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Bigfoot: The Lost Coast Tapes Don't let the generic History/ Discovery Channel reality show title, it's actually a generic found footage movie. Actually that's not totally fair, it's one of the better movies with some decent dialogue and better than expected acting, however it goes full retard in the third act that no movie could ever recover from. |
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CreepShow 2 http://www.motionpictureart.com/stor...sterFrench.jpg I remember seeing this when I was younger and the second story about The Raft used to creep me out so badly. I was so scared that I couldn't sleep after seeing it but watching it as an adult it just seems funny and like watching Attack of the Killer Tomatoes/The Blob but I still love that story though. Evil Dead (1981) http://wpc.556e.edgecastcdn.net/8055...NrSzDF_1_1.jpg I don't remember ever watching this from beginning to end and I did that last night and loved every minute of it. I went through picking out the slight differences between this version and the 2013 version. I slightly prefer the 2013 version to the original. I can't wait to watch part 2 tonight because I hear that it's pretty much a parody of the first one and it's just hilarious more ridiculous. |
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Bio-Zombie (1998) A Hong Kong zombie comedy movie from director Wilson Yip (of Ip Man fame). This is actually one of the more interesting zombie movies I've ever seen because it has some actual pacing in it where the zombies don't show up for awhile so we get a chance to get to know the characters before everything goes to hell. There's some pretty funny slapstick comedy going on in here and a great parody of House of the Dead back when that game was relevant. If you consider yourself to be a zombie buff you definitely need to check this movie out. |
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I watched Rosemary's Baby the other day (and Grown Ups later that night).
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Watched Man of Steel the other day. So many inconsistencies, which ultimately ruined it for me.
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Just watched Bad Grandpa. Incredibly funny. Incredibly stupid.
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Last film I watched was Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring - a lovely little tale about a Buddhist master and his child pupil, living on a floating temple on a lake in rural Korea.
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12 Years a Slave “…and they STILL won’t let us shop at Barney’s!” This was the exclamation of an elderly gentleman to the theater as the credits began to roll and he started his way out of the theater. It’s been a 150 years but the sting of slavery still has a lasting effect on our society no matter how hard we try to douse it in petrol fuel and light it on fire. There isn’t any forgetting what heinous and unspeakable things human beings did to one another back then. All we can do is try to understand what happened and how it can never happen again. 12 Years a Slave for me was a window into what happened all those years ago. It was a raw viewing experience as there ever was and completely unapologetic to people it may offend. The offenses on the screen are what should be apologized for and it is an important film to see. Steve McQueen burst onto the scene with Hunger, a film about Bobby Sands and his hunger strike in a Northern Irish prison. The film dealt with standing up for what you believe in even when facing a slow and painful death. McQueen utilized some of the best uses of unbroken camera work I’ve ever seen which includes a twenty plus minute take with star Michael Fassbender and Liam Cunningham. His next film Shame, also starring Fassbender, dealt with the subject of addiction and how it can infest a person to the point of near madness. The film also showcased McQueen’s natural talent behind the camera as we were taken through the streets of New York City in an un-blinking fashion. 12 Years a Slave is McQueen’s tour de force film. Even with a minimal budget, the film feels like culmination of years behind the camera. There are many scenes in this film that show the brutality of slave owners. They are hard to watch and continue longer than they should but this is not a negative. McQueen is forcing us to watch what happened back then. There was no cut scene when somebody is getting lashed within one inch of their life and there is no cut scene here. 12 Years a Slave is a force that will open your eyes whether you like it or not. It really is important cinema. The acting is also something to be grateful for. In my mind there are definitely two, possibly three performances that will be recognized come awards season. Chiwetel Ejiofor leads this film. He is in nearly every scene and the emotion on his face never leaves or lets us catch our breath. Michael Fassbender is an animal. There is no doubt in my mind that he is going to be one of the best actors of our time. He unleashes such hate and evil from his character that even though I wanted to smash in his face the entire time, I still couldn’t take my eyes off him. Lupita Nyong’o is the darkhorse. She didn’t didn’t do it quietly but she gave one of the more emotionally powerful performances from a small but important character. All three were fantastic and real. I guess the only negative thing I could really say about this film is that the story was a bit lacking. It didn’t carry the film like the performances or theme did. I understand it was a true story but I was more horrified and enthralled by what I was seeing then wondering where it was going to all end up. It was a small negative from and overall excellent film that is going to be required viewing for years to come as we advance as a society. 4.5/5 |
^I didn't need any convincing on seeing this film because, well, it's Steve McQueen. But now I'm even more excited to see this one.
