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I watched Castaway on the Moon recently, don't know if it was because of this thread or not though. Regardless, I loving loved it! Not saying it's like these films, but if you dig Eternal Sunshine, Lossaberwulf posted:Finally a chance to shoehorn in one of my absolute favorite movies and prove you wrong. I watched Castaway on the Moon recently (which reminds me, I really need to try noodles in black bean sauce), don't know if it was because of this thread or not though. Regardless, I loving loved it! Not saying it's like these films, but if you dig Eternal Sunshine, Lost in Translation, and a small bit of Wes Anderson then I personally thing you're gonna like Castaway on the Moon. Again that's just the closest comparison I can personally think of, but they're not to be taken too literally. Speaking of Korean films that aren't Oldboy, I'm thinking I'm going to watch "Poetry" tonight, unless any of you think that's a terrible idea... edit, to address one last thing on Errol vs Herzog. I watched the Thin Blue Line last and realized I've seen it before, but you're right, that doc must've set the precedent for all docs to follow. Watching Fog of War right now and I'm loving this style. Herzog's still my favorite between the two, but Fog of War is really, really good so far. RizieN fucked around with this message at 04:38 on May 24, 2012 |
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X-Ray Pecs posted:Don't forget that the half-American, half-Japanese brain surgeon rock star nuclear physicist is also a secret agent who has a direct line to the president, and is also played by Peter Weller. Peter Weller is literally the only person who could have played that role, barring the 'half-Japanese' bit.
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Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:I watched The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension last night and, uh, that sure was something. Last time I checked, it was the pan & scan version. Is that still the case? They're doing a midnight screening of it at the Silent Movie Theater here in LA in a couple weeks, I'll probably wait to see it at the theater (mostly because I love seeing movies at the theaters out here, they're awesome).
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X-Ray Pecs posted:Don't forget that the half-American, half-Japanese brain surgeon rock star nuclear physicist is also a secret agent who has a direct line to the president, and is also played by Peter Weller.
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ruddiger posted:Last time I checked, it was the pan & scan version. Is that still the case? They're doing a midnight screening of it at the Silent Movie Theater here in LA in a couple weeks, I'll probably wait to see it at the theater (mostly because I love seeing movies at the theaters out here, they're awesome). I was watching on a wide screen TV and nothing seemed off about the framing so take from that what you will. That was the first time I'd seen it so I don't really have a frame of reference.
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I just checked it, it's the widescreen version.
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I watched 'Drive' earlier and it was pretty good. Not as great as some people made it out to be, but definitely a good flick. I really liked the soundtrack and it was pretty drat brutal at parts. I also found it funny how when they were advertising it, they seemed to always show Christina Hendricks. Especially since her role consisted of probably less than 5 minutes of screen time. It was like Julianne Moore in 'Children of Men' all over again. Edit: I also liked the fact that the prison husband of the neighbor wasn't a piece of poo poo and was trying to cut ties with his criminal past. They didn't go the cliche route by making him a wife-beater or child molester or anything so that you hoped the protagonist got the girl. That was pretty refreshing. the_Vandal fucked around with this message at 13:11 on May 24, 2012 |
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May 24, 2012 12:41
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Adding another recommendation for Castaway on the Moon. The wife and I recently had a little binge on Korean cinema on streaming and we're both glad we included this film. Others were The Host, I'm a Cyborg, but that's okay?, La Grand Chef 2: Kim Chi Battle, and Mother. All of which made her cry.
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the_Vandal posted:Edit: I also liked the fact that the prison husband of the neighbor wasn't a piece of poo poo and was trying to cut ties with his criminal past. They didn't go the cliche route by making him a wife-beater or child molester or anything so that you hoped the protagonist got the girl. That was pretty refreshing. It actually made it more realistic instead of Hollywood Formulaic. Things aren't always that simple, and I think the reason they made Standard more "normal" and neutral is so that even the protagonist is conflicted. The driver, despite being a morally grey character, has a very black-and-white worldview. And they put an obstacle in the way of his storybook happiness, one that he can't just label as "the bad guy" and murder like everybody else.
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Just watched Grave Encounters last night due to the positive reviews on Netflix. Honestly, the 'box art' kinda steered me away from it which admittedly is a stupid reason not to watch a film. It's probably the best 'found footage' horror movie I've seen. Like every found footage horror movie, the first 30 minutes involves a lot of nothing, but it got way better than I expected it to. If you like supernatural type horror movies, you could do a lot worst than this.
