What's The Latest Film You Have Seen?

FETCHER. · 02-15-2012, 10:35 AM

Yes! Harry Brown's one of my favourite films, always makes me emotional. Even though it's full of crime and such. Definitely worth a watch Phantom.

Mrd00d · 02-15-2012, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by MoonlitSunshine

@MrD00d, personally I found Holy Mountain a bit... much. I think any real message it might have contained was lost in the utter insanity of it all. Like many films these days are rather gratuitously violent, this was gratuitously insane. The re-enactment of the Battle of Tenochtitlan using toads and iguanas? The Robot Vagina? That entire section where "Jesus" was being told about the various different superpowers of the solar system was just... what? If the entire film was meant to be an exhibition of pointlessness, then fair enough, but I would consider the entire film to be rather self-indulgent.

Oh it certainly is a bit much (and that's intended), but there is a point to it.
The thief character (the Jesus look-alike) goes with the alchemist (the director/the guy in all black/all white) to meet a group of elite, powerful people who want to travel to the Holy Mountain and displace the immortals on it and take their place.

Spoiler for The ending pretty much:

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I just watched The TrollHunter. It's a documentary style movie. Basically, trolls. Entertaining. Now I think there really are trolls all over Norway.

Phantom Limb · 02-16-2012, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Aurora

Watched this one last night. I really liked that Michael Caine wasn't some indestructible killing machine, cause that would have been a little too fantastic (and that was what I was expecting). Completely satisfying; I never get tired of watching assholes get murdered. 8.5/10

LoathsomePete · 02-16-2012, 11:06 AM

It's been quite awhile since I had last seen Akira and I've been on a bit of a cyberpunk kick lately so I thought it was time to dig it out again. Sobriety definitely helped me follow the story a bit better, and the animation still holds up surprisingly well. I liked the lighter shades of red used on the blood, made it stand out a bit more against the grim gray used for the urban landscape. I still need to get around to reading the manga though, as there's so many characters in the movie that feel like they should be more important then they are depicted, like the weird guy with the rat teeth, or Yamagata.

bob. · 02-16-2012, 11:25 AM

^such an amazing classic.....i hear a live action staring Leo DiCaprio is ion the works

LoathsomePete · 02-16-2012, 11:30 AM

It's hard to tell anymore, the live-adaptation comes and goes and so do the starring actors. Last year I heard it was sparkly-vampire boy playing Kaneada.

**Janszoon** · 02-16-2012, 11:37 AM

I'm sure it will happen eventually. It's the perfect vehicle for Hollywood's twin desires of remaking all animation as live-action and recasting all foreign films with American actors.

MoonlitSunshine · 02-16-2012, 11:49 AM

I heard a rumour a while back that there was going to be a live action film done of Cowboy Bebop, with Keanu Reeves as Spike...

LoathsomePete · 02-16-2012, 11:51 AM

I heard that too, but like with the multiple attempts at doing a live-action Akira its fallen through the cracks.

bob. · 02-16-2012, 11:52 AM

i could actually see Cowboy Beebop as making a good live action film (although Reeves....maybe not)....IF DONE RIGHT!'

Akira i honestly do not think could ever be translated into a good live action

02-16-2012, 11:06 AM	#11134 (permalink)
LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	It's been quite awhile since I had last seen Akira and I've been on a bit of a cyberpunk kick lately so I thought it was time to dig it out again. Sobriety definitely helped me follow the story a bit better, and the animation still holds up surprisingly well. I liked the lighter shades of red used on the blood, made it stand out a bit more against the grim gray used for the urban landscape. I still need to get around to reading the manga though, as there's so many characters in the movie that feel like they should be more important then they are depicted, like the weird guy with the rat teeth, or Yamagata. __________________ Last.FM 101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too

02-16-2012, 11:30 AM	#11136 (permalink)
LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	It's hard to tell anymore, the live-adaptation comes and goes and so do the starring actors. Last year I heard it was sparkly-vampire boy playing Kaneada. __________________ Last.FM 101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too

02-16-2012, 11:37 AM	#11137 (permalink)
Janszoon Mate, Spawn & Die Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Rapping Community Posts: 24,593	I'm sure it will happen eventually. It's the perfect vehicle for Hollywood's twin desires of remaking all animation as live-action and recasting all foreign films with American actors. __________________ A Night in the Life of the Invisible Man Time & Place 25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Moon Crashes into the Earth and We All Die last.fm

02-16-2012, 11:49 AM	#11138 (permalink)
MoonlitSunshine Dat's Der Bunny! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Ireland Posts: 1,088	I heard a rumour a while back that there was going to be a live action film done of Cowboy Bebop, with Keanu Reeves as Spike... __________________ "I found it eventually, at the bottom of a locker in a disused laboratory, with a sign on the door saying "Beware of the Leopard". Ever thought of going into Advertising?" - Arthur Dent

02-16-2012, 11:51 AM	#11139 (permalink)
LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	I heard that too, but like with the multiple attempts at doing a live-action Akira its fallen through the cracks. __________________ Last.FM 101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too

02-16-2012, 11:25 AM	#11135 (permalink)
bob. Still sends his reguards. Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Trying to get out of the cat town.... Posts: 5,039	^such an amazing classic.....i hear a live action staring Leo DiCaprio is ion the works

02-16-2012, 11:52 AM	#11140 (permalink)
bob. Still sends his reguards. Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Trying to get out of the cat town.... Posts: 5,039	i could actually see Cowboy Beebop as making a good live action film (although Reeves....maybe not)....IF DONE RIGHT!' Akira i honestly do not think could ever be translated into a good live action

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