What movie did you last watch? - Page 42

Loy · 09-17-2005, 06:26 PM

Al-"Wishing Stairs" is on DVD (which brings about a tangent, and this has been a long time coming....I'm fucking ECSTATIC that Tartan has finally started doing region 1 releases! Now everybody I know without a regionless DVD player can understand why I love these guys so much). And have you seen "Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance" yet? I know it hit theatres up here recently (finally. wonder if "J.S.A.' is gonna get a release soon?), and figured it'd be playing there soon. Though I don't love "Sympathy' as much as "Oldboy' or "J.S.A.", "Sympathy' is definately a worthy predecessor to "Oldboy".....to me it's more of a test run than an actual film, but it's still pretty decent.

And for more cool news (and reasons for you to come up here), in November (as a birthday present to me....OK, not really, but I'd like to think so) Scarecrow Video is bringing Werner Herzog into town to play the last 4 films he made, including the sci-fi film he did with NASA and Brad Dourf. Heh.

Star of Blight · 09-18-2005, 01:51 AM

Well, I'm gonna preface this brief film note by saying this.

I'm not a Final Fantasy fan. For those of you who play video games (or know anything about current pop culture) then you know about this series of console based role playing games. Yes, some of them have been good, but by and far the vast majority of the games (numbering almost 20 now in total if you count the spinoffs) have been pure crap. Even the Final Fantasy movie that came out a few years ago was pretty asstastic.

Well, last nigh, for shits and giggles, I downloaded a fansub of the new film, Final Fantasy: Advent Children. For those of you who haven't heard, it's the cgi film sequel to Final Fantasy 7. Now at first when I heard about it I was rather scheptical. But after having sit down with my roomie and watching this movie, I can only say that I was pretty impressed.

To quote my roomie "That's some pimpin shit."

That is all.

ice · 09-19-2005, 07:41 PM

I watched Memento just now. Wow.

That movie was honestly one of the best I've ever seen.
And really, that's all I can say about it. Jeeeze (I'm feeling blown away).

09-19-2005, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by ice

I watched Memento just now. Wow.

That movie was honestly one of the best I've ever seen.
And really, that's all I can say about it. Jeeeze (I'm feeling blown away).

It's great, ain't it? On so many levels.

wikked · 09-20-2005, 09:46 AM

Mewtwo Returns. Stop looking at me like that; my little one picked it. I don't like Pokemon, but Mewtwo is kind of sexay. That or maybe the abstinence thing is beginning to affect me.

chelseagirl · 09-20-2005, 10:40 AM

I last watched Immortal with Jude Law, which was pretty good, and Eternal Blood, which I absolutely loved! The cast are all absolutely gorgeous and the soundtrack is awesome. I could just stare at Vampira, Elizabeth and Dahmer for hours....

MrMaelstrom · 09-20-2005, 12:23 PM

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I last watched Immortal with Jude Law, which was pretty good, and Eternal Blood, which I absolutely loved! The cast are all absolutely gorgeous and the soundtrack is awesome. I could just stare at Vampira, Elizabeth and Dahmer for hours....

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Loy · 09-20-2005, 04:10 PM

OK, so I'm gonna be little Mr. Downer on your parades, but I have to say it-I hated "Memento".

To me, "Memento" was a brilliant idea wasted, and I know exactly who to blame-Chris Nolan. Nolan suffers from the Coppolla syndrome, where he has great ideas, but doesn't have either the talent or the balls to go all the way with them (or even give them a proper film). I mean, "Following" was THIS close to being a decent update of Bresson's "Pickpocket", but then he turns it into a generic thriller. And don't even get me started on the mess he did with "Insomnia" (lesson # 1 to all budding film-makers out there: if you're gonna remake a great film, do a good job at it.).

"Memento" tweaks with the "normal" mode of telling stories by telling it backwards. However, he does nothing more than just show the scenes in reverse order. Guess what this makes the film? That's right, a one-trick pony. No deeper exploring of the concept or the idea, no real expository nuances, nothing. Just "Gee golly, look at me! I told this story backwards. See how cutting edge I am?".

What's so odious about this attitude....actually, the second most odious thing about it is how many people he's fooled into thinking he's great. The MOST odious thing about it is how other directors have done this (and even more tweaking with story exposition/order/whatever) more powerfully. Ever heard of Atom Egoyan? Jean-Luc Godard? Gaspar Noe? "The Godfather" parts 1 and 2? Yeah, didn't think so.

Sorry, just had to get it off my chest.

spookypurple · 09-22-2005, 03:43 PM

Finally got round to watching Razor Blade Smile.

soggypicklemuncher · 09-24-2005, 10:07 AM

Videodrome, George Romero's Dawn of the Dead and the Dawn of the Dead remake. I know some people will discredit any remake as an opportunistic attempt to make money from a recognizable name, but I think in theis case the film has some merit. It didn't simply duplicate the original script.

