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[Patrick Bateman]

My Sister's Keeper.

 

[Kenny Powers]

Drag Me To Hell....Like I figured, I liked this one. I thought there would be a little more humor to it, but that didnt really hurt it for me. Nothing really all that frightening more the most part either. Not great, but one of the better horror movies from last year most likely.....7.4/10

 

[jdoggydogg]

Drag Me To Hell....Like I figured, I liked this one. I thought there would be a little more humor to it, but that didnt really hurt it for me. Nothing really all that frightening more the most part either. Not great, but one of the better horror movies from last year most likely.....7.4/10

Looking forward to this. Big Evil Dead fan.

 

[RudiStein]

Just watched "Moon" last night. Outstanding movie.

 

[hooter311]

Drag Me To Hell....Like I figured, I liked this one. I thought there would be a little more humor to it, but that didnt really hurt it for me. Nothing really all that frightening more the most part either. Not great, but one of the better horror movies from last year most likely.....7.4/10

Looking forward to this. Big Evil Dead fan.

Very disappointed in this, do yourself a favor and just pop in Evil Dead 2 again.

 

[joffer]

The Hurt Locker - good movie. I enjoyed it a lot. don't think it's best picture worthy though. 7/10

 

[KarmaPolice]

Drag Me To Hell....Like I figured, I liked this one. I thought there would be a little more humor to it, but that didnt really hurt it for me. Nothing really all that frightening more the most part either. Not great, but one of the better horror movies from last year most likely.....7.4/10

Looking forward to this. Big Evil Dead fan.

Very disappointed in this, do yourself a favor and just pop in Evil Dead 2 again.

Thought it was bad - I barely made it through the movie. Being PG-13 killed it, IMO.

 

[IvanKaramazov]

The Hurt Locker - good movie. I enjoyed it a lot. don't think it's best picture worthy though. 7/10

I saw this a couple of nights ago and those were my thoughts exactly. Good movie with good atmosphere and some very tense moments. Thoroughly entertaining. I'm just not seeing this as Best Picture though. Then again, I haven't seen most of the nominees and I don't have any suggestions as to what would be more deserving. Edit: I spaced Inglorious Basterds -- that was a vastly better movie than Hurt Locker and it is not close.Watched Zombieland last night and loved that. It's a totally different genre, of course, but it was literally laugh-out-loud funny in lots of places. The part where the clown's nose honks when he gets whacked with a sledgehammer killed me. Lots of nice touches in this one.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Drag Me To Hell....Like I figured, I liked this one. I thought there would be a little more humor to it, but that didnt really hurt it for me. Nothing really all that frightening more the most part either. Not great, but one of the better horror movies from last year most likely.....7.4/10

Looking forward to this. Big Evil Dead fan.

Very disappointed in this, do yourself a favor and just pop in Evil Dead 2 again.

I just watched Army of Darkness last night.

 

[jdoggydogg]

The Hurt Locker - good movie. I enjoyed it a lot. don't think it's best picture worthy though. 7/10

I saw this a couple of nights ago and those were my thoughts exactly. Good movie with good atmosphere and some very tense moments. Thoroughly entertaining. I'm just not seeing this as Best Picture though. Then again, I haven't seen most of the nominees and I don't have any suggestions as to what would be more deserving. Edit: I spaced Inglorious Basterds -- that was a vastly better movie than Hurt Locker and it is not close.

I liked the Hurt Locker very much. But I think Inglourious Basterds is the best movie of 2009.

 

[Bob Magaw]

seconds - unusual (mix of sci-fi, horror & noir) '60s movie directed by frankenheimer, about plastic surgery/changed identity.

i thought premise probably better than the execution, though interesting camera angles contributed to the tone...

seemed a little like an extended twilight zone episode...

 

[Capella]

My Sister's Keeper.

Very sad movie. Good acting it, well worth seeing. First I had heard of it when I sat down to watch it. Did it get any hype or am I just oblivious?

