I didn't realize it had that small of a release! I remember I saw it as part of a double feature with another movie about an artist and his dysfunctional relationship with another a guy: Love is the Devil, the Francis Bacon biopic. That movie was also pretty good, though not as good as Velvet Goldmine.

Well I'm not sure how small it was exactly, (I know I didn't really hear about it), it's just that nobody went to see it, because they're dumb. I was reading that it had a 9 mil budget and only made 1 mil back. It may have had a smaller release, he wasn't as big a name back then (he's not quite that big now), but I read that he gave Julianne Moore one of her first starring roles which is rad cuz she's rad.

Also that's a sick ass double feature. No one does double features around here, no one goes to see David Bowie metamovies, no one does anything but wait for death. :/ But I just read about that artist, after first supposing "wow I didn't know the philosopher dude was a gay artist dude" like a dummy. he looks pretty cool, what was the movie like?

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great freakin movie because its gritty and the acting is great. i'm never a fan of shaky cam but this one was ok because it made me think of cops the tv show

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RoboCop

It was a piece of garbage and anybody involved in making it should be ashamed. It's not that I just didn't like it. It was so poorly constructed, acted, edited, and written that it seemed like the entire production team made this on the weekends when they were occupied with something else. The fact that they put this remake in the hands of a first time screenwriter shows how much effort they were willing to put into this. José Padilha is a director I admire. His Elite Squad films and documentary Bus 174 are fantastic gritty stories that up the realism and don't hold anything back. I feel bad for the man who came to Hollywood hoping to hit a mainstream audience and he's going to look like a fool now because of inept studio interference getting in the way of his creativity. What a waste of talent. Shame on those studios. This is why I give José Padilha a pass on this one. He should keep making excellent Brazilian films where he has complete control. There are going to be a lot of people who will seek out his films. He doesn't need Hollywood bull****.

That being said, the movie was atrocious. I don't even know where to start. I guess the first order of business is the one thing we knew would hold the film back, the PG-13 rating. I know that direct adaptions are kinda lame. The original "RoboCop" was violent as hell and why the story was still a basic Frankenstein re-imagining, it was fun as hell. This remake wasn't fun. This remake wasn't even a little bit fun. I didn't laugh. I didn't think any of the effects were cool. I didn't find a single thing enjoyable except for the wonderful Gary Oldman who tried his best to make anything in this film work. I think that may be a biased statement, but he didn't do anything wrong with this role. Another slight positive was just the notion that it's nice to see Michael Keatons face on the big screen again. He wasn't very impressive but it was still great to see. The rest of the cast were horrid. Abbie Cornish shouldn't act. Her attempts at being an anxiety filled house wife were laughable. Joel Kinnaman should stick to television. He just doesn't have the face, voice, or presence to command a film. He's a supporting actor at best. It was nice seeing Michael K. Williams in a role that isn't Omar from "The Wire" but the lines his character was given were so corny that it was like a ten year old in the back room of a studio came up with them while playing cops and robbers with his imaginary friend Steve. The whole cast besides Oldman failed on a major level.

I couldn't stand the writing. They spent almost two thirds of the film setting up the development of RoboCop only to realize that they haven't developed any conflict yet and just shoved a villain in at the last second. Again, it is a remake so I'm not spoiling anything but if you've never seen the original film you would be very confused as to why Michael Keaton all of a sudden became a villain. It was that sudden. The film also revealed all these different plot twists with corrupt cops and completely forgot about closing that part of the story. A major character is revealed to be an ******* and then the scene ends and we hear nothing of it, or see that character again for the entire rest of the film. You could land a space shuttle through these holes. It was laughable.

Oh, I nearly forgot about Samuel L. Jackson. His character was one of the most annoying characters I've ever seen in a film. He acted like a segmented narrator throughout the film giving comments on what we just saw while doing so in a fashion that was abrasive and obnoxious. They also just HAD to throw in him saying "motherf*cker". They had to do it. It was entirely distracting and stupid.

The action was also just poorly done. There was no sense of danger or intensity. It was bland, quick cutting PG-13 video game slop. I actually almost fell asleep during the big set piece at the end. That's how boring it was.

Don't waste you time seeing this film. It's a mistake that should never have happened and was sabotaged from the beginning. If you want to see good work from José Padilha then check out his previous films. This is something he will be forgetting and I will be too.

0.5/5

I was lied to then. They kept saying the fact that it was PG-13 wasn't a big deal because in todays day and age they can get away with more violence than they could in the past under a PG-13 rating. Which I agree with. Look at the last few Die Hards.

