Contagion (2011).
*sniff* Nicely constructed *cough* but I can't helb but thing dhat *excuse me* I can't help but think *sniff* that it would have been a bit more *cough* grim if it was made in the seventiessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
georgec said:
Have you really watched 14 movies in 2-3 days?
Attack The Block (2011).
Manages to pull the trick of turning me 180 degrees about the main characters which I loathed at the beginning of the film but rather loved by the end.
The pretty silly science fiction elements are just a means to the end of telling a very timely story what with last years riots.
Rated.
I love Attack the Block. Probably one of my favorite films from 2011.
Duck, You Sucker! AKA A Fistful of Dynamite AKA Once Upon a Time...the Revolution
The forgotten Leone film that is extremely deep and more developed than his previous films in its uncut version. James Coburn and Rod Steiger are fantastic in this meditation on the nature of revolution and life in general. Incorporates some of the operatic grand feel of OUATITW with some of the quirky humor of the Dollars films but at the same time has a new-found sense of realism. This is certainly a more adult film. Unfortunately as LeoneNut has proven with his project, the MGM restored version features wrong soundtrack and dialogue elements at certain points and the "mono" track is only a folddown of the incorrect 5.1 mix.
Still a fantastic achievement that hits you over the head with it's impact. Amazing in 35mm.
4 balls out of 4 say to Duck you sucker!
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RoboCop (1987)
It's weird. I first watched this movie only last summer, and liked it enough to give it a 7/10. After watching it again yesterday, though, I just found it rather meh. I don't know what it is; the way they edited it for TV this time around was awful, but I don't think it was enough to have that much of an effect on my opinion. Maybe I just wasn't in the right frame of mind last night. Regardless of the reasons why, all I can give the film now is 5/10
The 'Burbs (1989) - 7/10
The Forgotten (2004) - 5/10
The Hunger Games (2012)
Not a bad adaptation at all. It cut out a lot of the fat from the book, and added little bits here and there that tried to help flesh it out. Unfortunately, those pieces were written horribly and almost seem to pause the movie. Instead of being told about the world through the first person narrative, the world building is done through news reports and game commentators, which really takes you out of the movie because its only done when "ooo, she must be thinking this thing, let's see what happens", which is probably the only way you could have done this without having a running internal monologue the whole time.
CGI was passable, though questionable in some cases (in one instance there are some pretty bad CG piles of dirt; yes, piles of dirt, the most abundant resource). It's been a while since I've been to the theater, so the shaky cam style disoriented me for a while.
The movie does seem rather short though. Maybe because less happened than in the book? It's hard to tell.
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doubleofive said:
The Hunger Games (2012)
Am I to understand you went and saw this before you saw John Carter?
I am disappoint. You gave into the machine.
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Once Upon a Time in America
Mesmerizing. Even better after repeated viewings. You don't notice the long runtime whatsoever, and the missing 40 minutes are being restored in Italy. Wipes the floor completely with Godfather Pt. II and makes you realize that that was only an appetizer to this. One of DeNiro's best performances.
Why why why why why did Sergio Leone only make six fully-fledged films? Every time I watch one I reach this same thought.
4 balls of noodles out of 4 opium dens.
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I haven't been to a theater since Breaking Dawn 1 (which I watched for a podcast), and it took us all weekend to convince ourselves we wanted to go to the theater to see this movie we were actually anticipating. Can you imagine how much it takes for us to see a movie neither of us (and indeed, the rest of the world) cared about besides xhonzi?xhonzi said:
Am I to understand you went and saw this before you saw John Carter?
doubleofive said:
The Hunger Games (2012)
I am disappoint. You gave into the machine.
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doubleofive said:
I haven't been to a theater since Breaking Dawn 1 (which I watched for a podcast), and it took us all weekend to convince ourselves we wanted to go to the theater to see this movie we were actually anticipating. Can you imagine how much it takes for us to see a movie neither of us (and indeed, the rest of the world) cared about besides xhonzi?xhonzi said:
Am I to understand you went and saw this before you saw John Carter?
doubleofive said:
The Hunger Games (2012)
I am disappoint. You gave into the machine.
;-)
Hmmm... 005 goes and sees Twilight 4 in the theatre. Doesn't go back to theatre until Hunger Games, an event ENGINEERED IN A LAB to repeat the success of Harry Potter AND TWILIGHT.
I rest my case.
(Almost anyways. I think if you saw John Carter, you'd be on here trying to rouse the rest of the silent geek fan base with me. Because you'd dig it THAT MUCH.)
IT'S MY TRILOGY, AND I WANT IT NOW!
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"Yeah, well, George says a lot of things..." a young 1997 xhonzi on RASSM
"They're my movies." -George Lucas. 19 people won oscars for their work on Star Wars (1977) and George Lucas wasn't one of them.
I'm with xhonzi on this one.
005
I am disappoint.
Tobar said:
I'm with xhonzi on this one.
005
I am disappoint.
Woop!
IT'S MY TRILOGY, AND I WANT IT NOW!
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Häxan (1922) - 6/10
What can I say, I'm a slave to hits on the website I was asked to write for.xhonzi said:
Hmmm... 005 goes and sees Twilight 4 in the theatre. Doesn't go back to theatre until Hunger Games, an event ENGINEERED IN A LAB to repeat the success of Harry Potter AND TWILIGHT.
I rest my case.
(Almost anyways. I think if you saw John Carter, you'd be on here trying to rouse the rest of the silent geek fan base with me. Because you'd dig it THAT MUCH.)
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I haven't seen a single Twilight film, Hunger Games, Avatar or John Carter.
I'm not sure if I ever will.
You can try, Bingo, but I'm pretty sure Anchorhead will always win.
DuracellEnergizer said:
Häxan (1922) - 6/10
If you watched the Criterion DVD, is your copy changing color? Mine looks like the data layer is oxidizing, but it still plays fine.
Where were you in '77?
I watched it on Youtube, actually, not on DVD. It was apparently the Criterion edition though, and numerous scenes were tinted red while others weren't. Hope that helps.
I was referring to possible signs of DVD rot, not the color tints of the film itself. ;)
Thanks anyway.
Where were you in '77?
Caligula (1979)
O_o
Errrr..... ummmmm..... It was pretty cool....
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I liked the mower, it isn't a patch on the equivalent segment of I Claudius though.
I believe it is available to see online but I'm not at liberty to look at the moment.
Bingowings said:
I liked the mower, it isn't a patch on the equivalent segment of I Claudius though.
Aw man. I LOVE 'I Claudius', I caught it on BBC Four a while back. Great stuff.
I believe it is available to see online but I'm not at liberty to look at the moment.
I found it on youtube. Thought it was a bit naff actually.
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greenpenguino said:
Caligula (1979)
O_o
Errrr..... ummmmm..... It was pretty cool....
Halloween (2007)
loved it, 4 stars check it out
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