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If you've ever wanted to watch a bafflingly terrible Russian sci-fi movie about how advertising demons are taking over the earth, Branded just might be for you.
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CineD favorite A Goofy Movie is now on Netflix. Edit: False alarm, I guess it had a sequel, which sounds pretty bad.
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Jun 16, 2013 19:21
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Geographica posted:The notoriously awful Miami Connection is on Instant, if you like that kind of thing. I saw this movie in theathers a few months ago, It's worth every second of your time.
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Jun 16, 2013 19:39
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The real way to watch it was a couple months back when they uploaded it over Hellraiser 1.
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SunshineDanceParty posted:Rat Race ends in a loving Smash Mouth concert. That's important to remember. I loved Rat Race as a kid, but even then I saw the Smash Mouth concert ending for the utterly lazy feel-good everybody-wins movie ending that it was.
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Jun 16, 2013 20:10
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Geographica posted:The notoriously awful Miami Connection is on Instant, if you like that kind of thing. Finally! This movie is beyond incredibly bad and awesome at the same time.
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Jun 16, 2013 21:19
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SunshineDanceParty posted:Barbarella is pretty much cheesy sci fi and "Isn't 60's Jane Fonda hot?", but it works because that's true. Just watch it for the opening credits.
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Jun 16, 2013 22:19
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Wolfsheim posted:I loved Rat Race as a kid, but even then I saw the Smash Mouth concert ending for the utterly lazy feel-good everybody-wins movie ending that it was. I got to see them film the Cuba Gooding Jr coin toss. We were at a Calgary Stampeders CFL game, and the game started with two totally different teams coming on to the feild, Cuba Gooding Jr popping out of nowhere to do the coin toss, and then yelling "Show me the money" over the stadium audio system. We ended up seeing the movie opening night just to see if we were in it. We weren't.
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Wolfsheim posted:I loved Rat Race as a kid, but even then I saw the Smash Mouth concert ending for the utterly lazy feel-good everybody-wins movie ending that it was. I thought it was pretty funny that all the rich people got pricematched out of like $40 million.
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Jun 16, 2013 22:57
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Geographica posted:The notoriously awful Miami Connection is on Instant, if you like that kind of thing. Everyone should watch this, if only for the last fight scene. The entire movie rules, but the final fight is ridiculously amazing.
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Jun 16, 2013 23:18
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computer parts posted:I thought it was pretty funny that all the rich people got pricematched out of like $40 million. That might have been the worst ending in movie history. Horrific.
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Jun 16, 2013 23:26
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X-Ray Pecs posted:Everyone should watch this, if only for the last fight scene. The entire movie rules, but the final fight is ridiculously amazing. I watched all two hours of this ... thing, and it was glorious. The ending scene feels like it is from an entirely different movie and then we get that message before the credits. Loved it.
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Jun 17, 2013 00:28
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Safe Driver posted:I watched all two hours of this ... thing, and it was glorious. The ending scene feels like it is from an entirely different movie and then we get that message before the credits. Loved it. I love how the film's message isn't subtle at all, but they still had to tell us in such an obvious way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVtyOwcQo-w
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Jun 17, 2013 01:11
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Personperson14 posted:I saw this movie in theathers a few months ago, It's worth every second of your time. The posters are pretty amazing:  
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Jun 17, 2013 01:59
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Just watched The Imposter. I don't know what else to say other than that. The problem with documentaries is that sometimes life doesn't give you satisfying answers and this movie just leaves as much unclear as it does answer (through no real fault of it's own). Also really slickly made without actually getting in the way too much (a problem many slickly made docs have). I guess I did have a few other things to say.
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Goddammit, on the very day I was going to let my Netflix subscription expire again, Miami Connection arrives on the scene and pulls me back in with the power of Eternal Friendship. I'd been putting off watching that movie for the longest time. Guess I'm in it for another month of watching one or two movies and Bob's Burgers.
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axleblaze posted:Just watched The Imposter. If you like documentaries about criminals but without perfect documentary slickness, instead favoring an insight/cheese combo, check out John DiMaggio ham it the gently caress up in Carl Panzram: The Spirit of Hatred and Revenge. I mean, if you want to hear the guy who voiced Jake the Dog talk about raping over a thousand dudes.
