Last Film(s) You Watched

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I really liked Shutter Island.

[darkvare]

i just saw repo men and the crazies. The crazies is a very predictable zombie flick that instead of zombies uses las plagas from re 4

repo men reminds me of minority report but the ending is awesome

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

The original Crazies is awesome. I was looking forward to the remake but missed it while it was in theaters.

[Kitsa]

It looked like the Crazies was just another zoombie crapfest in the tradition of the whole "world's population gets infected with a virus...virus sounds good, right?...that makes average humans fast, pissed and hungry for human flesh" genre.

If anything it'd be a prion but that's something for the science and health thread.

I liked 28 Days Later (but not 28 Weeks Later), the Dawn of the Dead remake, and so on. But "I Am Legend" (shown roughly 12 times a day on TBS, apparently) showed me just how potentially shitty that stuff can get, so I take a pass on a lot of the new zoombie movies coming out.

:(

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

The original Crazies came out in 1973 though by Romero. It centered on a disease that would give someone the crazy, nothing zombie like.

[Kitsa]

added both to my netflix queue.

[LordSappington]

Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World is the first Michael Cera movie I actively want to see.
Also, it's really weird, in that A) Ramona actually looks like my ex, and B) It's pretty much the exact same story as our relationship, only slightly less fighting her ex, and slightly more her apparently hating my guts after three months. :<
I need a hug....

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Legion - Holy Mackeral this was bad. My roommate rented it though.

[darkvare]

legion kinda reminded me of demon knight but demon knight was so much better

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

While watching Legion I kept hoping that I would hear "MMM WWWWHHHHHAAAAATTTTT AAAAAA RRRRUUUUUSSSSSHHHHHH." Sadly it never happened.

Shakes the Clown. I've had this theory for a while but I haven't seen Bobcat Goldwhait for a few years. I fee like Charlie Day draws heavily from Bobcat Goldwhait.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Romancing the stone. This might be the 2nd movie that has michael douglass in that I like.

[Kitsa]

The Wolfman remake. Started out promising but got stupid fast. They're obviously grabbing handfuls of this and that, and I think they might actually be re-using a gollum suit for part of it.

[Dimnos]

Hot Tub Time Machine. Was worth a few good laughs.

[darkvare]

i finally watched karate kid it was ok i still enjoy every jackie chan movie

[Aaarg]

butterfly and sword. the fights were great and over-the-top. also, donnie yen was in it.

[Kitsa]

Valentine's Day. What a star-studded piece of horseshit that was.

[Zhukov]

I went to see Rocket Science, but it's apparently only been released in the rest of the world.

[darkvare]

i'm watching the willy wonka remake am i the only one who gets really creeped out by the new oompa loompas?

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

He was pretty creepy.

[Grislygus]

I LOVED shutter island, and was psyched that scorsese was involved. The plot was inconsequential, and Kitsa was right, it WASN'T really that much of a twist, anyone with half a brain immediately picked up on the themes especially in the hallucinations: water, guns, delusions of persecution you knew what was going to happen, what HAD to happen; it was mainly wish fulfillment for everyone who ever watched old school, REAL thrillers and wished that someone would make a modern movie in the same style. And I'm NOT talking hitchcock, I'm talking the likes of val lewton... still, that WAS the damn problem, it was specifically catered towards hardcore movie geeks who would love to watch how Scorsese would SHOW the scenes DeCaprio pulling the trigger and "shooting" the doctor was FANTASTIC, oh god I was geeking the fuck out over that.

plus, the actors hammed it up in the most beautiful way possible, going back to the oldschool thriller point: I just wish that Max von Sydow wasn't relegated to making a huge impression, with absolutely NOTHING to go on (including screen time), in every single new role that he gets

[Supafly345]

I JUST FINISHED WATCHING
Shutter Island was a traditional idea it seems, an old standby, but put together so wonderfully. It wasn't a movie that tried to trick you by comically painting the picture in one direction, only to go 'WHOOPS, WE LIED THIS WHOLE TIME THIS IS ACTUALLY WHATS HAPPENING" in the end like most other twist endings do (Angels and Demons comes to mind). It was very careful to keep it making sense so you sort of knew what was going on, but added just enough doubt to make you question yourself on it, perfectly balancing everything out for some supreme suspense. No winking at the camera, no suspension of belief needed.

[kahljorn]

the ending did kind of have a neat twist at the end though FOR EGG SAMPle did he realize he was a crazy fuck and purposely allow himself to get that srguery thing or whatever because he hated that bad part of himself and wanted it to die so he could die a good person which he implied BEFORe HE WALKED THAT STONY PATH or was he really just crazy and didn't realize it.

[Supafly345]

That's sort of the ambiguous part I think you are supposed to decide for yourself. I sort of felt that way though.

[Fathom Zero]

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[kahljorn]

I WATCHED THIS MOVIE CALLED PARANORMAL ENTITY ON NETFLIX WHICH I THINK WAS SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE PARANORMAL ACTIVITY OR SOME SHIT ANYWAY IT HAD THE DUMBEST CHARACTERS EVER. THEY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO USE WIKIPEDIA OR HOW TO GO TO A FUCKING CHURCH TO ESCAPE DEMONS. FUCK THEM.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Hahahaha, I want to watch that now. I love the ghost ship knock off "Ghost Rig"

[Zhukov]

http://jessicalouise.com/v2/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/banksy_museum_exit_through_the_gift_shop.jpg

[Zhukov]

Exit Through the Gift Shop.

I really liked this film/documentary. Well, I was entertained, interested, I laughed at it... I enjoyed it. I don't know if it's what I expected, and almost wanted it to be. Nevertheless, it was very good. Quality stuff.

It's a film by Banksy, but contrary to what people expect, it's not about Banksy. I sort of knew before hand that it wasn't going to be about him, so I wasn't disappointed by that, which I think may have disappointed some people.

