Movies you've just watched

[EllertMichael]

Last week my girlfriend and I watched Star Wars in the "machete order" -More Info-

Used the Harmy "despecialized editions" -More Info-

and the "anti cheese" edits for the prequels -Youtube-

then we capped it off by seeing episode VII in IMAX 3D.

It was awesome.

[Mischief Maker]

Last week my girlfriend and I watched Star Wars in the "machete order" -More Info-

Kinda like watching "The Godfather 2" if the DeNiro parts were terribly acted with cringe-worthy dialogue, bizarre small-world fanservice like a young Pat Geary walking into the grocery, talking about his love of prostitutes, then asking DeNiro if he should run for Senate, soap-opera-level cinematography, gang warfare where everyone is armed with pop-guns to keep the violence kid-friendly and consequence free, even more fanservice like Michael and Fredo's mother breaking up a fight between them and saying, "I swear, Michael, sometimes I think after I die you're going to have Fredo killed!" and odd anachronistic moments like DeNiro checking the time using a digital watch, even though nobody has equivalent technology in Michael's day.

[kaicooper]

just watched Goodnight Mommy 2014
a good horror german movie

it was slow and good movie till the end
the ending twist was

7/10

[EllertMichael]

Last week my girlfriend and I watched Star Wars in the "machete order" -More Info-

Kinda like watching "The Godfather 2" if the DeNiro parts were terribly acted with cringe-worthy dialogue, bizarre small-world fanservice like a young Pat Geary walking into the grocery, talking about his love of prostitutes, then asking DeNiro if he should run for Senate, soap-opera-level cinematography, gang warfare where everyone is armed with pop-guns to keep the violence kid-friendly and consequence free, even more fanservice like Michael and Fredo's mother breaking up a fight between them and saying, "I swear, Michael, sometimes I think after I die you're going to have Fredo killed!" and odd anachronistic moments like DeNiro checking the time using a digital watch, even though nobody has equivalent technology in Michael's day.

Still, if you're going to watch those movies, I think this might be the most enjoyable way

[EmperorIng]

There are some good John Wayne movies, but you have to be in the right mindset. Those American Westerns are more about the sweeping mystique of the West and its mythology than they are about anything else. They aren't really about character motivations, nuanced story-telling, or titanic performances.

I admit I have a few John Ford movies sitting in my movie bin that I still need to get around to watching.

I sometimes like to joke about how Sergio Leone made the western genre "deep" by having shots of peoples eyes for 30+ seconds. TGTB&TU is one of my favorite movies so don't hound me.

[nissling]

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and Stagecoach are my two favorite John Wayne films, and I've seen plenty of his work. Other honorable mentions are The Quiet Man, The Big Trail (preferably the Fox Grandeur version), The Searchers and The Shootist. I'd also say that The Spoilers is worth a watch for the final scene, truly epic and almost ridiculously hilarious in every way.

I saw Shichinin no Samurai yesterday at Filmhuset in Stockholm, 35mm print from 2002. My third watch but the first time I get to see a Kurosawa film at the big screen. It certainly has aged like wine and is still among my all-time favorite films.

[neorichieb1971]

Ip Man 3 - Cinema

Worst of the 3 in terms of fighting, but a great story none the less. The Mike Tyson fight was a bit short and underwhelming and Bruce Lee is under utilized. Hopefully they will do a part 4 to continue the Bruce side of the story.

4/5.

[Obiwanshinobi]

Recently I watched some quite random DVDs when bedridden and those would be the most memorable picks:

Breathless (South Korean 2008 film, a.k.a. 똥파리) - by no means easy watching this one. Brings Mike Leigh's works to mind indeed. Did I mention lately I was quite touched having read Katrin Cartlidge is no more?

See You Tomorrow, Everyone by Yoshihiro Nakamura - the most impactful shounen story in recent memory, simply put. One painstakingly hard to pimp without spoiling the lot.

