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Fire Me Boy! 10-22-2010 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Jenson71 (Post 7106488)
Half watched Zombieland while playing Civilization 5, and thought it was great entertainment.

I love Zombieland.

QuikSsurfer 10-22-2010 11:15 AM

Saw Paranormal Activity 2 last night.. If you liked the first one then you will love it.

Red Brooklyn 10-22-2010 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by QuikSsurfer (Post 7107721)
Saw Paranormal Activity 2 last night.. If you liked the first one then you will love it.

Haven't seen the first one. Is it worth checking out? I mean, if you're someone who usually doesn't watch a lot of films in that genre?

blaise 10-22-2010 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Red Brooklyn (Post 7107961)
Haven't seen the first one. Is it worth checking out? I mean, if you're someone who usually doesn't watch a lot of films in that genre?

I liked it. Scary more in a Rosemary's Baby kind of way than a slasher kind of scary.

Red Brooklyn 10-22-2010 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by blaise (Post 7107978)
I liked it. Scary more in a Rosemary's Baby kind of way than a slasher kind of scary.

Sweet. That's exactly what I wanted to hear. Thanks!

irishjayhawk 10-25-2010 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Red Brooklyn (Post 7107983)
Sweet. That's exactly what I wanted to hear. Thanks!

Did you see my It's Kind of a Funny story thoughts? If so, comments?

KcMizzou 10-25-2010 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Red Brooklyn (Post 7107983)
Sweet. That's exactly what I wanted to hear. Thanks!

It's a slow build. Lots of silence and still shots that build tension. It's very different. I loved it.

It's one movie I think I'd rather see at home in the dark, than at a theater.

Red Brooklyn 10-26-2010 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by irishjayhawk (Post 7106455)
I haven't been able to come to an official conclusion. I have several thoughts in no particular order:

Loved 7/8s of the movie, but it dipped for 10 minutes, 20 minutes before credits. That 1/8th really dipped. It made me constantly think it's finishing weak after a VERY STRONG beginning and middle.

The kid summarizes the dip a little bit when he says "I know what you're thinking...kid comes and learns all and leaves cured". I can't decide if them knowing that weakness made up for the lameness I felt during that dip.

Under Pressure has a new context for me.

The subject matter was dealt with perfectly. In fact, that may be the strongest point of the whole movie. It was perfect. I enjoyed every time we went into his mind, especially the cities. Though, I wish he would have drawn other things.

The supporting characters really helped the movie soar. I do think the Dr. could have had some more time. Jeremy Davies was awesome considering there were plenty of times he blurred the line between patient and worker.

Zack Galifinakis was, unsurprisingly, really good. I don't think many people realize his range. And the movie - perhaps intentionally, perhaps unintentionally - really made me think the ending was going to be different.

I wanted the movie to be longer. It definitely could have if you start to build his creative side a little stronger and more diverse. More scene time with his crush and the hospital girl would have given the culmination a tad more umph, but that's a minor quibble.

In sum, I liked it a lot but I'm not sure I LOVED it. I did, however, love how they handled the subject matter.

Nice.

I don't know that I wholey disagree with any of your points. I might be giving my emotional response to the film more weight in the film's final grade than you are. Which is typical of me.

But, yes, solid points. I'm not sure I felt the dip that you did at the end. Though, the end wasn't as strong as the beginning.

The "Under Pressure" scene was one of my favorite scenes from any film I've seen in a long, long time. I actually got fairly choked up during.

What ending were you expecting?

irishjayhawk 10-26-2010 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Red Brooklyn (Post 7120677)
Nice.

I don't know that I wholey disagree with any of your points. I might be giving my emotional response to the film more weight in the film's final grade than you are. Which is typical of me.

But, yes, solid points. I'm not sure I felt the dip that you did at the end. Though, the end wasn't as strong as the beginning.

The "Under Pressure" scene was one of my favorite scenes from any film I've seen in a long, long time. I actually got fairly choked up during.

What ending were you expecting?

Spoiler!


Funny thing is, I still find myself thinking about the movie a lot. The way it handled the subject matter was just superb and I keep thinking about that aspect.

Red Brooklyn 10-26-2010 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by irishjayhawk (Post 7121536)
Spoiler!


Funny thing is, I still find myself thinking about the movie a lot. The way it handled the subject matter was just superb and I keep thinking about that aspect.

ME TOO!!

Red Brooklyn 10-26-2010 07:30 PM

Oh and I meant to say that I didn't wholey agree with ALL of your points, not "any" of them. I actually like most of your points, and completely agree about the film's handling of subject matter.

NewChief 10-28-2010 05:24 AM

Salon is keeping a weekly updated list of the best movies of 2010. Here is the current list up to 50 (it actually goes to like 150, but I'm not going to post them all). And looking over it quickly... Splice above Inception. :spock: I haven't actually seen either, but that seems hard to swallow from what I know.

