What's The Latest Film You Have Seen?

~~Sansa Stark~~ · 02-13-2013, 12:11 AM

My Mad Fat Diary
absolutely obsessed with this, it's funny and the most rfalistic portrayal of being a teenage girl I've ever seen, plus the Britpop soundtrack is amazing.

**Janszoon** · 02-13-2013, 12:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Hermione

absolutely obsessed with this, it's funny and the most realistic portrayal of being a teenage girl I've ever seen, plus the Britpop soundtrack is amazing.

What is it?

**Yac** · 02-13-2013, 06:39 AM

The Dark House (2009) / Dom Z
(Trailer with English subtitles)
I saw this yesterday on Polish tv. I'm still in shock, in a way.
It's been a while since I saw anything so .. bleak, depressing, hopeless and at the same time, strangely fascinating.
The movie consists of scenes from 2 different times intertwined - a night in autumn 1978 and a winter day in 1982. In both we have mr Sordon , but in 1978 he's a guest at the house and in 1982 he's under arrest and is taking the militia and a local prosecutor through what happened 4 years earlier. The story isn't that complicated, though the movie only answers some of the questions the viewers might have. The pace varies, but it's generally not a movie that rushes to the end.
Generally it's very dirty and depressing. People are dirty. Their souls are dirty.
There is no supernatural element here, despite what the trailer might suggest, it's just people.
Also, it's a fairly accurate picture of the times behind the iron curtain. The amount of vodka might seem a bit excessive, but believe me - I know people like this and similar situations could happen. The corruption, lack of morals etc - all is as authentic as can be.
What I would like to hear though, are opinions of non Poles that saw this. People that don't have the baggage of the context and would see this as a universal story of sorts. People that don't know what esperal is. Do you know ? If not, see this movie and tell me how big an impact it had on you!

**Exo** · 02-13-2013, 12:15 PM

Jiro Dreams of Sushi

Finally got to see this one. Don't watch this hungry. The atmosphere in this one is brilliant. Classical music plays during the duration of the movie and it really just compliments each scene of Jiro and his apprentices making sushi. It was a great movie about family and the history of an 85 year old man who refuses to quit the job he loves to do. Highly recommended.

Lynch/10

Hart's War

It was okay. The actor who played the Nazi colonel was fantastic but I wasn't too impressed with the story. I was also appalled by the privileges the POWs were given. I don't know if that was actually the case but it seemed a little weird.

6/10

FRED HALE SR. · 02-13-2013, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Exoskeletal

Jiro Dreams of Sushi

Finally got to see this one. Don't watch this hungry. The atmosphere in this one is brilliant. Classical music plays during the duration of the movie and it really just compliments each scene of Jiro and his apprentices making sushi. It was a great movie about family and the history of an 85 year old man who refuses to quit the job he loves to do. Highly recommended.

Lynch/10

Hart's War

It was okay. The actor who played the Nazi colonel was fantastic but I wasn't too impressed with the story. I was also appalled by the privileges the POWs were given. I don't know if that was actually the case but it seemed a little weird.

6/10

I've been wanting to check out that sushi movie. Looked like a great premise for a movie. I always enjoyed the art behind making great sushi so i'm gonna check this out.

**Exo** · 02-13-2013, 10:57 PM

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

I honestly have no idea what this movie was trying to tell me. This is usually a bad thing but I found it interesting enough to want to finish it. I also found the atmosphere very dreamlike and relaxing. The camera work was still and basic like a Haneke film but the images and scenery were fantastic. The scenes with the "beasts" were very creepy as you can tell from the poster image but didn't convey fear which I thought was interesting. Overall it was an interesting film that I just couldn't understand but I guess that makes it a film that did its job in being memorable.

I have no idea how to rate this.

**Janszoon** · 02-13-2013, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Exoskeletal

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

I honestly have no idea what this movie was trying to tell me. This is usually a bad thing but I found it interesting enough to want to finish it. I also found the atmosphere very dreamlike and relaxing. The camera work was still and basic like a Haneke film but the images and scenery were fantastic. The scenes with the "beasts" were very creepy as you can tell from the poster image but didn't convey fear which I thought was interesting. Overall it was an interesting film that I just couldn't understand but I guess that makes it a film that did its job in being memorable.

I have no idea how to rate this.

I kind of wanted to see that. Thanks for the reminder.

LoathsomePete · 02-16-2013, 10:47 AM

The Warriors (1979)

I had never actually seen the movie in its entirety, only watching it from the last subway ride onwards, but I did play the 2005 video game so I already knew what was going on, I just needed to fill this gap in my viewing history. Overall I liked it, the director did a really good job of portraying New York as this dystopian hellhole. The action was a little tamer than I was expecting, but it was all well choreographed and spread out.

Key · 02-16-2013, 11:50 AM

Beneath The Dark

Absolutely fantastic film. The story is basically revolved around the belief of the moral compass, how if you have done bad things in your past, the future will change for the worst, unless you come clean / fix the problems of your past.

**Frownland** · 02-16-2013, 12:09 PM

The Player

This movie was awesome. I had to watch it for my cinema class but it didn't even feel like homework. The basic story is about Griffin Mills, a studio executive, played by Tim Robbins, who reviews scripts or ideas for scripts at a movie studio. He starts to receive death threats and ominous post cards from what he believes to be a writer whose script he snubbed. He then begins to stalk these suspected writers and the plot begins to get extremely interesting from there, but I don't want to ruin the rest of it by telling you the story.

