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Film What's the Last Film You Saw? v. Tell Us What You Thought!

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An investigation of disaster capitalism, based on Naomi Klein's proposition that neo-liberal capitalism feeds on natural disasters, war and terror to establish its dominance.
 
Just finished watching 'Wrecked' starring Adrian Brody.
Whatever you do, DO NOT WATCH THIS FILM!
Has to be the most boring film I have ever seen in my life. I should sue to get that 90mins of my life back.
Stay away, you have been warned!!
 
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Ah, you'd just end up wasting it anyways ;)


To continue with my movie watching weekend I watched Raging Bull for the first time last night.
 
Raging Bull is pretty awesome. I saw Seeking a Friend for the End of the World http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/seeking_a_friend_for_the_end_of_the_world/

and it was a weird little movie. About halfway thru there was no jokes to be found (which is both a positive and a negative). And most of the good jokes were in the trailer.

I've sort of had my fill on end of the world movies, Melancholia, Last Night (which is a great recommend). Keira Knightly is really great in this and Steve Carell is really good as well, at...acting believe it or not. Hes like his Office character but more desperate.
I liked Knightly in A Dangerous Method. Its not a very good romantic comedy, and its better for it. There's some good cameos too.
 
L2R said:
scorsese's best imo.
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I like The Departed the most, but that may be partially because of some Boston and Leo bias. It's also the first Scorsese film I saw.

The Departed is narrowly ahead of Goodfellas.


This is taking into account the entirety of the movie. If I was looking past the acting and plotlines then I'd have to give Raging Bull another watch to have a more fair comparison. I've seen The Departed and Goodfellas probably moreso than any other movie save for Oceans 11.


Woke up early this morning and didn't feel like getting out of bed, so I picked up my laptop and went to randomly watch something on Netflix Instant. Watched Lost in Translation for the first time. I've heard a lot about Scarlett Johanesson, but other than Iron Man 2 I'd never seen her in any movie where I recall thinking she looked amazingly hot. She looked damn good in this movie though! I had heard a lot of mixed reviews about LiT, but I really enjoyed it. I think it may have been the mood I was in, but I enjoyed all the shots around Tokyo and the interactions/developing relationship between Bill Murray and Scarlett. I sort of liked how there wasn't too much of a plot. It seemed like it captured an interesting cross-road in each of their lives.
 
Crazy, Stupid, Love

for the cast. holy smokes. julianne moore, emma stone, marisa tomei, and steve carell. and i discovered analeigh tipton--lots of pretty girls in this movie, but there's no competition. i was telling my brother she must be a model. who was horribly annoying during this film. all opiated out and irritable. repeatedly called every character one of two vulgarities. complained about every plot point. wouldn't stop asking and telling about which would be a better fuck. and couldn't remember which girls he had already asked my opinion of, so he asked again and again. the babysitter, bro.

i usually dislike ryan gosling, but he plays this character well. i know the whole thing is just a mediocre, edgeless version of a paul thomas anderson film. but it might be decent--light, uplifting, and entertaining. the commentary ruined it for me.

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Yesterday I decided I would go and see a movie by myself cause nobody was around and I had a free pass and decided it would be a good way to get out of the terrible heat cause I find sitting around the pool by myself to be way too boring. I decided to see something comical and chose Ted (I think it just got released and has Mark Wahlberg in it for those who don't know) as the previews made it look as if it could bring about a few cheap laughs. Anyway, I made the mistake of doing a little too much dope and 30mg temazepam (dangerous combo, I know) before I went in and about 15 minutes into the film I nodded out for easily an hour or so. When I 'awoke' from my nodding state I looked at my phone and realized how much time had elapsed I felt like such a fool and just walked out. Talk about a waste, not to mention how much of a junkie/loser I must have looked like to the rest of the people in the theater and being alone probably didn't help my case to much either. Despite all of this the parts of the film that I did manage to see were pretty funny especially because the movie takes place in Boston so I felt like I could relate to the lingo etc.

