Last movie you saw.

[Bear 1817]

Haha, I can't help but getting a massive boner when looking at this. It's so fucking ridiculous. I'm so looking forward to this.

[Jigsaw9 6783]

Yesssss, the trailer seems good too!

 

Expendables 2 was everything I expected Expendables to be, so by that logic the third movie should be epic as hell!

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Tropic Thunder - Finally saw this! It was hilarious. Probably everyone who was interested in it already watched this, but if you didn't and you like action-comedies do yourself a favor and go see it nowwww! Some excellent laugh-out-loud moments, Ben Stiller and Robert Downey Jr really shine here (oh and Tom Cruise, lol).

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Captain America: The Winter Soldier

 

Better than the first! Just a fair bit of notice, if anyone is watching Agents of SHIELD, the recent episodes tie in heavily with this movie so try to watch those first before watching this.

[Bear 1817]

Snowpiercer - International debut (I think?) of the Korean director who made The Host, with a nice cast (Tilda Swinton, yayyy). Kinda typical distopian story with the only interesting bit being the setting - which is a big-ass train holding what's left of humanity after the start of an artificially induced ice age type thingie (good job, scientists! lol). Anyway, it was pretty epic, lots of cool visuals and interesting bits.

 

This isn't getting a theatrical release here in Norway, but I just checked Kosmorama's program, Trondheim's very own film festival, and found out they're gonna screen it there at the end of the month. I am so looking forward to that. Gonna be great. I've got massive expectations.

 

 

Cinemassacre's Monster Madness - I watched all seasons of this webseries lately. This is James Rolfe, better known as the angry video game nerd, own web series where he every single october watches horror films and reviews them. Everything from the biggest ones in the first season, to a Godzilla-thon in the second season, to sequel-a-thon and 80's-a-thon and so on. It's great fun. Worth a watch if you love horror films!

 

The Italian Connection - This is the second part in Fernando Di Leo's Milieu-trilogy. It's not as good as Milano calibro 9, but still a great film. Mario Adorf is back but plays a different role as a small-time pimp who's getting framed. He's amazing as he was in the first film. Henry Silva and Woody Strode plays two of the badguys here and they're both great, and their characters must have been an inspiration on Tarantino's Pulc Fiction characters Vincent Vega and Jules Winnfield. Says it all. it's a geat poliziottesco. Really is.

 

Spring Breakers - This was a great film, but I cannot help but feel a bit disappointed. From what I had been told and read I got the impression this was a modern 60s-70's exploitation influenced flick. I expected a modern Russ Meyeresque film, but didn't get that at all. But I was impressed. James Franco does his best performance ever as Riff Raff... no, fuck. As Alien. He was amazing. The girls does a great job too.

 

The 36th Chamber of Shaolin - This is the kung fu genre's answer to Die Hard, Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens, Psycho and so on. This might not be my favourite kung fu film, but it is the ultimate kung fu film anyway, and if you're just gonna watch one kung fu film, this better be it. Chia-Hui Liu is amazing, the choreography is great, the direction is great and it's just badass as fuck.

 

 

And yes, Chia-Hui Liu is the one who played both Johnny Mo and Pai Mei in the Kill Bill films.

 

Return to the 36th Chamber . This is the sequel, but it is a weird one. Chia-Hui Liu is back, but he plays another character this time. He plays a character that pretends he is San Te, the character he played in the first film, while another one plays San Te. The concept is much of the same, but this time we're getting a lot more humour and sillyness. But if you like The 36th Chamber of Shaolin you'll like this, unless you hate humour. But this isn't as good as the first one.

 

Five Deadly Venoms - This might be my favourite kung fu film, but unlike The 36th Chamber, this borrors a lot from wuxia as well. So it's not a pure kung fu film like The 36th Chamber, but also not a pute wuxia film like Come Drink With Me either. It's something between these. This is a huge cult film and a film that has inspired everything from Wolrd of Warcraft to Wu-Tang Clan (who's also inspired by The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, and 60-80's martial ats films in general) to Kill Bill to Kung Fu Panda to Batman: The Brave and the Bold. In other words, very influencial film. Masterpiece!

