49:00 pm »

Back to the Future 1, 2 and 3. Great scott!

RWG · « **Reply #517 on:** July 02, 2009, 11:03:00 pm »

Fired Up (2009)

For a comedy of this type (low budget teen crap,) this film was excellent and extremely funny. There were really no weak moments (jokes that didn't work.) Most of these movies have some lame ass "serious" moment which ruins the atmosphere for a few minutes, and this one's was done very well in a sarcastic, humorous light alas no feel was ruined. Good conflict resolution unlike most films of this type and the story wasn't too lame or cliche.

Overall, a very surprising comedy which is worth watching again. I'll rate it a high 7/10.

Scrambler Fanny · « **Reply #518 on:** July 04, 2009, 01:14:00 am »

Public Enemies (2009)

SMALL SPOILERS!!!

A very average movie for a Michael Mann movie with this kind of cast. I thought Bale was good as Pervis, but I thought that this was not the kind of role that Johnny Depp should have tackled. I kept expecting him to do something memorable or quirky, which of coarse, he doesn't at all... ever. He was too straight, plain and boring as Dillinger. A very nice supporting cast including Giovanni Ribisi (always love him), David Wenham (Faramir from the Lord of the Rings trilogy

) and Diana Krall (as the lounge singer

).

The shootouts were good, (which is to be expected of Mann as Heat's infamous street shootout in downtown L.A. is the greatest shootout I have ever seen on film!!!) the action when Pervis' men meet up with Dillinger's in the woods is very sound and the costume design was slick. I didn't care for any of the characters, (as EVERYBODY roots for DeNiro in Heat and Pacino too in a small way-HECK, you almost root for everyone to win in Heat!) especially Depp's. And his relationship with (forgot her name already) was pretty dry and weak.

The movie was put together well and is probably worth the watch, but I don't think it will live on as one of Mann's, Depp's or Bale's finest. The story just wasn't that engaging, imo.

5.75/10

flukey lukey · « **Reply #519 on:** July 04, 2009, 02:16:00 am »

5.75 LOLLLLLL

nah, 2 decimal places is just wrong

Thiradell · « **Reply #520 on:** July 04, 2009, 01:31:00 pm »

The Departed (200we'llsay6)

I...liked this. It was OK. I didn't like DiCaprio at all here, Damon was good (I liked Wahlberg the most actually, maybe I just liked his character a lot). The story was interesting and the way it all weaved together was cool, but overall I liked it at best.

Find Me Guilty (200we'llsay7)

Vin Diesel's best performance for sure (the only dramatic thing I've ever seen in him). This is a very interesting movie that blends comedy and drama in a way I've never really seen before, probably because the dialogue follows so closely with the transcripts of the actual case. It wasn't great but certainly worth a watch.

Public Enemies (2009)

Pretty much the first normal role I've ever seen Depp in. I thought he did a great job in a very uninteresting movie. His relationship with Watts (Watts right?) was cool to watch, and Bale was solid but this movie just bored me. Who was in the supporting cast was pretty much irrelevant (lots of SMALL parts in this film), the ending was just awful...this is a pretty bad movie.

Scrambler Fanny · « **Reply #521 on:** July 04, 2009, 07:43:00 pm »

LOwe'llsayL

yeah, Public Enemies SHOULD'VE been a better movie.

Scrambler Fanny · « **Reply #522 on:** July 04, 2009, 11:02:00 pm »

The Elephant Man (1980)

SPOILERS!!!!!

solid movie, solid story, solid acting!

i especially loved the short scenes with all the "Carnies." (imo, the best scene in the whole movie was when his fellow "Carnies" freed him from the monkey cage!)

overall, even though much of the story for the movie was fabricated (as it's LOOSELY based on a true story) i thought this was a pleasant movie and a really good watch! the X-Files did an episode based off of this movie in their season 5 called "The Post-Modern Prometheus"

check it out!

8/10

Scrambler Fanny · « **Reply #523 on:** July 05, 2009, 02:36:00 am »

National Lampoons Vacation (1983)

ugh...

not much to say here other than that this was a very boring and un-funny movie. after watching this-and watching Year One a couple weeks ago-i have concluded that the only movies that Harold Ramis has ever done that i like are Groundhog Day and Caddyshack. the rest suck!