 

[saintfool]

seconds - unusual (mix of sci-fi, horror & noir) '60s movie directed by frankenheimer, about plastic surgery/changed identity.i thought premise probably better than the execution, though interesting camera angles contributed to the tone...seemed a little like an extended twilight zone episode...

frankenheimer cut his teeth in television. you can tell in his early work, i think, because scenes have a certain flatness to them. while he did some good films over a lengthy career, i never thought he was much of an artist. he was a hollywood system director through and through.

 

[jdoggydogg]

seconds - unusual (mix of sci-fi, horror & noir) '60s movie directed by frankenheimer, about plastic surgery/changed identity.i thought premise probably better than the execution, though interesting camera angles contributed to the tone...seemed a little like an extended twilight zone episode...

frankenheimer cut his teeth in television. you can tell in his early work, i think, because scenes have a certain flatness to them. while he did some good films over a lengthy career, i never thought he was much of an artist. he was a hollywood system director through and through.

I'm a fan of The Manchurian Candidate. Even Ronin is pretty good. But his career is littered with some really bad movies. Reindeer Games

 

[saintfool]

seconds - unusual (mix of sci-fi, horror & noir) '60s movie directed by frankenheimer, about plastic surgery/changed identity.i thought premise probably better than the execution, though interesting camera angles contributed to the tone...seemed a little like an extended twilight zone episode...

frankenheimer cut his teeth in television. you can tell in his early work, i think, because scenes have a certain flatness to them. while he did some good films over a lengthy career, i never thought he was much of an artist. he was a hollywood system director through and through.

I'm a fan of The Manchurian Candidate. Even Ronin is pretty good. But his career is littered with some really bad movies. Reindeer Games

i liked "seconds" but i can't imagine it as something i would go to the theater for. i like "the train" and "52-pick up" well enough. "manchurian candidate" feels kind of wooden too. i remember liking "Grand Prix".

 

[jamny]

The Invention of Lying - A great idea for a movie that got off to a good start but is basically a generic predictable comedy. I'm a big Gervais fan but he needs to stick to roles where his sarcastic style comes through. I don't think light comedies like this and Ghost Town are the best thing for him. It's not a horrible movie but also not something I could recommend. 2.5/5

 

[jdoggydogg]

The Invention of Lying - A great idea for a movie that got off to a good start but is basically a generic predictable comedy. I'm a big Gervais fan but he needs to stick to roles where his sarcastic style comes through. I don't think light comedies like this and Ghost Town are the best thing for him. It's not a horrible movie but also not something I could recommend. 2.5/5

I started Ghost Town, but it didn't work for me. I prefer his TV series to his film and stand up work.

 

[Kenny Powers]

Drag Me To Hell....Like I figured, I liked this one. I thought there would be a little more humor to it, but that didnt really hurt it for me. Nothing really all that frightening more the most part either. Not great, but one of the better horror movies from last year most likely.....7.4/10

Looking forward to this. Big Evil Dead fan.

Very disappointed in this, do yourself a favor and just pop in Evil Dead 2 again.

Thought it was bad - I barely made it through the movie. Being PG-13 killed it, IMO.

I guess my expectations were tempered. I wasnt anticipating something as good as the Evil Deads, didnt get that, and was satisfied enough. Alison Lohman has a hard spot in my heart as well, so that didnt hurt itI didnt even realize it was PG-13 but that makes a lot of sense now and I would agree that hurt it.

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs is awesome.

STEVE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thought this was really funny. Had a "Simpsons"-y sense of humor.

 

[Kenny Powers]

I'm a fan of The Manchurian Candidate. Even Ronin is pretty good. But his career is littered with some really bad movies. Reindeer Games

I thought Ronin was very good. Great acting all around, interesting storyline. DeNiro gives more eye-beatdowns than almost any other movie of his

 

[jdoggydogg]

I'm a fan of The Manchurian Candidate. Even Ronin is pretty good. But his career is littered with some really bad movies. Reindeer Games

I thought Ronin was very good. Great acting all around, interesting storyline. DeNiro gives more eye-beatdowns than almost any other movie of his

Ronin did a pretty good job of disguising the truth at times. Very sneaky. Great car chase, too.

