[Movies] Talk about the last movie you saw 2: Electric Threadaloo
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Yes. It's weird. You need to watch it again. And Again.
If you hate neo-noir, amazing screenplays, phenomenal performances by Jack Nicholson, and great, multi-layerd mysteries then you will really hate this movie. If you like those kinds of things then do yourself a favor.
Chinatown is definitely one of those movies that I can watch multiple times and notice something new every time. There is literally not a wasted shot or moment in this film.
Chinatown has a perfect script. It's just flawless.
The Woman in Black
A friend of mine suggested this to me. It's a damn good haunted house kind of movie. Though they rely a bit too much on cheap scares at a few moments, the setting, pace, and atmosphere was down pat. Lots of tension building and some good payoffs.
My only beef was towards the very end. I'll spoiler-text it.
A friend of mine suggested this to me. It's a damn good haunted house kind of movie. Though they rely a bit too much on cheap scares at a few moments, the setting, pace, and atmosphere was down pat. Lots of tension building and some good payoffs.
My only beef was towards the very end. I'll spoiler-text it.
After Radcliffe's character basically exorcises the ghost by reuniting her with her son, he goes to meet his son at the train station. However, as per how the other children in the village died, his son sees the woman in black and steps in front of the train. Radcliffe jumps down to rescue him, but it's too late. They both die and reunite with his wife, who takes them off to Heaven.
What bothered me about it is...if he did the exorcism and the woman and black seemed to be okay with being reunited, then why did she continue her assault on children's lives? It wasn't explained very well. I was greatly reminded of The Ring, when the mother frees ghost girl from the well and her son freaks out because the little girl is pure evil. But there was no such explanation in this. It just felt like a forced ending to give one last scare or surprise.
What bothered me about it is...if he did the exorcism and the woman and black seemed to be okay with being reunited, then why did she continue her assault on children's lives? It wasn't explained very well. I was greatly reminded of The Ring, when the mother frees ghost girl from the well and her son freaks out because the little girl is pure evil. But there was no such explanation in this. It just felt like a forced ending to give one last scare or surprise.
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I just saw Source Code for the first time yesterday. Extremely well-done sci-fi, imo.
There was the "I WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU" that they showed after the exorcism, but I agree that it's still not much of an explanation. I didn't love the ending, myself. Really I wasn't sure what to feel after the movie ended.
After the movie I wiki'd (had no idea it was a book until the credits), and the book and play both end differently.
After the movie I wiki'd (had no idea it was a book until the credits), and the book and play both end differently.
Sounds like upper-echelon corporate suits sticking their fingers into the pot.
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Re: Best movie lists: I read Scorsese's 85 Films you Must Watch, and I'd never even heard of most of them. Not half, not 3/4. Most. A huge chunk were Italian films by the same director that Scorsese had a crush on, apparently, and nothing after 1980. In fact, he says in the article that ET killed the director. What?
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Hugo
Holy wow, my eyes need to roll over and smoke a cigarette, because they just got laid. This is a movie. This isn't some 2 hour long video-story, it's a MOVIE. Every shot is art. The movie does not attempt to be real, it embraces its medium to tell the story. The scene compositions are perfect. The colors make me salivate, the way the warms and cools are contrasted to call your attention to the objects of Hugo's desire. The camera always in the right spot. The music moves the mood and gets out of the way. The characters and their costumes move like chess pieces to set the story. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. 5/5.
Holy wow, my eyes need to roll over and smoke a cigarette, because they just got laid. This is a movie. This isn't some 2 hour long video-story, it's a MOVIE. Every shot is art. The movie does not attempt to be real, it embraces its medium to tell the story. The scene compositions are perfect. The colors make me salivate, the way the warms and cools are contrasted to call your attention to the objects of Hugo's desire. The camera always in the right spot. The music moves the mood and gets out of the way. The characters and their costumes move like chess pieces to set the story. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. 5/5.
John Carter
Visually, this movie is awesome. From a writing standpoint, it's good, but not great. There's a whole political aspect to the plot that isn't as interesting as the rest. The John Carter character is your typical Han Solo kind of character. But damn, if the action scenes weren't top notch. It's a fun ride as long as you go into expecting a fun popcorn flick and little else.
That said, I likely would have enjoyed the first half of the movie if some incessant teenage brats sitting beside me hadn't kept chatting. One girl in particular, sitting right behind me, kept whispering to her friend. Early into the movie, I turned around, taking the high road, and said, "With all due respect, I hope that you won't be talking during the whole movie. Thank you." That shut her up for the most part, though when she started getting chatty again, her friend told her to shut up once or twice. About halfway through the movie, it got worse again. So I finally, with a lot of dramatic effect, flung my coat over to the empty seats in front of me and climbed over. I managed to enjoy the second half of the movie much more.
UGH. You would fucking think that, after actually showing some goddamn respect to her, that she would show the same in kind. Hopefully, that brat felt at least a little bit of remorse when I loudly sighed and moved ahead. Likely not.
Visually, this movie is awesome. From a writing standpoint, it's good, but not great. There's a whole political aspect to the plot that isn't as interesting as the rest. The John Carter character is your typical Han Solo kind of character. But damn, if the action scenes weren't top notch. It's a fun ride as long as you go into expecting a fun popcorn flick and little else.
