Recently viewed movie thread - Rental Edition (6 Viewers)

[oneohh]

I saw a gem of an indy called Perrier's Bounty this weekend. Certainly not a masterpiece but in the In Bruges vein of dark comedy it was just a great little film.

No one has seen this film?

Nope. The synopsis sounds like a standard revenge flick but I take it there is more to it than that?

Oh there's a good bit more to it than that. Very good dark comedy. Did you see In Bruges?

Yes. I enjoyed it tremendously.

You should like Perrier's Bounty, then. I thought it had to be the same writer/directer until I looked it up. PB also has Brendan Gleeson and Jim Broadbent, who absolutely steals the show.

 

[shake zula]

It's so great when your kids get older and they get to start watching more "grown up" movies.

Watched Jaws with my 13 y.o. daughter last night. It really is a perfect movie even though Mythbusters showed that you couldn't really kill a shark with a scuba tank. :(

The worst thing my father has ever done to me was take me to see freaking Jaws when I was too young for such things. Messed me up for life.

How old?

Wow soft. My parents took me to see "Born on the 4th of July" when I was 5. I had very dismissive parents when it came to viewing rules, for which which I thank them. I remember that movie like it was yesterday, definitely one of my clearest memories from that age. W/ that said, it didn't "mess me up" and that movie is significantly worse than Jaws or its progeny.

 

[oneohh]

It's so great when your kids get older and they get to start watching more "grown up" movies.

Watched Jaws with my 13 y.o. daughter last night. It really is a perfect movie even though Mythbusters showed that you couldn't really kill a shark with a scuba tank. :(

The worst thing my father has ever done to me was take me to see freaking Jaws when I was too young for such things. Messed me up for life.

I remember asking specifically for and getting Predator on VHS for my 8th birthday.

Went to see The Running Man with my old man at the theatre when I was 9.

 

[jamny]

I pressured my father to take me to see Jaws when I was 10 (a month before 11). I had read the book and was dying to see the movie. We waited on line a long time and he wanted to leave but thankfully he stuck it out. Not that many movies captured a summer like Jaws did.

 

[oneohh]

I pressured my father to take me to see Jaws when I was 10 (a month before 11). I had read the book and was dying to see the movie. We waited on line a long time and he wanted to leave but thankfully he stuck it out. Not that many movies captured a summer like Jaws did.

in line

 

[jamny]

I pressured my father to take me to see Jaws when I was 10 (a month before 11). I had read the book and was dying to see the movie. We waited on line a long time and he wanted to leave but thankfully he stuck it out. Not that many movies captured a summer like Jaws did.

in line

no, there was an actual line on the ground that we had to stand on.

 

[oneohh]

I pressured my father to take me to see Jaws when I was 10 (a month before 11). I had read the book and was dying to see the movie. We waited on line a long time and he wanted to leave but thankfully he stuck it out. Not that many movies captured a summer like Jaws did.

in line

no, there was an actual line on the ground that we had to stand on.

wait, really?

 

[badmojo1006]

It's so great when your kids get older and they get to start watching more "grown up" movies.

Watched Jaws with my 13 y.o. daughter last night. It really is a perfect movie even though Mythbusters showed that you couldn't really kill a shark with a scuba tank.

The worst thing my father has ever done to me was take me to see freaking Jaws when I was too young for such things. Messed me up for life.

How old?

27

 

[shake zula]

It's so great when your kids get older and they get to start watching more "grown up" movies.

Watched Jaws with my 13 y.o. daughter last night. It really is a perfect movie even though Mythbusters showed that you couldn't really kill a shark with a scuba tank.

The worst thing my father has ever done to me was take me to see freaking Jaws when I was too young for such things. Messed me up for life.

How old?

27

You saw it at 27 and it messed you up?

 

[Disco Stu]

My dad took me to a werewolf movie (not Teen Wolf) when I was six or seven. It must have been The Howling or American Werewolf in London. Maybe both.

 

[Iraqi Information Minister]

We're pretty protective of our kids. For example...

My daughter is 13 and she was reading from My Life Is Average (a typically innocuous timewaster website). Our computer is in our dining room and my wife & I were sitting in the adjacent kitchen.

