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

[Renton]

I also thought Hanna was terrible. It seemed like a Tarantino movie, only Tarantino was mainlining cocaine during the entire production.

[BooG690]

Contagion was an epidemic movie. When watching Contagion, I felt like I've already seen it three or four times already.

[JL]

Never seen or heard of Equilibrium.... 37% on RT doesn't seem very promising. Should I give it a chance?

[wufwugy]

looks like rt doesnt know what it takes to be a good action film

[wufwugy]

imdb has equilibrium on same rating area as outlaw josey wales and 28 days later

accurate enough

[lolzzz_321]

confirmed sense offender

[wufwugy]

did u srsly just watch equilibrium today based on recs

if so uber cool points to traptanes

[boost]

What the fuck were the critics smoking? Srsly, I think that is by far the least accurate RT rating I've ever seen. And topic critics had it even lower at 30%...

[boost]

A dull, somnambulant exercise in pretension whose pervasive quiet is broken by frequent outbursts of violence and noise.

I mean, did a guy with prose like this really just call something pretentious?

[a500lbgorilla]

I mean, did a guy with prose like this really just call something pretentious?

[BankItDrew]

I can't remember who recommended it but here's mine:

Ip Man

[oskar]

Strange Days. Rewatched it along with other brain-video movies to celebrate recent scientific breakthroughs.
Absolutely amazing movie. I never check rotten tomatoes becuase it's my personal believe that critics are the lowest and most worthless lifeform on the planet; but just to re-affirm my opinion and discussions itt:
60% on RT... By what fucking scale?
I give it 95% based on Juliette Lewises nipples alone!

[JL]

Strange Days. Rewatched it along with other brain-video movies to celebrate recent scientific breakthroughs.
Absolutely amazing movie. I never check rotten tomatoes becuase it's my personal believe that critics are the lowest and most worthless lifeform on the planet; but just to re-affirm my opinion and discussions itt:
60% on RT... By what fucking scale?
I give it 95% based on Juliette Lewises nipples alone!

Do you not understand how RT works? Strange Days got 62% which means that 62% of the 39 critics that reviewed the movie gave it a favorable review.

Because it is an older movie, there are not that many reviews. Most new movies get reviewed by 200+ critics, so 39 critics is not a very big sample.

[oskar]

I don't understand the whole idea of it.

[a500lbgorilla]

Drive was sick good. Solid recommendation to check out that flick.

[lolzzz_321]

Yes, I watched Equib based on Recs. I also saw Drive which was good.

[oskar]

^^ the time it took everybody to understand what you're saying there would have been better spent typing all the letters in the words imho. >_<


Pan's Labyrinth is an amazing movie. I'm still waiting for Cronenberg to take up Alice in Wonderland, but this is even better than what I was hoping for.

And there's an Adventures of Tintin movie coming out! I loved those books when I was a kid. Will definitely watch.

[BooG690]

$12 - 2 Movie Tickets at Theaters Nationwide, Half Price | Travelzoo Local Deals

$12 for two movie tickets on Travelzoo. I felt this was the best place to share it.

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IN TIME!

[JL]

I watched Equilibrium and thought it was okay, but the opening scene where Christian Bale busts through the door and kills everyone ruined it for me.

[JL]

I watched 127 Hours last night and thought it was really well done:
127 Hours (2010) - IMDb

[rong]

Watched 127 hrs on a plane, was better than I expected. But its not something I'd watch again.

As for equilibrium, I really like the concept, and some of the fight scenes are awesome, but it just dragged a little bit. But then as the vast majority of characters are devoid of emotion due to the drugs they're forced to take I guess its kind of difficult to create many interesting characters.

[boost]

wtf... the opening sequence is the nuts. What are you smoking?

[JL]

wtf... the opening sequence is the nuts. What are you smoking?

lol

It just had a "B Movie" feel to it... I would've liked it a lot more if I was only 16 when I first watched it.