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Closet Cyborg posted:I Think We're Alone Now- A documentary about two people obsessively infatuated with 80's pop star Tiffany. One is an Asperger's sufferer who doesn't understand the difference between stalking and friendship, and the other is a fitness-obsessed intersexed woman. I'm not sure what to say about this, except that it is incredibly uncomfortable to watch. The subjects' complete lack of self-awareness combined with total openness makes this the biggest compilation of awkward moments I've ever seen. Please let this be real. I've been paying for Netflix since it launched here (UK) and, while the streaming is faultless, the content is piss-poor...I mean atrocious. Initially I caught up on a few old favourites I'd never gotten round to buying, and it was cool seeing 'Trekkies' again (funnier/more depressing every time I see it) but after the first week I was pretty much done. I figured it would get better. After all it was newly launched and I know performance rights is a minefield over here so I kept my sub. I check at least once a week for new content and it's there but seems to be increasingly obscure and random...right now I can watch David Icke giving a lecture on the Illuminati at the Oxford union, a documentary about Bobby Fischer: Chess champion or ' Wallmart: The high cost of low price' none of which appeal to me personally....except maybe David Icke for the car-crash factor.. Even the TV content is largely British - incomplete series, most of which were on screen six months ago and if I'd wanted to watch it I would have then. It seems to range from extremely specialised, to completely Ill-thought out. I used to really want Netflix, I'd read on various boards what was currently playing Stateside and be really jealous. I was so pleased when it was launched here and recommended it to quite a few friends & family, none of whom resubbed after the free trial. So the best way to get your Seven Bucks (£6) out of Netflix in the UK is to either figure out a way to get US content (not hard) or just not pay it. Bugger, I really wanted it to be good.
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May 25, 2012 21:00
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Jon Benjamin Has A Van is up, and it's one of the more interesting shows that Comedy Central ran for a few weeks. The premise is basically H. Jon Benjamin (voice actor for Home Movies, Bob's Burgers, Archer, etc.) as a roving reporter, except they almost always stray from whatever comic stories they're doing onto something weird and conceptual. I don't want to list some of the weirder stories they do, but the last episode (which was one of the first they shot) starts out being about smoking and turns into a Godard parody.
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Speaking of Jon Benjamin, Wet Hot American Summer is available for streaming, and it's pretty good. It's a parody of summer camp films, and all the sex and teenage drama that entails. There are some really, really bizarre moments in the film. It's not consistently funny throughout, but there are a lot of really funny scenes. I don't even want to explain the best scenes, because their absurdity and surprise really makes them work.
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X-Ray Pecs posted:Speaking of Jon Benjamin, Wet Hot American Summer is available for streaming, and it's pretty good. It's a parody of summer camp films, and all the sex and teenage drama that entails. There are some really, really bizarre moments in the film. It's not consistently funny throughout, but there are a lot of really funny scenes. I don't even want to explain the best scenes, because their absurdity and surprise really makes them work. If you're familiar with the hilarious internet series "Stella" and the not near as funny comedy central failed TV version of "Stella" Wet Hot American Summer is done by the same guys, David Wain, Michael Showalter & Michael Ian Black. If you like their humor you owe it to yourself to watch Wet Hot American Summer... or else cancel that order of onions and Limburger cheese you made for lunch today.
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RizieN posted:If you're familiar with the hilarious internet series "Stella" and the not near as funny comedy central failed TV version of "Stella" Wet Hot American Summer is done by the same guys, David Wain, Michael Showalter & Michael Ian Black. If you like their humor you owe it to yourself to watch Wet Hot American Summer... or else cancel that order of onions and Limburger cheese you made for lunch today. Most importantly if you're familiar with Stella and not familiar with the even better MTV sketch show "The State" from which Stella, WHAS, and Reno 911 were derived. If there's a comedic actor you've seen in several movies and TV shows who is not considered one of Judd Apatow's crew, odds are very good they came from The State.
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X-Ray Pecs posted:Speaking of Jon Benjamin, Wet Hot American Summer is available for streaming, and it's pretty good. It's a parody of summer camp films, and all the sex and teenage drama that entails. There are some really, really bizarre moments in the film. It's not consistently funny throughout, but there are a lot of really funny scenes. I don't even want to explain the best scenes, because their absurdity and surprise really makes them work. Is Jon Benjamin in that??