I've been a fan ever since Dole mentioned him to me on these very forums, and I don't see him as a sell-out or anything like that; in fact I think this film addresses that to a large degree. Hell, the title itself is pointing fingers in all the right places. It has some very situational humour thrown in, and some well timed wit.

Anyway, very good stuff.

[Kitsa]

The Crazies, remake. I didn't like it...seemed like there were a lot of plot holes.

[darkvare]

the new parody movie got leaked "vampires suck" my bro is watching it

[Tadao]

I didn't like the crazies, it didn't put me in thrill mode at all. :(

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Did you guys watch the original Crazies yet?

[Tadao]

no

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Then you should watch the original crazies.

[darkvare]

i'm gonna try to track it down

[Kitsa]

it's on my netflix queue

[Aaarg]

the golden monkey king conquers the evil

one of the movies in the shanghai studios (classic chinese animation studio) sun wukong series. i didn't even know this movie existed in a form that would be accessible to me, but then i came across it on some website. it's pretty awesome. i think i like it more than the first, havoc in heaven, though i don't remember much of that one because i was high at the time. :(

before that but in the same vein was secrets of the heavenly book

another classic chinese animated feature, this one by the same guy who did nezha conquers the dragon king (which i absolutely love). it's very silly, but i like it.

[kahljorn]

somebody brough THE CRAZIES over to watch tonight and i totally forgot that i had already seen that movie

[Aaarg]

yoroi: samurai zombie
i was expecting another awesome tak sakaguchi movie since this is the second one he directed (and the first he directed was totally awesome, samurai school: be a man!!!), and i was let down. why would anybody watch a tak sakaguchi movie that doesn't have swordplay? that's... kind of the point.

[RaNkeri]

Troll 2

It was bad, oh so bad :lol
My friend and his roommates had prepared green jello using booze instead of water, shit was hysterical.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Class of Nuke Em High. Not THAT is a TROMA movie.

[captain516]

DEAD SNOW
IT WAS FUCKING GREAT

[Mad Melvin]

From Paris With Love
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1179034/

It was horrible. John Travolta looked like a total homo. The plot was obviously written by some 12-year old spastic who just read a Tom Clancy novel and decided to make the story more awesome by adding lots of guns and a washed up actor with the stupidest fucking beard. Everything else sucked too.

[darkvare]

i just watched batman under the red hood pretty good i wanna see more mature batman movies like this one

[Esuohlim]

I SAW TOY STORY 3

SHIT WAS OFF THE CHAIN

[Pentegarn]

I will be seeing it soon. I think Thursday

[Kitsa]

the merchandising pisses me off with that one :/

[Grislygus]

just finished watching Barbarosa and, Ride The Whirlwind and jeff bridge's Bad Company

the latter two were fantastic, can't believe i've never seen ithem before... nice thing about westerns, there's always great old ones that you never knew about

[Aaarg]

nice thing about westerns, there's always great old ones that you never knew about

same thing goes for animation...

wanpaku ouji no orochi taiji (aka little prince and eight-headed dragon)
very cool "early anime" movie from 1963. it has english dubbing but unfortunately i couldn't find subs online, and the dub is aaaawful. also i don't know if it's this way in the original dub or just the english one, but they never use names except for susanoo. instead of "amaterasu" they always say "sun goddess" or "sister" (to susanoo), and yamata no orochi was always just referred to as "the eight-headed dragon," kind of lame. also the voice actors weren't just aaaawful, but also teeeerrible.

totally cool movie, though. i like animation that makes me or somebody else say "oh, that's awesome" every few minutes. this one did it.


before that, it was hakujaden, another early 60's toei anime (the first anime in color i believe is the claim). this one definitely was trying a more disney-esque approach (and was released in the states). the movie itself was ok, pretty boring--for a better film of the same story, live-action green snake is cool.

[bigtimecow]

cyrus

it's a shame this movie is only playing in limited release. i had to drive almost an hour away to see it, but it was well worth it. very funny, emotional, and john c. reilly is fantastic. plus marisa tomei is crazy hot so yeah go see it

[Kitsa]

Just saw the trailer for that on the Hot Tub Time Machine I'm watching right now.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Cannonball Run 2. I never seen any of them and was suprised how good they are.

[MarioRPG]

Black Dynamite.

It was super cool. Definitely glad I bought it.

[Fathom Zero]

Cannonball Run 2. I never seen any of them and was suprised how good they are.

AKA Cameo: The Movie. I bet they had so much fucking fun filming it, too.

[Pentegarn]

That's a movie where you just know the outtakes were way better than the finished product

[Aaarg]

the great dictator
all i'm going to say is this: charlie chaplin is awesome.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Black Dynamite.

It was super cool. Definitely glad I bought it.

:picklehat You're going to watch it so many times its definitely worth buying.

AKA Cameo: The Movie. I bet they had so much fucking fun filming it, too.

:lol That's what I was thinking about it too. Every few minutes we were like "HE'S IN THIS TOO???!!!"

Wasn't expecting Jackie Chan though.

That's a movie where you just know the outtakes were way better than the finished product

Might rent the dvd to see if there are outtakes.

[darkvare]

i got enter the dragon i love all the beatings freaking awesome specially when bruce lee breaks jackie chans neck

[Grislygus]

okay, so I'm watching avatar, and I'm figuring that it was a hell of a lot more impressive in 3d

[Tadao]

Yeah, cause the story didn't matter whatsoever.

[kahljorn]

grislygus you want to tell me that a tear didn't enter your eye that time when he choose to follow his heart and protect the weeples

[Kitsa]

I liked Hot Tub Time Machine. It was roughly as funny as The Hangover, and my brain got to take a nice nap.

[Pentegarn]

Yeah, cause the story didn't matter whatsoever.

It might have mattered if it had been an original story

[Fathom Zero]

District 9 straight up destroyed that shitty Avatar.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I liked Hot Tub Time Machine. It was roughly as funny as The Hangover, and my brain got to take a nice nap.


I want to see this, I could use a good brain nap.

