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| Topic Started: Mar 29 2011, 10:37 AM (20,105 Views) | |
| BigMac | Feb 29 2016, 11:07 PM Post #736 |
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Ennio Moricone deserved the Oscar not only for the Hateful Eight (because bah gawd that soundtrack) but for all the incredible scores he's made over the decades. Also happy Mad Max won so many awards (tho George Miller should have gotten best director but oh well). I knew Leo would win, because of course the Academy enjoys giving awards to snubs whenever they have an "okay" role (see Meryl Streep and the Iron Lady). Now the meme can die and we can move to getting Joaquin Phoenix an Oscar. I've got Ex Machina, Sicario, and the Martian lined up for Spring Break to watch. Probably will get Spotlight, too. Edited by BigMac, Feb 29 2016, 11:08 PM.
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| Asfan | Mar 1 2016, 01:00 AM Post #737 |
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Not sure Joaquin will be getting his Oscar, ever. He's super good, but I don't think that's something the Academy will ever let go. I'll stump for Annette Bening and Ralph Fiennes, who totally should have won last year but wasn't even nominated. |
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| BigMac | Mar 1 2016, 01:25 AM Post #738 |
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Wow, you know, I totally thought Fiennes was nominated last year but NOPE. Fuckin Oscars. |
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| Asfan | Mar 1 2016, 04:52 AM Post #739 |
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Just found out he did the score for Cinema Paradiso and didn't get nominated. I'm very on board with him winning now, even if I consider it a make-up call. |
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| BigMac | Mar 1 2016, 01:55 PM Post #740 |
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He wasn't even nominated for The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. That's some Hollywood fuckery. |
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| Asfan | May 28 2016, 09:55 PM Post #741 |
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Man, it's been a while. Quick rundown: Deadpool: Fun and actually different from all the other super hero movies. When I'm not able to see movies for free, I probably won't see many Marvel ones in theaters, but I would definitely pay to watch a Deadpool sequel. Son of Saul: Depressing, visceral, and horrifying. It's a Holocaust movie. Other people seemed to like it more than I did, but I still thought it was pretty good. Hello, My Name is Doris: Got a lot more serious in the second half than I ever thought it would get (I just thought it was going to be a silly, cute, and happy movie the whole way). That aspect of it did disappoint me a little because I was hoping to just smile the whole way through, but Sally Field was awesome and I did smile a lot. Everybody Wants Some!!: I feel like there aren't too many movies like this one anymore. Whether they're considered good or not, they usually have some major over-arching theme that they really want to hammer home. There wasn't much of one that I could find in this one. Maybe the closest you'll get is, "Here for a good time, not a long time," but it was a very fluid film that you can just watch, enjoy, and not think too hard about. It was refreshing. Zootopia: This is my favorite of all of these. It was cute, fun, and socially conscious. I haven't watched too many of the recent Disney movies, but maybe I should, because this was the best animated feature I've seen in a very long time. Great movie for kids, great movie for adults. Confirmation: I learned stuff, it did a good job of making its audience pissed off, and there were some very good performances, especially by Kerry Washington. It was a very standard biopic and didn't really do much to stand out though, so it's more of a watch it if you're interested, don't if you're not kind of deal. Magic Mike: After years of people talking about how surprisingly good it (and its sequel) were, I finally decided to put it on. I agree that it's surprisingly good, but it's not really surprisingly great. Honestly, it was kind of like a less good and less risque Boogie Nights, but if Buck was the main character and took Dirk under his wing. Good, well made movie, but not incredibly original. I'll probably watch XXL if it's on at some point, but I don't think it's something I'll go out of my way to see. Alien vs. Predator: It was on Showtime and I missed the first 10-15 minutes, but I thought it was decent. I don't know how much expectations played a role in this, but I enjoyed it more than Aliens. Didn't expect much but some fun action and that's what I got. Captain America: Civil War: A major, major step up from Age of Ultron, which was my second-least favorite movie of last year, but still not quite what they captured in The Avengers. The best part, I thought, was Spider-Man. I'm looking forward to seeing this version of him in the future. Black Panther was pretty bad-ass too. A fun couple of hours at the movies, nothing really more. The Jungle Book: Very impressive animation, but that's the only thing I'm going to give it more than an average rating on. They changed up parts of the story, but it didn't feel any more original than it would have been if they hadn't. Idris Elba, Bill Murray, and Ben Kingsley fit their characters well, but Christopher Walken seemed kind of weird as King Louie (especially when singing). Scarlett Johansson was fine as Kaa, but was certainly underused and arguably misused. Mowgli was kind of bratty and annoying. Maybe a kids movie, but really not a little kids movie like its predecessor. It was fine, but I would have been fine not ever seeing it. Edited by Asfan, Jun 30 2016, 10:57 PM.
