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[Brwned]

Before Sunrise (1995) - 7

No less nauseating than your average romance-based movie but much more interesting, Ethan Hawke's annoying face is cancelled out by the fact a young Julie Delpy is not far off my dream girl...still, nauseating. Every conversation's so wonderfully deep and poignant, every moment is something to savour - there's no other way to do it I suppose but it's irksome. And he's very irksome.

 

[R.N7]

Have you already watched the first one or did you mix up the titles?

 

[crappycraperson]

Have you already watched the first one or did you mix up the titles?

That's what I was thinking... Before Sunset is also not your average romantic movie.. I rate it much better than Before Sunrise

 

[Randall Flagg]

Glengarry Glen Ross - One hour and 40 minutes long but it genuinely felt like only half an hour, time really flew by. Me likey.

Brilliant movie that i must wath again. This is where simpsons got their character Gill.

Hunger games. 6/10 complete rip off but an enjoyable movie. Weak ending though.

Conan remake. Dunno why i bother. Actually started well but after that was truely awful

 

[R.N7]

That's what I was thinking... Before Sunset is also not your average romantic movie.. I rate it much better than Before Sunrise

Sunset is definitely a more mature film whilst Sunrise is almost pure fantasy, but still very much enjoyable. They have completed the filming of a third film, Before Midnight that is set to be released next year. I really liked the ending of Before Sunset but I'm not complaining.

 

[Brwned]

I watched Before Sunrise, definitely look forward to a more realistic sequel to balance it out. I actually thought it was a little pretentious. It's the only movie I've thought that about and it might seem a little absurd because it's just a romantic fantasy but it was all just so wonderfully deep and meaningful that it got a bit much at times. Liked it for the most part.

 

[gooDevil]

Unforgiven (1992) - 7

Gene Hackman's the only actor who really brought his character to life yet he wasn't given much screen time, and a slow pace with uninspiring acting isn't really a good mix...disappointed, but it's still enjoyable.

One of my all time favorites, Hackman is awesome in this one. I'd give it a 9.

Warrior [2011] - about MMA, sadly doesn't seem to be based on any kind of a true story, would make it more interesting. Enjoyable enough, but it starts off being about one person and then half way through it's about someone else, that was a bit annoying. Tom Hardy was fantastic though he didn't have nearly enough lines, would have probably been better if the whole movie had been about his character instead.

Probably only deserves a 6, but a fun movie at least.

 

[Spoony]

I watched Before Sunrise, definitely look forward to a more realistic sequel to balance it out. I actually thought it was a little pretentious. It's the only movie I've thought about and it might seem a little absurd because it's just a romantic fantasy but it was all just so wonderfully deep and meaningful that it got a bit much at times. Really liked it for the most part and I'll happily watch it again at some point, it's just a minor gripe.

Have seen Linklater's other stuff?

 

[Member 39557]

Glengarry Glen Ross - One hour and 40 minutes long but it genuinely felt like only half an hour, time really flew by. Me likey.

I must watch this film. I've never seen it but have wanted to for about 3 years. I'll get there in the end like I did with Red Cliff!

 

[Brwned]

Glengarry Glen Ross is top class all-round.

Seen School of Rock when it was out but that's it, what other Linklater stuff should I be looking at?

 

[Spoony]

Glengarry Glen Ross is top class all-round.

Seen School of Rock when it was out but that's it, what other Linklater stuff should I be looking at?

Waking Life, A Scanner Darkly and Tape are worth a watch.

 

[esmufc07]

Lawless was an excellent film and I was pleasantly surprised with Shia LaBeouf, thought he played the part extremely well. That said every actor/ess played their parts well. My only disappointment is we didn't see more of Gary Oldman.

Would definitely recommend. 8/10

 

[jem]

Glengarry Glen Ross is top class all-round.

Seen School of Rock when it was out but that's it, what other Linklater stuff should I be looking at?

You won't find many better cameos that Alec Baldwin's in this movie. Top drawer stuff.

 

[jem]

Glengarry Glen Ross is top class all-round.

Seen School of Rock when it was out but that's it, what other Linklater stuff should I be looking at?

Dazed and Confused is a classic. I recently bought the Criterion Blu-ray for this and it's amazing.

 

[jem]

What do you plan to do with a film studies degree?

Yeah I definitely think Vertigo's the best with maybe Rear Window next, can't separate Rope and Dial M for Murder as my favourites. They're all so similar thematically and have so many of the same great actors/actresses, that's why you can't separate them!