[MarioRPG]

I liked Hot Tub Time Machine. It was roughly as funny as The Hangover, and my brain got to take a nice nap.

"It's real! It's got freckles and shit."

[kahljorn]

District 9 straight up destroyed that shitty Avatar.

:lol yea i watched district 9 either right after or right before avatar and yea avatar was gay in comparison :(

[Grislygus]

grislygus you want to tell me that a tear didn't enter your eye that time when he choose to follow his heart and protect the weeples

holy shit that made me laugh so hard

[Grislygus]

Yeah, cause the story didn't matter whatsoever.

and this is a correct statement

[Esuohlim]

I refuse to watch Avatar because I feel that never having watched it will become a badge of honor at some point in the future

Inception, on the other hand, is becoming pretty overhyped already even though I only first heard of it a few hours ago. It looks interesting though :(

[executioneer]

i've got an avatar badge AND a titanic badge :hat

[Tadao]

It's my goal to forever hate on Avatar without ever seeing it.

[Fathom Zero]

I've never seen it either and my friend called me an asshole because of it. :lol

[Aaarg]

i love animation and refuse to see avatar. i dislike cgi in general.

also i watched the trailer for that "fantastic mr. fox" movie and it pissed me off. stop-motion animation shouldn't be that smooth and "perfect" and it really ruins it. also, knowing that there was hundreds of people working on the film doesn't help. if you want "fantastic mr. fox" in stop-motion, watch starewitch's roman de renart.

but i'm a snob fag asshole

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I prefer regular animation too. Everyone I talked to about the fantastic mister fox said it was fantastic though.

[Esuohlim]

Everyone I talked to about the great gatsby said it was great :eek

[RaNkeri]

Predators, shit was great :rock

[Kitsa]

i've got an avatar badge AND a titanic badge :hat

me too! And a shitload of those movies like Sleepless in Seattle and When Harry Met Sally and some other girly one that was really popular that I can't remember right now.

And Gray's Anatomy and Lost and Dancing With the Stars, mainly, and a bunch of those shows.

[Kitsa]

I'm watching "I Do & I Don't", which is full of mainly nobodies but marginally okay.

It's got enough weird Colin Mochrie to fuel ten more years of animutation.

[Pentegarn]

Do people still do that?

[Kitsa]

I don't know, but I loves me some French Erotic Film.

TDwsiqQa1pw

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Is it Emanuelle? :at work

Batman: Under the red hood. Was really enjoyable. Especially the reason why Batman has never killed Joker.

[Pentegarn]

Now you gots me intrigued.

Wish I had picked it up at Best Buy today

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

The only things I didn't like about it was that Nightwing and Batman were buddy buddy in it and Batman's teeth when he was upset about something. Sometimes the emotion portrayal was displayed only using his mouth. In my head it reminded me of Beavis' jaw when he tries to concentrate really hard on something.

Also, watched the new GWAR: Lust in space dvd which was great because I was inebriated during most of it when they toured last time. The Sleazy P Martini behind the murder segmant is amazing.

[executioneer]

it's pretty good, bender does a great joker laugh

[kahljorn]

NO! ALMIGHTY GOD, NO!

there was a lot of scenes like that in the movie

[Kitsa]

Kick-Ass. Sort of like Boondock Saints, only kids in costumes.

Also, some of the same people as Hot Tub Time Machine, which I just saw, so it felt like some sort of weird sequel.

[Pentegarn]

Kick Ass surprised me, it was more gritty and less silly than I expected

[Aaarg]

the lost letter

a russian animated film from 1945. sadly unrestored, so the image was very dark and the demons were hard to see. it just got a fan-subtitle a few months ago, which is cool. had some pretty cool elements, anyway.

[Kitsa]

Pirates trilogy because it was on TV and I was too lazy to change the channel, then I just wanted to see it for Keith Richards, who I hear is actually halfway intelligent.

The movies were way less "uncut" than promised, I still had to watch Jamie Lee Curtis talk about pooping and see dumb promos for their dumb USA "comedies".

[MarioRPG]

Just watched The Room the other night and hate myself and my friends for doing so.

[Aaarg]

the last king of scotland.

was the main character supposed to be completely unlikeable throughout the entire film? it's a shame he wasn't shot in the head, no questions asked. that would have made the ending much better. whitaker is a damn good actor, though.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Pirates trilogy because it was on TV and I was too lazy to change the channel, then I just wanted to see it for Keith Richards, who I hear is actually halfway intelligent.

The movies were way less "uncut" than promised, I still had to watch Jamie Lee Curtis talk about pooping and see dumb promos for their dumb USA "comedies".

The new pirates movie is coming out in a few years starring Depp and Rush. They'r searching for the fountain of youth with Ponce De Leone. Can't wait for it.

[darkvare]

so no more orlando bloom, bummer

[Zhukov]

the last king of scotland.

was the main character supposed to be completely unlikeable throughout the entire film? it's a shame he wasn't shot in the head, no questions asked. that would have made the ending much better. whitaker is a damn good actor, though.
I didn't see him as unlikable.

[Zhukov]

Just saw Farewell. Soviet/French espionage type film. Very, very tense in some parts. Good story and great characters; all based on real events.

[Dimnos]

French espionage? Those guys must be really good. I have never even heard of them. :\

[Kitsa]

Idi Amin unlikeable?

[Aaarg]

no no no, not amin. sorry. the scottish kid.

my roommate said they were probably going for a "the good guy seems like a prick, the crazy asshole seems like a great guy" angle. which makes sense.


also,
the bride of frankenstein
much better than the original frankenstein. also i'm just seeing the universal frankenstein movies at age 24, and why the fuck did they change his name to henry?

[Zhukov]

I just saw The Bridge, a documentary which is about the Golden Gate bridge and it's high rate of people that choose to end their lives by jumping off it. It focused on the families and friends giving interviews, and some of them seemed so distanced from the lives of who they were commenting on that suicide wasn't that surprising. Another group of parents brought me close to tears with how understanding they were, and how they obviously did all they could to make their mentally ill son feel loved and happy.

