Loved the cam rip - and finally, it's come to Buffalo proper so I'll be seeing it in the theater Sunday!

There's a newer 30-second teaser kicking about on the film's official FB page (but sadly not on YT) which instantly became my favorite of all the various trailers.

"Original cast. Original director. Original tracks. New toilet."

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Lucky, I have to go to pleasantville whereever the **** that is to see it. I thought they were moving up from limited release. Guess not.

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Moonlight

I thought it was great. Predictable in some places, but great character development, cinematography, acting, and vibe. The film felt natural and well thought out. I also wonder if the opening song would be the same if TPAB hadn't come out. Honestly exceeded my expectations because the way I hear it desbibed it just makes me think that it's just trying to be Precious. I was pretty Off and I'm glad about that because cliches suck. This movie is more like Bullhead and has some really poignant moments. 4/5

Oh that's awesome. Very cool taste to have as a kid. I had horrid taste in film when I was young. If you have any others you want to throw at me I can do those too. I'm gonna watch Mondo Cane right now.

There's another experimental animated movie that I love called Angel's Egg, made in Japan in the '80s. It's on youtube if you want to check it out. Angel's Egg (1985)

"Chennai Express" the last movie I watched.

This has actually been at the forefront of my watch list for a long time now, so that's all the more reason for me to watch it as soon as possible. I'm sure I'll love it.

I used to live in Westchester. I don't envy you.

I saw the live action Beauty and The Beast. Woof, Emma Watson is so homely, I wish they would have picked someone else to be Belle. They definitely went the "progressive" route with this live action by having cross dressers, gays and interracial relationships. It wasn't beating you so over the head that kids would really notice unless their parents bitched about it.


I'm a bit further up in Orange County so I'd have to cross the bridge and head down that way.

Say hey to Professor X for me.

Isn't he dead?

ooop spoilers.

I still haven't seen Logan though but whatevers.

Pretty sure he's been dead before so I don't see the significance this time around. And go see Logan. It's awesome.

Classic crime thriller with Richard Widmark as the leader of an organized criminal gang and Mark Stevens as a rookie FBI agent sent to infiltrate the gang and bring them to justice.

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She's pretty but so utterly bland-- completely devoid of personality and charisma. Hollywood loves to reward mediocrity, though. (Watson, the red headed girl in all the Ryan Gosling films, and Jennifer Lawrence are all interchangeable to me; they may very well be the same being for all I know. Some demon with a penchant for generically pretty flesh vessels..?) I haven't seen the movie, but I've suffered through some clips of her singing and it's terrible. (They could have at least used someone else's voice.) Apparently they also let her design the yellow ballgown, and you can definitely tell. Those poor seamstresses.

you guys are crazy, emma watson is hot. her acting is pretty one dimensional though, i'll agree to that.

Just from the poster I was convinced that movie was Executioners from Shaolin until I saw the bottom of the post. That's another brilliant Shaw Brothers movie. The second fight between Bai Mei and Hung Hsi-Kuan is one of the best things I've ever seen in a kung fu movie. And the vacuum dick was amazing. Too bad I can't find it on Youtube, just the first fight and the fight with Bai Mei and Hung's son. Back in the day I used to love getting baked off my ass and watching this movie. THere's just something about those old school kung fu movies where the fluid choreography and drama of the fights just meshes absolutely perfectly with weed. No wonder Wu-Tang Clan are so obsessed.

THANK YOU. I agree. Eh she's like plain jane pretty I guess but I would have rather seen someone else play Belle.

I bet you think Emma Stone is hot too along with Aubrey Plaza and Zoey Deshanel. Whole bunch of blah.

**** you, Aubrey is immensely ****able.

emma stone = def not
aubrey plazza = meh
zooey deschanel = yeah definitely

I just kinda wanna punch Zooey Deschanel in the face for being such a lame, smarmy, hipster stereotype.

but she's hot tho right

I mean, yeah, but she's too punchable for me to care.

