2010 Movies thread

[cools]

Collapse is absolutely superb. I'm always wary of docu-cherry-fact-picking movies but I don't believe it's the case here. Well worth watching.

[DEL]

^Yes it is superb. If its true, then its the most important doc ever made.

[1up]

going to the movies this sunday to catch The Expendables. Cant wait for this testosterone asskicking fest

[bulletcurtain]

A local theater is doing a sort of Akira Kurosawa marathon. I just saw The Hidden Fortress, and they will be playing Yojimbo and Seven Samurai within the next few weeks. I also plan on seeing The Human Centipede, the 1p man, and Survival of the Dead (the new Romero movie), at another local theater that specializes mostly in cult/horror movies. This should be a great month!

[Skykid]

Recently watched Let The Right One In and Toy Story 3 - both were brilliant and highly recommended.

[nem]

Just came back from seeing The Expendables (how do we not have a thread for this?).

So, it's not as good as the new Rambo. Stallone can't do dialogue and unfortunately there's a lot of it in this film. Seriously, the lines that aren't cringe worthy can be counted with one hand. Then there's a lot of pacing issues and really bad editing (oh god the tanker). That's like the three quarters in to the movie. The last quarter though, huge improvement. No dialogue, just all out action. Funnily enough, out of all the big name stars, it's White Chicks' Terry Crews that has the best part in the movie.

The short bit with Arnold is good. It doesn't really have anything to do with the story, but it's a good bit of fan service. He's in awful shape, but thankfully they're aware of it and play it up.

[mesh control]

Recently watched Let The Right One In and Toy Story 3 - both were brilliant and highly recommended.

I'm disappointed someone decided to remake Let The Right One In.

[seattlexc]

Collapse is absolutely superb. I'm always wary of docu-cherry-fact-picking movies but I don't believe it's the case here. Well worth watching.

I was lucky enough to watch Collapse at a local theater that actually had Ruppert present for a Q&A session after the film. It was a incredible but also terrifying experience. I recommend the film/book to whoever will listen to me, not because I think I can change the inevitable peak, but because I want people to be aware or at least somewhat prepared for some of the potential changes that are coming.

haha, hope I didn't sound like to much of a dooms day nut, but it's hard not to be scared/moved by Collapse.

[Skykid]

Recently watched Let The Right One In and Toy Story 3 - both were brilliant and highly recommended.

I'm disappointed someone decided to remake Let The Right One In.

They remade it?! My god, nothing's sacred. Now I'm disappointed (but not the least bit surprised.)

So the Expendables is shit then? Oh well, Rambo was a fluke.

It has Jason Statham in it anyway so it was failing from the start.

[mesh control]

Recently watched Let The Right One In and Toy Story 3 - both were brilliant and highly recommended.

I'm disappointed someone decided to remake Let The Right One In.

They remade it?! My god, nothing's sacred. Now I'm disappointed (but not the least bit surprised.)

So the Expendables is shit then? Oh well, Rambo was a fluke.

It has Jason Statham in it anyway so it was failing from the start.

Americanized.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_Me_In_(film)

[Skykid]

Americanized.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_Me_In_(film)

Lol, 'Let Me In'.

[Warp_Rattler]

A local theater is doing a sort of Akira Kurosawa marathon. I just saw The Hidden Fortress, and they will be playing Yojimbo and Seven Samurai within the next few weeks.

Okay, so Yojimbo would be sweet and all, but I can't really think of any cinema experiences that could possibly rival seeing Seven Samurai on a big screen. Make sure you see it for me, if not for yourself.

[Skykid]

I'm not one for Asia Extreme cinema, because I usually end up watching some bad Korean flick or an even worse Japanese one.

However, I watched 'Dumplings' last night, another seemingly random DVD rental (my girlfriend composes the list) and I actually regret taking the piss out of the directors name now. It's the best film of its kind I've seen in a long time, a warped social commentary on materialism and the pressure on women to stay looking young - but the plot is utterly grotesque.
Genuinely well directed/acted and beautifully photographed by Christopher Doyle (of Wong Kar Wai affiliation), I'd definitely recommend it to Asia Extreme fans who like weird, wonderful and stomach testing movies.

[Acid King]

I'm not one for Asia Extreme cinema, because I usually end up watching some bad Korean flick or an even worse Japanese one.

However, I watched 'Dumplings' last night, another seemingly random DVD rental (my girlfriend composes the list) and I actually regret taking the piss out of the directors name now. It's the best film of its kind I've seen in a long time, a warped social commentary on materialism and the pressure on women to stay looking young - but the plot is utterly grotesque.
Genuinely well directed/acted and beautifully photographed by Christopher Doyle (of Wong Kar Wai affiliation), I'd definitely recommend it to Asia Extreme fans who like weird, wonderful and stomach testing movies.

That was a standalone DVD? I saw it as part of a collection called 3... Extremes with two other short films. Regardless, good stuff. As bad as it may seem, I had to run out and get dumplings after I watched it.

[Skykid]

I'm not one for Asia Extreme cinema, because I usually end up watching some bad Korean flick or an even worse Japanese one.

