Secret Ninja Movie Club (aka what have you watched lately)

onelouder · Post by **onelouder** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 10:34 pm

Magma wrote:Recents...

Dark Water - Hideo Nakata's finest, I reckon. One of the scariest movies I've ever seen. I watch a lot of horror movies and for the first time in around 10 years, I was freaked out in the flat all alone (ok, so I might have been a little stoned)

Audition - Korean widower is on the lookout for a new partner, so he sits in on a friend's auditions for a movie role that may or may not exist. Girl takes issue with his tactic and turns the tables... good, but not as good as I thought it'd be. GREAT sample material though.... Not as good as...

Hard Candy - Ellen Page (now of Juno rubbish fame) as a 14 year old girl who turns the tables on a guy trying to groom her over the internet. Seriously fucked up... no major gore, but pretty nerve-wracking as a bloke. Interesting to watch with girls around to compare the reactions...

I've sampled the bejeezus out of audition.... Deeper,deeper, Painful? Sick film, but Visitor Q is where its at for Miike, Sukiyaki Western django is pretty cool too.
Also Seul Contre Tous "I Stand Alone" by Gaspar Noe (the french bad boy who made Irreversible) is pretty hair raising.

ST100 · Post by **ST100** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 11:04 pm

BETAMAXNOMATES wrote:Didn't really get Elephant. It was visually quite striking and - as you say - had some nice sound design but... I dunno, I just never felt emotionally invested in it. Still, an interesting take on a topic that could so easily be distorted by heavy-handed moralising and whatnot.

I liked elephant, not enough to buy it or anything. but I thought it was pretty good...

but yesterday I re-watched (for my 100th damn time) Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

reverendmedia · Post by **reverendmedia** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 11:49 am

Beyond Re-Animator. Crap.

deamonds · Post by **deamonds** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 12:27 pm

OneLouder wrote:
Magma wrote:Recents...

Dark Water - Hideo Nakata's finest, I reckon. One of the scariest movies I've ever seen. I watch a lot of horror movies and for the first time in around 10 years, I was freaked out in the flat all alone (ok, so I might have been a little stoned)

Audition - Korean widower is on the lookout for a new partner, so he sits in on a friend's auditions for a movie role that may or may not exist. Girl takes issue with his tactic and turns the tables... good, but not as good as I thought it'd be. GREAT sample material though.... Not as good as...

Hard Candy - Ellen Page (now of Juno rubbish fame) as a 14 year old girl who turns the tables on a guy trying to groom her over the internet. Seriously fucked up... no major gore, but pretty nerve-wracking as a bloke. Interesting to watch with girls around to compare the reactions...
I've sampled the bejeezus out of audition.... Deeper,deeper, Painful? Sick film, but Visitor Q is where its at for Miike, Sukiyaki Western django is pretty cool too.
Also Seul Contre Tous "I Stand Alone" by Gaspar Noe (the french bad boy who made Irreversible) is pretty hair raising.

hard candy is pretty sick, is that the one where she fakes the snip on him, plays him a pre-recorded tape of it

spooKs · Post by **spooKs** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 6:38 pm

Finally saw Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance!

BAM BAM BAM!

Absolutely loved it, completely gripping, as good as Old Boy I'd say.

Recommended.

__________ · Post by **__________** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 9:26 am

Sukiyaki Western Django (2007)

brilliant film! japanese western by takashi miike, nuff said. weird as fuck!

tarantino's in it too. proper weird film, definately worth watching.

magma · Post by **magma** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 9:38 am

deamonds wrote:hard candy is pretty sick, is that the one where she fakes the snip on him, plays him a pre-recorded tape of it

Err, she shows him a live feed of it being done, doesn't she? I don't think there's any suggestion of it being pre-recorded....

deamonds · Post by **deamonds** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 12:31 pm

well yea, considering she doesnt actually do it to him

d_three · Post by **d_three** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 6:32 pm

datura · Post by **datura** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 8:07 pm

I watched half an hour of Saw IV and gave up as it was utter shite.

Eastern Promises was a good film though, I much preferred it to A History of Violence.

neka · Post by **neka** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 1:50 pm

Essex Boys

magma · Post by **magma** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 2:29 pm

deamonds wrote:well yea, considering she doesnt actually do it to him

Err, you sure?

http://www.themoviespoiler.com/Spoilers/hardcandy.html

Seems to back me up... I don't think she was supposed to be faking?!

This weekend I rewatched Twentyfourhourpartypeople and Control and then watched Nil By Mouth.

Nil By Mouth is BLEAK!

onelouder · Post by **onelouder** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 8:07 pm

datura wrote:I watched half an hour of Saw IV and gave up as it was utter shite.

Eastern Promises was a good film though, I much preferred it to A History of Violence.

Cronenberg is like a fine wine... he just keeps getting better with age.

ST100 · Post by **ST100** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 9:34 pm

I just re-watched Planet Terror (from the Grindhouse double feature)

you know the fake trailer "MACHETE" from Grindhouse? idunno if I'm late on this one, but they're making that an actual movie now.

sinc_vision · Post by **sinc_vision** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 11:23 pm

brent wrote:eden lake!

Just watched this. Very real. Very tense. Very bleak. Took a while to get going, and early on i felt like it was gonna be a bit cliched but it'll definitely stay with me and I highly recommend it. Word of warning, this is not a feel good film.

diss04 · Post by **diss04** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 1:16 pm

mattron wrote:I just re-watched Planet Terror (from the Grindhouse double feature)

you know the fake trailer "MACHETE" from Grindhouse? idunno if I'm late on this one, but they're making that an actual movie now.

yeah bit late bro

straight-to-DVD goodness

MissBrass · Post by **MissBrass** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 5:07 pm

wristcutters, a love story was the shit!

triky · Post by **triky** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 10:02 am

finally got around to watching Wall-E. its so cute. i really liked it.

drokkr · Post by **drokkr** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 3:11 pm

a room for romeo brass

a brilliant film. shane meadows has to be one of my favourite directors.

onelouder · Post by **onelouder** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 10:55 am

Dead Mans Shoes

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