[wufwugy]

That's the trick. B-movie can be described in many ways, some of which Eq does have. But when done well, something can still feel b-movie without being b-level; if that makes any sense.

Eq did a good job of creating their own reality. The gun katas are ridiculous, but when ridiculous is done right, it can still work. In fact, much of the best work still involves ridiculous stuff that is either accepted or not noticed (think: Aliens)

I rewatched Eq, and frankly, liked it even more than the first few times. It did have lower level production issues, and a lot of the acting wasn't consistent with the theme, but I think the story they were trying to tell was told very well and made it fun. It's rare for a film to have silly yet awesome badass action as well as emotional stuff. Eq had both

[JL]

...

I rewatched Eq, and frankly, liked it even more than the first few times. It did have lower level production issues, and a lot of the acting wasn't consistent with the theme, but I think the story they were trying to tell was told very well and made it fun. It's rare for a film to have silly yet awesome badass action as well as emotional stuff. Eq had both

That's exactly what ruined the film for me (well not ruined because I still thought the movie was decent, but it could have been awesome).

You describe it perfectly by saying "silly yet awesome badass action". The problem with that is that I didn't think it fit into this film. This film had a very serious feel to it.

I have nothing against "silly yet awesome badass action"... I thought Shoot 'Em Up was an awesome movie, for example.

[rong]

Gun katas, and the subsequent action based on these katas, was without doubt the very best thing about this film.

[boost]

They turned 1984 into a bad ass sci-fi action flick. How can you hate on this?

[wufwugy]

It's funny because I expressed the same sentiment before that I wish Eq was more a pure drama than an action scifi. The plotline is just so good that it needs to be put together Hotel Rwanda style, but the action scifi was good and fun as is. It was a molding of different elements. That's not a problem, but it also suggests that there's several different movies worth of material there.

As for the gun katas, yeah those were the first thing I liked about the film too. I think they're a great example of something a lot of writers miss when creating new things. What I mean is that the gun katas are clearly silly and could not work in reality. But this isn't a problem in film because audiences are prepared to suspend some of their reality in order to understand the story's milieu/narrative. In order to make this work though, the new reality has to be demonstrated, explained, and treated as if it's an internal physics engine or something. Which Eq did. First scene about the katas was the "show", then second part was the "tell", then the entire film, all the action revolved around the kata system being how their world works

Where most movies fail when doing this sort of thing is not being internally consistent. Like we can all accept a movie telling us that everybody in the story can jump twenty feet high, but then if there's a scene where a normal character misses a fifteen foot jump just because it was "too high", it's retarded

[oskar]

Tucker and Dale vs Evil

If you liked The Footfist Way and Lesbian Vampire Killers, this is for you.

[lolzzz_321]

Not out yet, but Bellflower looks pretty fucking cool...

YouTube - &#x202a;Bellflower Trailer 2011&#x202c;&rlm;

was terrible, surprised if you make it through

[boost]

ya, I couldn't find it in theaters anywhere, then it got meh reviews... probably will watch it 10 years from now when I don't have shit to do and stumble across it in whatever format of p2p we are using a decade from now.

[wufwugy]

Drive would be that rare movie that was better in the first half than the second half

[boost]

I feel like if a better editor was given the raw footage, drive may have been an amazing movie. The car scenes need to be reshot though. I know that this is not a car chase movie, but you need to do the title and the background focus of the movie justice, and what we were given in drive was decidedly unjust.

[wufwugy]

Ides of March was awesome.

[supa]

I feel like if a better editor was given the raw footage, drive may have been an amazing movie. The car scenes need to be reshot though. I know that this is not a car chase movie, but you need to do the title and the background focus of the movie justice, and what we were given in drive was decidedly unjust.

This sucks because I thought this would be the reason to see the movie, which I haven't yet.

[wufwugy]

Even though I agree with that, my main problem is the story just got worse over time

[JL]

Just finished watching The Lives of Others (2006) - IMDb and I liked it a lot.

[wufwugy]

I remember Lives of Others. Was good.