I know that was a little off topic for this thread but I felt like sharing today's adventure. I still don't really understand how I passed out for so long but I guess that's what happens when you foolishly mix opiates and even a small amount of hypnotic type (or any for that matter) benzos.
 
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i won't judge you for being junkie. but for choosing to be at a showing of Ted instead by yourself poolside on a sunny saturday with dope.

Exporting Raymond

confirms my rule of thumb that worthwhile documentaries are on subjects that sound horribly unappealing. this felt like reality tv. i wandered away for a bit during the middle, but got it. terrible.

Alice in the Cities

because the title suggests it's going to focus around the little girl on the cover. takes it a moment, but that's where the film ends up. she is adorable. a light resemblance to young elle. she does great as such a big character.

the role of images, as in replicas of what someone sees (e.g. a photograph), in reality, as in what someone sees. the role of images in memory. the moment and the accompanying memories inevitable deaths, and a replica which can preserve just one specific aspect of a moment.

i was entertained. i'd wanna watch it again to see more of what's really there and what i am forcing on the film. the beginning had me nervous. the lead guy would not be anyone to watch on his own, but is bearable with the accompanying cast. things smooth out. the mother is a beautiful. the actress that plays her seems like a badass. we quickly lose her. the daughter makes up for it.
 
We Bought a Zoo

been on my list since its announcement. motivated and rented it today because i felt like shit and blockbuster.com has it under "feel good." worked pretty well. it is a feel good movie. if i had kids, i'd watch this with them. once or twice.

it's been on my list because of elle fanning. twenty-so minutes in, her and scarlett are dropped together like bombs. scarlett becomes a co-star. elle is used in a sub-plot. as a face. introduced through a side portrait in yellow neon light. she is given lots of reaction shots in scenes that have little to do with her. the character is just another's figurative sunlight. a giggly, anxious "farm girl." lines like, "what do you like more, people or animals?" i hope she didn't spend much time on this project. oh well. she wears a bunch of cute sweaters.

i'm 99% sure this movie gives a nod to La Jetee during the iphoto scene.
 
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25th Hour - I don't think I've seen any Edward Norton movies that I didn't like. I sort of want to watch this again as I saw all but the last 25 minutes and then I watched the last 25 minutes the following day. I was in a much worse mood when I watched the end of the movie and the last 25 minutes are much more depressing than the rest of the movie, probably because the reality is quickly setting in that he's going to prison for several years. I loved that scene where he was in the bathoom and basically telling everyone to "fuck off". All the groups and shots around NY had a really authentic feel to the city.

Battle Royale - Cool concept and interesting film to watch. I liked how they explored the different ways people reacted to suddenly being forced to fight for their death. I didn't understand the point of putting in the two transfer students. The only reasoning I could think of was that they didn't have any emotional attachments to the other students so they could kill more easily and aggressively, which would force the other students to play the game since it would be either kill or be killed.

I didn't understand the ending. The transfer student that ended up helping the 2 main characters knew how to disable the electronic collars they were all wearing, but they never explained how. Also the death scenes were ridiculous, particularly at the end. They shoot the teacher leading the BR and he's on the ground dead. Then his cell phone rings and he gets up like he's fine, answers the phone, talks on the phone, throws the phone on the ground, shoots the phone, and then he dies.

The Shining - This movie just looked awesome. A lot of great shots and it did a great job of creating the feeling of isolation. Thought Nicholson and the little boy played their roles so well.

I had a hard time not laughing at various points because of how many times I've seen The Simpsons Treehouse of Horrors "The Shinning". "Hmm, that's odd. The blood usually gets off on the second floor."

"Maybe what he's written on this typewriter will give me an insight into his mind... 'Feelin' fine.'...Oh, well that's a relief"

That was my favorite Treehouse of Horrors short for years before I had ever seen this movie. They did such a great job making a parody of the movie. This was arguably when The Simpsons were at their best, but they nailed this. It was slightly annoying since I basically knew what was going to happen, except I couldn't figure out if the whole family was going to freeze to death or just Jack, though obviously they weren't going to freeze to death watching TV.
 
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