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

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"Young Adult"

Does anybody get the sense that this film is like the female reflection of "American Psycho," though forwarded in time as if its zeitgeist had been the American 90s?
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Well thanks for putting the spoiler alert after the spoiler. And you call yourself a Film and Television mod? No point in me watching it now. :(

Leon, such an overrated film. Gary Oldman was the only redeeming feature.

In your opinion. The mass majority of viewers would disagree. I loved everything about The Professional. Hannah, on the other hand, was just silly to me.
 
llast night i went to the drive-in (yep thats right) and watched Ironman 3 which was just the fucking best movie of this year and maybe the decade so far. 5/5

Then OZ The Great And Powerful came one which was just fucking fantastic aswell. 4/5
 
Well thanks for putting the spoiler alert after the spoiler. And you call yourself a Film and Television mod? No point in me watching it now. :(

Don't worry, it's just a bonus scene that rolls during the credits. Charlize Theron ties up Patton Oswalt in the corner of the room and makes him watch as she fucks and kills Mr. Collins while she plays Peter Gabriel-era Genesis on the stereo. It's actually a pretty damning metaphor for the US' involvement in the Middle East, so unless you're willing to have some of your preconceived notions of international politics challenged, I would avoid watching Young Adult. Other than that it's pretty dece.
 
In your opinion. The mass majority of viewers would disagree. I loved everything about The Professional. Hannah, on the other hand, was just silly to me.

The last time I saw it was about 6 years ago. It was about 5am and my friend (first time he'd seen it) didn't seem to enjoy it too much, which must have influenced my opinion of it somewhat. I think we were ridiculously stoned, so it was easy to be quite cynical and ridicule Matilda and Leon's relationship. Not that I'm blaming weed entirely. But you know what I mean? When you watch nearly any film, when you're off your face and sleep deprived, it can lend itself towards you being pretty dismissive and unappreciative.

So, I realised I was probably being a little hasty. Ha. Very guilty of incendiary remarks, that probably inadvertently make me come across as some snobbish hipster. So I compromised and watched it again. Still, there remain aspects of the script that do get on my tits a bit. But overall, it's a pretty cool film. Nice balance of humour and action. Good dynamic between the lead characters. I think when I first saw it, I was expecting a very different film, hence my disappointment. But when you accept it for what it is, you do understand why a lot of people love it. I wouldn't go as far to say that I love it, but it's undoubtedly enjoyable. And I still maintain, Gary Oldman's character is the highlight.

Someone eating their words on the internet? Madness.
 
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Gary Oldman would be please with you for giving it a second chance, GodSpeedK. Sometimes, all it takes is another viewing to really appreciate a movie. Hell, I didn't like Fight Club the first time I watched it. Now, it's easily in my top 20 favorites.

The Professional aka Leon has been watched by millions and millions of people. Do you know how many of them rave about Gary Oldman's performance afterwards?

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The Amazing Spiderman - 2/10

Just fucking awful. Not a single thing was done right in this movie.

1) Andrew Garfield is a terrible Peter Parker.

2) Emma Watson's character serves literally no other purpose in this movie besides giving Garfield a boner.

i can't believe i let this TERRIBLE error go uncorrected.

Emma Watson:

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Emma Stone:

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Emma Stone is currently dating Andrew Garfield. Emma Watson is dating some adorable asian lacrosse player she met while going to Brown.
 
Last night I watched Humanity and Paper Balloons by Sadao Yamanaka and Late Spring by Yasujiro Ozu.

