What's The Latest Film You Have Seen?

**Frownland** · 12-12-2017, 10:46 PM

10 ain't ****

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

Beer sucks.

~~MicShazam~~ · 12-13-2017, 03:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Qwertyy

at least we can all agree jurassic world was a pile of dog ****

Haven't seen it, but since all of the previous sequels sucked, it's got the deck stacked against it.

Tbh, most big, noisy blockbuster movies suck really hard.

~~MicShazam~~ · 12-13-2017, 03:13 PM

Big Eyes (2014)

Some people have said that this is Tim Burton's best film in years and... I'll have to agree. Fully. It's not only a really good movie, but one of the best this troubled director has ever managed to slap together. Amy Adams is great in the lead role and Christoph Waltz is... pretty hilarious in his wide grinnedd over-acting. The movie plays as a pretty straight drama with some comedic undertones. It's really just an interesting story - somewhat closely based on real world events. The movie is about a 50's painter whose new husband takes credit for all of her works, riding the train to fame while she's forced to pain her pieces in secret. I'm not going to say that it's a complex movie, because it's pretty damn simple. As far as mainstream drama goes, this is pretty damn good.

Mary & Max (2009)

This stop-motion animated film is a straight up gem. The attention to detail is downright stunning. There's so many little odd, funny, poignant details in the sets and character animations. The story is heartwarming, but avoids being too sappy. There's some surprising moments where the movie dares to "get real" instead of succumbing to typical Pixar movie feel-good plot points.
It's both strangely suitable for kids and yet unquestionable also a movie that isn't afraid to touch upon some very much not kid friendly subject matter.
I've never seen a movie that walked this line so adeptly.

The script is intelligent, the ending is very hard to watch without sobbing like a bitch and best of all, the two main characters are as endearing as they are flawed and interesting. I actually expected this movie to be far more "normal", but it isn't. It's exceptional.

Yeah... just watch this movie already? You absolutely have to.

Tokyo Decadence (1992)

This movie is kind of strange. The first two thirds play mostly like an erotic movie that often curveballs into straight up softcore porn. Sometimes further into not-so-soft. The last third is straight up drama - and the first part of the movie of course builds up to that. This movie kind of made Von Trier's Nymphomaniac seem restrained, but it's still not exactly a movie you'll have an easy time explaining if someone opens the door while you're watching it.

The movie follows Ai, a young woman who works as a high-end prostitute, but who also dreams of going back to her now married ex. She visits a fortuneteller in the beginning of the movie and she follows a set of instructions in the hope that luck will smile at her.
She gets progressively less and less comfortable with her work, which spirals into weirder and weirder situations as her clients become more extreme and unhinged. In the last part of the movie, she decides to throw in everything she has to get her ex back, but sadly, in order to gather courage, she's eaten a pill that makes her high as a kite.

Things end not quite ideally for Ai and - while I can't say that I quite understood the ending - the movie seems to actively contrast her dreams with how life has a way of showing you down it's chosen path, no matter where you might wish you could go instead.

It's kind of a sad movie, really, but also just weird enough that I'm not sure what to make of it.

A noteworthy thing is how the music and the visual presentation, as well as some of the performances, can at times be quite striking.

debaserr · 12-13-2017, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by MicShazam

Tbh, most big, noisy blockbuster movies suck really hard.

Meanwhile, all Paul Thomas Anderson / Wes Anderson movies are limited release.

**Frownland** · 12-13-2017, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by eric generic

Meanwhile, all Paul Thomas Anderson / Wes Anderson movies are limited release.

Have they ever released blockbusters?

debaserr · 12-14-2017, 01:33 AM

The problem is they aren't promoted like a blockbuster.

The industry promotes sure bets (sequels, superheroes, etc), not good / experimental cinema.

They are under the assumption that the masses won't / couldn't appreciate these films. I believe they are mistaken.

