Movies you've just watched

[Moniker]

Damn, really want to see Raid 2!

Same. No theaters anywhere near me go anywhere near foreign films. Kills me. Guess I'll have to wait a year to get it digitally. Balls. I guess I can watch Raid1, Dredd, and Gladiator a billion times each to pass the time.

PS: I mistakenly thought that Jakarta was in Malaysia, not Indonesia. After watching The Act of Killing (Netflix - by god, please watch it), I'm surprised they allowed this film, or any, really, to exist in the first place.

[DellSucks]

First post.

Enter the Void - what a mind f**k!

[DEL]

^Oh yeah I'm gonna love that name.

[President_Obama]

I used to work for Dell and I still bought a laptop and desktop.

[Plasmo]

Godzilla.

Great cumswap final. The rest was garbage from a porn perspective of viewing.

[Ed Oscuro]

Monuments Men

[Lord Satori]

The rest was garbage from a porn perspective of viewing.

Maybe don't go to the movies to masturbate and just do it at home.

[Moniker]

The rest was garbage from a porn perspective of viewing.

Maybe don't go to the movies to masturbate and just do it at home.

Who are you to dictate masturbation schedules? Some of us are on a tight timeline. We splooge when necessary.

[Skykid]

The rest was garbage from a porn perspective of viewing.

Maybe don't go to the movies to masturbate and just do it at home.

Who are you to dictate masturbation schedules? Some of us are on a tight timeline. We splooge when necessary.

Speaking if which, watched Don Jon last night on a recommendation, Joseph Gordon-Levitt's writer/director debut, and was pleasantly surprised. Mainly funny because true in many aspects, although perhaps not with the same excess, it's a well-edited, acted, cast movie with a peppy little script and an affable dummy for a protagonist who does nothing but smash chicks and jerk off.

Argument that the ending is a little sweet (and abrupt) and meanders toward cliche, but on the whole it's not your average romcom. Special shout out to Tony Danza for being brilliant.

And Scarlett Johannssen's ass. Wow.

[options]

Overnight—a documentary about Troy Duffy, the writer/director of The Boondock Saints.

it's billed as a "rags-to-riches-to-rags" story, so I had an idea of what to expect, but I didn't think the rollercoaster ride would really kick off as soon as it did.

Duffy is portrayed in such a bad light that I question the motives of the filmmakers, but I doubt it took much editing wizardry to show him the way they did. either way, it's a good behind-the-scenes look into how The Industry can essentially eat people alive and keep it rolling (especially if you're good at alienating everyone around you).

[Some-Mist]

punch drunk love for probably the 8th time this year. I never saw it before last year and it easily became one of my favorite movies of all time.

some of the scenes are priceless and the whole oddball premise keeps me coming back. socially awkward dude who keeps to himself that grew up with like 8 sisters and finally meets someone he likes. even though he's tied up in trouble his desire pushes him outside of his comfort zone.

really fantastic performance by Adam Sandler and probably my favorite Paul Thomas Anderson flick right behind the master. inherent vice should be good too if it's anything like pynchon's book.

[spadgy]

The Raid 2. Fucking incredible. I still just prefer the first (the quality of camera choreography, where cinematographic movements were often triggered or influenced by a punch or other impact were not so swish in the sequel, and I preferred the momentum of the first), but still, bloody glorious.

I also just saw The Outsiders, 12 Years a Slave, The Earth Dies Screaming and Blazing Saddles, so a good week of watching for me. I also just enjoyed the modern Around the World in 80 Days, but I won't admit that here (it was a Sunday and I needed something utterly shit in the background while playing board games).

[President_Obama]

Interesting post 12 Years a Slave reading

[Moniker]

Don Jon (Netflix) based on Skykid's rec. Agree.

[spadgy]

Interesting post 12 Years a Slave reading

Actually... while I don't know that book at all, I do know a little of that history. We actually studied it a little in history class when we were looking at slavery back at school in the 1990s. Alas, I was too busy causing petty mischief to hold in much of the details. Certainly, I think it's an element of history relatively well known here in the UK.

[Moniker]

The Raid 2. Fucking incredible. I still just prefer the first (the quality of camera choreography, where cinematographic movements were often triggered or influenced by a punch or other impact were not so swish in the sequel, and I preferred the momentum of the first), but still, bloody glorious.

Reminds me of one of my favorite moments from The Shining:

[GaijinPunch]

Same. No theaters anywhere near me go anywhere near foreign films. Kills me.

Try having them play it but only with Japanese subtitles. thought about trying it once, but that would just be painful.

[Drum]

I liked Godzilla a bunch. It was a slow-cooker (which I think was pretty gutsy in this day and age for a blockbuster) but the bright moments were great.

[Lord Satori]

I too saw Godzilla. It was pretty awesome. I think it did good to be slow. You can't just have "ZOMG GODZILLAS COMING!" have an hour and a half of random destruction and call it a film. It needs to build up to that. That being said, I love the direction they took the story in. It wasn't what you expect at all.