Spartacus (1960) - 8

The only Kubrick movie I've seen that looks dated. And it was very slow for the first hour, and it's loooooong...still great though. The cinematography for the main battle scene was just breathtaking (though the close-up battle scenes just look a little laughable), the relationship between Kirk Douglas and Jean Simmons was great and Charles Laughton was perfect in the comparatively little scene-time he got.

Mystic River (2003) - 7

Sean Penn hammed it up for a while but other than that he was great along with the rest of the big-name lineup, it seemed to lose track around halfway through after an absorbing opening, the manipulative build-up before the overly sudden twist...I dunno, just a bit hit and miss. Much better than the average murder-mystery and a good watch all the same.

Goodfellas (1990) - 8

I think I'd prefer to have watched this before the Godfather because for whatever reason I think it's taken away some of the greatness. And auto-pilot gangster mode is absolutely spot on re: De Niro. Still, fantastic story and a great, great movie.

Downfall (Der Untergang, 2004) - 9

Fantastic.

Trying to watch some of the 'modern classics' recently, anyone got any suggestions for great movies over the last two decades?

Downfall is fantastic, as is Goodfellas. I wasn't crazy about Mystic River - in fact I'm not crazy about Clint Eastwood as a director. As for Spartacus, it's the only Kubrick I haven't seen. I just recently bought Paths of Glory. Excellent film!

 

[jem]

Trying to watch some of the 'modern classics' recently, anyone got any suggestions for great movies over the last two decades?

Here are some of my favourites from the last 20 years:

Trees Lounge, Memento, In The Company of Men, The White Ribbon, No Country For Old Men, Naked, Secrets and Lies, Vera Drake.

 

[R.N7]

Downfall is fantastic, as is Goodfellas. I wasn't crazy about Mystic River - in fact I'm not crazy about Clint Eastwood as a director. As for Spartacus, it's the only Kubrick I haven't seen. I just recently bought Paths of Glory. Excellent film!

Spartacus was pretty much a director for hire job so it doesn't really feel like a Kubrick film, a good film though and the love theme from it is ace.

The White Ribbon is a good one, aye.

 

[peterstorey]

Here are some of my favourites from the last 20 years:

Trees Lounge, Memento, In The Company of Men, The White Ribbon, No Country For Old Men, Naked, Secrets and Lies, Vera Drake.

Awful film, building the myth that people in the mid-20th century were a bit diss (see the equally annoying Chesil Beachby Ian McEwan).

 

[utdalltheway]

The Crying Game (1992)

watched this again the other night. great stuff from Stephen Rea, Miranda Richardson, Jaye Davidson, Jim Broadbent, Forrest Whitaker.

set in NI and London when the IRA were busy.
well worth a look (though that certain scene I could have done without seeing).

 

[Nobby style]

Glengarry Glen Ross is top class all-round.

Seen School of Rock when it was out but that's it, what other Linklater stuff should I be looking at?

Slacker, which I thought was great, is the only thing of his I could get through.

 

[R.N7]

Oslo, August 31st - Who knew Norway could produce great films, eh? A day in the life of a recovering drug addict, his internal struggle and the ghosts of his past. Some of it hit really close to home. Fantastic film.

 

[jem]

Awful film, building the myth that people in the mid-20th century were a bit diss (see the equally annoying Chesil Beachby Ian McEwan).

Agree with you on Chesil Beach, but really liked Vera Drake. What does 'diss' mean?

 

[gooDevil]

I haven't seen 'Black Swan', did anyone like it? I didn't realize it was directed by guy who made 'Pi' and 'Requiem for a Dream", but I still can't imagine it being good.

 

[jem]

I haven't seen 'Black Swan', did anyone like it? I didn't realize it was directed by guy who made 'Pi' and 'Requiem for a Dream", but I still can't imagine it being good.

The fact that it was by the guy who directed Requiem For a Dream should be the first warning sign of awfulness. And it was indeed pretty bad. The Wrestler was decent, but I haven't liked anything else I've seen by Darren Aronofsky.

 

[Member 39557]

I haven't seen 'Black Swan', did anyone like it? I didn't realize it was directed by guy who made 'Pi' and 'Requiem for a Dream", but I still can't imagine it being good.

I enjoyed it. It's certainly a bit different!

 

[Prophet_of_Doom]

I haven't seen 'Black Swan', did anyone like it? I didn't realize it was directed by guy who made 'Pi' and 'Requiem for a Dream", but I still can't imagine it being good.

Liked Pi, Requiem and Wrestler but not Black Swan. It's about an unpleasant, self-obsessed mad person who gets more unpleasant, self-obsessed and mad. But there's lesbian sex. So it's swings and roundabouts.

 

[Member 39557]

Liked Pi, Requiem and Wrestler but not Black Swan. It's about an unpleasant, self-obsessed mad person who gets more unpleasant, self-obsessed and mad. But there's lesbian sex. So it's swings and roundabouts.

I'd have to give it a re-watch, but I didn't find Portman's character unpleasant. She was more like a timid teenager who struggled with nervousness.

I saw her as a victim of pressure from her mother trying to live her ballerina dreams vicariously through her daughter, her rival dancer (kunis) who is competing for her part and a twat of a director. That pressure of trying to live up to expectations, and trying to compete with Kunis eventually drove her nuts.

My memory might have warped it slightly because I only saw it once at the cinema, but that's the way I remember it.

 

[Prophet_of_Doom]

I'd have to give it a re-watch, but I didn't find Portman's character unpleasant. She was more like a timid teenager who struggled with nervousness.

I saw her as a victim of pressure from her mother trying to live her ballerina dreams vicariously through her daughter, her rival dancer (kunis) who is competing for her part and a twat of a director. That pressure of trying to live up to expectations, and trying to compete with Kunis eventually drove her nuts.

My memory might have warped it slightly because I only saw it once at the cinema, but that's the way I remember it.

I'm not giving anything away, but if this is considered a spoiler someone feel free to spoiler it ... but it's only within the first couple of minutes that she first hallucinates seeing her double. Which means she's already loopy when we meet her. Which is why I find it hard to like her ... I needed to see the nice, normal girl to begin with and see the descent. She's already near the bottom when we meet her. Of course, all personal preference!

 

[Member 39557]

I'd not remembered the early part you referred to. I'll give it another viewing and see if it alters my current perception of the story/characters, but regardless, I remember enjoying the film. I also enjoyed the Wrestler, but I haven't seen Pi or Requiem.

 

[Prophet_of_Doom]

I'd not remembered the early part you referred to. I'll give it another viewing and see if it alters my current perception of the story/characters, but regardless, I remember enjoying the film. I also enjoyed the Wrestler, but I haven't seen Pi or Requiem.

I don't know why I enjoyed those but not Black Swan because, in truth, the main characters in each is pretty self-obsessed which is clearly Aronofsky's thing. I just don't think I got her ... although I did think the acting was brilliant.

 

[R.N7]

I Heart Huckabees - Painful.

 

[Brwned]

Lawless (2012) - 7

Too violent for my liking and Shia LeBeouf simply isn't a good enough actor to have the most screen time in a movie like this but it's a good movie. Tom Hardy's great. The accent's a little iffy but I can only assume he was being true to the character, and all the idiosyncrasies are great. Gary Oldman's literally in three scenes. I do like Mia Wasikowska and Jessica Chastain and they're good in supporting roles here. In fact the acting all-round (even Shia) is plenty good, the cinematography's good, the story's good, it's well-paced...definitely worth a watch but I was still expecting more.

 

[Decotron]

Tom Hardys nnnnnnnnnnnnnnrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr sounds were pretty funny by the end of the film.

 

[Mockney]

Shit Beef

 

[Decotron]

Shit Beef

Wasnt a beef, the whole cinema was laughing at it, I enjoyed the movie. Thought it dragged out a bit though.

 

[Mockney]

No, no.

Shit Beef.

 

[pauldyson1uk]

A Night in the Woods.

Another found footage film, I watched it hoping it would be better that the others I have watched, but no in fact it was maybe worst, even worse than Blair Witch.
Set in a wood on Dartmoor, girl her fella and the girls ex. All boring holiday footage , till near the end and then thing start to happen, well not much happens really.
78 mins of my life that I cant get back.

0.5/10

 

[Wibble]

I Heart Huckabees - Painful.

I have no idea what this film is about but the title has always but me off.

 

[amolbhatia50k]

Memento - 8.5 or 9 (undecided)

Thoroughly engaging film. Still not sure exactly what the ending meant. Going over the possible scenarios and which makes the most sense.

 

[Rooney in Paris]

Memento?

Have to rewatch that one, haven't seen it in ages and though I remember the whole idea of it, can't remember what happens.

Saw 50/50 recently, after having read a few things in here I think: thoroughly enjoyed it, thought the theme of the film was very well exploited, Joseph Gordon-Levitt was brilliant at portraying the different stages of dealing with cancer, and some of the scenes are heart-wrenching. Seth Rogen provides the necessary comic relief, all in all just a good film, unpretentious, well written and well acted.