I learned about Sadao Yamanaka after reading Yasujiro Ozu's Wikipedia page - apparently the two directors met and became friends during their time serving the Imperial Army in WWII (here's a cool picture of them [Yamanaka is on the right]). Ozu obviously survived the war and made it back to Japan to go on to become one of the most influential directors of all time, but Yamanaka fell ill and eventually died. Before his death, Yamanaka directed 26 films between 1932 and 1938, only 3 of which still survive - Humanity and Paper Balloons is often considered to be his masterpiece. In 85 minutes, the film manages to explore several interconnected facets of life in a Japanese slum - the crime lords who run the slums; star-crossed lovers kept apart by status and marriage obligations; a con man trying to make a buck; a jobless Ronin and his overworked wife; a thieving peasant and a blind masseur. The stories play off of one another in an almost poetic fashion, the camera work is precise and methodical (very similar to Ozu in that sense) and the characters are all as interesting as they are sympathetic. It's a shame Yamanaka died so early in his career - though a contemporary of Ozu, Mizoguchi, and Naruse, Yamanaka's style was decidedly ahead of it's time, most closely resembling that of Akira Kurosawa and Masaki Kobayashi. Had he lived to see Japan's post-war influx of film production, I'm sure he would have been regarded as one of the all-time greats of Japanese (or indeed, World) cinema. Also, he looked like a stone-cold pimp.

Late Spring is the first film in Ozu's crazy-influential "Noriko Trilogy" (followed by Early Summer and Tokyo Story) and tells the story of a 27 y/o woman (Noriko) who has recently recovered from the hard labor she was forced to endure during the war, and whose family is determined to see her finally married despite her protests ('Late Spring' refers to Noriko's fading youth and the slim window of opportunity she has to find a husband). The film deals a lot with things like identity, growing up, and fitting into the expectations of society. It's clearly a very personal film for Ozu; like Noriko, Ozu never had any intention to marry (and indeed, never did) and instead preferred to take care of his elderly mother for the rest of his days (Ozu was also probably gay, though there's nothing to suggest the same of Noriko). All in all, I enjoyed Late Spring more than the more critically-adored Tokyo Story because it works on so many different levels that exist outside the film's narrative (ie, the parallels to Ozu's life) and provides an interesting documentation of the development of Ozu's signature style.

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I just watched Jean Vigo's Zero de Conduite and I've gotta give the man props. He managed to tackle some pretty racey themes for a 1933 film (namely homosexuality and pedophilia), and he did so in the most stylistic and effervescent way possible (the film is quite funny). I haven't seen L'Atlante yet but it's definitely moved up a bit in my To-Watch list after seeing how good ZdC is.

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Because I'm a sad loser, my Friday night was spent watching movies. I watched Kenji Mizoguchi's Osaka Elegy and Yasujiro Ozu's Early Summer. Blah blah blah "contemplative, insightful commentary on Japanese society" blah blah blah "beautiful, poetic cinematography" blah blah blah "art". /splooge

Consequently, that puts me at 150 movies watched this year.

List Update:

