Movies you've just watched

[Astraea FGA Mk. I]

I just watched Videodrome with my lady but she didn't like it so we stopped it

I told her if she just waited a bit longer she would see it wasn't really about snuff films and bdsm but she lacks patience.

[BIL]

Should've gone with Re-Animator.

[Raytrace]

If it's close by, Terminator+Streets of Fire sounds like an awesome double-feature.

It is close . I deffo think I'll go - I hope I won't be the only one singing along to Nowhere Fast though :p

[trap15]

Saw Jason X last night.

Terrible, terrible movie. Some of the kills were pretty cool though. Like this fucking one. 2/5 on CMoon scale.

[chum]

How was the Human Condition trilogy?

It's pretty repetitive when it comes down to it, but I still found it engaging all the way through.

Part 3 was slightly disappointing to me because It's often cited as the best of the three, but I thought it was a bit on the unbelievable side. Kaji is simply too perfect and I lost count of the amount of times he probably should have died or given in to the circumstances. Really damn good for the most part, but the weakest of the three.

These movies cannot hold a candle to Harakiri, but they are certainly well worth a watch if you are interested in the subject matter, otherwise I think most people would be bored by them.

The Burmese Harp is another film which covers WW2-Era Japan, if you haven't seen it, I liked it slightly better than the Human Condition trilogy - absolutely top-notch cinematography in that one

[z0mbie90]

Should've gone with Re-Animator.

Nothing can go wrong with Re-Animator I been watching some samurai flicks, The Tale of Zatoichi up to Zatoichi The Fugitive and Lady Snowblood 1 and 2. Also watched Yojimbo all great movies!

[EmperorIng]

My older brother, upon watching Blade Runner for the first time with me (or rather, he lost interest and drifted in and out), called it slow, dull, and boring. How can I put up with such clear lack of taste?

How can you put up with such clear lack of taste? And of all things, Blade Runner!

You don't.

He called it two hours of Harrison Ford looking at things, doing nothing. Is it too pretentious to say that it's a movie that tells its story largely visually?

[chempop]

Loved it!

[Vexorg]

Man of Steel: **1/2

I'm a bit surprised at some of the strongly negative reaction to this film on here. That isn't to say I liked it all that much (I found it so-so at best) but it was still reasonably watchable. That said, it's pretty clear from watching this why films based on DC characters have consistently lagged behind their Marvel counterparts. Whenever they do get around to making the inevitable Justice League film that this seems to be leading up to, I suspect it's going to end up feeling like a half-baked Avengers rip-off.

[system11]

Atlantis (the Disney one) - **
I enjoyed it, it was a bit of fun, change of pace from their usual output.

The Horseman (2008) - **
Australians do a pretty good line in gritty brutal exploitation films. Does exactly what it says on the tin.

[Skykid]

Man of Steel: **1/2

I'm a bit surprised at some of the strongly negative reaction to this film on here.

It's such a terrible film. And of course, that's levying criticism at it purely as a popcorn movie. The Dark Knight is like an art house flick in comparison. And that dialogue? Worst script of all time? Incredible new lows? Is it a bird, a plane, or some talentless hack who wrote thirty pages on his ipad while sitting on the crapper? Most certainly.
Couldn't believe the words that were coming out of their mouths.

Man of Lead is what it was; completely soulless, loud, humourless claptrap with a horrible bunch of dumb shit, aimless characters and completely stupid plotting and events. When that useless Spanish Alien asks "What shall I tell Zod?" and that complete shit-for-brains general replies "I don't care what you tell him", completely in-keeping with professional standards of military practice for first encounters with an intergalactic race, I was fighting not to leave the theatre. It was as though I was bogged down by Kryptonite and forced to face the endless horror of Hollywood's freshest diahorrea.

Superdumb.

[null1024]

My older brother, upon watching Blade Runner for the first time with me (or rather, he lost interest and drifted in and out), called it slow, dull, and boring. How can I put up with such clear lack of taste?

How can you put up with such clear lack of taste? And of all things, Blade Runner!

You don't.