There was a lot of footage of people jumping to their deaths, wich was very powerful and (I hate to say it, and sound grisly) edited very well.

Very emotional.

[darkvare]

finally watched inception i loved it but i think crhistopher nolan needs to learn how to film his action scenes while keeping the action focused

[Dimnos]

Kick Ass. It was amusing and worth the time even if for no other reason than...

Getting to watch Nick Cage get burned alive. :lol

[Esuohlim]

I watched Inception and was, for the most part, unimpressed! I just don't like movies anymore, it seems.

OK, well, the last hour or so was actually pretty gripping and made it worth it to me in the end, but the problem I have with movies that no one else in the world seems to care about is attention to characterization. I don't care how great and "innovative" the concept of the movie is, I just can't enjoy a movie that utilizes one-dimensional characters as plot vehicles. Everyone had two emotions, scared and smug. By the end of the movie the only character I knew by name was Leo's and the guy who played Fischer, and I still wasn't even sure if Leo's character was named "Dom Cobb" or "Tom Cobb". :(

I'll take a movie about everyone sitting around and doing nothing but talking over a fast-paced action thriller any day. I like to care about characters, movies like Inception don't allow room for this in my opinion. Movies rarely do. :\

[darkvare]

sadly for you thosse movies are hard to market, i would say watch tv series but thosse most of the time suffer the same issues

[Sam]

Kick Ass. It was amusing and worth the time even if for no other reason than...

Getting to watch Nick Cage get burned alive. :lol

IT'S LIKE WICKER MAN AND GHOST RIDER ALL OVER AGAIN.

[Pentegarn]

Bees!

[Colonel Flagg]

Shrek Forever After, although I really didn't get to see much of the movie, what I saw was extremely good, for a kid's movie. The Karate Kid was OK, but I really wanted to see Jackie Chan kick that smarmy instructor in the balls. That would have kicked the movie up to 11.

"PG-13" is as high I go in the MPAA ratings these days. :(

[Dimnos]

IT'S LIKE WICKER MAN AND GHOST RIDER ALL OVER AGAIN.

Exactly but he isnt even the main character so aside from the glorious torture scene you hardly see him.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Orphan - It wasn't as bad as it looked.

[Kitsa]

The Messenger. Great movie, although it went a little long. I also had the nagging feeling I was watching Eminem in the lead, or that I should have been.

Another big problem was that the sound was like mumblemumblemumble BLARING ROCK MUSIC mumblemumblemumble. And if streaming Netflix has a subtitle or closed-captioning option, I've yet to find it.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Inception - Awesome. I wouldn't mind watching it again but I don't see how you would need to though to understand it.

[Kitsa]

Glengarry Glen Ross, which I hadn't seen in years, but this time around all I could see was Regis Philbin.

[Aaarg]

jesus i wish netflix streaming had a closed captioning option. fortunately all the foreign films we've seen so far on it have been subbed (fuckdubz), but yeah... english movies are only so good when you can hear them.

(i totally miss having the hdtv to hook up the laptop to, booooooooo.)


the king of masks -
disappointing film with a cool cover. it was about an old man who wanted an heir so he could pass on his craft. it should have featured his craft more prominently, instead of just him being an asshole.

[Aaarg]

jesus i wish netflix streaming had a closed captioning option. fortunately all the foreign films we've seen so far on it have been subbed (fuckdubz), but yeah... english movies are only so good when you can hear them.

(i totally miss having the hdtv to hook up the laptop to, booooooooo.)


the king of masks -
disappointing film with a cool cover. it was about an old man who wanted an heir so he could pass on his craft. it should have featured his craft more prominently, instead of just him being an asshole.

[Zhukov]

Expendables. It was a great laugh, I had a good time. Shame there was no Van Damme, but it was still classic.

There was a preview for one of those shitty Date Movie/Meet the Spartans type of thing based on the Twilight series, and it looked like the worst thing to happen to humanity since the holocaust; but the four or five thirty somethings sitting behind us laughed at every single preview joke we were treated to. Serious laughs, too. "That looks so good, I can't wait" said one guy as the Edward vampire character bit a pizza delivery guy in the neck.

I didn't think anyone actually watched them or enjoyed them. What a world we live in.

[Pentegarn]

That's probably a situation where 30 somethings backlash at the Twilight being everywhere and they were willing to glom onto something as bad as that to do so.

Kind of an enemy of my enemy is my friend sort of mentality, only with movies.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

"Vampires suck" looks so bad. To be fair Epic movie wasn't that bad. It had Crispin Glover as Willy Wonka.

[MarioRPG]

Watched Blue Velvet and liked it.
e: expendables tonight

[RaNkeri]

The Expendables, shit was awesome :lol

[Kitsa]

Diary of a Wimpy Kid...surprised at how much I enjoyed it.

[MarioRPG]

Expendables. I saw it. FUCK YES.
Awesome stunts and action. A neck snapping good time.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Expendables. It went to 11.

AUTOMATIC SHOTGUN

[Tanuki]

My roommate visited and wanted to watch the Producers (the 2005 version). So we did. it wasn't bad. I actually thought Will Ferrell did really well.

[Esuohlim]

SHUTTER ISLAND

It was ok for what it was. I'm not going to be a GRUMPY OLD GUS about it like I am with every single movie I see, because it was enjoyable, but I wish like damn everything about it wasn't so predictable. I would have liked the movie better if I wasn't correct :( Also I knew nothing about the movie before seeing it so I expected some supernatural spooky-island shit, which I would have prefered being the gigantic fag that I am.

It was the second movie I've ever seen with Leonardo DiCaprio, the first being Inception last weekend. Both movies have Leo's character being in a dream within a dream. :eek

[Zhukov]

My roommate visited
Pardon?

Both movies have Leo's character being in a dream within a dream.SPOILERS.