Maajo · 12-14-2017, 03:33 AM

Tarantino and Nolan have had their moments with blockbuster movies that step outside of Hollywood's comfort zone, but no a lot of the better, riskier movies I've seen have had lower budgets. There was a really great movie called "****" that I saw probably four or five months ago now at least, I don't even know if it made $1M, but it's probably in the top three movies I've seen this year, and last year I think the best movie I saw was The Lobster, that made about $5M I think.

~~MicShazam~~ · 12-14-2017, 05:12 AM

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Originally Posted by eric generic

Meanwhile, all Paul Thomas Anderson / Wes Anderson movies are limited release.

I said big, noisy blockbusters, did I not? I'm not exactly thinking of Wes Anderson as a blockbuster film maker in any case... He's fairly popular, but his movies don't exactly have Transformers budgets or opening sales numbers.

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Originally Posted by eric generic

The problem is they aren't promoted like a blockbuster.

The industry promotes sure bets (sequels, superheroes, etc), not good / experimental cinema.

They are under the assumption that the masses won't / couldn't appreciate these films. I believe they are mistaken.

I actually agree. Sometimes a movie comes out that seem to prove that people could like something else than Super Hero movies, stuff with Hobbits, Twilight and such. I'm not going to blame general audiences for the fact that major studios are chickens.

Trollheart · 12-14-2017, 05:26 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Okay so just watched a bit of Jurassic Park and...

That ****ing Brachiosaurus Scene from Jurassic Park

Dude, I was six or newly seven when Jurassic Park came out. I imagine I probably already thought dinosaurs were cool just cause... everyone probably did at that age, but before that movie there had literally been not a single movie about them that was in the least bit realistic or visceral. There was that scene in King Kong with Kong killing the Rex, or whatever that movie is with the people running from the stop motion dinosaurs I don't even have any idea what it is but it's a staple of old clips about dinosaur things and whatever, but it was all goofy looking ****. Nothing that captured any kind of majesty whatsoever.

And then Jurassic Park came along. If you're young enough that you weren't there in 1993 to remember when it came out, and maybe the sequel or the third sequel had already come out, and the novelty of the first was already established in pop culture, then maybe the first was cool and maybe hella cool, but I don't think you can really understand just what an event the first Jurassic Park was upon its release if you were at that very, ultimate, perfect age that I was at the time. I don't want to invoke the Chula defense, but oh my god was it the most amazing movie experience that I will ever feel no matter how long I live, and I still to this day feel like I've betrayed my younger self by not becoming a paleontologist and that's not even particularly hyperbole. It was the only career path imaginable after seeing Jurassic Park.

Jurassic Park was not only the first time that anyone had ever seen believable dinosaurs on screen, but those were the most amazing special effects that anyone had ever seen, and would likely see for years to come, so that anything I saw in theaters that first day, was ****ing real and there was absolutely no cynicism about CGI because I hadn't had any time to become cynical about CGI. Anything I saw that first day? It was a portal to another time, where majesty and wonder the like of which I had never seen was the law of the land and I wanted to be in that land. Even now I would kill you to see that land, more than I will ever care to go into space or live a life of luxury while being cared for by robot slaves.

And when I think of such things, of wonder, of desire, of despair that I will never behold such sights, what I think of is that first breathtaking feeling that swept over me as Alan Grant rose, slackjawed from his jeep, turned Ellie Sadler's head, and forced her to gaze upon a Brachiosaur in all of its titanic splendour. The music kicks in, and... there is nothing but magic. I just now watched that scene again and it brought tears to my eyes. The CG doesn't quite hold up as it did years ago, but it's still surprisingly amazing, and those absolutely pure feelings of wonder from two and a half decades ago still clutch at my heartstrings and leave me breathless. It (almost) transcends the movie itself, as if Spielberg is saying, "Hey, movie or not, this is a public service to all the world so that you all can experience seeing a ****ing dinosaur for the first time and here's people in the narrative to feel that for you so that there is absolutely no narrative dissonance. You're welcome." And when the Brachiosaur releases that majestic cry, rears up to take a bite from a tree, and then crashes down with an impact that must have made the entire theater shudder with the impact...that is magic, that is beautiful, and that is everything that movies should be. That is everything that dinosaurs are.