Mr Bongo Films' digitally restored The Saragossa Manuscript* and The Hourglass Sanatorium by Wojciech Jerzy Has - boy, do these look gorgeous! The former ill needs my recommendation and the latter does incredible job scratching my Eastern European Galicia itch of late. Whether the film reflects (or the original Bruno Schulz's writings anticipate) the disaster or not - is up for debate, but I'm most impressed by the discipline behind it all - at no point does it seem like a seventies' movie director running wild (in stark contrast to Fellini Satyricon I watched around that time too).

*) I'm darn familiar with some of the areas where it was shot and my mom's family used to play among movie sets left after the shooting.

[xxx1993]

Ride Along 2 was amusing. And also very good to start off this year.

[MintyTheCat]

Ghosts of Mars, John Carpenter directed and you would not know it as it was terrible and nothing like his early material.

[Vexorg]

Minions: **

I won't say that this was necessarily a bad movie, but it definitely wasn't a good one. Which is a bit disappointing because I generally like the Minions as they appeared in the Despicable Me movies, but here it just feels like they ran the whole thing into the ground about ten minutes in, but were contractually obligated to deliver anoher hour and 45 minutes of material so they slogged on. It did have its moments though (the part when they hitchhiked with the family of bank robbers to VillainCon was probably more interesting than the actual plot.)

[copy-paster]

Return of the Jedi : Special Edition

I don't know why most people think this is the worst SW OT? Yeah it's not good as ESB or ANH, it has MORE plot holes, Jabba scene are too long and Ewoks made it even worse (though I liked a bit), but it's overshadowed by great conclusion on the OT.

I like the ending changes in Special Edition, bringing more emotions than original, personally I don't mind about Hayden Christensen in the end at all.

[Skykid]

I like the ending changes in Special Edition, bringing more emotions than original, personally I don't mind about Hayden Christensen in the end at all.

Oh what?! GTFO!

I don't think the Jabba sequence is too long at all personally, it's a pretty great opener. I love the shot where the sail barge blows up as they soar into the foreground too, amazing.

[Squire Grooktook]

I think it's far more emotional to see Darth Vader as a kindly old (-ish) man then a young guy.

Thank goodness I grew up on the VHS pre-special edition shit. They ruined the Sarlaac with the damn beak too. The Death Star Explosion in ANH is way better in the original then what they changed it to (they changed that right? I swear they did).

[Skykid]

I think it's far more emotional to see Darth Vader as a kindly old (-ish) man then a young guy.

Thank goodness I grew up on the VHS pre-special edition shit. They ruined the Sarlaac with the damn beak too. The Death Star Explosion in ANH is way better in the original then what they changed it to (they changed that right? I swear they did).

The SE has a big CG ring that expands from the middle and they souped it all up a bit. The original DS explosion is kind of simplistic in a 70s space explosion kind of way, but it has a certain charm.

[Squire Grooktook]

It's been a long time, but I seem to remember that the original Death Star explosion looked a bit "messier". More sparks flying everywhere, looked like a real fire cracker set off inside a model. More visceral and more of a punch to it. The SE version added the shock wave and IIRC also made the explosion look a bit more "clean" and uniform, which is not what I want out of my explosions :3

[Xyga]

Frankly the shockwave is the only really noticeable difference, the colors and contrast as well maybe.
To see if there are more sparks or not you would have to count them. ^^

[MintyTheCat]

Return of the Jedi : Special Edition

I don't know why most people think this is the worst SW OT? Yeah it's not good as ESB or ANH, it has MORE plot holes, Jabba scene are too long and Ewoks made it even worse (though I liked a bit), but it's overshadowed by great conclusion on the OT.

I like the ending changes in Special Edition, bringing more emotions than original, personally I don't mind about Hayden Christensen in the end at all.

I feel that the The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi are the best films and both are better than the first.
I watched SW and TESB many times as a child but I think that ROTJ is actually a better film but I prefer TEB due to that feeling that the rebels are on the run and being hunted down and I love that new spaceship that Darth Vader has; the one that looks like a giant knife.

The originals are firmly ingrained in my mind so I dread to think what effect watching the reworked films would have on should I watch them This is why people my age hold onto their VHS tapes as this may well be the only way to see the films as they were originally.

