Last movie you saw.

[platy 3018]

Split (2017)

The ending was disappointing, but James Mccavoy gets a 10/10 for his acting. Having to play 5+ characters and making them all unique? Awesome performance. 

 

Goodnight, Mommy

An Austrian thriller/horror that plays on your ability to figure out who's the villain. 

A mother comes back after having face surgery and her twin boys realise that it might not really be their mom. 

It's disturbing and there's some torture scenes that stayed with me... Ughhhhh. I recommend it if you don't mind a slow start. 

Edited January 28, 2017 by Platy

[Tokage 5930]

The Nightmare (2015) - Pretty interesting documentary focusing on the phenomenon of sleep paralysis and night terrors. Has a very interesting visual aesthetic. The highlights for me are the parts of the movie where the interviewee's nightmares are recreated onscreen. One downside to the whole thing is that it is INCREDIBLY one-sided, with no actual credible scientific sources or anything to balance out the anecdotal stories from the people suffering from sleep paralysis. Some of them did kind of seem to be... kooky in some sense. Still, the whole phenomenon is intriguing, and as such the movie's worth a watch if you're into dreams and such. It won't present anything you don't already know, though..

 

Gantz - First of the two live action adaptations of Oka's famous seinen manga. People get transported to a mysterious apartment with a giant black ball inside and are subsequently told to go out and kill aliens. As far as manga adaptations go, I thought this was actually pretty fucking solid. The effects (while heavy on cgi) were actually pretty well-done, the aliens all looked convincing and behaved in their own unique ways, the action was tight.. There is of course the eternal issue of overly melodramatic acting, but that's kind of a thing in most modern Japanese films.. I've heard that the second part basically stops following the manga entirely and does its own thing. Hopefully it'll also be good, cause I really did like this one

[patientZERO 1066]

I HATED The Nightmare. It's not a documentary at all, just an elongated bastardized dramatization of sleep terrors. Coming from someone who's family member has had sleept terrors, it's not cool. And the whole "night terrors brought me closer to Jesus ..." Goddam I hated the whole thing!

Plus, it's directed by the same guy who did Room 237 (Rodney Ascher) another non-documentary ... I could go on and on about how much I dislike the guy and his 'films' but I'll leave it at that.

[Bear 1817]

That post made me laugh out loud. Great, gives us some more of that.

[patientZERO 1066]

I'm glad you enjoyed that?

[Bear 1817]

Good. Make a few more super butthurt posts about movies you don't like please.

[patientZERO 1066]

I'm on it.

[Tokage 5930]

1 hour ago, patientZERO said:

I HATED The Nightmare. It's not a documentary at all, just an elongated bastardized dramatization of sleep terrors. Coming from someone who's family member has had sleept terrors, it's not cool. And the whole "night terrors brought me closer to Jesus ..." Goddam I hated the whole thing!

Plus, it's directed by the same guy who did Room 237 (Rodney Ascher) another non-documentary ... I could go on and on about how much I dislike the guy and his 'films' but I'll leave it at that.

I'm pretty curious, what aspects did you disagree with?

As I said, I thought the perspective offered by the director was... limited to say the least, and it's kind of ??? how it appears they got actors to play the role of interviewees if i'm not mistaken? but I was still entertained by the total package.

Edited January 29, 2017 by Tokage

[patientZERO 1066]

It wasn't very much of a documentary. Asher just reenacted some events that people remember from having night terrors. Nothing productive was said about night terrors. It would be like if somebody made a "documentary" that was just people's reenactments of memories they had while under the influence of drugs and then failing to mention anything about the drugs themselves.

 

He did the same thing with Room 237 where he just reenacted people's ridiculous interpretations of The Shining. Neither of them served any purpose and just cashed in on other people's thoughts/ideas. I can understand why you were entertained, but I was just miffed.

[Bear 1817]

 

I don't think I am stretching it when I say that this is the most important film of 2016, and maybe also the most important film in many, many, many years. This documentary about race in the United States criminal justice system might not be pitch perfect, but it sure as hell should be a part of every 9th-10th grader's (or something) curriculum from here on and til the end of days.

 

 

 

 

I also rewatched Under Siege yesterday. Late 80's to mid 90's Steven Seagal were fantastic, and this is probably his masterpiece. This is Die fucking Hard on a god damned boat, with Steven Seagal at his very best and Tommy Lee Jones and Gary Busey showing their skills as badguys. What a film this is!

