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Recently viewed movie thread - Rental Edition (5 Viewers)
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jamny
Footballguy
I was laid out on the couch with the flu for much of the week so I caught up with some movies on my DVR, besides the first one:
Zero Dark Thirty - really liked it. Had no problem with Jessica Chastain. Loved that the focus was the behind the scenes stuff and not the training for the mission. Kept me entertained throughout. Very well done. 3.5/5
Blue Velvet - One of those movies I just never happened to see. It wasn't as freaky as I thought it would be, it was actually an interesting story. It just had that strange, floating through reality type of feel that I expected. Dennis Hopper is a madman, Laura Dern was actually very cute. It holds up pretty well, imo. It probably would have been great watching it tripping back in the day. Not sure why I missed it. Maybe I didn't? lol 2.5/5
Troy - Ugh. Horrible. My wife's a big Brad Pitt fan but I even questioned how she made it through this crap. Generic Hollywood garbage. Nothing gritty about it. Fast-forwaded through most of it. 1.5/5
Gattaca Thumbs up to this thread for this one. The recs here made me record it. Really compelling story, great acting, awesome environment. Just a solid story and movie. 3/5
Hesher Made it about 20 minutes. Joseph Gordon Levitt as some kind of anarchist with Dwight from the Office. Very stupid. 1/5
Zero Dark Thirty - really liked it. Had no problem with Jessica Chastain. Loved that the focus was the behind the scenes stuff and not the training for the mission. Kept me entertained throughout. Very well done. 3.5/5
Blue Velvet - One of those movies I just never happened to see. It wasn't as freaky as I thought it would be, it was actually an interesting story. It just had that strange, floating through reality type of feel that I expected. Dennis Hopper is a madman, Laura Dern was actually very cute. It holds up pretty well, imo. It probably would have been great watching it tripping back in the day. Not sure why I missed it. Maybe I didn't? lol 2.5/5
Troy - Ugh. Horrible. My wife's a big Brad Pitt fan but I even questioned how she made it through this crap. Generic Hollywood garbage. Nothing gritty about it. Fast-forwaded through most of it. 1.5/5
Gattaca Thumbs up to this thread for this one. The recs here made me record it. Really compelling story, great acting, awesome environment. Just a solid story and movie. 3/5
Hesher Made it about 20 minutes. Joseph Gordon Levitt as some kind of anarchist with Dwight from the Office. Very stupid. 1/5
Yankee23Fan
Fair Tax!
Skyfall. Very very good. No complaints at all.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
I agree with all of this - especially Zero Dark Thirty.
Chaka
Footballguy
That is just so awesome. Looking through the results of a google search for Starlog Magazine Star Wars is pretty hilarious.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
How come?'Chaka said:
Chaka
Footballguy
wazoo11
Footballguy
Is there any difference between the TV version or unedited version? TIA.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
Suite.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Tree Of Life
Can't even rate it. Some beautiful imagery but overall it screamed the same pretentious self-indulgence that you'd expect from a Malik or Von Trier movie. The exact sort of thing that movie snobs use as a bellweather to make themselves feel superior when they "get it" as opposed to the unwashed masses who don't.
Not recommended.
Can't even rate it. Some beautiful imagery but overall it screamed the same pretentious self-indulgence that you'd expect from a Malik or Von Trier movie. The exact sort of thing that movie snobs use as a bellweather to make themselves feel superior when they "get it" as opposed to the unwashed masses who don't.
Not recommended.
Yankee23Fan
Fair Tax!
Watched Jack Sparrow on Angry Tides last night or whatever they called that money grab. By far the worst of all the movies.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
It was better than the third one but that's like saying that it was less runny diarrhea.
Time Kibitzer
Footballguy
I don't know if I'm a movie snob, but the reason I enjoy seeing films like Tree of Life every once in a while is precisely because I don't "get it". Sometimes it's nice to watch a film without an overtly logical conclusion, as it encourages you to think about the film as opposed to your standard blockbuster where there's generally nothing to think about afterwards, it just washes over you and that's it.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
I was being a bit over the top and I get what you're saying.
And I have to say I was okay with it from that perspective up until about the last 15 minutes. Seeing Sean Penn in his natural state - you know, walking around with a bewildered look on his face - for that amount of time turned it into an annoyance and put the nail in the coffin for me.
It just doesn't end up saying or containing the meaning that the creators seem to think it does.
bonesman
Footballguy
Sarnoff
Footballguy
Some mod fixed it not long after I posted. "Rental Edition" was in the subtitle, which was lost when the board was upgraded yesterday.
bonesman
Footballguy
Yea, I said that because even with the subtitle there was lots of talk about boxoffice movies and was pretty much the general FFA look at me I saw a movie thread.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
So did you "get" the movie? If so, does that make you pretentious?I know this movie isn't for everyone. It's more like meditation than entertainment.
bonesman
Footballguy
Downloaded a English dub of this a couple months ago and threw it on last night for some reason and was surprised to see none other than Jamie Lanister in a supporting role. Kismet.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
This is free on HBO now. I was going to watch it just for the hell of it. Is it terrible?