I do not think that the third batch of Star Wars films are a patch on the original three, but then I grew up in the 1980s so I would say that

[Squire Grooktook]

Frankly the shockwave is the only really noticeable difference, the colors and contrast as well maybe.
To see if there are more sparks or not you would have to count them. ^^

Ah okay, I could be mistaken then. Was one thing that I thought struck me when I saw some clips from the special edition.

Of course, we can all agree there are far, far worse things done to the movies in there.

[copy-paster]

Oh what?! GTFO!

Yeah, I'm on the majority part.

The reason I like the Hayden change because, in terms of story that's when Anakin died as a Jedi. Also the music is bringing the feels more than the ridiculous Yub Nub.

[BIL]

The best Lucas tweaks are the ones that go beyond prickling OCD into outright crippling autism, the sort that should keep a person a thousand yards from a script at all times.

Defiant self-sacrifice: "AIEEEEEEEEEEEE"

Love is strong: "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"

IDGAF about these movies or their fans but believe me, I know something of the above conditions and I sympathise with both being at their mercy. edit: I am glad you fuckers have the despecialised editions!

[Mischief Maker]

The reason I like the Hayden change because, in terms of story that's when Anakin died as a Jedi.

Wipe out an entire tribe of sand people, including the women and children, in uncontrollable anger: still pure as the driven snow!

[Lord Satori]

Also the music is bringing the feels more than the ridiculous Yub Nub.

I'm with you on this. I don't know why they thought that was a fitting conclusion.

[Mischief Maker]

Also the music is bringing the feels more than the ridiculous Yub Nub.

I'm with you on this. I don't know why they thought that was a fitting conclusion.

Some generic-ass lite flute music that sounds nothing like the Star Wars soundtrack and does not at all match the instruments or the exuberance being shown by any of the characters on screen was an improvement? At least Yub Nub fit the setting.

What did you think of the rapping turd in Jabba's palace?

[lilmanjs]

Dune: The Alternative Edition Redux
Enjoyed this just now. Dune could have been a good movie, and this fanedit makes it into a movie more in line with the book and a lot less of an awkward movie.

[emphatic]

Dune: The Alternative Edition Redux
Enjoyed this just now. Dune could have been a good movie, and this fanedit makes it into a movie more in line with the book and a lot less of an awkward movie.

Agree, this FanEdit is beautiful.

[lilmanjs]

Dune: The Alternative Edition Redux
Enjoyed this just now. Dune could have been a good movie, and this fanedit makes it into a movie more in line with the book and a lot less of an awkward movie.

Agree, this FanEdit is beautiful.

Burned it on dvd for my dad and he even loves it. Gotta figure out what to watch tomorrow. Waiting on a recent dddhouse order that includes the A Better Tomorrow box set. Probably some Shaw Bros

[emphatic]

Gotta figure out what to watch tomorrow.

https://vimeo.com/151257979

Then:

https://vimeo.com/151808492

[atheistgod1999]

Also the music is bringing the feels more than the ridiculous Yub Nub.

I'm with you on this. I don't know why they thought that was a fitting conclusion.

It's actually better than the ear-bleeding "Victory Celebration". Unedited Star Wars FTW.

[Ixmucane2]

Creed

The bourgeois son of heavyweight world champion Apollo Creed is fatally drawn towards boxing; he seeks out Rocky Balboa, rival and friend of his father, as a mentor and trainer in order to become a pro. While success on the ring requires training and determination, a nice girlfriend (his neighbour) comes free with moving to Philadelphia.

A better film than it appears on the surface. Beneath the cliché bingo and the Rocky references there's a solid foundation of suffering and despair; it's just kept mostly offscreen and implicit to avoid shocking the large portion of the audience who finds the various motivational speeches inspirational rather than harrowing and who's interested in boxing as a sport (the protagonist, Michael B. Jordan, and his opponents are credible, and apart from the traditional skipping over the middle rounds the fight scenes are well paced and well photographed).

While Rocky Balboa is a deep character here, I remain perplexed at Stallone getting an Academy award nomination; he's as expressionless as usual, he just happens to be a good fit for his old character.