*** OFFICIAL Movies & Movie Recommendations Thread ***

[Hawk]

I saw the new Elm Street movie last night and was not disappointed.

This was my favorite of all horror series' (and I love horror movies) growing up. The visuals are obviously better, Freddy himself is not as cool.

Overall I'd rank it behind the first couple of the original series, but ahead of the cornier later sequels.

If you are a Freddy fan you'll like it.

[Galapogos]

You seriously think the second one was good? Wasn't that the one at some pool party and it was super awful?

[Hawk]

Like most movies, the first was the best and they got worse as they went along. I like every single one of them though.

I'm a sucker for horror movies.

[kiwiMark]

[x] ftr has a baraka thread

[BooG690]

NH Kiwi.

[boost]

just watched Le Pacte de Loups (Brotherhood of the Wolf) for the second time (first time was like 7 or 8 years ago when it first came to dvd.) This movie is so awesome. I really am not sure how to describe it... you just have to see it.

Le pacte des loups (2001)

[BankItDrew]

I side with you boost most of the time. However, there is no way I am going to watch that sappy Victorian looking shit.

[boost]

I side with you boost most of the time. However, there is no way I am going to watch that sappy Victorian looking shit.

youre failing, miserably. srsly man, theres an iroquis warrior who does martial arts with a tomahawk. How can you pass on that?


another werewolf movie, this one a fairly cool retelling of red ridding hood, is company of wolves. Mind you, its from the 80's, and the special effects/set design are pretty dated (sometimes this adds charm, and in the case of the set design it does.. special effects.. meh..) I dont think this is some great moment in cinema, or a must see, but I guess Im on a bit of a werewolf kick lately.

The Company of Wolves (1984)

[wufwugy]

Speaking of Vincent Cassel and Monica Bellucci, somebody watch Irréversible (2002) and tell me how it is

Supposedly, this film is good, but also has the worst rape scene of all time. I've wanted to watch it for a while since I love me some fucked up shit, but for some reason, I draw the line at rape. Can't handle that shit.

[dranger7070]

theres an iroquis warrior who does martial arts with a tomahawk.

sold!

[oskar]

Lesbian Vampire Killers


Do I need to say more?

[Hawk]

Lesbian Vampire Killers


Do I need to say more?

I'm gonna have to look for that one.

I also once watched Zombie Strippers, starring Jenna Jameson and Robert Englund (as the club owner) It was as corny as you can imagine. It was incredible.

[dranger7070]

Lol I've seen that one Hawkfan

[oskar]

I liked Frankenhooker a lot. The ending is surprisingly emancipated for that kind of 80's movie.

[oskar]

I just re-watched 13th Floor. It's along the lines of Dark City, Jacobs Ladder or the original Matrix if you haven't seen it. Highly recommended. More highly than Frankenhooker. But Frankenhooker is good too

[bigspenda73]

This last week I've watched

Role Models
--not in love w/ it like everyone else I know seems to be

Iron Man 2
--meh but I'm not a comic book geek kinda dude

Avatar
--solid but I watched it on my comp, sure it's a lot better at iMax/3D/whatever

[bigspenda73]

http://aicn-media.s3.amazonaws.com/2...e_trailerx.mov

might take a while to load, but worth it

[oskar]

http://aicn-media.s3.amazonaws.com/2...e_trailerx.mov

might take a while to load, but worth it

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Half way through I stopped it to check imdb thinking it has to be another grindhouse fake trailer, but it has a release date! I don't believe it until I see it. This is going to be the best movie of all times ever!

[BankItDrew]

http://aicn-media.s3.amazonaws.com/2...e_trailerx.mov

might take a while to load, but worth it

I thought it was a joke trailer when I saw it before Planet Terror.

This looks awesome.

[bigspenda73]

it was a joke, but got such a following/response that it became an actual feature

[boost]

holy shhhhhhhhhhhit! I clicked the link earlier today, but it took too long to load, and I saw it said "machete." So I just closed the window thinking it was a trailer for some stupid slasher flick. Then I read oskar and drew's responses.. wish I had been patient before. This is epic!

[bigspenda73]

my movie taste must suck b/c I've watched a few lately that people rave about and I just couldn't get into any of them

lost in translation
--I'll admit my focus peaked in the first 90 seconds, you guys know what I'm talking about

eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
--cool concept, solid acting, but didn't love it

forgetting one more, damn

I did like the aviator, good stuff. Going to watch Memento and Adaptation soon.

[jyms]

From Paris with Love was decent, I like Travolta when he's violent . I also didn't mind the Bad Lieutenant. The role actually worked for Cage, which hasn't happened for him in a while. I also liked Book of Eli, but none of these would be nearly as good if I had paid $15 to see them on the big screen.

[bigspenda73]

hook me up w/ where you got Book of Eli yo, it hasn't come out on DVD yet right?

[bigspenda73]

luls Robin Hood is PG-13, fuck that noise no wai I'm going now

[boost]

luls Robin Hood is PG-13, fuck that noise no wai I'm going now

wasnt gladiator pg13? Obv I prefer R so that they dont water stuff down, but pg13 doesnt necessarily mean it will be bad.