[Aaarg]

wait wait wait there are multiple twilight spoof movies?
http://www.amazon.com/Taintlight-Meredith-Host/dp/B002M4CH94
fuck movies.


donnie brasco -
better than i expected. way quiet, fuck off netflix.

[Fathom Zero]

Miller's Crossing blows the dick off of the Godfather.

[Esuohlim]

Pardon?

SPOILERS.

Shit's not spoiling anything. "Dream within a dream (within a dream)" was Inception's main plot, and for Shutter Island it happened about 40 minutes in.

That is to say, in neither case is it any sort of ending that has just been ruined for you. You're better off not seeing either movie anyway

[Phoenix Gamma]

Saw the Expendables and Scott Pilgrim today.

Expendables was awesome. Tons of bros and a girlfriend or two were in the theater. Really made the movie even more fun. Everyone's basically just playing the same characters as they always do, but that's what everyone wants anyways. Pretty fucking awesome.

Scott Pilgrim was actually really good, and I expected it to really suck. Almost better than the books, except the casting felt kinda awkward (Michael Cera plays Michael Cera and not Scott Pilgrim, who has more energy than Cera could ever DREAM of. The other actors looked more like awkward cosplayers or stunt doubles for the real actors, except they all called out so we're stuck with the doubles. Alison Pill is pretty hot as a red-head though.)

The fight scenes made up for it, especially the battle with the twins. That felt like something out of the Tenacious D movie (except good.) The ending was way better than the melodramatic disaster from the fifth and six books, so I definitely appreciated that (although Nega Scott still gets thrown in at the end for no fucking reason. WHY IS HE EVEN IMPORTANT IF HE'S NOT EVEN THERE FOR A WHOLE MINUTE?!)

Good stuff. Expendables was a little more fun, but Scott Pilgrim gets points for not being a total disaster.

[Aaarg]

machine girl -
typical over-the-top japanese gore-action. totally silly, but a few worthwhile parts.

mst3k/werewolf -
awful movie but awesome mst3k ep.

[Tadao]

Watched the new Clash of the Titans yesterday and it was missing a lot of what made the original great, so I watched the original today and what the major difference between the 2 is that the original had morals (much like most Mythology) and the new one was nothing but a testosterone revenge story. Just like Avatar, you can have all the pretty effects you want, it's not worth watching if the story is boring.

[Dimnos]

That and good stop motion beats out CG almost every time. :\

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Dr Strangelove. I've been meaning to watch this movie for 10 years. It has a large number of amazing lines in it and Peter Sellers was smashing. Was a little different seeing George C Scott so young in it too.


EDIT: I thought George C Scott was the old guy on Scrubs.

[Grislygus]

mst3k/werewolf -
awful movie but awesome mst3k ep.

where or where wolf I'VE LOOKED EVERY WHE-ERE WOLF



Targets, The Freshman, and Fritz Lang's Man Hunt

good damn movies on today... never seen Targets before, glad to see Boris Karloff got a good movie in before he died

[elx]

The Karate Kid was OK, but I really wanted to see Jackie Chan kick that smarmy instructor in the balls. That would have kicked the movie up to 11.

i went to see that movie in the theatre this past weekend but all i can remember is that the kid kept getting his toushie kicked. :( so i guess it was bad!


there are no goood movies anymoreeeeeeeeeee

[Tadao]

Tropic Thunder was horrible.

[Aaarg]

it's alive!
pissed off that the father wasn't killed. i really don't like when bad characters aren't brutally murdered.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

[quote=Aaarg;695235]wait wait wait there are multiple twilight spoof movies?
http://www.amazon.com/Taintlight-Meredith-Host/dp/B002M4CH94
fuck movies.

I hate how people who bought that movie also purchased:

http://www.amazon.com/Terror-at-Blood-Fart-Lake/dp/B001RXDPG0/ref=pd_sim_d_1

[Zhukov]

Tropic Thunder was horrible.
Tropic Thunder was funny as!

I saw Four Lions last night, which is a comedy about suicide bombing. It's about as funny as it is thought provoking and confronting, which is to say, it's very thought provoking and confronting, because it's also fucking hilarious.

[Tadao]

What part did you find side splitting? I could only watch up until they seperate in the jungle.

[Fathom Zero]

Tropic Thunder was great. Ben Stiller needs to direct more.

Wonder Boys. Haven't seen it in years. Still good.

[Pentegarn]

Imma side with Tadao here, I had trouble finding Tropic Thunder funny. I know I am in the minority here, but I just thought it was not that amusing, especially with the copious amounts of "You have to see it, funniest movie of the year" I was getting before I watched it. Nothing ever lives up to the hype and this was no exception.

[Fathom Zero]

I refuse to see how going full retard is not funny.

[Tadao]

It was a decent joke, it took 30 minutes of shit to get too and they milked it for 2 minutes longer than it needed to be.

[darkvare]

tom cruise in topic thunder was my favorite part

[Zhukov]

What part did you find side splitting? I could only watch up until they seperate in the jungle.

I think I found a lot of the small, or background jokes the most funny parts; Robert D's facial expressions cracked me up. I love war filums, and the cliches certainly made me laugh.

I found most of what I figured to be jokes as funny, and I really hate it when I can tell a movie is telling a joke... and it's not making me laugh. If that makes sense.

I watched it recently with a girl, and she found it funny for totally different reasons to me; slap-stick, retard jokes, half naked fat people, swearing... more low brow stuff that the movie still manages to do really well. It's a great comedy.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Were those the reasons that she liked it Zhukov?

[Zhukov]

Yeah. Jack Black was the humour for her, Downey Jr for me.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Downey was the correct humor. I forgot he was in that movie with the bface.

[darkvare]

wow scott pilgrim is getting horrible box office revenues

http://www.screened.com/news/everything-sucked-this-weekend-and-other-box-office-news/721/

[Phoenix Gamma]

It premireed the same day as Expendables and Eat Pray Love. The perfect guy flick and the perfect chick flick combined will trounce some poor nerd film. What's worse is the movie was really expensive to make (I thin $60 million?)