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
This is an interesting point. I like David Lynch movies, but I don't probably "get" a lot of what's going on.
Kenny Powers
Footballguy
The Company Men....About business guys during the recession, some struggling some not so hurt. While it lacks the intensity and suspense of Margin Call - which I really liked - I thought this had much more substance and character development. Ben Affleck again made me question why so many people think he is a terrible actor, I think he made more terrible casting/movie choices around a decade ago than he is/was a bad actor. Chris Cooper was also very good, but Tommy Lee Jones really stole every scene he had and was the highlight IMO. Unsympathetic characters become ones far from that (in most cases). Really liked it, it didnt blow me away, but Im not sure how it could have been much better...4.2/5
The Factory....I can see why this movie was apparently on the back-burner for awhile and went straight to DVD, but I thought it was solid overall. Nicely shot, edited, and the suspense was kept pretty high throughout once it got rolling. While I thought Cusack was pretty good, this might be the first time Ive seen him mail it in. Then again, based on his cop on sleep deprivation character, maybe Cusack is even better than I realize. As the antagonist, I thought Dallas Roberts was really good. He really impressed me on the short lived AMC show Rubicon, and also liked him in The Grey. I think really, whether you like or dislike this movie will depend on the ending. At first it bothered me, but after giving it a day to think about, not near as much....2.7/5
The Factory....I can see why this movie was apparently on the back-burner for awhile and went straight to DVD, but I thought it was solid overall. Nicely shot, edited, and the suspense was kept pretty high throughout once it got rolling. While I thought Cusack was pretty good, this might be the first time Ive seen him mail it in. Then again, based on his cop on sleep deprivation character, maybe Cusack is even better than I realize. As the antagonist, I thought Dallas Roberts was really good. He really impressed me on the short lived AMC show Rubicon, and also liked him in The Grey. I think really, whether you like or dislike this movie will depend on the ending. At first it bothered me, but after giving it a day to think about, not near as much....2.7/5
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
I'm not saying everyone who "got" it is pretentious. I'm just saying that it's the type of movie that makes snobs say "if you didn't like it, you must not have gotten it."jdoggydogg said:
Not exactly the same thing.
One of the worst movies I've seen in years.jdoggydogg said:
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Infernal Affairs - 7.5/10
It may have been the inspiration for The Departed...but IA is the better movie by a long shot.
Could have done without the psychologist subplot that existed only to tidy up the ending though.
It may have been the inspiration for The Departed...but IA is the better movie by a long shot.
Could have done without the psychologist subplot that existed only to tidy up the ending though.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
I liked Tree of Life - mainly because it's unlike any movie I've ever seen. No way would I want all my movies to be Malick movies. But I do enjoy the effort and the unique voice.
offdee
Footballguy
I tried 3 different times to make it all the way through this garbage and eventually just gave up. I had enough of the "hey lets just put random beautiful images on the screen and let people make up meanings for them all....even though they are just random beautiful images". I remember laughing out loud at the dinosaur drinking out of the creek, hitting eject and sealing it up into my Netflix return envelope with a sense of relief.
Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
Killing them Softly: Not sure why this movie was such a tough sell. It looks ugly, dank, depressing, and that's just the first minute of the film. I am one of 3 people that actually paid to watch this at the theatre. Gangster type movie, involves a poker game although poker is not the driving part of the film. Brad Pitt, Ray Liotta, James Gandolfini lot of familiar faces in this movie. The car scenes with Pitt and Richard Jenkins are fantastic and filled with some funny lines, in fact there are a lot of car scenes in this film.
The film really slices thru the BS economic downturn and uses the 2008 Presidential race of Obama/McCain mixed with the BS coming from George Bush as he was leaving office. There is a message being sent, you can take a position Left/Right but I don't think they are endorsing any of the candidates, more like tapping us on the shoulder and saying "How much more of this are you gonna put up with" Pitt has a nice little monologue at the end of the film that sums up America well.
This movie was liked by about 3 out of 4 critics, major movie stars, nobody went to see it. I think you'll really like it and it was a top10 movie for me in 2012, and definitely a guy movie. I don't think there is one woman in the entire movie other than a hooker which was just fine with me. No mushy back love stories here.
Killer Joe: I got this out of Redbox so its still around. Another box office bomb, decent critic reviews, I think you will like this movie with Mathew McConaughey in one of his best roles ever. He basically is a Dallas lawman that works at night as a hired contract killer. This is not a rom-com not even close, the director is William Friedkin, yes the same guy who directed The Excorcist and he leaves his mark in a scene that you gotta see to believe involving Gina Gershon and MM and a chicken drumstick, I say no more. Rent this movie, but if you are more the Meet the Parents type and shy away from a raw film, this is not for you. Just sayin' as I think this is NC-17 but I could be wrong.