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1/? - Bernie
1/? - King of Devil's Island
1/? - Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
1/? - Bullhead
1/? - I Saw The Devil
1/? - The Fifth Element
1/? - I'm a Cyborg But That's OK
1/? - Gomorrah
1/? - John Dies at The End
1/10 - Mother - 10
1/11 - Barking Dogs Never Bite
1/12 - Funny Games
1/13 - Dogtooth
1/14 - A Cat in Paris
1/15 - Metropolis
1/16 - 13 Assassains
1/17 - The Yellow Sea
1/18 - Kagemusha
1/19 - Ran
1/20 - Shotgun Stories - 20
1/20 - Broken Flowers
1/21 - Seven Samurai
1/22 - Sanjuro
1/22 - Yojimbo
1/22 - The Hidden Fortress
1/23 - Throne of Blood
1/23 - Rashomon
1/23 - The Lower Depths
1/24 - Red Beard
1/24 - High and Low - 30
1/25 - Stray Dog
1/25 - The Bad Sleep Well
1/26 - The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
1/28 - Dodes'ka-Den
1/29 - Harakiri
1/30 - Samurai Rebellion
1/31 - Sword of Doom
1/31 - Kwaidan
2/1 - The Face of Another
2/3 - The Sword of the Beast - 40
2/3 - Sansho the Bailiff
2/4 - Drunken Angel
2/4 - Samurai Trilogy 1: Musashi Miyamoto
2/4 - The Cabin in the Woods
2/5 - Samurai Trilogy 2: Duel at Ichioji Temple
2/5 - Samurai Trilogy 3: Dueal at Ganryu Island
2/6 - The Tale of Zatoichi
2/6 - La Jetee
2/6 - I Live in Fear
2/7 - The Woman in the Dunes - 50
2/8 - Ugetsu
2/9 - Battleship
2/10 - The Testament of Doctor Mabuse
2/11 - M
2/14 - Onibaba
2/15 - Branded to Kill
2/15 - Jigoku
2/16 - The Toxic Avenger
2/17 - The Naked Island
2/17 - Fires on the Plain - 60
2/20 - Ikiru
2/21 - Le Circle Rouge
2/22 - When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
2/23 - Life of Oharu
2/25 - Scandal
2/27 - Argo
2/28 - The Seventh Seal
2/28 - Madadayo
3/1 - Solaris (Tarkovsky)
3/2 - Cronos - 70
3/2 - The Master
3/3 - Tokyo Story
3/4 - Modern Times
3/4 - A Woman Under the Influence
3/5 - The Ghost of Yostuya
3/5 - Killing of a Chinese Bookie
3/6 - Opening Night
3/10 - Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
3/11 - Wreck-it Ralph
3/12 - Skyfall - 80
3/13 - The Machinist
3/14 - Mystery Train
3/15 - The Kid
3/16 - A Man Escaped
3/17 - Fitzcarraldo
3/17 - Burden of Dreams
3/17 - Down By Law
3/18 - Aguirre, Wrath of God
3/18 - Breathless
3/19 - The Circus - 90
3/20 - Walkabout
3/21 - Diabolique
3/22 - Punch Drunk Love
3/22 - Lost in Translation
3/23 - My Best Fiend
3/24 - Being John Malkvich
3/25 - The Avengers
3/26 - Cold Fish
3/27 - I'm Not Scared
3/27 - The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari - 100
3/28 - Revanche
3/29 - The Twilight Samurai
3/31 - Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
4/1 - La Regla du Jeu
4/2 - Black River
4/3 - Juliet of the Spirits
4/4 - La Bete Humain
4/5 - Army of Shadows
4/7 - Django Unchained
4/8 - Rome, Open City - 110
4/9 - Simon of the Desert
4/9 - The Trial
4/15 - Prometheus
4/15 - Cure
4/16 - Pusher
4/17 - Pusher 2: With Blood on My Hands
4/17 - Pusher 3: I am the Angel of Death
4/19 - The Human Condition: No Greater Love
4/20 - The Brothers Soloman
4/21 - The Human Condition: Road to Eternity - 120
4/21 - The Human Condition: A Soldier's Prayer
4/22 - UCB: ASSSSSCAT!
4/23 - Close-up
4/23 - Ordet
4/24 - Suicide Club
4/24 - Permanent Vacation
4/25 - Through a Glass Darkly
4/25 - Le Main Du Diable
4/25 - The Wages of Fear
4/26 - Wild Stawberries - 130
4/26 - Louie Bluie
4/26 - A Story From Chikamatsu
4/27 - Fanny and Alexander
4/28 - Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
4/29 - The Virgin Spring
4/29 - Mishima: A Life in 4 Chapters
4/30 - The Magician
4/30 - 47 Ronin
5/1 - Winter Light
5/1 - Sisters of the Gion - 140
5/2 - Silver Linings Playbook
5/2 - World on a Wire
5/3 - Kanal
5/3 - Battle of Algiers
5/14 - Floating Weeds
5/16 - Humanity and Paper Balloons
5/16 - Late Spring
5/17 - Zero de Conduit
5/17 - Osaka Elegy
5/17 - Early Summer - 150

150 movies, 138 days
 
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life in a day

Director Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland) and producer Ridley Scott (Alien, Gladiator) team up to offer this candid snapshot of a single day on planet Earth. Compiled from over 80,000 YouTube submissions by contributors in 192 countries, Life in a Day presents a microcosmic view of our daily experiences as a global society. From the mundane to the profound, everything has its place as we spend 90 minutes gaining greater insight into the lives of people who may be more like us than we ever suspected, despite the fact that we're separated by incredible distances.

a fantastic watch.

...kytnism...:|
 
pulled out my batman begins bluray (i only own three) and on the new telly, it's a whole new thing.

wow.
better than cinema.
 
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