He called it two hours of Harrison Ford looking at things, doing nothing. Is it too pretentious to say that it's a movie that tells its story largely visually?

First time I watched Blade Runner, I did get bored and turned it off. It seemed like a good movie, I just didn't feel like finishing it at the time. I eventually did.

Man, it's been a while though, I really need to go re-watch that.

Also, the movie is stylish enough that it could essentially just be Harrison Ford looking at things and I wouldn't completely mind.

[Moniker]

Re: Blade Runner

The documentary "Dangerous Days" is definitely worth a look. (Comes with the Final Cut, and probably other DVD packs) I watched the Final Cut, then the documentary, and immediately rewatched the film. Even after knowing how the special effects were accomplished, I was unable (even while trying!) to break the illusion. A state I can no long accomplish with Alien. Such a masterful film.

I was especially intrigued by discussion of the original (pre release) ending, where upon getting his head smushed, Tyrell was revealed to be a replicant himself, and the human leader of the Tyrell Corp was long dead in a cryo chamber. Would love to see that ending, but, hey, who can complain.

[GaijinPunch]

I haven't popped into this thread in a while. But oddly enough, I was inspired last night to watch....


....wait for it...


...Blade Runner.

I've yet to watch the supplementary discs, but will soon. I think they're DVD, not BR... and my PS3 is not hacked to play them. Guess I'll have to Handbrake them.

[PC Engine Fan X!]

Early this year, my local movie theater was offering the special chance to show the Blade Runner: The Final Cut version on the big screen but it was a one night special engagement type of deal. It just so happened that I had to be at work the next morning and missed watching it properly inside a movie theater. Oh well...I'll just have to content with watching BR:TFC version on Blu-Ray for the time being. I'm not even sure if it was the 35mm print reel version of BR:TFC or if it was something else. Another one of those missed movie screen viewing opportunities with the cult favorite that is BR. If the opportunity arises again, I surely won't miss it the next time around.

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[Raytrace]

Edward James Olmos' website has a lot of interesting bits about Blade Runner too from what I can remember. So say we all.

[GaijinPunch]

Early this year, my local movie theater was offering the special chance to show the Blade Runner: The Final Cut version on the big screen but it was a one night special engagement type of deal.

Nice -- I was just wondering if any assholes would play it here. AFAIK, it did not get a proper J-release, w/ subtitles... unfortunately something necessary to play it in a Japanese movie theater. There's a small 'club' which plays old movies, assuming they generate enough buzz on their website. This is the group that played Patlabor 2 a few months ago, and is doing not one but two showings of Patlabor: the Movie and Akira over the next month.

Sometimes they play some questionable turds though. Michael Jackson's This is (sh)it seems to have had multiple showings one week.

So say we all.

Fuck yes we do.

[system11]

Invitation Only (2009) - **

I think might have to reconsider my use of the CMoon scale. Why? A lot of the rating is (unless I've lost the point a bit) based on the desirability of repeat watching. So anyway, I caught this on Netflix last night, it's a Taiwanese horror film which owes a fair bit to the 'torture porn' trend of film making. Five people are invited to a party for rich influentials, and are then systematically killed off for the entertainment of the crowd. It's part horror and part attack on the culture of the wealthy, most of the message is missed but honestly the film does a pretty good job of the horror and suspense side of things, so I enjoyed it a lot anyway. Some of it is subtitled, some is spoken in English directly, it's done pretty seamlessly back and forth depending on who is speaking to whom, and anyone used to foreign films won't even notice the transition - nicely done.

Note: obviously people who have seen Hostel III will spot a similarity here with the audience aspect, but this film predates it by a couple of years.

[Ixmucane2]

Man of Steel

As a reboot of a comic book character, it's even better than Batman Begins. Useless elements aren't even mentioned, the plot sticks to a strong underlying idea (Kal-El as a natural born hero), most events make sense, Superman's enemies are the best possible ones, there are a number of funny details, and there are rather reasonable and pleasantly deconstructive explanations for a number of Superman features (from how he can maintain his secret identity to the "S" ).

