I must confess, I have all six of the Ron Fricke filmography but have yet to venture beyond Koyaanisqatsi.

My free time is so heavily focused on research and projects that I seldom make the time for a zen-like film experience.

I'll have to remedy that.

I just rewatched David Cronenberg's A History Of Violence and I liked it a lot more than I did years ago. It was a really smart decision to make the short bursts of violence so brutal that it separates the movie from your usual thriller. Instead of thinking "yeah, go get those badguys" when Viggo Mortensen kills some gangsters, you kind of go "yeah, go get those motherf- oh god... oh no what did you do..." *holds hand before mouth in shock*

It really gets across how violence is not fun and cosequence free the way it is portrayed in most movies. Violence is shocking, traumatizing and it takes a certain kind of person to be so brutal in the real world.

The final scene in the movie where Viggo simply walks into the kitchen and slowly, hesitantly sits down with his family at the dinner table just before the credits roll is incredibly powerful. Nobody says a word, nothing really happens - its all in the eyes and in everything that led up to that point in the movie.

I have to admit I got a bit choked up.

That scene slays me every time.

Saw Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid for the first time last night.

Fantastic :)

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People were talking about this movie a lot recently because it came out with a trailer that was exceptionally creepy. However anyone intrigued by that should expect the actual movie to be nothing like the trailer.

It was certainly creepy but not the unnerving scare fest that the trailer paints it as. I wouldn't even really call this a horror film, but moreso like a drama/thriller with some seriously twisted **** at the end. It's a beautifully shot film but drags way too long without much payoff, and the plot twist at the end was painfully obvious from the opening minutes (maybe intentional?). Overall I was pretty disappointed but I guess my hopes were too high based on the trailer. It's a solid movie though and I don't regret watching it.

I recently heard about something called fred dies in the end(?), from what the person explained to me it sounded really cool. Thoughts?

John Dies at the End was pretty entertaining and funny. A lot of people are overselling it imo though.

From Russia With Love (1964) or 63 i think

If only you had a connection to some kind of vast information network you might be able to find out the year for sure.

Even so, it seems like a lot of work. http://www.4smileys.com/smileys/comp...er_smiley4.gif

You make a good point. I'm sure someone else will come along who has seen it and knows the year. It's a toss up between '63 and '64, so if you find out please let me know, I'll watch this thread in case someone figures it out.

Ever since Janz stepped down as mod, he's become one of the best trolls this site has ever seen.

He's always been a smartass. Are you just noticing?

Murder-2 watched last night. Amazing film. I love it.

Dog Pound

A movie about an American juvenile correctional facility. If you've seen the British movie Scum (which I'm sure was the inspiration for Dog Pound) then you'll know what to expect.

Very brutal film. But very good.

By using the apostrophe after "movie", you are implying that Scum is the only British movie. You should remove it.

That's the most avant-garde apostrophe I've ever seen. Keep doing what you're doing, Charlie, we need more innovation in the punctuation field.

Done.

Haha. Now I feel like undoing it and following Frownland's advice. I'm at a losss what to do. Who am I? I need direction!

Ya, that's a really, good, flick. (keep the comma IMO)

I'm a bit of a grammar nazi and I make typos all the time.

Watched Willow for the first time. It might actually be my first fantasy film.

I watched the new Ninja Turtles movie. It sucked.

That chick only has one facial expression.

Plus, they took all the summer action film cliches and did them all wrong. Like, they kept trying to give it these laugh moments that would be cued by the music dropping and I'm like, "Oh, that was supposed to be funny?"

Also, why was Mikey a Mexican?

That guy who drives the news van sounds just like Bojack Horseman. That was the only part that I liked.

It's bad enough when the older actresses start getting work done. BUt why do the younger ones see the need for it?

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So that's why nobody's heard from her after whichever Transformers movie was her last one.

'05 wow.. is she even legal in that pic? But dayummm.

She was 19. A year earlier she was on Two and a Half Men.

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Just watched Avengers: Age of Ultron. Could have been cut down a bit time-wise but really fun flick. Was disappointed there was not the usual teaser at the end of the credits.

Watch Deathstalker 2. You'll thank me later. :thumb:

Would it stop you?

Dhoom-2 how about this film?

How about it?

yes. sorry to let you down :(

She looked a lot better prior to it.

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Black Caesar (1973)

Re-watched this classic blaxploitation film recently. One of my favorites of the genre and also has one of my favorite soundtracks ever by "The Godfather of Soul."

Since I'm spending the night at my dad's tonight, I'm fully taking advantage of his Blockbuster usage and getting The Godfather Part II and Mean Streets, never seen them.

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Awesome movie. On par with any of the other Avenger movies. Maybe even my fave of the bunch.

Blockbuster still exists?

Didn't Blockbuster Netflix itself?

There's a few where I live. Seems to be doing well too.