[lolzzz_321]

shoot em up was fun

saw ghost writer awhile back and it was ok

[Hawk]

I remember enjoying shoot em up, but all I remember now is the carrot. That was awesome.

I just watched the man from earth after seeing people here talk about it. I like it too...very interesting.

[wufwugy]

lol back when yall had a sloppy mancrush on jason statham i was laying the smackdown on how shoot em up is better than anything he's done

[JL]

Has anyone seen this: RocknRolla (2008) - IMDb ...Would you recommend it?

I've never even heard of it until I was randomly looking through Guy Ritchie's movies.

[Roid_Rage]

Anchorman.

[philly and the phanatics]

Has anyone seen this: RocknRolla (2008) - IMDb ...Would you recommend it?

I've never even heard of it until I was randomly looking through Guy Ritchie's movies.

not even half as good as lock stock or snatch but it was watchable

[Hawk]

This looks like it might be the best xmas movie ever. Not one for the kids. It's playing at a local independent theater on Sunday. I'm so there!!!

&#39;Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale&#39; Trailer HD - YouTube

[rong]

Has anyone seen this: RocknRolla (2008) - IMDb ...Would you recommend it?

I've never even heard of it until I was randomly looking through Guy Ritchie's movies.

I actually switched it off after 20 minutes because it was so dull.

[boost]

This looks like it might be the best xmas movie ever. Not one for the kids. It's playing at a local independent theater on Sunday. I'm so there!!!

'Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale' Trailer HD - YouTube

Ha, I want to see this.

[oskar]

Sharktopus is quite watchable after a couple of alcohol. Robo Geisha sadly does not live up to the trailer. Titanic 2 looks like they were not entirely aware that it was satire they were doing and suffers quite a bit from it - same can be said about Sharktopus to some extent.

The remake of the remake of The Thing is really good. - Like the remake to the original made sense because of the advancement in special effects, this is the only movie with cgi gore effects that I think actually looks better than the old stuff.
- Just resist the temptation to watch trailers or let anyone tell you anything. One of my friends who is notorious for spoiling movies managed tell me the only thing that can spoil the movie for you, right after assuring me that he's not going to spoil it for me. >_<

[Hawk]

This looks like it might be the best xmas movie ever. Not one for the kids. It's playing at a local independent theater on Sunday. I'm so there!!!

'Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale' Trailer HD - YouTube

This was every bit as awesome as it looks. It's hilarious. Definitely check it out if you get the chance.

[boost]

Sharktopus is quite watchable after a couple of alcohol. Robo Geisha sadly does not live up to the trailer. Titanic 2 looks like they were not entirely aware that it was satire they were doing and suffers quite a bit from it - same can be said about Sharktopus to some extent.

The remake of the remake of The Thing is really good. - Like the remake to the original made sense because of the advancement in special effects, this is the only movie with cgi gore effects that I think actually looks better than the old stuff.
- Just resist the temptation to watch trailers or let anyone tell you anything. One of my friends who is notorious for spoiling movies managed tell me the only thing that can spoil the movie for you, right after assuring me that he's not going to spoil it for me. >_<

The Thing was good? It got awful reviews. Also, no Kurt Russel... not sure I can deal with the lack of Kurt.

[wufwugy]

The Thing remake was not good. Nobody knows how to make alien scifis anymore. Everything is flashy and in your face now. They used to be mysterious and psychologically intriguing. Scifis used to have to be moderately realistic, now they're just gore

[oskar]

I guess what you're thinking about is Dark City cos ur an art fag. In the original Thing you could see the top of the drywalls that had the scenery painted on them and a guy in a plant suit was chasing B-actors around. The Carpenter remake wasn't exactly an exercise in subtility either.
Complaining about this movie not being mysterious and intriguing enough is like complaining about Le Mepris having too few exlposions.

