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[jdoggydogg]

Cook, Thief, Wife and Lover - One of the worst movies I've ever seen.

if you aren't ready for it then it will totally suck. it is a very specific film. i remember it taking me able half the film to understand the accents. i'd probably go with it subtitled now as a precaution.

The scenes I've seen remind me of Moulin Rouge. That is not a compliment.

Worth a watch, IMO, especially if you don't know Greenaway's work. Worth it for his command of the visuals to tell his story- like moving/talking old-masters' painting come to life... Vermeers or some of the other Dutch masters who use color and light/darkness so well. I think you'll appreciate that aspect of it, JD.But the stories tend to be self-serving gross-outs rife with lots of sex=violence, nudity (often of people you dn't want to see nude), and bodily functions of all kinds.Funny- I didn't notice the accents... but maybe because Helen Mirren is nude for 90% of it (including a romp in offal- no joke).eta: but yeah- his films tend to be polarizing much like Solondz and Von Trier.

I see. I like Solondz. Don't like Von Trier. I have a feeling the 20 year old me would have loved Cook.

 

[cstu]

Also Torture has been shown to lead to erroneous information that either led agents on wild goose chases or dangerous traps.

as opposed to the other way around? All debatableand to GPJ.. many high ranking officials want people to believe that torture wasnt used to extract information.. why do you think that is? Regardless we'll never really know the truth but I dont believe that it is necessary.

the movie was meh... they really laid it on thick with the lead character's obsessive take no prisoners attitude. decent overall but wouldnt watch it again.

I still have a problem with the whole burial at sea... just puts more doubt on what really happened and or if Bin Laden was already dead like many thought. Who knows

At first i was also like "wtf this is fishy" but after thinking about it, thats about the only thing you could do with a terrorist with so many followers.

I haven't seen it yet but it's very impressive if they actually did wash the body before burial.

 

[jdoggydogg]

saw Seven Psychopaths. Very different than any other movie, thats for sure. Great cast, funny scenes, but the whole over the top weirdness was a bit too much for me. This had potential to be a great film. PS they really didnt need "7" psychopaths, if they stuck to "5" it would have been a better film IMO

This movie worked for me when it was trying to be funny. I don't think the drama worked at all, though.

 

[biggamer3]

saw Seven Psychopaths. Very different than any other movie, thats for sure. Great cast, funny scenes, but the whole over the top weirdness was a bit too much for me. This had potential to be a great film. PS they really didnt need "7" psychopaths, if they stuck to "5" it would have been a better film IMO

This movie worked for me when it was trying to be funny. I don't think the drama worked at all, though.

This was what i was trying to say. Some hilarious scenes, like the trying to kill dog scene, but absolutely zero suspense at all. I wish they would have totally made this a comedy from beginning to end.

 

[Kenny Powers]

Cook, Thief, Wife and Lover - One of the worst movies I've ever seen.

I cant say its that bad because I had to turn it off after 30-40 minutes

 

[NCCommish]

So I caught Dredd last night. If you like slow motion effects this is the film for you. But other than a bit heavy handed use of slo-mo, which I assume was for the 3D crowd when it was originally in theaters, it was a decent action movie. All the right people dead at the end and some good shoot em up through out. Definitely a different look and feel from Sly's take. Got the mythology a lot righter. Like never removing the helmet for example. So all in all worth the rental fee.

 

[JoeSteeler]

The DebtReally tried to like this movie but turned it off midway through. Great cast, lousy story.2.5/5

My feelings exactly.Also turned it off part of the way through.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Cook, Thief, Wife and Lover - One of the worst movies I've ever seen.

if you aren't ready for it then it will totally suck. it is a very specific film. i remember it taking me able half the film to understand the accents. i'd probably go with it subtitled now as a precaution.

The scenes I've seen remind me of Moulin Rouge. That is not a compliment.

It is nothing like Moulin Rouge.And the fact that you don't like Moulin...disturbs me. <_<

 

[SmoovySmoov]

Cook, Thief, Wife and Lover - One of the worst movies I've ever seen.

I cant say its that bad because I had to turn it off after 30-40 minutes

I disagree with you both. Beautiful film. Great ending.

 

[SmoovySmoov]

Cook, Thief, Wife and Lover - One of the worst movies I've ever seen.

if you aren't ready for it then it will totally suck. it is a very specific film. i remember it taking me able half the film to understand the accents. i'd probably go with it subtitled now as a precaution.

The scenes I've seen remind me of Moulin Rouge. That is not a compliment.

It is nothing like Moulin Rouge.And the fact that you don't like Moulin...disturbs me. <_<

And the fact that you do is hilarious.

