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[Movies] Talk about the last movie you saw 2: Electric Threadaloo
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For the record, I'm a hipster irl too
I saw 13 Assassins, and it was my first exposure to Takeshi Miike. I liked it a lot. It was a cool, brutal samurai story. The movie is an awesome setup and slow burn to the crazy 45 minute climax action scene bloodbath. Kill Bill, eat your heart out.
The villain was also really awesome and crazy and one of my favorites I've seen on screen probably since Mark Zuckerberg.
I saw 13 Assassins, and it was my first exposure to Takeshi Miike. I liked it a lot. It was a cool, brutal samurai story. The movie is an awesome setup and slow burn to the crazy 45 minute climax action scene bloodbath. Kill Bill, eat your heart out.
The villain was also really awesome and crazy and one of my favorites I've seen on screen probably since Mark Zuckerberg.
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Jiarn
You would still use records. Hipster.
Yes. Pay 8 extra dollars for a half-assed turbo ride. It is like we're living in 1965 future.
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Philosopher B.
8MM
Directed by the man who gave us Hershey Kiss Bat Nips, 8MM was (apparently) pretty roundly denounced at the time (except for Ebert, according to Wikipedia). Maybe people were still pissed over the whole Bat-credit-card thing? I mean, it wasn't a masterpiece or anything - but it was a surprisingly decent movie, although it fucked up big-time near the end when
Joaquin Phoenix was hilarious as porn industry informant Max California, and there was a scene near the end that I absolutely loved - real suspenseful stuff, with naught
It didn't need big over-dramatic musical cues ala The Shining to hit you over the head with the fact that danger was present; just that simple, repetitive sound driving you crazy.
Wall Street
It was an 80's movie. With Charlie Sheen claiming to be a winner. I sure as hell won't be watching the sequel, but it was kind of nice to finally watch this fully through.
Chocolate
Amazing. They kind of went crazy with the action towards the end, but hey, what action!
Easy A
This was pretty good! There were a couple of things I really liked, such as when the 'terminological inexactitude' accelerated with velocity around the school. It gave you a good sense of place, of this high school being like a beehive buzzing over with petty gossip.
Emma Stone was really good. It was funny, but during the movie, I was wondering what age she really was - turns out she was born the same year as me! It was the seasoned actors that really sold the movie for me, though. Patricia Clarkson, Malcom McDowell - but especially Stanley Tucci! Even though their parts weren't huge, they did a great job within them.
I also liked all the John Hughes nods, including the bit where
The dialogue felt pretty natural to me, especially since I also just watched ...
Juno
Don't get me wrong, I liked it; but some of the dialogue was a bit too ... 'on the nose.' The snark felt a little calculated, sometimes. Still, Ellen Page was great, and I can't imagine anyone else selling that pipe. Not Michael Cera's best role, but by no means his worst.
Directed by the man who gave us Hershey Kiss Bat Nips, 8MM was (apparently) pretty roundly denounced at the time (except for Ebert, according to Wikipedia). Maybe people were still pissed over the whole Bat-credit-card thing? I mean, it wasn't a masterpiece or anything - but it was a surprisingly decent movie, although it fucked up big-time near the end when
it ended more or less 'happily.'
but the sound of a record skipping.
Wall Street
It was an 80's movie. With Charlie Sheen claiming to be a winner. I sure as hell won't be watching the sequel, but it was kind of nice to finally watch this fully through.
Chocolate
Amazing. They kind of went crazy with the action towards the end, but hey, what action!
Easy A
This was pretty good! There were a couple of things I really liked, such as when the 'terminological inexactitude' accelerated with velocity around the school. It gave you a good sense of place, of this high school being like a beehive buzzing over with petty gossip.
Emma Stone was really good. It was funny, but during the movie, I was wondering what age she really was - turns out she was born the same year as me! It was the seasoned actors that really sold the movie for me, though. Patricia Clarkson, Malcom McDowell - but especially Stanley Tucci! Even though their parts weren't huge, they did a great job within them.
I also liked all the John Hughes nods, including the bit where
they psyched you out that there was going to be a freeze-frame ending, 80's style.
Juno
Don't get me wrong, I liked it; but some of the dialogue was a bit too ... 'on the nose.' The snark felt a little calculated, sometimes. Still, Ellen Page was great, and I can't imagine anyone else selling that pipe. Not Michael Cera's best role, but by no means his worst.
Green Lantern: Emerald Knights
Got to see an advance screening at the Scotia Theater last night and despite them making us sit through trailers to the video game and what felt like a 67 hour preview (without any actual animation to preview) of Batman Year One (starring that guy from the OC and Eliza Dushku....ugh) it was worth the free ticket for sure.
It was a series of vignettes based on different Green Lanterns all tied together as if it were stories being told to a new recruit by Hal Jordan (voiced by Nathan Fillion). I was hoping for more variety of animation styles between the stories (as is the usual case for these kinds of films) but they were all basically the same with little differences here and there. Only one of the stories outright sucked ass, the one based on the character Liara and her familial issues. The films main selling point are some beautifully animated massive scale set pieces which are pretty spectacular (and looked great on the big screen).
I'd give it a rent for sure when it comes out next week. Hopefully it has a good short on it.
Got to see an advance screening at the Scotia Theater last night and despite them making us sit through trailers to the video game and what felt like a 67 hour preview (without any actual animation to preview) of Batman Year One (starring that guy from the OC and Eliza Dushku....ugh) it was worth the free ticket for sure.
