Ripley's Game is better and much more realistic. Trust me.

Hah, I watched that one not long back too. It was too far-fetched for me...

Does Dazed and Confused count? 'Cause that would totally be my pick...

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I like the ideas that were explored and it had its moments. Maybe it was just because I was sleepy, but **** did I get bored at times...

eh its good surface level fun. a popcorn flick.

Really? I think that movie is hysterical.

Nowhere near as good as Hot Fuzz imo.

i thought the opposite. haven't seen either in a while though.

Saw this recently:

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Comedy/Romance

Plenty of funny moments. I liked the scenario that flip-sided the standard "awkward guy trying to get a girl". In this case it's "awkward guy trying to get a guy friend". Paul Rudd did a really good job being completely embarrassing. I was actually a little embarrassed for him while watching it.
Jason Segel is always fun to watch. Both characters in the movie were a nice atypical mix that I enjoyed.
There were some parts that were just unnecessary other than to capitalize on the main character's awkwardness as a "guy" guy, which is pretty well established throughout the movie in more clever ways.. but it didn't turn me off from watching the whole thing so it wasn't that bad for me.

Overall, I'd give it an 7.5 out of 10 for the type of movie it is. I enjoyed it and I'd recommend it to those of you who haven't seen it.

^^ ^^ I thought that film was enjoyable and i thought it was funny. I thought it was alot better than i was expecting it to be but was also a bit let down at how they ended it. Did you not think it was all a bit predictable and unimaginative? Its a shame too cause the film isnt bad at all.


Knocked Up > The Hangover > Superbad.

Havent seen Adventureland. I thought Superbad was terrible.

I have this on DVD to watch. I might get round to it soon.

Shaun of the Dead is the better film for me but they are both fantastic in my opinion.

Perfect film. One of very few films I'd give a 10/10 to. Angst, depression and loneliness have never been displayed as brilliant as this.

I enjoyed all of them type of films, they're all well made. You should watch Adventureland and see what you think, personally it's one of my favourite films.



You should do, Naomi Watts acting is really impressive. As is Sean Penn's acting. Emotional film, well thought out, cleverly put together. There were bits and bobs in the film that I didn't like, couple of scenes where I thought the acting could have been better etc. but overall a really decent film. Just make sure you watch it when you want to be depressed.



I'm yet to see Shaun of the Dead. I really enjoyed Hot Fuzz, but I never could be bothered with Shaun of the Dead. A Zombie type spoof, meh. I've been meaning to get round to watching it for years now.

I love Shaun of the Dead. Its one of my favourite films. It was based on an episode of Spaced, if you ever got round to watching it. ;)

I need to finish series 1 off, I kind of have been waiting to get the box set instead of watching it online. Watching things online pisses me off.

Gonna get round to both of them very soon :D

Anyway, the last film I watched..

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^^Didn't like it AT ALL...

Why not?!

Mouk? Damn it's such a good film and Scorsese invented the strap on camera for the drunken effect in the bar that has been used so many times since (Requiem For A Dream. Lock stock etc).

Best use of music in a film EVER!

I watched it and felt like yeah, I'm watching a classic. Even though it's not one of my favourites it was very well done, the swagger of Johnny boy. The relationships between the characters, the divided loyalties.. and the promiscuous ending.

Best intro ever, few directors before or since can marry music with images:

That was one of my favourite scenes, one of the scenes that struck me most. The way he entered with that swagger and 'I am the man' persona around him, matched together with the most rock n roll group that had swagger in abundance. Really good scenes.

Mean Streets - most enjoyable. Pissed off I never found out what happened to Johnny Boy though.

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Holy mindfuck, Batman. I liked it a lot.

The Hurt Box
 

The Hurt Box, the ending is absolutly awesome in this movie.
It really gives a reflection to some of these guys that are, and have been in Iraq.

You mean The Hurt Locker.

Meh... I didn't care for it that much. Seemed extremely overrated and overplayed imo. Maybe it's because I actually did serve in Iraq while in the Army.

Even more boring than Goodfellas...

GTFO! Goodfellas is the greatest mob film of all time. "As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster" what a start. The Departed closely follows.

I'm really disappointed in you Violent & Funky :(

I enjoyed Mean Streets, not comparable to Goodfellas though.

So you are a veteran freebase.
It must had been an experience to remember.
You should be very proud Brother.
My son is a tech agent in the air force, he has been to iraq 3 or 4 times already, a couple times to afgan.
He is stationed in Biloxi, Miss.
What part of Louisiana are you from, I read your post in the local music scene thread.

Where The Wild Things Are. Did they seriously make that film for a child audience? It's overlong, very sad, and far too boring to keep anyone entertained. The plot was really predictable as well.

I think the very last film I watched was Oliver Stone's U Turn. But to be honest, I was pretty drunk and not paying attention to a lot of parts. Didn't hold a candle to Natural Born Killers, imo.

But I did have the happy opportunity recently to watch some Jim Jarmusch films, Dead Man and Coffee and Cigarettes and I liked them both very much.

It was one of my favourite books as a kid but I never bothered to see the movie. I think the book is all of ten sentences or so, and I'd like to know how they stretched that into a feature length film. Seriously.

Never read the book but the film is my favorite from last year. Fun yet multilayered. And a great soundtrack to boot.

I liked the soundtrack, but I just didn't think the film was anything special.

You just saw it? What just happened here?

Haha. I was just about to ask the same thing.

I just returned from a cine-concert. The movie was Dans la nuit (1929), a film by Charles Vanel, and the last French Silent movie. The score was composed specially for this film, which is in a way the concert, by Louis Sclavis (former member of the Henri Texier Quartet).


^ First of all, I like the movie. Some great scenes, shows the German expressionism influence. It's about a young happily married couple, that witness the destruction of their conjugal life, following a mine accident that left the husband disfigured.



^Second of all, the score. Just to leave you with a taste of what the concert sounded like, here's a youtube clip, with the music of Louis Sclavis.

Wow, that must have been an awesome experience.

It's not my first of the sort. My first cine-concert, was with a musique-concrête/Jazz band, playing their own composition for Fritz Lang's Metropolis. Another memorable night.

It's a shame cine-concerts aren't more popular. I can't think of a greater concept actually. And yeah, it was an awesome experience :D

We still have very similar tastes, I've just hit a dry spell with movies you love...

What are your favourite films? If you had to make a top 10 off the top of your head. I reckon a few of them would be favourites of mine as well. :D

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Mm, it's old. And still kind of awesome.

My Top Ten?

Anchorman
Saving Private Ryan
Pulp Fiction
V For Vendetta
Forrest Gump
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Gran Torino
Minority Report
Alien
Knocked Up

Your favorite movies:

GREEN = I love it
BLACK = I like it
RED = yucky
BLUE = haven't seen it