last movie you saw - and what did you think of it?

**Darkmatters** · 10-16-2011 04:55 PM

The Shining (Kubrick). This was made at a time that I now recognize as a peak of a certain kind of intelligent artistic filmmaking. This film and Mulholland Drive are the only ones that can fill me with an atavistic dread that actually makes me a little afraid t walk through my house at night without all the lights on. They aren't typical formulaic horror movies using all the paint-by-number scares, instead they slowly build a palpable sense of unease through long quiet shots and disquieting music and sounds. The horror they deal with is inside the human mind or soul, not a monster or killer. And what I realized while watching last night (which they both have in common) is they're seen through altered states of consciousness - parts of these movies must be seen as dreams or visions or hallucinations, and the result is that the viewer is forced inside the mind of an unbalanced character. Both films can also be interpreted like dreams, revealing interconnected layers of meaning, to such an extent that people have spent years studying them.

**BobbyLance** · 10-17-2011 10:27 AM

Opened up my dusty collection of DVDs and decided to watch The Dark Knight, again. Even though I it's my second play through, the experience was still fresh. What struck me most is the performance of Heath Ledger and not Bale. The movie's Joker might be the most insane yet brilliant comic villain I've seen in my life.

**AURON** · 10-19-2011 12:39 AM

Super 8.....all I can say is that it's this generations Goonies.

**Oneironaut Zero** · 10-19-2011 12:51 AM

Originally Posted by Auron

Super 8.....all I can say is that it's this generations Goonies.

It is, pretty much, but I enjoyed (and still enjoy) Goonies 1000x times more than I did Super 8. It had it's good points, but I didn't quite find it as fun as I thought I might.

[Edit]
Maybe this generations' 'Stand By Me' is a better analogy, which I still think is a little better than Super 8, but a little closer to Super 8's level of seriousness.

**AURON** · 10-19-2011 07:29 AM

Originally Posted by Oneironaut

It is, pretty much, but I enjoyed (and still enjoy) Goonies 1000x times more than I did Super 8. It had it's good points, but I didn't quite find it as fun as I thought I might.

[Edit]
Maybe this generations' 'Stand By Me' is a better analogy, which I still think is a little better than Super 8, but a little closer to Super 8's level of seriousness.

Nah...there was all that classic story telling in stand by me. I still think goonies is a billion times better than super 8, but this is probably the best this generation is going to get.

Just finished Bad Teacher. It was okay....I think they should have been raunchier. Hell...maybe have a star that's actually willing to get naked or something, I don't know.

**Original Poster** · 10-19-2011 08:51 AM

Got to recommend a movie for any WW2 buffs out there: The Brest Fortress. This is one of the greatest WW2 films I've ever seen, up there with The Thin Red Line, Saving Private Ryan and Letters from Iwo Jima.

It's about the German Assault of Brest, Belarus, where soviet soldiers held out for nine days. One interesting thing about this film is even though it follows the three commanders that were named heroes of the soviet union for their actions, the protagonist is a young boy and member of the music regiment who refuses to hide from his duty as a soldier. Much like my other favorite war films, it does not glorify combat but rather reveals the tragedy of war.

It neither ignores the corrupt system of hierarchy in the USSR nor goes out of the way to ridicule it, but rather touches on the weaknesses of their command structure while mostly focusing on the soldiers struggle to defend the fortress rather than the politics of the USSR.

It's also brutal as fuck.

AND it's on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z11Pzsd9yJw

**AURON** · 10-19-2011 08:54 PM

The last Airbender. I heard tons of awful reviews on this movie, and I actually enjoyed it. My guess is that it's because I never watched the cartoons. The music set the tone, and the camera work during the fight scenes was superb. Besides a little rough acting in the beginning, I was saying to myself "when is this movie going to turn to crap", and it never happened. I give it a 3.5 out of 5. If the water people would have bamboo spiked a few people, then it would have gotten a solid 4.

**Oneironaut Zero** · 10-19-2011 08:59 PM

Originally Posted by Auron

My guess is that it's because I never watched the cartoons.

And therein lies the tragedy.

Such a superb cartoon (and it is), reduced to.....that.

Tried to finish the movie twice, and just found myself completely bored and disappointed with it. Never got around to seeing the ending.

**AURON** · 10-19-2011 09:04 PM

Originally Posted by Oneironaut

And therein lies the tragedy.

Such a superb cartoon (and it is), reduced to.....that.

Tried to finish the movie twice, and just found myself completely bored and disappointed with it. Never got around to seeing the ending.

Ignorance is bliss. Now I know what it felt like when the general public enjoyed Wolverine Origins. Also about super8....I watched a crap bootleg version, so it almost added to what era the film was trying to replicate.

**Original Poster** · 10-20-2011 12:22 AM

The Last Airbender - Don't ever bother finishing it O. Just. Don't. Bother.

Wolverine - They RUINED deadpool. Ruined him. I was really satisfied with the casting choice, too. I just hate the direction they took him in. Never sew deadpool's mouth shut. They went for cliche thinking it'd have the widest satisfaction base. Just goes to show Hollywood knows nothing of art or literature

Super 8 - I saw it in theaters cause I heard it was good and I liked Cloverfield. Now I just hate JJ Abrams. He has a ted talk where he opens by presenting a mystery box he bought as a kid. Then he never actually opens the mystery box. Why? To argue the point that you don't need anything solid behind a story as long as it has intrigue. What a crock of shit.

**Solarflare** · 10-22-2011 09:23 PM

i have never seen the last airbender movie, but the cartoon was absolutly godly!

edit: zuko in the movie....... UGH!

**Original Poster** · 10-25-2011 06:50 AM

Saw paranormal activity 2 just now... it was even worse than the first one. Talk about a snoozefest

**Oneironaut Zero** · 10-25-2011 06:54 AM

From Dusk 'til Dawn

One of my favorite Tarantino flicks.

**Original Poster** · 10-25-2011 07:09 AM

He wrote it, but MY favorite director directed it

**Oneironaut Zero** · 10-25-2011 07:21 AM

Originally Posted by Omnis Dei

He wrote it, but MY favorite director directed it

True! Of course, props to Robert Rodriguez!

**tommo** · 10-25-2011 07:49 AM

Originally Posted by Omnis Dei

Saw paranormal activity 2 just now... it was even worse than the first one. Talk about a snoozefest

So.... um, why the fuck would you watch the second one if the first one was so shite?
Actually.... why the fuck would you watch the first one!????? lol

**Carôusoul** · 10-25-2011 01:16 PM

Stake Land

was actually decent

**Supernova** · 10-30-2011 06:08 AM

Children Of Men, and it was great, just brilliant. Cinematography was, as noted, impressive. The actor that played the old pot dealer seemed very familiar, but I can't quite place it.

[Michael Caine, that's who he is. The familiarity was from Inception. It was the voice that tipped me off, I think.]