This was a very well paced thriller, with good action and a ****yourpants load of cameos. Every single frame of this film must have some form of cameo in it. There's also some humour for movie buffs as well so that makes it hilarious. Like the opening shot is 8 minutes long and they are discussing Welles's "Touch of Evil." There was also a scene where Griffin shakes hands with Malcolm McDowell and then he goes on to have a drink in what looks like the Korova Milk Bar, and there was another suspenseful scene where someone says something about Alfred Hitchcock

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I'd highly recommend this one if you liked Adaptation, since this is something of a precursor to that film in that the ending is mostly self-referential. 10/10

02-13-2013, 12:15 PM	#12924 (permalink)
Exo All day jazz and biscuits Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 7,354	Jiro Dreams of Sushi Finally got to see this one. Don't watch this hungry. The atmosphere in this one is brilliant. Classical music plays during the duration of the movie and it really just compliments each scene of Jiro and his apprentices making sushi. It was a great movie about family and the history of an 85 year old man who refuses to quit the job he loves to do. Highly recommended. Lynch/10 Hart's War It was okay. The actor who played the Nazi colonel was fantastic but I wasn't too impressed with the story. I was also appalled by the privileges the POWs were given. I don't know if that was actually the case but it seemed a little weird. 6/10 __________________ LastFM SUPREME POO BAH MODERATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE

02-13-2013, 10:57 PM	#12926 (permalink)
Exo All day jazz and biscuits Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 7,354	Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives I honestly have no idea what this movie was trying to tell me. This is usually a bad thing but I found it interesting enough to want to finish it. I also found the atmosphere very dreamlike and relaxing. The camera work was still and basic like a Haneke film but the images and scenery were fantastic. The scenes with the "beasts" were very creepy as you can tell from the poster image but didn't convey fear which I thought was interesting. Overall it was an interesting film that I just couldn't understand but I guess that makes it a film that did its job in being memorable. I have no idea how to rate this. __________________ LastFM SUPREME POO BAH MODERATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE

02-16-2013, 10:47 AM	#12928 (permalink)
LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	The Warriors (1979) I had never actually seen the movie in its entirety, only watching it from the last subway ride onwards, but I did play the 2005 video game so I already knew what was going on, I just needed to fill this gap in my viewing history. Overall I liked it, the director did a really good job of portraying New York as this dystopian hellhole. The action was a little tamer than I was expecting, but it was all well choreographed and spread out. __________________ Last.FM 101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too

02-16-2013, 12:09 PM	#12930 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	The Player This movie was awesome. I had to watch it for my cinema class but it didn't even feel like homework. The basic story is about Griffin Mills, a studio executive, played by Tim Robbins, who reviews scripts or ideas for scripts at a movie studio. He starts to receive death threats and ominous post cards from what he believes to be a writer whose script he snubbed. He then begins to stalk these suspected writers and the plot begins to get extremely interesting from there, but I don't want to ruin the rest of it by telling you the story. This was a very well paced thriller, with good action and a ***yourpants load of cameos. Every single frame of this film must have some form of cameo in it. There's also some humour for movie buffs as well so that makes it hilarious. Like the opening shot is 8 minutes long and they are discussing Welles's "Touch of Evil." There was also a scene where Griffin shakes hands with Malcolm McDowell and then he goes on to have a drink in what looks like the Korova Milk Bar, and there was another suspenseful scene where someone says something about Alfred Hitchcock . I'd highly recommend this one if you liked Adaptation, since this is something of a precursor to that film in that the ending is mostly self-referential. 10/10 __________________ 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

02-13-2013, 12:11 AM	#12921 (permalink)
~~Sansa Stark~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Eyrie, Vale of Arryn, Westeros Posts: 3,234	My Mad Fat Diary absolutely obsessed with this, it's funny and the most rfalistic portrayal of being a teenage girl I've ever seen, plus the Britpop soundtrack is amazing.

02-13-2013, 06:39 AM	#12923 (permalink)
Yac Super Moderator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: It's a secret too. Posts: 1,363	The Dark House (2009) / Dom Z (Trailer with English subtitles) I saw this yesterday on Polish tv. I'm still in shock, in a way. It's been a while since I saw anything so .. bleak, depressing, hopeless and at the same time, strangely fascinating. The movie consists of scenes from 2 different times intertwined - a night in autumn 1978 and a winter day in 1982. In both we have mr Sordon , but in 1978 he's a guest at the house and in 1982 he's under arrest and is taking the militia and a local prosecutor through what happened 4 years earlier. The story isn't that complicated, though the movie only answers some of the questions the viewers might have. The pace varies, but it's generally not a movie that rushes to the end. Generally it's very dirty and depressing. People are dirty. Their souls are dirty. There is no supernatural element here, despite what the trailer might suggest, it's just people. Also, it's a fairly accurate picture of the times behind the iron curtain. The amount of vodka might seem a bit excessive, but believe me - I know people like this and similar situations could happen. The corruption, lack of morals etc - all is as authentic as can be. What I would like to hear though, are opinions of non Poles that saw this. People that don't have the baggage of the context and would see this as a universal story of sorts. People that don't know what esperal is. Do you know ? If not, see this movie and tell me how big an impact it had on you!

02-16-2013, 11:50 AM	#12929 (permalink)
Key . Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 13,153	Beneath The Dark Absolutely fantastic film. The story is basically revolved around the belief of the moral compass, how if you have done bad things in your past, the future will change for the worst, unless you come clean / fix the problems of your past.