Plot holes are ugly but remarkably few (the major starship that both Superman and the military abandon in the middle of nowhere for the bad guys to steal, or the genocidal terraformation campaign to make Earth an arguably worse place for Kryptonians); the only thing I didn't like is the gratuitous destruction of Metropolis.

Considering that Christopher Reeve and Marlon Brando are dead, casting is decent; in particular, it is entirely appropriate for Jor-El and Lara to be the only remotely charismatic Old Kryptonians, and for General Zod's team to be cold and unlikeable.

If there's a sequel, I predict it will be about Lex Luthor making Superman's life more interesting.

[IDruggedShamu]

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[neorichieb1971]

Man of Steel: **1/2

I'm a bit surprised at some of the strongly negative reaction to this film on here.

It's such a terrible film. And of course, that's levying criticism at it purely as a popcorn movie. The Dark Knight is like an art house flick in comparison. And that dialogue? Worst script of all time? Incredible new lows? Is it a bird, a plane, or some talentless hack who wrote thirty pages on his ipad while sitting on the crapper? Most certainly.
Couldn't believe the words that were coming out of their mouths.

Man of Lead is what it was; completely soulless, loud, humourless claptrap with a horrible bunch of dumb shit, aimless characters and completely stupid plotting and events. When that useless Spanish Alien asks "What shall I tell Zod?" and that complete shit-for-brains general replies "I don't care what you tell him", completely in-keeping with professional standards of military practice for first encounters with an intergalactic race, I was fighting not to leave the theatre. It was as though I was bogged down by Kryptonite and forced to face the endless horror of Hollywood's freshest diahorrea.

Superdumb.

Hey man, take a chill pill. Its only a movie. You know superman is a kids movie with adult dressing don't you? At least they got rid of the overpants. If you went in to see a Zack Snyder movie you probably wouldn't be disappointed.

[shmuppyLove]

Chronicle!

Cool flick.

[GaijinPunch]

At least they got rid of the overpants.

Mother fucker. Rethinking if I'm going to see this now.

[boagman]

Monsters University - ***

I'm a sucker for anything Pixar related; however, while I enjoyed MU, it was definitely lacking compared to the original. It was able to flesh itself out by the end credits, but for awhile there, I found myself frustrated with the movie... It wasn't Cars or Cars 2 bad, but more like Brave "meh."

Here's to hoping that Finding Dory will be on the same level as TS3.

I sincerely hope that that score you've given is out of four stars.

I went and saw MU with my girlfriend last night, and while I'd agree that it's not quite in the rarified air that MI was/is, I found it very, very good, and downright hilarious. I was rollicking at certain points, and I enjoyed it pretty much all the way through (though the beginning did drag a bit more than the rest of it). I liked it at least a decent letter grade better than "Brave" (which I thought was pretty decent...an okay rebound for Pixar from the atrocity that is "Cars 2" [which, in my opinion, based on how lousy "Cars" was, never should have been made in the first place]), but you're right in that it's not up in the stratosphere with TS3, "The Incredibles", MI, and perhaps a couple of others.

While I wouldn't give it a "grand slam home run" rating, I'd give MU a stand-up triple that easily knocks in a couple of runs, allowing the guy from first to cross home plate without the need for a slide. They hit all the right comic notes, and I enjoyed myself pretty silly at this one. Can't ask too much more than that.

Oh, and I didn't see it in the 3-D B.S., either. I've not been convinced that any Pixar movie needs the 3-D treatment. Heck, most movies don't.

[Skykid]

Hey man, take a chill pill. Its only a movie.

Not a fact that was entirely lost on me.

You know superman is a kids movie with adult dressing don't you? At least they got rid of the overpants. If you went in to see a Zack Snyder movie you probably wouldn't be disappointed.

Actually, very disappointed. I didn't know it was a Snyder movie until the credits soared in to relieve me of rigor mortis, at which point I sat upright in stark disbelief.

Don't get me wrong, I don't really rate the guy, but I thought Watchmen was excellent and I enjoyed his Dawn of the Dead remake. Suckerpunch showed off his full array of weaknesses, but there were elements of it that were interesting (moreso than MOS.)