 

[El Floppo]

Cook, Thief, Wife and Lover - One of the worst movies I've ever seen.

I cant say its that bad because I had to turn it off after 30-40 minutes

I get turning it off or hating it. I dont get thinking its the worst movie ever... unless visuals are completely unimportant to your appreciation of a movie. But actually, I dont get not appreciating visuals when watching a movie.For me, the worst movies are those cynical hollywood things that dont even try with any aspect of the produxtion.

 

[El Floppo]

Cook, Thief, Wife and Lover - One of the worst movies I've ever seen.

if you aren't ready for it then it will totally suck. it is a very specific film. i remember it taking me able half the film to understand the accents. i'd probably go with it subtitled now as a precaution.

The scenes I've seen remind me of Moulin Rouge. That is not a compliment.

It is nothing like Moulin Rouge.And the fact that you don't like Moulin...disturbs me. <_<

And the fact that you do is hilarious.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Cook, Thief, Wife and Lover - One of the worst movies I've ever seen.

if you aren't ready for it then it will totally suck. it is a very specific film. i remember it taking me able half the film to understand the accents. i'd probably go with it subtitled now as a precaution.

The scenes I've seen remind me of Moulin Rouge. That is not a compliment.

It is nothing like Moulin Rouge.And the fact that you don't like Moulin...disturbs me. <_<

And the fact that you do is hilarious.

The boy has talent! Nothing funny, I just like talent.

 

[Daywalker]

Shocked that neither Tarantino, Bigelow nor Anderson got a best-director nom. And Spielberg did. Ha.

 

[JZilla]

Shocked that neither Tarantino, Bigelow nor Anderson got a best-director nom. And Spielberg did. Ha.

GOOD, on all countsZD30 fans, Kathryn Bigelow was on Letterman last night talking about, well cinematic license in this film basically. She spinned it well but it's clearly ~75% made up.

 

[Daywalker]

Watch out for the Beasts of Southern Wild. The best pic as well as the little girl getting a nom is one thing but best director? The academy must really dig it.

 

[saintfool]

Cook, Thief, Wife and Lover - One of the worst movies I've ever seen.

I cant say its that bad because I had to turn it off after 30-40 minutes

I disagree with you both. Beautiful film. Great ending.

i remember thinking the ending was actually kind of funny. i may need to re-watch this to confirm though...

 

[Chaka]

Shocked that neither Tarantino, Bigelow nor Anderson got a best-director nom. And Spielberg did. Ha.

Spielberg absolutely deserves the nom. It's his best film since, IMO, Saving Private Ryan (some will say Munich or Catch Me If You Can but I think Lincoln is better than both of those).

 

[bonesman]

saw Seven Psychopaths. Very different than any other movie, thats for sure.

Great cast, funny scenes, but the whole over the top weirdness was a bit too much for me. This had potential to be a great film.

PS they really didnt need "7" psychopaths, if they stuck to "5" it would have been a better film IMO

Not sure what you're referring to in the bolded. There were no David Lynch moments that I can recall.

 

[Kenny Powers]

Cook, Thief, Wife and Lover - One of the worst movies I've ever seen.

I cant say its that bad because I had to turn it off after 30-40 minutes

I disagree with you both. Beautiful film. Great ending.

I actually want to revisit it at some point, it just was not what I was expecting at all when I put it on and I couldnt handle it any longer that night.

 

[jdoggydogg]

saw Seven Psychopaths. Very different than any other movie, thats for sure. Great cast, funny scenes, but the whole over the top weirdness was a bit too much for me. This had potential to be a great film. PS they really didnt need "7" psychopaths, if they stuck to "5" it would have been a better film IMO

This movie worked for me when it was trying to be funny. I don't think the drama worked at all, though.

This was what i was trying to say. Some hilarious scenes, like the trying to kill dog scene, but absolutely zero suspense at all. I wish they would have totally made this a comedy from beginning to end.

Exactly. Really gifted comic actors like Sam Rockwell could have elevated this to a top notch movie had the script been better.

 

[saintfool]

saw Seven Psychopaths. Very different than any other movie, thats for sure. Great cast, funny scenes, but the whole over the top weirdness was a bit too much for me. This had potential to be a great film. PS they really didnt need "7" psychopaths, if they stuck to "5" it would have been a better film IMO

This movie worked for me when it was trying to be funny. I don't think the drama worked at all, though.

This was what i was trying to say. Some hilarious scenes, like the trying to kill dog scene, but absolutely zero suspense at all. I wish they would have totally made this a comedy from beginning to end.

