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[drauch]

Eh?

[Moniker]

Saw Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Spent most of the movie trying to figure out who was who, will have to watch again. Since I caught a matinee the theater was full of geriatrics whispering plot interpretations to each other, which didn't help. Gary Oldman and John Hurt were awesome, as was, surprisingly, Mark Strong. The other heavyweight Brit actors didn't really get enough screen time to put out memorable performances.

[SuperGrafx]

Rented "Terminal Man" on the Xbox 360 / Zune last night.
Old movie, but sort of interesting. Nice glimpse into the early days of computers and so forth.

[JBC]

Dragon Tattoo, the new one. Pretty good despite some eye rolling tropes. Love Daniel Craig.

[PC Engine Fan X!]

Finally checked out the Blu-Ray version of Columbiana. It's as if the Mathilda character from the "Leon: The Professional" flick grew up to become an hitwoman. Like the elevator shaft scene that does pay homage to The Professional's scene of Mathtilda going down the makeshift escape chute.

Would've been interesting if Natalie Portman were cast to play the main character or as a cameo appearance as a rival hitwoman in Columbiana (of course, that would entail a different script reworking to pull it off successfully).

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[ST Dragon]

It's clearly shown that the Husky dog fleeing the Norwiegian campbase towards the conclusion of the film is the same dog that appears at the beginning of the film & isn't the main female character (but is the alien creature itself trying to look for more humans to prey upon/absorb/assimilate).

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

yes I got the dog but I thought it was possible he was the girl previously.

I think there's now no reason for me to watch it (even though there wasn't much before).

I hate when people do this too I'm sorry though people in this thread already mentionned the end was the beginning of the 1982 movie.
Is there a spoiler function on this forum?
Something that wouls be great to add

*** Warning Heavy Spoilers!! ***

I don't think she turned into the dog actually. At the beginning of the prequel, right after the alien gets out of the ice slab, the dog in the cage is seen trying to bite its way out and later on they find blood all over the cage, so it is obvious that the alien assimilated it too!


So I watched the new “The Thing 2011” prequel.
Even though it was not as scary or thrilling as the 1982 film with Kurt Rusell, I must say that it was quite good and it had the old-school sci-fi thriller feel into it!
It was very nicely linked to the sequel as it finishes directly at the point where the 1982 film picks up! The scene with the chopper chasing the dog in the Alaskan wilderness is identical. Also many things are explained, even the axe Kurt Russel finds at the Norwegian base stuck in the wooden door is shown in the prequel, the guy with the severed wrists and throat frozen on the chair, as well as the half burned monster with the 2 linked faces that is taken back to the US camp in the 1982 film, is shown how it was created!

But there were a few mistakes:
In the 1982 film, there is a video shown with the Norwegian guys blowing up the ice revealing the buried space-ship and them being photographed circling around the round hole, however in the prequel there was only a tunnel they had dug up and the entire ship was revealed only after its engines were activated thus melting the ice on top and around it.

There were also 2 things left open (Or plot holes depending on the definition) for another sequel or even a prequel before the 1982 film! Half way through the movie, when the chopper leaves to transport the sick guy to the military hospital, they decide to land again when the girl calls them back. At that point the other guy turns into a monster attacking the poor sick guy and the chopper is seen crashing some miles away behind the mountain. Later the 2 pilots return on foot to the base, however it is not made clear what happened to the monster and the sick guy who was attacked on board the chopper?!
For all we know, it could have survived roaming around Antarctica like the dog, or frozen into the ice until another team finds it and then this whole thing could have happened all over again, this time in a populated area which it would have been transported to.

Also, what happened to the girl at the end after she burned the guy who was missing the earring in his left ear? Did she freeze to death in that tracked snow vehicle?! Did she drive to the other Russian camp/base the guy told her about before she burned him?

The guy she burned at the end, was he really possessed by the alien or did she make a mistake, as her facial expression in the end seems to portray some guilt & doubt?!

Either way, when Kurt Russel’s team arrive with the chopper at the space-ship dig sight, we see none of the 2 tracked snow vehicles which were left there at the end of the prequel and she could not have driven away using both of them!
So what happened to them?!

Also at the end of the 1982 film Kurt Russel and the black guy are left at the destroyed base waiting to see what happens. So we never know if any of the 2 or both of them had been possessed by the monster.

I’m pretty sure there will be another film based on this story, as there is plenty of room left & elements to be used.

So what do you guys think about all this and what other plot holes and interesting details did you spot on these 2 films?

[xbl0x180]

Seriously, they're still posting movie spoilers...?!

[emphatic]

Re-watched Manhattan Murder Mystery tonight. It's still fantastic.

[rapoon]

saw "Confessions."

Japanese middle school teacher gets revenge on two students that murdered her 4/5 yo daughter.
narration/confessions by the teacher, students, couple other ppl. very well done, great acting, fucking
awesome music that's easy to overlook.