From out of nowhere, my daughter blurts out, "Dad? What's a dildo?"

My wife:

Me: :(

And since she asked me, not her mom, I had to answer. "It's a fake penis, honey."

Thank god she dropped it without asking for more detail.

 

[Disco Stu]

We're pretty protective of our kids. For example...My daughter is 13 and she was reading from My Life Is Average (a typically innocuous timewaster website). Our computer is in our dining room and my wife & I were sitting in the adjacent kitchen.From out of nowhere, my daughter blurts out, "Dad? What's a dildo?"My wife: Me: And since she asked me, not her mom, I had to answer. "It's a fake penis, honey." Thank god she dropped it without asking for more detail.

Probably should have distracted her by setting yourself on fire.

 

[Iraqi Information Minister]

Probably should have distracted her by setting yourself on fire.

I'd thought about swallowing my tongue but instinct just took over.

 

[shake zula]

We're pretty protective of our kids. For example...My daughter is 13 and she was reading from My Life Is Average (a typically innocuous timewaster website). Our computer is in our dining room and my wife & I were sitting in the adjacent kitchen.From out of nowhere, my daughter blurts out, "Dad? What's a dildo?"My wife: Me: :(And since she asked me, not her mom, I had to answer. "It's a fake penis, honey." Thank god she dropped it without asking for more detail.

Not really that big of a deal imo. But funny.

 

[Iraqi Information Minister]

Not really that big of a deal imo. But funny.

It wasn't that big of a deal except for the randomness. Usually those questions are asked in context. This one slapped us upside the head like a verbal dog fart.

 

[Chaka]

It's so great when your kids get older and they get to start watching more "grown up" movies.

Watched Jaws with my 13 y.o. daughter last night. It really is a perfect movie even though Mythbusters showed that you couldn't really kill a shark with a scuba tank.

The worst thing my father has ever done to me was take me to see freaking Jaws when I was too young for such things. Messed me up for life.

How old?

6-7Love the movie but it ruined any chance I had to love the ocean.

 

[Chaka]

It's so great when your kids get older and they get to start watching more "grown up" movies.

Watched Jaws with my 13 y.o. daughter last night. It really is a perfect movie even though Mythbusters showed that you couldn't really kill a shark with a scuba tank.

The worst thing my father has ever done to me was take me to see freaking Jaws when I was too young for such things. Messed me up for life.

I remember asking specifically for and getting Predator on VHS for my 8th birthday.

Went to see The Running Man with my old man at the theatre when I was 9.

Are either of these movies considered scary in any way?

 

[Chaka]

It's so great when your kids get older and they get to start watching more "grown up" movies.

Watched Jaws with my 13 y.o. daughter last night. It really is a perfect movie even though Mythbusters showed that you couldn't really kill a shark with a scuba tank.

The worst thing my father has ever done to me was take me to see freaking Jaws when I was too young for such things. Messed me up for life.

How old?

Wow soft. My parents took me to see "Born on the 4th of July" when I was 5. I had very dismissive parents when it came to viewing rules, for which which I thank them. I remember that movie like it was yesterday, definitely one of my clearest memories from that age. W/ that said, it didn't "mess me up" and that movie is significantly worse than Jaws or its progeny.

How in the world does Born on the 4th of July equate to Jaws? Could it make people scared of veterans or the disabled?Mom took me to Apocalypse Now in theaters, I was bored more than anything.

 

[shake zula]

It's so great when your kids get older and they get to start watching more "grown up" movies.

Watched Jaws with my 13 y.o. daughter last night. It really is a perfect movie even though Mythbusters showed that you couldn't really kill a shark with a scuba tank.

The worst thing my father has ever done to me was take me to see freaking Jaws when I was too young for such things. Messed me up for life.

How old?

Wow soft. My parents took me to see "Born on the 4th of July" when I was 5. I had very dismissive parents when it came to viewing rules, for which which I thank them. I remember that movie like it was yesterday, definitely one of my clearest memories from that age. W/ that said, it didn't "mess me up" and that movie is significantly worse than Jaws or its progeny.

How in the world does Born on the 4th of July equate to Jaws? Could it make people scared of veterans or the disabled?Mom took me to Apocalypse Now in theaters, I was bored more than anything.

