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

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alasdairm said:
finally saw:

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i'd come close to seeing it many times but something better always seemed to trump it. i love richard linklater's work and this was no exception. great script, some quirky scenes, very natural characters.

alasdair
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The image doesn't show so we have no idea what movie you are talking about, but when quoting this I see it is 'before sunrise', correct?

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alasdairm said:
finally saw:

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i'd come close to seeing it many times but something better always seemed to trump it. i love richard linklater's work and this was no exception. great script, some quirky scenes, very natural characters.

alasdair
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i love that film and havent seen it in forever, youve inspired me to revisit. its been a few years.

today at work a good friend sent me this hawker article and video. as a result i had to rewatch one of my all time favs, mozart and the whale.

...kytnism...:|
 
I've seen "The Iceman" last night, a film based on the life of Richard Kuklinski, a former contract killer of the Gambino Family and Roy Demeo.
 
^ I just finished DL'ing it, havent watched it yet. I also am still getting 'the iceman tapes' conversations with a killer.
 
poledriver said:
^ I just finished DL'ing it, havent watched it yet. I also am still getting 'the iceman tapes' conversations with a killer.
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Did you get a chance to watch it? I think it was an okay movie all in all. I give a two-thumbs up to Ray Liotta as usual.
 
^ Eh, I thought it was pretty blah tbh. I don't mind films that try to take on a twisting, cerebral high-concept story (see: Memento, Following, Inception [I guess Chris Nolan is my only example...]) but there needs to be something that 'grounds' you in these types of films - a sort of reference point to keep track of the reality of the story. In Inception it was the totems, in Memento it was the supporting characters (and tattoos), etc. In Trance, there really wasn't anything like that. Because every act taken or observed by McAvoy's character, throughout the entire script, has to be seen as a possible effect of (spoiler) [spoil]him being hypnotized[/spoil] and thus making every action seem irrelevant. Even the ending seemed vague and without any satisfying resolution.

On the plus side, despite Rosario Dawson's character being completely lame and unbelievable, she does have one outstanding scene:

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EDIT: Also, the music was awful. Like every other scene needed a dramatic orchestral crescendo or else you wouldn't be able to tell that drama was happening.
 
I didn't say it was great, only it was thrilling. Yes the plot was problematic, but I felt the ride some.
 
Did you get a chance to watch it? I think it was an okay movie all in all. I give a two-thumbs up to Ray Liotta as usual.
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Yeah, I wasn't in the mood, I watched maybe 45 mins before I felt like I was falling asleep, watching it in bed, late after several beers didn't help. I'll try watch it again sometime. Seemed kind of interesting. I have the iceman tapes as well for future viewing.
 
saw trance the other day. quite a thrilling ride.
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I thought when I read that that it was going to be about trance music or something, then I read imdb and it's about an art auctioneer. Gets 7/10 so far on there. The person who submitted a review gave it 9/10... heh.
 
Lol I'm going to watch two horror movies ima start with brain damage followed by another one I don't remember the title. Later friend!
 
L2R said:
I didn't say it was great, only it was thrilling. Yes the plot was problematic, but I felt the ride some.
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Yeah, I wasn't really responding to your comment in particular. Just venting because I've seen a lot of reviews praising it as a "classic of modern cinema" or something along those lines, and I felt extremely underwhelmed by it.
 
poledriver said:
Have fun, I love horror films too :)
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I just finished watching brain damage and its awesome haha. You should dl it once u get a chance. I couldn't find the other movie to dl and I don't remember thr title so I'm just gonna watch Hammer of the Gods instead.
 
I randomly picked up two documentaries, both ended up being winners.

First one was American Movie, came out in 1997. It followed the life of one indie 'auteur' in Buttfuck, Wisconsin who is attempting to raise funds for his full-length feature by shooting a short (called Coven) with the help of his backwoods friends & family, including his best friend Mike. Mike is my favorite, a metal-loving former alcoholic who's acid-soaked brain is so fried that it's a miracle he knows as many words as he does.

"It's a new product from Coca-Cola. It's called Surge."

Fuck yes. Mike is awesome, even though he's just a yes-man there's just something about him.

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After the first 15 minutes of watching this I had to pause it and look up whether or not it was a mockumentary. It's what Best in Show, Waiting for Guffman, etc tries to be yet it's so grassroots and natural it proves the old adage, "You can't write this stuff up." What I enjoyed most is the main character's passion. Sure, he's some 30+ year old living in his parent's basement, working as newspaper delivery boy by day, but he's clearly into cinematography as evidenced by the moments were he waxes eloquently on the existentialist imagery in Seventh Seal. His equipment may be second-rate, but you can tell he wants to make his little horror film more than anything in the world.

 
Oh, and the second was I like Killing Flies. Kenny Shopsin owns a small restaurant in New York which he runs daily with his wife and children. He's rude. He's eccentric. He's everything I want to be in old age. What do you expect from a life-long cook who has over 900 dishes on the menu? I could hear this guy talk forever. Whenever he isn't kicking customers out of his small diner, he takes time to drop expletive-laden gems of wisdom about life, politics, and everything else under the sun. As a foodie, I can appreciate his skill. As a documentary lover, I loved a look into this esoteric corner of Manhattan. As a person, I loved his honesty. This was a philosophical film as much as it was a movie about a guy and his restaurant. The documentary takes a turn when it's revealed the new landlord of his building has changed the lease terms and he is essentially being kicked out of the diner he's owned for over 30 years.

 
Just finished iron man 3. Is the wolverine movie out? I dont remember
 
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