Last week, I just went and saw The Boxtrolls as a nice thing to do for my birthday because I'm just a fan for animation movies especially stop-motion.

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The Vengeance Trilogy by Lord Chan-Woo Park.

I love those movies, especially Oldboy and Lady Vengeance.

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Man, Japan sure makes some weird **** sometimes.

I loved it.

Gone Girl


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Oh my god. From what I heard from the film nerds on this site, I figured I would like this movie, but not love it because so much of it went over my head. This **** was like three hours or something and I wasn't bored once. Right when the first third of the movie was over, and that first big twist happened, and the movie just turned, I thought it was over. So the rest of it almost felt like bonus movie. I never knew when it was going to end, what was going to happen, or even what the **** kind of movie I was watching. Best movie I've seen in a long time. I've probably got nothing better to add than the other people who've already gone on at length about it, so I'll just say that...

Gone Baby Gone Girl.

EDIT: You bastard, now nobody gets my joke.

If I hadn't gone back to look for a pic, I never would have noticed. :p:

this movie is in my top ten of all time.....i watch it monthly

and batlord there is no "possibly" in your spoiler

that being said

i am officially off vacation mode and was able to go catch a flick this morning and that film was obviously

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Gone Girl

so to start off some perceptions having read the book

you don't need to read the book if you saw the movie....the only real and major difference is the end and really it's not different....just the book gives you a lot more....which i think the author actually did on purpose....as in...if you read the book you just get a tad bit more into the minds of these two VERY sick individuals who deserve each other 100%

other than that the two things i mainly noticed was that the sister never wore a Butthole Surfers t-shirt and that the lawyers wife was not in it at all....but i will say this for the latter....although she was a character i really liked and in the book she does play a pivotal role the author simply blended her character with the lawyer himself which saved screen time....and she kept in one of my favorite scenes which involved her....so absolutely no gripes on that part

so what we have here is David Fincher doing what he does best....enthralling an audience.....i tell you what.....this is without spoilers....but the audience was getting a little restless about half way through the film....as in a little chatter, seeming louder popcorn intake and the fucking bitch next to me kept moving her straw up and down (i fucking hate that noise)....but when the revelation came at the half way mark.....you could here a pin drop in the theater....and it stayed that way all the way to the end

as always Fincher simply makes an amazing movie full of tense characters, haunting cinematography and an amazing soundtrack....and as usual his source material was already well written....he has an uncanny knack for bringing written characters to life perfectly

for me watching this movie was like re-reading the book so from that aspect perfect....i also tried hard to imagine myself as having not read the book.....and i'm positive this will be a wonderful film experience for anybody

a definite 5/5 and easily in my top ten films of the year

Was Ben Affleck's character a worse person in the book or something? Cause he was just kind of a schlub in the movie.

I'd also like to say that if Affleck is this good an actor, then I have no problem with him as Batman.

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Van Warmerdam is one of my favourite directors and his latest movie didn't disappoint, in fact it might be one of his best.

As with most of his other work it's a surreal dark comedy, it might also be considered a thriller and has supernatural elements.
People who like their movies to be served with explanations and don't like ambiguity might be angered be it, but I think that even if you don't think too much about the social and philosophical implications it's an entertaining and often funny film, with lots of twists and turns.
The themes might be similar to Pasolini's Teorema or Miike's Visitor Q, but generally it's pretty original.
It's best not to know too much about the plot and just watch it and let it unfold.

I mostly agree with you.
I think There Will Be Blood had more of a plot, a real confrontation and some kind of resolution, while The Master was somewhat meandering and didn't amount to much in the end, plotwise. But that might have been the point and it's still fascinating and memorable. All in all both are surely great movies.
I'm still unsure whether I should give Boogie Nights another chance. I started it once and it didn't hook me at all, but I was very tired then and went to sleep about half an hour into it.

not really....i just think the book points out in a better way how they are one in the same....obviously she takes it a bit further...but they are both narcissistic sociopaths

But how is he a sociopath? I mean, he's kind of a jerk, but I'm sure plenty of non-sociopaths play romantic games to get women in the sack, cheat on their wives, and coast on a partners' money when they don't have a job. He never really struck me as being outside of the normal, acceptable range of douchiness.

maybe "sociopath" is a bit harsh for Nic

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The Orphanage

It’s funny how full of **** I am. I told myself that I would be watching a horror movie a night because it’s my favorite month of the year, October. You know how many I’ve seen this month? Two, including this one. That’s pathetic. My viewing schedule has developed a case of the crazy and I take what I can get. Tonight I took a walk down to the library to find some interesting films to watch over the week. I wanted mostly horror films but I couldn’t help take out a few Criterion films which I’ll be watching over the weekend. I guess I’ll just have to dust off the old Netflix account and browse the horror selection there. I’m sure I’ll be disappointed. The Orphanage has managed to escape me for years so I decided to finally pay it a visit which actually turned out to be a wonderful idea.