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Pick posted:If you like documentaries about criminals but without perfect documentary slickness, instead favoring an insight/cheese combo, check out John DiMaggio ham it the gently caress up in Carl Panzram: The Spirit of Hatred and Revenge. I mean, if you want to hear the guy who voiced Jake the Dog talk about raping over a thousand dudes. And Bender! The guy that raped a thousand dudes is also Bender!
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Jun 17, 2013 03:58
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Anonymous Robot posted:CineD favorite A Goofy Movie is now on Netflix. I don't read CineD much, but why would it be a favorite? I haven't seen it in a long time but I don't remember it being amazing.
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Holy poo poo, Miami Connection is absolutely hilarious. Well worth a watch--preferably not while sober.
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I know you goons said this a year ago, but "Warrior" is not some tweaker MMA fart fest with some horrible speed metal soundtrack but is a darn entertaining and well crafted film.
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Samfucius posted:I don't read CineD much, but why would it be a favorite? I haven't seen it in a long time but I don't remember it being amazing. It's a pretty good movie, all things considered. As for why it's so popular here? I think it's half joking and half surprise that it is actually a well-constructed, emotionally resonant movie. Either way, talking poo poo about A Goofy Movie around here is fightin words.
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DeimosRising posted:Is the copy of Shane on Instant in the right aspect ratio? I know that can be complicated question with films from that period and I just turned it on earlier and it was full screen. Maybe I should ask this where Penismightier is guaranteed to see it. Oh hey bruh just looked back on this thread and caught this. That's a big fight now: http://www.hollywood-elsewhere.com/2013/03/shane-aspect-ratio-conflict/ The movie was shot 1.37:1, but the studio with the blessing of the director's son have backed 1.66:1 in that tired jackassey fight against pillarboxing they always get into. It sorta sucks but I don't really think it's a very big deal, the headroom gets a little tight in some shots but the framing's never really ruined.
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Baron von Eevl posted:And Bender! The guy that raped a thousand dudes is also Bender! Sometimes the movie is very thoughtful about the man's development, his feelings and motivations, granting him a real humanity, and occasionally it looks like a softcore porno. God I loving love Netflix.
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mod sassinator posted:Holy poo poo, Miami Connection is absolutely hilarious. Well worth a watch--preferably not while sober. I watched it stone sober, and it was amazing. Towards the middle I kind of drifted back and forth between it and the internet, but the craziness of the beginning and end more than makes up for it. Keyser S0ze posted:I know you goons said this a year ago, but "Warrior" is not some tweaker MMA fart fest with some horrible speed metal soundtrack but is a darn entertaining and well crafted film. Yeah, I have to admit that movie got it's hooks into me in ways I didn't expect. It made me think of Rocky but I didn't know who to root for, which made the ending all the more intense.
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I love Warrior but after a few viewings it bugs me who wins in the end. The wrong brother wins, but the film is so good at manipulating us we think the right one wins.
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Ammanas posted:I love Warrior but after a few viewings it bugs me who wins in the end. The wrong brother wins, but the film is so good at manipulating us we think the right one wins. I disagree on a few levels. On a basic plot level Tommy needs to be defeated to truly let go of the past. He's spent his whole life just fighting his past and he needs to be shown that that won't work. If Tommy had won, he would have taken the money and never looked back. Brenden needs to win. There's also no way Brendan won't help Tommy with his problems while Tommy wouldn't care if Brenden lost his house. On a more broad level the movie really sets up Tommy as a villain and Brenden as the lovable underdog. Tommy has underdog characteristics and the things he's fighting for are legit but on a broad level he is shown as being the terrifying, silent rear end in a top hat that knocks people out in one punch leaving them half dead. Without all the backstory, he'd be the villain but the beautiful thing about Warrior is it gives us that backstory so we feel more conflicted. The only thing that really bothers me in Warrior (and this might seem silly), is that Brendan's wife shows up to support him. She's really right in the movie at pretty much every point and when she gives him that speech before he leaves it really feels like him doing this is hurting her but that's just kind of forgotten because he's winning so all that subtext and all that emotional stuff just gets thrown out the window so she can support him. It just felt like they took a shortcut there.
