[Tapper]

Saw Taking Chance with Kevin Bacon last friday, about the escort home for fallen US soldiers. Despite a bit of a patriotic sauce, it was quite impressive and steered away from taking stance for/against the war.

[JLV]

I really enjoy Saving Private Ryan.

[SylvanShade]

I just watched Take Shelter.

It was really powerful, at times I was holding my breath.

I definitely recommend watching it.

[Darkwatch]

Last weekend I saw "Star Wars: Uncut". It's a shot for shot remake of "A New Hope" done completely with fan made footage. Deliberately chosen to be bad quality in sound and image.
It's worth a watch once. Some parts are absolutely hilarious. Others... not so much.

I also saw a movie called "Le Grand Détournement" / "La Classe Américaine". Other than a few gags that you could find on youtube it is not worth the watch. Unless your a cinephile and like watching a movie composed entirely of scenes of other movies and in-jokes (such as having Orson Welles stating that the movie, which parodies Citizen Kane, is infringement).

[dktorode]

Finally got round to watching Werner Hertog's latest film: "MY SON, MY SON, WHAT HAVE YE DONE!" ...and i can absolutely say that after watching this, Micheal Shannon is gonna make a fucking great Zod in Superman.

[worry]

SylvanShade, on 04 April 2012 - 11:57 AM, said:

I just watched Take Shelter.

It was really powerful, at times I was holding my breath.

I definitely recommend watching it.

To complete the Michael Shannon trifecta, I just watched Shotgun Stories...it was pretty awesome, and I'm really excited to check out Take Shelter now (which I heard was even better). Also gonna put My Son in my queue too, sounds awesome.

[SylvanShade]

I went to watch a movie with some person the other day, we didn't know anything about any of the movies so we just took a random recommendation from the guy at the counter. He said 21 Wall Street...
I thought it might be some 'low-attention-span' action-thriller or something, but to our disgust it turned out being a 'even-lower-attention-span' comedy. It was so bad... So, so bad. We left the cinema before it ended.
Everyone I've heard talking about it say how great it is... What is wrong with humanity?

But anyway, if you haven't seen Tree of Life, you must watch this scene:



Wait for the part when the music fades out and you are left with the hollow moaning of empty space.

[dktorode]

worrywort, on 04 April 2012 - 07:54 PM, said:

SylvanShade, on 04 April 2012 - 11:57 AM, said:

I just watched Take Shelter.

It was really powerful, at times I was holding my breath.

I definitely recommend watching it.

To complete the Michael Shannon trifecta, I just watched Shotgun Stories...it was pretty awesome, and I'm really excited to check out Take Shelter now (which I heard was even better). Also gonna put My Son in my queue too, sounds awesome.

I loved shotgun Stories...really made me believe shannon is a top actor.
But My Son, he is just on another level of crazy, and he does it so fucking well.

[SylvanShade]

Just watched Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, by Guillermo. (Same guy who did Pan's Labyrinth)

It was very similar to PL actually, not nearly as good, but worth watching.

[polishgenius]

SylvanShade, on 05 April 2012 - 12:14 PM, said:

Just watched Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, by Guillermo. (Same guy who did Pan's Labyrinth)

It was very similar to PL actually, not nearly as good, but worth watching.

It was co-written by Del Toro and he has a producer's credit too, but he didn't direct it. That was Troy Nixey.

[QuickTidal]

SylvanShade, on 05 April 2012 - 12:14 PM, said:

Just watched Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, by Guillermo. (Same guy who did Pan's Labyrinth)

It was very similar to PL actually, not nearly as good, but worth watching.

If a Spanish Army Commander with his cheek sliced open and bandaged closed, doesn't take a swig of hard liquor which seeps through the cut and bandage producing what I can only assume as excruciating pain...then it definitely ain't as good as PAN'S LABYRINTH.

LOL

[SylvanShade]

polishgenius, on 05 April 2012 - 12:25 PM, said:

It was co-written by Del Toro and he has a producer's credit too, but he didn't direct it. That was Troy Nixey.

Oh okay. I only saw his name on the cover, so I assumed he was the director or something.

Also: I watched We Need To Talk About Kevin. I read the book a while ago, which made the movie even better for me.
The lead actress in it was amazing. Really, really good movie.

[SylvanShade]

Oh, and:



You'll either laugh yourself to tears or just stare in perplexity.
Only in Japan...

[Macros]

What
The
Fuck

[amphibian]

Not even as messed up as Funky Forest.

[McLovin]

This weekend...

THE HUNGER GAMES - the lead actress was outstanding, but I wasn't a fan of the story. Never read the books, but I was told by a fellow viewer they left a LOT out.

MIRROR MIRROR - a couple flashes of wit, otherwise it felt phoned in. Julia Roberts is a good sport, but this movie confirms what I've long thought - she cannot really act.

