What's The Latest Film You Have Seen?

glastonelle · 07-25-2010, 04:26 AM

Agree with everybody else who's said it on this thread.

Inception =

Fantastic film.

LoathsomePete · 07-25-2010, 11:54 AM

Some friends and I watched this because we couldn't find The Departed. It was funnier the first few times I saw it, but by now the shock has kind of worn off. Still smoke enough pot and you'll laugh at just about anything so I was laughing at least. I think my favourite scene is when Borat's walk down the highway and he just throws down his duffel bag on the concrete and you hear the disapproving caw of the rooster inside his bag. Don't ask why, but the subtly of that little scene cracked me up.

Antonio · 07-25-2010, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by LoathsomePete

Some friends and I watched this because we couldn't find The Departed. It was funnier the first few times I saw it, but by now the shock has kind of worn off. Still smoke enough pot and you'll laugh at just about anything so I was laughing at least. I think my favourite scene is when Borat's walk down the highway and he just throws down his duffel bag on the concrete and you hear the disapproving caw of the rooster inside his bag. Don't ask why, but the subtly of that little scene cracked me up.

really? damn. that sucks. but yeah, Borat wasn't bad but i do agree that it would get old pretty quick

jackhammer · 07-25-2010, 07:25 PM

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Haha, it was just a fun action/romance/crime flick. I didn't think it was possible to hate it.

No it isn't. It doesn't masquerade as a fun movie. It masquerades as a 'Cool' movie and presents itself with a moral compass that I have no choice but to view it as such. That's why B movies work. You don't expect anything from them and they don't present themselves as such, so that's why I can dig Jean Claude Van Damme movies. They don't ask moral questions or even expect you to think. They are just 6 pack beer movies and I appreciate them as that but when a film obviously does have a modicum of intelligence then I am going to dissect it a lot more than a B movie and it better add up for me and True Romance doesn't for me at all.

It's not as though I only watch meathead movies and compare everything against them. I am VERY serious about my films but I like B movies as much as something like Salo or The Warrior.

True Romance falls into neither category and just ends up being a film with VERY serious intent only when it needs it and otherwise apes 70's/80's exploitation movies and therefore I just cannot get into it.

TheCunningStunt · 07-25-2010, 07:32 PM

Even if it does try and present it way in a cool way, for me it was just fun. It's a film that doesn't have a moral compass, farcical things happen, there's nothing do dissect there. There's nothing to it other than it being a love story intertwined with crime. There's no depth to it, it was just an enjoyable watch when I saw it. I've only seen it the once, maybe it might get worse with each watch.

But for me it was definitely good fun, and I don't really care what its intentions were.

jackhammer · 07-25-2010, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by TheCunningStunt

Even if it does try and present it way in a cool way, for me it was just fun. It's a film that doesn't have a moral compass, farcical things happen, there's nothing do dissect there. There's nothing to it other than it being a love story intertwined with crime. There's no depth to it, it was just an enjoyable watch when I saw it. I've only seen it the once, maybe it might get worse with each watch.

But for me it was definitely good fun, and I don't really care what its intentions were.

If there is no depth to it then why is it so intense in the Walken/Hooper face off? The scene was not played for fun at all. Cramming in so many 'cool' characters which it obviously intended makes a mockery of it's B movie intentions which of course it isn't. It was directed on a decent budget by one of the Scott brothers!

There are some good set pieces and lines of dialogue in the film but that's not enough. It's a B movie script given high gloss by Hollywood and fails to be neither.

I have seen it 4 times now to almost convince myself that my views are wrong but I still have the same opinion. Of course if you like it I am cool with that honestly but it's not a 'fun' movie at all for me. Maybe if it was a low budget movie without fanfare, I could have enjoyed it more.

debaserr · 07-25-2010, 08:09 PM

what on earth would compel you to watch it four times?

TheCunningStunt · 07-25-2010, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

If there is no depth to it then why is it so intense in the Walken/Hooper face off? The scene was not played for fun at all. Cramming in so many 'cool' characters which it obviously intended makes a mockery of it's B movie intentions which of course it isn't. It was directed on a decent budget by one of the Scott brothers!

There are some good set pieces and lines of dialogue in the film but that's not enough. It's a B movie script given high gloss by Hollywood and fails to be neither.

I have seen it 4 times now to almost convince myself that my views are wrong but I still have the same opinion. Of course if you like it I am cool with that honestly but it's not a 'fun' movie at all for me. Maybe if it was a low budget movie without fanfare, I could have enjoyed it more.

Well, like I said. I wasn't really bothered about the intention, if it actually was meant to be a really serious cool film, then it has a bit more pretense than I first thought, but if I find what's meant to be a really intense dramatic film hilarious, then so be it. It doesn't take away the enjoyment factor.

I just remember really enjoying True Romance, I didn't even know what the budget was and I wasn't aware it had a real strong fan base. I knew it was favoured by the critics.

Violent & Funky · 07-25-2010, 08:23 PM

Jackhammer, what makes True Romance feel different than any other Tarantino film? Or do you not like any of them?

debaserr · 07-25-2010, 08:25 PM

he didn't direct for one.

07-25-2010, 11:54 AM	#7342 (permalink)
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TheCunningStunt love will tear you apart Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Manchester, UK. Posts: 5,107	Even if it does try and present it way in a cool way, for me it was just fun. It's a film that doesn't have a moral compass, farcical things happen, there's nothing do dissect there. There's nothing to it other than it being a love story intertwined with crime. There's no depth to it, it was just an enjoyable watch when I saw it. I've only seen it the once, maybe it might get worse with each watch. But for me it was definitely good fun, and I don't really care what its intentions were. __________________ I don't feel and I feel great. Last FM

07-25-2010, 08:09 PM	#7347 (permalink)
debaserr eat the masters Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 5,470	what on earth would compel you to watch it four times? __________________ Last.FM

07-25-2010, 08:23 PM	#7349 (permalink)
Violent & Funky FUNky Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Midland, MI Posts: 2,482	Jackhammer, what makes True Romance feel different than any other Tarantino film? Or do you not like any of them? __________________ http://www.last.fm/user/ohio0808 sometimes I don't thrill you sometimes I think I'll kill you just don't let me fuck up will you 'cause when I need a friend it's still you

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07-25-2010, 04:26 AM	#7341 (permalink)
glastonelle lets make a mess, lioness Join Date: May 2010 Location: NZ Posts: 400	Agree with everybody else who's said it on this thread. Inception = Fantastic film.