The film really slices thru the BS economic downturn and uses the 2008 Presidential race of Obama/McCain mixed with the BS coming from George Bush as he was leaving office. There is a message being sent, you can take a position Left/Right but I don't think they are endorsing any of the candidates, more like tapping us on the shoulder and saying "How much more of this are you gonna put up with" Pitt has a nice little monologue at the end of the film that sums up America well.
This movie was liked by about 3 out of 4 critics, major movie stars, nobody went to see it. I think you'll really like it and it was a top10 movie for me in 2012, and definitely a guy movie. I don't think there is one woman in the entire movie other than a hooker which was just fine with me. No mushy back love stories here.
Killer Joe: I got this out of Redbox so its still around. Another box office bomb, decent critic reviews, I think you will like this movie with Mathew McConaughey in one of his best roles ever. He basically is a Dallas lawman that works at night as a hired contract killer. This is not a rom-com not even close, the director is William Friedkin, yes the same guy who directed The Excorcist and he leaves his mark in a scene that you gotta see to believe involving Gina Gershon and MM and a chicken drumstick, I say no more. Rent this movie, but if you are more the Meet the Parents type and shy away from a raw film, this is not for you. Just sayin' as I think this is NC-17 but I could be wrong.
mad sweeney
Footballguy
The Tin Drum - Was an unpopular pick in my new weekly movie night group of friends, largely comprised of film snobs. Everyone was happy though at the end, despite about a dozen legitimate WTF! moments. Germans are just plain weird. And the kid seems as creepy as any kid in any movie. It's a little long and meandering, but well worth it.
Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
Maybe the connection and the reality of what happened to them can and will happen to us? What have we done to improve since then? The birth of this planet and how we have evolved while mixing in Malick's upbringing in Texas way back when, I found it fascinating to get inside this guy's head for a bit. I guess I could relate to a lot of this and I like how he doesn't really force you to believe or agree with anything he puts up on screen. Half the theatre walked out when I saw it at the movies.
You didn't see what Malick was saying or what I interpreted as how tiny humans are in this mass universe that never stops doing its thing? Dinosaurs gone, bring on the humans, we go eventually, something else will likely follow us. He uses the 50s as a backdrop but let's face it, we never are gonna get a 50s diner scene from Malick the way say Robert Zemeckis does in Back to the Future. Humanity is represented in Tree of Life as a spec of space dust.
It's OK for different people to enjoy different films. I'm sure you have a list of films you love that I might not want to watch if you paid me.
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Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
The dinosaur part I actually "got". It's supposed to represent the first time in history that mercy was given. That's important in a movie that's essentially about nature (represented by Father) vs. nurture (Mother).
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Shame:
Watched this one last night - what an uplifting movie.
Really well shot and acted, and I could tell it was effective since I immediately wanted to take a shower afterwards.
Watched this one last night - what an uplifting movie.
Really well shot and acted, and I could tell it was effective since I immediately wanted to take a shower afterwards.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
Liked the photography. But this movie was pointless. And I love how hitting rock bottom for him was ending up in a gay sex club. That was...a weird turn.Shame:
Watched this one last night - what an uplifting movie.
Really well shot and acted, and I could tell it was effective since I immediately wanted to take a shower afterwards.
Kenny Powers
Footballguy
I dont remember if I paid for it or not, but I saw it in theaters as well. In my Top 5 from last year probably. Loved it. You answered you own question as to why it bombed at the box office - its a guy movie, and the type of guys that are its audience arent the ones who go to the theater and see movies, or if they do its probably not something like this because theyre with their wife/kid/gf. Other great movies that bombed at the box office: Usual Suspects, Fight Club, American History X, Casino, Rounders.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Watched a few movies on my day off and I think I broke my brain again. Had a triple feature of Eraserhead, Primer, and The Fountain. 
hooter311
Footballguy
Now that would break anyone's brain. The Fountain was the most tedious film I can remember watching in the last decade.Watched a few movies on my day off and I think I broke my brain again. Had a triple feature of Eraserhead, Primer, and The Fountain.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
I liked The Fountain. 
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hooter311
Footballguy
I didn't say I didn't like it, it was just exhausting. It put me to sleep several times before being able to watch it all the way through.I liked The Fountain.
Chaka
Footballguy
JoeSteeler
Footballguy
Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Well played.Does that make you feel superior?I liked The Fountain.
bosoxs45
Footballguy
Kenny Powers
Footballguy
FreeBaGeL
Footballguy
The Fountain is probably my favorite movie, and I typically hate those types of movies. It gets better with every viewing, you see/figure out all kinds of stuff you missed the time before. Usually, again, something I dislike but it just clicked for me with that movie. I think the great soundtrack was a part of it.
BroncoFreak_2K3
sucker for Orange
Little Children - The lives of two lovelorn spouses from separate marriages, a registered sex offender, and a disgraced ex-police officer intersect as they struggle to resist their vulnerabilities and temptations. Very well-acted, stars Kate Winslett, Jennifer Connelly, Patrick Wilson, Jackie Earle Haley. 8/10