But Robocop was downright brutal at times. They melted some dude. Melted! Even with today's rating system you couldn't actually melt someone.

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Best gif of all time.

Yeah, but that's not nearly as graphic as...


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Holy ****! That's even more disgusting than I remember. Lol at the blood on the windshield.

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Haunter

There’s about two feet of snow on the ground right now and more is to follow. What does this mean? Beer and Netflix. “Haunter” hasn’t actually finished yet but I am totally finished with the film. I always finish movies whether I like them or not, and I’m still half paying attention, but I’m not missing much. I’ve seen all I needed to see. I remember when this hit on demand and being curious due to the fact that I have liked Vincenzo Natalis work in the past. “Cube” is one of those movies that I can watch at any time because of how much I appreciated the ambition and creativity. With a bigger budget, that film could have been amazing. Yet, it falls into the guilty pleasures section of my DVD collection. This wasn’t by lack of trying of course. The film just didn’t have the money to accomplish everything it wanted to. Natali was also responsible for one of 2009′s most interesting films, “Splice”, which was flawed and disturbing but goddamn was it entertaining. The fact that Stephen McHattie is in this film was the clincher that I’d check it out someday and BEHOLD…Netflix added it to its library today just in time for my snow storm. Now let’s try to figure out why this film sucks…

This film is too complex for it’s own good. What started out as a simple ghost mystery soon turned into a weave of confusion and plot twists that drained any life out of the original idea. This is the problem with trying to be too smart. People think that all the ideas have been done before so they’re going to have to compensate for this by throwing in twist after twist after twist. You know what this does? This takes the viewer out of the story completely, or at least it takes me out. Sometimes, the most simple of stories is what generates the most genuine reaction. Ti West is a good example. His two films “House of the Devil” and “The Gatekeepers” were slow burns that only featured one twist. They upped the suspense by keeping it grounded. Both are among my favorite horror films of the last decade. They didn’t try to blow the viewers mind but rather played to the strengths of ghost stories. They capitalized on the fears of being in a house/building that is creepy and let the imagination do the work. “Haunter force fed me discoveries. It didn’t let me figure out what was happening or give me time to try to guess what was going on. Every five minutes the path in which we were travelling to was pointed out and thus took all suspense away from the film. I don’t understand how people don’t understand this and keep making films that refuse the viewer the right to use their imagination. This is the key to horror films.

The acting was also pretty bad. Abigail Breslin can be a good actress. Obviously she was great in “Little Miss Sunshine” but we haven’t seen that kind of performance from her since. I haven’t seen “August: Osage County” yet but perhaps the stellar cast aound her brought something out because she was flat out awful in this. I don’t expect great acting in horror films but it’s the one thing that could make a bad film somewhat watchable. Look was “The Conjuring” did recently. The story was something that has been done twenty times a year but the acting, and the direction of course, was top notch, hence giving a pleasant experience. This wasn’t pleasant. This was stupid. Stephen McHattie, who is one of my favorite supporting actors, tried his best but the corniness of his character just didn’t work with his creepy way of delivering lines.

I was disappointed by how much I hated the film. I know that I haven’t loved any of Vincenzo Natalis films but I expected something enjoyable at least. Yet another horror/ghost story suffers the fate of being unoriginal and poorly executed. One day somebody is going to figure it out. Until then I’ll just have to keep waiting for Ti West to release his masterpiece and out horror films back in the spotlight.

1/5

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Blue Valentine

Why did I do this to myself? Why did I watch this film the day before Valentine’s Day? I’m beginning to think that somewhere deep in my brain lies a section of tissue that loves to punish the rest of my brain. I knew what I was in for yet I hit play on my DVR anyway. I don’t understand it. I’m still glad I did it because I ended up loving the film.

Blue Valentine centers around the relationship of Dean and Cindy, two people who met by chance and fell in love. That sounds nice doesn’t it? That sounds like something you can curl up in your favorite PJs, get a nice glass of wine, pop in the DVD player, and just enjoy the romance. Well, there are some great elements but what you’ll ultimately get is a punch in the face. Right. In. The. Face. This is not a film to be viewed if you have recently gone through a breakup, but perhaps it’s what is needed to put things into perspective and get the grieving process into full gear. I know it hit me hard. Relationships are tough business. The relationship we see unfold throughout the course of the film is full of intensity from where we start to where we leave off. It’s a perfect example of how we roll the dice. Some people we meet will end up being people we love forever. Some people we meet will end up being people we hate. Sometimes we’ll meet a person and both of those things will happen. It’s necessary though. It’s necessary to go through these things. Sometimes you just have to get your heart ripped out and this film did a great job ripping mine out.