 

[saintfool]

watched "sweet land" last night. small, sweet indie film about a german mail order bride coming to a norwegian community in minnesota at around WW1. it's not a bad movie by any stretch of the imagination. the cinematography was nice enough to make rural minnesota look really lovely.

 

[Yankee23Fan]

Had another couldn't sleep night and HBO had Fast and Furious the newest installment of the Vin Diesel - except in Japan - car racing by criminals series.

It was Vin Diesel. Car racing. Action, hot chicks and really really bad acting. What's not to love. Solid mindless entertainment. Though no where near as good as the first one.

 

[hooter311]

Drag Me To Hell....Like I figured, I liked this one. I thought there would be a little more humor to it, but that didnt really hurt it for me. Nothing really all that frightening more the most part either. Not great, but one of the better horror movies from last year most likely.....7.4/10

Looking forward to this. Big Evil Dead fan.

Very disappointed in this, do yourself a favor and just pop in Evil Dead 2 again.

Thought it was bad - I barely made it through the movie. Being PG-13 killed it, IMO.

I guess my expectations were tempered. I wasnt anticipating something as good as the Evil Deads, didnt get that, and was satisfied enough. Alison Lohman has a hard spot in my heart as well, so that didnt hurt itI didnt even realize it was PG-13 but that makes a lot of sense now and I would agree that hurt it.

Raimi does zany horror better than anyone, I totally dig his sense of humor. But I don't think it's shown in his films since A Simple Plan in '98. Everything since then seems like it was made with the studio in mind. I had no clue he directed For the Love of the Game until I just looked up his filmography. Did he hit his head or something?Drag Me to Hell almost seemed like a film student copying his style, it had a ton of promise as a film and every key scene had potential but could have been done way better.

Also seems like he has grown tired of some of the trademark camera tricks and angles that made me love his style so much in the first place.

They need to cut his budgets so some more creativity can be involved.

 

[hooter311]

I'm a fan of The Manchurian Candidate. Even Ronin is pretty good. But his career is littered with some really bad movies. Reindeer Games

I thought Ronin was very good. Great acting all around, interesting storyline. DeNiro gives more eye-beatdowns than almost any other movie of his

Ronin did a pretty good job of disguising the truth at times. Very sneaky. Great car chase, too.

The opening scene of DeNiro silently planning multiple exits from that bar was incredible, the scene where he "ambushes" Sean Bean with a glass of water was laughable but it was still awesome because of how serious the film took itself. More of these "Samurai" mindset action movies need to be made.Le Samurai, Ronin, Ghost Dog, etc...

 

[jdoggydogg]

I'm a fan of The Manchurian Candidate. Even Ronin is pretty good. But his career is littered with some really bad movies. Reindeer Games

I thought Ronin was very good. Great acting all around, interesting storyline. DeNiro gives more eye-beatdowns than almost any other movie of his

Ronin did a pretty good job of disguising the truth at times. Very sneaky. Great car chase, too.

The opening scene of DeNiro silently planning multiple exits from that bar was incredible, the scene where he "ambushes" Sean Bean with a glass of water was laughable but it was still awesome because of how serious the film took itself. More of these "Samurai" mindset action movies need to be made.Le Samurai, Ronin, Ghost Dog, etc...

Yeah, I don't like Ghost Dog, but I agree.

 

[offdee]

Paranormal Activity

Watched this last night, and it kept me entertained. I'm assuming this move wasn't really based around a true story that they portrayed it as is it?

 

[hooter311]

I'm a fan of The Manchurian Candidate. Even Ronin is pretty good. But his career is littered with some really bad movies. Reindeer Games

I thought Ronin was very good. Great acting all around, interesting storyline. DeNiro gives more eye-beatdowns than almost any other movie of his

Ronin did a pretty good job of disguising the truth at times. Very sneaky. Great car chase, too.