[rapoon]

Saw Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Spent most of the movie trying to figure out who was who, will have to watch again. Since I caught a matinee the theater was full of geriatrics whispering plot interpretations to each other, which didn't help. Gary Oldman and John Hurt were awesome, as was, surprisingly, Mark Strong. The other heavyweight Brit actors didn't really get enough screen time to put out memorable performances.

the film bounces around way too much and a second watch is recommended; everything fell into place.
great acting, great story. high recommendation for any cold war/spy fan.

[JBC]

Amazing film. It's like watching a period piece on the Rust Belt that isn't a period piece, because it was the real deal at the time. There's also a very interesting death scene involving a spray booth. Pretty dark stuff for Richard Pryor, and one of his best roles. If that isn't enough you've got a good dose of Harvey Keitel and Yaphet Kotto at the top of thier game, playing some real tough, real gritty dudes.

[drauch]

Yeah, Blue Collar isn't too bad, and it certainly has some necessary social commentary going for it. That said, even, I'm not a huge fan of the film regardless of the great cast and my love for Paul Schrader. I found 3 sealed copies at a local DVD place a few years back. Opened one, gave one to a friend, and sold the other. I sold my open copy a year or so back for a pretty decent price. It's amazing how much Anchor Bay OOP stuff goes for sometimes.

[DEL]

Saw Gun Frontier. Daniel Craig was fine but Harrison Ford delivered the same performance he has done for the last 20 years . Clearly coasting through this one.

The aliens were the same as in ID4, Super 8, War of the Worlds and the mutant in Totall Recall.

Like the critics say, there's nothing new in this movie.

It was watchable but there was pretty much no story.


Watched The Thing 2011 Prequel. Jeg er enig med ST Dragon i helikopteret plothole. Den delen som var igjen uforklarlig. De fattige syke fyr og tingen motsatte ham kan faktisk være roaming runde eller frysing igjen, venter på å bli gjenoppdaget og starte hele prosessen på nytt.
Plus jenta blir ignorert på slutten. Hun er ikke i John Carpenter filmen.

sin gode, men selvfølgelig originalen fortsatt knuser det.

EDIT:- Additions. Watched Drive and its far from the best film of 2011, as Empire put it. Going 'Joe Pesci' with a fork doesn't automatically give a movie a 100% rating. I prefer the original 'The Driver' which I own and I enjoyed 50 Cent's Setup MOAR.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy was ok. Spot John le Carre himself as a guest in the Christmas Party.

Wanted to see The Interrupters
Glad I did.
Very moving documentary.

An Interrupter got shot when he attempted a mediation:
"They shot me when I turned around. One bullet in my ankle and one in my back. They opened up my stomach."
Tio (head Interrupter): "When you got shot, there were 16 shootings in 6 hours."

[SuperGrafx]

Just watched Hannibal on the Xbox 360/Zune video area.

BTW, there are a handful of movies to rent for 100 Microsoft Points this week via the Zune Marketplace. You can download them at that price and take up to 14 days to actually watch them when you're ready. Just throwing that out there.

[Ed Oscuro]

Somebody, ANYBODY, help me find this movie:
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Saw Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Spent most of the movie trying to figure out who was who, will have to watch again. Since I caught a matinee the theater was full of geriatrics whispering plot interpretations to each other, which didn't help. Gary Oldman and John Hurt were awesome, as was, surprisingly, Mark Strong. The other heavyweight Brit actors didn't really get enough screen time to put out memorable performances.

Gah! John Hurt? I'll have to watch this!

I recently watched the Alec Guinness miniseries of the novel, which was pretty damn good, except for the "KARATE CHOP OF INSTANT DEATH" bit.

Movies that should be in my playlist:
Boyz n the Hood
Do The Right Thing
Treasure Island (w/ Charlton Heston)
Zulu
et c.

[Acid King]

Pom Poko. It was painfully adorable.

[Never_Scurred]

I just finished this piece of shit dystopian fisticuffs flick from 1996 called Mortal Challenge.
Its as bad as you think, but its got lots of titties in it. And, perhaps, some of the worst end credits music ever.

[Skykid]

My roundup:

Millenium Actress - superb
Hustle & Flow - Not bad
Eat Drink Man Woman - Excellent
Pushing Hands - Good but not great first effort from Ang Lee
Insidious - Utter total shit from the director of SAW
Throw Momma From the Train - As good as ever

[Never_Scurred]

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Guy fighting with crossbow dressed only in his tightie whiteys, FTW
no homo

[CMoon]

Watched Raimi's Drag Me To Hell. Nothing particularly noteworthy, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. Not enough movies have corpses vomiting maggots in pretty actresses' mouths. I'm serious here.

[MovingTarget]

Looking forward to seeing The Grey.

Hello everyone btw, I have been away for a few years, but now I am back

[JBC]

Looking forward to seeing The Grey.

Hello everyone btw, I have been away for a few years, but now I am back

I second that.