Derek Cianfrance is slowly becoming one of my favorite up and coming directors. His last film, “A Place Beyond the Pines” was a slightly flawed but overall fantastic film and now that I’ve seen “Blue Valentine”, I can’t wait for what he has next. The dude is a wonder behind the camera. There were a lot of scenes in BV that were done using a handheld camera and while the term “shaky cam” could possibly be used for some, what it did ws make the film more real. I didn’t think this was possible due to the fact that Cianfrance had both of his leads improvise many scenes but the camera added an extra sense of realism to the film. Long shots covering the length of conversation kept me interested in what was being said. The way in which Cianfrance also told his story was interesting. The film jumped from the beginning of Dean and Cindy’s relationship to the present day relationship. This, at least for me, kept the relationship as a whole in view. I didn’t forget what they went through at the beginning of the film because I was still being shown the beginning of the relationship at the end. This also laid the heavy on pretty thick as we are constantly watching them in love and in turmoil. It was very powerful.

Speaking of powerful, what performances by Williams and Gosling. They had some of the best chemistry on screen that I’ve ever seen and the fact that they improvised a lot of their scenes together makes it even more fascinating. Gosling has always been a solid actor to me. He collaborations with Nicolas Winding Refn have been a little off but he is a very capable actor who may have given his career performance in BV. Williams, who earned an Oscar nomination for her role, also is at her career best. Williams in particular was incredible once the camera was locked on her face, her eyes in every scene and her facial expressions were great to watch as you could tell she was losing herself in her character. Gosling was charming and also incredibly tragic. Both were incredible to watch.

I know I shouldn’t have watched this film with tomorrow looming, but I’m glad I did. It’s a tragic story but ultimately a real one. Relationships can be brutal beasts and not every single one ends with old age and grandchildren. It’s important to remember this and this film does a great job portraying what people have to deal with when they decide to fall in love. The film also boasts great music from Grizzly Bear and an end title sequence that is unique and uplifting. Great film.

4.5/5

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The Lego Movie

I need to get this out of the way. THIS MOVIE WAS AWESOME!!! SO FUNNY. SO AWESOME. SPACESHIP!!!

Okay, that was the twelve year old me getting some much needed screen time on this website. You can only review depressing relationship films, gritty foreign dramas, and anything that falls out of Lars Von Trier’s ass for so long. The inner child had to come out and I picked a wonderful film for that. The perks of working at a movie theater came to fruition as I picked the latest showtime last night for my friend and I to see this film. We were the only ones in the theater. This had good an bad points. The good points were that we were able to talk a bit without the fear of pissing people off and I was also able to laugh like a lunatic during a movie aimed at kids without seeming like a freak. The bad points were that I would have loved to enjoyed this film with other people because it was a riot and a lot of fun. In the end though I was glad I didn’t have children telling their parents what just occurred on screen for five minutes as they drowned out the audio. This film is a joke a minute type of deal. Hell, I didn’t even catch 100% of the jokes and I was paying full attention. Let’s get into why this film was so awesome.

First off let me describe my childhood as quickly and as entertaining as possible. I was an outdoors kid and when I wasn’t doing things outdoors I was inside playing Sega or playing with my matchbox cars. The second part there is important. I huge theme of “The Lego Movie” is that you should honestly build whatever the **** you want to build and let you mind be imaginative. I had that. I just didn’t have it with Legos. I had it with matchbox cars. I would create scenarios and situations with over fifty cars as I would crash them, create sound effects, make scenery and roads for them to drive, and of course, mangle the **** out of them with vice grips. What? You never did that? The point is that I had an imaginative mind but focused the energy on little cars. I had Legos, but I would honestly play with them for about twenty minutes before I got bored and got my multiple boxes of cars out. I tried a couple times to build a Millenium Falcon but just couldn’t keep my attention on it to get close to finishing it. That being said, my enjoyment of this film was not out of some nostalgic euphoria, but rather an old fashioned coming out party for my inner child.