However, I watched 'Dumplings' last night, another seemingly random DVD rental (my girlfriend composes the list) and I actually regret taking the piss out of the directors name now. It's the best film of its kind I've seen in a long time, a warped social commentary on materialism and the pressure on women to stay looking young - but the plot is utterly grotesque.
Genuinely well directed/acted and beautifully photographed by Christopher Doyle (of Wong Kar Wai affiliation), I'd definitely recommend it to Asia Extreme fans who like weird, wonderful and stomach testing movies.

That was a standalone DVD? I saw it as part of a collection called 3... Extremes with two other short films. Regardless, good stuff. As bad as it may seem, I had to run out and get dumplings after I watched it.

Lol! That's pretty brave.

It was just a standalone DVD yep, I understand there are two more films by different directors? Are they as good as this one was?

[Acid King]

Lol! That's pretty brave.

It was just a standalone DVD yep, I understand there are two more films by different directors? Are they as good as this one was?

Dumplings was my favorite of the bunch. I didn't like Takashi Miike's contribution too much but Chan Wook Park's was solid. It's similar thematically to his revenge trilogy and is worth checking out.

[Skykid]

Lol! That's pretty brave.

It was just a standalone DVD yep, I understand there are two more films by different directors? Are they as good as this one was?

Dumplings was my favorite of the bunch. I didn't like Takashi Miike's contribution too much but Chan Wook Park's was solid. It's similar thematically to his revenge trilogy and is worth checking out.

Oh, CWP did one? I'll definitely check that out. The order in which you preferred them is generally how I perceive the quality of Asian cinema to be these days, but I've ranted on about the fat fail of modern Japanese cinema in another thread so I'll leave off for the time being. Last decent Japanese filcks I saw were Departures (8/10) and Tokyo Sonata (6/10) - everything else stank.

Thanks for the help.

[bulletcurtain]

That's pretty random that "3 Extremes" was just brought up, I actually bought it recently for a dollar at a video store that was going out of business. Dumplings was also my personal favourite of the 3 movies. I really liked the vibe of Takashi Miike's movie, but I didn't understand the twist at the end .

[DEL]

cools wrote:
Collapse is absolutely superb. I'm always wary of docu-cherry-fact-picking movies but I don't believe it's the case here. Well worth watching.

seattlexc wrote
I was lucky enough to watch Collapse at a local theater that actually had Ruppert present for a Q&A session after the film. It was a incredible but also terrifying experience. I recommend the film/book to whoever will listen to me, not because I think I can change the inevitable peak, but because I want people to be aware or at least somewhat prepared for some of the potential changes that are coming.

haha, hope I didn't sound like to much of a dooms day nut, but it's hard not to be scared/moved by Collapse.

Yes everyone should see Collapse, especially the World Leaders. It is an inevitability and the doc makes everything that has happened in the last 9 years a lot clearer.
It also explains why George W has had an 'off the grid' ranch for his family since 2002. This really confirms it for me. I better start googling solar panel generator kits and the price of farms...

[1up]

going to the movies this sunday to catch The Expendables. Cant wait for this testosterone asskicking fest

and what an asskicking fest it was Holy Shit! I was sitting the with a big fat grin on my face for most of the movie. Plot is the basic 80s action movie plot, think Commando and you should be about right. Special FX reminded me a lot of Rambo, the new one. The 80s rock.

and you guys sold me on Collapse. Im watching that next

[Skykid]

Lol! That's pretty brave.

It was just a standalone DVD yep, I understand there are two more films by different directors? Are they as good as this one was?

Dumplings was my favorite of the bunch. I didn't like Takashi Miike's contribution too much but Chan Wook Park's was solid. It's similar thematically to his revenge trilogy and is worth checking out.

Right, so regurgitating this one. First of all: confusion. I watched a full 1hr 30 min version of Dumplings, not the hacked down one I saw on the 3 Extremes DVD I watched tonight. I was pretty saddened to think most people watched the 3EX version first, as the full film was actually tremendously good (even though the directors ability was still well represented in the cut down version.) But seriously, there's an hour of the film missing!

Chan Wook Park's: Was good, although not great. I like most of his stuff, never really seen anything I really couldn't get into. This was interesting, but unravelled in the blink of an eye at the end - pretty poor, confusing finale to an otherwise well made little short.

Takashi Miike's: Well, I've said it before. This was kind of what I've disappointingly come to expect from Miike - 40 minutes of pompous, aimless bullshit that does nothing except procrastinate over vague nothings and present the viewer with an overly confusing piece of cinema that heavily misconstrues 'artiness' for art.
It's a shame, because Miike clearly has talent, but he lacks ability to concentrate his narrative. It can't ever be a cohesive whole, instead you have to watch a movie that seems awfully well directed, but plainly awfully edited. Like some rough cut where the negative (or whatever) has been picked up off the cutting room floor and patched together by a schoolkid.

Miike has a case of Kojima-itis (or is that Japanese film director-itis?)
These meandering J-movie's aren't impressing me, and his fairly dire 3rd episode pretty much ballsed up a fairly intriguing trilogy.

[Mills]

M.Night Shyamalan's latest flick 'Devil' looks interesting.