Exactly. Really gifted comic actors like Sam Rockwell could have elevated this to a top notch movie had the script been better.

i need to see this and compare it with his plays.

 

[El Floppo]

Cook, Thief, Wife and Lover - One of the worst movies I've ever seen.

I cant say its that bad because I had to turn it off after 30-40 minutes

I disagree with you both. Beautiful film. Great ending.

i remember thinking the ending was actually kind of funny. i may need to re-watch this to confirm though...

hmmm- funny, eh? IIRC, it gets pretty preposterously gross-out... which can be funny I guess. but I need to revisit it as well.

 

[jdoggydogg]

saw Seven Psychopaths. Very different than any other movie, thats for sure. Great cast, funny scenes, but the whole over the top weirdness was a bit too much for me. This had potential to be a great film. PS they really didnt need "7" psychopaths, if they stuck to "5" it would have been a better film IMO

This movie worked for me when it was trying to be funny. I don't think the drama worked at all, though.

This was what i was trying to say. Some hilarious scenes, like the trying to kill dog scene, but absolutely zero suspense at all. I wish they would have totally made this a comedy from beginning to end.

Exactly. Really gifted comic actors like Sam Rockwell could have elevated this to a top notch movie had the script been better.

i need to see this and compare it with his plays.

I really enjoyed In Bruges. But Psychopaths felt liked warmed up, re-hashed Tarantino with almost none of the same humor or intelligence.

 

[saintfool]

hmmm- funny, eh? IIRC, it gets pretty preposterously gross-out... which can be funny I guess. but I need to revisit it as well.

well, yes, but it's dark humor.

 

[saintfool]

I really enjoyed In Bruges. But Psychopaths felt liked warmed up, re-hashed Tarantino with almost none of the same humor or intelligence.

MM's plays are tremendously dark and funny. it would be hard for me to believe that he's so off his game that he cannot bring that to a script he wrote for himself.

 

[Time Kibitzer]

I really enjoyed In Bruges. But Psychopaths felt liked warmed up, re-hashed Tarantino with almost none of the same humor or intelligence.

MM's plays are tremendously dark and funny. it would be hard for me to believe that he's so off his game that he cannot bring that to a script he wrote for himself.

I thought Seven Psychopaths was one of the funniest films of the year, and that Sam Rockwell was great and very funny in his outlandish role.

 

[money.never.sleeps]

I was a little disappointed in Killing Them Softly. It was alright I guess.

Watched it last night and another meh.. I expected better.

 

[wazoo11]

So I caught Dredd last night. If you like slow motion effects this is the film for you. But other than a bit heavy handed use of slo-mo, which I assume was for the 3D crowd when it was originally in theaters, it was a decent action movie. All the right people dead at the end and some good shoot em up through out. Definitely a different look and feel from Sly's take. Got the mythology a lot righter. Like never removing the helmet for example. So all in all worth the rental fee.

 

[wikkidpissah]

Cook, Thief, Wife and Lover - One of the worst movies I've ever seen.

I cant say its that bad because I had to turn it off after 30-40 minutes

i rented it way back when cuz i heard Helen Mirren was naked all over it. they didnt tell me she did it mostly to have sex on garbage. those who know the great Michael Gambon as an avuncular Masterpiece Theater kinda guy should watch his performance here, cuz it speaks to the awe with which British actors consider him.

 

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

Cook, Thief, Wife and Lover - One of the worst movies I've ever seen.

I cant say its that bad because I had to turn it off after 30-40 minutes

I disagree with you both. Beautiful film. Great ending.

Great movie is you like that type of film.

 

[saintfool]

Cook, Thief, Wife and Lover - One of the worst movies I've ever seen.

I cant say its that bad because I had to turn it off after 30-40 minutes

i rented it way back when cuz i heard Helen Mirren was naked all over it. they didnt tell me she did it mostly to have sex on garbage. those who know the great Michael Gambon as an avuncular Masterpiece Theater kinda guy should watch his performance here, cuz it speaks to the awe with which British actors consider him.

he's another in yet a long line of tremendous actors - like nighe, pryce, etc - that kills it in almost every movie he's in. dig his "longtitutde" miniseries.

 

[Time Kibitzer]

Anybody know anything about any of the films nominated for Best Foreign Film? I don't think I've heard of any of them besides Amour.

 

[cstu]

Anybody know anything about any of the films nominated for Best Foreign Film? I don't think I've heard of any of them besides Amour.

I haven't seen any of the nominated but how did The Intouchables not get nominated?