The movie has incredibly graphic war injuries. Compound fractures, bullet wounds, gore, etc. It also has hard core drug use and sex scenes. At the age of 5 this movie was significantly more imposing than Jaws.And in a way yeah it could make someone scared of vets and soldiers in general.

 

[jdoggydogg]

The Driver

Can't get enough Walter Hill lately. Just a cool action flick that goes at a breakneck pace. None of the characters have names. Bruce Dern is great as the sleazy cop. Seemed to be inspired by El Samurai.

3.5/5

Bruce Dern is awesome. I added this to my queue.

 

[jdoggydogg]

I saw a gem of an indy called Perrier's Bounty this weekend. Certainly not a masterpiece but in the In Bruges vein of dark comedy it was just a great little film.

No one has seen this film?

Not available on netflix yet. Hadn't heard of it until your post. Big fan of Cillian Murphy.

I just randomly saw it on the IFC PPV (didn't even know this existed). Murphy is good. The whole cast is good, actually.

Murphy's always good. Sounds like a winner.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Leningrad Cowboys Go America

This is a very quirky and funny movie from Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki. It's a road movie about a Finnish band/family that goes to America seeking fame etc. The story will feel familiar at times (Kaurismaki pulled from both Blues Brothers and Fandango for sure) but Kaurismaki typically employs very limited dialogue in his movies and even the pacing within the dialogue itself is very subdued (all of which evokes the Finns perfectly). This is a very funny, absurdist comedy but because of the pacing, and the occasionally distracting eccentricities of the characters, you need to pay attention to find the punch lines. It's kind of like The Blues Brothers on Valium.

I think indie and euro movie fans would get a kick out of something like this (I'm looking at at you krista and jdogg) and really anyone looking for a quirky comedy. It's a short movie too (1h:15m) so what the hell?

You always get murdered when you go to New York.

Sounds good. This reminds me of and Israeli film I saw called The Band's Visit. Also a good movie.

That looks like a solid recommendation that I will check out.

It's a quaint indy flick. Not hilarious like the film you mentioned, but refreshing.

Seems interesting enough.And I was thinking too fast for my typing to keep up but the Leningrad Cowboys is a Finnish movie and the band in the movie is supposed to be from the middle of Siberia not Finland like I said above.

Oh and keep your eyes open for the Jim Jarmusch cameo.

 

[jdoggydogg]

It's so great when your kids get older and they get to start watching more "grown up" movies.

This is a great pleasure. My son's only seven, but every year that goes by it's a pleasure to re-experience these movies.

 

[jdoggydogg]

It's so great when your kids get older and they get to start watching more "grown up" movies.

Watched Jaws with my 13 y.o. daughter last night. It really is a perfect movie even though Mythbusters showed that you couldn't really kill a shark with a scuba tank.

The worst thing my father has ever done to me was take me to see freaking Jaws when I was too young for such things. Messed me up for life.

Same with Mrs. Dogg. And Planet of the Apes, too.

 

[jdoggydogg]

It's so great when your kids get older and they get to start watching more "grown up" movies.

Watched Jaws with my 13 y.o. daughter last night. It really is a perfect movie even though Mythbusters showed that you couldn't really kill a shark with a scuba tank.

The worst thing my father has ever done to me was take me to see freaking Jaws when I was too young for such things. Messed me up for life.

How old?

Wow soft. My parents took me to see "Born on the 4th of July" when I was 5. I had very dismissive parents when it came to viewing rules, for which which I thank them. I remember that movie like it was yesterday, definitely one of my clearest memories from that age. W/ that said, it didn't "mess me up" and that movie is significantly worse than Jaws or its progeny.

Every kid is different. When my son was four, I was wondering if he was ready for a certain movie. Concurrently, he was watching Dora The Explorer one day and hid behind the couch because he was scared of Swiper - a cartoon fox.I don't think that a movie can ruin a kid's life. But there are some things that cannot be unseen. I watched far too many scary movies as a kid, and had some awful nightmares as a result.

 

[hooter311]

The only film that screwed me up as a kid was Wizards, I remember watching it at about 5.

