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Jan 26, 2015 0:17:54 GMT -5
Post by Wolfgang on Jan 26, 2015 0:17:54 GMT -5
End of Watch (Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Pena). Police drama, but the dialogue between the two cop partners Gyllenhaal and Pena is just hilarious. Gyllenhaal is white and Pena is Hispanic so they kid each other with a lot of racist stuff. Here's an example:
Gyllenhaal is about to leave on a date with his girlfriend.
Gyllenhaal: oh dude, I gotta go. I'm taking Janet to the Philharmonic.
Pena: Enjoy your white people sh**.
Gyllenhaal: Oh thanks, I'll bring you back a burrito.
Pena: No problem.
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Jan 26, 2015 11:07:07 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2015 11:07:07 GMT -5
Paddington is surprisingly good. (Yes, I have young kids.) How was Lord Grantham? He was really funny in the TV show Galavant that's been on the last couple of weeks. Surprised me! He was good. Funny. It's an excellent cast.
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Jan 26, 2015 11:08:45 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2015 11:08:45 GMT -5
John LeCarre writes really good books. I haven't read a single John LeCarre book, but I've seen a bunch of movie adaptations. I really liked: The Tailor of Panama Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (the American film was very complicated yet entertaining; the British miniseries was more clear but less entertaining) The Spy Who Came in From the Cold A Most Wanted Man I remember liking A Russia House, but I can't remember a dang thing about it, other than the fact that it starred Sean Connery. I didn't like The Constant Gardener. The Constant Gardener is a really good book. I liked the movie, however. His books are really, really bleak. Just the thing.
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Jan 26, 2015 11:24:12 GMT -5
Post by Upfrontvb on Jan 26, 2015 11:24:12 GMT -5
We watched Boyhood and we both commented that it was bad but continued to watched it thinking it has to get better. It never did. It was a long movie and a waste of 2+ hours. I thought it was a good concept about doing a movie over 12 years but...Hawke was good but Patricia A. I just don't get her winning all the awards this year.
Has anyone seen Birdman? I really don't want to waste the money or the time if it's not really good.
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Post by tomclen on Jan 26, 2015 14:43:06 GMT -5
John LeCarre writes really good books. I haven't read a single John LeCarre book, but I've seen a bunch of movie adaptations. I really liked: The Tailor of Panama Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (the American film was very complicated yet entertaining; the British miniseries was more clear but less entertaining) The Spy Who Came in From the Cold A Most Wanted Man I remember liking A Russia House, but I can't remember a dang thing about it, other than the fact that it starred Sean Connery. I didn't like The Constant Gardener. The first time I watched Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy I was confused and had trouble following. Then my daughter suggested we rewatch it with subtitles (in English). Loved it. Thought it was outstanding now that I could follow the dialogue. British need to learn to speak English!
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Jan 26, 2015 19:47:35 GMT -5
Post by Wolfgang on Jan 26, 2015 19:47:35 GMT -5
Silent House (Elizabeth Olsen). One continuous shot from beginning to end. Although you have to admire the technical achievement, the movie ultimately fails because it's just not entertaining enough. Hitchcock did something similar with Rope, a much better film, although he used more than one long shot due to the technical limitations of the camera (it could hold a roll of film only 10 min long). When I first saw Rope, I was just a teen and didn't like it, nor was I familiar with its technical achievement. I saw it again 2 years ago and just loved it.
Edit: so apparently, Silent House was not a single shot film. I watched the beginning of the film with the director's commentary and they admitted they shot several different long shots and strung them together to make it seem like a one-take film.
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Jan 26, 2015 20:05:41 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2015 20:05:41 GMT -5
These single take scenes, let alone a whole movie, get to be too gimmicky after a while. After all, one of the advantages of film is the release from the continuous scenes of the theater. It can work, but it's almost like they are tossing the "language" of film just to show-off.
Birdman is supposed to be full of these scenes. I blame Goodfellas.
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Feb 1, 2015 20:46:35 GMT -5
Post by Thrill of the 'ville on Feb 1, 2015 20:46:35 GMT -5
Watched Lucy and Gone Girl last weekend. Gone Girl was pretty good, not as great as so many people I know have made it out to be but still very good. Lucy was just an absolute train wreck. Too many problems to list. One main problem was it felt like 3 different films, and I later found out that the writer/director was actually inspired by 3 films...this just made an already terrible movie even more terrible as it just kept changing the movie too much. Wow, watching Gone Girl is a marathon by itself, that movie is like three hours long. Watching another film on the same day is quite an accomplishment. Gone Girl on Saturday, Lucy on Sunday.
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Feb 2, 2015 0:02:41 GMT -5
Post by Wolfgang on Feb 2, 2015 0:02:41 GMT -5
I watched The World's End (w/ Simon Pegg). Not knowing a thing about this movie, the plot twist really really surprised me. It was such a bizarre turn.
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Feb 3, 2015 12:16:51 GMT -5
Post by mikegarrison on Feb 3, 2015 12:16:51 GMT -5
The Hunger Games (movie 2012, novel 2008) is a rip-off of Battle Royale, the Japanese novel (1999) and movie (2000). I was thinking this the whole time I was watching Battle Royale last night. So many parallels. Battle Royale, however, has a much better plot and is also a much better movie without all the silliness of Hunger Games. Suzanne Collins is a plagiarist. Battle Royale is totally a ripoff of the Roman gladiatorial games.
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Feb 8, 2015 1:17:36 GMT -5
Post by Wolfgang on Feb 8, 2015 1:17:36 GMT -5
Watched, for the second time, Seven Samurai. The title is misleading. It's actually 5 samurai, 1 samurai-wannabe, and 1 ex-farmer.
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Feb 8, 2015 10:20:26 GMT -5
Post by tomclen on Feb 8, 2015 10:20:26 GMT -5
Watched "Dear White People" last night after reading it was "witty and biting satire on race."
So unfunny it was painful. Impossible to follow. Boring.
Not sure the target demo of this movie - teenage idiots, perhaps?
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Post by azvb on Feb 9, 2015 12:38:18 GMT -5
It was my husbands turn to choose, and he chose Jupiter Ascending. REALLLLLYYYYYY bad, except for Tatum Channing going shirtless for most of the movie.
On the bright side, we finally went to a theater about 10 miles from us that has reclining seats and reserved seating. Popcorn wasn't bad, either. Same price as regular theaters. That will be our theater from now on. Sooooo nice.
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Feb 9, 2015 13:41:04 GMT -5
Post by Wolfgang on Feb 9, 2015 13:41:04 GMT -5
Saw The Counselor. Ugh. Why do people keep giving movie roles to the godawful Cameron Diaz?
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Feb 9, 2015 15:23:43 GMT -5
Post by mikegarrison on Feb 9, 2015 15:23:43 GMT -5
Watched, for the second time, Seven Samurai. The title is misleading. It's actually 5 samurai, 1 samurai-wannabe, and 1 ex-farmer. IIRC, there are six samurai (including the kid, who is a samurai) plus Mifune (who is a samurai-wannabe and ex-farmer). Mifune's character is the central one in the story, but IIRC he doesn't even show up until about an hour into the movie. This is my favorite movie, ever.
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