[bigspenda73]

no it was R

[boost]

I stand corrected.

[jyms]

Book of Eli isn't out yet but I needed something to watch. It was one of the few that I figured i wouldn't mind watching in a weaker format. (Telesync)

[boost]

Book of Eli isn't out yet but I needed something to watch. It was one of the few that I figured i wouldn't mind watching in a weaker format. (Telesync)

really? I watched a bootleg of it and I kinda regret that I did. I dont think I would have loved the movie, but I do think its more of a visual movie. Also theres a lot of heavy contrast in scenes, harsh desert sun and dark dark shadows, which doesnt translate well to cam rips.

[birdman417]

Iron Man 2? anyone?

For older movies "Unfaithful" was good. Any movie where Diane Lane says "Fuck me...Fuck ME!" is

[Deanglow]

I hated Iron Man 2. The action scenes were way too few and short, story and dialogue vomit inducing. My gf loved and my two friends thought it was just OK.

I can't fucking wait for Inception.

[kiwiMark]

I just watched A Serious Man. I don't get it, at all.

[kiwiMark]

It might grow on me, like a short story.

[XTR1000]

Eventually I got the wrestler on dvd, pretty cool i must say

[flomo]

Cool Hand Luke

[dranger7070]

The old Superman's with Christopher Reeve were decent.

[oskar]

I'm in the mood for some futuristic film noir-esque stuff. Can anyone recommend something that fits in with:
Dark City, Bladerunner, The Crow, eXistenZ, Total Recall...

[Sasquach991]

Top Favorites

Western- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly/Once upon a time in The West
War-Saving Private Ryan/ Black Hawk Down/We Were Soldiers
Sports-Miracle/ Mystery Alaska/The Rookie/Invincible
Cop-Dirty Harry
Horror-Original Holloween/Friday 13th
Suspense-Silence of the Lambs/Jaws
Chick Flick- The Notebook
Sci Fi-Star Wars
Comic-The Dark Knight/Superman
Action-Braveheart/Gladiator/Law Abiding Citizen
Other-Saturday Night Fever
Comedy-Animal House/Revenge of the Nerds

[BankItDrew]

I'm in the mood for some futuristic film noir-esque stuff. Can anyone recommend something that fits in with:
Dark City, Bladerunner, The Crow, eXistenZ, Total Recall...

The Matrix

[philly and the phanatics]

I'm in the mood for some futuristic film noir-esque stuff. Can anyone recommend something that fits in with:
Dark City, Bladerunner, The Crow, eXistenZ, Total Recall...

Equilibrium YouTube - Equilibrium trailer

[philly and the phanatics]

I'm in the mood for some futuristic film noir-esque stuff. Can anyone recommend something that fits in with:
Dark City, Bladerunner, The Crow, eXistenZ, Total Recall...

equilibrium?

[oskar]

Used to be one of the best of all time. Only movie that I'm aware of where the sequels officially retroactively ruined the original. You can never watch it the same way again after seeing Morpheus as a techno god in a mel gibson wet dream of a dystopia.

[boost]

Used to be one of the best of all time. Only movie that I'm aware of where the sequels officially retroactively ruined the original. You can never watch it the same way again after seeing Morpheus as a techno god in a mel gibson wet dream of a dystopia.

ya.. so sad.. so very sad.

[wufwugy]

Oskar, you might like City of Lost Children. It is futuristic and surreal, but not sure if Noir. It does get mentioned a lot in the same sentence as some you listed. Personally, I HATED it, but I understand that I loathe what I consider weird movies, and COTC was definitely very weird, but some people who know good movies love it

La cité des enfants perdus (1995)

My favorite Noir by far is Brick. It's sort of a modernized Noir, and not futuristic or anything. I don't watch much Noir, but loved this

Brick (2005)

Also, not Noir or scifi, but whenever I think of dark, I think of The Proposition. Greatest western ever made. Even better than Butch Cassidy and Unforgiven. A lot different than those though. It's much more sinister and realistic IMO. Also one of the most underrated. Easily arguably top 10 of all time

The Proposition (2005)

Also when thinking of sinister and dark, can't help but mention Silence of the Lambs. I love that type of intellectually creepy shit way too much

[oskar]

City of lost children was great visually... it's a while since I've seen it. I don't think I particularly liked it, but it's the kind of movie I'm looking for.
Will check out the other two.

Speaking of Noir: The Matese Falcon is one of the few classics that I really liked. The characters in this movie!
- Useless trivia: YouTube - Adam Savage: My quest for the dodo bird, and other obsessions - adam savage talking about his hunt for the maltese falcon.

[dranger7070]

Tbh, I still love the Matrix, I just completely ignore the sequels lol. I think I've seen those once while I've watched the matrix a good 10-20 times.

[Hawk]

The Matrix sequels (like almost every other series that ever existed) suck in comparison to the first, but I still watch them, and they never made the first one any worse by their existence.

[JL]

I liked Reloaded...but yes Revolutions did suck.

[boost]

Ya, reloaded was pretty cool, because it was like the lobby scene in the first one, times a million.

Also, empire strikes back was by far the best, and return of the jedi was better than IV.