[Never_Scurred]

Watched Starship Troopers for the first time a couple day ago. I've heard differing opinions on this movie, but I fucking enjoyed it. Its like Robocop-same feel, same tone, but different story (Paul Verhoeven and Ed Neumeier, duh).

[emphatic]

Watched Starship Troopers for the first time a couple day ago. I've heard differing opinions on this movie, but I fucking enjoyed it. Its like Robocop-same feel, same tone, but different story (Paul Verhoeven and Ed Neumeier, duh).

If you can, watch it with the director's commentary. It's golden.

[lilmanjs]

Going By The Book.
I haven't laughed so hard when watching a movie in a very long time. I quite enjoyed how they presented the different situations in the movie as a real robber would do, while still showing the training exercise. Great Korean movie it is. Great cast as well.

[Moniker]

Starship Troopers kicks ass. Might have to go and watch it now, provided it's still on Netflix.

Just watched Backdraft (Netflix).

Damn good flick. It's a Ron Howard film, so expect the Ron Howard focus-tested formula, but very solid, nonetheless. Billy Baldwin is actually very good.. reminded me of a young Mickey Rourke at times. I actually thought he was Edward Burns the whole time, until I looked it up on IMDb afterwards. And it's always a pleasure to see Robert De Niro in top form, especially in a movie you haven't seen yet.

[cj iwakura]

Roadhouse was good, the Kevin Smith/Scott Mosier commentary was great.

Saw X-Men: DoFP yesterday. Fantastic, sentinels were terrifying, the young Xavier/Magneto are great too.
Hope this goes without saying: stay after the credits!


Hopefully going to see Le Cercle Rouge soon, have it on order from the library. The guy who did Le Samourai, Jean-Pierre Melville, was behind it, so I'm sure it's great.

[Skykid]

Just watched Backdraft (Netflix).

1991 but still qualifies as an 80's flick. I always enjoyed the movie as a kid, plenty of fun. On a repeat visit my biggest gripe is that among a really sturdy cast, they put Scott Glenn, who's paramount to one of the most useless actors in the Hollywood pantheon of useless actors.

[Acid King]

Brute Force - A very good noir set in a prison. Burt Lancaster is excellent as the head con leading a doomed revolt and Hume Cronyn (aka the crooked lawyer from Postman...) does a great job as an abusive corrections officer.

Bay of Blood - A barely coherent plot dressed up with some pretty good kills and sexy ladies. Not great, but might be worth checking out depending on how much you enjoy your slasher flicks since it sets a template used by later movies like Friday the 13th (which directly cops two kills from Bay).

The Iceman - Michael Shannon is one of my favorite actors and he does an excellent job in this biopic about notorious hitman Richard Kuklinski. Not his best movie but pretty enjoyable regardless.

Cage of Evil - A grimy B-grade noir about a cop who turns to the darkside to rip off some diamond thieves. Your mileage will vary, it's certainly no Double Indemnity, but it's still a nice little flick. As a side note, watching these old movies clock in at 70 minutes makes me wish modern filmmakers would cut down on the bloat.

The Black Sleep - An ok mad scientist movie about a crazy surgeon that uses a drug called the black sleep to perform experimental brain operations. Nice atmosphere but not something I'll revisit anytime soon.

Only God Forgives - I've seen this movie take a lot of flak but I liked it. The score was great, it has a nice dark atmosphere, and there's some really great photography that gives it a very surreal feeling like some of Miike's slower movies. I didn't mind the pacing or the minimalist dialogue either, but I guess if your only point of reference for Refn is Drive then it's easy to hate on the style.

[CMoon]

Might as well mention that I watched this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDFGLynLAas
Unarius 'The Arrival'.

I'm not going to pretend I know much about the Unarius, and mostly watched this for the schlock factor. As a flick from 69 however, the movie earns some points for looking like an anime influenced by star wars. Acting is on par with religious propaganda films I've seen from the same period, but the plot, soundtrack and special effects are the reason to watch. If you can imagine some kind of Trials of Billy Jack / Space is the Place hybrid, you might have some idea of what you're in for.

Yeah, human kind has been punished because space commander Zan killed 4 million people with his star destroyer in a previous life; fortunately the all-loving beings of light have come to give caveman Zan (karmic justice) another chance to redeem himself. I'll let you guys figure out the rest.

[CMoon]

As a side note, watching these old movies clock in at 70 minutes makes me wish modern filmmakers would cut down on the bloat.

Agreed a thousand times over. Very few movies justify their running length.

[Some-Mist]

going to see Jodorowsky's "Dance of Reality" in theaters next weekend. too excited.


watched 500 days of summer over the weekend and it was decent. pretty accurate depiction of "getting over" someone in a relationship.

[Moniker]

watched 500 days of summer over the weekend and it was decent. pretty accurate depiction of "getting over" someone in a relationship.

Quite liked that one. One of the few indie films that I was able to get my gf at the time to see. I'd recommend 'Manic,' about a psychiatric ward for adolescents. Joseph G-L & Zooey Deschanel had great chemistry there, too, with JLG being a rage-case and ZD being a chronic depressive.