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Magnus Gallant posted:I'm watching natural born killers for the first time. What an odd movie. I still think it's Oliver Stone's best movie.
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I'm watching Noah and it's insane and I think I kinda love it...?
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Apr 26, 2015 20:06
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Magnus Gallant posted:I'm watching natural born killers for the first time. What an odd movie. It made more sense in the 90s.
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Apr 26, 2015 20:14
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Seeing Natural Born Killers in the theater on acid with my best friend was the defining moment of the 90s for me
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Apr 26, 2015 20:24
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:I still think it's Oliver Stone's best movie. I'm not really well-versed in Stone's filmography, but NBK is the only one I've seen that I actually care for.
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Apr 26, 2015 20:52
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precision posted:Seeing Natural Born Killers in the theater on acid with my best friend was the defining moment of the 90s for me I've only done acid once and I managed to watch An American Tail and Mystery Men. They were good choices. Then I stayed awake the rest of the night with my friends writing poetry and listening to IDM music. Like ya do.
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Apr 26, 2015 20:57
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X-Ray Pecs posted:I'm not really well-versed in Stone's filmography, but NBK is the only one I've seen that I actually care for. JFK, Salvador, Any Given Sunday, Wall Street, all good to great.
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Apr 26, 2015 20:58
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W. is also pretty good and way weirder in tone and style than one might imagine. It basically takes the idea that George W. Bush's life story is Mr. Smith Goes to Washington gone wrong and runs with it. (It's also streaming.) edit: There's even a shout-out in one scene to The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
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Apr 26, 2015 21:02
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:JFK, Salvador, Any Given Sunday, Wall Street, all good to great. JFK was so many levels of batshit insane fun. And Platoon was incredible.
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Apr 26, 2015 21:05
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Oliver Stone should just post here since apparently he's gone in detail explaining to a critic why Battleship is a better war movie then Pacific Rim
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Apr 26, 2015 21:07
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magnificent7 posted:JFK was so many levels of batshit insane fun. National treasure Kevin Bacon lays down the truth bomb: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrfZgrPbpAA
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Apr 26, 2015 21:10
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Yaws posted:I'm watching Noah and it's insane and I think I kinda love it...? I watched it last week after someone here brought it up, and I thought it was all right because of its weirdness. This is after having no interest in seeing it at all, ever.
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Apr 26, 2015 21:13
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K. Waste posted:W. is also pretty good and way weirder in tone and style than one might imagine. It basically takes the idea that George W. Bush's life story is Mr. Smith Goes to Washington gone wrong and runs with it. I'll back this up, W. is a lot better than I expected it to be.
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Apr 26, 2015 21:53
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The House October Built is so dumb. It's pretty entertaining if you can stand the garbage the Paranormal activity people are releasing, but the ending is so anticlimactic I was kind of in shock when the credits rolled.
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Apr 26, 2015 23:11
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Ironclad was a decent medieval action flick. Lots of great actors hamming it up like Paul Giamatti and Brian Cox. Plus the choreography and fight scenes are pretty good. If you're into that kind of thing you won't be too disappointed. If you're a historical accuracy pedant then avoid at all costs.
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Apr 26, 2015 23:27
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that movie's kinda dumb but it has a very cool castle siege scene.
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Apr 26, 2015 23:29
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I'm not a huge fan of VGHS, but the third season has some great camera work - including a pretty charming homage to Lawrence of Arabia. The third season is probably the best so far that I've seen.
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Apr 27, 2015 00:48
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The World Made Straight is a tad undercooked, but it's quite good.
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NESguerilla posted:The House October Built is so dumb. It's pretty entertaining if you can stand the garbage the Paranormal activity people are releasing, but the ending is so anticlimactic I was kind of in shock when the credits rolled.
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Apr 27, 2015 02:24
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I've seen They Came Together on the Netflix front page for a few weeks and completely looked past it because I've never even heard of it before and it looked like an actual generic romantic comedy but god drat is it funny.
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drunken officeparty posted:I've seen They Came Together on the Netflix front page for a few weeks and completely looked past it because I've never even heard of it before and it looked like an actual generic romantic comedy but god drat is it funny. Yeah, I enjoyed it a bit. A lot more than I enjoyed After the Dark, which starts interesting and ends as poorly as a Kirk Cameron flick.
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drunken officeparty posted:I've seen They Came Together on the Netflix front page for a few weeks and completely looked past it because I've never even heard of it before and it looked like an actual generic romantic comedy but god drat is it funny. Christopher Meloni steals this movie.
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Apr 27, 2015 03:23
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Chichevache posted:Ironclad was a decent medieval action flick. Lots of great actors hamming it up like Paul Giamatti and Brian Cox. Plus the choreography and fight scenes are pretty good. If you're into that kind of thing you won't be too disappointed. If you're a historical accuracy pedant then avoid at all costs. I thought the first one was okay but have you seen the sequel? I've not watched it
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Apr 27, 2015 13:25
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Has anyone mentioned Chef's Table yet? Really interesting if you like fancy food you'll almost certainly never get to eat. Chefs are nutters.
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K. Waste posted:W. is also pretty good and way weirder in tone and style than one might imagine. It basically takes the idea that George W. Bush's life story is Mr. Smith Goes to Washington gone wrong and runs with it. Thandie Newton's Condoleezza Rice performance is just the weirdest thing.