[alone_tsubasa 59]

Dragon Blade (2015) starring Jackie Chan, John Cusack, Adrien Brody

Kung Fu Panda 3

 

[Mind of the sun 71]

 

A.I Artificial Intelligence 

It's been at least 10 years since I saw this the last time and I think i feel the same as i did then. The first hour or so is great, Haley Joel Osment is great as the a.i David, so creepy in the begging. It's when Gigolo Joe comes in i feel the movie loses the intensity a bit, luckily he does not take up to much screentime. He's funny and likeable, but I think he stands out a bit to much with all the darker themes in the film.  Talking about standing out, I remember the last 10-20 minutes from the first time I saw the movie, how strange it was. Still cried at the end though. 7/10

 

I also saw La La Land earlier this week, loved it. Going to see it again today and will write down a bit more when i get back.

Edited February 5, 2017 by Mind of the sun

[Tokage 5930]

I'm A Cyborg But That's Okay: As with all of Chan-Wook's films I've seen so far, I enjoyed this. Quirky and fun. At least half the entertainment came from looking at what the various insane characters were up to in the background.

 

Beyond The Black Rainbow: I thought this was absolutely great in terms of visual style, some parts looked absolutely beautiful. Unfortunately the actual plot itself didn't do very much for me. Don't really know why some people tag it as a horror film either tbh, it doesn't ever really feel that way to me, somehow doesn't give me the same vibe.

 

Frank: I absolutely LOVED everything about this one. I don't know why, but somehow this film really felt like it captured that 'struggling artist' feel exceptionally well. The song at the end's been stuck in my head for days. Great performances from everyone, too.

 

Frankenhooker: top jej, could've gone with more blood though (several instances of people straight-up exploding into chunks but there's somehow no blood? come on, i mean, i know it's one of THOSE comedy-horror films, but..)

[Bear 1817]

Frankenhooker is so good. Really cool film. Would kill ti get meself one of the original VHS tapes.

 

It's a shame Frank Henenlotter didn't make more films, because those he made back in the 80's and early 90's were fantastic.

[patientZERO 1066]

5 hours ago, Tokage said:

Frank: I absolutely LOVED everything about this one. I don't know why, but somehow this film really felt like it captured that 'struggling artist' feel exceptionally well. The song at the end's been stuck in my head for days. Great performances from everyone, too.

 

That film is great! I don't know if you're a reader or not, but the fantastic Jon Ronson wrote a book about the true story of Frank. His writing style is great and his other books are also worth looking at, especially if you have an interest in human behavior.

[Bear 1817]

Just rewatched Boyz n the Hood for the first time in 10+ years. Still one of the very best dramas that's been made. It's close to perfect, if not actually perfect. Just fantastic and brilliant from every angle you try to judge it from.

 

 

Which one do people prefer, though: Boyz n the Hood or Menace II Society (I or II)? Or another one? I'm heavily into all three, but imma go with Boyz n the Hood for sure. It's slightly better IMO.

[Licio123 181]

I love both, but Boyz is clearly the better one. Especially in the acting department.

[patientZERO 1066]

I saw 37 today, which was about the murder of Kitty Genovese in which supposedly 37 people witnessed it and didn't do anything. There isn't a single likable character in the whole film and the plot spread itself way too thin around its characters, all of which are far too eccentric. The director thought he could substitute overly dramatic individuals for a compelling story, leaving a super depressing barebones film. Also, the "true events" the film is based after is exaggerated, as several people did call the police, they just refused to report to the incident and the victim's brother has since come forth saying that the real number of witnesses was more around 12, not 37, but the New York Times blew the story out of proportion for sensationalism. Either way, the film was a hot pile of garbage surrounding a "based on a true story" tragedy.

[patientZERO 1066]

I very rarely give up on movies. I figure that a whole team of people worked a long time to create the product on my screen (and in this case, Netflix bought the rights to distribute it), but a half hour into The Charnel House I had to stop. I knew there was nothing there for me; nothing that would be redeemable. From the opening shot of the hilariously bad CGI building, I knew we were of to a good start. The wretched acting added to the ambiance as police cars blaze up to the building and cops come running out, guns held high, to arrest one man. Yeah, that's not the way things work. I guess the story is that the building was a butchery and when turned into a high-tech apartment building two decades later, the ghost of the son of a man who committed murders inside the building possess the AI, slowly killing off the residents. I honestly didn't make it long enough to see more than one person die, but that was enough for me. The acting is horrible, the set design is lackluster, and so many things are unnecessarily CG-ed that I had to bail.