****ing beautifully put, man. I felt the same, and I was in my twenties at the time.

Btw, that other dinosaur stop-motion movie? Maybe One Million Years BC? The one with Raquel Welch?

JiggleMonster · 12-14-2017, 11:02 AM

Last movie I watched was Krampus. Meh.

12-14-2017, 01:33 AM	#20716 (permalink)
debaserr eat the masters Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 5,467	The problem is they aren't promoted like a blockbuster. The industry promotes sure bets (sequels, superheroes, etc), not good / experimental cinema. They are under the assumption that the masses won't / couldn't appreciate these films. I believe they are mistaken. __________________ Last.FM Last edited by debaserr; 12-14-2017 at 01:41 AM.

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~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,636	Big Eyes (2014) Some people have said that this is Tim Burton's best film in years and... I'll have to agree. Fully. It's not only a really good movie, but one of the best this troubled director has ever managed to slap together. Amy Adams is great in the lead role and Christoph Waltz is... pretty hilarious in his wide grinnedd over-acting. The movie plays as a pretty straight drama with some comedic undertones. It's really just an interesting story - somewhat closely based on real world events. The movie is about a 50's painter whose new husband takes credit for all of her works, riding the train to fame while she's forced to pain her pieces in secret. I'm not going to say that it's a complex movie, because it's pretty damn simple. As far as mainstream drama goes, this is pretty damn good. Mary & Max (2009) This stop-motion animated film is a straight up gem. The attention to detail is downright stunning. There's so many little odd, funny, poignant details in the sets and character animations. The story is heartwarming, but avoids being too sappy. There's some surprising moments where the movie dares to "get real" instead of succumbing to typical Pixar movie feel-good plot points. It's both strangely suitable for kids and yet unquestionable also a movie that isn't afraid to touch upon some very much not kid friendly subject matter. I've never seen a movie that walked this line so adeptly. The script is intelligent, the ending is very hard to watch without sobbing like a bitch and best of all, the two main characters are as endearing as they are flawed and interesting. I actually expected this movie to be far more "normal", but it isn't. It's exceptional. Yeah... just watch this movie already? You absolutely have to. Tokyo Decadence (1992) This movie is kind of strange. The first two thirds play mostly like an erotic movie that often curveballs into straight up softcore porn. Sometimes further into not-so-soft. The last third is straight up drama - and the first part of the movie of course builds up to that. This movie kind of made Von Trier's Nymphomaniac seem restrained, but it's still not exactly a movie you'll have an easy time explaining if someone opens the door while you're watching it. The movie follows Ai, a young woman who works as a high-end prostitute, but who also dreams of going back to her now married ex. She visits a fortuneteller in the beginning of the movie and she follows a set of instructions in the hope that luck will smile at her. She gets progressively less and less comfortable with her work, which spirals into weirder and weirder situations as her clients become more extreme and unhinged. In the last part of the movie, she decides to throw in everything she has to get her ex back, but sadly, in order to gather courage, she's eaten a pill that makes her high as a kite. Things end not quite ideally for Ai and - while I can't say that I quite understood the ending - the movie seems to actively contrast her dreams with how life has a way of showing you down it's chosen path, no matter where you might wish you could go instead. It's kind of a sad movie, really, but also just weird enough that I'm not sure what to make of it. A noteworthy thing is how the music and the visual presentation, as well as some of the performances, can at times be quite striking.

12-14-2017, 03:33 AM	#20717 (permalink)
Maajo Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: Colorado Posts: 513	Tarantino and Nolan have had their moments with blockbuster movies that step outside of Hollywood's comfort zone, but no a lot of the better, riskier movies I've seen have had lower budgets. There was a really great movie called "****" that I saw probably four or five months ago now at least, I don't even know if it made $1M, but it's probably in the top three movies I've seen this year, and last year I think the best movie I saw was The Lobster, that made about $5M I think.

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JiggleMonster GoochTickler Join Date: Jan 2017 Posts: 249	Last movie I watched was Krampus. Meh.