I loved the film for the most part. You don’t get many horror films like this.

Slow. Detailed. Well acted.

It reminded me of Ti West in the way he lets the atmosphere and natural creepiness of setting scare the viewer. I haven’t seen his newest film (heard it’s on Netflix, I take back my statement above), but the guy just knows how to make a horror movie that appeals to all of my senses. He still likes to throw at least one jump scare in though, a tactic that I find tired and overused. This is where The Orphanage differs itself from the pack. I honestly don’t remember one single jump scare. Sure there were some quick camera movements and figures appearing from a spot where there was once nothing, but those just felt earned. There was no ROARING CRASH OF SOUND accompanied by a lightning quick edit to some deranged murderous face, or better yet a f*cking cat that jumps out of a closet. This film was just plain old creepy. It’s also a ghost story. I love host stories. I’ve been telling, reading, and writing them since I was a kid and this ghost story satisfied me completely. I was into the overall premise of the film. There were some holes that I should have bothered me but somehow didn’t given the fact that the movie could exist without filling them. Actually, I’d say the story was the weakest link of the whole film. It certainly pulled me in but I was really hooked by the overall aesthetic feel of the film. I made sure to turn the lights out and crank the volume for this and the film returned my diligence by giving me a great atmosphere for a horror film. The acting was also top notch, especially from Belén Rueda. She’s a natural.

Like many, I had a problem with the ending. I just felt like it was a total cop out to what could have been a seriously disturbing and unique conclusion. Those who have seen the film will remember the basement scene. Credits should have rolled from that point. The movie was over. What came next was just a very easy way to end what was a totally original and uneasy film. I understood the reasoning behind it but I honestly didn’t care for what happened to the characters involved. I didn’t shed a tear. I wanted the disturbing option A.

The ending disappointed me but the film overall couldn’t have been more enjoyable. I loved the creepiness. I loved the acting from Belén Rueda. It was a good scare on a nice, windy, chilly October night. I should do this more often.

4/5

Annabelle. **** that bitch.

Saw this a while back.

Censorship time - Irreversible movie poster removed

Holy crap, what a gut punch this movie is.

Same, for all of this. It felt like my brain was melting the entire time. It was the single most intense emotional experience I've ever had while watching a movie, and I don't even know what to call the emotion that I had. The only negative thing I could say about it is that I'm sad that I'll never get that "first watch" back again. 11/10.

In a good way?
Everything else I saw by Noe was trying to be offensive so hard, that it was just boring and ridiculous.

I think my fav scene might have been near the end of the first third, when...

No. Not in a good way at all. Two of the sickest scenes in film history.

Irreversible Movie Review & Film Summary (2003) | Roger Ebert

Aside from the camera work and acting there isn't anything redeemable about that film. Enter the Void is a much better attempt at pushing the envelope without ruining the film.

I think I've heard about those.
I don't mind sick, but I don't like to feel being manipulated into being offended (which I never am anyway).

Enter The Void is masterful at times, but still ruined by attempts to be edgy and by dumbing the philosophical/spiritual themes down so much, it's basically shoved down your throat with some ketchup.

Personally i loved Irreversible ....i mean it's not a film i watch often...really only to show people who are interested in this type of art....and that's the thing...if you do not understand or at all like the concepts behind Transgressive artwork....you simply will not like something like this

i love the beginning of this film...i love the fact that it really only makes sense if you have seen I Stand Alone....i love just how insane and disturbing that scene in the club is....and i love his use of the camera to force the audience into the complete delirium of the characters

The camera work in the beginning made me nauseous and that was watching on a TV. Can't imagine what it was like on the big screen. Happened to a lesser degree when they were walking around inside the club.

the very beginning with the two old men :)

it was a bit much in the theater....but i felt Enter the Void was a much more brutal attack on my sense on the big screen

^ I envy you're getting to see that on the big screen... I was kinda bored at times with that movie but it was definitely an interesting one.

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The Lunchbox

My knowledge of Bollywood has been reduced to a horse sliding under a truck as if it has been frozen in place. I think I may have the notion that all Bollywood films rival the low budget B movies that we see in grindhouse theaters in America. My ignorance couldn’t be more apparent. The country pumps out more movies than one could count and while a lot of them consist of special effects shots as shown above, there are a great number of quality cinema coming from India. While I haven’t seen any of his films, the work of Satyajit Ray has made it’s way to the eyes of American film nerds. I think I should make the nice Indian woman who works at my library happy and finally take her up on her suggestions to watch his films. Tonight though I decided to start with a more recent film from the country of India, The Lunchbox.

My local art house was playing this for a couple weeks but I couldn’t get myself to make the drive over there. This is the problem with living across the river from New York City. I ****ing hate going anywhere else. The theater is a half hour drive west and I just couldn’t find the time. I was interested in it because I have this weird romantic film itch I’ve been scratching lately so when it was available on Netflix DVD service I added it to the top of my queue.