4/10

PerfectTaste · « **Reply #524 on:** July 05, 2009, 05:55:00 am »

Fido (2006) - haha, this movie was nothing what I had expected. I liked it tho

PerfectTaste · « **Reply #525 on:** July 05, 2009, 08:56:00 am »

Collateral (2004)

Scrambler Fanny · « **Reply #526 on:** July 05, 2009, 03:41:00 pm »

Collateral is my 2nd favorite Michael Mann movie! very solid all around!!!

Scrambler Fanny · « **Reply #527 on:** July 05, 2009, 09:54:00 pm »

National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985)

a much better flowing movie than the first, but the comedy is just so outdated and minimally humorous. only slightly better than the first.

4.75/10

Scrambler Fanny · « **Reply #528 on:** July 07, 2009, 02:57:00 am »

King Kong (2005)

Great technical achievement from Peter Jackson as this was his "dream" project! You can't really blame any faults on HIS movie, since the source-material was... what it was...

Though Jackson has cemented his legacy in film as one of the greatest directors of all-time, I don't think this movie is great! Technically, visually and cinematically perhaps, but the story is just too WEIRD! Anne (played by the beautiful Naomi Watts) is down in the dumps with her life, it's the depression, she's broke, jobless and hungry. Her life DOES suck-and I DO feel bad for her- but c'mon, sharing some profound-almost sensual-emotional connection with a 25 foot gorilla?!?!? I understand that this story cannot be taken serious-and it never was in the original. In my humble, un-biased opinion, I think that the mistake with this movie was that two women wrote it (along with Jackson). I'm not against that, per se, but I think emotion was forced into this movie and never should've been. The movie really leaves you with a weird feeling in the end as Kong is getting ripped apart by the planes and subsequently plummets to the ground hundreds of feet below (though the movie definitely depicted Kong dying before he fell, after "displaying (see poster above)" his love for Anne-AWKWARD

)

I remember when this first came out, a lot of my friends and critics said the same thing I just did. The movie was awkward in it's depiction of this bizarre relationship.

Fun to watch! Weird to think about too much!

Technically I'd give it a 9/10, but overall I'd probably throw it a 7/10

4th time I've watched it.

RWG · « **Reply #529 on:** July 08, 2009, 01:17:00 pm »

I watched Labyrinth the other day.

It was bizarre and I was intoxicated.

But Jennifer Connely was really hot there.

I'll have to watch it again sometime.

Lovins · « **Reply #530 on:** July 08, 2009, 01:21:00 pm »

I rarely check this topic so maybe it's been discussed before, but does anyone else think Taken is a fucking awesome movie? I've watched it 3 times now. The guy's like a Jason Bourne + James Bond combination...really bad-ass stuff.

Scrambler Fanny · « **Reply #531 on:** July 08, 2009, 02:18:00 pm »

yeah, Taken was a really surprising movie for me! far better than i had expected and a very intelligent movie for that genre! i actually heard that they were kicking around the idea of a sequel (surprise, surprise)

but yeah i would give it a solid 7.5/10

Lovins · « **Reply #532 on:** July 08, 2009, 04:39:00 pm »

A sequel??? You just made my day.

Scrambler Fanny · « **Reply #533 on:** July 08, 2009, 07:15:00 pm »

yeah, apparently it's confirmed by directo Luc Besson!

here is the article from a couple of weeks ago. go check it out!!!

http://joblo.com/index.php?id=27149

flukey lukey · « **Reply #534 on:** July 09, 2009, 01:08:00 am »

Goose, is that the Labyrinth starring David Bowie?

Amazing movie if thats the one, and from memory the lead girl was hot

Scrambler Fanny · « **Reply #535 on:** July 09, 2009, 01:39:00 pm »

^ of course that's the one he's talking about, silly! he said it was Jennifer Connelly!

JARETH - "you remind me of the babe"

MUPPETS - "what babe?"

JARETH - "the babe with the power"

MUPPETS - "what power?"

JARETH - "the power of the voodoo"

MUPPETS - "voodoo?"

JARETH - "you do"

MUPPETS - "do what?"

JARETH - "remind me of the babe!"