 

[Thunderlips]

Going old school:Eiger Sanction - Clint banging a black chick and an Indian....gunfights, fist fights, making fun of Europeans, George Kennedy and Clint sitting on a mountain drinking beer, international espionage, mountain climbing, Clint and George Kennedy slapping the asses of white women and sending them on their way, arrogant Germans, beautiful, rugged scenery, making fun of feminists,...awesome movie.Charley Varrick - decentThe Panic In Needle Park - Requiem for a Dream borrows HEAVILY from this oneThief - Heat borrows HEAVILY from this one (this is excused as they were both Michal Mann)Serpico Death Wish - loving the New York as the Wild West theme of many of the 1970's movies.

 

[Aerial Assault]

I rented "Brothers" a couple of weeks back. It was interesting; not great but better than average, I thought. Maguire was very believable and Gyllenhaal turned in a great performance. Lil' Nat was pretty much the same as she is in most of her dramatic movies; pretty and not tremendously expressive, but likeable. The script had a few surprises and the dialogue and acting were pretty strong throughout. The major problem with the film is that not much happened. There's a little bit of a trend of remaking Scandinavian film and TV that this one (based on a Danish flick) was/is a part of; I'm thinking of The Killing and Wallander, but I'm sure there are other examples. I'd give it ***1/2 out of 5, maybe borderline ****.

 

[Kenny Powers]

I rented "Brothers" a couple of weeks back. It was interesting; not great but better than average, I thought. Maguire was very believable and Gyllenhaal turned in a great performance. Lil' Nat was pretty much the same as she is in most of her dramatic movies; pretty and not tremendously expressive, but likeable. The script had a few surprises and the dialogue and acting were pretty strong throughout. The major problem with the film is that not much happened.

I really liked this, more than I expected. I guess not a lot happened in it - in present time at least - but I thought it did an excellent job at displaying family dynamics, PTSD, and just personal mind ####s. Maguire, Gyllenhaal, and Portman were all really good. I think I posted somewhere here recently I thought this was a top 3 Jake G performance, and Id probably say the same for Tobey. Im still surprised how under the radar this one is.ETA: Maguire actually did get a golden globe nom for this one

 

[Kenny Powers]

Cook, Thief, Wife and Lover - One of the worst movies I've ever seen.

I cant say its that bad because I had to turn it off after 30-40 minutes

I disagree with you both. Beautiful film. Great ending.

Great movie is you like that type of film.

Serious question: what type of film is CTW&L?Only thing I can think of is its a play adaptation (without even knowing if it is/was a play), and thats a pretty broad genre

 

[Kenny Powers]

I was a little disappointed in Killing Them Softly. It was alright I guess.

Watched it last night and another meh.. I expected better.

Small town crime brings small town drama. I loved it for a lot of reasons. I could see expectations playing a part, and I expected Pitt to have a larger role, but I found very few things about this to complain about and thoroughly enjoyed it.

 

[Time Kibitzer]

Berberian Sound Studio

A Lynchian movie-making-within-a-movie mind#### of a film about a British movie sound mixer who went to Italy to work on the sound effects of an Italian film. I really liked this one; something about it just really sticks to me. I highly recommend it to fans of David Lynch, and highly detract it to critics of David Lynch.

 

[NCCommish]

Going old school:Eiger Sanction - Clint banging a black chick and an Indian....gunfights, fist fights, making fun of Europeans, George Kennedy and Clint sitting on a mountain drinking beer, international espionage, mountain climbing, Clint and George Kennedy slapping the asses of white women and sending them on their way, arrogant Germans, beautiful, rugged scenery, making fun of feminists,...awesome movie.Charley Varrick - decentThe Panic In Needle Park - Requiem for a Dream borrows HEAVILY from this oneThief - Heat borrows HEAVILY from this one (this is excused as they were both Michal Mann)Serpico Death Wish - loving the New York as the Wild West theme of many of the 1970's movies.

Eiger Sanction is seriously underrated in Clint's resume.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Pontypool:

Great take on the zombie genre, although I thought it fizzled out in the last 1/3 of the movie. Still well worth a viewing for fans of the genre.

The Grey:

Been passing by this one, but when listening to podcasts this week of top movies of 2012 it kept showing up, so I thought I'd finally give it a try. I ended up really liking this one. I didn't take it as man vs. wild, I took it as man vs. himself and his willingness to take on death. Sure the wolves looked a little silly, and the men did a couple of dumb things, but for my money that was secondary to the inner struggles. I am sure I am not the first to bring it up, but:

Spoiler

I started wondering how much was in his head anyway. Either he was dying from the crash and was in limbo (was very jump cut from him and his wife to the crash site - which he was oddly far away from), or based on all the flashbacks and showing them in the hospital at the end maybe he was in the hospital the whole time.