The opening scene of DeNiro silently planning multiple exits from that bar was incredible, the scene where he "ambushes" Sean Bean with a glass of water was laughable but it was still awesome because of how serious the film took itself. More of these "Samurai" mindset action movies need to be made.Le Samurai, Ronin, Ghost Dog, etc...

Yeah, I don't like Ghost Dog, but I agree.

Ghost Dog tried too hard to be metaphorical with all the old aging gangsters. If Jarmusch would have just had fun with the concept it would have been ten fold better. Quoting the Hagakure was

 

[Drifter]

Watched A Serious Man this weekend.

A bit of an indulgent work by the Coen brothers. This seemed to be very much about being Jewish. The main character is not a serious man - he doesn't aspire to much - and as a result he has a hard time coming to grips with why bad things start to seek him out not understanding that "such is life" and that we can't know what is going to happen.

A nicely made film with some great characters (Sye Abraham is great) but overall suffers from a real plot or lack of direction. Felt like a short film format in 2 hours.

 

[saintfool]

oh, i watched "the namesake" with the wife over the weekend. i really liked the novel - it doesn't hurt that the author is easy on the eyes - as well as her other work. it's a family story that explores the immigration experience and identity. the novel is more successful than the film. kal penn - of "harold & kumar" fame - more or less plays the lead. the actors who played his parents were experienced actors from bollywood and were really very good.

 

[Statorama]

Went to the first night of the AMC Oscar Showcase on Saturday, and saw the perfect movie snob film "A Serious Man"It's not entertaining, funny, or even interesting. But since it's a Coen Bros movie, if you say that, it's just a case of you "not getting it".It's one of those movies that kind of forces you to say you liked it, otherwise you're branded some kind of low-brow movie goer.That is, until you realize EVERYONE in the theatre you saw it with hated it! Joy! Euphoria!I love a lot of the Coen's work, but come on guys. You can't just throw anything out there.

“When you’re telling these stories, have a point. It makes it so much more interesting for the listener.”

 

[hooter311]

Went to the first night of the AMC Oscar Showcase on Saturday, and saw the perfect movie snob film "A Serious Man"It's not entertaining, funny, or even interesting. But since it's a Coen Bros movie, if you say that, it's just a case of you "not getting it".It's one of those movies that kind of forces you to say you liked it, otherwise you're branded some kind of low-brow movie goer.That is, until you realize EVERYONE in the theatre you saw it with hated it! Joy! Euphoria!I love a lot of the Coen's work, but come on guys. You can't just throw anything out there.

“When you’re telling these stories, have a point. It makes it so much more interesting for the listener.”

Totally disagree with this and I think my positive reviews of Over the Top and Next of Kin in this thread disqualify me from being a "movie snob". There has to be overwhelming pressure from the studios trying to coax the Coen brothers into creating something more marketable, yet they continue to do whatever the hell they want.It does have a point, it's about paradoxes and taking action, as well as questioning organized religion in general. I do think that several scenes were thrown in there just to see what kind of response they would generate, as opposed to actually having a meaning relative to the story. Like the beginning scene, as Jdogg suggested. No way in hell it wins Best Picture, but it was my favorite film I saw last year.ETA: I have no problem with anyone not enjoying this film, it's not going to be everyone's cup of tea. I fully expect it to eliminate some of the Coen fanboys. I don't think "getting" a film is a matter of intelligence, but rather a matter of perspective.

 

[SmoovySmoov]

Speaking of "if you don't gush over it, you will be accused of not getting it", I watched Antichrist on streaming this weekend. I honestly have no idea where that movie came from in my queue. I probably got it from this thread, so I apologize in advance to whoever recommended it, but for the most part, it wasn't my cup of tea. This movie is heavy on the symbolism. I mean, I got all that. I just didn't like it. The good: Seemed very David Lynch-ish to me at times. Foreboding music accompanying shots that you don't see in other movies. I liked that part. The bad:

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I was pretty much ready to turn it off when the wife, seconds after smashing Willem Dafoe in the goods with a log, then jacks him off to a bloody finish. That was pretty much enough for me, and I'm a fan of movies like Audition. Then, she had to go and cut off her mommy button with scissors, and any redeeming quality to the movie vanished for me.