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Meh, I was completely not impressed by Gravity. Before when they were just showing the trailers. I was always disgusted by it and told myself I wouldn't see it. After all the praise from different people, critics and the fact that it was number one for like 3 to 4 weeks in a row. I said why not I'll check it out. It is a movie strictly for film nerds. It's pretty much only good for one viewing imo. I will never watch that movie again in my life.
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The East I was really meaning to catch this in theaters earlier this year but ending up procrastinating like I usually do and missing it. I’m sorry I did. I would have loved to contribute to this film in a box office way because I really am a huge fan of anything Brit Marling puts her hands on. She’s gifted as an actress but I just love her writing style as all three of her films that she’s had a hand in now have been great. The East is set up like your typical run of the mill political thriller. Marling’s last film Sound of My Voice focused on the functions and routines of cult culture and she picks up where she left off when we are first introduced to the left wing activist group called The East. Skarsgård plays the enigmatic leader whom almost resembles Marlings’ cult leader in her previous film. The difference between this film and other political thrillers however is a great sense of pacing and character development. I think there is a difference between giving a hefty amount of backstory on a character and just building an emotional bond with one. The East achieves the latter. The characters we are introduced to blossom into people that we care about when the story progresses for good and for bad. The group that we are supposed to be viewing as an antagonist group becomes the focal point and driving point of the story and it was very interesting seeing where it all went. Like Sound of My Voice and the criminally under watched Another Earth, The East is a smart ambiguous piece of writing that while lacks a bit on the acting side (nothing really to write home about, just nothing spectacular) is a fully successful thriller and covers serious issues that could be applied to society today. I’m going to be looking forward to Brit Marlings next film, and the next one, and so forth. 4/5 |
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Leviathan Leviathan is a documentary about the fishing industry. One view of the trailer tells you that we’re not going to be watching a run of the mill doc narrated by Mike Rowe. Leviathan is a visceral experience. Comprised of no dialogue besides a few strewn sentences muttered by the crew at times that are barely audible, the film shows us what happens on a fishing vessel. A real one. No producers. No rewrites. No jump cuts. Twelve cameras were strung across nets, fastened onto bodies, and tossed in and out of water. What we see is a completely raw look at life on the ocean, for man and for fish. I’ll tell you this. It is not pleasant. It is gruesome and ugly but necessary for your fish tacos at Chipotle. They serve those there right? I think they do. There’s a “scene” that I don’t mind describing as there is no real plot to spoil which involves one of the few steady shots in the film. A crewman, tired and exhausted, is in the kitchen watching TV. He is defeated. Sagging eyes and heavy breathing accompanies the sound of “The Deadliest Catch”. Yes, he is watching a show about fishing after he just spent a whole day fishing. The show goes to commercial and we here an ad about an energy drink. “You ever get the 2:30 tired feeling? You know where you just want to go to sleep?” It’s funny. The people on the commercial had a tough tennis workout and want a nap. This guy has just spent 18 hours hauling rigging and cutting the fish off heads and this is the inane commercials he’s watching. The dude falls asleep. Deep **** here guys. That last line seemed a bit negative. I enjoyed the film. It is a one of kind look at whats it’s like battling the ocean day in and day out and what it takes for your fish sticks to become lunch. It’s not a political statement but just a raw visual experience. I don’t know if I’ll watch it again, but it was a one of a kind viewing. 4/5 |
