What's The Latest Film You Have Seen?

~~Sansa Stark~~ · 02-27-2013, 02:15 PM

This was fantastic! Robert DeNiro's gay character was amazing.

**Exo** · 02-27-2013, 05:28 PM

Boy A

Pretty good drama with Andrew Garfield whom I'm a fan of. The story revolves around Garfield who plays a young man who committed a murder when he was ten and how he's adjusted to being released back into the world. Garfield gives a great performance and the story was very heavy and emotional which I like in movies. This is recommended.

7/10

Amelie

I finally got around to seeing this one. It's eluded my grasp for quite some time now. Wonderfully happy movie. There really wasn't a sad thing about this one. The colors and cinematography were brilliant and the performance from Audrey Tautou was very memorable. Definitely recommended if you like quirky romance movies. This actually may be the best one out there that fits that description.

8.5/10

jackhammer · 02-27-2013, 06:29 PM

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Valhalla Rising
Holy crap, this movie was terrible! Imagine a film where Nicolas Winding Refn took the stoicism of Driver from Drive (which I loved) and applied it to every single character in the movie and you have some sense of what this is like. Long on rough-looking men standing around wordlessly in the fog and/or mud and short on little niceties like character and plot, this movie features a bunch of unnamed, one dimensional characters essentially doing nothing for an hour an half. Except sometime they kill each other for no apparent reason. The end.

Seriously? I thought it was an absolute masterpiece. The sense of isolation was brilliantly portrayed. 99% of people would probably have lived this sort of existence and laughter and camaraderie would be in short supply.

The colour schemes, the minimal soundtrack, the interaction with the young kid through pure image and facial expressions painted pictures far more potent than trite dialogue could ever muster regarding the film's setting.

I personally think it's one of the very few films I have seen that is pure art. Different strokes for different folks I guess but a terrible film? Mate I am disheartened

Neil LaBute has a decent reputation for intelligent wordplay and characterisation in his movies (the remake of The Wicker Man apart - idiot) and this race orientated movie has some well realised, insidious dialogue but it was let down by a typical Psycho in the neighbourhood premise in the last third. Still worth a watch though and the general reliance on dialogue above action should be applauded.

Time to show my true colours with some B movie action! Released the same time as Swayze's breakthrough Dirty Dancing this is a cliched romp through a post apocalyptic time when a lone warrior makes his stand, gets himself cut to bits, survives and then leaves the people he has saved because he doesn't belong!

I hadn't seen this for over 20 years but it is still decent enough in terms of direction and cinematography. Still far more watchable than the last 20 years of Stephen Segals output.

**Janszoon** · 02-27-2013, 06:39 PM

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Seriously? I thought it was an absolute masterpiece. The sense of isolation was brilliantly portrayed. 99% of people would probably have lived this sort of existence and laughter and camaraderie would be in short supply.

The colour schemes, the minimal soundtrack, the interaction with the young kid through pure image and facial expressions painted pictures far more potent than trite dialogue could ever muster regarding the film's setting.

I personally think it's one of the very few films I have seen that is pure art. Different strokes for different folks I guess but a terrible film? Mate I am disheartened

I liked the soundtrack, I'll give it that. But, yeah, the movie did absolutely nothing for me and I found myself constantly watching the timer waiting for the end. Honestly, it made me rethink my interest in watching any of Refn's other movies.

jackhammer · 02-27-2013, 06:41 PM

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I liked the soundtrack, I'll give it that. But, yeah, the movie did absolutely nothing for me and I found myself constantly watching the timer waiting for the end. Honestly, it made me rethink my interest in watching any of Refn's other movies.

I felt the same about Waking Life

LoathsomePete · 02-27-2013, 06:44 PM

The Fourth Kind (2009)

Wow this sucked. I mean I really wasn't holding out a lot of hope given the Netflix rating and what it predicted I would rate it as, but still... the only thing this has going for it is that it's not as bad as Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County.

**Janszoon** · 02-27-2013, 06:46 PM

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I felt the same about Waking Life

Waking Life made you not want to watch any Refn movies?

jackhammer · 02-27-2013, 06:49 PM

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Waking Life made you not want to watch any Refn movies?