Either way, I really liked the movie but think it was really poorly marketed and could see why there was a lot of disappointment. If I remember right, there was a big difference in ratings from critics vs. Joe viewer - 20% or so.

The Divide:

Nuclear blast happens, people manage to get into their apartment's basement before the super closes the door, and all hell breaks loose. How I watched the last 1/2 of the movie: :X

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Eiger Sanction is seriously underrated in Clint's resume.

It's pretty well known that I don't like most movies made pre-'75.But Eiger Sanction is over-the-top AWESOME.

The Grey:

Been passing by this one, but when listening to podcasts this week of top movies of 2012 it kept showing up, so I thought I'd finally give it a try. I ended up really liking this one. I didn't take it as man vs. wild, I took it as man vs. himself and his willingness to take on death. Sure the wolves looked a little silly, and the men did a couple of dumb things, but for my money that was secondary to the inner struggles. I am sure I am not the first to bring it up, but:

One of the things that makes The Grey hit home the most for me is that Neeson filmed it shortly after tha passing of his own wife so it makes me wonder how much he invested into the character personally. My guess would be a lot.

 

[saintfool]

Berberian Sound Studio

A Lynchian movie-making-within-a-movie mind#### of a film about a British movie sound mixer who went to Italy to work on the sound effects of an Italian film. I really liked this one; something about it just really sticks to me. I highly recommend it to fans of David Lynch, and highly detract it to critics of David Lynch.

soundtrack was done by Broadcast and they were a tremendous band, imo.

 

[BroncoFreak_2K3]

Pontypool:

Great take on the zombie genre, although I thought it fizzled out in the last 1/3 of the movie. Still well worth a viewing for fans of the genre.

The Grey:

Been passing by this one, but when listening to podcasts this week of top movies of 2012 it kept showing up, so I thought I'd finally give it a try. I ended up really liking this one. I didn't take it as man vs. wild, I took it as man vs. himself and his willingness to take on death. Sure the wolves looked a little silly, and the men did a couple of dumb things, but for my money that was secondary to the inner struggles. I am sure I am not the first to bring it up, but:

Spoiler

I started wondering how much was in his head anyway. Either he was dying from the crash and was in limbo (was very jump cut from him and his wife to the crash site - which he was oddly far away from), or based on all the flashbacks and showing them in the hospital at the end maybe he was in the hospital the whole time.

Either way, I really liked the movie but think it was really poorly marketed and could see why there was a lot of disappointment. If I remember right, there was a big difference in ratings from critics vs. Joe viewer - 20% or so.

The Divide:

Nuclear blast happens, people manage to get into their apartment's basement before the super closes the door, and all hell breaks loose. How I watched the last 1/2 of the movie: :X

I had similar thoughts as you did in your spoiler about The Grey.

 

[Daywalker]

Thief - Heat borrows HEAVILY from this one (this is excused as they were both Michal Mann)

Great pic. Can't remember who Howard Stern interviewed but some former mafioso said this was the most accurate depiction of what the "life" is really like.

 

[NCCommish]

Thief - Heat borrows HEAVILY from this one (this is excused as they were both Michal Mann)

Great pic. Can't remember who Howard Stern interviewed but some former mafioso said this was the most accurate depiction of what the "life" is really like.

Some of James Caan's best work.

 

[BroncoFreak_2K3]

Thief - Heat borrows HEAVILY from this one (this is excused as they were both Michal Mann)

Great pic. Can't remember who Howard Stern interviewed but some former mafioso said this was the most accurate depiction of what the "life" is really like.

Some of James Caan's best work.

Vastly underrated. 9/10

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Thief - Heat borrows HEAVILY from this one (this is excused as they were both Michal Mann)

Great pic. Can't remember who Howard Stern interviewed but some former mafioso said this was the most accurate depiction of what the "life" is really like.

Some of James Caan's best work.

Vastly underrated. 9/10

Love this movie but I'd rate it slightly lower. The whole "love interest" thing seemed awkward and forced to me.

 

[BroncoFreak_2K3]

Thief - Heat borrows HEAVILY from this one (this is excused as they were both Michal Mann)

Great pic. Can't remember who Howard Stern interviewed but some former mafioso said this was the most accurate depiction of what the "life" is really like.

Some of James Caan's best work.

Vastly underrated. 9/10

Love this movie but I'd rate it slightly lower. The whole "love interest" thing seemed awkward and forced to me.

Huge James Caan fan, so there may be some built-in bias there....