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

psyolopher · Post by **psyolopher** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 4:39 pm

Parson wrote:
Psyolopher wrote:You know about any movies about Depression?
interiors

Thanks m8!

btw been watching a crazy crazy paradoxical movie about some fucked up Goa people:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... igLCv6TkDg
The whole movie is on here!
Its called The wonderland experience!

datura · Post by **datura** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 4:49 pm

Gone Baby Gone

It was a bit 'meh'. Maybe if I hadn't read the book I might have been more impressed.

diss04 · Post by **diss04** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 4:50 pm

i've heard nothing but good about gone baby gone

edit: oh and i'm gonna watch Death Proof tonight

datura · Post by **datura** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 4:54 pm

Diss04 wrote:i've heard nothing but good about gone baby gone
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Yeah it got good reviews but it didn't really work for me personally. It was quite a twisty book and they've tried to shoehorn it all in and it's a bit unnecessarily convoluted and rushed imho.

psyolopher · Post by **psyolopher** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 5:19 pm

Diss04 wrote:i've heard nothing but good about gone baby gone

edit: oh and i'm gonna watch Death Proof tonight

Have fun, i didnt like it!

diss04 · Post by **diss04** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 5:21 pm

Psyolopher wrote:
Diss04 wrote:i've heard nothing but good about gone baby gone

edit: oh and i'm gonna watch Death Proof tonight

Have fun, i didnt like it!

i see planet terror and thought it was fucking brill so i have high hopes for this too

bright maroon · Post by **bright maroon** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 5:32 pm

Last night was Dragon Inn - classic story..liked it much

Tonight it's back to Rome.. am new to this Michelangelo Antonioni..supposed to be like Bergman minus the dialogue, plus some alienation..

+/or

reverendmedia · Post by **reverendmedia** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 5:57 pm

Watch L'Avventura. I watched a VHS copy of it back in 2004; an indelible influence. (Ps - Gah. After a year or two of fruitless searching, I discovered that it's finally coming out on DVD in the UK for the first time at the end of this month. I'm doubting our version will be anywhere near as good a presentation as the Criterion edition.)

reverendmedia · Post by **reverendmedia** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 5:59 pm

Chinmoku. Utterly compelling.

diss04 · Post by **diss04** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 6:10 pm

just bought Bande á Part from Jean-Luc Godard off amazon, heard its brilliant and like a bit of French New Wave cinema - anyone tell me if its any good?

psyolopher · Post by **psyolopher** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 6:13 pm

bright maroon wrote:Last night was Dragon Inn - classic story..liked it much

Tonight it's back to Rome.. am new to this Michelangelo Antonioni..supposed to be like Bergman minus the dialogue, plus some alienation..

+/or

Le'clisse....was a strange metaphore film!
Probarly good at that time, but i didnt find it that special!
Kept my head going for some time though....

corpsey · Post by **corpsey** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 6:14 pm

Just watched No Country For Old Men. Excellent direction and performances, haunting images and all in all felt very powerful. I'm not really sure what I was supposed to take from it, though, aside from a sense of misery. Quite surprised such a bleak film won the Best Picture Oscar.

Made me want to watch Seven again, which I will do tonight.

bright maroon · Post by **bright maroon** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 7:08 pm

I really liked Death Proof - It was like Tarantino making two different comments, instead of trying to tell a full blown story..

I think it left him free to say something little, very well...

..unlike Kill Bill which I think, the biggest problem with, was it trying to sucessfully tie an epic..

I'm ok with well done abbreviations.

..I see the film as two sketches..

tempest · Post by **tempest** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 5:28 am

Going to watch "The Happening" at the cinema tonight... Will report back tmoz with what I think... I haven't seen a trailer for it and dont know what the fudge it is... Here's to hoping

schamotnik · Post by **schamotnik** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 9:00 pm

'Dan in Real Life' ... quite enjoyable.. although the end might be a little predicatable.. I think Steve Carrell is quite a versatile actor, he plays a more serious role in this one.. I also think he did great in 'Little Miss Sunshine'

tempest · Post by **tempest** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 4:23 am

tempest wrote:Going to watch "The Happening" at the cinema tonight... Will report back tmoz with what I think... I haven't seen a trailer for it and dont know what the fudge it is... Here's to hoping

This was fucking hopelessly shit... please god no one spend any money on watching this movie. epic cliche fail.

half a star.