 

Come Drink with Me - This is one of the films that started everything as far as wuxia goes. This is often regarded as one of the best AND most important martial arts films ever made. King Hu saw things as no one else did, and created films no one else could create. King Hu was a revolutionary film maker. The set designs, characters, clothes, acting and the choreaography are all top notch. King Hu created a new form of fighting that was way more than just fighting.

 

Pei-pei Cheng is as good as she's beautiful, and that says a lot, but Hua Yueh steals the show here. Brilliant!

 

This is a must for people who've seen films such as Hero, House of Flying Daggers and/or Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and wants to see mroe of the genre. This isn't as spectaculare as those, but the quality is as good as those. However, King Hu would actually make a film that was even better than Come Drink with Me in form of A Touch of Zen. With this is took film making to a whole new level. Class as fuck!

[Bear 1817]

The New One-Armed Swordsman - I waited a long time before I watched this because I was a bit sceptical. I love the two first films in the series (yet not watched Zatoichi and the One-Armed Swordsman which came before this), but I was a bit sceptic since Jimmy Wang moved on and didn't want to portray the one-armed swordsman any longer. Chang Cheh got David Chiang for the role as the new one-armed swordsman. What David Chiang lacked as a martial artist he made up for with brilliant acting. This film is violent and bloody, and really spectacular. It's a very typical film for Chang Cheh around this time. You can see the Akira Kurosawa and Sergio Leone influences in his film. At times I get a spaghetti western-like feeling from this, and as we know, spaghetti westerns was very influenced by samurai films. This is just as good, if not better, than the two first films. Amazing!

 

Chang Cheh is, together with King Hu, the most important direcor when it comes to wuxia. King Hu started it, and Chang Cheh took everything toa whole different elvel where things got more spectacular, and he intoduced us to the anti-hero that got a lot of place in these films. He's not known as The Godfather of Hong Kong without any reason, to put it like that. You can see a lot of CHang Cheh in directors like Quentin Tarantino, Zhang Yimou and John Woo.

 

Wǔ xiá - Ah, what a film! This films like a mix of A History of Violence, The Killer and The One-Armed Swordsman, spiced with a bit of Sherlock Holmes on top. The story is the same as we've seen a billione times before in films like A History of Violence, The Killer and other films, and it doesn't ty to hide the fact that it isn't a very original idea. The direction is great, the choreography is amazing as expected from Donnie Yen, who also plays the main role in this film, supported by Yu Wang (The One-Armed Swordsman) and Takeshi Kaneshiro (House of Flying Daggers). I love the fact that it pays tribute to The One-Armed Swordsman like it does. It was bloody amazing! Great film.

 

Bohachi: Clan of the Forgotten Eight - The original title to this film is Bôhachi bushidô: Poruno jidaigeki, which translates to something like this: Porno Period Film: Way of the Outlaw Samurai. But do not be afraid, this has nothing to do with porn as we know it. Not even close.

 

Bôhachi bushidô is a Japanese cult film directed by none other than Teruo Ishii, also knows as The King of Cult. This man pushed the limits in the late 60's and continued making great, fresh films in the 70's.

 

Bôhachi bushidô is a 80 minute long film that shows more tits and ass than your regular 90 minute porn film, and it is topped with huge amounts of violence, blood and flying limbs. But despite all of that, this is still a very nice, tasty and elegant film where Teruo Ishii really got to show off his skills as a film maker, shooting some of the most beautifully shot scenes ever.

 

Tetsurô Tanba plays the lead character, and he is as amazing as ever.

 

Bohachi: Clan of the Forgotten Eight is among the best pinky violence films I've ever seen, and it is close to a 10/10. Maybe a 9,8/10 or something.

 

 

Jagten - This is a dark danish film with Mads Mikkelsen in the lead. It's a hard watch as it portrays some serious issues in our society. Denmark is on a whole other level dan norway when it comes to film making. I seriously wonder why.

 

Attack the Block - This will be seen as a cult film in 5-7 years. Do I need to say more? Nah, not eally. Great film!

