THE MOVIE TOPIC TO END ALL OTHER MOVIE TOPICS

I watched Europa Report. It's about a manned mission to Jupiter's Moon. Told in a Documentary style. I enjoyed it. I don't think the pay off is really there, but there's definitely a heavy tension that builds throughout the film. If you're into hard sci fi, it's probably worth watching. I probably have more to say, but I don't want to spoil it.

I also watched Only God Forgives, which is the same director as Drive, and also includes Ryan Gosling as a character who doesn't say very much. It's basically a movie about sex, violence, and the old testament. Told through the lens of a shitty american family in Bangkok and a cop who is (or maybe thinks he is?) God. It's heavy on mood. The lightning makes for some really great scenes. The ultra violence is awesome. The soundtrack seems as good as Drive. But this movie is far more artsy than Drive was and might annoy people. There's a lot of "Character looks into the camera for 20 seconds" type shots. I loved it though.

And finally I watched Justice League: Flashpoint Paradox. Which is the new DC Animated Movie version of the Flashpoint event. I liked this series in comics, they changed some story beats, but it was mostly the same. It's very violent for a DC animated film, but I think it's one of the better stories DC has told over the last few years. Flash ends up in an alternate universe where the DC super heroes aren't what we know them to be. Different life events have transpired. For example, Bruce Wayne died in the Alley instead of his parents. So Batman is now Thomas Wayne. And the Joker is Martha. And the world is about to end as the Atlanteans and Amazons are decimating Earth in a war. So Flash has to put the pieces together and fix the time line. It's good if you're into DC movies. And Studio 4C does the animation and they are pretty much the best animation team in the business so that's awesome.

I really want to catch Only God Forgives. I've been hearing some interesting and often contradicting stuff on it. 

The Hunt was great!

Only God Forgives was great. Oblivion was just awful.

2 guns was alright. I wanted a lame action movie with buddyness and goddamn it that's what I got!

Elysium was so-so. The bad guys were so... archetypal? I don't think that's the word I want. They were too cartoony and unbelievable  That being said, if this movie changes people's opinion to mine, then I'll fucking take it.

Went to an advanced screening of Kick-Ass 2 tonight, I liked it. The first was better, but this was still pretty funny. However, when we got there the guy said there were 3 seats left in the front row, so everyone looked warped and the fight scenes looked weird and blurry. I know the first thing wouldn't be a problem if I had a better seat, can't say for sure about the second though.

Was it very violent?

Yeah it was, but the first was probably more so.

Meh, I thought it was poop. 

I really liked You're Next! Really great gore and effects, strong leading role. Great kills.

Saw Elysium - not bad, more of a straight forward action movie than what I was expecting perhaps there is a longer cut that has a more emotional reasonance... I also saw youre next- alright, over hyped in some ways... The worlds end was the best out of the three. It was very funny..

Elysium resonated with me but I think that's the case because I already related to the subject matter. I don't think it does what I'm assuming it set out to do very well.

Blue Jasmin was good. I really liked the lead. Her facial acting is great.

The Butler was a big meh. Why does Cuba keep getting roles?

Didn't like The World's End.  Took way too long to get going and was pretty much just repetition until the end.

I also caught Valhalla Rising on Netflix. I liked it. The fight scenes were great.

The World's End wasn't bad. It seemed like they didn't really know how to end it. Should have been shorter and had a better ending. It was alright. If you like their movies you'll probably like this one since it doesn't veer from their norm. Has a couple callbacks too.

Riddick was definitely the worst of the three Riddick movies. They didn't just go back to Pitch Black's style, they copied it completely. The two movies are pretty much identical, save for Riddick not being nearly as evil as he was before (he adopts a pet and loves it with all his heart, for gods sake). Really disappointed here. I was really looking forward to this one. I get that not a lot of people liked The Chronicles of Riddick's comic book style, but I liked it, and I would have hoped at least some of it followed into the third installment. Instead I got a really shitty re-hash of the first one.

Insidious 2 was awesome. Probably the only ghosty type movies that I enjoy. 

On the other hand a coworker forced me to politely sit through a Haunted House. That was painful.

cannot wait to see Prisoners... the movie is set in my hometown (Brockton, MA) and the screenwriter (Aaron Guzikowski) grew up here... Its always awesome to see your hometown mentioned in some of the oddest places (Coneheads- the Movie and lots of SNL related movies/skits thanks to Adam Sandler's ties here)...

Prisoners was fucking awesome!

i really want to see it... dont really have the time so im looking for a torrent

It's worth a trip to the movie theatre. Sorry you don't have time, dude. You working/schooling it up?

yes ma'am

Don Jon was just OK.

Saw V/H/S 2 in theatres. I had seen it with a choppy internet signal so I'm glad I was able to watch it in theatres. Very fun and entertaining. Definitely not the best horror anthology but you know, it's good.

Finally saw Prisoners. Enjoyed it.



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When they introduced the weird red herring guy/former child abductee i thought it was a huge leap and a big waste of time but that was before it was suggested that he was a victim of the Jones'? That was really interesting. Im not sure if i buy it. It never was explained if the "aunt" was pulling the strings to force him to take the clithing from their homes. And if he did it on his own- then why? I think it added suspense but didnt make sense from a story-perspective... I like how Keller was emotionally imprisoned and then finally physically imprisoned. Some have complained that whistle at the end is the movie going explicitly Hollywood on us but i think the way it was played was an ambiguous kick to the teeth. No way Keller is found in time... Thoughts?

