What's The Latest Film You Have Seen?

**Exo** · 10-02-2012, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Both great movies! I'm trying to remember the end of Triad Election. Was that the fishing scene? Or am I thinking of Election? I remember I watched both of them on the same weekend so they blur together a bit.

Fishing scene. My image might be incorrect. I watched the 2005 movie. I've seen Triad Election and Election as the title so I just went with the cooler image. The fishing scene was fantastic.

**Frownland** · 10-03-2012, 12:47 PM

The Game

I watched this last night, and was enthralled throughout the whole movie. The acting performance from Michael Douglas was phenomenal, as was Sean Penn's. This was definitely a great thriller with fantastic pacing and storywriting...until the ending. The ending was far too abrupt and hard to believe for me. It did leave me thinking for a while about the process behind the game itself and how the people would pull it off, but it just left a bad taste in my mouth. Had the ending been written so that it flowed more with much more believability while still reaching the same conclusion of what the game turned out to be, then I would be much more satisfied with the film. But since everything apart from the ending earned my applause, I'll give it a 6/10.

**Janszoon** · 10-03-2012, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Exoskeletal

Fishing scene. My image might be incorrect. I watched the 2005 movie. I've seen Triad Election and Election as the title so I just went with the cooler image. The fishing scene was fantastic.

That is a great scene. So fucking rough. Looking at the movie synopses on Wikipedia it look like the movie we're talking about is Election. But Triad Election is amazing as well.

**Exo** · 10-04-2012, 01:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

That is a great scene. So fucking rough. Looking at the movie synopses on Wikipedia it look like the movie we're talking about is Election. But Triad Election is amazing as well.

Yeah, I just realized Triad Election is a completely different movie.

Anyway it's October, which means that I'm going to be watching a lot of horror films. Some will be ****, some will be good, and some will be horror movies that I haven't got around to watching yet (Rosemary's Baby and the original Ring and Grudge movies). I love October...

The first time I watched this I was at work and didn't pay much attention but liked what I saw. I saw it was on Netflix streaming so I gave it another go. I enjoyed the **** out of it. Yes it was slow but for the low budget it was pretty impressive. I thought the characters were very believable, none of that super model scream your head off plastic characters that plaster horror films now. The atmosphere was fantastic and I felt the story was solid. Ti West peaked my interest with House of the Devil and this just made me want to see him explore something with a larger budget. Great little indie horror movie.

8/10

The trailer was vastly superior and more frightening than the finished product. I guess I could give them points for being creative but it was just laughable. Right off from the beginning I wanted the all dead. The person with the camera zoomed in and out like they were testing the zoom, then somebody cleaned the lens with what looked like a Burger King wrapper and I just wanted them dead. It also seemed like the writers read House of Leaves while writing this because it had some of the elements of the changing house to it. The effects were bad, very bad, and the scares just weren't felt due to my hatred of the characters. I didn't expect much but it was just bad.

2/10

Robert · 10-04-2012, 07:21 AM

I watched The Expendables 2. I really enjoyed it a lot.

Phantom Limb · 10-04-2012, 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Exoskeletal

horror movies that I haven't got around to watching yet (Rosemary's Baby and the original Ring and Grudge movies). I love October...

Don't watch it man, it's a complete waste of time. One of the few exceptions where the US version completely blows the original away.

Trollheart · 10-04-2012, 01:16 PM

Exactly how I felt. What a damp squib of an ending. Ruined what had been up to then a totally great movie. Cop out. Terrible.

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Originally Posted by Frownland

The Game

I watched this last night, and was enthralled throughout the whole movie. The acting performance from Michael Douglas was phenomenal, as was Sean Penn's. This was definitely a great thriller with fantastic pacing and storywriting...until the ending. The ending was far too abrupt and hard to believe for me. It did leave me thinking for a while about the process behind the game itself and how the people would pull it off, but it just left a bad taste in my mouth. Had the ending been written so that it flowed more with much more believability while still reaching the same conclusion of what the game turned out to be, then I would be much more satisfied with the film. But since everything apart from the ending earned my applause, I'll give it a 6/10.