[Bear 1817]

One-Armed Boxer - The same year Jimmy Wang played in his last One-Armed Swordsman film, Zatoichi and the One-Armed Swordsman, he wrote, directed and starred in his second directorial film, One Armed Boxer. Yes, he went from playing a one-armed swordsman to a one-armed boxer. And the year before this he directed his first film, The Chinese Boxer, which was also a one-armed martial arts film. It's a bit funny. He was a far better martial artist and acto than he was a director, but he did a decent job and made a very good film. It's not on par with The One-Armed Swordsman and its sequel, but but that doesn't mean it's not good. It's got a lot of WTF-moments and is at times very funny. If this is intentional or unintentional I do not know, but it's fun and adds to the charm. This is well worth watching. I remember the sequel being a lot better than this, so I am looking forward to watching that one again. Jimmy Wang is so awesome!

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Jagten - This is a dark danish film with Mads Mikkelsen in the lead. It's a hard watch as it portrays some serious issues in our society. Denmark is on a whole other level dan norway when it comes to film making. I seriously wonder why.

 

Attack the Block - This will be seen as a cult film in 5-7 years. Do I need to say more? Nah, not eally. Great film!

 

Been wanting to see these for a while now, but always forgetting. Thx for the mention, maybe now I'll remember. xD

 

Full Metal Jacket - Pretty cool and depressing movie about how war and that whole soldier-making mentality can fuck you up. I must admit I enjoyed the first 45 mins segment more (the boot camp), but the following hour or so dealing with the actual war itself had its 'feeling' as well.

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"Whip it". Alternative rock-punk-ish youth roller skaters tournaments  A closed minded protagonist's mother.

Friendship. With a touch of comedy and a little bit of love. :33

[Bear 1817]

Bronies: The Extremely Unexpected Adult Fans of My Little Pony - Decent, but very disappointing film about bronies. I thought it was a weird-as-fuck community, but this proved me wrong. There was close to no weirdness to sot here. Just regular folks. That sucked. But a decent watch anyway.

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Buried: Really surprsing! I had this for more than 3 years, but only watched it yesterday. Even though the whole movie Ryan Reynolds is stuck in a box, he gives out, probably, the best performance of his career. The first 30 minutes of the movie are so-so, but the last hour is thrilling! And the ending... awesome!

 

9.0/10

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Bron/Broen aka The Bridge - Season 1

 

After seeing True Detective (which is 10/10), I didn't think any murder mystery / crime drama could surpass it. Well, The Bridge is one of those series that can't. But it comes quite close. The show is about two detectives, one Danish and one Swedish who must work together to find a serial killer. The two main characters are likable and their interaction with each other is great and funny to watch, mostly because of the other detective's lack of social skills. Compared to TD, this is a lot faster paced and not as "deep" but if you like entertaining crime dramas, this is worth a watch. - 8/10

[Tokage 5930]

Last few movies I watched were Coraline and Steamboy. 

 

Coraline's an animated stop-motion adaptation of a Neil Gaiman novel. Of course, it's aimed at children, but I didn't let that stop me. It looks REALLY good visually, and I can imagine that some kids would probably get nightmares from some parts. Overall, I enjoyed it, but it's not going to enter my Top 10 Movies of All Time list any time soon.

 

Steamboy is... also an animated movie. This time it's one of dem japanese animes, tho. Once again, visually it looked GREAT. Story-wise, I dunno. I think I liked Akira better, if I have to compare the director's works. The ending here felt rather sudden. It was just like ' yep and now it's over '. Some cool steampunk inventions in this one (even though I think steampunk is the corniest shit ever when people try to transfer it to the real world)

[Bear 1817]

Zoolander - This was a decent, but not amazing comedy from Ben Stiller. When it is funny, it's bloody hilarious. But it is so uneven, and that's the problem here. It's silly as fuck, but that's as expected. But yeah, I'm left disappointed by this.

 

Frankenstein's Army - I'll take off my hat and rais my glass to Richard Raaphorst, the man behind this film. Frankenstein's Army is a very fresh take on the found footage genre, and is among the best, if not THE best, found footage films I've seen. Ceative, original and very well-amde film. The story is thin as fuck, but that doesn't matter as everything else is exceptional.