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I get that it is an art house movie with a non-linear structure. Just didn't do it for me. The aforementoned Lynch-ness saved it from being a 1 out of 5. (2/5)

 

[mlball77]

500 Days of Summer - My wife and I enjoyed it. I got a little lost during the moving timeline, trying to remember what happend before what, but this mattered not. This is a film that both sexes can enjoy for a date night type movie.

Food, Inc. - Scary movie. Supposed to be scary, I know, but wow, still scary. Makes me want to buy some land in the middle of nowhere to raise my own food. Well, not really... but drives home the importance of free range and organic. It really did make me think twice before eating a burger last night... but I still ate it, and enjoyed it.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Ghost Dog tried too hard to be metaphorical with all the old aging gangsters. If Jarmusch would have just had fun with the concept it would have been ten fold better. Quoting the Hagakure was

I am not a Jarmusch fan. He's an amateur. His movies feel like student films to me.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Watched A Serious Man this weekend.

A bit of an indulgent work by the Coen brothers. This seemed to be very much about being Jewish. The main character is not a serious man - he doesn't aspire to much - and as a result he has a hard time coming to grips with why bad things start to seek him out not understanding that "such is life" and that we can't know what is going to happen.

A nicely made film with some great characters (Sye Abraham is great) but overall suffers from a real plot or lack of direction. Felt like a short film format in 2 hours.

I agree with pretty much all of this, and yet I enjoyed the movie.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Went to the first night of the AMC Oscar Showcase on Saturday, and saw the perfect movie snob film "A Serious Man"

It's not entertaining, funny, or even interesting. But since it's a Coen Bros movie, if you say that, it's just a case of you "not getting it".

It's one of those movies that kind of forces you to say you liked it, otherwise you're branded some kind of low-brow movie goer.

That is, until you realize EVERYONE in the theatre you saw it with hated it! Joy! Euphoria!

I love a lot of the Coen's work, but come on guys. You can't just throw anything out there.

Lots of angst and animosity here. Not sure why you care what a film snob thinks about your taste in movies.

 

[saintfool]

Ghost Dog tried too hard to be metaphorical with all the old aging gangsters. If Jarmusch would have just had fun with the concept it would have been ten fold better. Quoting the Hagakure was

I am not a Jarmusch fan. He's an amateur. His movies feel like student films to me.

really? i don't care for most of his work but i like some of his work a lot. i think "dead man", for example, is just a beautiful - visually and thematically - movie. "broken flowers" is a very good, if slightly out of character.

 

[hooter311]

Ghost Dog tried too hard to be metaphorical with all the old aging gangsters. If Jarmusch would have just had fun with the concept it would have been ten fold better. Quoting the Hagakure was

I am not a Jarmusch fan. He's an amateur. His movies feel like student films to me.

really? i don't care for most of his work but i like some of his work a lot. i think "dead man", for example, is just a beautiful - visually and thematically - movie. "broken flowers" is a very good, if slightly out of character.

I really loathed The Limits of Control, it may have been the most boring film I've ever watched.Loved Dead Man, think very highly of Ghost Dog, and Night on Earth is considered a classic by some, at least according to my old film professor.Those are the only 4 Jarmusch fans I've seen, been meaning to check out Broken Flowers for years now.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Speaking of "if you don't gush over it, you will be accused of not getting it", I watched Antichrist on streaming this weekend. I honestly have no idea where that movie came from in my queue. I probably got it from this thread, so I apologize in advance to whoever recommended it, but for the most part, it wasn't my cup of tea. This movie is heavy on the symbolism. I mean, I got all that. I just didn't like it. The good: Seemed very David Lynch-ish to me at times. Foreboding music accompanying shots that you don't see in other movies. I liked that part. The bad:

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I was pretty much ready to turn it off when the wife, seconds after smashing Willem Dafoe in the goods with a log, then jacks him off to a bloody finish. That was pretty much enough for me, and I'm a fan of movies like Audition. Then, she had to go and cut off her mommy button with scissors, and any redeeming quality to the movie vanished for me.