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| Asfan | Jul 1 2016, 05:57 AM Post #742 |
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Movies I watched in June (Plus The Lobster): The Lobster: Currently my favorite movie of the year. Fantastically ridiculous premise with great characters and actors that were able to create the perfect atmosphere for it. The first half, one of the best starts to a movie I can recall, was undoubtedly better than the second, but a strong finish with the perfect ending (which probably would not have worked for just about any other movie) kept it from finishing in a disappointing manner. Almost Holy: This is one where I thought the "premise" of the documentary was more interesting than the documentary itself. It's about a Ukrainian guy who kidnaps homeless kids who are addicted to drugs and tries to get them to kick the habit. I was disappointed in how little time they spent on the grey morality of it. It was still good, but it could have been better. Viva: Kind of like Almost Holy, good, if unremarkable. The lead actor gave a great performance. I disagree with most of the criticisms about it getting too melodramatic. It had a much neater ending than part of me had hoped, but it did keep it from being too much of a downer (though I don't think it was ever in too much trouble of being depressing). Twelve Monkeys: I feel like I keep getting disappointed by these old sci-fi movies. Brad Pitt was great, but for me, that was about it. The story never really sucked me in and as inevitable as the ending was, I never really cared about it, even when it was going down. Maggie's Plan: Greta Gerwig played a variation of what she always does and Julianne Moore was great, so I guess she did what she always does too. Ethan Hawke's character was quite dull and I thought the movie was better when he wasn't in it, which I never say about Ethan Hawke. I was really hoping the ending would go one predictable way and I was disappointed when it went the other predictable way. Still good and quirky enough to be different enough. The Conjuring: I'm kind of disappointed now that I waited so long to see this. I expected it to be good, but it wound up being right up there with Scream as one of my favorite horror movies*. A great story that really ratchets up the dread and doesn't rely on jump scares to freak the audience out. *Note: I'm not a horror aficionado The Conjuring 2: I don't know if the movie itself is scarier than the first one, but the demon nun is certainly the most memorable terrifying thing in either one (and played by the same woman who played that homeless thing in Mulholland Drive, so you know she can freak people out). I think it did a better job of using all of its characters and fitting all of the pieces of the story together than the first one, but I still liked the first one more. Suspiria: On one hand, this is a very technically impressive movie. The cinematography, especially the color palette, was fantastic. The way the music was used was incredibly effective at heightening the tension. On the other hand, the twist in the final act was out of nowhere and I was very disappointed in the direction it took. I never really cared about the characters either. The ending was incredibly abrupt. Overall, I'll give it a meh. I'm disappointed that I have to resign myself to never being scared by classic horror movies. They always look too dated and unrealistic now. The Neon Demon: Beautiful, creative, and entirely fucked up. This was a wonderful film to look at and an unsettling one to watch. It's like a David Lynch film with more style saved most, but certainly not all, of its weird for the final half hour and added a whole bunch of fucked up on top. I can see why it's so polarizing, but away from the movie, the commentary on it is fascinating. To see people get complete opposite messages from it and see critics split right down the middle, calling it anywhere from a masterpiece to complete garbage and everywhere in between, is something else. I loved it and would put it right behind The Lobster as my favorite movie so far this year. If any of you get to see it, I'd love to hear your take. Independence Day: Resurgence: Wow, it's really, really bad. |
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| tfghost92 | Jul 1 2016, 03:51 PM Post #743 |
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swag on this dick, bitches
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whaaaaaaaaaat? what about the crooked man? jfc that was horrifying |
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| Asfan | Jul 1 2016, 10:00 PM Post #744 |
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The Crooked Man was in like two scenes though for a total of well under a minute, and Spoiler: click to toggle The demon nun thing walking through the Warren house in broad daylight and locking her in the room with that painting was amazingly horrifying.
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| Asfan | Jul 31 2016, 08:58 PM Post #745 |
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JULY MOVIES Ordinary People: I kind of watched this on a whim and it wound up being one of my favorite movies I've ever seen (it bumped Pulp Fiction from my Letterboxd top four). Timothy Hutton and Mary Tyler Moore both gave amazing performances and Donald Sutherland and Judd Hirsch's were memorable, if overshadowed. Somehow, it felt incredibly relatable, even if I couldn't really relate to anything in it. Great characters amazingly portrayed and some fantastic dialogue with some of the best catharses I've ever seen. Despite what you heard, it totally deserved its Best Picture win over Raging Bull. I am way more impressed with Robert Redford now as a director than I ever was after seeing any of his performances. The Witch: Basically everything I heard about it was true. It was a deeply unpleasant film and pretty unsettling (not super scary though), but still interesting to watch. I've seen bits of discussion about whether it was pro- or anti-religious hysteria, and you could make an argument for both, though I'd go more anti. Great atmospheric setting. Frankenhooker: It was about what I expected, but with more boobs. I don't know why I didn't expect so many boobs. Weird and kind of funny B-movie plot, but still probably my least favorite movie I saw this month. Tickled: Never thought I'd see a documentary about tickling fetishes and the trauma a person's obsession with it could apply to other people's lives, but here we are. It was a fascinating doc with was boosted by its bizarre concept, but the ending was unfortunately anticlimactic, in my