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scary ghost dog posted:Is Jon Benjamin in that?? Big spoilers for one of my favorite scenes in the movie, but Jon Benjamin has a cameo as a talking can of vegetables.
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X-Ray Pecs posted:Big spoilers for one of my favorite scenes in the movie, but Jon Benjamin has a cameo as a talking can of vegetables. Oh yeah, I completely forgot about seeing that part and going "holy poo poo, that's totally Jon Benjamin". Also I'll be the nth person to say that everybody should see Wet Hot American Summer. I was lukewarm towards Paul Rudd before that movie, and that was the role that finally sold me on him. He's just a completely infantile douche, and it's hilarious.
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saberwulf posted:Speaking of Asian movies, I took up the recommendation of Fish Story. Just wanted to quote this because I was about to type the same thing word for word. I even watched the last 20 minutes again just because it was so good. Will recommend to everybody.
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Fiendish Dr. Wu posted:Just wanted to quote this because I was about to type the same thing word for word. I even watched the last 20 minutes again just because it was so good. Will recommend to everybody. Speaking of films with an amazing final 20 minutes, Big Man Japan is a mockumentary satire of kaiju films, starring (and directed by) Hitoshi Matsumoto. I watched this before becoming aware of Matsumoto's comedy career, and I love it even more now that I'm familiar with his work.
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Does anybody know about Arn: The Knight Templar? http://movies.netflix.com/Movie/Arn-The-Knight-Templar/70142830 I just watched this and it seems like a decent historical epic, but drat it seems disjointed as hell. After checking Wikipedia it looks like there's actually two separate movies, but the version I just watched seems like they smashed both movies into one. So what the hell did I just watch, a best of Arn movie?
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A HUNGRY MOUTH posted:Speaking of films with an amazing final 20 minutes, Big Man Japan is a mockumentary satire of kaiju films, starring (and directed by) Hitoshi Matsumoto. I watched this before becoming aware of Matsumoto's comedy career, and I love it even more now that I'm familiar with his work. It's also a commentary on Japan's decline from a world power to what amounts to a US protectorate. The red devil monster who killed the protagonist's grandfather(?) represents North Korea, and at the end of the movie the extraordinarily violent and belligerent Americans swoop in to save the day and force a begrudging Japan to "tow the party line" so to speak.
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MrGreenShirt posted:It's also a commentary on Japan's decline from a world power to what amounts to a US protectorate. The red devil monster who killed the protagonist's grandfather(?) represents North Korea, and at the end of the movie the extraordinarily violent and belligerent Americans swoop in to save the day and force a begrudging Japan to "tow the party line" so to speak. I had identified the parallel between the waning popularity of the Daisato family and Japan's loss of global power and optimism (and the concomitant nostalgia for older, better times is pretty clear in both cases), and it's explicitly shown in a brief newspaper shot that the Red Devil is a North Korean monster, but somehow I didn't manage to come up with a synthesis like yours until reading this post. Thank you.
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Senna has been in my queue for months and i finally got around to watching it, absolutely stunning documentary, entirely composed of previously recorded interviews and race footage. As a racing fan i knew the story somewhat, but was really blown away by the way it was put together. Even if you could give two shits about F1, the human story in itself is worth a watch.
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Khem1kal posted:Please let this be real. Yeah I'm in the UK and I just use the US service. I've barely touched the UK one. To be fair to Netflix the rights issues for movies are so complicated that they're up against a wall in some regards. It's growing, slowly, but it's still tough. To be honest I don't know why they don't take a look at the TV stuff and just put up stuff that's not aired in the UK and mark it as 'Exclusives' or something.
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Maxwell Lord posted:Jon Benjamin Has A Van is up, and it's one of the more interesting shows that Comedy Central ran for a few weeks. The premise is basically H. Jon Benjamin (voice actor for Home Movies, Bob's Burgers, Archer, etc.) as a roving reporter, except they almost always stray from whatever comic stories they're doing onto something weird and conceptual. I don't want to list some of the weirder stories they do, but the last episode (which was one of the first they shot) starts out being about smoking and turns into a Godard parody. Thanks for posting this. I just watched through all of it last night and loved it, mostly. Some bits fell flat, but I love the concept, and how often they go super dark with the comedy. Plus there are some great guest spots, and Rich Fulcher's recurring role is hysterical (especially the anger management one). I didn't think I would like it when I heard about it, but I think it's going to be one that I rewatch frequently.