And welcome home!

[DEL]

Welcome back MovingTarget. Its been a while since you attended that London Meet.

CMoon wrote;

Watched Raimi's Drag Me To Hell. Nothing particularly noteworthy

Nothing particularly noteworthy indeed. It was a shame. I was hoping for Excellence, but I guess you need Bruce Campbell for that.

[Skykid]

Round up:

Let the Bullets Fly - Good directing & acting. A bit overlong, a bit complex, but often very funny. 6/10

Lost in Beijing - Very good slice of life pic where you just know things won't end well. A tiny bit drawn out, but solidly directed nonetheless, with enough nudity and rape to warrant a banning in China, which is a hallmark of any good movie. 7/10

[Aguraki]

my last films:

red state ... middlewest sect gore drama I like it
hangover 2 ... laughed twice
sherlock holmes ... didn't laugh
temple of doom ... def great
last crusade ... fu skykid which one do I prefer now!
mad max 123 ... 1 and 2 still hold strong.
last man on earth ... the one with vincent price;I like the characters.
glengarry glen ross ... jack lemmon is a god;superb acting from everyone
die hard 1234 ... have to watch this when I have nothing else and eat cookies.
idiocracy ... laughed twice?
the thing 2011 ... we discussed this already
zack and mirna do a p ... nice comedy but a bit too melo.
the mechanic 2011 ... loved the original with charles bronson,wth did I expect of statham
rise of the planet of the apes ... best movie of 2011?
the privates lives of pippa lee ... robin wright pls marry me
the debt ... ok this one is great,nazis,mossad and old berlin spy movie;must see the original
as good as it gets ... saw it on release,still funny


yep

ps:can't put spaces?

[blackoak]

I watched Kanashimi no Belladonna the other night. Uneven but so much to love about this: the watercolor animation, much of the music, the beautiful character art. I wish more animation was made like this. Unfortunately it also was steeped in very dated 60s/70s psychadelia, and the one-note nature of the sexual imagery got old after awhile. I found myself enjoying more the rare non-erotic parts simply because it was so insistent everywhere else. Also, the retrograde sexual revolution/martyr message toward the end was silly.

Also watched Tenshi no Tamago again. So deep. My favorite work of animation, Japanese or otherwise...

[CMoon]

I watched Kanashimi no Belladonna

I've shown Belladonna at an arthouse venue before with positive response despite being at least in part incomprehensible without subtitles. Unfortunately all of my anime collection was stolen when I moved to CA. This is a really unusual work for Tezuka and deserves some more exposure in the west, though mostly due to the amazing animation and design.

Haven't seen the other film you mentioned, I'll have to check it out at some point.

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I watched Kanashimi no Belladonna

I've shown Belladonna at an arthouse venue before with positive response despite being at least in part incomprehensible without subtitles. Unfortunately all of my anime collection was stolen when I moved to CA. This is a really unusual work for Tezuka and deserves some more exposure in the west, though mostly due to the amazing animation and design.

Haven't seen the other film you mentioned, I'll have to check it out at some point.

Tenshi No Tamago is called "Angel's Egg." This film used to be featured every once in a while during anime meetings (I think). At least, that's where I recall seeing and hearing about this strange, virtually-silent film directed by Oshii Mamoru (one of my favourite film directors, period). I think I might still have a videocassette dupe of this movie; it was never licensed for North American distribution, unfortunately.

Now, I am really, really curious about these Tezuka Osamu animated films from the 70s. It is the first time I have read or seen anything about Belladonna. This looks like something I'd love to have a copy of so that I may see it a few more times (and I just wasted 55 bucks on Battle Athletes HA!)

[CMoon]

Actually I find Tezuka's films a bit difficult. He became really excited about animation, trying all kinds of things that were often a mixed bag. One of my favorite full length movies by him was Space Firebird. As a fan of the phoenix manga, this touched on a lot of the themes, while working as a new chapter. Does it have faults--absolutely! But still a gorgeous and well actualized film.

Just finished watching Fire & Ice (streaming on netflix.) I am no fan of Ralph Bakshi fan, but this is basically a huge Frazetta love-in, so if you like shit like Frazetta's artwork and Conan, this is far more enjoyable than you'd think. Not much dialogue or plot, but it hardly needs it. Damn, I think the one character with the Axe is Hyborian Batman. Anyway, Bakshi is a weird director. I don't want to give him too much credit because I hate fucking rotoscoping, but the guy was trying new things and trying to push animation as a serious (or not so serious) artform for adults. Ultimately, I think I love what Bakshi stands for, I just hate all his lazy animation. Anyway, who the fuck cares? Jerk-off to the gorgeous water color backgrounds that a mostly naked girl keeps getting in the way of. Get out of the way girl!!!

[drauch]

I guess it's part of the Animerama trilogy and was the last part; however, it looks like Tezuka only worked on the first two and not this one. Looks like you can watch it on veoh.com