I can't really disagree that Basterds is haphazardly put together, but I still really enjoy it. Rewatched it a couple of nights ago after beating Wolfenstein. Still a really good flick. Hugely reliant on tension, and I don't necessarily like a lot of the characters, but as a piece of entertainment it is solid.
Christoph Waltz is still the best reason to watch the movie, but I no longer thing his scenes are the only thing in it worth watching.
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It's an interesting movie from a narative perspective.
For people who haven't seen the movie, as the movie progresses, the character that the film is focusing on is discarded and then someone else is focused on.
I don't think you can say it's a good movie, because it really is hard to relate to any of the characters. But it is interesting to watch because of that. It also gives it a genuine feeling that no one is safe, usually you can watch a movie (even horror movies) and pick who will get out alive.
The only two movies that gave me that felling were this one of and wolf creek.
It's an interesting movie from a narative perspective.
For people who haven't seen the movie, as the movie progresses, the character that the film is focusing on is discarded and then someone else is focused on.
I don't think you can say it's a good movie, because it really is hard to relate to any of the characters. But it is interesting to watch because of that. It also gives it a genuine feeling that no one is safe, usually you can watch a movie (even horror movies) and pick who will get out alive.
The only two movies that gave me that felling were this one of and wolf creek.
Man, Wolf Creek was totally slasher-by-numbers. It even had the bad guy magically pop into the back seat of the car that wouldn't start.
The gore was more extreme, but the structure was as old as time.
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Oh man I agree.
But it was one of the few movies were I was convinced that no one was going to get out alive.
I had a hard time watching "Wolf Creek." It is a film with one clear purpose: To establish the commercial credentials of its director by showing his skill at depicting the brutal tracking, torture and mutilation of screaming young women. When the killer severs the spine of one of his victims and calls her "a head on a stick," I wanted to walk out of the theater and keep on walking.
It has an 82 percent "fresh" reading over at the Tomatometer. "Bound to give even the most seasoned thriller seeker nightmares" (Hollywood Reporter). "Will have Wes Craven bowing his head in shame" (Clint Morris). "Must be giving Australia's Outback tourism industry a bad case of heartburn" (Laura Clifford). "Vicious torrent of bloodletting. What more can we want?" (Harvey Karten). One critic who didn't like it was Matthew Leyland of the BBC: "The film's preference for female suffering gives it a misogynist undertow that's even more unsettling than the gore."
A "misogynist" is someone who hates women. I'm explaining that because most people who hate women don't know the word. I went to the Rotten Tomatoes roundup of critics not for tips for my own review, but hoping that someone somewhere simply said, "Made me want to vomit and cry at the same time."
I like horror films. Horror movies, even extreme ones, function primarily by scaring us or intriguing us. Consider "Three ... Extremes" recently. "Wolf Creek" is more like the guy at the carnival sideshow who bites off chicken heads. No fun for us, no fun for the guy, no fun for the chicken. In the case of this film, it's fun for the guy.
I know, I know, my job as a critic is to praise the director for showing low budget filmmaking skills and creating a tense atmosphere and evoking emptiness and menace in the outback, blah, blah. But in telling a story like this, the better he is, the worse the experience. Perhaps his job as a director is to make a movie I can sit through without dismay. To laugh through the movie, as midnight audiences are sometimes invited to do, is to suggest you are dehumanized, unevolved or a slackwit. To read blase speculation about the movie's effect on tourism makes me want to scream like Jerry Lewis: Wake up, lady!
There is a line and this movie crosses it. I don't know where the line is, but it's way north of "Wolf Creek." There is a role for violence in film, but what the hell is the purpose of this sadistic celebration of pain and cruelty? The theaters are crowded right now with wonderful, thrilling, funny, warm-hearted, dramatic, artistic, inspiring, entertaining movies. If anyone you know says this is the one they want to see, my advice is: Don't know that person no more.
Oh, I forgot to mention: The movie doesn't open on Dec. 23, like a lot of the "holiday pictures," but on Christmas Day. Maybe it would be an effective promo to have sneak previews at midnight on Christmas Eve.
Note: As of Jan. 3, 2006, the Tomatometer reading for the film had dropped to 51.
I finished noted movie True Detectives, noted so much for just how much of a movie it is
Really good stuff. Felt like there were some threads they were tugging on character wise which didn't go anywhere, to the detriment of the show, however. I ultimately appreciated the acting and directing a lot more than the writing.
there's one scene where (spoilered for spoilers and also for being triggery)
foxy gets raped by this old white dude, and it's filmed in this super eroticized way with close ups of her boobs and shit
i thought that was pretty fucked up!
it's the exact same thing they do on game of thrones all the time, trying to let you wallow in sexualized violence while maintaining plausible deniability
like just because she kills him afterwards doesn't make it somehow qualify as a feminist statement
but yes other than that one shitty scene it's a great movie. that's the only place it really crosses the line from tongue-in-cheek exploitative to actually exploitative
I love Clerks
Mallrats is okay
Chasing Amy is really bad
Dogma is fine but I feel like it's a pretty incredible premise that is kinda wasted on being a dick and fart joke comedy
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is the worst, because Jay and Silent Bob suck and I never understood why people liked them so much
Jersey Girl is perfectly watchable? Not near as bad as everyone tried to make it out to be
Clerks 2 has some nice moments but is overall not funny and often actively unpleasant
Zack and Miri Make a Porno was pretty good
I did not see Red State and do not plan to
Same with Tusk
I also did not see Cop Out, I almost hesitate to even include it in this list
Clerks: The Animated Series, in a short-lived six-episode span, makes a strong case for being one of my favorite animated series ever. In a just world, this show would have continued.
