The Movie/Film/DVD thread...

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 11:35 pm

Watched Fanboys tonite... pretty fucking funny. Heaps of Star Wars references with some great performances from the regular Hollywood comedy crew.

edit: Blinding the Marlin... oh my fuck I haven't laughed so hard at a dirty sex joke in so long

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 12:15 am

Inglorious Basterds is awesome.... so much attention to detail. Classic Tarantino story telling.

Polecat · Post by **Polecat** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 3:10 pm

I went and saw The September Issue last night. Excellent doco for those into fashion. 8/10.
Loved the scene with Andre Leon Tally playing tennis. It was even better than the description of the scene I'd read.

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Sat Sep 05, 2009 1:23 pm

Caught Inglourious Basterds last night.

Crap.

Too long. I know Tarantino likes his scenes that build character and mood but this was ridiculous. Characters are given whole scenes to introduce them and then aren't featured in the film again.

The acting for the most part is shocking. Brad Pitt sounds like a fucking jackass the whole time. The supporting cast is lifeless and stiff. The nazis all seem like complete idiots and the Basterds have zero personality. The two exceptions are the Bear Jew and Landa (who is spine chillingly evil and charming).

The movie just seems happy to trot along at a stupidly slow pace and then there is a 5 minute crescendo and bang its done. It just gets bogged down in pointless dialogue. People will say "Tarantino hallmark" but really its just pushing the line.

Five and a half baseball bats to the head out of ten.

Hardy · Post by **Hardy** » Sat Sep 05, 2009 4:03 pm

mecka wrote:Caught Inglourious Basterds last night.

Crap.

Too long. I know Tarantino likes his scenes that build character and mood but this was ridiculous. Characters are given whole scenes to introduce them and then aren't featured in the film again.

The acting for the most part is shocking. Brad Pitt sounds like a fucking jackass the whole time. The supporting cast is lifeless and stiff. The nazis all seem like complete idiots and the Basterds have zero personality. The two exceptions are the Bear Jew and Landa (who is spine chillingly evil and charming).

The movie just seems happy to trot along at a stupidly slow pace and then there is a 5 minute crescendo and bang its done. It just gets bogged down in pointless dialogue. People will say "Tarantino hallmark" but really its just pushing the line.

Five and a half baseball bats to the head out of ten.

Oli has nailed. Did not like this film at all, except for Landa. I've enjoyed most of tarantino's films, but this was shite.

J0rdz · Post by **J0rdz** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 11:30 am

Hardy wrote:
mecka wrote:Caught Inglourious Basterds last night.

Crap.

Too long. I know Tarantino likes his scenes that build character and mood but this was ridiculous. Characters are given whole scenes to introduce them and then aren't featured in the film again.

The acting for the most part is shocking. Brad Pitt sounds like a fucking jackass the whole time. The supporting cast is lifeless and stiff. The nazis all seem like complete idiots and the Basterds have zero personality. The two exceptions are the Bear Jew and Landa (who is spine chillingly evil and charming).

The movie just seems happy to trot along at a stupidly slow pace and then there is a 5 minute crescendo and bang its done. It just gets bogged down in pointless dialogue. People will say "Tarantino hallmark" but really its just pushing the line.

Five and a half baseball bats to the head out of ten.
Oli has nailed. Did not like this film at all, except for Landa. I've enjoyed most of tarantino's films, but this was shite.

I was kind of the same. I enjoyed it, but thought it was lacking that usual Tarantino charm. IM a big fan of his movies and was expecting something huge. Spent the whole movie waiting for something to happen, and then it was over.
Totally agree on the characters introductions - i thought the Basterds were going to feature a lot more in the movie, but was sadly disappointed.

Ultimately it was a good movie, but not 'Tarantino' good... if that makes sense?

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 3:13 pm

I saw 'Up' in 3D last night, my first ever experience. It was really cool

They didn't use enough extended, in-my-face-reach-out-and-touch-it scenes though, most of it appeared to be 3d in the actual screen but it was still cool. The story was a nice one too but given we watched it on the 6th anniversary of my Dad's death I found a lot of it quite sad and poignant and I cried. I'm a big wuss like that.

3.5 cuteness rating outta 5.