Now, Vampires Suck being second highest grossing?! The fact that those people are still making these movies is frustrating enough. Those men should be charged for war crimes and punished corporeally, and everyone who paid actual money to see it should be put on a rocket and shot into the sun.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Movie studios usually have the option of moving the release date. Sometimes its a viable option.

[Zhukov]

I honestly don't get this world.

Most people in this world are fucking idiots with bad taste, bad sense of humour, bad style, bad judgement and they smell like shit too.

I see a million fuck wits a day, and only a small trickle of intelligent people, yet I am still surprised when I hear a gaggle of shit brains behind me in the cinema laughing their god damned empty heads off at the "Vampires Suck" trailer. And as horrendous as that seems to me, apparently I'm in the minority, since this is a popular and funny movie to the masses.

It's stuff like that that hits it home how fucked this world is, and it really depresses me. Vampires Suck and it's ilk just makes me think of our end as a species and our capability to survive and prosper.

[Nick]

I really wanna go see Scott Pilgrim. :(

[Aaarg]

kekexili: mountain patrol
pretty good. i felt like it was missing something, but i don't know what. maybe i just always have high expectations for movies about wildlife/wilderness.

the emperor's naked army marches on
okuzaki is obnoxious as hell but i do like lines like "i will beat you up."

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

That's an awesome line.

[Aaarg]

when it's from this guy:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Gv1LVVkOhW4/S4iSzh2pqtI/AAAAAAAAAYw/mJMak2DrMrE/s400/vlcsnap-1233538.png
to other wwii veterans.

[Mad Melvin]

The Expendables. It was just awful and I wish I never saw it.

[Aaarg]

innocent blood

ok, so you would think any movie that combines vampires and the mafia and [what i'm hoping was] a low budget would be AWESOME, right? they fucked it up.

[Babs]

Just finished up the entire box set of House (1, 2, 3, & 4).

If any of you are interested, you can find the entire first House movie on youtube. Here's part 1 of 9, you know what to do next if you decide to watch more.

WDzp_B00x9s&p

[dextire]

Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare.
It's become a tradition to watch at least one of these movies come Halloween season.
And the subtitles are great. :)

http://i678.photobucket.com/albums/vv150/dextire/YokaiMonsters.jpg

[dextire]

Just finished up the entire box set of House (1, 2, 3, & 4).

How was part 3? That one seems to be the most difficult to track down.
I really enjoyed the other films.

[Aaarg]

there's only one house i'm interested in:
http://www.rowthree.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/hausu35.jpg
which apparently will finally be released on dvd in october. fuck. yes.


short cuts -
a three hour movie involving over 20 main characters and nothing... fucking... happens. everybody is an asshole and it's just like real life except you're forced to listen to the conversations of other people. lame. it has a lot of cool people (tom waits, lily tomlin, frances mcdormand) and a lot of shitty people (chris penn, robert downey jr., some other assholes), but man... everyone's an asshole and nothing bad happens to any of the most awful ones.

[Pentegarn]

Just watched Machete

If you like gratuitous violence and nudity, and are willing to check your brain at the door (read: ignore the silly acting and dangling plot threads) you will enjoy this movie.

[Fathom Zero]

House is already on Criterion's BluRay. I should know - I've got it. :)

[Babs]

How was part 3? That one seems to be the most difficult to track down.
I really enjoyed the other films.

It's quite different (a lot more serious and menacing) from the others in the series but still gives the overall feeling of what the other 3 provide; not extremely different but enough to keep you entertained and amused in a sensibly incomparable way. It tries to be a lot more darker but still comes out more uncanny than the rest. I can't give to much away so wait until a review soon... hopefully ;)

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Machete. Go see this now or just give Robert Rodriguez your money. I want sequels.

[Aaarg]

fux blueray

[Aaarg]

the missing gun
a boring movie about a cop who lost his gun.

[Fathom Zero]

Reminds me of Magnolia. :lol

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Piranha 3D. It was some good cheese. I can't wait for Piranha 3D2 now.

[MarioRPG]

Machete. Opening night. It was awesome and I will more likely buy this than expendables. Danny. Fucking. Trejo.

[Aaarg]

dracula ad 1972
so fuckin' silly. lee and cushing and a bunch of young people being lame.

curse of the devil
was hoping for a greater supply of both the graphic violence and copious nudity that the summary promised. also, fuck dubs.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5f/Josie-pussycats-2001-movie.jpg
Rachel Leigh Cook is so hot its almost unbearable.

[Krythor]

Reminds me of Magnolia. :lol

I like Magnolia but I did laugh at this.

Oh, I uh, watched This is England to get me excited about This is England '86. The first episode of '86 was mostly rubbish, but Combo hasn't arrived yet so here's hoping it gets better when he does.

[Shadowdancer21b]

Just recently watched Sean of the Dead and Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill two nights ago. Good times. I will never tire of those shows.

[dextire]

Tarantula and The Relic. Two fine creature features. :)

[kahljorn]

IVE WATHCED ZARDoZ A fEW times. I LIKE ITA lot ;9

[Aaarg]

COOL HAND LUKE
one flew over the cuckoo's nest in prison. i never knew prison life was so much fun, anyway! good movie regardless, had never seen it before.

THE BURNING
jason alexander and a bunch of other obnoxious young-adults-posing-as-teenagers in a stupid summer-camp-slasher movie.

[Shadowdancer21b]

Just watched Baseketball again last night. This one still has some good laughs but I could do without some of the schtick and "derf" moments.

[Ex Leper]

SIN CITY
I should have seen this film five years ago

MULTIPLE MANIACS
One of John Water's early films

[Shadowdancer21b]

I love Sin City too.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Just watched Baseketball again last night. This one still has some good laughs but I could do without some of the schtick and "derf" moments.