I actually really like Comic Book Men
My Tarantino opinions
Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained are all fantastic
I still haven't seen Jackie Brown or Death Proof
I probably won't ever see Death Proof, but Jackie Brown will happen eventually, when I'm in the mood
How fantastic is it that there's a lady character in a big sci-fi/war movie that's a) the grizzled veteran and Cool Smiley deserves this spot) in need of saving not because she's the Damsel in Distress, but because she's stubborn and headstrong and won't always just fall in line with what the hero tells her to do
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there's one scene where (spoilered for spoilers and also for being triggery)
foxy gets raped by this old white dude, and it's filmed in this super eroticized way with close ups of her boobs and shit
i thought that was pretty fucked up!
it's the exact same thing they do on game of thrones all the time, trying to let you wallow in sexualized violence while maintaining plausible deniability
like just because she kills him afterwards doesn't make it somehow qualify as a feminist statement
but yes other than that one shitty scene it's a great movie. that's the only place it really crosses the line from tongue-in-cheek exploitative to actually exploitative
Man for a second I thought you were talking about Jackie Brown and I was just like I can't even
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You think you might get tired or feel repetitive watching Tom Hardy drive and talk on a phone for 90 minutes but it turns out that actually it's pretty damned good.
You think you might get tired or feel repetitive watching Tom Hardy drive and talk on a phone for 90 minutes but it turns out that actually it's pretty damned good.
I didn't like Locke or it's fridge logic very much.
It makes no sense that the biggest pour ever would only be run by 2 people, it makes even less sense why Locke would immediately drop everything at a moments notice when hearing he has a kid being born. The biggest day of his career, he can just tell her he'll be there tomorrow. The level of stupidity in the script made it hard for me to take the morality play seriously, but Tom Hardy was mesmerizing to watch and I still enjoyed it in the end.
there's one scene where (spoilered for spoilers and also for being triggery)
foxy gets raped by this old white dude, and it's filmed in this super eroticized way with close ups of her boobs and shit
i thought that was pretty fucked up!
it's the exact same thing they do on game of thrones all the time, trying to let you wallow in sexualized violence while maintaining plausible deniability
like just because she kills him afterwards doesn't make it somehow qualify as a feminist statement
but yes other than that one shitty scene it's a great movie. that's the only place it really crosses the line from tongue-in-cheek exploitative to actually exploitative
Man for a second I thought you were talking about Jackie Brown and I was just like I can't even
jackie brown's good but probably the least tarantino-y of the tarantinos, which is presumably why some people like it the best
it does have the most egregious foot fetish closeup though
i watched it recently and then i decided to watch foxy brown to see what pam grier's deal was
There were like 4 times where I was not happy about a plot thing and then they immediately veered left and made it better
Yeah. There were some things I liked about the book more, but it really stood as its own thing.
When I first heard about it, I was fired up to hate it. Then the reviews were good enough I gave it a go, and so glad I did.
Very much its own thing while working with the same fun core concept.
That said, All You Need is Kill is still an infinitely better title.
I actually think it's a dumb title that doesn't make any sense. I agree that Edge of Tomorrow is generic and nothing special but I don't get why people love the original title so much.
I haven't seen Edge of Tomorrow, so I'm definitely talking out of my ass here, but I get the impression that "All You Need is Kill" doesn't fit that movie in tone. I think that's a great title, but more for a dumb-fuckin rad action movie (I am aware that it is the actual title of the source material).
Some folk thought that the credits track didn't fit. I thought it was pretty much the director saying, now wasn't that just a bit of a laugh, by playing an upbeat club song.
So I figured my place could use a little more decoration, and I set out tonight to pick some movie posters
There are so many good ones and it is so hard to choose
Here are the four I came down to, of which I can pick only two (because I'm framing these and frames are somewhat expensive)
Do the Right Thing
Back to the Future Part II
In Bruges
Speed Racer
I am...so stricken by choice here. I mean I'll get them all eventually, most likely. I'm just trying to figure out which two I want right now
I love the bright colors on the Do the Right Thing poster, and for some reason I feel I should have an '80s movie on my wall
BTTF2 also fits the '80s criteria, and it's just flat-out one of my favorite movies ever, and I kinda want to have a poster of 2 just because 1 would be the obvious choice and I think 2 is a much better film
Ditto with the bright colors on the Speed Racer print, and it's the only with a date on it, seeing the release date on movie posters is a lot of the appeal for me
But In Bruges is really wonderful and I love the kind of grungy, well-worn look it has going on
What are your thoughts, people
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Considering that the movie's based on a Japanese novel, I think All You Need Is Kill has exactly the right amount of engrish to not quite make sense but sound completely awesome
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I definitely don't agree that it was boring though.