It was a series of vignettes based on different Green Lanterns all tied together as if it were stories being told to a new recruit by Hal Jordan (voiced by Nathan Fillion). I was hoping for more variety of animation styles between the stories (as is the usual case for these kinds of films) but they were all basically the same with little differences here and there. Only one of the stories outright sucked ass, the one based on the character Liara and her familial issues. The films main selling point are some beautifully animated massive scale set pieces which are pretty spectacular (and looked great on the big screen).
I'd give it a rent for sure when it comes out next week. Hopefully it has a good short on it.
Oh. Oh my! Yes, Kurosawa is a genius. I own Ran and Seven Samurai. Yojimbo is also fantastic, as is the sequel Sanjuro. Seriously, check them out.
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Cajungal
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Well a lot of his other stuff is on Netflix, so I'm gonna see if Jake wants to make Saturday a movie day. We're both off work and it's supposed to rain.
What do you have against Kurosawa?
I have something against Seej for taking this long to watch something by Kurosawa.
Well, I saw Ran when it came out on video in the states. Around 1986... So when ever you saw Kurosawa it was too late too.
Oh well.
Hipster.
Do Hipsters have graying hair?
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I hate to say it, but I found Super 8 boring, predictable and felt like recycled Speilberg work. There was nothing "new" about it at all. Felt like a mix of Iron Giant and IT. I was never "drawn in". Which is a damn shame because I don't normally go to the "new movies", but thought this was worth looking into.
Haven't seen Super 8 yet, but it's in my list. Green Lantern was awesome. Just the right amount of cheese and I think they made some smart changes from the comics (thats coming from a loooooong time GL reader). My wife loved it. I thought it was exposition heavy but she said she loved hearing about the mythology and everything was really clear (which is what I was most worried about, that she would be LOST).
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1930's Fritz Lang film starring Peter Lorre as a child killer. This movie is like cinema masterbation, every shot was well done and powerful.
"Batman: Under the Red Hood"
Animated batman movie, following the same plot as the comic of the same name. My only complaint is that mark hamil did not voice joker, but john dimaggio did a good job, and grew on me. Very much enjoyed it.
1930's Fritz Lang film starring Peter Lorre as a child killer. This movie is like cinema masterbation, every shot was well done and powerful.
"Batman: Under the Red Hood"
Animated batman movie, following the same plot as the comic of the same name. My only complaint is that mark hamil did not voice joker, but john dimaggio did a good job, and grew on me. Very much enjoyed it.
Cajungal
Staff member
Green Lantern was pretty good. It looked really cool, that's for sure. A lot of the dialogue bugged me, as did the casting of Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively. Overall, though, I'm glad I saw it in theatres. It turned out to be a lot of fun.
Craziest thing, though. There was this annoying kid who wouldn't shut up, and his mom wouldn't say anything to him, so a guy next to them told him to shut up. When he didn't, he hit the kid... not really hard--more like a slap on the arm--but still, it wasn't his kid. It was nuts. She brought in a policeman who was in the lobby and had the guy escorted out. Interesting night.
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I've heard that Super 8 was great, and I've also heard it was underwhelming. Think I'll go see it, because all my friends and family who disliked it so far tend to enjoy things that I find stupid and hate things that I find awesome.
Craziest thing, though. There was this annoying kid who wouldn't shut up, and his mom wouldn't say anything to him, so a guy next to them told him to shut up. When he didn't, he hit the kid... not really hard--more like a slap on the arm--but still, it wasn't his kid. It was nuts. She brought in a policeman who was in the lobby and had the guy escorted out. Interesting night.
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I've heard that Super 8 was great, and I've also heard it was underwhelming. Think I'll go see it, because all my friends and family who disliked it so far tend to enjoy things that I find stupid and hate things that I find awesome.
Man, I HATE that. You get these nice little annoying stabs of light taking you out of the movie. But what do you do? Most theaters I know don't give a rats ass about that kind of thing and would look at you like you were an idiot if you complained.
I read this great quote from Brad Pitt on texting in a theatre, where he advised you shouldn't do that because what if you ruin the bootleg video the guy behind you is trying to film?
Finally saw Tangled. Great Disney movie, that I think would have been even better had they not Disney-fied the last 10 minutes of it. I knew they'd do it, they had to, but it wrecked a pretty powerful moment there near the end.
Oh, and I fully admit that Rapunzel's healing song gives me chills, it's so good.
Oh, and I fully admit that Rapunzel's healing song gives me chills, it's so good.
Cars 2
Had a great time with this movie. Loved the story, the world that they modified to make it "Cars" and the voices were spot on. Pixar still hasn't let me down on a movie, even when I wasn't too sure of the premise to begin with. It has a Toy Story short showing in front of it, featuring Barbie and Ken, it's pretty good too.
Had a great time with this movie. Loved the story, the world that they modified to make it "Cars" and the voices were spot on. Pixar still hasn't let me down on a movie, even when I wasn't too sure of the premise to begin with. It has a Toy Story short showing in front of it, featuring Barbie and Ken, it's pretty good too.
I saw The Tree of Life. It was a daring masterpiece. I need more time to think about it/probably see it again, but it's definitely my favorite of 2011 to date.
The Hurt Locker - very good film, despite one of the twists.
playing detective? really?