What's The Latest Film You Have Seen?

Trollheart · 08-28-2017, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by eric generic

My head is the scariest place you can go.

That's why immigration there is so tightly controlled, huh?

Tristan_Geoff · 08-28-2017, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Mord

The Batlord · 08-28-2017, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

A society where a typo results in secret police smashing into your home and taking you away to a certain death, for one.

You mean Music Banter?

Chula Vista · 08-28-2017, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by MicShazam

That bank scene is the best action scene I can think of in any movie. Especially because it feels so real.

Yesistrue. They basically had to shut down about 4 blocks in downtown LA to shoot that. The camera work and editing is ridiculous. Not to mention the effects. Glass is flying, cars are getting pummeled, and yet not a single real bullet is fired. Plus all of the actors (and stunt doubles) had to bring their A+ physical and acting game to make it so real.

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

You mean Music Banter?

Yesistrue.

Trollheart · 08-28-2017, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

You mean Music Banter?

One of your better ones.

djchameleon · 08-28-2017, 05:28 PM

I completely forgot about Free Fire. I saw the trailer and wanted to see it. It ended up only being limited release. Went on to make about 1.6 million in the box office but it is so good.

I love films that can take place in just one room. As they entered the warehouse it reminded me of Reservoir Dogs a bit. Brie Larson did an excellent job but I would have liked to see how Olivia Wilde would have played the same role. She was cast to be in it at first but had to drop out over conflicting schedules. Definitely worth a watch if you haven't seen it yet.

Zhanteimi · 08-28-2017, 07:35 PM

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Chula Vista · 08-28-2017, 10:21 PM

To Sir With Love

For the first time in at least 25 years. Sydney Poitier was such a force in his prime.
In 1967 alone he made this along with In the Heat of the Night and Guess Who's Coming To Dinner? All 3 classics.

Justthefacts · 08-28-2017, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

I completely forgot about Free Fire. I saw the trailer and wanted to see it. It ended up only being limited release. Went on to make about 1.6 million in the box office but it is so good.

I love films that can take place in just one room. As they entered the warehouse it reminded me of Reservoir Dogs a bit. Brie Larson did an excellent job but I would have liked to see how Olivia Wilde would have played the same role. She was cast to be in it at first but had to drop out over conflicting schedules. Definitely worth a watch if you haven't seen it yet.

100% my dawg, totally underrated. The headshots are particularly satisfying. Especially the very last one.

**Yac** · 08-29-2017, 07:44 AM

I finally saw Ghost in the Shell.
I've been a fan of the original anime and movies (especially the 2nd season of stand alone complex <3) for years, so my expectations were pretty high. At the same time I read the reviews and they were.. let's say, mixed.
I'm also not one of those purists that will throw a fit when a remake of a fictional story gets changed a bit, so..
it wasn't bad. In fact, it was very pretty and somewhat fun, if absolutely predictable. The plot was a mix of several plots from the anime. Action scenes were decent. Actors.. were good! I was a bit sad to see so little of the team, but then I guess that's only fair as it was similar in the first Gits movie..
I didn't mind Scarlett as major. In a world where everyone and their mother has an artificial body/bodypart/brain/whatever, ethnicity is not that relevant.. I think. I really liked the fact that she wasn't too sexual - this is something that always bothered me in the anime... like the creators wanted to appeal to both serious s-f techno thriller fans, and otakus that drool seeing major swinging her boobs.. Don't get me wrong, I'm a fan of boobs in general, but there's a time and place for everything.
I also liked the guy that played Batou, and I was shocked he's also Euron Greyjoy on GoT .. good acting.
Generally I felt like I've seen it before. Like watching a good movie, but for the 2nd or 3rd time. Not exciting enough to be what you'd like it to be..

Anyway, I wonder whether some extended cut version is planned ? From what I read on imdb, they cut quite a few scenes, including an insightful conversation with a techno monk of some kind played by ..Tricky. I'd see the movie again if it had at least a handful of those extra scenes.

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Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	To Sir With Love For the first time in at least 25 years. Sydney Poitier was such a force in his prime. In 1967 alone he made this along with In the Heat of the Night and Guess Who's Coming To Dinner? All 3 classics. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

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Yac Super Moderator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: It's a secret too. Posts: 1,363	I finally saw Ghost in the Shell. I've been a fan of the original anime and movies (especially the 2nd season of stand alone complex <3) for years, so my expectations were pretty high. At the same time I read the reviews and they were.. let's say, mixed. I'm also not one of those purists that will throw a fit when a remake of a fictional story gets changed a bit, so.. it wasn't bad. In fact, it was very pretty and somewhat fun, if absolutely predictable. The plot was a mix of several plots from the anime. Action scenes were decent. Actors.. were good! I was a bit sad to see so little of the team, but then I guess that's only fair as it was similar in the first Gits movie.. I didn't mind Scarlett as major. In a world where everyone and their mother has an artificial body/bodypart/brain/whatever, ethnicity is not that relevant.. I think. I really liked the fact that she wasn't too sexual - this is something that always bothered me in the anime... like the creators wanted to appeal to both serious s-f techno thriller fans, and otakus that drool seeing major swinging her boobs.. Don't get me wrong, I'm a fan of boobs in general, but there's a time and place for everything. I also liked the guy that played Batou, and I was shocked he's also Euron Greyjoy on GoT .. good acting. Generally I felt like I've seen it before. Like watching a good movie, but for the 2nd or 3rd time. Not exciting enough to be what you'd like it to be.. Anyway, I wonder whether some extended cut version is planned ? From what I read on imdb, they cut quite a few scenes, including an insightful conversation with a techno monk of some kind played by ..Tricky. I'd see the movie again if it had at least a handful of those extra scenes.