That said, I likely would have enjoyed the first half of the movie if some incessant teenage brats sitting beside me hadn't kept chatting. One girl in particular, sitting right behind me, kept whispering to her friend. Early into the movie, I turned around, taking the high road, and said, "With all due respect, I hope that you won't be talking during the whole movie. Thank you." That shut her up for the most part, though when she started getting chatty again, her friend told her to shut up once or twice. About halfway through the movie, it got worse again. So I finally, with a lot of dramatic effect, flung my coat over to the empty seats in front of me and climbed over. I managed to enjoy the second half of the movie much more.
UGH. You would fucking think that, after actually showing some goddamn respect to her, that she would show the same in kind. Hopefully, that brat felt at least a little bit of remorse when I loudly sighed and moved ahead. Likely not.
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To each their own, but I enjoyed the story immensely. I wouldn't have rated the visuals so highly if I didn't like the story, too. I liked it because I've been there. I've had those moments of art, and then had them slip away, leaving me in some post-mortem funk.
Nic I am so glad you enjoyed it. My favorite reviewers seem to like it quite a bit so I'm really looking forward to seeing it with my wife tonight in the VIP section of our favorite theater (That means huge seats, awesome food and booze!).
Tonight I see the Riggins movie! (like this post if you know what that means)
Tonight I see the Riggins movie! (like this post if you know what that means)
Coraline
I hadn't seen this in a long time, probably since it first came out on video years ago. Despite that, I've owned the Blu-Ray for a good long while. After playing the rest of of the game, Limbo, I was in the mood for something else with a creepy otherworld. Coraline fit the bill. And...wow, this really, really holds up. It's a gorgeous movie with amazing animation and some great, creepy moments. I've read the book before and the additions to spread out the story is odd at first, but the more I watched it, the more it makes sense. Even Neil Gaiman admitted that, if they filmed the book exactly, it would only be about 47 minutes.
So yeah, I keep forgetting this little gem and glad I watched again.
I hadn't seen this in a long time, probably since it first came out on video years ago. Despite that, I've owned the Blu-Ray for a good long while. After playing the rest of of the game, Limbo, I was in the mood for something else with a creepy otherworld. Coraline fit the bill. And...wow, this really, really holds up. It's a gorgeous movie with amazing animation and some great, creepy moments. I've read the book before and the additions to spread out the story is odd at first, but the more I watched it, the more it makes sense. Even Neil Gaiman admitted that, if they filmed the book exactly, it would only be about 47 minutes.
So yeah, I keep forgetting this little gem and glad I watched again.
Coraline's one of my favorites, and certainly my favorite from 2009. I adore the added build-up. In the book the problem is apparent at the end of her first visit. I love how the movie weaves this web of temptation for her, making the world more and more appealing. How better to trap her than to make her feel safer no matter what happens.
Absolutely. I mean, as a children's book, it's great that the threat is immediate. But the movie takes that to a totally different level. It's like Scott Pilgrim. There're reasons to love both the book and the movie.
Coraline was the second best animated film I saw in 2009. The first being Secret of Kells.
You know, I've never seen The Secret of Kells. I remember seeing it on the shelf at the Blockbuster I worked at, but never rented it. I should fix that. Especially if you feel it ranks up there with Coraline.
I think I'm the only person I know who didn't like Coraline. I'm beginning to suspect all those people were right when they said I had no soul. Maybe I shouldn't have eaten them in a rage.
Might just take a new, fresh viewing of it, man.
No no, they disagreed with you. You were well within your right.
It's not really one of those "if you don't like it, you don't have a soul" films like Ratatouille or Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit. There's really nothing heart-warming about Coraline.
That said, you should give it another viewing if you haven't seen it in a long time. I used to hate The Nightmare Before Christmas, for example. Years later I watched it and couldn't imagine why I wouldn't love it.
I also need to see Secret of the Kells. It's been on my Netflix list for years.
John Carter of Mars (Hell, that was still the title in the actual MOVIE! WTH Disney? W.T.H.?) was tons of fun. Both me and wife enjoyed it and I think Disney really, really dropped the ball here on marketing (as everyone is saying). The only reason this movie is flopping is their almost non-existent and crappy marketing. They are solely to blame here. Stanton directed what could have been a hell of a sci-fi/action tentpole film.
I just thought of one thing today that might have fixed some of the marketing:
Why not title it like the Harry Potter movies? "John Carter & The Princess of Mars"? Hell, that has a pretty good ring to it. Though I think part of the reason they didn't put the "...of Mars" part was for two reasons: 1) They wanted it kept a mystery that he was on Mars. 2) He wasn't "of Mars" yet.
Why not title it like the Harry Potter movies? "John Carter & The Princess of Mars"? Hell, that has a pretty good ring to it. Though I think part of the reason they didn't put the "...of Mars" part was for two reasons: 1) They wanted it kept a mystery that he was on Mars. 2) He wasn't "of Mars" yet.
I love the "&..." but I can't disagree more with your reasoning for not putting "of Mars" on the end. It was a terrible mistake to not name the movie properly and actually give a hint as to what the movie was about. Really though, that was the last of the issues with their marketing. It was just terrible marketing. I don't know why Disney wanted to throw this movie away and lose all their money but congrats guys! You did it!
Oh, I'm not agreeing with their decision not to put "of Mars," but I think I can understand their reasoning.