I watched a bootleg on my iPhone so the sound wasnt perfect and i missed a couple lines of dialogue. Can someone explain the whole obvious-redherring-turned-semi-involved-suicided-freak...

So he purposely drew attention to himself (a victim himself??) and then blew his own headoff? WTF? Is that what happened?

I thought jackman was good. Considering how much yelling and rage he had i thought it wasnt a very "showy" performance...

I think with a killer score this couldve been a more powerful movie. I liked the slowburn aspect as you really felt too much time was going by.

My other issue is that it mightve been a little too convenient that every lead Loki investigated (some of which shouldve been a dead end for realism) all tied into the main plot... Also The Aunt leaving the door unlocked in a house where she has abducted a child? Come on! Ive never thought about doing such things but that is sloppy writing. Plus the fact that she totally didnt hear???/ignored Loki's calls for her when he entered... When he arrived did she feel like "well the girl isnt in the pit so he will have to find her in my house since he is here although he has no reason to suspect me of anything at this point in time" just before he views the photograph which ties it all together... I admire the script and how it tied everything together but i think its knot was a little too tight.. I think i wouldve handled things slightly different although im not sure what i wouldve done exactly..

Red Herring: 

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I also had questions about the red herring (character: Bob). I'm not sure that I totally understand how he fits in. I'm just assuming he was a remnant of the dead husband and his wife's culty-lifestyle: the mazes, the snakes. I think Alex was bit by a snake at one point? I assumed Bob was the only character with a thing for snakes. If he was a follower then he would have been devoted enough to stage an ellaborate plan, probably created by Holly, to keep the detective Loki on the wrong scent for long enough for her to kill the kids.

Ending: 

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I liked the ending as well and I like how you don't know what happened. I like to think he died and just wasn't found. By all accounts they believed he was on the run for imprisoning Alex, and he was quickly becoming a martyr to his family... If they did  find him I would guess it would be after the cops really look into what happened, and only if the girls remembered that pit.

 

Open door:

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About Holly leaving the door open/not hearing. I assumed she wanted him to see her kill the girl/be found. I'm really fucking surprised the girl lasted even ten seconds after she was injected with an overdose amount of barbiturate. Even if this was the case, you're right, it's kind of sloppy.

 

I haven't checked but IMDB usually has some awesome conversations going: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1392214/

I saw This is The End last night.

good shit.

Seemed like Jay kinda cheated at the end, but whatever.

Gravity: I liked it, a lot. 

Great effects, good job at creating suspense and it didn't seem forced. Ending: meh.

Gravity was the best movie I've seen in a long time. Dare I say, it was an even better IMAX 3D experience than Avatar. The snowballing debris scenes were fucking scary as hell.

Also have to mention, the score for Gravity was phenomenal. And there's a lot to love from a physics standpoint. And Sandra Bullock has got the "Sigourney Weaver from Alien" body on her. Dem legs, bruh.

winterborne1 wrote: Dem legs, bruh.

Jesus fuck they're amazing.

Saw a couple more movies yesterday.

Watching Pacific Rim was just like watching Independence Day, as it has plenty of entertainment value yet is mindnumbingly stupid in so many ways, and they have nearly identical endings. I feel a lot dumber having enjoyed it. The lead actor (the white dude) has by far the most retarded of retard faces I've ever seen. God, every time he made that "frozen in thought" face, he looked like he just had a stroke.

The Kings of Summer was a FANTASTIC movie. Probably one of the funniest movies I've seen in a while. Nick Offerman is awesome.

Bad Milo!! Was so much fun! Great cast and Milo looked awesome. 

Sucks how very few movies pass the Bechdel Test. This wasn't one of them.

Machete Kills was bad, incompetently so. 
It was just a bad movie with recycled... everything. Demian Bichir is awesome but his role, like the rest, were so poor that it didn't even matter he was in the movie. Yuck. No matter how much blood, beheading, gratuitousness violence there was it was still somehow dull and boring. Also, bad pacing.

damn that sucks because I loved the first Machete and I usually enjoy everything Robert Rodriguez does...

We don't agree on all movies, so you may very well get a huge kick out of it. It was just very disappointing for me.

for all the hype surrounding S-V/H/S or "V/H/S 2.. I was a little disappointed... it definitely expanded upon the craziness but I feel like it kind of collapsed in on itself... The most notable "tapes" were the last two (barring the wrap around). The Indonesian tape had some very cool moments followed by some terrible designs ( the demon looked way too fucking cheap for the segment)... The sleepover segment was an incredible and surprising idea but it was waaaaayyyy tooo fucking short. I understand short and sweet is great in most cases but it kind of hit the ground running too fast and ended too soon. I think if more time was spent with it like the Indonesian death cult it would have pushed the sequel, as a whole, over the original anthology...

I tried to watch The Fifth Estate and I couldn't make it through the whole movie. After one hour it seemed like nothing happened. So dull. It didn't seem like there were any stakes.


Big Ass Spider was much more entertaining. It was like a Sci-Fi Channel movie but with a decent sidekick and way better pacing. Still I hate that their female characters sucked (except Lin Shaye!) and the movie ended up being about Alex trying to get his dick wet instead of "holy shit, spider!"