opinion. The strange beginning and middle portions were enough for it to be considered (by me) a good movie though. Love & Friendship: I usually hate these English stories about the aristocracy, but by making it a comedy of manners about them and subverting their #whitepeopleproblems, this one was actually pretty enjoyable. Even if the rest was garbage, which it wasn't, watching Tom Bennett as Sir James Martin would have made it all worth it. Best idiot on the screen since Patrick Star. Posted Image The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: I'll be honest. There was a bit too much screaming for my taste and the character's levels of annoyingness seemed to be directly proportional to how long they lived. Still, it was fun, somewhat scary, and even fairly unconventional, especially plot-wise, horror movie with a really good villain. Leatherface probably came out of it as the least annoying character, and for some reason, I was enamored with the final shot of him and his chainsaw. There was a lot less (no?) blood than I expected. I don't plan on watching any of the pre/sequels, but it was good to watch on its own. Movies I re-watched this month: Scream: Still one of my favorite horror movies. The final act is one of the best of any movie I've seen. The beginning is one of the best of any movie I've seen. I noticed how incessant the movie references were more this time than ever before, but I don't think it detracted from it too much. After all, it is a satire. I went from giving it five stars to four and a half. (spoilers) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: The only part that I don't like of this movie is the Bilbo stuff near the beginning. It's just not very interesting. I wish they could have made a way to depict the Shire in a more gripping way than what they did. Otherwise, fantastic movie. I think the last battle scene is super underrated. People always talk about the ones a Helm's Deep or at Minas Tirith, but to me, those were just epic battle scenes that it was clear the good guys would eventually win. This one had it all: Frodo running away and Sam almost dying to fulfill his promise to Gandalf; Merry and Pippin sacrificing themselves so Frodo could get away; Boromir sacrificing and redeeming himself to try to help Merry and Pippin; Aragorn forgiving Boromir; and the Aragorn/Legolas/Gimli trio resolving to save Merry and Pippin (which turns out to be a disappointingly short and boring story in the second one). One of the things I also noticed this time about this one and why I like it more than the other two is its tone. It's nostalgic, but the ending is still hopeful. The second one still has some hope in Sam's beautiful monologue, but it's just not as good of a movie. The third one, ironically, is the least hopeful of the three, especially after they finish successfully complete their quest. I'll get to that later. This one had a great backstory and a great self-contained journey. The fellowship's short-lived story, in my opinion, is the best story there was in any of the movies. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers: Before re-watching these, I remembered thinking that the whole trilogy was three very good movies, and it just happened that the other two were better than this one. After seeing this again, I don't think that anymore. This one was above average, and that was about it. Noting the complaint above, I still think the battle at Helm's Deep was fun and epic. It just didn't have much umph behind it. The Rohan stuff beyond that was fairly dull and I never really cared for the people there at all. The only story I really liked seeing was the Frodo/Sam/Gollum one. The also-aforementioned Sam monologue is one of the trilogy's best moments. It's just that beyond the hobbits' story (not Merry and Pippin's yawner with the ents) and Helm's Deep, there's not much stuff going on to watch. And that Arwen/Aragorn stuff was boring as hell. Liv Tyler is wonderful, but it was so, so unnecessary in this one. And the other ones too. And speaking of the three guys saving Merry and Pippin, what gives? They go into the forest and find Gandalf, hear they're fine, so they just leave them behind with a bunch of trees? What the hell? The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King: The most epic and large-scale of the three, Return of the King brings a very good ending to the series. Again, the hobbit story takes the cake as the best one (and this time, Merry and Pippin also have good ones!) but the Gandalf and Aragorn/Gimli/Legolas stories were at least mostly good too this time. I'm really not too keen on the ending though. The corny hospital (?) scene followed by the super nostalgic and melancholy ending of Frodo leaving because nothing can ever be the same is really bitter with no sweetness, like you had in The Fellowship of the Ring. Overall, I didn't like the series this time around as much as I did when it was still released, but it was still very good. The Fellowship of the Ring is still easily the best imo (and still one of my favorite movies). The other two, while good, still left me with a sense of disappointment. Clouds of Sils Maria: This one got better upon its second re-watch. There were a few movies with spectacular duos last year, and Juliette Binoche and Kristen Stewart in Clouds of Sils Maria was one of the best, probably my favorite after Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay in 45 Years (which is mainly because Charlotte Rampling was so, so, so amazingly incredible in that one anyway). Their chemistry is magic, exemplified in this scene, and literally every other scene they have together. The script is perhaps the move clever I've ever seen, with just about none of it being witty. Beautifully shot, scored, and, naturally, acted, this really is one of last year's best films. It's still showing on some premium channel (Showtime maybe?), so I'd highly recommend recording it if you have access to them. August coming up! Planning on seeing at least Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Absolutely Fabulous, Finding Dory, and Star Trek Beyond. I also set the goal to watch every Paul Thomas Anderson feature film this year and I haven't seen any new ones yet, so I think I'm going to start that in the next week or two. I'll be going in order, so I'll start with Hard Eight. There are only four that I haven't seen, but I love Boogie Nights and Magnolia enough that I think I'll watch those again too. QUIZ: Can you tell which of these men is Chester A. Arthur and which is Colonel Mustard from Clue? Posted Image Posted Image |
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