list/discuss/rate - your recently watched movies

stonebeard wrote: WALL-E. Definitely the best Pixar film and for me the most enjoyable if not seminal American animation movie ever. There is very little dialog, and almost all of the small amount is from humans, not the main characters. Emotions are conveyed in beeps and boops, and excellently. The film is very very funny, easily the funniest Disney-Pixar movie. And it feels for once like it was made for adults and not just for kids with a few stupid cultural references adults would get. Animation is excellent as well, thought I can't really judge, it must be one of the most impressive visual movies I've seen in awhile. The plot was surprisingly not predictable, but still nothing crazy. 9/10

Loved the depiction of humans as blobs on a hovering chair only paying attention to their screens. Plus the robot in the bridge of the ship reminded me of GLADOS from Portal.
The camera work was fantastic, looked like it was filmed with real cameras.

Wanted -  Guy with dead end job and a girlfriend that is cheating on him with his best friend suddenly becomes part of a group of superhuman  assassins . It was really hit and miss. Not all of the one-liners worked, and not all of the acting was great. The lead actor was just transparent most of the time, same with the rest of the cast. Angelina Jolie, eh, not that hot. Don't know why she gets that much attention. The action was a rehash of The Matrix. The soundtrack was cool, lots of NIN and heavy guitar rifs, not much else.



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The Boss of It All - another von Trier film, more of a comedy with loads of dialog, I've seen hundreds of subtitled movies and this one probably had the most reading Ive ever had to do with a flick, from the beginning to end these people "yap!, yap!, yap! yap! yap!"...shut the f**k up for a moment would ya!? it was about an actor who believes his skills to be better then which they really are, he's hired on as the fake top CEO-Boss if it All to cover for another guy who turns out to be The Boss of It All after all, it was kind of clever, quick paced, expertly shot, but so far this is my least favorite von Trier effort, - 5.5/10

Titus - a stylized film adaptation Shakespeare' s Titus Andronicus - known as Shakespeare's most graphic play, I really enjoyed this movie and I dare say probably the best(if not most enjoyable) movie adaptation/interpretation of Shakespeare's work I've ever seen, I will also add everyone involved seemed to be comfortable reciting Shakespeare dialect unlike some others I've seen, all excellent points: scenic design, stage design, costumes, props, filming, color, sound, etc, I was unfamiliar with the actual play Titus Andronicus so I briefed myself on it last night and was surprised how incredibly accurate the movie follows the play...be it in the-Titus/Movie-unique fashion, too bad it didn't get much notoriety during its short run at the box office but it seems to have gained more of a following in the years afterward, 8.5/10 or maybe even a 9/10

Fight Club, you ought to check out dreadcentral.com - it's a website dedicated to horror movies, which reviews rather obscure movies as well as the big ones.

While all of you were watching these pseudo-movies, I found a true lost "gem" of cinema and was able thus to behold an avant-garde work of such a stature that even the most intellectual people around here would still be baffled.... about what the hell the movie is about

watched Pinata: Survival Island or something to that effect

a clay pinata (can't find the tilde so don't bother me about it) goes around killing people, largely in manners that pinata would be destroyed, ie hit with sticks, hanging from trees, etc. It was painful

avalanchemaster wrote: mithrandir wrote: WinterLight wrote: Last evening, I watched Terry Gilliam's Brazil, and to be honest, I was not impressed.  Although the cinematography and set design were skillfully done, the film itself seemed directionless.  Of course, I understand that it's a satire on bureaucracy, but for me at least, the quirky humor detracts from this interesting theme. I love that movie, the quirk is part of its charm,   I agree!

I think Gilliam was brilliant with the Python films (especially The Meaning of Life).  But Brazil reminded me more of Cool World or Who Framed Roger Rabbit? than a satire comparable to, say, Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove.

mithrandir wrote: WinterLight wrote: Last evening, I watched Terry Gilliam's Brazil, and to be honest, I was not impressed.  Although the cinematography and set design were skillfully done, the film itself seemed directionless.  Of course, I understand that it's a satire on bureaucracy, but for me at least, the quirky humor detracts from this interesting theme. I love that movie, the quirk is part of its charm,

Wanted - Based on a graphic novel by Mark Millar and some other guy. Directed by the guy who directed Night**tch and Daywatch. It captured the comic book atmosphere quite well. Had some good action, but I didn't think James McAvoy was very good as the lead character. 7/10.

Bad Taste

not as funny as Dead Alive but still a worthwhile watch

mithrandir wrote: I like some, movies that might classify as "Slasher" Sleep Away Camp, absurd, silly and crude

Just saw this one recently. It was hilarious.