Jubz · Post by **Jubz** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 8:30 am

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, watched it last nite and really enjoyed but felt it tailed off a bit towards the end. Anyway would recommend it to people, seriously quirky romance.

Jubz · Post by **Jubz** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 8:33 am

Corpsey wrote:I'm not really sure what I was supposed to take from it, though

An enjoyable film-viewing experience?

Think the film examines the theme of coincidence and fate meself.

corpsey · Post by **corpsey** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 12:00 pm

Yeah obviously but it seemed like it was supposed to be laden with meaning...

Watched Pan's Labyrinth and There Will Be Blood this week. Both great films.

datura · Post by **datura** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 2:21 pm

This review doesn't make me want to rush out and watch the Incredible Hulk

The Incredible Hulk

"Hulk. Smash!" Yes. Hulk. Smash. Yes. Smash. Big Hulk smash. Smash cars. Buildings. Army tanks. Hulk not just smash. Hulk also go rarrr! Then smash again. Smash important, obviously. Smash Hulk's USP. What Hulk smash most? Hulk smash all hope of interesting time in cinema. Hulk take all effort of cinema, effort getting babysitter, effort finding parking, and Hulk put great green fist right through it. Hulk crush all hopes of entertainment. Hulk in boring film. Film co-written by star. Edward Norton. Norton in it. Norton write it. Norton not need gamma-radiation poisoning to get big head. Thing is: Hulk head weirdly small. Compared with rest of big green body.

Hulk not scary. Hulk look like Shrek. Wait. Critic have ... second thought. Hulk look like Shrek when Shrek turn handsome, in Shrek 2. Like Gordon Brown. Hulk rubbish. Hulk not look powerful. Especially when Hulk do jumpy bouncy floaty thing. Over New York buildings. Then Hulk look wussy. Big. Yet wussy. Not good combination.
Stan Lee have big cameo. Stan Lee keen on self. Previously Stan Lee just glimpsed. Now Stan in it for 30 seconds. Or more. Stan clearly on roll. Stan even give Robert Downey Jr cameo. As Iron Man. This very irritating. Audience supposed to be excited. Audience nod off. Long ago.

Idea is. Dr Bruce Banner - on run. Keep anger under control. Banner hope not turn into Hulk. Banner live .... in Brazilian slum. Work in factory. Total babe there fancy Banner. Banner quite fancy babe. But Banner not make move. Babe in film to keep guys interested. Until Banner's girlfriend Liv Tyler come into action later. Tyler not mind Hulk thing. Hulk remind her of dad. Steven Tyler. Possibly. Much location work. Overhead shots. Of slums. City of God vibe intended. But this rubbish. Like everything else.

Tim Roth come on. As evil soldier. Fighting Hulk personal for him. Roth typical evil Brit. Roth supposedly working for US army. Yet Roth Brit. Critic annoyed by stereotyping. Roth get injected with serum. Become Hulky supervillain. Smash cars. Tanks. Only with no trousers. Roth groin area ambiguous. Groin area look lumpy. Bumpy. Perhaps odd penis. Perhaps odd trousers. Critic ... not sure.

Same old story. Superhero movie give superhero mirror-image antagonist. Like in Spider-Man 3. Idea rubbish in Spider-Man 3. Idea rubbish here. Hulk versus humanity important thing. Cancelled out here. Basic problem ... critic not believe Hulk angry. Hulk just roar. It not look convincing. Not truly seem angry. Critic think about this. Critic decide why. It because Hulk not swear. Hulk just say: "Hulk. Smash" etc. If Hulk shout C-word ... different matter. Then Hulk look angry. Sound angry. Not here. Hulk genteel.

Critic remember Ang Lee version. Ang Lee version slagged off. Yet rubbish new Hulk film make that look like Citizen Kane. Critic exit cinema miffed. Film take away two hours of critic's life. Critic not get time back. Ever. Rarrrrr.

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