It came pretty close to having the same core characters with some changes, and really only took the premise of taking refuge from zombies in a shopping mall. The writer(s) and director(s) are big fans of the original and they wanted to do it justice.

The thing about the new film is that the irony of zombies in a mall is obsolete. Scary. I still think the original is a much better film, but the new one isn't a turd like most remakes.

winged_dreams · 09-24-2005, 10:33 AM

Born into Brothels

Spooky_Gurl · 09-25-2005, 10:52 AM

The last movie I watched would be Corpse Bride!! I AM IN LOVE WITH TIM BURTON!! His movie's are awesome. Awesome Soundtrack!! Must see movie

AlKilyu · 09-26-2005, 08:17 AM

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Videodrome

*shiver* My folks let my sister and her friends babysit me one night (I couldn't have been more than five) and watched (uncut) Videodrome and The Exorcist.

Videodrome....five years old...and people wonder why I am fucked up. I remember wondering why Blondie was fucking with the good guy. Actually I was in a state of WTF from begining to end. At least I understood what was going on in "Exorcist", so crazy as it sounds it was a welcome change.

I saw "The Thing" at that age too, along with "The Deer Hunter" and every other fucked up movie that came through our brand-new "cable".

Crazy.

AlKilyu · 09-26-2005, 09:51 AM

OH last movie I watched was "Oldboy".

When you think of ways to get revenge on someone who did you wrong (I will not say if the lead character deserved it or not, sort of a spoiler) there is no way in hell you could fathom what the person who is out to get revenge does. No way. Death is better than what ends up happening to this guy. I watched it by myself and I even turned my head (not visually repulsive) and said aloud "Oh FUCK ME!" Pretty sad, eh? By myself, late at night, in my underwear yelling that?

You really need to see this movie.

Spooky_Gurl · 09-26-2005, 05:55 PM

the last movie i watched was.....umm....oh yeah ... FEVER PITCH
funny movie..recamend it if you like baseball and comedy

winged_dreams · 09-26-2005, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Spooky_Gurl

the last movie i watched was.....umm....oh yeah ... FEVER PITCH
funny movie..recamend it if you like baseball and comedy

Ack! That movie did pretty well at our store so far (work at video rental store). I think it looks stupid. I rarely watch movies unless they really catch my interest and if I'm not being too horribly busy with other things like the internet. XD

AlKilyu · 09-26-2005, 09:15 PM

Oh yeah? Do they have OLDBOY(!!) at your store winged? You outta take a chance and rent it!

winged_dreams · 09-26-2005, 10:47 PM

I'll check the next time I'm working.

Demonista_Ravenesque · 09-27-2005, 01:55 AM

I saw Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory...Johnny Depp killed the original...then dug up it's grave...then spat on it....then ***** it, over and over again....Now it's all in my head, i'ma think about it over and over again....Oh shit, I'm off to the Earworm thread.

1TOOMANY · 09-27-2005, 10:31 AM

I watched Friday night lights with Billy Bob Thorton. I liked it. I think it was a good movie even if you don't like football. But then again I like football.

Kettu · 09-27-2005, 12:54 PM

I've been working on a project of human cruelty for the past week and I have been watching ***** films. Some of them seem artistic, while others are just slasher films.

punkirony · 09-28-2005, 03:37 PM

Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas!!! FREAKIN' AWESOME!

Loy · 09-28-2005, 05:44 PM

"Corpse Bride"-with "Corpse Bride" ime Burton does something I thought impossible-he made a decent film again. Actually, it's pretty good. Nothing TOO spectacular, but considering how fucking horrid his films have become since "Ed Wood", it's a nice suprise.

"History Of Violence"-All I can say is this-Cronenburg has this knack for combining the cerebral with the discomforting. This one explores how violence become a virus, infecting whoever it touches and leaving a path of pain and misery in its wake. Am going to watch it again, so expect a fuller review later. As for now-his best film since "Crash" (though, with less f u c king into wound holes. Much less).

"Burn To Shine"-a series of films. Basically, bands from a specific town play in a house that's set to be demolished. Sounds like a lark, but with bands like Shellac, the Shins, the Decemberists, Q And Not U, Tortoise, Wilco, and Bob Mould, it becomes magnificent.

Courtenay1218 · 09-29-2005, 02:02 AM

Hey, that was the last movie I watched too!!. Before that was Duece Bigelo 2 (I got it on bootleg)

1TOOMANY · 10-04-2005, 11:17 AM

The Village- I was pretty dissapointed but it did have a crazy twist at the end.