Engine · 10-04-2012, 08:21 PM

If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front

A documentary about one of the members of the Earth Liberation Front which is a radical environmental activist group labeled domestic terrorists by the US government. If you were at all socially or politically aware in the US in the mid-90s, this stuff will be familiar to you.
Heavy shit. No matter what your political beliefs are: WATCH THIS FILM. It's on Netflix instant.

bob. · 10-04-2012, 08:46 PM

^wow....i'm on it this weekend....i had some good friends who said they were a part of the ELF (if anything in a small way)....shoukld be very interesting

speaking of interesting

We Are Legion

this was quite an eye opener as to just how ignorant i really am.....i had no idea this shit was going on....or that 4chan is so vital to the internet society......very interesting documentary

**Exo** · 10-05-2012, 12:43 AM

That was just fun, The writing was solid as was the acting and I also reserve the right to call it one of the better action movies out recently. I had high expectations due to the very high RT rating and I came away very pleased and satisfied. JGL is such a pleasure to watch. I'll watch him do anything in film. The only gripe I guess you could say I have is the fact that the second half kind of diverges off the path that the first half set but it in no means takes away from the film. I mean, that kid was ****ing badass. I even liked the ending even though it was a bit abrupt. Great film.

9/10

I've always been a sucker for mysteries and I was already intrigued and familiar with the mystery of the tiles before hearing about this documentary so I was excited watching this one. One of the more enticing and fascinating documentaries I've seen. There wasn't huge production value but there wasn't a need for it because the film was constructed soundly and the story was told so that I wasn't bored once. I'd say that more than half the information was new to me and told like an enticing campfire story. If you like mysteries that just so happen to be completely true, check this out. It's on netflix.

9/10

10-03-2012, 12:47 PM	#12332 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	The Game I watched this last night, and was enthralled throughout the whole movie. The acting performance from Michael Douglas was phenomenal, as was Sean Penn's. This was definitely a great thriller with fantastic pacing and storywriting...until the ending. The ending was far too abrupt and hard to believe for me. It did leave me thinking for a while about the process behind the game itself and how the people would pull it off, but it just left a bad taste in my mouth. Had the ending been written so that it flowed more with much more believability while still reaching the same conclusion of what the game turned out to be, then I would be much more satisfied with the film. But since everything apart from the ending earned my applause, I'll give it a 6/10. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

10-04-2012, 08:21 PM	#12338 (permalink)
Engine air quote Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: pollen & mold Posts: 3,108	If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front A documentary about one of the members of the Earth Liberation Front which is a radical environmental activist group labeled domestic terrorists by the US government. If you were at all socially or politically aware in the US in the mid-90s, this stuff will be familiar to you. Heavy shit. No matter what your political beliefs are: WATCH THIS FILM. It's on Netflix instant. __________________ Like an arrow, I was only passing through.

10-04-2012, 08:46 PM	#12339 (permalink)
bob. Still sends his reguards. Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Trying to get out of the cat town.... Posts: 5,039	^wow....i'm on it this weekend....i had some good friends who said they were a part of the ELF (if anything in a small way)....shoukld be very interesting speaking of interesting We Are Legion this was quite an eye opener as to just how ignorant i really am.....i had no idea this shit was going on....or that 4chan is so vital to the internet society......very interesting documentary __________________ A kiss is the beginning of cannibalism. Reach out, pierce the fine fabric of the sheltering sky, take repose.

10-05-2012, 12:43 AM	#12340 (permalink)
Exo All day jazz and biscuits Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 7,354	That was just fun, The writing was solid as was the acting and I also reserve the right to call it one of the better action movies out recently. I had high expectations due to the very high RT rating and I came away very pleased and satisfied. JGL is such a pleasure to watch. I'll watch him do anything in film. The only gripe I guess you could say I have is the fact that the second half kind of diverges off the path that the first half set but it in no means takes away from the film. I mean, that kid was **ing badass. I even liked the ending even though it was a bit abrupt. Great film. 9/10 I've always been a sucker for mysteries and I was already intrigued and familiar with the mystery of the tiles before hearing about this documentary so I was excited watching this one. One of the more enticing and fascinating documentaries I've seen. There wasn't huge production value but there wasn't a need for it because the film was constructed soundly and the story was told so that I wasn't bored once. I'd say that more than half the information was new to me and told like an enticing campfire story. If you like mysteries that just so happen to be completely true, check this out. It's on netflix. 9/10 __________________ LastFM SUPREME POO BAH MODERATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE**

10-04-2012, 07:21 AM	#12335 (permalink)
Robert Groupie Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 1	I watched The Expendables 2. I really enjoyed it a lot.