Nothing like WW2 Concentration Camp footage, genocide, and murdering your own brother for brain candy for a 5 year old.

This probably the reason why I still don't care for Asian animation.

 

[jdoggydogg]

The only film that screwed me up as a kid was Wizards, I remember watching it at about 5.

Nothing like WW2 Concentration Camp footage, genocide, and murdering your own brother for brain candy for a 5 year old.

This probably the reason why I still don't care for Asian animation.

I saw it at about 8 and was fine. It was the late night Creature Feature movies that terrified me.

 

[Chaka]

The only film that screwed me up as a kid was Wizards, I remember watching it at about 5.

Nothing like WW2 Concentration Camp footage, genocide, and murdering your own brother for brain candy for a 5 year old.

This probably the reason why I still don't care for Asian animation.

Wizards is a Ralph Bakshi film (American). I am not sure what you mean by Asian animation, the principle illustrator and animators on Wizards were British and American. Ponyo is what I associate with Asian animation (although it's Japanese not Asian). What would you consider to be a typical example of Asian animation?

 

[Statorama]

The only film that screwed me up as a kid was Wizards, I remember watching it at about 5.

The one with Fred Savage?

 

[Iraqi Information Minister]

It's so great when your kids get older and they get to start watching more "grown up" movies.

Watched Jaws with my 13 y.o. daughter last night. It really is a perfect movie even though Mythbusters showed that you couldn't really kill a shark with a scuba tank.

The worst thing my father has ever done to me was take me to see freaking Jaws when I was too young for such things. Messed me up for life.

Same with Mrs. Dogg. And Planet of the Apes, too.

What? Now she can't go to the zoo?

 

[simey]

It's so great when your kids get older and they get to start watching more "grown up" movies.

Watched Jaws with my 13 y.o. daughter last night. It really is a perfect movie even though Mythbusters showed that you couldn't really kill a shark with a scuba tank.

The worst thing my father has ever done to me was take me to see freaking Jaws when I was too young for such things. Messed me up for life.

How old?

6-7Love the movie but it ruined any chance I had to love the ocean.

I was 9 when Jaws came out and my parents took my siblings and I to see it. It didn't make me not love the ocean, but my siblings and I wouldn't go out in the ocean real far on our rafts anymore. Prior to the movie, we use to go way out in the water, and my mom would be on the shoreline waving and screaming for us to come in closer. She didn't have to do that after the we saw the movie. Speaking of Jaws, I made this really cool skateboard/buttboard with Jaws painted on it back then. It was this flat wide piece of wood and I painted Jaws on it, and then I screwed the wood onto an old skate, and you could sit on it and fly down the hill on the street. It was fun.

 

[hooter311]

The only film that screwed me up as a kid was Wizards, I remember watching it at about 5.

The one with Fred Savage?

No, that's Wizard.The one with the tree hugging dwarf out to assassinate his Hitleresque brother.

 

[Iraqi Information Minister]

The only film that screwed me up as a kid was Wizards, I remember watching it at about 5.

The one with Fred Savage?

No, that's Wizard.The one with the tree hugging dwarf out to assassinate his Hitleresque brother.

Wizards

 

[jdoggydogg]

It's so great when your kids get older and they get to start watching more "grown up" movies.

Watched Jaws with my 13 y.o. daughter last night. It really is a perfect movie even though Mythbusters showed that you couldn't really kill a shark with a scuba tank.

The worst thing my father has ever done to me was take me to see freaking Jaws when I was too young for such things. Messed me up for life.

Same with Mrs. Dogg. And Planet of the Apes, too.

What? Now she can't go to the zoo?

She was like eight, and she asked her parents if she could drape a blanket over the dining room table and sleep under it like a tent. She tried it, but her parents were watching Planet of the Apes and she ran back to bed.

 

[hooter311]

The only film that screwed me up as a kid was Wizards, I remember watching it at about 5.

Nothing like WW2 Concentration Camp footage, genocide, and murdering your own brother for brain candy for a 5 year old.

This probably the reason why I still don't care for Asian animation.

Wizards is a Ralph Bakshi film (American). I am not sure what you mean by Asian animation, the principle illustrator and animators on Wizards were British and American. Ponyo is what I associate with Asian animation (although it's Japanese not Asian). What would you consider to be a typical example of Asian animation?

