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

[Jizz]

Wolf of Wall Street.

It dragged on for a bit too much. So the whole thing just got tedious for me by the last half hour, didnt even care who got busted and who didnt tbh. Also, more Matthew McGhonuouogey was needed imo. But i gotta say, Di Caprio killed it, genuinely great performance. Hes choosing more interesting roles nowadays, that django role was great too

Edit: lol i forgot he also recently did gatsby didnt he, that was just a typical role again

[Liam92]

Finally got round to watch this last night, been meaning to watch it for ages, really enjoyed it. The sequels both look really good too.

[hubb]

yeah

3>2>1 imo which is cool

[magma]

Short Term 12 (2013)

Heartwarming and heartbreaking tale of a woman's experience working in a group home. Very well made, but could've hit harder. The director's obviously one to look out for in future though.

[DiegoSapiens]

Finally got round to watch this last night, been meaning to watch it for ages, really enjoyed it. The sequels both look really good too.

the first one is the worst of the three imo, good film though

[ezza]

lol just watched the remake of oldboy

wut

the acting made me angry

[hubb]

spike lee IS the worst

this post was a hubb joint btw

[DiegoSapiens]

i hate that film of the show parodying the negros one of the most irritating things i have ever seen

[Jizz]

Days of Being Wild. cant really find anything else to say other than its just coool as fuck

In The Mood for Love is still a better film, but this is great stuff

[hubb]

bamboozled

[magma]

spike lee IS the worst

this post was a hubb joint btw

My girl and I went halves on a boxset of all his movies a year ago... we made it about halfway through before running out of steam and so far all of them have been wack as fuck. I get the impression that Jungle Fever might've once been a relevant movie, but yeah... he's a bit of a relic.

Malcolm X is still great though.

[vishes]

Finally got round to watch this last night, been meaning to watch it for ages, really enjoyed it. The sequels both look really good too.

the first one is the worst of the three imo, good film though

Agreed. Definitely watch the two sequels if you enjoyed the first one.

[hubb]

I shouldn't have mentioned how bad spike lee is. because, however bad his work is and how little scrutiny it can take, there still was very few alternatives. It's probably the same thing as with bob marley or scorsese, except scorsese is still blinding people with expensive lighting and playboys today.

I get the impression that Jungle Fever might've once been a relevant movie, but yeah... he's a bit of a relic.

I believe it rode a bit on the coat-tails of that stevie track tbh.
But it's not unwatchable.
I seem to recall that spike lee made an ok film about radio tbf, but not sure.

[DiegoSapiens]

there still was very few alternatives.

i don´t understand what you mean in here

[hubb]

I mean in the context of (mostly american tbf) society - the press and in the general consensus/ opinion... We always tend to have to strap on these badges, like voice of the people, voice of a generation etc, to make sence of it all.
In the case of finding a black voice in hollywood it was probably between John Singleton and Spike Lee. But the fact that they are bad directors and doesn't deserve the spotlight, it doesn't retract from the fact that we still respect the notion of listening to the voices of this and that, so he is still in demand despite not being entertaining - like with Eminem, Ronda Rousey or Birdman (nba).

I can only come up with Mario Van Peebles if I were to mention a black rebel in film, which shows how racist that whole 'scene' is. Which is silly to say, I know.

[DiegoSapiens]

don´t forget the first black voice of hollywood

[Jizz]

I remember watching 25th hour by spike lee, was pretty bad

[RKM]

i've been meaning to watch do the right thing, heard really good things about it

[joeki]

Do The Right Thing is all right, but Spike Lee can't act if his life depended on it. Should have cast someone else for the lead.


Watched Brian De Palma's Mission to Mars. Absolute gash, was sort of heralded as the 'Gravity' of its time (2000) but it has nothing going for it...at all. It has no identity and just seems pointless ripping from 2001.

Has there actually ever been a good movie dealing with Mars besides maybe Total Recall?

[wub]

He Got Game

Good Spike Lee film, his strongest work aside from Malcom X IMO.

Has there actually ever been a good movie dealing with Mars besides maybe Total Recall?

Stranded isn't bad, though there are a couple of elastic science moments of them doing stuff that wouldn't be possible (like a real time conversation between Earth and Mars)