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If you want to watch a movie that is visually pretty and full of style, action and music but has very little in the way of substance otherwise, watch "Streets of Fire". It's basically a very stylish comic book set to film. If you want an idea of what to expect, the movie poster pretty much conveys what the film will be like, a Google Image Search on the title will also pretty much show you what you'll be getting.
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penismightier posted:Oh hey bruh just looked back on this thread and caught this. That's a big fight now: Cool, thanks!. I haven't seen the film since I was a kid watching Westerns with my grandparents, but I didn't want to watch a butchered version.
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DeimosRising posted:Cool, thanks!. I haven't seen the film since I was a kid watching Westerns with my grandparents, but I didn't want to watch a butchered version. Yeah, it's plenty watchable. Nice colors.
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Jun 17, 2013 14:31
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Netflix kung-fu mini-reviews: The Heroic Trio is incomprehensible, unwatchable garbage. Project A and Project A-2 are both still great.
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Really? I'm curious why you hate The Heroic Trio.
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So, I just noticed Street Fighter is on streaming. I'm sure it's been up there for a bit, but I know what I'm watching with a few mixed drinks this week.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Really? I'm curious why you hate The Heroic Trio. It's like Johnny To intentionally tried to make a lovely Wong Jing movie. It's ugly, the cinematography and editing doesn't let the choreography feature at all, the humor doesn't work, and I was so bored I was falling asleep. I really found very little to like.
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I haven't watched it since I was a kid, now I'm afraid to. Oh well, at least Wheels on Meals still holds up.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:I haven't watched it since I was a kid, now I'm afraid to. Oh well, at least Wheels on Meals still holds up. What makes Wheels on Meals great is what The Heroic Trio is sorely lacking. Take the Jackie Chan/Benny Urquidez fight, for example -- aside from having great choreography that you can see clearly, it has room to breathe, it develops, it tells a story. There's a psychology to it. The Heroic Trio is just constant dizzying motion with zero attention span. It's all flash, no substance.
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penismightier posted:Oh hey bruh just looked back on this thread and caught this. That's a big fight now: To clarify, the original 1953 release was cropped to 1.66:1 with George Stevens' blessing, even though it was shot for 1.37:1. His son supervised a new transfer that adjusts the 1.66:1 framing from the theatrical release shot-by-shot instead of a static center crop as in 1953. This is mainly for showing on TV and theaters as an alternative to a straight 16x9 crop or pillarboxing 1.37:1 (which isn't acceptable on some channels). The Blu-Ray will be the 1.37:1 version. Egbert Souse fucked around with this message at 18:36 on Jun 17, 2013 |
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I just watched Upstream Colors. I ended up reading that faq with the director that answers a lot of it afterwards. I felt bad actually for not getting some parts because there was a lot I picked up on but did not put it together. I've always had some isssues with auditory information retention and also with "getting" things that are implied but not explicitly stated. Anyone know any good movies on the flix that rely on an attentive and intelligent audience and have a plot that is not predictable (if it's predictable or cliche'd I probably will pick up on those and predict things based on them instead of more human things)
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X-Ray Pecs posted:Everyone loves Hard Target, but a better, although less insane, JCVD film is available on Netflix as well; Sudden Death. It's pretty much Die Hard during a hockey game, with similar pacing and plot threads (JCVD isn't the world's best dad, people on the outside are distrustful of him, etc.) There are some great set pieces, though, and watching Van Damme fight is always fun. The best scene involves Van Damme fighting a woman wearing a Pittsburgh Penguins mascot suit in a kitchen. Thanks for this recommendation, because this movie is pretty drat great.
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More kung fu mini-reviews: Tai Chi Zero is awesome and crazy and seems like it could be made by Stephen Chow (Shaolin Soccer, Kung Fu Hustle) but it's made by a totally different Stephen. Muay Thai Warrior was a little slow but the mustachioed mowhawk badasses made up for it. Some pretty decent cinematography and choreography.
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