Yeah, I hated Ponyo too, and Japanese would also be considered asian.I just don't care for the style, Bakshi may be American, but its definitely more similar to asian styled animation. I can't explain myself much more than that, it's just a bias I've always had.

I can't stomach animation with blood, gore, nudity, or adult themes. I just don't like it.

 

[Iraqi Information Minister]

Japanese <> Asian?

Huh.

(Ponyo is great to look at. Not so great to watch.)

 

[Chaka]

The only film that screwed me up as a kid was Wizards, I remember watching it at about 5.

Nothing like WW2 Concentration Camp footage, genocide, and murdering your own brother for brain candy for a 5 year old.

This probably the reason why I still don't care for Asian animation.

Wizards is a Ralph Bakshi film (American). I am not sure what you mean by Asian animation, the principle illustrator and animators on Wizards were British and American. Ponyo is what I associate with Asian animation (although it's Japanese not Asian). What would you consider to be a typical example of Asian animation?

Yeah, I hated Ponyo too, and Japanese would also be considered asian.I just don't care for the style, Bakshi may be American, but its definitely more similar to asian styled animation. I can't explain myself much more than that, it's just a bias I've always had.

I can't stomach animation with blood, gore, nudity, or adult themes. I just don't like it.

I am just looking for some other examples of this style you are referring to.And how can you not like Heavy Metal? Gore, nudity, violence, John Candy...it's got everything.

 

[oneohh]

It's so great when your kids get older and they get to start watching more "grown up" movies.

Watched Jaws with my 13 y.o. daughter last night. It really is a perfect movie even though Mythbusters showed that you couldn't really kill a shark with a scuba tank.

The worst thing my father has ever done to me was take me to see freaking Jaws when I was too young for such things. Messed me up for life.

I remember asking specifically for and getting Predator on VHS for my 8th birthday.

Went to see The Running Man with my old man at the theatre when I was 9.

Are either of these movies considered scary in any way?

Some of the death scenes in Running Man are relatively gory. Not that big of a deal as I got to see all the Arnie movies as a kid, but I thought worth a mention. Also saw Nightmare On Elmstreet as a very young kid. That count?

 

[jdoggydogg]

The only film that screwed me up as a kid was Wizards, I remember watching it at about 5.

Nothing like WW2 Concentration Camp footage, genocide, and murdering your own brother for brain candy for a 5 year old.

This probably the reason why I still don't care for Asian animation.

Wizards is a Ralph Bakshi film (American). I am not sure what you mean by Asian animation, the principle illustrator and animators on Wizards were British and American. Ponyo is what I associate with Asian animation (although it's Japanese not Asian). What would you consider to be a typical example of Asian animation?

Yeah, I hated Ponyo too, and Japanese would also be considered asian.I just don't care for the style, Bakshi may be American, but its definitely more similar to asian styled animation. I can't explain myself much more than that, it's just a bias I've always had.

I can't stomach animation with blood, gore, nudity, or adult themes. I just don't like it.

I am just looking for some other examples of this style you are referring to.And how can you not like Heavy Metal? Gore, nudity, violence, John Candy...it's got everything.

Dethklok: Metalocalypse is one of the funniest shows ever, and it's chock full of gore.

 

[Chaka]

Japanese <> Asian?Huh.(Ponyo is great to look at. Not so great to watch.)

Sorry it's a personal thing of mine from when I was young. Even my Japanese friends today do not like to be referred to as Asian. Besides we have a specific word we use, "anime", for Japanese animated films. It's such a broad and extensive catalog of films that the Japanese style of animation warrants it's own category.

 

[Chaka]

Some of the death scenes in Running Man are relatively gory. Not that big of a deal as I got to see all the Arnie movies as a kid, but I thought worth a mention. Also saw Nightmare On Elmstreet as a very young kid. That count?

I guess anything counts if it scares you enough.I think Jaws is unique compared to those other films listed because sharks are very real, even in the minds of children. Predators, dystopias and war are not quite as easily relatable.

 

[simey]

The only film that screwed me up as a kid was Wizards, I remember watching it at about 5.