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 11:14 am

saw this great little irish film one weekers

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_(film)

very good, great music, gorgeous quirky story

PC, this is one for you

Amick · Post by **Amick** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 11:23 am

^^^great movie, soundtrack is uber depressing though (was for me)

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 12:50 pm

Watched 'Romance and Cigarettes' last night.

Wierd but good. Killer cast, Steve Buchemi, guy from sopranos, susan sarandon, many moore, kate winslet as a slurry irish hooker, so many more...
half musical, quite a sad story but then they all break into song n dance. great costumes, colour, strangeness, right up my alley really.

i liked it.

3 and a half out of 5

J0rdz · Post by **J0rdz** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 2:13 pm

Saw District 9 last night.
Was happily surprised, it was totally not what i was expecting!! Really fresh and different concept on the 'aliens invade earth' scenario. Deals with a fair bit racism throughout the movie, with alot of parallels able to be drawn to rl.
Great story line too. I couldn't second guess what was going to happen next.

If your a sci fi fan, go see it!

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 4:00 pm

Just had Akira arrive on Bluray.

KENAAADAAAAA

FoundationStepper · Post by **FoundationStepper** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 4:30 pm

TEEETTSSUUUUOOOOO

Post by **system** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 7:26 pm

recent films and summations:

'ponyo': trippy as all hell and magnificently illustrated
'taking woodstock': ang lee back on form, well done for a director who has never done comedy
'inglorious basterds': great attention to detail and fine performances by waltz, laurent, pitt, et al. it's a different style of film to his trademark attention deficit style, but doesn't suffer from the change.
'up': pixar smash it out of the park
'blessed': ana kokkinos has delivered one of the best australian films that i've seen. see it.

J0rdz · Post by **J0rdz** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 1:04 pm

system wrote:[*]'ponyo': trippy as all hell and magnificently illustrated

Really keen to see this!!

They're doing a double Miyazaki at the Astor next month some time.

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 1:44 am

re Inglourious Basterds.

I just realised that if you removed all the scenes with the actual Basterds in them and just left the Shosanna plotline in it the film would have actually been quite enjoyable.

Melanie Laurent = <3

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 2:50 pm

Saw 'Defiance' the other night. Good movie. 4/5

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 3:30 pm

Watched Fist of Legend last night with Jet Li. Some killer fight scenes but the creme de la creme was the blindfolded scene. I love a good martial arts movie

Post by **JAMESSSS** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 3:31 pm

Zack and Miri Make a Porno

Seriously, get fucked Kevin Smith.

Should be called "Zack and Miri Ramble Inanely"

1 / 5

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 4:52 pm

mixtress wrote:Watched Fist of Legend last night with Jet Li. Some killer fight scenes but the creme de la creme was the blindfolded scene. I love a good martial arts movie

This movie got ejected after 30-odd minutes in our house....

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 5:06 pm

Direkt wrote:
mixtress wrote:Watched Fist of Legend last night with Jet Li. Some killer fight scenes but the creme de la creme was the blindfolded scene. I love a good martial arts movie
This movie got ejected after 30-odd minutes in our house....

Why?

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 5:25 pm

because its really really racist.

lol j/k

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 6:26 pm

mixtress wrote:
Direkt wrote:
mixtress wrote:Watched Fist of Legend last night with Jet Li. Some killer fight scenes but the creme de la creme was the blindfolded scene. I love a good martial arts movie
This movie got ejected after 30-odd minutes in our house....
Why?

Just bad IMO.... cheap ass movie. Not even the fight scenes could save it for me unfortunately.

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 6:42 pm

Into the Wild - crazy film about this dude who ran away from home and tried to trek from his home to Alaska, and experience living in the wild. He had little to no money and no identification documents etc. This film was based on a true story and directed by Sean Penn. Was quite full on in bits like when kills and guts a moose with flies everywhere. moments of going mental and whatnot. Crazy film, not bad watch, but really slow going

Tropic Thunder - lol wtf? < that's my review.

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 6:47 pm

Lizkins wrote:Into the Wild - crazy film about this dude who ran away from home and tried to trek from his home to Alaska, and experience living in the wild. He had little to no money and no identification documents etc. This film was based on a true story and directed by Sean Penn. Was quite full on in bits like when kills and guts a moose with flies everywhere. moments of going mental and whatnot. Crazy film, not bad watch, but really slow going.