This film didn’t need you to be a Lego freak when you were younger. The whole concept of playing with toys as a child was in full focus throughout the whole film, even to the point of attaching mouth sound effects to moving legos ships and machines, JUST LIKE KIDS DO. Multiple situations were fixed with thinking outside the box and attaching unorthodox Lego blocks to parts of the body and other whacked out things kids would do with these things. Look at this great strip from one of my favorite things ever, Calvin and Hobbes…

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That was what this movie was. It was a bunch of adult kids getting to let their inner children come to life in a way that never has been seen before. We’ve had Lego movies before. These movies were made with cheap special effects and looked like they were rendered on Windows 95. This is a film shot entirely in CGI but with the delicacy to make sure that every single Lego block looked real. The animation was so real looking that I had a hard time believing I wasn’t looking at a stop motion film using real Legos. It was great. Everything was Lego. The water was Lego. The smoke was Lego. The fire and bullets were Lego. It was a great sight. I remember first seeing posters and trailers for this and thought it was going to be too silly but in reality it was a perfect blend of kid humor and adult humor. This is what makes Pixar fantastic and what is now making Phil Lord and Christopher Miller household names in animated films. They aren’t just for kids. I’m glad they exist.

The cast is also fantastic. Chris Pratt was the perfect person to play the lead Lego man Emmet. Pratt basically plays Emmet as he plays his one of a kind character of “Andy” on Parks and Rec. He is a lovable but ultimately small brained Lego man that is just trying to fit in. Morgan Freeman plays the Gandolph like “Vitruvius” who is a blind prophet trying to stop the evil Mr. Business, played hilariously by Will Ferrell, from taking over the world. Other fantastic roles include Charlie Day as the 1980′s spaceman…SPACESHIP!!!…Alison Brie as Unikitty, and of course, Will Arnett as ****ING BATMAN. That felt good to say. Batman and Benny the 1980′s Spaceman were the best parts of the film in my eyes. I haven’t laughed that hard in a theater since “This is the End”. The whole cast was a riot.

Lastly there is a good message at the end. I won’t go into spoilers but parents who bring their children hopefully will be leaving with a nice war fuzzy feeling inside and hopefully will spend time building things with their kid. I expected somewhat of a mushy ending and that’s what I got, but it certainly didn’t detract from the film at all. It didn’t add a whole lot but was a nice way to end a film that’s sole purpose was to entertain and make us laugh.

Overall I loved the movie. I want to see it again. I love being twelve years old. The movie was charming, hilarious, and featured one of a kind animation. I’m looking forward to anything those two make i the future and the film lived up to the hype.

SPACESHIP!!!!

4.5/5

I agree with this. I busted out laughing when she did the lip quivering type cry. I was like really? It took me out of the movie. She was over doing it and it didn't seem nature.

It is called satire motherf*cker do you speak it?

Joel wasn't bad. I do wish Michael had more screen time though as well as Samuel L Jackson. I loved Sam's role as being a republican pundit and that whole satire piece. I don't know how you couldn't enjoy Sam's screen time. He was basically mimicking O'Rielly

So spent so much time hating this movie that you didn't realize that they wrapped up everything. There weren't any holes in it. You were blinded by your hatred of it.


I did doze off but not from boredom. I was just kind of tired haha. I still woke up in time to catch everything though.


I almost went with Lego Movie because of your review of Robocop but I'm glad I decided to say fuck Exo's review. Let me see for myself. It wasn't as bad as you are making it out to be. Turn off your brain for a bit and enjoy the campy-ness of a movie that was born out of camp. The original Robocop was campy as ****. waaaah not enough violence. While the original was associated with it. I don't feel like it was necessary to be as gory just to tell the same story.

Went to the cinema last night to see 'Her' and it blew my mind. Made me very emotional. Flawless script. 5/5.

i went and saw Robocop last night and must say....i'm amazing you gave it a .5

what a fucking turd of a movie.....literally nothing good to say about it.....i had absolutely no intention of supporting this film and now i know why

so bob. why the fuck did you go see it?

well....here in the Reno/Sparks area they decided to build an IMAX theater which opened on my birthday!

with Robocop :(

a friend said he's buy the tickets so we could check out the new theater.....which has recliners in all theaters (uh except the IMAX!)....and the theater serves beer!

not just serves beer....but good beer on tap.....and in a 32oz glass!

so good beer....horrible movie....giant screen.....thoughts

Spiderman 2
GODZILLA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Winter Soldier
and
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY!!!!!!!!!!!!

looks like it's gonna be a great summer :)

also i saw The Lego Movie last week....and agree with exo

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If you're looking at this and thinking "oh, great, another quirky film about hipster life in New York" I wouldn't argue against your skepticism. That said, I really, really enjoyed this. I'm a big fan of the antihero and Greta Gerwig is my dream woman. There's not much of a point to the film, but the characters are all relatable (in the worst ways possible) and the dialogue so greatly written and performed that it's enough to keep you interested. I don't buy a lot of movies but this is one I want in my collection. I liked this a lot more than Noah Baumbach's previous film, Greenberg, but they are similar in their tones.

