Movies

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Fri Aug 29, 2014 10:05 am

Yeah i wasn't even aware of it. I'll definitely check it out now.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Sat Aug 30, 2014 10:31 pm

Really late to the party, but I finally saw Grand Budapest Hotel. Quirky, as all Wes Anderson films, but great. Love the story, acting was fantastic, and the cameos! Also saw Nebraska. I liked it, I thought the acting was really good, especially Bruce Dern, but I don't think it lived up to the hype I kept hearing. Really interesting seeing Will Forte and Bob Odenkirk sharing the screen in dark, depressing, humorless scenes. Definitely worth watching, it was unique and in the end tells a nice story.

rass · Post by **rass** » Sat Sep 13, 2014 9:27 pm

Catching up on the 80s, I finally watched Vision Quest tonight.

Not sure if my favorite part was the re-reprise of Crazy for You, the re-re-reprise of Only the Young, or the re-re-re-reprise of Lunatic Fringe.

My wife somehow fell asleep just before the final match. I don't get her sometimes.

Anyhow, I'm definitely giving my kid some version of the "it ain't the six minutes" speech tomorrow on the way to he soccer game.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Thu Sep 25, 2014 5:57 pm

So, late getting back, but I had the chance to watch all three Mad Max movies a few weeks ago. Here are my quick takes:

-The original Mad Max was really bizarre and not at all like the popular image of the series, and wouldn't even seem related to the other two if you didn't know it. Basically a low-budget horror/thriller with a few minutes' worth of really well done car chases. For someone new to the series, I'd recommend just catching the last 15 minutes and then coming back later if they like the others enough to be a completist.

-Road Warrior was good. I don't think it holds up 100%--the action scenes were really well done for the time, but have been superseded by others that came later. What's remarkable is how this movie almost single-handedly defined the look and feel of most "post-apocalyptic" movies/shows/video games that came after it.

-Beyond Thunderdome was as I had mentioned earlier the only one I had previously seen, though not since the 80s. I was not expecting it to hold up well, but was really surprised at how much it did. Most everything--art direction, cinematography, stunt choreography--still look great, especially compared to how cheap and hokey many other movies from the same period do today. I know this one has a mixed reception because of the weird subplot with the colony of abandoned kids, but on the balance I thought it was the most entertaining of the three.

I came away wishing they had made a couple more before Mel Gibson got old/crazy. Hoping the upcoming one can recapture some of that.

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Sep 25, 2014 6:47 pm

It is Miller, and I like Tom Hardy. There's a chance.

I have seen Beyond Thunderdome since it was new enough to be on cable.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Sat Sep 27, 2014 6:30 am

My wife was in the mood for a comedy and had heard that We're The Millers was good.

I have told her to never speak to the woman at work who recommended it. A movie constructed around a couple of gags - it's a comedy, so there's no need for absolute plausibility, but coincidence can only take things so far.

And Jennifer Aniston is just not very good.

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Sat Sep 27, 2014 12:10 pm

Pruitt wrote:My wife was in the mood for a comedy and had heard that We're The Millers was good.

I have told her to never speak to the woman at work who recommended it. A movie constructed around a couple of gags - it's a comedy, so there's no need for absolute plausibility, but coincidence can only take things so far.

And Jennifer Aniston is just not very good.

No Ragrets. That's my credo.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Sat Sep 27, 2014 9:33 pm

Denzel Washington fucking shit up in the Equalizer was fun.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Sat Sep 27, 2014 11:43 pm

Team America: World Police - fourth time and I still laughed like crazy. The scene with the cats kills me every time.

DavidJones · Post by **DavidJones** » Sun Sep 28, 2014 1:45 pm

I watched Edge of Tomorrow yesterday and I liked it. If you like action/Sci-fi, go watch it ;)

rass · Post by **rass** » Sun Sep 28, 2014 7:42 pm

Hey, welcome.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Mon Sep 29, 2014 11:02 am

DavidJones wrote:I watched Edge of Tomorrow yesterday and I liked it. If you like action/Sci-fi, go watch it ;)

Great avatar. "Hey, I've been Safarian since before you were born!"

rass · Post by **rass** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 7:47 pm

Keanu getting bloody revenge for someone killing his puppy?

Why not?

TheHumanComa · Post by **TheHumanComa** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 9:25 pm

rass wrote:Keanu getting bloody revenge for someone killing his puppy?

Why not?

Yeah, you know what? it looks good. Plus, I would kill a million people if they killed one of my dogs in front of me... or at least die trying. The dying wife bit is a bit much though. How did she leave the hospital to buy said puppy? And Is that her way of saying,' you can never be with another woman ever! Here's a dog'. And it looks rough, no fade away kill shots, he fucks those guys up. He hasn't done anything good since the Matrix (part one), and the supporting cast here looks like it might be a good movie.