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vivisectvnv posted:Senna has been in my queue for months and i finally got around to watching it, absolutely stunning documentary, entirely composed of previously recorded interviews and race footage. As a racing fan i knew the story somewhat, but was really blown away by the way it was put together. Even if you could give two shits about F1, the human story in itself is worth a watch. Yep. I could care less about F1 and loved it. And I think most others in our position that have seen t would agree.
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I remember seeing Big Man Japan a couple years ago. It was pretty funny, especially the last 20 or so minutes. When the big old guy in underwear showed up, he really looks like he's going to kick the red guy's rear end, only to be taken out with one hit. It was such a bizarre and funny movie. The Ward and Trespass were both a waste of time. Blitz was Jason Statham playing Jason Statham in a pretty decent cop-killer chase flick. Also, if you haven't seen Videodrome yet, you should, because it's one of the best movies ever.
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In case anyone missed it the first time Love The Beast is back on Watch Instant. It's about Eric Banna and his love for his all time favorite car, a Ford Falcon XB coupe. It was one of the first movies that I watch on Streaming and still love it.
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screenwritersblues posted:In case anyone missed it the first time Love The Beast is back on Watch Instant. I really liked this too. It's not incredible or anything, but it's fun even if you're not a car guy.
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Lillyhammer is a great show. For those that haven't seen it imagine Silvio from the Sopranos going into witness protection in Norway
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So I just watched Tapeheads, which is expiring on June 1st. It's an interesting little John Cusack and Tim Robbins comedy. It's also eighties as gently caress. It's not too laugh out loud funny, but it's certainly entertaining in how loving ridiculous the whole thing is. There's also a lot of great celebrity cameos.
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The streaming version of Videodrome has weird audio mixing: all the dialog is in the left channel. Stay away and stick with the DVD/Amazon's streaming version if you don't want to be wondering why all the people are to your left all the time. edit: and speaking of Videodrome, if you're a James Woods fan, The Hard Way is expiring soon. My most accounts it's somewhere between mediocre and OK, but I would rate it solidly "good." If you want to watch Michael J. Fox be funny then this is your best bet outside of Back to the Future. TychoCelchuuu fucked around with this message at 03:55 on May 28, 2012 |
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TychoCelchuuu posted:The streaming version of Videodrome has weird audio mixing: all the dialog is in the left channel. Stay away and stick with the DVD/Amazon's streaming version if you don't want to be wondering why all the people are to your left all the time. How the hell did they gently caress this up? The movie was originally mixed in mono for gently caress's sake 
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hypersleep posted:How the hell did they gently caress this up? The movie was originally mixed in mono for gently caress's sake I watched a copy of Heat that had no music or vocal sounds, just gunshots a couple years ago. They fixed it eventually.
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hypersleep posted:How the hell did they gently caress this up? The movie was originally mixed in mono for gently caress's sake I watched about 30 minutes of nightmare on elm st (original) that had only the background music and background sounds. I think it was in 5.1 but was missing the dialog channel. It was the first time I ever seen that movie so I didn't know it was an issue at first. Was pretty hard to figure out what was going on though.
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Harminoff posted:I watched about 30 minutes of nightmare on elm st (original) that had only the background music and background sounds. I think it was in 5.1 but was missing the dialog channel. It was the first time I ever seen that movie so I didn't know it was an issue at first. Was pretty hard to figure out what was going on though. This happened when Iron Man 2 went up on Netflix. All of the background noise and music was in, but no actual dialogue. It was pretty funny to hear, actually.
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I watched it with subtitles on, and didn't even notice until halfway through.
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I remember when Out of Sight was on Netflix streaming and for a while you could hear all sound except for the voices. It was an avante-garde masterpiece.
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Last night I wanted to watch a scary movie, and had heard good things about Let the Right One In. I actually liked it a lot! I'm not sure I'd really call it a horror movie, but it has some great tension. It is also beautifully shot. Smartly written. And I don't know where they found those child actors, but the ability of the girl to play a character who is likely centuries old and showing, with almost no dialogue, a childlike worldview tempered by epochs of predation, fear, and retreat was powerful. Then I wanted to put something on to fall asleep to, so I hit up Nosferatu. I fell asleep ten minutes or so in, but I have to say, what a loving good soundtrack. It was a weird contrast, actually. The video of course is old and grainy and so forth, whereas the audio came through just absurdly crisp and clean, it sounded like it had been recorded in the past ten years. I'm not sure if it's some digital remastering voodoo or what, but today I'm going to try to find a copy of the soundtrack for sure.
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