I rather like Aubrey Plaza-- mainly because she reminds me a little of Natalie Wood (it's the eyes, I think.)

ftfy

Well now you know Zooey is ****ing hipster bait.

yeah basically

I'd plow Aubrey Plazza for daaaaaaays

T2 Trainspotting finally made it to an indie theater in my city this weekend. I think it was my first in-theater film since Slumdog Millionaire in 2008. A lot has changed. They tore out 2/3rds of the seating and replaced them with a small group of leather recliners. It's interesting how the vanishing theater industry is mimicking the home theater environment to stay afloat.

The film was infinitely better on the big screen proper, without the camera shuffling noise and other caveats of the cam rip I endured in the absence of an available theatrical showing. (Typical of indie cinema, there are no leakable DVD award screeners, so the cams are all we have.)

There was an intensity and a stark mortality about the film. Having lived the full 20-year span between the original and its sequel, I felt the gravity of time-passed right along with the original cast, who themselves struggled with their own lives half-lived, unfulfilled, and the emptiness of their forties following decades of drug addiction, betrayal, and their destroyed families.

The music by Rick Smith of Underworld was highly evocative of all that has (and hasn't) come to pass in those 20 years. The band's seasoned and most dedicated listeners who've closely followed hundreds of unreleased experimental works they produced between '79 and the present will have their hearts warmed by smatterings of notes or instrumental elements for which they can instantly recall their quiet unspoken origins. "Long Slow Slippy" and "Everything but..." each contains such elements, and their pensive, melancholic tone serve as a fantastic complement to the story. Several other tracks from the original film are revisited as well. Brian Eno's "Deep Blue Day" makes a very brief appearance for those keen enough to detect it. When Renton returns to his train-wallpapered childhood bedroom early in the film, he removes an unseen record from its sleeve and drops the needle for a fraction of a second, teasing the audience with an explosive noise burst of the intro from Iggy Pop's "Lust for Life." (The track is revisited as a remix by The Prodigy before the film's conclusion.) And Lou Reed's "Perfect Day" appears transformed, this time as a somber piano melody credited to Rick Smith of Underworld. The band's classics, "Dark and Long (Dark Train)" and "Born Slippy .NUXX" are also featured, reprised in celebration of the iconic musical significance of the original film.

There are also many, subtle but clear nostalgic nods to the original all throughout the sequel. Key iconic moments are revisited or reframed, expertly actualized on the screen so that these moments contribute to rather than detract from the story.

I didn't realize it all this while, but I'd grown up with Sick Boy, Begbie, Renton, and Spud. There was a transcendent property to their reunion on the screen as the audience feels the weight of time right along with them. T2 served as a sobering but ultimately satisfying conclusion to the tale.

I've only seen two, perhaps three film released in the last decade, but I'm incredibly thankful that T2 is among them.

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Holy ****, there is more of this! I assumed.... wrongly assumed as it seems, no one in their right mind would make a sequel. I'm glad I was wrong :D
Now I need to find someone that will watch it with me, I rarely enjoy watching movies alone, and most of my friends (the basic idiots they are, apparently :P) couldn't stand the 1st one.
Daaaamn.

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Just watched Pulp Fiction again last night, one of my favorite movies of all time, Tarantino is an amazing director

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I re-watched Green Inferno because I thought I hadn't seen it but after getting halfway through the movie. I recalled that I did. I still hate the way that it ends like they want to push for a sequel. I'm pretty sure it's not even going to happen.

For the 'thousandth' time...

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Never thought of this before but hell, yes.

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If your friends couldn't stand the first one, they'll definitely dislike the other two. :laughing:

There's also a parody of those movies called "Mr. Mike's Mondo Video" that was made by Saturday Night Live writer & occasional cast member Michael O'Donoghue. Some members of the original SNL cast also appear in the movie.

Mr. Mike's Mondo Video (1979) - IMDb

Yeah, I need better friends :D Seriously though, thanks for opening my eyes to this wonderful (I guess) bizzarro world :P

Can you handle it

Damn, that's a good rip. First time I saw Tetsuo was in 360p, immediately after waking up one morning, right before a shift in a retail store. Nothing gets you ready for the 9-5 like an hour of clanking metal, white noise, static, and legendary Japanese cyberpunk body horror.

The Gift

As psychological thrillers go it's a 9/10. Jebus, talk about a character arc. Jason Batemen's best work to date. He was seriously great in this.