The Official Movie Thread

[AchrisK]

Saw Fantastic Planet last night. Pretty odd movie, but pretty interesting.

 

[genocide roach]

Hey guys, I just started my Netflix account back up and I figured this is probaly the best place to ask, but any recommendations?! I like any horror, comedy, action, thrillers, mystery, foreign doesnt bother me..basically pretty broad just not huge on musicals and kids movies. THanks if you offer anything good!

fido
dead birds
ichi the killer
suicide club
versus
dead alive

thats a start.
~gR~

 

[CF87]

Just saw the American remake of Funny Games. Basically the same as the original, except the acting feels over-rehearsed, some of the lines are slightly different, and Naomi Watts spends most of the middle of the film in her underwear.

Nice

I love naomi watts and saw something about the movie while checking out movies on demand and it looked good.

 

[Melodeath]

I just saw The Mist tonight. What do you all think of it?

 

[Thoth-Amon]

I just saw The Mist tonight. What do you all think of it?

decent

 

[NinjaGeek]

well it was redirected by Michael Haneke

Yeah I knew it was a shot for shot remake, just noting a few of the minor differences.

btw, 13 Tzameti was such a badass film, but the ending could have been stronger

I thought it was appropriate for the minimalist style of the film.

 

[NinjaGeek]

Saw Fantastic Planet last night. Pretty odd movie, but pretty interesting.

This movie is fucking awesome. I just realized I forgot to put this on my favorite movies list.

 

[Vegard Pompey]

I just saw The Mist tonight. What do you all think of it?

Thought it was a bit silly, but I've always found King to be a terrible writer. Ending was cool.

 

[DarkBliss]

King is inconsistent, but really great at his best( The Long Walk, Misery, Pet Sematary). Most of the movies based on his books are not so good though(well, save for Misery, and perhaps The Shining- the actress who played Jack's wife in that movie was just awful.)

 

[unknown]

I thought it was appropriate for the minimalist style of the film.

I thought it would've been better if he'd been approached by the other guy's coach (er whatever) and asked to work for him...and that way he gets further sucked in

but whatever. not my movie.

 

[rms]

King is inconsistent, but really great at his best( The Long Walk, Misery, Pet Sematary). Most of the movies based on his books are not so good though(well, save for Misery, and perhaps The Shining- the actress who played Jack's wife in that movie was just awful.)

King is awesome, I think I enjoy and seen like 10 of his book adaptations

 

[Master_Yoda77]

I'm curious at what you all thought of Gus Van Sant's Elephant.

 

[DarkBliss]

King is awesome, I think I enjoy and seen like 10 of his book adaptations

Perhaps if I hadn't read the books first, I would've enjoyed the movies a lot more.

 

[NinjaGeek]

Just saw The Toxic Avenger. It was pretty cool, but not quite as great as I was expecting.

 

[rms]

I just watched Ichi the Killer. What a weird, terrible fucking movie. Seriously why did anyone give it a positive review?!

 

[NinjaGeek]

I still have to see that. So many must-see movies, my netflix queue is never gonna get below 500.

 

[NinjaGeek]

Just saw Kiss Me Deadly, great classic.

 

[Einherjar86]

I'm curious at what you all thought of Gus Van Sant's Elephant.

Seemed like it tried too hard to be a controversial, intellectual film, and ended up being just a tame emo film instead. At least, that was my impression. I did like the ending though; it was dark and really fucked up.

 

[Vegard Pompey]

I just watched Ichi the Killer. What a weird, terrible fucking movie. Seriously why did anyone give it a positive review?!

Because it's weird and terrible. TO THE EXTREME!

...The greatest movie of like, ever. Some just have a hard time with Takashi Miike's peculiar style.

On a related note, I just saw Fudoh. It was like, a fairly conventional story compared to most Takashi Miike movies I've seen, but I enjoyed it anyway. Not my favourite Miike movie though.

 

[no country for old wainds]

watched no country again, will never stop loving it