I saw Pusher before some guy threw a camera in a students face and made a movie out of it

and I know Pusher came out later but that made a far better impression.

midnight rain · 02-27-2013, 07:08 PM

Saw this was on Netflix and I hadn't seen it in years so I figured I'd revisit it. Still a great movie with good performances all around, especially from Anne Bancroft and Dustin Hoffman. Many priceless laugh out loud scenes as well, I can totally relate to Benjamin Braddock in feeling unmotivated and directionless in life. The one complaint I had with the movie, if you could call it one, was how impassive Elaine was about get married to the pipe-smoking frat boy, but maybe it wasn't out of the ordinary in the '60s to begrudgingly get married? I don't know if that would qualify as a plot hole or not. Interestingly Ebert revisited the movie 30 years after his original review with a modified one saying it hadn't aged well. Coming from someone who was born almost 25 years after it's release, I can assure him that it has aged well. The themes are still very relatable and the soundtrack is still one of the all time greatest

Love this whole scene:

The Graduate 1967 - YouTube

Key · 02-27-2013, 07:08 PM

Watched a few films the last couple days. Been having a lot of late night movie watches, so there's nothing better than late night comedies:

Dumb and Dumberer

Gets more and more funny the more times I watch it. Nothing beats the scene with Bob Saget screaming about their being **** all over his bathroom:

Anchorman

Classic Will Ferrell, freaking love this movie. It's perfect for those moments when you're looking for a good laugh at the dumbest things. One of my favorite Ferrell movies honestly, mostly because it's not really similar to the terrible Step Brothers.

02-27-2013, 05:28 PM	#12972 (permalink)
Exo All day jazz and biscuits Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 7,354	Boy A Pretty good drama with Andrew Garfield whom I'm a fan of. The story revolves around Garfield who plays a young man who committed a murder when he was ten and how he's adjusted to being released back into the world. Garfield gives a great performance and the story was very heavy and emotional which I like in movies. This is recommended. 7/10 Amelie I finally got around to seeing this one. It's eluded my grasp for quite some time now. Wonderfully happy movie. There really wasn't a sad thing about this one. The colors and cinematography were brilliant and the performance from Audrey Tautou was very memorable. Definitely recommended if you like quirky romance movies. This actually may be the best one out there that fits that description. 8.5/10 __________________ LastFM SUPREME POO BAH MODERATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE

02-27-2013, 06:44 PM	#12976 (permalink)
LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	The Fourth Kind (2009) Wow this sucked. I mean I really wasn't holding out a lot of hope given the Netflix rating and what it predicted I would rate it as, but still... the only thing this has going for it is that it's not as bad as Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County. __________________ Last.FM 101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too

02-27-2013, 02:15 PM	#12971 (permalink)
~~Sansa Stark~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Eyrie, Vale of Arryn, Westeros Posts: 3,234	This was fantastic! Robert DeNiro's gay character was amazing.

02-27-2013, 07:08 PM	#12979 (permalink)
midnight rain Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,711	Saw this was on Netflix and I hadn't seen it in years so I figured I'd revisit it. Still a great movie with good performances all around, especially from Anne Bancroft and Dustin Hoffman. Many priceless laugh out loud scenes as well, I can totally relate to Benjamin Braddock in feeling unmotivated and directionless in life. The one complaint I had with the movie, if you could call it one, was how impassive Elaine was about get married to the pipe-smoking frat boy, but maybe it wasn't out of the ordinary in the '60s to begrudgingly get married? I don't know if that would qualify as a plot hole or not. Interestingly Ebert revisited the movie 30 years after his original review with a modified one saying it hadn't aged well. Coming from someone who was born almost 25 years after it's release, I can assure him that it has aged well. The themes are still very relatable and the soundtrack is still one of the all time greatest Love this whole scene: The Graduate 1967 - YouTube

02-27-2013, 07:08 PM	#12980 (permalink)
Key . Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 13,153	Watched a few films the last couple days. Been having a lot of late night movie watches, so there's nothing better than late night comedies: Dumb and Dumberer Gets more and more funny the more times I watch it. Nothing beats the scene with Bob Saget screaming about their being ** all over his bathroom: Anchorman** Classic Will Ferrell, freaking love this movie. It's perfect for those moments when you're looking for a good laugh at the dumbest things. One of my favorite Ferrell movies honestly, mostly because it's not really similar to the terrible Step Brothers.