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http://media2.firstshowing.net/first...Kwide59902.jpg Ender's Game let me first say that by the end of the movie i actually really liked it....for what it is what is it? it's a very fast paced film based off of a very slow paced character driven novel it felt more based of of the "cliff notes" rather than the book....but in all honesty this was not necessarily a bad thing....it was like giving up the deep characters and psychology for a fast paced action sci fi film.... which really makes sense....i'm not saying that the most important character is not well written and very well played here....after all this is Ender's story....Ender himself is very developed....but the film is very fast....and is...much like the book in three acts....there is very little battle school here with a little more concentration on command school (which will really only mean anything to anyone who has read the book)....in all honesty for the film version to work....i felt this was a good call all of the important moments of the book are represented in the film very well....but again....it's very fast paced i have to admit that i went into this ready to come out fighting....and i feel that this is really about as good as they can do when trying to transfer such a word dependent book into an enjoyable film and they did leave in what i feel is the most important part of the book....the "Giant" game :) plot and translation aside...the movie is gorgeous....the battle room scenes...although few and far between....are spot on and absolutely thrilling all performances are spot on....with high points awarded to Asa Butterfield (Ender) and Moises Arias (Bonzo) and i feel that had i not already known the outcome i would have been emotional....or at least more emotional at the end also i've now seen ALL of Smaug in the theater....cannot wait for December 13th |
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All is Lost This has been a fantastic fall as far as superior and unique films is concerned. I’ve been waiting to see this since I first heard about it over the summer and it really didn’t let me down. I was fortunate enough to see it with a audience that for the most part was courteous as there is barely any dialogue in the entire film and really leans of the sound editing to carry the mood. The story was simple yet very effective at keeping the tense situation realistic and engrossing. I haven’t seen Margin Call yet but I know that it received huge praise for its writing and I’d like to check it out after seeing this. J.C. Chandor crafted a beautiful script with deep meaning to go along with a great survival story. It’s not an easy thing to do. Robert Redford carries this film. He has to. He’s the only person in it. He barely speaks but has managed to turn in a career performance and arguably the best this year. I still need to see Captain Phillips a second time so I can focus more of Tom Hank’s performance but I was just floored by Redford’s ability at his age to carry a film still. It helps that he’s playing a man who is a total badass. I learned a lot about being at sea from this film and even though the guy could have used a GPS tracker, it was a realistic visualization of what being stranded at sea can be like. I also really appreciated the ending. Some people don’t like ambiguous endings but I love trying to fill in the blanks and come up with my own theories on what happened. All is Lost is a fantastic film and anchored (yeah, puns happen okay?) by a monumental performance by Robert Redford. 4.5/5 |
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Dead Heat (1988) Awesome little forgotten comedy-horror gem from the late 1980's written by Terry Black, brother of Hollywood action screen writer legend Shane Black. Basically it's your typical buddy-cop movie except during an accident in an investigation, one of the cops winds up dead and brought back to life as a Frankenstein-esque style zombie. He and his partner (played by Joe Piscapo with a hilarious mullet) set out to try and solve his murder. There's a great scene in a Chinese butcher shop where the revivification technology brings a bunch of dead animals back to life, include what's left of a cow carcass, and it's really funny to see the zombie cop slowly decompose physically, but retain his professionalism and dedication to "the job". It's on Instant Netflix and I would highly recommend it. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...Surf_Nazis.jpg Surf Nazis Must Die (1987) It feels kind of weird to call this a bad movie given the fact that the title could have already told you that, but even judged by the standards one must adopt when watching Troma movies, this is still awful. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ween6cover.JPG Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995) For whatever reason I've always preferred Michael Myers' string of progressively worse sequels to those of Jason Voorhees, but for whatever reason I never got around to watching this one. I really only watched this one because it's one of Paul Rudd's first roles and I always like watching actor's early works. Out of all the Halloween sequels, it's not quite as bad as Halloween: Resurrection or Halloween 3: Season of the Witch, but it's not very good either. Weirdly enough with these things, the story is actually one of the stronger aspects of the film as it finally attempts to give a reason for why Michael Myers is immortal and has a hate-boner for his family. The problems mostly come from nonsensical goofs like Michael going out of his way to kill a Howard Stern style radio host for no other reason than because he's a jerk. Can't say this will change your life, but there's definitely worse... Speaking of which http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ilmPoster.jpeg Sasquatch (2002) Recently I found a pretty decent little Bigfoot movie on Huluplus called Bigfoot: The Lost Coast Tapes (2012) which exceeded expectations by not being completely shit, so I've been on the hunt for similar movies and Netflix was happy enough to cough up this Lance Henrikson dud. Henrikson completely phoned it in on this, and I can't say I blame him, but at least he got paid for it. There's some truly mindbogglingly stupid dialogue with some equally mindbogglingly bad cinematography that actually started to make me feel a little sick (like all the dutch angles in Battlefield Earth (2000)) and a super abrupt ending where I'm not fully convinced something went horribly wrong during the editing process and they just had to cobble together an ending from all the footage they had. Can't say I recommend it, not even to laugh ironically at it. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ies-poster.jpg Chernobyl Diaries (2012) If this movie did one thing right it's that it's not a found-footage movie. The setup is absolutely perfect for it and the fact that they didn't go for it is admirable if nothing else. In fact the movie actually starts off pretty well at least with building atmosphere and tension but really lets itself down in the 3rd act. |
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I watched "A Woman Scorned - The Betty Broderick Story" last night. I went to a friends house and his GF had it on and I somehow got sucked into the storyline. By the time part 2 came on it was getting late, so I went home and finished watching it.
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"Klass". An Estonian movie about bullying. Intense... dark... glooomy. No walk in the park to drop off in that comfy bed of mine after watching it.
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This is it. This s the year. I’ve been calling it for a while now. My theory that Matthew McConaughey is a fantastic actor is finally coming to fruition. The man is here. This is going to be the year that we’re going to see Matthew McConaughey’s name on a Best Actor nominee list and he earned it. I wouldn’t say He was particularly better than Tom Hanks or Chiwetel Ejiofor but he belongs with them. I just had to say that about my man MM. The other performance of note was Jared Leto. We’ll also be seeing his name on the ballot sheets. In a way this was just as much his coming out party as it was McConaugheys. Both of them shed pounds and just went head on into their roles and it really made for an enjoyable film. The film itself is definitely among the best of this year. What I liked… Besides the fantastic acting, this was an enjoyable film. It was raw and real when it had to be and lax to let the story develop when called for. It’s a film ultimately about the value of life and what some people or organizations will do for those values. It did’t get too preachy which to be honest is where I thought it was heading but considering it is based off a true story I couldn’t really have faulted it much anyway. It’s a real film about real people. What I didn’t like… Not much really. There were a few dead spots as the whole smuggling drugs from other countries got a little too “Ocean’s 11″ for my taste but it was really just a small part. Overall the film is one of the best I’ve seen this year and a defining moment in the careers of McConaughey and Leto. They earned their praise and then some. 4/5 |
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DJ pretty much said it. Not to mention the infamous Texas Chainsaw role. He's really come into his own the last three years.