OFF THE CHAIN! PUNNAGE
That was awesome, in case you were wondering.
Christoph Waltz is still the best reason to watch the movie, but I no longer thing his scenes are the only thing in it worth watching.
I wouldn't actually say that.
It's an interesting movie from a narative perspective.
For people who haven't seen the movie, as the movie progresses, the character that the film is focusing on is discarded and then someone else is focused on.
I don't think you can say it's a good movie, because it really is hard to relate to any of the characters. But it is interesting to watch because of that. It also gives it a genuine feeling that no one is safe, usually you can watch a movie (even horror movies) and pick who will get out alive.
The only two movies that gave me that felling were this one of and wolf creek.
Satans..... hints.....
Man, Wolf Creek was totally slasher-by-numbers. It even had the bad guy magically pop into the back seat of the car that wouldn't start.
The gore was more extreme, but the structure was as old as time.
But it was one of the few movies were I was convinced that no one was going to get out alive.
Satans..... hints.....
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-Indiana Solo, runner of blades
I finished noted movie True Detectives, noted so much for just how much of a movie it is
Really good stuff. Felt like there were some threads they were tugging on character wise which didn't go anywhere, to the detriment of the show, however. I ultimately appreciated the acting and directing a lot more than the writing.
holy fuck that movie's great
There were like 4 times where I was not happy about a plot thing and then they immediately veered left and made it better
-Indiana Solo, runner of blades
Or at least I imagine this is what that's like
Yeah. There were some things I liked about the book more, but it really stood as its own thing.
When I first heard about it, I was fired up to hate it. Then the reviews were good enough I gave it a go, and so glad I did.
Very much its own thing while working with the same fun core concept.
That said, All You Need is Kill is still an infinitely better title.
Why I fear the ocean.
Haven't seen this particular movie but that's a thing movies have been doing here recently which sorta owns
Iron Man 3 being the most recent example I've seen
So many instances of stuff I wasn't cool with which were deliberately and purposefully resolved by the end.
there's one scene where (spoilered for spoilers and also for being triggery)
i thought that was pretty fucked up!
it's the exact same thing they do on game of thrones all the time, trying to let you wallow in sexualized violence while maintaining plausible deniability
like just because she kills him afterwards doesn't make it somehow qualify as a feminist statement
but yes other than that one shitty scene it's a great movie. that's the only place it really crosses the line from tongue-in-cheek exploitative to actually exploitative
I love Clerks
Mallrats is okay
Chasing Amy is really bad
Dogma is fine but I feel like it's a pretty incredible premise that is kinda wasted on being a dick and fart joke comedy
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is the worst, because Jay and Silent Bob suck and I never understood why people liked them so much
Jersey Girl is perfectly watchable? Not near as bad as everyone tried to make it out to be
Clerks 2 has some nice moments but is overall not funny and often actively unpleasant
Zack and Miri Make a Porno was pretty good
I did not see Red State and do not plan to
Same with Tusk
I also did not see Cop Out, I almost hesitate to even include it in this list
Clerks: The Animated Series, in a short-lived six-episode span, makes a strong case for being one of my favorite animated series ever. In a just world, this show would have continued.
I actually really like Comic Book Men
My Tarantino opinions
Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained are all fantastic
I still haven't seen Jackie Brown or Death Proof
I probably won't ever see Death Proof, but Jackie Brown will happen eventually, when I'm in the mood
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Man for a second I thought you were talking about Jackie Brown and I was just like I can't even
-Indiana Solo, runner of blades
I didn't like Locke or it's fridge logic very much.
jackie brown's good but probably the least tarantino-y of the tarantinos, which is presumably why some people like it the best
it does have the most egregious foot fetish closeup though
i watched it recently and then i decided to watch foxy brown to see what pam grier's deal was
I actually think it's a dumb title that doesn't make any sense. I agree that Edge of Tomorrow is generic and nothing special but I don't get why people love the original title so much.
There are so many good ones and it is so hard to choose
Here are the four I came down to, of which I can pick only two (because I'm framing these and frames are somewhat expensive)
Do the Right Thing
Back to the Future Part II
In Bruges
Speed Racer
I am...so stricken by choice here. I mean I'll get them all eventually, most likely. I'm just trying to figure out which two I want right now
I love the bright colors on the Do the Right Thing poster, and for some reason I feel I should have an '80s movie on my wall
BTTF2 also fits the '80s criteria, and it's just flat-out one of my favorite movies ever, and I kinda want to have a poster of 2 just because 1 would be the obvious choice and I think 2 is a much better film
Ditto with the bright colors on the Speed Racer print, and it's the only with a date on it, seeing the release date on movie posters is a lot of the appeal for me
But In Bruges is really wonderful and I love the kind of grungy, well-worn look it has going on
What are your thoughts, people