http://www.salon.com/entertainment/m...ist/index.html

1.
Carlos new!
Director: Olivier Assayas
Starring: Edgar Ramírez, Alexander Scheer, Nora von Waldstätten, Talal el-Jourdi
2.
Black Swan
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Starring: Natalie Portman, Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey, Mila Kunis
3.
Fish Tank
Director: Andrea Arnold
Starring: Katie Jarvis, Michael Fassbender, Kierston Wareing
4.
Night Catches Us
Director: Tanya Hamilton
Starring: Kerry Washington, Anthony Mackie
5.
Blue Valentine new!
Director: Derek Cianfrance
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams
6.
Poetry new!
Director: Lee Chang-dong
Starring: Yun Jung-hee, Lee Da-wit, An Nae-sang
7.
Inside Job new!
Director: Charles Ferguson
Starring: n/a; documentary
8.
I Am Love
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Starring: Tilda Swinton, Flavio Parenti, Edoardo Gabbriellini
9.
The Kids Are All Right
Director: Lisa Cholodenko
Starring: Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo
10.
The Circus
Director: Charlie Chaplin
Starring: Al Ernest Garcia, Merna Kennedy, Charlie Chaplin
11.
A Prophet
Director: Jacques Audiard
Starring: Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Hichem Yacoubi
12.
Winter's Bone
Director: Debra Granik
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes
13.
Meek's Cutoff
Director: Kelly Reichardt
Starring: Michelle Williams, Bruce Greenwood, Will Patton, Paul Dano
14.
Enter the Void
Director: Gaspar Noé
Starring: Nathaniel Brown, Paz de la Huerta
15.
Certified Copy new!
Director: Abbas Kiarostami
Starring: Juliette Binoche, William Shimell
16.
Breathless
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Starring: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg
17.
Sons of Perdition
Directors: Tyler Measom, Jennilyn Mertem
Starring: n/a; documentary
18.
The Secret of Kells
Directors: Tomm Moore, Nora Twomey
Starring: Venise du Bois du Roy, Brendan Gleeson, Liam Hourican
19.
Vincere
Director: Marco Bellocchio
Starring: Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Filippo Timi, Corrado Invernizzi
20.
Micmacs
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Starring: Dany Boon, André Dussollier, Nicolas Marié
21.
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Director: Banksy
Starring: Banksy, Thierry Guetta
22.
Down Terrace new!
Director: Ben Wheatley
Starring: Robert Hill, Robin Hill, Julia Deakin, Tony Way
23.
12th and Delaware
Directors: Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady
Starring: n/a, documentary
24.
My Joy new!
Director: Sergei Loznitsa
Starring: Viktor Nemets, Vlad Ivanov, Olga Shuvalova
25.
The Tillman Story
Director: Amir Bar-Lev
Starring: Pat Tillman
26.
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Starring: Thanapat Saisaymar, Sakda Kaewbuadee, Natthakam Aphaiwonk
27.
The Social Network
Director: David Fincher
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake
28.
Animal Kingdom
Director: David Michôd
Starring: Guy Pearce, Jacki Weaver, James Frecheville
29.
Film Socialism new!
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Starring: Catherine Tanvier, Christian Sinniger, Jean-Marc Stehlé, Patti Smith
30.
The Ghost Writer
Director: Roman Polanski
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Kim Cattrall
31.
Let It Rain
Director: Agnès Jaoui
Starring: Jean-Pierre Bacri, Jamel Debbouze, Agnès Jaoui
32.
The Eclipse
Director: Conor McPherson
Starring: Ciarán Hinds, Iben Hjejle, Aidan Quinn
33.
Easy A
Director: Will Gluck
Starring: Emma Stone, Patricia Clarkson, Stanley Tucci, Amanda Bynes
34.
Cave of Forgotten Dreams new!
Director: Werner Herzog
Starring: n/a (documentary)
35.
Lebanon
Director: Samuel Maoz
Starring: Reymond Amsalem, Ashraf Barhom, Oshri Cohen, Yoav Donat
36.
Never Let Me Go
Director: Mark Romanek
Starring: Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield, Keira Knightley
37.
Biutiful new!
Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Starring: Javier Bardem, Maricel Álvarez, Guillermo Estrella
38.
Splice
Director: Vincenzo Natali
Starring: Adrien Brody, Sarah Polley, Delphine Chanéac
39.
Making Plans for Lena
Director: Christophe Honoré
Starring: Chiara Mastroianni, Marina Foïs, Marie-Christine Barrault
40.
Inception
Director: Christopher Nolan
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Page, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Cillian Murphy
41.
Catfish
Directors: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman
Starring: n/a; documentary
42.
Restrepo
Directors: Tim Hetherington, Sebastian Junger
Starring: n/a; documentary
43.
Four Lions
Director: Chris Morris
Starring: Kayvan Novak, Nigel Lindsay, Chris Wilson
44.
Leaving new!
Director: Catherine Corsini
Starring: Kristin Scott Thomas, Sergi López, Yvan Attal
45.
Casino Jack and the United States of Money
Director: Alex Gibney
Starring: n/a; documentary
46.
8: The Mormon Proposition
Directors: Reed Cowan, Steven Greenstreet
Starring: n/a; documentary
47.
Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today new!
Director: Stuart Schulberg
Starring: Robert H. Jackson, Hermann Göring, Liev Schreiber (documentary)
48.
Welcome
Director: Philippe Lioret
Starring: Firat Ayverdi, Vincent Lindon
49.
Mother
Director: Bong Joon-ho
Starring: Kim Hye-ja, Won Bin, Jin Ku
50.
Let Me In new!
Director: Matt Reeves
Starring: Chloe Moretz, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Richard Jenkins

Red Brooklyn 10-28-2010 08:13 AM

I haven't seen a good many of those. But on my own personal list, I'd have Inception much higher. Probably above The Social Network, honestly. And I loved The Kids Are All Right... but I'd probably put Inception above that one too.

Man, I am soooo pumped for Black Swan, I can't even tell you!

mikeyis4dcats. 10-28-2010 09:11 AM

Easy A at 33?


WTF!

TrickyNicky 10-28-2010 09:17 AM

Did Enter the Void ever come to KC?


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