WHOOOOOOAAAAAA OOOOHHHHHHH OOOOOOOOOHHHHHH OOOOOOHHHHH. Whoo Hoo Hoo. A Whoo Hoo Hoo.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Miss March. I wouldn't pay money to see it but it had some funny parts. Its the two actual funny people from Whitest Kids U Know's big screen extravaganza.

[Sam]

DINNER FOR SHMUCKS AND IT WAS FUCKING TERRRRIBLE.

MASTER OF THE FLYING GUILOTINE AND IT WAS AWWWWWWWWESSOOMEEE.

[captain516]

The Doc Mockless version of STRIKE COMMANDO

[Shadowdancer21b]

JAKOTAAAAAA!

In other comments, Master of the Flying Guillotine does rule.

[Fathom Zero]

Wonder Boys. It's a good movie, really goes along with Chabon's kind of story.

[Ex Leper]

THE BLOB (1988 Version)
and then again with -RoGs- commentary

LEATHERFACE: TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE III
I'm slowly going through all of the greatest movie moments that I haven't watched.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

That jim carey movie is the comedic equivalent to adam sandlers going overboard.

[Ex Leper]

I wanted to use an obscure halloweenish movie for avatar. That was the best I could come up with.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Kind of what I figured. They used to play that on usa in like 8 hour marathons.

[Ex Leper]

Kind of what I figured. They used to play that on usa in like 8 hour marathons.

It's the perfect kind of DVD to ask someone famous to sign because they probably never hear about it anymore.


EDIT: Is this avatar any better?

[Kitsa]

Downfall, the time immediately before and after Hitler's death as seen through the eyes of his underlings in the Fuhrerbunker. Some of the more heartrending details were drawn out and incredibly excruciating.

However, since this is the movie of the "Hitler Reacts" youtube clips, I had a difficult time not mentally re-subtitling the German to be about Tressel Ball and getting banned and stuff.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

It's the perfect kind of DVD to ask someone famous to sign because they probably never hear about it anymore.


EDIT: Is this avatar any better?

I liked the other one actually. I don't know what the new one is from unfortunately. Twilight Zone?

edit: Strike that. I like the new one better.

[darkvare]

DINNER FOR SHMUCKS AND IT WAS FUCKING TERRRRIBLE.

the french original is hilarious

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I watched part of disaster movie while I was falling asleep last night. I wasn't expecting anything good but wow it was bad.

[Ex Leper]

I liked the other one actually. I don't know what the new one is from unfortunately. Twilight Zone?

edit: Strike that. I like the new one better.

It was originally Michael Richards from Transylvania 6-5000.

[Kitsa]

kBO5dh9qrIQ

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

The Running Man. So good. The biggest kick out of it that I got was the advertising poster in the network office for "THE HATE BOAT."

I also didn't realize Jesse Ventura was Captain power or whatever his name was.

[Pentegarn]

The Running Man. So good. The biggest kick out of it that I got was the advertising poster in the network office for "THE HATE BOAT."

I also didn't realize Jesse Ventura was Captain power or whatever his name was.

Captain Freedom!

I love that during Captain Freedom's Workout instead of showing how to exercise himself he just strikes poses while women exercise around him. :lol

I would have liked more Captain Freedom in The Running Man

The little things like "The Hate Boat", "Captain Freedom's Workout", and "Climbing for Dollars" were what made The Running Man so great.

The first Robocop had a lot of that too (I'd buy that for a dollar!)

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

That's how I work out.

Love the first robocop too. Love the part where he steals the pink caddy from the pimp and g-rides it around Detroit.

I was watching some demos for dead rising 2 multiplayer and then immediately needed to watch Running Man after.

[Aaarg]

ROCKULA -
movie was so fucking silly. awful music, awful acting, but the main dude keeps a blog now and i went to the blog and there was a post called ROCKULA so i read it and it went on to be him bitching about marmaduke and avatar and it made me want to like him because he hates people and i can get behind that.

KICHIKU DAI ENKA (BANQUET OF BEASTS) -
this movie is fucking terrible. people apparently like it because it's shitty and people are shitty. it is apparently one of the goriest movies ever made, which doesn't really appeal to me. it's apparently also unsettling or whatever, which i didn't find to be the case either. it's awkward and disgusting (but not for the head getting blown off or the shotgun in the vagina, but for the fucking breathing sounds being the forefront of the soundtrack frequently). it's slow and stupid and fucking awful. i rarely get mad at a movie, but this one totally did it.

UN CHIEN ANDALOU -
watched it because it's one of those things that people see because it's culturally significant or some shit. fuck art films. why do people like this shit? fuck people.

[dextire]

The remake of The Crazies. It was pretty good.
I enjoyed how the sheriff was almost like a commando.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

ROCKULA -
like him because he hates people and i can get behind that.

And How!

The remake of The Crazies. It was pretty good.
I enjoyed how the sheriff was almost like a commando.

Want to see this still. Big fan of the original.

[kahljorn]

i watched the original and the not original and i thought it was funny how pretty much the only element of it they kept similar was that there were 3 people ;/

[Kitsa]

I just sat through a VeggieTales movie and those animators have to be the laziest people I've ever seen.

[doramide7]

Eraserhead. It was the first time I've seen it. I'm not sure what to think.
Right now I'm watching Resident Evil: Apocalypse. Not that bad.

Yet I'm watching on Lifetime. Which is scary.

[MLE]

Sharktopus. It was terrible.

[Fathom Zero]

But it had Eric "THEY TOOK MY THUMB" Roberts in it. :(

[Dimnos]

You didnt like Sharktopus? The boy and I had a great time laughing at that. The end where they blow his brain up was phenomenal. :lol

[MLE]

They certainly dropped the ball on cinematography on this one. Come on SyFy. You've done better.

[Fathom Zero]

You're talking about SyFy Channel's movie production values? From the makers of Ice Spiders and Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus is supposed to come something good?

