Movies

[irishjayhawk]

Yeah, so I saw a lot of movies this weekend.

Elizabeth: The Golden Age - Mediocre, at best. Slow and dragged on. Shorten it to 2 hours and it's golden. It's not, so it fails.

Michael Clayton - Amazing. Everything about it is awesome. However, it's VERY complex and mind bending. You have to think, so be prepared. I still feel like I'm missing key details of exactly what happened. Gotta see it again.

Across the Universe - Perfect is one word that comes to mind. It just works. And, contrary to many people I bet, the movie is best viewed sober. Trust me.

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

Five Easy Pieces

Very resonant film and nearly prophetic in it's themes. I don't want to reveal too much about the film for the uninitiated [not the least of which a delightful viewing of someone many know today as a MUCH younger person]. So much of the movie is unstated but plainly evident, making it all the more effective. I found many connections to the themes of Good Will Hunting, much recommended.

[mikeyis4dcats.]

Originally Posted by Buehler445

Nothing on Righteous Kill? Rotten Tomatoes only gave it 21%...any opinion fellas?

haven't seen it, but it can't be any worse than 88 Minutes

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by Claythan

I'll go see this.



I still get pissed every time I see Neeson in a movie, though, after he swore he was finished after Episode I.

I posted about this when I saw the trailer. Looked pretty good. I liked Neeson in Batman Begins.

[Hammock Parties]

I'm a sucker for a good revenge movie, too. And a lone gunman.

Now they can make me cry by ending it with daddy bleeding out in his daughter's arms and begging her to run as the bad guys close in. Then dying daddy BLOWS THEM ALL AWAY IN A FIT OF SUICIDAL RAGE!

[Agent V]

Originally Posted by Claythan

I'm a sucker for a good revenge movie, too. And a lone gunman.

Now they can make me cry by ending it with daddy bleeding out in his daughter's arms and begging her to run as the bad guys close in. Then dying daddy BLOWS THEM ALL AWAY IN A FIT OF SUICIDAL RAGE!

Now that sounds like fun.

[KCChiefsMan]

I just watched Southland Tales and I dont even know what happened.

[Portlantis]

Originally Posted by KCChiefsMan

I just watched Southland Tales and I dont even know what happened.

Oh man, I love that movie. I mean, by any objective standard it's a horrible, horrible film. But it's so much fun.

It's a movie that's just too ****ing awesome to make sense.

Also, I'm a pimp, and pimps don't commit suicide.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by Portlantis

Oh man, I love that movie. I mean, by any objective standard it's a horrible, horrible film. But it's so much fun.

It's a movie that's just too ****ing awesome to make sense.

Also, I'm a pimp, and pimps don't commit suicide.

Who in it?

[KCChiefsMan]

Originally Posted by Portlantis

Oh man, I love that movie. I mean, by any objective standard it's a horrible, horrible film. But it's so much fun.

It's a movie that's just too ****ing awesome to make sense.

Also, I'm a pimp, and pimps don't commit suicide.

I didn't get it. Basically what I got out of it was that Texas got nuked hard, an actor escaped to Cali to make a film and the government is after him. The cast from SNL are Carl Marx cultists, there are 2 stifflers and once they meet the 4th dimension collapses and the end.

[Portlantis]

Originally Posted by Darth CarlSatan

Who in it?

Oh man, this movie has the greatest cast of B-Listers and washed up stars ever:

The Rock, Sarah Michelle Geller, Sean William Scott, Jon Lovitz, Cherri Oteri and half the cast of Upright Citizens Brigade. It also has Justin Timberlake who, about two thirds of the way through, breaks out into a highly choreographed lip-synching of a Killers song for no reason whatsoever.



That scene makes about as much sense as anything else in the movie. It's just a glorious acid trip of a film.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by KCChiefsMan

I didn't get it. Basically what I got out of it was that Texas got nuked hard, an actor escaped to Cali to make a film and the government is after him. The cast from SNL are Carl Marx cultists, there are 2 stifflers and once they meet the 4th dimension collapses and the end.

Well hell, with a description like that, how can I not watch it?!

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by Portlantis

Oh man, this movie has the greatest cast of B-Listers and washed up stars ever:

The Rock, Sarah Michelle Geller, Sean William Scott, Jon Lovitz, Cherri Oteri and half the cast of Upright Citizens Brigade. It also has Justin Timberlake who, about two thirds of the way through, breaks out into a highly choreographed lip-synching of a Killers song for no reason whatsoever.



That scene makes about as much sense as anything else in the movie. It's just a glorious acid trip of a film.

That's some crazy shit, yo!

[Portlantis]

Originally Posted by KCChiefsMan

I didn't get it. Basically what I got out of it was that Texas got nuked hard, an actor escaped to Cali to make a film and the government is after him. The cast from SNL are Carl Marx cultists, there are 2 stifflers and once they meet the 4th dimension collapses and the end.

Yeah, that's about it. Plus some sort of conspiracy involving perpetual energy, covert experiments on Iraqi war vets and Kevin Smith in laughably unconvincing old-man makeup.

There is no coherent narrative, and all the characters and situations are beyond batshit insane. The dialogue is so laughably absurd that I can't help but think it was intentionally meant to be that way. When I finished the movie, I couldn't tell whether I had just seen a masterpiece or a fiasco. But whatever it was, it was mesmerizing.

[Skyy God]

Just watched "The Wackness". Could be that I'm the same age as the protagonist and it's set in 1994, but I thought it was well done. Ben Kinsley is excellent as usual and the lead did a credible job. Plus, fantastic soundtrack (Biggie, Tribe, etc).

Also, I can't recommend Young @ Heart more highly. Most pics in the "uplifting documentary" category are way too treacle-y, but this was just right. The filmmaker is a shit interviewer, though.

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by Portlantis

Yeah, that's about it. Plus some sort of conspiracy involving perpetual energy, covert experiments on Iraqi war vets and Kevin Smith in laughably unconvincing old-man makeup.

There is no coherent narrative, and all the characters and situations are beyond batshit insane. The dialogue is so laughably absurd that I can't help but think it was intentionally meant to be that way. When I finished the movie, I couldn't tell whether I had just seen a masterpiece or a fiasco. But whatever it was, it was mesmerizing.

Fiasco

http://www.avclub.com/articles/my-ye...d-tales,10193/