 

I probably should have looked up the director (Craig Moss) before starting. He's helmed such fantastic projects as Bad Ass 1, 2, and 3 (they made THREE OF THESE!), The 41-Year-Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It (a "parody" of Judd Apatow films) and Breaking Wind (a parody of Twilight). Yeah, the dude's got a stellar filmography.

Edited February 13, 2017 by patientZERO

[Bear 1817]

On 18.12.2016 at 0:14 AM, Jigsaw9 said:

Spectral - Okay, I only wanted to see this cuz it was shot in Budapest (and as it later turned out, like 80% of the staff were Hungarian lol), but it actually turned out to be kinda decent. Netflix-made sci-fi/thriller movie with some neat visual imagery and effects. If you enjoy looking at futuristic equipment and stuff then this will be sci-fi military porn heaven for you, haha. Not the best or worst movie out there, but it's okay for watching once and kinda zoning out on.

 

I'd say it's above decent to be honest. It doesn't bring anything new to the table, but it's got a solid story, decent cast and is very nice to the eye. It was a lot better than expected.

 

I can't believe Universal Pictures decided to offload this. A smart purchase by Netflix IMO.

 

 

I also rewatched Equilibrium yesterday. It doesn't bring anything new to the table and is basically a mishmash of several other films' (ideas), but I love the shit out of this film. I think it's excellent!

[patientZERO 1066]

8 hours ago, Bear said:

I also rewatched Equilibrium yesterday. It doesn't bring anything new to the table and is basically a mishmash of several other films' (ideas), but I love the shit out of this film. I think it's excellent!

 

Equilibrium is so laughable, but it's also so badass. George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four meets The Matrix directed by a wannabe John Woo. Gun kata is such a cool idea and if Equilibrium didn't exist, I don't think we'd have John Wick.

[Bear 1817]

I'm pretty sure we'd have John Wick without Equilibrium.

 

 

And yes, gun fu is cool as fuck. The world needs more gun fu films IMO. I can't get enough of it. Never could, and I started watching gun fu flicks at a very young age. Thank god for bootlegs!

[patientZERO 1066]

Netflix has been on a tear of grabbing some decent indie films lately. Girlfriend's Day is not one of them. When I saw the cast behind it (Bob Odenkirk, Larry Fessenden, Andy Richter), I was game. Then I saw it was only 65 minutes long and wondered how the hell Bob ODenkirk wrote a "feature length" film this short. Even still, I never thought that a movie that's barely an hour long could seem like it was already 20 minutes too long.

The story follows a gift card writer who has lost his touch after his wife leaves him. He then gets wrapped in some sort of noir/mob fiasco as he tries to write the perfect card for a rival company. Maybe I missed the point, but I honestly didn't laugh the entire time. I was just so confused on how they were taking this so seriously. I know that's the joke: how ridiculous that people are murdering each other over the idea of a "perfect" gift card, but still, it wasn't very funny. Instead it fell incredibly flat, which is how I would define the film in one word. Flat. The color tones are muted and flat. The characters are flat. The mood is flat. Netflix, you led me astray on this one.

[Bear 1817]

I actually got around watching Tron: Legacy yesterday, after having been in love with the original Tron since 2001 or something and having played the soundtrack to the film almost weekly since it's release. The characters are flat and the plot is as thin as it is unoriginal, but I really like the visual style, the setting and the environment the film is set in. Top this off with an Olivia Wilde that is a real pleasure to the eye and is among the most beautiful women to have ever walked this earth and a soundtrack that is superb and you've got yourself two great hours IMO. I really liked the film despite all of its flaws.

 

The Tron: Legacy soundtrack is by far Daft Punk's best release IMO. Way, wya, way, above the rest of their discography.

[patientZERO 1066]

You can enjoy TRON: Legacy if you just turn your brain off and also try not to concentrate on Jeff Bridge's weird young face ... Plus, Daft Punk!!