If this film was made by an American production company, Rachel McAdams and Richard Gere would have starred and it would have been directed by Lasse Hallstrom. It would have rivaled Nights in Rodanthe or whatever that slop of a movie was called and would have been attended by every house mother in the nation. The film centers around two adults in India who correspond through lunch due to an error in the infamous lunchbox delivery system. The woman, played by Nimrat Kaur, is neglected by her husband so when she finds out she’s been making lunch for another man, played by Irrfan Khan, she continues to do so. The two build a relationship through letters and what looks like delicious food and BAM we have our movie. You see what I mean about the America thing? They’d call it “Lunch for Two” and it’d gross 100 million dollars. Somebody is going to read this and it’s going to happen. Watch.

The film ended up being such a pleasurable watch. I think I watch films like these every once in a while because my viewing tendencies lean towards a lot of dark horrible ****. People dying or people killing. Rape. Ghosts. Mafia. Zombies. Violent Crime. All usual stuff going through my eyes and ears. I needed this. Don’t get me wrong, this isn’t a walk in the park. There are some pretty heavy emotional scenes in the film carried out by some pretty fantastic acting by Kaur and Kahn. The film builds the relationship and character of these two people with subtlety and care. There were no long conversations setting up backstory or details that didn’t need to be there. The details were revealed as they needed to be. The screenplay was tight but contructed in a way to let the film breath. Not a lot happened in the first hour. That was okay though. We were treated with some nice food preparation and Indian scenery with a bit of character development thrown on top. By the end, I was fully involved with how these two people ended up. The ending by the way…perfect. They didn’t insult my intelligence by assuming I don’t have a goddamn imagination. I like when filmmakers let me end the story with my mind. I don’t need a bow every time.

Like I mentioned, Kahn and Kaur were wonderful, Kahn especially. Ever since I saw him in “Life of Pi” I’ve been completely impressed with him as an actor in everything else he’s been in that I’ve seen. He’s on my list of completely underrated by extremely talented actors. Hell, even his small role in The Darjeeling Limited was great. Kaur had the scene of the movie. She was able to convey a whole range of emotions with just her eyes. Also, he conversations with her Auntie upstairs were fun to listen to.

The film is a great watch when you’re feeling ****ty or just want to watch a warm, light hearted film about a small romance in India. It was genuine and superbly acted and written.

4.5/5

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The Addams Family

Found it on Netflix, and was struck with the thought that I had never actually seen this movie. And it was definitely better than I expected. Nothing to spectacular or revolutionary, especially for it's time, but it has the sort of comedic feel to it that I get when I watch Beetlejuice. Simply cheesy, but still enjoyable nonetheless. And a few quirky quotes that can be taken from it, of course.

"Would you like some girl scout cookies?"
"Are they made from real girl scouts?"

Ok, google censorship time :( The poster for the movie Irreversible contains a naked boob. Now any sane person wouldn't mind it, especially since it's not porn, it's a movie poster. But! Not google ;) Google in their infinite wisdom (read: incomprehensible double standards) has already flagged this site as "evil" and threatened to take google ads away, the sole source of income. That's why, before they do it again, I'm forced to edit out the poster - I'm sure all of you will be able to find it if you want.
Yac.

Sorry about that. She's actually not naked and wearing a dress but in hindsight I can see why someone could mistakenly think otherwise.

agreed

the poster shown here was the same poster in every major newspaper and on the side of bus stops in major cities in America

the woman on the poster is clearly wearing a tight white silk dress and has hard nipples

the poster itself represents something the director was trying to say about rape itself....as the woman in the picture...who is raped....is in fact raped by a gay male who has no sexual desire for her.....but rather looks at rape as a sadistic pleasure...which is exactly what it is....the rape scene is vile and represents just what this act is.....and the only way to represent that is to show it for what it is

on that....funny that in this movie nobody talks about the man getting his head bashed in with a fire extinguisher while men in a circle masturbate.....but they talk about the 9 minute rape scene of a beautiful woman in a tight dress....this is exactly what the director wanted to expose

i can totally understand your situation here....i just find it sad that someone actually had to report something so obviously not offensive....provocative yes....but not offensive....just to get a rise out of their own pathetic ego

I never watched Irreversible for that scene alone. I couldn't stomach 9 minutes of having to watch something like that... eek.

I watched Brave because I'm corny. It was okay. All of Disney/Pixar collaboration films seem to have the same message(s) but in different settings and through somewhat different plots. Whatever, it was cute and I liked it. Now I'm gonna watch the Rabbi's Cat.

You don't have to tell me how stupid this is, I know. Still it's their game and we have to play by their rules, as vague, silly and inconsistent as they might be.
Frownland - :D:D
Anyway, back to the topic.
Yac.

You should be a rebel and say "**** that ****." Start posting hardcore pornography. And it's not at all that I'm trying to get you fired so that I can take your job and get that sweet, sweet Super Moderator money. I would never do that.

He he he he. Monica's got a googleboob. He he he he.

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