Nothing like WW2 Concentration Camp footage, genocide, and murdering your own brother for brain candy for a 5 year old.

This probably the reason why I still don't care for Asian animation.

my mom took my siblings and i to see "the hiding place" when i was 9, which means my brother was 6 or 7, my sister 11. i'm not sure about my sister, but for my brother and I it was our first real exposure to learning about the holocaust. we learned a lot about humanity that day. i'm glad mom took us to see it.

 

[saintfool]

as long as we're sharing inappropriate movies shown to children...

1. my dad took my brother (age 8), my three stepsisters (ages 4, 10, and 16), his brand new wife, and i to see the classic 70's softcore porn film "flesh gordon" at a drive-in in hendersonville, tn. it was a double feature with another film, "the boob tube". i was about 5. we took two cars and left after about 20 minutes. he swears that he thought it was "flash gordon".

eta -

i was pretty much scarred for life by my older brother making me watch the karen black classic 1975 "trilogy of terror". i remember in tears and begging him to change the channel during the

segment. he would not relent.

 

[KarmaPolice]

I just about crapped myself when the Gremlin exploded in the microwave, and we left soon after.

On a similar note, I laughed at the handful of kids leaving during the first Jurassic Park.

 

[hooter311]

Japanese <> Asian?Huh.(Ponyo is great to look at. Not so great to watch.)

Sorry it's a personal thing of mine from when I was young. Even my Japanese friends today do not like to be referred to as Asian. Besides we have a specific word we use, "anime", for Japanese animated films. It's such a broad and extensive catalog of films that the Japanese style of animation warrants it's own category.

Also, just to clarify, I'm not condemning or hating on the quality this kind of animation, it's just not my thing.And, I've never watched more than five seconds of Heavy Metal, my best friend has been trying to get me to watch Metalocolypse since it was created. I just can't do it.

 

[hooter311]

I just about crapped myself when the Gremlin exploded in the microwave, and we left soon after. On a similar note, I laughed at the handful of kids leaving during the first Jurassic Park.

My fiance let our 2 year old watch Gremlins a few weeks ago after I had won him a "Stripe" doll at the local carnivale. I was appalled. I can't believe he didn't have nightmares over that.The kid is a freak about monster movies ever since he got over Monster's Inc scaring him. It's embarrassing taking him to the video store because he runs for things like Saw, Wolfman, anything with freaky cover and proclaims how much he wants to watch it.I showed him Star Wars last weekend and hopefully I can channel most of his curiosity into that, try to buy myself a couple years.

 

[jdoggydogg]

I remember seeing just the poster for It's Alive and that scaring the hell out of me.

 

[oneohh]

Some of the death scenes in Running Man are relatively gory. Not that big of a deal as I got to see all the Arnie movies as a kid, but I thought worth a mention. Also saw Nightmare On Elmstreet as a very young kid. That count?

I guess anything counts if it scares you enough.I think Jaws is unique compared to those other films listed because sharks are very real, even in the minds of children. Predators, dystopias and war are not quite as easily relatable.

Ok, Mr. Toughguy. When I was two, my dad took me to a live beheading in New Mexico – of a nun - that opened with a group rape/dog fight. I got out of jail when I was 12 and I haven't been the same since. Put that in your pipe and smoke it.

 

[SmoovySmoov]

Some of the death scenes in Running Man are relatively gory. Not that big of a deal as I got to see all the Arnie movies as a kid, but I thought worth a mention. Also saw Nightmare On Elmstreet as a very young kid. That count?

I guess anything counts if it scares you enough.I think Jaws is unique compared to those other films listed because sharks are very real, even in the minds of children. Predators, dystopias and war are not quite as easily relatable.

Ok, Mr. Toughguy. When I was two, my dad took me to a live beheading in New Mexico – of a nun - that opened with a group rape/dog fight. I got out of jail when I was 12 and I haven't been the same since. Put that in your pipe and smoke it.

That's some opening act.

 

[offdee]

I just about crapped myself when the Gremlin exploded in the microwave, and we left soon after. On a similar note, I laughed at the handful of kids leaving during the first Jurassic Park.

Gremlins did me in as a young lad also....scared the crap out of me in the theatre and had to leave the theatre early.