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Apr 27, 2015 19:24
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Young Ones was pretty good. I just like Michael Shannon for some reason so it was going to get a pass based on that alone.
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Apr 27, 2015 19:54
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stickyfngrdboy posted:Has anyone mentioned Chef's Table yet? Really interesting if you like fancy food you'll almost certainly never get to eat. Watched the first one and it's pretty solid. Good story, good production. Also has a (perhaps unintentional) illustration of a typical food critic that appears to be quite the way up her own behind.
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hemale in pain posted:I thought the first one was okay but have you seen the sequel? I've not watched it I have not seen the sequel and I doubt I ever will. For starters, it is an entirely different cast and it doesn't even involve the same themes the first one did. The first one is about the loving Magna Carta and mainly focuses on Purefoy's templar character and his struggle with his vows. There is something going on with Christianity vs. pagan religions, but it was so poorly fleshed out that I don't see how it could be carried on in a sequel which, according to wiki, is about Picts vs. Angles. Also  at the box office sales. (yes, of course ticket sales don't determine quality, but shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit)
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Apr 27, 2015 21:42
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Fed Up is awesome. I'm usually wary of docs like this because a lot of them are stupid, but I thought it was really solid. Also watched a bit of the Chris D'Elia special. I've never heard of him, but the guy is unfunny as poo poo. Terrible.
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NESguerilla posted:Also watched a bit of the Chris D'Elia special. I've never heard of him, but the guy is unfunny as poo poo. Terrible.
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Chichevache posted:
Making any money at all in a country that doesn't exist seems like a pretty impressive achievement to me.
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Love Me is a fascinating documentary about Russian Brides (avail on Netflix) It follows a US matchmaking company and four or five of its clients; and holy poo poo. I never thought I'd watch something like that. You should check it out. I'm still not sure if the title pertains to the clients or the brides. Both, I suppose.
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Watched a few movies yesterday, starting with The Babadook. As others have said, it's a solid horror movie but I felt it was a little overhyped. I think my main gripe about it is that it was too heavy handed in it's allegory. It was obviously about dealing with grief, and once you get that part, the Babadook itself ceased to be a real source of horror or even tension. And the "defeat" of the monster by merely screaming at it was anticlimactic. This was of course ameliorated a bit by the great art direction, visuals, and acting. I really, really want that pop up book. Also watched They Came Together. Netflix called it a "semi" parody of rom-coms but there is nothing "semi" about it. Funny, wacky, absurd. My wife and I had had a few glasses of wine before watching it so it was probably funnier than it really is. But if you're looking for a stupid comedy for a date or a lazy evening it's a solid bet. LogisticEarth fucked around with this message at 15:38 on Apr 28, 2015 |
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It's also about the ugly feelings you're not supposed to have about your children.
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Jack Gladney posted:It's also about the ugly feelings you're not supposed to have about your children. Pretty much. Obviously grief is a really crucial component of the film's themes, but the ambiguous line between repressed feelings of hatred and actual neglect/abuse seemed like the more prominent feature of the story.
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magnificent7 posted:JFK was so many levels of batshit insane fun. My Oliver Stone movies (director wise) worth seeing: Platoon - I remember seeing this in theater, and some guy getting up to go to the lobby for the rest of the movie. My parents found out later in the lobby that the guy was a Vietnam Vet, and the movie hit way too close to home. It is not only Stone's best, but one of the greatest war movies ever. Wall Street NBK JFK Talk Radio Born on the 4th July (my thought at the time was wow I guess Tom Cruise can act) Any Given Sunday The Doors (not great but worth watching if you like the group and read the book No One Here Gets Out Alive) I also found W to be decent. Other ones like U-Turn and Savages are movies that are just fine playing in the background while you do something else. LogisticEarth posted:Also watched They Came Together. Netflix called it a "semi" parody of rom-coms but there is nothing "semi" about it. Funny, wacky, absurd. My wife and I had had a few glasses of wine before watching it so it was probably funnier than it really is. But if you're looking for a stupid comedy for a date or a lazy evening it's a solid bet. My wife and I also watched it this weekend. While I prefer absurd humor, I found most of the movie almost as bland as a normal rom-com. While I found certain parts absurd and very funny (mainly his visit to her parents house, and the visit to his grandmother), the rest was never that fun to me. I think the tone of the movie never felt quite right to me. Shame I really wanted to like it. So the same guy who did this, did American Hot Summer? I haven't seen it, but is it more a satire or parody or just absurd (like Eastbound & Down for example)? I was wondering if it would be something I like (some of the comedies I like are Parks & Rec, Eastbound & Down, early Office, Silicon Valley, Community) nate fisher fucked around with this message at 16:47 on Apr 28, 2015 |
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I didn't know Stone directed Talk Radio, that's a fantastic film. Wall Street is also amazing. Never watch Wall Street 2, not even for curiosity's sake.
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i haaaaate the movie version of Talk Radio. Play's great, though. Platoon is one of my favorite movies of all time.
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nate fisher posted:So the same guy who did this, did American Hot Summer? I haven't seen it, but is it more a satire or parody or just absurd (like Eastbound & Down for example)? I was wondering if it would be something I like (some of the comedies I like are Parks & Rec, Eastbound & Down, early Office, Silicon Valley, Community)
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