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07-18-2014, 07:32 AM | #14292 (permalink) | |
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I almost cried out of boredom and stormed out during that movie.
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07-18-2014, 08:57 AM | #14293 (permalink) |
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Has anyone seen the movie 'Boyhood'? I'm hearing a lot about it and the premise fascinates me, I'm trying to figure out a way to go see it soon
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07-19-2014, 10:28 AM | #14296 (permalink) |
A Jew on a motorbike!
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I didn't enjoy Her at all - I found it slow and predictable.
ETA: I saw Snowpiercer the other day and didn't like that either - despite some good scenes, the allegory was heavy-handed and the ending was idiotic. |
07-19-2014, 11:22 AM | #14297 (permalink) |
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The Brain That Wouldn't Die (Completed in 1959, released in 1962) Re-watched this low-budget sci-fi/horror flick recently. Mad doctor/scientist keeps his fiancée's head alive after both of them are involved in a fiery car accident that decapitates her. He decides to acquire a fresh female body to attach to her head, and starts to look for potential replacements in a burlesque bar and on the street. His fiancée, angry that he won't let her die, begins to plot her revenge by communicating with a mutant the doctor keeps locked in a room in his basement laboratory. Classic low-budget weirdness! |
07-20-2014, 06:12 PM | #14299 (permalink) | |
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However I kinda cringed at all the human scenes. Seriously, why do so many sci fi films portray post apocalyptic citizens all being togethor in a giant horde? I realize they needed to isolate themselves, but there is no reason mankind always has to be shoulder to shoulder in a tight congested room every post apocalypse. Even if they are all immune to the ape-flu surely being that congested would pose some other ailments. Also, did you notice how forcefully the director had to ham in some sexual tension between Malcolm and Ellie. I think i counted 3 different instances of them waking up in the same sleeping bag. I'm not saying it detracted from the story, but after the third time of cutting back to the humans, re-introducing them waking up in the sleeping bag just seemed stupid. I get it, you wanted this to be a family film and thus no sex scene, doesn't mean the audience needs to be hit over the head with the idea that these two are fucking, we the audience were able to deduce that already. Gary Oldman was solid as always, but I found the other performances rather ho hum. The characters got acclimated to talking apes very fast. I would have liked a least one more scene where somebody was like "holy **** we are dealing with talking animals". I realize these are more pet peeves than direct criticisms, but they were distracting enough to keep a good film from being great imo |
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07-20-2014, 09:44 PM | #14300 (permalink) |
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I still think it's a great film. The human scenes were agreeably unnecessary. The whole tension between Ellie and the son was just silly as there wasn't enough information to make me care and non existent information after they "made up". Why even add that part? Still, the effects, the performances by Oldman, Serkis, and Kebbell, and the incredible camera work just left me wanting to see it again, and I will. It's a film that needs to be ingested in a theater again.
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