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I get that it is an art house movie with a non-linear structure. Just didn't do it for me. The aforementoned Lynch-ness saved it from being a 1 out of 5. (2/5)

I couldn't even finish Breaking the Waves. Dancer in the Dark looks awful. I can't see any reason to see that movie, and your post confirms that.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Ghost Dog tried too hard to be metaphorical with all the old aging gangsters. If Jarmusch would have just had fun with the concept it would have been ten fold better. Quoting the Hagakure was

I am not a Jarmusch fan. He's an amateur. His movies feel like student films to me.

really? i don't care for most of his work but i like some of his work a lot. i think "dead man", for example, is just a beautiful - visually and thematically - movie. "broken flowers" is a very good, if slightly out of character.

I really loathed The Limits of Control, it may have been the most boring film I've ever watched.Loved Dead Man, think very highly of Ghost Dog, and Night on Earth is considered a classic by some, at least according to my old film professor.Those are the only 4 Jarmusch fans I've seen, been meaning to check out Broken Flowers for years now.

Hardcore film fans scoff at my thoughts on Jarmusch. He's very well received amongst critics. I can see the art in his movies. I think he's making movies outside the mainstream, and that's cool. But there were moments in Ghost Dog that were so bad I laughed out loud.

 

[dude]

Ronin is one of my favs and rewatchable.

 

[El Floppo]

Ghost Dog tried too hard to be metaphorical with all the old aging gangsters. If Jarmusch would have just had fun with the concept it would have been ten fold better. Quoting the Hagakure was

I am not a Jarmusch fan. He's an amateur. His movies feel like student films to me.

really? i don't care for most of his work but i like some of his work a lot. i think "dead man", for example, is just a beautiful - visually and thematically - movie. "broken flowers" is a very good, if slightly out of character.

I really loathed The Limits of Control, it may have been the most boring film I've ever watched.Loved Dead Man, think very highly of Ghost Dog, and Night on Earth is considered a classic by some, at least according to my old film professor.Those are the only 4 Jarmusch fans I've seen, been meaning to check out Broken Flowers for years now.

Hardcore film fans scoff at my thoughts on Jarmusch. He's very well received amongst critics. I can see the art in his movies. I think he's making movies outside the mainstream, and that's cool. But there were moments in Ghost Dog that were so bad I laughed out loud.

I really enjoyed Stranger Than Paradise and Down By Law, but feel like each subsequent film became less and less interesting and more and more indulgent. Totally forgot about Broken Flowers which I also enjoyed- just not on the same level as his first two. I think one of the things that jumps to mind is that he doesn't, IMO, get good performances from his actors (although for me, DbL is Benigni's best work).

 

[El Floppo]

Speaking of "if you don't gush over it, you will be accused of not getting it", I watched Antichrist on streaming this weekend. I honestly have no idea where that movie came from in my queue. I probably got it from this thread, so I apologize in advance to whoever recommended it, but for the most part, it wasn't my cup of tea. This movie is heavy on the symbolism. I mean, I got all that. I just didn't like it. The good: Seemed very David Lynch-ish to me at times. Foreboding music accompanying shots that you don't see in other movies. I liked that part. The bad:

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I was pretty much ready to turn it off when the wife, seconds after smashing Willem Dafoe in the goods with a log, then jacks him off to a bloody finish. That was pretty much enough for me, and I'm a fan of movies like Audition. Then, she had to go and cut off her mommy button with scissors, and any redeeming quality to the movie vanished for me.

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I get that it is an art house movie with a non-linear structure. Just didn't do it for me. The aforementoned Lynch-ness saved it from being a 1 out of 5. (2/5)

I couldn't even finish Breaking the Waves. Dancer in the Dark looks awful. I can't see any reason to see that movie, and your post confirms that.