Post by **Shirley** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 12:55 pm

Here's an interesting look at the famous scene in Silence of the Lambs (OK, there are a lot of famous scenes in that one) where Clarice Starling first meets Hannibal Lector. Who wins the scene?

Do I remember correctly that there are Swampers who have never seen this movie?

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 1:23 pm

Shirley wrote:Here's an interesting look at the famous scene in Silence of the Lambs (OK, there are a lot of famous scenes in that one) where Clarice Starling first meets Hannibal Lector. Who wins the scene?

Do I remember correctly that there are Swampers who have never seen this movie?

Yup, and I really don't have an interest in seeing it.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 1:44 pm

Never sat down to watch it either. I was 8 years old when it came old and (Confession alert) my mom wouldn't let me watch it. And as I grew older I never got the itch to see it.

However, Hannibal, I've seen that a few times. But what I never realized was that Gary Oldman was this dude:

Post by **Shirley** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 1:58 pm

Uh yeah, it's not exactly a movie for an 8-year-old. You'd definitely like it now though.

Rush, why no interest?

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 3:19 pm

Shirley wrote:Uh yeah, it's not exactly a movie for an 8-year-old. You'd definitely like it now though.

Rush, why no interest?

Not my type of thing. Never really been into the thriller genre. I am not a big movie watcher, but if I do I prefer to watch classics or art house type movies.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 4:24 pm

Rush2112 wrote:
Shirley wrote:Uh yeah, it's not exactly a movie for an 8-year-old. You'd definitely like it now though.

Rush, why no interest?
Not my type of thing. Never really been into the thriller genre. I am not a big movie watcher, but if I do I prefer to watch classics or art house type movies.

I found "Silence of the Lambs" to be repellant. To each their own, but its mainstream acceptance really hastened the public's acceptance of torture porn like Hostel and other such trash.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 6:50 am

Oh man. I couldn't disagree with that more. Sure, there were some parts of that, but that was more psychological than flat out horror.

Saw was the movie that ushered in the torture porn genre and it couldn't be more different from silence of the lambs. Full disclosure, I really liked the first Saw movie. The rest blew goats.

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 6:52 am

Pruitt wrote:
Rush2112 wrote:
Shirley wrote:Uh yeah, it's not exactly a movie for an 8-year-old. You'd definitely like it now though.

Rush, why no interest?
Not my type of thing. Never really been into the thriller genre. I am not a big movie watcher, but if I do I prefer to watch classics or art house type movies.
I found "Silence of the Lambs" to be repellant. To each their own, but its mainstream acceptance really hastened the public's acceptance of torture porn like Hostel and other such trash.

So you agree that it was a seminal film?

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 7:06 am

rass wrote:
Pruitt wrote:
Rush2112 wrote:
Shirley wrote:Uh yeah, it's not exactly a movie for an 8-year-old. You'd definitely like it now though.

Rush, why no interest?
Not my type of thing. Never really been into the thriller genre. I am not a big movie watcher, but if I do I prefer to watch classics or art house type movies.
I found "Silence of the Lambs" to be repellant. To each their own, but its mainstream acceptance really hastened the public's acceptance of torture porn like Hostel and other such trash.
So you agree that it was a seminal film?

Absolutely agree.

Maybe my visceral hatred of the film is a bit extreme, but the very idea of (SPOILER ALERT) making suits out of human flesh nauseates me.

Obviously, I have a low tolerance for gore, but this movie really seemed to be the first big budget film that showed women being psychologically tortured in a really depraved way and put it on the big screen. Previously, people would have to go grindhouse to see that sort of thing.

And yes, I understand that scenes like those ones really heightened the tension in the film, so in a stylistic/artistic way, they were necessary to make the film as creepy as possible...

But I just don't understand why people enjoy watching such things.

So in theory, yes, I can say that it is a well made film.

But I do stand by the statement that this film helped usher in the era of extreme violence and cruelty as entertainment. I do however realize that if it wasn't this movie that did it, something else would have come along soon afterwards.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 8:25 am

We'll be back with more "Poignant Commentary in Response to Jizz Jokes" after we pay some bills. Stick around!

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 8:40 am

Ryan wrote:We'll be back with more "Poignant Commentary in Response to Jizz Jokes" after we pay some bills. Stick around!

"Seminal?" You mean like a Peter North film?

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 8:56 am

Or Silence of the Lambs

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 9:50 am

Miggs had it coming.

Post by **Shirley** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 11:31 am

AB_skin_test wrote:Oh man. I couldn't disagree with that more. Sure, there were some parts of that, but that was more psychological than flat out horror.

Saw was the movie that ushered in the torture porn genre and it couldn't be more different from silence of the lambs. Full disclosure, I really liked the first Saw movie. The rest blew goats.