I'm glad you enjoyed it. I wouldn't want anybody to throw away their own thoughts and opinions because I have my own snobby view of film. That's never the point. I do have one thing to say in my defense. You said that they wrapped everything up and that there were no holes. So what happened to the police chief?

Criterion actually released it which I thought was very interesting. I love Greta Gerwig. She's so silly.

Ive seen a few movies in the last week.

The new Carrie which was very underwhelming in my opinion. Shes a great actress but I just didnt believe her character. The old Carrie had that crazy eyes devil stare going on, she was alot freakier.

Then there was Youre Next which I thought was pretty bad. It was a interesting idea but it was boring as hell.

And then there was Kick Ass 2 which was good but pales in comparison to the oroginal.

The Squid and the whale

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Good film the ending was sh*t though if it was supposed to move me, it didn't.

other than that it was pretty good.

One of my most hated films ever.

What can I even post after 1380+ pages of movies?

'Once Upon a Time in China?' The old one...
'Seven Samurais?'


f'it I give up.

I like so many that were already mentioned....

How about the latest film you've seen?

The Empty Mirror.

If you can find it, watch it.
Oh, here you go...much deeper than I thought:

I saw that phoebe in wonderland movie, it was torture emotionally most of the time, but extremely well done on all accounts. I kinda felt like the ending came too quick but I misse the first few minutes too so maybe that why, or maybe not.

A Shot in the Dark on Saturday and The Monuments Men on Sunday.
The former was pretty goofy, but still hilarious. 4/5
The latter was gripping, subtle, and the best war movie I have seen in a long time. A must-see if you are into art and/or history. 6/5!

Monuments Men looks to be just about the least subtle thing ever made.

By subtle, I meant in terms of special effects, CGI, etc. A lot of war movies go overboard on them.

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Red Hook Summer (2012)
I have really mixed feelings about this movie. I liked the premise, liked the setting, liked the way it was shot and thought Clarke Peters gave a great performance. But the whole thing felt kind of half-assed, like Spike Lee had decided to film a rough draft of a script, and the two adolescents at the heart of the story were two of the worst actors I've ever seen in my life.

We watched Hiroshima Mon Amour in film class today and honestly it could be the most beautiful film I have ever seen. Without sound it could be mistaken for art, without video it could be taken as poetry, and the union of the two is just magical.

But.. But.. it's a spike lee joint..

i thought those were always good :(

I haven't seen that one but Crooklyn is one of my fav films ever is that one similar to Crooklyn?

I've never seen Crooklyn so I'm not sure. I'd say the vibe of this movie is like a mix between Do the Right Thing and Get on the Bus but not as good as either. If you like Spike Lee, it's worth seeing. It's not a bad movie. It has some great things about it, it's just very flawed.

Just saw 'Ender's Game'...oh my God what a horrible waste of my time/ life.
Maybe, if I was 13....

Spike Lee is an *******. Proven and written.
What would ever make you think his films are good?

I watched Psycho for the second time today, and how I love it. Unfortunately, the shower scene is so well known that it's not even scary to new viewers, because it's expected.

Ever seen 'Hitchcock'?
With Anthony Hopkins, and all 'at?

Cause ive seen a couple of them and they were good

Most of them always bring up the issue of racism but aside from that they were pretty decent films

The fact that some of them are good. Being an asshole and being a talented filmmaker are not mutually exclusive.

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Mud (2012)
I absolutely loved this movie. Such great performances. Such a great story that it felt like it could have been adapted from a piece of classic literature. I've now seen all three of writer/director Jeff Nichols' movies and all of them are amazing. This guy is quickly becoming one of my favorite filmmakers.

Mud is spell-bounding. As far as understated "southern drama" goes I'd say it's the best thing since Sling Blade. Better, really.

Today was a rainy Sunday so I watched The Omega Man for the first time, and loved it.

Have you seen Nichols' other movies, Take Shelter and Shotgun Stories? If you haven't, check them out. If loved Mud, you'll love them.

Heh. I love that movie too. The Last Man on Earth is worth watching as well.