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You know I don’t think I’ve ever seen a film with Vincent Cassel where he didn’t play a slimy criminal. I’m sure there are some that exist but he is probably one of the most typecast actors working today. I guess it helps that he does it so well but come on. I want to see him in like a nice comedy with Rob Schneider. Wouldn’t that be nice? Okay, I’ve gone to far. I’m sorry. He plays a criminal in Trance and along with his cohorts, bullies poor James McAvoy into trying to remember where he hid a painting he helped steal after a bout of amnesia. You with me? I’m not even with me. The film ended up being chore to get through as I repeatedly caught myself hitting the pause button in order to get a snack or play with my dog. Luckily for me, Danny Boyle directed the film which at least left me with some serious film eye candy. What I liked… As I just said, Danny Boyle is a stylish mo-fo. The film was pretty dazzling all the way through. Deep reds. Dark blues and pastels. It’s a colorful film. Danny has always been this way though. He masterfully captured India in Slumdog Millionaire and delicately captured space in Sunshine. I mean, this is an Oscar winning director here. I’m always impressed with his work. I also really liked the acting from James McAvoy. He gave a gritty performance reminiscent of The Last King of Scotland. I like it better when he keeps his natural Scottish accent. It’s more, I don’t know, gritty. I like that word. Unfortunately these are the only two things that I particularly really liked. Cassel’s performance was average(Although there is an awesome scene that involves his face in this one) and the script had interesting moments. However… What I didn’t like… The script was thinner than a piece of thin cheese…or something equally thin…YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. This is a complicated film with twists and turns and backstabbing and revealed truths and it all seemed to be held together with scotch tape. I mean, we were presented with a finished product at the end but a product that was barely standing up because it’s structure was so weak when being made. Information and plot twists are shoved in our face as if the film is saying “SEE? THIS IS WHAT REALLY HAPPENED! FOOLED YOU!” Like I said in the intro, I would pause to go do something else for a few minutes while I tried to grasp what the hell just happened. I’m also not a fan of blatant lines of dialogue that make absolutely no sense only to be explained later on in the film. It’s a cheap way to create plot twists and really comes off as tacky. Subtlety is a very useful tool in film for when you want to make somebody go “OH, THAT’S WHAT THAT MEANT!” Trance kind of forced you to think that by cheap writing tricks. Not impressed. Also, Rosario Dawson is horrible in this. Horrible. I won’t go as far as saying she’s a horrible actress, but the notion is definitely being explored by myself. She was a distraction in many ways in this film, but when the main reason is horrible acting, that isn’t a good sign. So, what have we learned? Trance is a film that tries WAY to hard to be a plot serpent. It twists and it turns so much that the value of what actually is happening is lost. It is however a pretty gorgeous film made by a talented man in Danny Boyle. 2.5/5 |
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The White Ribbon If I were to name five of my favorite directors living today, Michael Haneke would not only be on that list but would be near the top. Cache is one of my favorite films of all time and I enjoyed his recent film Amour. He’s notorious for being extremely bleak and brutal in his portrayals of life but in that creates some of the most beautiful films modern cinema has ever seen. He tackled sexuality in The Piano Teacher, Alzheimer’s disease in Amour, and even torture in both versions of Funny Games. He is literally a director that makes people both fascinated and dreadful to enter a theater for two hours. This is why I love him. I love being moved and poked and prodded for a response whether good or bad. I love that he almost always leaves his viewers with more questions than answers. Lastly, I often fall in love with his camerawork. His work requires repeat viewings and while I have only sat through The White Ribbon once, I’m sure I’ll be seeing it again. Filmed in black and white as if to automatically distance the viewer from any sort of emotional attachment to these characters. The rosy and lush countryside of Germany is now transformed into a bleak landscape reminiscent of Bela Tarr’s The Turin Horse. This is ultimately a much easier view than Tarr’s work but that is saying something all together. This is not an easy watch. Events start to unfold from the get go as the town doctor is thrown from his horse due to wire being strung across two trees. The mystery of the event only begins a series of strange occurrences that take place over the rest of the film. Haneke is famous for his static shots where he lets the viewer play voyeur over the scene. While his technique is not used as much as his previous films we are still treated to long takes of this small German village operating as its inhabitants go about their daily lives. You really get a sense of how certain events can spread like the plague to other villagers when you live in such a small town. The children, who are really the main focus of the theme lash out and get the full force of their parents as we are treated to a view of a generation which will soon grow up to be some of the most evil people in history, the Nazis. These kids are ages five through fourteen in 1913. Do the math. The White Ribbon ended up being a character study of how foul people can be and how witnesses of such events can keep their mouths closed for so long. The symbolism of Nazi Germany is a subtle, under the skin type affair that ties this film in a horrible bow. I highly recommend this film to people who can stomach slow burns and realistic yet disturbing events. 4.5/5 |
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