Dance magic dance, dance magic dance, dance magic dance!!!!

lol @ goose pervin' on a 16 year old... wait... sounds just like Goose!

Jennifer Connelly is very gorgeous!!!!!!

RWG · « **Reply #536 on:** July 09, 2009, 01:41:00 pm »

Yes it's the one with David Bowie and yes Jennifer Connelly at like 16 years old is hot

I really need to rewatch.

And that film triggered an interest I've always had to watch Bridge to Terabithia, so hopefully when I get back to the city in about a week I'll download both those films.

flukey lukey · « **Reply #537 on:** July 10, 2009, 06:35:00 am »

Axel, have you seen the films Kids, Gummo, Julian Donkey-Boy, or anything by Harmony Korine?

also, anything by Werner Herzog? i really want to see Stroszek and Fitzcarraldo

AZ · « **Reply #538 on:** July 10, 2009, 07:48:00 am »

No, I haven't seen anything by Korine, though it has been rather close sometime cause they go on television every now and then; at least "Kids" which I just glanced at sometime ago.

The films I have seen by Herzog are "Fitzcarraldo" and "Aguirre: Wrath of God". I'll watch "Nosferatu" in the near future.

Scrambler Fanny · « **Reply #539 on:** July 10, 2009, 01:43:00 pm »

John Adams (mini-series, 2008)

pretty epic mini-series!

great for anyone interested in a great film adaptation of how America came to be America through the work of our founding fathers! obv the series chronicles mostly John Adams' part in all of it, but there are GREAT performances here by David Morse (George Washington), Stephen Dillain (Thomas Jefferson), Tom Wilkinson (Ben Franklin), Laura Linney (Abigail Adams), etc... GREAT CAST and wonderful makeup and costume design!! i especially enjoyed David Morse playing George Washington, HE LOOKED EXACTLY LIKE THE MAN ON THE ONE DOLLAR BILL!!!!!!!!

i highly recommend this to anyone who enjoys film or has an interest in American history!

9/10

Scrambler Fanny · « **Reply #540 on:** July 11, 2009, 02:55:00 pm »

Seven Pounds

decent movie, nothing new in terms of ideas, Smith is good

7/10

Scrambler Fanny · « **Reply #541 on:** July 12, 2009, 06:48:00 pm »

Get Smart (2008)

meh

5.5/10

Scrambler Fanny · « **Reply #542 on:** July 12, 2009, 11:29:00 pm »

Vantage Point (2008)

not a bad movie, though it really had zero boundaries which gave it the easy outs that it used...

6.5/10

PerfectTaste · « **Reply #543 on:** July 13, 2009, 10:42:00 am »

BrÃ¼no (2009)

Soft-Hedwig · « **Reply #544 on:** July 13, 2009, 11:13:00 am »

South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut

Really good movie, much better than I gave it credit for when i first saw it back in the day. Really clever subversion of 'musical' films as well. Highly recommended, even for people who don't really like the TV series.

Dunkie's verdict: 9/10

flukey lukey · « **Reply #545 on:** July 13, 2009, 05:31:00 pm »

hahaha South Park Movie was one of my favorites back in school, so many good lines, i will post a few movies i have watched recently but i should go to bed now.

Carathorn · « **Reply #546 on:** July 14, 2009, 10:20:00 am »

Durkie's verdict

LOL

Soft-Hedwig · « **Reply #547 on:** July 14, 2009, 11:40:00 am »

Scrambler Fanny · « **Reply #548 on:** July 15, 2009, 02:24:00 am »

Edward Scissorhands (1990)

Great movie! Easily Tim Burton's finest achievement! He used the Stepford Wives/Frankenstein/Celebrityism/Freak-on-the-outside, but gentle-spirit-on-the-inside story mesh nearly to perfection! Johnny Depp was brilliant and displayed so many emotions through his face that you don't really see in a lot of movies today. The word "charm" just sticks in my mind thinking about his portrayal of the titular character. Wynona Ryder was cute and Alan Arkin was subtley VERY funny as Wynona's father.

Absolutely loved watching this for (approximately) my 8th time.

9/10

RWG · « **Reply #549 on:** July 15, 2009, 12:39:00 pm »

Wall-E (2008 ) 4th time I watch it

I still think it's one of the best movies I've ever seen and far better than Up.

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