[bigspenda73]

Away We Go with John Krasinki (The office and Leatherheads) and Maya Rudolph (from SNL) was pretty good, didn't think I'd like it but got into it.

[bigspenda73]

new Machete trailer -- NSFW

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liEmaDwNV18

[oskar]

new Machete trailer -- NSFW

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liEmaDwNV18

O_O

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG

I'm standing in line for the premiere. Rodrigues has set a new frontier of awesome. I don't think any human will ever go beyond that and live. At least not in my lifetime.

[Hawk]

FUCK YEAH!!! I can't wait!!

[boost]

I'm excited in anticipation for a Ben Affleck movie? whaaaaaaaa?

YouTube - The Town official Trailer

[a500lbgorilla]

I'm excited in anticipation for a Ben Affleck movie? whaaaaaaaa?

YouTube - The Town official Trailer

You shut up. You're excited for a Don Draper movie and you know it.

[bigspenda73]

I'm excited in anticipation for a Ben Affleck movie? whaaaaaaaa?

YouTube - The Town official Trailer

lol fuck no this looks awful

[c4ptain_obv]

FIGHT CLUB all day

[bigspenda73]

however, you could have said:

I'm excited for a Blake Lively, John Hamm film...yaaaaaaa

[wufwugy]

The Ben Asslick film will end up with a rating somewhere above 7.4 yet not surpassing Gone Baby Gone at 7.9. It will be good, but not a world-beater. Trailers are almost completely unreliable. Some of the best movies have the worst trailers, vise versa.

Also, all a movie has to do to be good is follow a standard checklist. Great film, however, is an entirely different thing. The Town will very likely be able to follow that checklist well. It's a baffling state of affairs when the vast majority of film can't even do that.

[wufwugy]

Also, it's got The Croop (Chris Cooper)

He's among top ten most underrated actors, not even close

[boost]

I think the town will be awesome because it looks like Heat but in boston, and anything that is similar to Heat, which was supremely awesome, will likely be at least standard awesome.

[a500lbgorilla]

I think the town will be awesome because it looks like Heat but in boston, and anything that is similar to Heat, which was supremely awesome, will likely be at least standard awesome.

If you truly believed that, why did you give yourself the Ben Affleck out?

If you knew this was going to be Heat in Boston (which itself just sounds sad), you would have come in here saying, "Watch this and prepare for your mouth to water, gents." But you didn't. You floated on the Ben Affleck angle, so if it were to flop, you could shake your fist damning the Affleck for tricking you again.

You hope it's going to be awesome, but you've been let down before by the Heat-alikes. Like a woman in an abusive relationship, you find every reason to come crawling back, admit it!

[boost]

This is true. *sob* so very true.. you've seen into the depths of my cinema soul..

[a500lbgorilla]

It's a long road to recovery but you've taken the first step.

[wufwugy]

Affleck is a good director, but he's not Mann, and I don't even particularly dig Mann. It will take more than Asslick and Croop to get up to Heat

[oskar]

WTF hollywood... this movie is 2 years old and they're remaking it scene for scene with an american cast. What's the point.
Let Me In (2010)

The original is brilliant btw, but wtf is this shit.

I just realized this wasn't the movie un-recommendation thread. Too late.
Predators isn't very good either.

[boost]

'mericans dont like hearing moonspeak, nor do we like being made to read in the movies.

mur'ca, fuck yeah.

[wufwugy]

closed captions are almost always better than not.

Due to my genetic hearing impairment, I watch all my film with subs or CC, and so my friends have had to watch them as well when we watched them together, and over time they all decided that they prefer the subs/CC because they realized that even with their super hearing they still miss a lot of important dialogue

[boost]

I will not put subs on for american english, but I will if I'm watching a british movie with heavy accents and I feel I need it. And also I was obviously mocking my fellow 'mercans as watching foreign movies with subs doesn't bother me one bit.. especially since the alternative is dubbed which is only acceptable when it comes to hong kong cinema.

[oskar]

I will not put subs on for american english, but I will if I'm watching a british movie with heavy accents and I feel I need it. And also I was obviously mocking my fellow 'mercans as watching foreign movies with subs doesn't bother me one bit.. especially since the alternative is dubbed which is only acceptable when it comes to hong kong cinema.

I first became aware of your english/merican language barrier when I watched lesbian vampire killers and it came with english subtitles on by default. And I'm like wtf, it's an english movie!
I'd understand it if it was scottish or gaelic, but brittish english? It's just a funny accent with a few extra words.
What gives?

[Hawk]

I put subs/cc on for everything that I can (except live sports, the cc gets so far behind it drives me nuts) for the same reason as wuf's friends. And besides missing potentially important stuff you can also catch some of the more subtle stuff easier, which is pretty awesome sometimes.

[bigspenda73]

YouTube - TITANIC II (Official Trailer)

Let's just call it...The Deuce

[a500lbgorilla]

Hahahaha

1st Mate guy: Let's make history.

Ship starts to sink.

Same guy: Looks like history is repeating itself.

I can already tell this is going to be good.

[wufwugy]

If there's not any motherfucking snakes on that motherfucking ship, it will be a waste