It was slow but it was great i thought. all about really leaving society behind and finding oneself in nature. Pretty bittersweet ending too.

and Eddie Vedder made all the music, and its awesome, i went and bought the Cd.

Amick · Post by **Amick** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 6:55 pm

Anyone seen Changeling?

Got a copy but not sure if its worth watching.

Directed by Clint Eastwood...hmmm...

J0rdz · Post by **J0rdz** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 7:14 pm

ghetto kitty wrote:
Lizkins wrote:Into the Wild - crazy film about this dude who ran away from home and tried to trek from his home to Alaska, and experience living in the wild. He had little to no money and no identification documents etc. This film was based on a true story and directed by Sean Penn. Was quite full on in bits like when kills and guts a moose with flies everywhere. moments of going mental and whatnot. Crazy film, not bad watch, but really slow going.
It was slow but it was great i thought. all about really leaving society behind and finding oneself in nature. Pretty bittersweet ending too.

and Eddie Vedder made all the music, and its awesome, i went and bought the Cd.

Fantastic movie! I really enjoyed this. Didnt find it too long, i tend to enjoy long movies like that. Kept my interest from start to finish.
Such a sad ending tho!

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 7:16 pm

But was it really that sad? It was what he wanted, so to me, it was kind of perfect.

Hatsudai · Post by **Hatsudai** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 8:22 pm

Amick wrote:Anyone seen Changeling?

Got a copy but not sure if its worth watching.

Directed by Clint Eastwood...hmmm...

Actually pretty good ( saw it on a plane and the other movies were pants so hard to tell really).

I knew NOTHING of the movie before seeing and I think this kind of helped as it kind of starts out dull but kind of builds and gets pretty dark and has some scenes/plotlines that fold out in a fairly interesting way....

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 12:25 am

ghetto kitty wrote:But was it really that sad? It was what he wanted, so to me, it was kind of perfect.

yeah i thought it was well sad at the end, and i think he achieved some of what he wanted but not his main goal. the frustration for him was huge, don't ya reckon?

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 11:24 am

ghetto kitty wrote:since that movie, it does not matter what he is in, what character he plays, he is ALWAYS that guy.

and, tbh, i see 'types' on the street now n then and they are totally HIM behind closed doors, i swear.

agree. he makes me shudder. completely gross, fat sweaty pervy..

he is the same in the 25th hour but happiness was the worst

thanks for tip re blessed system- looking forward to that one

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 12:30 pm

Hatsudai wrote:
Amick wrote:Anyone seen Changeling?

Got a copy but not sure if its worth watching.

Directed by Clint Eastwood...hmmm...
Actually pretty good ( saw it on a plane and the other movies were pants so hard to tell really).

I knew NOTHING of the movie before seeing and I think this kind of helped as it kind of starts out dull but kind of builds and gets pretty dark and has some scenes/plotlines that fold out in a fairly interesting way....

Clint's a great director - looking forward to seeing this.

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 12:24 pm

extremely late to seeing no country for old men but omg... great movie. fark that guy was freaaaaking me out!

a cohen bros win for a change imo

Polecat · Post by **Polecat** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 2:15 pm

system wrote:recent films and summations:
'taking woodstock': ang lee back on form, well done for a director who has never done comedy

You should check out some more Ang Lee films. His film The Wedding Banquet is a comedy. It's one of my favourite by him and very funny! Eat Drink Man Woman is also comedic and light hearted.

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:54 pm

Went to ACMI last night and saw The Magician

http://www.acmi.net.au/fo_aus_noir_magician.aspx

All Adrian told me when he dragged me to see it was it was a documentary about a hitman. Wasn't expecting too much but it was actually a wicked flick (more mocku than doco). The very first scene has him killing a faceless nameless man which puts you into a frame of mind, you don't like the main character (Roy). But after the "director" of the doco follows him around on his job for a while you kind of get to like Roy's personality, he's funny and laid back and extremely Aussie. Albeit his job is fucked, he seems a decent man. There were a few laughs too. I'd recommend going to see it, worth the $13 pricetag. There's one more screening Sept 26th

4 outta 5 bullets.

Polecat · Post by **Polecat** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 3:43 pm

Nice on Mixy!