I was going to reply with something very similar to this. Saw and Hostel have their origins in slasher films, not thrillers. And there were gory films like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre long before any of those.

There really wasn't much actual violence in SotL. Only one scene I can remember.

That said, it WAS a disturbing film and I get that it's not everyone's cup of tea. But it was a damn well-made movie.

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 11:35 am

tennbengal wrote:Miggs had it coming.

Miggs coming it had.

(just to remind Pruitt)

And I apologize for setting you up Pruitt. I should have released that a straight answer to that would have been right in your wheelhouse.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 2:11 pm

(Throws hands in the air)

It was a well made film. But it bugs me.

Anyway, at least we can all agree that Forest Gump is a piece of crap.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 2:23 pm

Won Best Picture over some more deserving, impactful movies? Yes.

Doesn't quite hold up over the past 20 years, especially all the great movies that came out in 1994? Yes.

Piece of Crap? Absolutely not.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 2:34 pm

More like a seminal fluids ... oh, you guys already took care of it. Bye.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 3:23 pm

L-Jam3 wrote:Won Best Picture over some more deserving, impactful movies? Yes.

Doesn't quite hold up over the past 20 years, especially all the great movies that came out in 1994? Yes.

Piece of Crap? Absolutely not.

Just trying to stir things up. Sorry.

Hey, on a more positive note, any other fans of the movie Nashville?

One of the great films of the 70s, and one of my all time favourites.

Bensell · Post by **Bensell** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 3:39 pm

I love Nashville and also pretty much any Robert Altman film.

Forest Gump is the worst Oscar winning movie ever; I hate that piece of shit.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 3:47 pm

Forest Gump was boring. It is still boring. Pulp Fiction should have won Best Picture. I can still sit down and watch it start to finish any day of the week.

eta: and to echo some others, I have no interest in slasher/gore/comic book hero and most thriller movies. I also prefer the classics. Hitchcock over Michael Bay any day

Post by **Shirley** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 4:20 pm

sancarlos wrote:I have no interest in slasher/gore/comic book hero and most thriller movies. I also prefer the classics. Hitchcock over Michael Bay any day

Isn't Hitchcock pretty much the master of the thriller genre? I'm not sure how Silence is any creepier than Psycho.

I liked Forest Gump too. At the time, I remember having a lot of conversations with people about it and what it all meant. I can see how folks could find it overly sappy though.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Mon Oct 20, 2014 10:52 am

Shirley wrote:
sancarlos wrote:I have no interest in slasher/gore/comic book hero and most thriller movies. I also prefer the classics. Hitchcock over Michael Bay any day
Isn't Hitchcock pretty much the master of the thriller genre? I'm not sure how Silence is any creepier than Psycho.

I liked Forest Gump too. At the time, I remember having a lot of conversations with people about it and what it all meant. I can see how folks could find it overly sappy though.

I saw SotL in high school, and it blew me away. I have always been fascinated by psychology and serial killers, but not in a twisted or glorifying them. More like trying to understand what makes them tick. I took 2 forensics classes in high school, one of them was almost entirely on serial killers, both their psychological makeup and how they were caught. We each had to research and write a paper and give a presentation on an assigned serial killer. We were one short, so I was assigned Ted Kennedy. I was pissed at the time, but researching the Chappaquiddick incident and the surrounding events was quite fascinating. I can't believe Teddy's political career was able to survive the incident. Not sure if it was the view of the Kennedy family as near royalty, sympathy for the family after both assassinations or just a result of different times. Today, there is no way Teddy's career survives. In college I took a Psychology and the Law course, which did a very brief lesson on criminal profiling. I ended up doing my term paper on the subject, got to interview the NYPD profiler and read everything there is about John Douglas, the founder of the FBI's profiling unit, who worked closely on SotL, and was on set for a lot of the filming as an adviser. Reading about how a career in attempting to stop and catch serial killers and inspecting the crime scenes while knowing more people will be killed until he could solve the cases completely fucked him up changed my career plans. Couldn't be worse than being a lawyer, right?

In summation, without SotL, we don't have the Human Centipede, so society owes a huge debt of gratitude to SotL. I think it is a stretch to say SotL opened the door to torture thriller, but it could have opened the door to a movie like Se7en and this classic scene:

(OK, this Shattnerized parody is replacing the actual scene)

Post by **Shirley** » Mon Oct 20, 2014 2:18 pm

That Shatner skit was fantastic. I've never seen that before.

(BTW, Se7en was another movie that was great, but man it fucked me up for a while)

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Mon Oct 20, 2014 3:16 pm

Watched "American Hustle" last night. I can see why Amy Adams' boobs won an Academy Award. DAMN.

rass · Post by **rass** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 5:43 am

BSF21 wrote:Watched "American Hustle" last night...

Any excuse to repost this: