Thoughts On The Last Movie You've Seen

[Chukkles]

The Killing Room.

I saw it a long time ago and loved it, I've never seen it anywhere in the UK but bought it off amazon for £2 something.

 

I will post the imdb link but would RECOMMEND not knowing anything about the plot before hand. First time I saw it was online and knew nothing about it other than the title.

 

Even if someone went and bought it I'd recommend not reading the blurb on the back.

 

 

www.imdb.com/title/tt1119191/

 

Anyone tell me why it's not linking please?

I'm on iOS.

Edited February 17, 2013 by Chukkles

[DS 17]

 

The Killing Room.

I saw it a long time ago and loved it, I've never seen it anywhere in the UK but bought it off amazon for £2 something.

 

I will post the imdb link but would RECOMMEND not knowing anything about the plot before hand. First time I saw it was online and knew nothing about it other than the title.

 

Even if someone went and bought it I'd recommend not reading the blurb on the back.

 

 

www.imdb.com/title/tt1119191/

 

Anyone tell me why it's not linking please?

I'm on iOS.

That sounds good.

I've seen a similar movie like that called "The Experiment" from 2001. It's a simulation of paid volunteers that willed to go to a jail. Some as guars and some as prisoner. Unbelievable how everything went on after a short while. So much similarities to the real world, too.

[Sup3rman]

Skyfall, watched it two days ago. I quite liked it, i havent even seen Quantum of solace and tought id at least see this one. It was bit boring in some places and too stretched, but i still like it.

[Brobinski]

 

That sounds good.

I've seen a similar movie like that called "The Experiment" from 2001. It's a simulation of paid volunteers that willed to go to a jail. Some as guars and some as prisoner. Unbelievable how everything went on after a short while. So much similarities to the real world, too.

Based of the Stanford Prison Experiment in the 70s I'm guessing? That case has got some really messed up implications considering that it's soemthing that actually happens to the human psyche when given the illusion of inherent authority/subservience.

 

@SM: don't worry about missing out on Quantum of Solace, it's the weakest bond movie for a while, which is especially disappointing with it coming off the back of Casino Royale.

Edited February 17, 2013 by I So Brink

[69_black_69]

Just watched 21 Jump Street.

Starring Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum as 2 undercover cops sent to a high school to infiltrate a synthetic drug ring.

 

Decided to watch it only because of i like Brie Larson (Yeah, i'd totally watch every movie starring one of my favorite actress) . But, man, i can't believe i enjoyed it so much. Thought that it will be a sh*tty and stupid action comedy, but turn out i'm having an a lot of enjoyable laugh. Ah, felt so good because i was never loling this much lately.

 

I like it much, and if i have to score it, it would be an 8/10.

[Mister Pink]

You're welcome, Brink. Same here. He's quite consistent. I'd love to see one of his stage works too. Really look forward to where he goes next. Nice review on End of Watch. I really enjoyed that film. We seem to have a similar taste in films.

 

[King Mystery]

Finally got around to seeing The Perks of Being a Wallflower. A bit late, maybe, but still many tears were shed.

[H.I.M.]

 

Titanic. Man, it was so sorrowful. Actually, I am a guy who doesn't feel sad over things like films and dramas. But after watching this movie...I..felt..weird..everytime I think of the 1500+ peoples' death...I feel a odd sensation of sorrow..I mean weren't there any way they all could've saved..

[Brobinski]

I can never appreciate the achievement that Titanic is because of how much my sister exposed me to it when I was too young to properly get it. She's seven years older than me and was obsessed with DiCaprio as every 13 year old girl was at that point, so I saw Titanic way too many times at age 6/7. I'm bitter, and bitter about being bitter just to compound that!

 

 

Skyfall

 

Growing up on the Pierce Brosnan Bonds will do something to you. At the time lasers, and WWIII and invisible cars and faces encrusted with diamonds are all amazingly cool. The youre age reaches double digits and you start to realise that it's a bit too ridiculous and a bit too out there to be taken seriously. It's even more strikingly obvious that this sort of production had overstayed its welcome when you consider that Madonna sang the theme song for Die Another Day - in 2002. Thankfully, Daniel Craig and co came along and did the "in" thing for the 21st century and gave it a gritty reboot. Less gadgets, more pathos, and even without all the batsh*t crazy ideas, a lot more fun.

 

It seems Craig is set to cover most of Bond's career, from his first mission as 007 in Casino Royale to Skyfall where everyone is bleating on about how he's too old and this is a new world. There's a lot of talk about moving on from the "old times", with Q (now played by the youthful Ben Whishaw) pretty much explicitly saying that the times of exploding laser guided dart pens are long gone as he hands Bond a gun and a radio. It's no just thematic either, the Bond's villain is a ghost from MI6's past that has resurfaced to settle and old score. Javier Bardem is Silva, a calculating and charismatic antagonist that barely hides the cold maniac that hides beneath the smiley and polite veneer he puts on.

 

But plot's never been a strong point for the Bond franchise, even in its new timeline (I mean, does anyone both care and understand what happened in Quantum of Solace? It seems if you understood then you didn't care, and if you cared then you hadn't understood). Although the story's passable here and much an improvement on just about every Bond film plot ever, the real strengths come in characterisation and looking god damned fantastic.

 

The reboot series from Casino Royale onwards as much concerned with who Bond is as what Bond does. He's no longer a blank canvas who functions as a weapon to be deployed but we know a lot more about him. The whole arc with Vespa in CR and QoS gave us a man who can actually love as well as f*ck, and Skyfall gives us a man with a past and story. Many would criticise this, giving the international man of mystery a background, but I much prefer a man with motivations than mystery. It's just a matter of preference really. The only issues I have with the way Bond's past was explained were (minor spoilers): 1) his name is really James Bond? Really? They let MI6 agents operate under their real names? 2) He is essentially Batman.

 

 

The Bond franchise's treatment of women has never exactly been progressive, I know, but I was fooled again by the marketing and disappointed by one aspect of the film. The film's only just come on sale on DVD/Bluray so of course there's been a marketing blitz. Everywhere you look there's a 10ft Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem or Bérénice Marlohe - wait, who? Yeah, Ms Marlohe is all over the advertising. I expected the typical Bond-girl fare where she was some version of the good girl who gets turned by the bad guy or vice versa where she's evil but sleeps with Bond and his penis makes her re-evaluate her life choices. But no, the woman who is on probably 1/4 of the advertising is in the film for about 15 minutes and is never mentioned again. I don't have any idea why they even put her on the pos-

 

I may have figured it out. Damn.

 

Skyfall has more than just pretty women though, the whole film is a treat for the eyes. Nearly every scene has one shot that'll make you stop and just think "holy sh*t that's beautiful". Cold, sharp daytime shots contrast beautifully with the warm tones that envelop the night where Bond does much of his work. This is honestly the most beautiful film I've seen in years, and I saw Life of Pi last month. Skayfall's up for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography and in my eyes it's already won, even if the Academy does go the artsy route and pick Life of Pi over it. Without director Sam Mendes and cinematographer Roger Deakins, this could have been a solid, reasonably entertaining Bond film, but with them on board because an exciting and engaging work of beautiful visual art.

 

I'll leave it here with some of the best examples of aforementioned art:

 

Wow

 

Every city needs to be neon blue at night.

 

Damn

 

Goddamn. Wanna live in those highlands.

 

Fuuuuck. Soooo good.

 

Encapsulating and almost dream-like. Fantastic.

 

I need a bar like this in my life.

 

 

Absolutely stunning.

[A J]

.........your over written, elaborate reviews comes across like a pretentious art critic in a gallery looking at sh*t...not something to be found or expected on a forum dedicated to video game.

 

anyways, last film I saw was.....Django Unchained.

 

In a nutshell, great film, with the typical violence and memorable dialogue associated with Tarantino, much better than Kill Bill, slightly better than Inglorious Basterds but not quite Pulp Fiction, watch it.

 

9/10.

[Mister Pink]

.........your over written, elaborate reviews comes across like a pretentious art critic in a gallery looking at sh*t...not something to be found or expected on a forum dedicated to video game.

 

anyways, last film I saw was.....Django Unchained.

 

In a nutshell, great film, with the typical violence and memorable dialogue associated with Tarantino, much better than Kill Bill, slightly better than Inglorious Basterds but not quite Pulp Fiction, watch it.

 

9/10.

Ah dude, I love his reviews and long ones as well. I respect for you dude too, so I'm a little surprised to said that. I think it's great form for writing nice reviews with images too. We all have our GTA in common and this topic is cool for me and other members to read reviews from other people we have something in common with (GTA)

 

 

Your little review summed up Django for me too.

[Brobinski]

The context will probably help. I have my own little blog dedicated to reviewing films, it's mostly a personal thing to keep track of what I think of films I enjoyed/disliked and to practice my critical writing. I just copy/paste them from over there.

 

And on a personal note, I accepted that I'm a bit of a pretentious prat a long time ago. It's something I can't deny.

[A J]

Fuuuuck. Soooo good.

 

 

Absolutely stunning.

The reviews are good and appreciated, but the scene by scene analysis and comments were my main gripe, as I quote above....quite how that particular scene is.....Fuuuuuuuuuuck soooo gooood, I've got no idea, reminded much over hearing an over the top, prick in a modern art museum.

 

 

[Typhus]

The context will probably help. I have my own little blog dedicated to reviewing films, it's mostly a personal thing to keep track of what I think of films I enjoyed/disliked and to practice my critical writing. I just copy/paste them from over there.

 

And on a personal note, I accepted that I'm a bit of a pretentious prat a long time ago. It's something I can't deny.

Robinski? I thought you left?

 

http://robsthoughtsonfilms.blogspot.co.uk/

 

You know, if you want to come back, just ask the mods to unban you or something. Don't use this cloak and dagger nonsense.

[Brobinski]

Well it wasn't so much a scene by scene thing, I just really appreciated some of the light/shadow stuff the film had going on. The only way to showcase something so visual is with pictures really. I'll keep it lighter on the images in the future if that's the gripe though.

 

E: f*ck, busted. Only came back to discuss film on here. Can't be f*cked with the rest of the stuff.

 

And with that, I'm off again.

[Typhus]

 

Well it wasn't so much a scene by scene thing, I just really appreciated some of the light/shadow stuff the film had going on. The only way to showcase something so visual is with pictures really. I'll keep it lighter on the images in the future if that's the gripe though.

 

E: f*ck, busted.

So...are you Robinski? Or just stealing stuff from his blog?

And if you are, why even leave in the first place? Pretty sh*tty thing to do, to be honest.

 

Oh, and try allowing comments on your blog, eh? Otherwise it makes you look like a pussy who's afraid of a little criticism.

Edited February 19, 2013 by Typhus

[Mister Pink]

Hahahaha. Jesus

[69_black_69]

And his name is a word play of 'Robinski', haha.

Relax man, just be here and i'll read your review because they are good. Can't be bothered to go to your blog though, because i'm enjoying it in here, and seeing how much people agree to your review, and after that i'm going to watch those movies.

Yeah, SKyfall is that good.

 

Man, watched a lot of movies lately, and it's all good. But the only movie that leaves my brain still wondering about how good the movie was is Midnight in Paris, Up in the Air, and The Notebook.

 

Midnight in Paris - Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams

I find this movie is really charming and really makes me want to go to Paris, if i had the chance. I'm not really fond of the past, i couldn't tell exactly who is he/her, but the plot is really enjoyable. I bet it would be awesome living in our fantasy.

 

Up In the Air - George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick

I don't know that there's a job specializing in firing someone, so i find this movie quite unique. George Clooney is awesome in here, and how the plot goes is just good. A little bit spoiler her, one scene that really made me sad is on how Clooney's characater reacted when he decided to visit someone at Chicago. Got a little feels there.

 

The Notebook - Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams

Old romance movie, didn't really liked the ending, but how Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams played their character as a lovers here, is damn amazing and believable.

[Cheat]

 

 

From the 2004 Academy Award-nominee Richard Linklater (School Of Rock, Before Sunset, A Scanner Darkly) comes the '93 coming-of-age comedy Dazed and Confused. Named after the Led Zeppelin classic, the film follows the incoming freshmen and senior students of Lee High School through the last day of school, 1973.

 

Featuring an ensemble cast of young actors and actresses such as Ben Affleck, Milla Jovovich and Matthew McConaughey, Dazed And Confused is driven by a loose yet entertaining plot with well-written characters and smooth dialogue. With surprisingly good acting from the young actors and a brilliant soundtrack featuring a variety of rock classics from artists such as Alice Cooper and Aerosmith, the film captures the atmosphere of the 70s at their finest.

 

What appealed the most to me personally about the film, however, is how the seventies' atmosphere and spirit are presented. With parties getting busted and young characters struggling to get their kicks, an existential angst is constantly present, contrary to today's youth's perception of the 70s as the golden era of sex, drugs and rock & roll. My interpretation is that Linklater, a 70s teen himself, is calling out to today's youth to live their youth to the fullest and show that their rock idols didn't think much of their own youth either before it was polished by MTV. Regardless of the philosophy, Dazed And Confused is guaranteed to entertain and amuse people of all ages from smoking joints in football fields to fighting drunk at beer busts.

[A J]

And his name is a word play of 'Robinski', haha.

Relax man, just be here and i'll read your review because they are good. Can't be bothered to go to your blog though, because i'm enjoying it in here, and seeing how much people agree to your review, and after that i'm going to watch those movies.

Yeah, SKyfall is that good.

 

Man, watched a lot of movies lately, and it's all good. But the only movie that leaves my brain still wondering about how good the movie was is Midnight in Paris, Up in the Air, and The Notebook.

 

Midnight in Paris - Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams

I find this movie is really charming and really makes me want to go to Paris, if i had the chance. I'm not really fond of the past, i couldn't tell exactly who is he/her, but the plot is really enjoyable. I bet it would be awesome living in our fantasy.

 

Up In the Air - George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick

I don't know that there's a job specializing in firing someone, so i find this movie quite unique. George Clooney is awesome in here, and how the plot goes is just good. A little bit spoiler her, one scene that really made me sad is on how Clooney's characater reacted when he decided to visit someone at Chicago. Got a little feels there.

 

The Notebook - Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams

Old romance movie, didn't really liked the ending, but how Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams played their character as a lovers here, is damn amazing and believable.

You been forced into watching movies with a girl?

 

Anyways, I nearly cried watching the Notebook, as cheesy as it was.

 

Up in the Air, all I remember was Vera Famiga's ass

 

and a similar thing in Midnight in Paris, which I'm sure i reviewed here too, but now i can only remember how damn beautiful the french actress in it was, Marion Cotillard.

 

And Robinski, stop being a drama queen and keep posting your pretentious, but very good reviews!!!!

 

 

[69_black_69]

^ Nahh, just bored and grab everything that i thinks it would be cool to watch. Man, I wish i had a girl. The other movies i watched that day is 50/50, The Ides of March, Moonrise Kingdom (This one is kind of unique), and Jarhead.

 

Yeah, it was pretty touching indeed, but one of the reason i watched The Notebook because i think Rachel McAdams is damn hot.

And yeah, Vera Farmiga got a fine ass.

 

And again, recently watched a movie called Flight.

 

Flight - Denzel Washington

This movie is incredible, draw my feeling towards the main character as the story goes. It's about a pilot who saves a flight from crashing, but after several investigation about that incident, it reveals something troubling about the pilot. I think Denzel Washington is a talented actor, because i always enjoyed his movies.

 

EDIT: Just watched The Departed

 

The Departed - Leonardo Di Caprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Vera Farmiga

Jesus Christ, what i've been missing all these year? It's so god damn awesome. sh*t happens so intense, and even i afraid of what's gonna happened to the main character. Damn. Awesome.

Edited February 21, 2013 by 69_black_69

[A J]

You should try also watching the Japanese movie for which The Departed is based on too, I think its called Infernal Affairs, or something similar.

 

50/50 was incredibly touching too, good choices.

 

Haven't got around to watching Ides of March, political films are not my thing.

 

Another movie I saw recently was Predators....

.....again nothing beats the original, but I did think this was a very watchable movie, definitely beats the Danny Glover sequeal! , Interesting concept and quite decent action, although Adrien Brody isn't fit to tie Arnie's shoe laces, film as a whole though, fairly decent, 6/10.

(Didn't have high expectations tbh)

[Finn 7 five 11]

 

 

 

Taxi Driver

Taxi Driver is the story of a man with Insomnia who decides to take up Taxi Driving to fill in the time he doesn't sleep, this man is hopelessly alone, he is in a city filled with people, but has not a single friend he can relate, he is ridiculously bored, observing other people as he drives his Taxi at night, writing in his diary about The gritty suburbs of New York at night that are filled with crime, violence and neon lights, Travis wants the scum gone, he hates it, whores are everywhere, stuck in the grips of pimps and dope dealers, people are fighting, vandalizing, performing heinous acts, and Trevor is like a spectator passing through in his sleep deprived state watching with a level of disinterest.

 

 

In many ways this reminds me of me at times of loneliness, it was a to the bone reflection of how I felt at times of loneliness and insomnia, which was when I watched the film, unlike most movies which leave me feeling purposeless and alone at the end when the couple get back together or whatever the resolve at the end of the film is, this dark film did not do that, it just left me with the same feeling I had when I started it, it was very strange in that way. This film is perfect to watch late at night when you can't sleep and nothing else is of interest. I would go as far to say as this film is a one of a kind masterpiece in many ways, however I have not seen that many films so it is perhaps a bold statement to make.

 

All in all though, with my terrible reviewing skills, still not a bad film.

 

[Joseph Cooke]

 

Probably the worst film (definitely the worst horror film) I've seen in a cinema.

 

For a horror film, it is not actually scary. The best that this film could come up with is the odd screamer (you know, when a big face pops out at you or something). Some parts the were meant shock and disgust were absolutely hilarious. And the CGI used on the ghost...

 

As for the story, it was alright. But it was so predictable; a ghost or whatever that was once a person who died in a certain way or lost somebody meaning the living people have to give it back what it wants to get rid and so on, and so on...

 

3/10.

[fridaynightscream]

 

The movie was fantasic. It had great songs, great acting, and a good story. Anne Hathaway definitely deserved her Oscar. The only problem was that annoying little kid Gavroche. I was so happy when he died.

 

8.5/10.

[Mister Pink]

 

Taxi Driver

Taxi Driver .........

Scorsese said the phone call scene was probably his favourite in Taxi Driver. The idea that the camera pans out to the hallway is that it's too painful to watch Bickle getting rejected.

 

 

[Sup3rman]

I watched Skyfall some weeks ago, but now i stumbled across the prettiest cgi motion picture film ever, Adventures of Tin Tin by Steven Spielberg. What an incredibly awesome film it was, wish it had more parts. The CGI is just so good, the whole film is cgi but the characters and everything looks like it was real. So good is the cgi. Better then any computer game too The story and the chases were just top notch.

 

 

[Wolf of Badenoch]

Some movies stay with you forever...and ever...and ever.

 

Room 237

 

Room 237 dives headfirst into the icy and bloody labyrinth that is Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. It details hidden messages that Stanley placed into the film about how The Shining was supposedly about the Indian American genocide, the Holocaust and various other things with connections being drawn for each of them.

 

I found this film by accident while flicking through channels, and I have to say, it held my interest longer than I thought it would. I wouldn't, however take any of it seriously. I think the people who made this had too much time on their hands, but on the other hand, they have made a thoroughly entertaining piece of work. I also think that this film further shows that Stanley Kubrick was the greatest director of our time, The Shining being his magnum opus.

Edited March 24, 2013 by Valenta

[nightwalker83]

Silent Hill Revelation

[Mister Pink]

Silent Hill Revelation

Re-read the sub-title of the topic, please

 

I heard great things about 237. I've watched a good few films this week. I'll pop back and write something later.