Wake In Fright is on at ACMI as part of the Aussie Noir features on there at the moment.
I highly recommend that one!

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 10:48 pm

Just caught UP with Lizkins at... Greensborough Plaza. Fantastic film and I think Pixar has finally outdone The Incredibles.

Amick · Post by **Amick** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 9:41 am

mecka wrote:Just caught UP with Lizkins at... Greensborough Plaza. Fantastic film and I think Pixar has finally outdone The Incredibles.

LOL @ GREENSIE PLAZA FARKEN!!!!

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 7:08 pm

nothing wrong with the Borough

jokes. but at least its better than Highpoint. fuck me, went there the other week and all i wanted to do was napalm the place. never going back ever ever ever again

UP is awesome, i highly recommend it to all!!!! Best!!!

squirrel! point! i momentarily didn't like you, but now i do!

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 11:04 pm

Amick · Post by **Amick** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 1:39 pm

Thanks to Oli and Liz for their reviews, went and saw Up last night. Lots of giggles enjoyed it even though it was hard to resist how flawed parts were and the lack of the law of physics was applied to the movie but I kept reminding myself it was made for the kids so I should chill and relax.

I also saw the new Bruce Willis movie Surrogates and thought it was a piece of crap. However due to a lack of concentrating I missed parts of it which meant the plot was hard to follow at times. Regardless I would wait for DVD...

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 1:48 pm

good to hear Amick! yeah you really have to ignore the whole physics of it, otherwise you ruin it by focusing too much on it.

such a good movie, love love love it!

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 4:26 pm

gnat wrote: a cohen bros win for a change imo

whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat

how about Big Lebowski? how about O Brother Where Art Thou?

you crazy.

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 2:25 pm

i forgot about fargo- one of the best movies ever but mainly becoz of frances. totally owns it

big lebowksi is great agree

omg o brother where art thou- total rubbish

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 2:37 pm

ok what about burn after reading then.

fail gibson

Amick · Post by **Amick** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 2:41 pm

mrj wins this round...

Stray · Post by **Stray** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 2:56 pm

mixtress wrote:Went to ACMI last night and saw The Magician

http://www.acmi.net.au/fo_aus_noir_magician.aspx

All Adrian told me when he dragged me to see it was it was a documentary about a hitman. Wasn't expecting too much but it was actually a wicked flick (more mocku than doco). The very first scene has him killing a faceless nameless man which puts you into a frame of mind, you don't like the main character (Roy). But after the "director" of the doco follows him around on his job for a while you kind of get to like Roy's personality, he's funny and laid back and extremely Aussie. Albeit his job is fucked, he seems a decent man. There were a few laughs too. I'd recommend going to see it, worth the $13 pricetag. There's one more screening Sept 26th

4 outta 5 bullets.

Surely this is out on DVD now? I saw it at the movies in 2005!
Agreed, awesome movie.

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 6:13 pm

Stray wrote:
mixtress wrote:Went to ACMI last night and saw The Magician

http://www.acmi.net.au/fo_aus_noir_magician.aspx

All Adrian told me when he dragged me to see it was it was a documentary about a hitman. Wasn't expecting too much but it was actually a wicked flick (more mocku than doco). The very first scene has him killing a faceless nameless man which puts you into a frame of mind, you don't like the main character (Roy). But after the "director" of the doco follows him around on his job for a while you kind of get to like Roy's personality, he's funny and laid back and extremely Aussie. Albeit his job is fucked, he seems a decent man. There were a few laughs too. I'd recommend going to see it, worth the $13 pricetag. There's one more screening Sept 26th

4 outta 5 bullets.
Surely this is out on DVD now? I saw it at the movies in 2005!
Agreed, awesome movie.

It is, Adrian picked it up at JB the next day. Not sure it's something you can borrow from your local Lacklustre though

Amick · Post by **Amick** » Wed Sep 30, 2009 3:13 pm

I watched Cruel Intentions last night.

Sarah, Ryan and Reese are all ridiculously hot. Even in bad 90's clothes.

Hardy · Post by **Hardy** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 12:43 am

I just finished watching Martyrs (French horror). The most fucking wrong, d1sgusting and unnecessary film i've seen in a long time (if not ever). It actually makes me feel quite sick to know that people could make a movie like this, and that others enjoy it. Utterly repulsive.