[wufwugy]

Didn't finish Dark City, never heard of Le Mepris, but the remake did stuff like trade a building and creepy scene of their pets being devoured by the Thing for a chick beating up a spacecraft

[kingnat]

I usually suck at thinking up things to request for Christmas presents, but it dawned on me that I'd love a few Blu-Ray discs that really looked stunning. Planet Earth and Baraka seem pretty obvious. Does anybody have something that just looks abso-amazing brilliant that they would recommend? I'm not looking for a list of any decent action movie in your collection... I mean the one movie you bust out to show off just how fucking ridiculous your set-up looks.

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Disney's Oceans
Disney's Earth

[BooG690]

I usually suck at thinking up things to request for Christmas presents, but it dawned on me that I'd love a few Blu-Ray discs that really looked stunning. Planet Earth and Baraka seem pretty obvious. Does anybody have something that just looks abso-amazing brilliant that they would recommend? I'm not looking for a list of any decent action movie in your collection... I mean the one movie you bust out to show off just how fucking ridiculous your set-up looks.

I usually bust out Avatar but I guess that's kinda an obvious one.

[kingnat]

I usually bust out Avatar but I guess that's kinda an obvious one.

Thanks for the suggestion, but, yeah, I already have Avatar.

[supa]

Brokeback Mountain.

[rong]

Lol

Supa, you get funnier by the day. I remember once when you were nice and sensitive and considerate. Now you're dry and sarky. The internet changed you man.

[supa]

Nah, the internet just changed the internet me. Hopefully the irl me is intact. I was only half joking about Brokeback tho. CSB ahead.

I was in a hotel room in San Antonio a few years ago and turned on the TV. This movie was on with this beautiful cinematography. Great wide shots of what I'm guessing is montana. Then all of the sudden these dudes were in a tent. You can't unsee shit like that.

[wufwugy]

The latest Rambo. This movie is terribly underrated, and the visuals/audio are extremely good and exciting. I used to watch that over and over on bluray. Lots of jungle, excellent kill scene cinematography, and some heavy audio with shit like the mounted jeep 50 cal gun or whatever it was

[wufwugy]

Also, I think a sick setup doesn't need a specific movie. A great movie will demonstrate why the setup is sick on its own. I remember liking The Departed and Blood Diamond a lot more when I saw them on a sick setup

[BooG690]

The latest Rambo. This movie is terribly underrated, and the visuals/audio are extremely good and exciting. I used to watch that over and over on bluray. Lots of jungle, excellent kill scene cinematography, and some heavy audio with shit like the mounted jeep 50 cal gun or whatever it was

Agreed 100%

[Roid_Rage]

I just bought it for $4.95!

WUTADEAL

[wufwugy]

Watched the unedited version of Rambo for the first time, and I must say the theatrical version was better. Uncut was still good, but the theatrical is more tightly woven

Some possible recs for movies that would be sick on sick setup

Saving Private Ryan
Gladiator
Sin City
Inception

[Roid_Rage]

Nice call on Saving Private Ryan. That opening battle clip would make me shit my pants on a legit setup.

[kingnat]

Awesome, thank you.

[JL]

I just finished watching Moon, and I thought it was quite good.
It was directed by Duncan Jones, and it was the first film he has ever directed. The second and latest film that he directed was Source Code, which I liked even more. I am definitely looking forward to his future projects.

[JL]

LOL watching the trailer for The Expendables II and it's just a list of washed up action movie stars...but of course I am going to watch this movie because CHUCK FUCKING NORRIS IS IN IT!

[lolzzz_321]

someone gimee the verdict on this one - Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010) - IMDb

[Hawk]

someone gimee the verdict on this one - Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010) - IMDb

I saw it in a theater a few weeks ago. It was awesome. I (and most of the audience) laughed quite a bit.

[boost]

Ridley Scott at it again.

Prometheus - Official Trailer [TRUE HD] - YouTube

[wufwugy]

I will watch that. Scott did make, arguably, the best scifi of all time

[boost]

I will watch that. Scott did make, arguably, the best scifi of all time

James Cameron made Avatar.. I don't think Scott had anything to do with it...





















































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