I don't know why I need to take a chill pill for berating a piece of shit movie that deserves it. MOS is totally fucking awful.

As a reboot of a comic book character, it's even better than Batman Begins.

Thanks friend. People with your level of critical faculties are why these preposterously bullshit movies will continue to turn over a billion dollars, and subsequently continue to be made. Hollywood rest easy knowing there are people out there who really can't tell when they're being fed awful scripting, dialogue, acting and plotting, which makes their life so much easier.

Glad you were entertained, anyway. Remember to return that brain cell to the cashier on your way out.

[7711]

Just watched Dogtooth (Greek movie). Kinda heavy but really good.

[IDruggedShamu]

Monsters University - ***

I'm a sucker for anything Pixar related; however, while I enjoyed MU, it was definitely lacking compared to the original. It was able to flesh itself out by the end credits, but for awhile there, I found myself frustrated with the movie... It wasn't Cars or Cars 2 bad, but more like Brave "meh."

Here's to hoping that Finding Dory will be on the same level as TS3.

I sincerely hope that that score you've given is out of four stars.

I went and saw MU with my girlfriend last night, and while I'd agree that it's not quite in the rarified air that MI was/is, I found it very, very good, and downright hilarious. I was rollicking at certain points, and I enjoyed it pretty much all the way through (though the beginning did drag a bit more than the rest of it). I liked it at least a decent letter grade better than "Brave" (which I thought was pretty decent...an okay rebound for Pixar from the atrocity that is "Cars 2" [which, in my opinion, based on how lousy "Cars" was, never should have been made in the first place]), but you're right in that it's not up in the stratosphere with TS3, "The Incredibles", MI, and perhaps a couple of others.

While I wouldn't give it a "grand slam home run" rating, I'd give MU a stand-up triple that easily knocks in a couple of runs, allowing the guy from first to cross home plate without the need for a slide. They hit all the right comic notes, and I enjoyed myself pretty silly at this one. Can't ask too much more than that.

Oh, and I didn't see it in the 3-D B.S., either. I've not been convinced that any Pixar movie needs the 3-D treatment. Heck, most movies don't.

It was 3 out of 5 . But my rating scale isn't your typical movie-critic BS... I'd recommend MU over anything else playing in theaters right now. Unfortunately, I did catch it in 3D, because my wife loves 3D movies - maybe that's why I felt detached from the movie; the 3D was most definitely tacked on. Although I have seen several other Pixar flicks in 3D (TS3, Finding Nemo, Up) and liked their implementation of it, even though Nemo WAS a remaster.

However, The Blue Umbrella was absolutely fantastic in 3D, much like Wreck It Ralph's Paper Man. Those two animated shorts hit me in the feels and gave me chills. Maybe they should have played The Blue Umbrella last instead of opening with it

[Sly Cherry Chunks]

MU was a straight 4 out of 5. Maybe if it had ended at the conclusion of the scare games (lots of reviews saying it was average beforehand). The 3D wasn't part of the movie which is a shame because last years Monsters Inc revamp made the ending a lot more fun. My only disappointment was that it wasn't the "Randall Rising" movie I'd hoped for.

Man Of Steel - some good stuff as well as shit. I actually liked the Father, the Son and the Holy Hologram.
Girlfriend on the ending: "Why didn't superman just put his hand over Zod's eyes?"

Equestria Girls - Was having server problems with Star Trek Online most of last night. We're having quite a heat wave here right now and my computer is making a sound like a hair dryer. I actually think the problem is on my end too because no one else seemed to be experiencing it. Managed to get most of my dailies done though but gave up after constant disconnects. No connection problems with anything else, Internet was working fine. Hoping things will be better tonight. Watched cam rip on YouTube.

[Skykid]

Man Of Steel - some good stuff as well as shit. I actually liked the Father, the Son and the Holy Hologram.
Girlfriend on the ending: "Why didn't superman just put his hand over Zod's eyes?"

Also: which part of Russell Crowe's contract stipulated he wasn't required to do any acting? Let's face it, he was atrocious.

[IDruggedShamu]

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