Netflix'd PRIMER - I felt really dumb at the end of this movie. I think there were some holes in the story, but props to Shane Carruth for doing something clever on not a lot of money.

[QuickTidal]

McLovin, on 09 April 2012 - 12:51 PM, said:

THE HUNGER GAMES - the lead actress was outstanding, but I wasn't a fan of the story. Never read the books, but I was told by a fellow viewer they left a LOT out.

I don't know why some people keep saying that. I wonder if they are just upset that the books are POV Katniss (in her head) so not as much is represented in that regard...but they actually didn't leave much out at all. Very little in fact, and the small things they left out were utterly inconsequential.

Here is a list of the stuff left out to show you how small they are:

Spoiler

Haymitch's drunk pratfall and general meanness - Haymitch of the books comes across like the douche he was in the first scene in the movie for a longer time before sobering up and helping, and actually falls drunkenly off the stage during the interviews.

Madge and the Mockingjay pin - A girl from her district gave the pin to Katniss in the book...this was not left out but changed to Katniss giving it to Prim and her giving it back.

Avoxes - Slaves in the Capitol, in everyone's rooms. This is an interesting one, as they aren't left out at all. The one in Katniss' room is standing there in the background in the movie as she first enters, they just don't focus on her. In the book Katniss talks to the Avox and develops a bit of a relationship with hers...my guess is the relationship and full intro of the Avoxes was cut for time only, but they don't really NEED them in the film, at least not this one.

Eating - Katniss and Peeta eat a lot more in the books, this is done to show how lavish the Capitol citizens are in comparison with the Districts...again, on film you don't need to show more than one or two scenes within these feasts to get the point across, and they did that so there was no need to overkill it.

The chariot hand-holding - This was merely changed to be a sudden inspiration of Peeta's in the film, as opposed to in the book where it is Haymitch and Cinna who field this idea to win the crowd.

The dehydration scene - Katniss runs around for like two days totally dehydrated looking for water. To me, this is handled in the film by having her lips always chapped and the like. Basically that's it's TOUGH to find water. No film ought to have a bunch of scenes of someone looking for water, that would not fly.

Peeta intentionally killing someone - They play this down in the film, making him more of a Cato and Co. tagalong where in the book he does actually kill...changed for no other reason than the MPAA or the studio saying you can't have your hero kill in cold blood.

District 11's loaf of bread (and the revolts) - In the film, as a tribute to Katniss Rue & Thresh's District revolts...in the book they send her and Peeta a loaf of bread. Personally, I liked the film way better.

More stuff in The cave - A big lamb dinner is sent to Kat and Peeta in the cave as a reward for the kiss...again, this is totally superfluous in the film so it was good they dropped it.

The hybrid mutts - This is a sketchy area. They don't tell you or show you WHERE the Muttations who attack the survivors at the end comes from in the film (but they don't dismiss it either). In the book it's very explicit that they mutate the bodies of fallen tributes to create the wolf-dog things, so at one point during that sturggle Kat sees the eyes of a fallen tribute and knows what they are. I don't think they brought this up because it would have been overload on an already climactic scene...and having Katniss realize it would have taken away from the final fight with Cato. In the book it's easy cause it's in her head, but on screen they'd have to show it somehow and I don't think it would have worked. That said, I think this will be something that can easily be brought to light in the second film to show a further depth to the Capitol's misdeeds.

I don't feel that any of that detracts from the film at all, and quite frankly I don't see how any of it could have made things better. Just MHO though.

[SylvanShade]

Agreed. They didn't leave much out at all.

I hated the book, and had completely forgotten about it, then the movie was released. When I saw it, I was pleasantly surprised to find I liked it.
It's the sort of abstraction that is better off as a live-action feature than a piece of literature.

[worry]

I believe I've seen one or two pretty elaborate timeline constructions people have made for Primer, they're actually pretty intimidating. I liked it well enough, but some people are obsessed with it, at least as a hobby.

Yesterday I saw The Raid: Redemption and I have to say it was everything I wanted and more. Absolute joy from start to finish, and I give it like a full 10 out of 10 stab wounds to the torso per second. If you saw the trailer and were intrigued at all, it does not disappoint.

[Coco with marshmallows]

worrywort, on 09 April 2012 - 08:55 PM, said:

Yesterday I saw The Raid: Redemption and I have to say it was everything I wanted and more. Absolute joy from start to finish, and I give it like a full 10 out of 10 stab wounds to the torso per second. If you saw the trailer and were intrigued at all, it does not disappoint.

Oh thank god. i've been DESPERATE to see it since i saw the trailer, but at the same time terrified it won't be as batshit crazy as the trailer suggested.