Nobody does the lady in distress/disaster/immolation better/worse than LVT.Watching Breaking the Waves in the theater, I went through alternating waves of desperate need to walk out and complete rapture. Tough one to watch, but for me enough moments of incredible film-making that the overall experience was worthwhile. Dancer in the Dark was more of the same, but I really enjoyed the musical numbers (and I hate musical numbers typically)- found DitD much less enjoyable, but worthwhile. Can't remember the next LvT I watched, but I stopped after a little bit- too much of the same and it had lost it's appeal for me (the one filmed set-less, IIRC).

But I LOVED Kingdom.

 

[El Floppo]

Ronin is one of my favs and rewatchable.

Funny that Ronin came up- I was just thinking about it. Arguably (French Connection aside) the best car chase ever and totally enjoyable.

 

[Statorama]

Went to the first night of the AMC Oscar Showcase on Saturday, and saw the perfect movie snob film "A Serious Man"It's not entertaining, funny, or even interesting. But since it's a Coen Bros movie, if you say that, it's just a case of you "not getting it".It's one of those movies that kind of forces you to say you liked it, otherwise you're branded some kind of low-brow movie goer.That is, until you realize EVERYONE in the theatre you saw it with hated it! Joy! Euphoria!I love a lot of the Coen's work, but come on guys. You can't just throw anything out there.

Lots of angst and animosity here. Not sure why you care what a film snob thinks about your taste in movies.

It's just the perfect movie to reference if you want to seem high brow.While I liked some of the characters (Sy in particular) it lacked a certain cohesion so it never really came together for me.

 

[jdoggydogg]

I really enjoyed Stranger Than Paradise and Down By Law, but feel like each subsequent film became less and less interesting and more and more indulgent. Totally forgot about Broken Flowers which I also enjoyed- just not on the same level as his first two. I think one of the things that jumps to mind is that he doesn't, IMO, get good performances from his actors (although for me, DbL is Benigni's best work).

I didn't dig Broken Flowers, but there' a great nude scene in that movie.

 

[El Floppo]

Went to the first night of the AMC Oscar Showcase on Saturday, and saw the perfect movie snob film "A Serious Man"It's not entertaining, funny, or even interesting. But since it's a Coen Bros movie, if you say that, it's just a case of you "not getting it".It's one of those movies that kind of forces you to say you liked it, otherwise you're branded some kind of low-brow movie goer.That is, until you realize EVERYONE in the theatre you saw it with hated it! Joy! Euphoria!I love a lot of the Coen's work, but come on guys. You can't just throw anything out there.

Lots of angst and animosity here. Not sure why you care what a film snob thinks about your taste in movies.

It's just the perfect movie to reference if you want to seem high brow.While I liked some of the characters (Sy in particular) it lacked a certain cohesion so it never really came together for me.

Or some people just like it. Haven't seen it myself, but I don't get judging those that like it for having ulterior motives.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Went to the first night of the AMC Oscar Showcase on Saturday, and saw the perfect movie snob film "A Serious Man"It's not entertaining, funny, or even interesting. But since it's a Coen Bros movie, if you say that, it's just a case of you "not getting it".It's one of those movies that kind of forces you to say you liked it, otherwise you're branded some kind of low-brow movie goer.That is, until you realize EVERYONE in the theatre you saw it with hated it! Joy! Euphoria!I love a lot of the Coen's work, but come on guys. You can't just throw anything out there.

Lots of angst and animosity here. Not sure why you care what a film snob thinks about your taste in movies.

It's just the perfect movie to reference if you want to seem high brow.While I liked some of the characters (Sy in particular) it lacked a certain cohesion so it never really came together for me.

I think pretending to like something because you think it's cool is more like junior high school behavior. I don't know any adult that claims to like something because it's hip. They either like it or they don't.

 

[QUEZILLA]

Street Thief - 6.5/10 - Interesting documentary that follows around a thief as he plans break-ins. The guy is a total tool but funny to watch how much pride he takes in his "job." HUGE SPOILER at the end. It's a watch instantly and worth a watch.