 

The set designs is amazing, the character designs is amazing and the blood and gore is amazing. The use of actual, physical creatures, rather than CGI models, gives the film a shocking realism which is sorely lacking in most modern horror/sci-fi. This is horror/sci-fi the way it once used to be.

 

The only reason I don't give this 9/10 is because they're speaking English and not Russian. The rest is top notch!

 

Thief - Brilliant 190's neo(n)-noir with a beyond brilliant soundtrack by Tangerine Dream. Wet streets, neon lights and all that. It's so god damn 80's and I fucking love it. This is Michael Mann's best film, and that says a lot.

 

Body Double - More neo(n)-noir, this time by Brian De Palma. It's a very Hitchcockian film and it owes a lot to Vertigo and Rear Window, as well as other films. It's a great film, and the gorgeous camerawork and lovely lighting are a huge part of what makes this such a great film.

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@Tokage: I liked Coraline too, it was an interesting little movie! (one of my former uni colleagues actually did her MA Thesis on it, heh)

 

@Bear: Glad you enjoyed Frankenstein's Army, it's one of the most fun horror flicks I've seen recently. Especially great because of the practical effects of the various creatures (instead of CGI overdose). My fave was the propellerhead, haha (and the one that was marching with those big lurching steps in one of the underground tunnel sequences, now that was menacing shit). Also, the last few scenes were hilarious as well.

[Bear 1817]

Yeah. And the blood and gore looked so realistic. The brains, limbs and all that. It was seriously good. Fantastic film! I loved all the monsters. They were bloody brilliant, and very, very creative looking. Fabolous!

[ginHigure 22]

Frozen....

[Tokage 5930]

Bronies: The Extremely Unexpected Adult Fans of My Little Pony - Decent, but very disappointing film about bronies. I thought it was a weird-as-fuck community, but this proved me wrong. There was close to no weirdness to sot here. Just regular folks. That sucked. But a decent watch anyway.

Is it made by bronies? that might explain the lack of the whole 'weird pony toy fucker' / 'deviantart fetish creep' archetype of the brony fandom. Trying to make themselves not look like disgusting creeps and all

[utomunukara 48]

The Raid 2 : Berandal

Not my typical genre, but it's beyond my expectation. Well done  

*I'm not going to watch it for the second time anyway

[Jigsaw9 6783]

Only Lovers Left Alive - Excellent romantic vampire flick with Tom Hiddleston and the always wonderful Tilda Swinton (and yay for John Hurt). It's not how you'd expect a "romantic vampire" film to be, especially these days I guess, heh. Smooth, contemplative and dreamy... plus, the music was just absolutely amazing, so fitting to the whole world view of the characters (it's no surprise it got a soundtrack award at Cannes). Highly recommended.

[Licio123 181]

A Touch of Sin: Oh boy. What a movie! It paints an accurate portrait not only of China and its capitalism/comunism conflict, but of a lot of countries around the world, with 4 stories (loosely related) with powerful acting. A heads-up by director Zhangke Jia of the predatory power of money, and its consequences. A must see!

 

9.0/10

[Jigsaw9 6783]

Rabies - Goddamn. Seriously tight and awesome horror/thriller (more on the thriller side) from the duo that later directed Big Bad Wolves. Why aren't these Isreali dudes popular yet?? This was their first movie, BBW their second, both real good but maybe I like this one better. It just keeps pounding you with one surprise after the other, so you really won't know how the whole thing will wrap up. A constant mixture of "oh god" and "lmao I can't believe this." Mad respect.

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The Raid 2

Holy shit! Mindless violence in every sense of the word and best action porn you could ask for. Totally outdoes the first.

[Jigsaw9 6783]

Attack the Block - Yeah, finally saw it, heh. It was an okay/fun movie with some epic bits, nothing more, nothing less.

[Jigsaw9 6783]

Android of Notre Dame - Well, this was a pretty pointless but at least short (55 mins) installment in the Guinea Pig film series. Had some neat cyberpunk visuals tho (more of that typical Japanese junk aesthetic, not so much the Western hi-tech) and some gorey bits. Overall kinda mediocre.