As an aside, Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus were made by that Asylum company that made the Transformers ripoff, Transmorphers. It seems to be what they're good at.

[MLE]

I'm saying that in terms of what their standard production value usually is (which is usually sub-par), this is definitely way worse.

[Tadao]

No way, Sharktopus is the bestest thing ever.

[MLE]

I'll have you know, you made my boyfriend very happy by saying that. Thanks for that, I guess :>

[Aaarg]

RABID GRANNIES -
it took like 40 minutes of badly dubbed boring ugly english people before there was any violence, and by then i had completely lost interest.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

RABID GRANNIES -
it took like 40 minutes of badly dubbed boring ugly english people before there was any violence, and by then i had completely lost interest.


I've always wanted to see this.

[Aaarg]

the second half is OK for a shitty b-movie, but not worth sitting through the first 40 minutes or so.

[Shadowdancer21b]

I just watched The Last Dragon and part of Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo on youtube.

[Fathom Zero]

My uncle loved Rabid Grannies. I didn't get it his copy when he kicked the bucket, tho. :\

[Aaarg]

it's on instant watch on netflix!

[Aaarg]

CITY ON FIRE
an "inspiration" for reservoir dogs. by that i mean tarantino ripped off this movie. unfortunately this one only had the english dub so that sucked.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I've seen the dvd case for City of fire and I remember the back of the case literally saying that "This is the movie that was ripped of for the plot of Resevoir Dogs."

[Aaarg]

it's pretty good. i like reservoir dogs more, unfortunately, but it might just be because SPOILERZ the "i'm a cop" in reservoir dogs was immediately followed with a gunshot, but not in city on fire.

VAMPIRE CIRCUS
some hammer horror film (without lee or cushings!) that was pretty sweet. i enjoyed.

[RaNkeri]

Human Centipede
God damn

Machete
Awesome

[Aaarg]

FROGS
sam elliott plays a freelance photographer slash hippie who ends up on some rich old man's private island that is overrun by frogs and snakes and lizards that end up killing his family. don't get me wrong, it's a shit movie, but it's got tokay geckos being adorable.

THE DEADLY SWORD
easily the worst dubbing for a martial arts movie EVER, which makes this movie awesome. it HAS TO BE intentionally bad, but not so in a "let's make a funny dub for a shitty movie" sense, since it's your typical generic wuxia plot. the voices are just so absolutely awful. and great.

[Fathom Zero]

I love Fwogs. The house filled with them reminded me of Squirm.

[Aaarg]

yeah it wasn't as bad as everybody makes it out to be. i mean, the plot was nonexistent and the acting was terrible and it was just stupid, but man... those tokay geckos were great.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Let me in. Really good. I liked how in the movie they don't need to explain what a vampire does or is. You just know what it is so stuff just happens and you're like "Yeah, that makes sense to me. Thank you for not wasting an hour explaining it to me.'

[Aaarg]

woah woah, that's out already? how does it compare to let the right one in? the trailer made it look... about the same, but american. which means it'd be lame, haha.


also,
THE BAT PEOPLE
shitty movie. i love bats.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I was surprised it came out so soon too. I still haven't seen let the right one in.

[Aaarg]

oh man, you have to. i love that movie, and i hate movies!

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I heard it was really good. I wasn't planning on seeing the U.S. version first but I was out of state and had a bunch of time to kill.

[Dimnos]

oh man, you have to. i love that movie, and i hate movies!

For someone who hates movies you sure are in this thread a lot. :lol

[Aaarg]

yeah but i tend to avoid new things (unless they have someone like donnie yen in them!) anymore.

i'm so glad i'm not the only one. girlfriend was browsing netflix when we first got it, checking out awful-looking horror movies, skipping over any with a date later than 2000. awesome.

we're fags together is all.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Did you skip over space odyssey: 2001?

[Babs]

Gummo, what a disgusting movie.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Yeah, I was going to mention one perticular part of gummo then I remembered the entire movie was messed up.

[Aaarg]

Did you skip over space odyssey: 2001?

OH YOU.

(i like that movie. she describes it as "balls.")

[MLE]

For someone who hates movies you sure are in this thread a lot. :lol

It's not that he doesn't like movies. It's that he's unnecessarily critical of them, hence the high post count in here.

[Shadowdancer21b]

Even if you are a fan, avoid the Stargate: SG1 movies. They're just bad.

[Aaarg]

It's not that he doesn't like movies. It's that he's unnecessarily critical of them, hence the high post count in here.

i'm unnecessarily critical of everything, because i'm an asshole.

[dextire]

Finally tracked down House 3: The Horror Show. I really liked it, but it doesn't seem like a House movie.

Also watched Drag Me to Hell again. Absolutely love that movie. :)

[darkvare]

i just watched yip man or ip man whatever title it really awesome movie tells the tale of bruce lees mentor and boy do the fight scenes rock specially when the guy punches a dude face like 50 times in less than 20 seconds

[Aaarg]

hell yeah, donnie yen is awesome. ip man 2 came out this year, and it's awesome as well. he fights sammo hung in it. on a table. it's not as good as the first one, but it's worth checking out.


IZO -
expected the movie to be awesome based on the synopsis (samurai comes back from the dead and kills a lot of people), but this movie is fucking balls. couldn't finish it.

HARVEY -
jimmy stewart with an imaginary friend in a six-foot-three bunny. this movie was great.

BARTON FINK -
the coen brothers have made consistently good films. this one's pretty silly, but i liked it.

[darkvare]

yeah i saw that one too

[Aaarg]

you encouraged me to look into and then download more new donnie yen--apparently he's been in two movies released in 2010 in addition to ip man 2. sweet.

[elx]

dudeee last night i was watching the '82 amityville horror flick. seriously the worst movie ever. we didn't even finish. :( is the whole series that crappy?

[Aaarg]

i only saw one of the originals and i was very young, i don't remember a damn thing about it.

i was convinced to watch the remake by some girl and it was fucking awful.

i am no help!