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[Bob Magaw]

eXistenZ - Caught the last half hour at a hotel while travelling recently. Didn't like it the first time I saw it, but I'm a big Cronenberg fan, and thought I'd give it another try. It has a virtual reality theme (a contemporary of The Matrix and The Thirteenth Floor, all from '99, earlier movies with a related theme include Strange Days from '95 and Brainstorm from '83 - more recently, Inception), and piqued my interest enough to watch the rest on Netflix streaming. Not as good as Videodrome or Scanners, but perhaps in the next tier within his body of work.

Love this movie.

Forgot about a few other VR-related movies, Total Recall ('90) and the German film World On A Wire ('73 - like The Thirteenth Floor, based on common source material, an earlier novel titled Simulacron-3).

 

[KarmaPolice]

So.... I finally took the plunge into a decent TV/bluray combo. Had a small one in the bedroom, but finally got it in the living room with a little surround sound, etc.. WTF have I been doing all these years? Really rekindled my love of movies. Been doing a lot of watching stuff that I have seen and digging through bonus features. Mostly I am just getting them through the library. 5x better watching animated movies. We watched a couple like How to Train Your Dragon and Big Hero 6. Currently I am going through the Pixar movies in order of release date too. Probably the last person on these boards to have HD in their living room.

Randomly pulling some Bluray Criterion movies at the library and digging through them. Couple I had never heard of and tried out:

Safe:

Julianne Moore becomes allergic to the environment and slowly sinks farther and farther into isolation. A tad slow, but it was worth a watch. Like most great movies, it can be read different ways: allegory for AIDS, a critique of the self-help culture, and a critique on religion among other things. 7/10

Overlord:

WW2 film I had never heard of. You follow a recruit through basic training to Normandy. Interesting use of actual war footage interlaced with the movie. Liked it, but was really surprised at the release date of the moive - 1975. Felt like something made 25+ years before, and not quite as well as others. 6/10

 

[saintfool]

Safe:
Julianne Moore becomes allergic to the environment and slowly sinks farther and farther into isolation. A tad slow, but it was worth a watch. Like most great movies, it can be read different ways: allegory for AIDS, a critique of the self-help culture, and a critique on religion among other things. 7/10

this is such a tremendous film. it was moore's breakthrough role, i think, and rightly so. it's incredibly thought-provoking in its way.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Safe:
Julianne Moore becomes allergic to the environment and slowly sinks farther and farther into isolation. A tad slow, but it was worth a watch. Like most great movies, it can be read different ways: allegory for AIDS, a critique of the self-help culture, and a critique on religion among other things. 7/10

this is such a tremendous film. it was moore's breakthrough role, i think, and rightly so. it's incredibly thought-provoking in its way.

Couldn't quite put my finger on it, but there was something about the pacing that I didn't like or wasn't quite in the mood for that night. Would recommend for most in here though.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Days of Heaven:

Have seen it before, but the bluray confirmed that it just might be the most gorgeous movie I have seen. Just beautifully shot.

 

[Bob Magaw]

Days of Heaven:

Have seen it before, but the bluray confirmed that it just might be the most gorgeous movie I have seen. Just beautifully shot.

Agreed. Badlands and Thin Red Line also Malick movies in the Criterion collection.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Days of Heaven:

Have seen it before, but the bluray confirmed that it just might be the most gorgeous movie I have seen. Just beautifully shot.

Agreed. Badlands and Thin Red Line also Malick movies in the Criterion collection.

Thin Red Line will be in a couple weeks when the 8yo goes back to school. Will be able to tackle some longer movies during the day.

 

[JoeSteeler]

[SIZE=10.5pt]The Station Agent - highly recommend[/SIZE]

 

[Mr. Mojo]

Days of Heaven:

Have seen it before, but the bluray confirmed that it just might be the most gorgeous movie I have seen. Just beautifully shot.

It was very good.

And fortunately, Malick didn't drag it out for an unneeded additional hour like many of his subsequent films.

 

[saintfool]

Safe:
Julianne Moore becomes allergic to the environment and slowly sinks farther and farther into isolation. A tad slow, but it was worth a watch. Like most great movies, it can be read different ways: allegory for AIDS, a critique of the self-help culture, and a critique on religion among other things. 7/10

this is such a tremendous film. it was moore's breakthrough role, i think, and rightly so. it's incredibly thought-provoking in its way.

Couldn't quite put my finger on it, but there was something about the pacing that I didn't like or wasn't quite in the mood for that night. Would recommend for most in here though.

i would say that it was very deliberate. it wasn't that scenes were too long either. i also needed to notice the background/ambient noise that was in almost every scene.

 

[IC FBGCav]

A Most Violent Year 3/5

It was entertaining and the acting was good. However, I felt underwhelmed the whole time and actually fell asleep the first time I tried watching it. Maybe I just "didn't get it" but I wasn't that into the story.

I watched this yesterday and had a similar experience.

 

[IC FBGCav]

Inside Llewyn Davis 5.5/10. It was okay and liked some of the music but the story was not all that compelling nor the characters. It was pretty meh.

 

[nirad3]

Days of Heaven:

Have seen it before, but the bluray confirmed that it just might be the most gorgeous movie I have seen. Just beautifully shot.

Agreed. Badlands and Thin Red Line also Malick movies in the Criterion collection.

Thin Red Line will be in a couple weeks when the 8yo goes back to school. Will be able to tackle some longer movies during the day.

This was on HBO or Showtime recently so I DVR'ed it and watched it this past weekend. I was hoping to be completely blown away but came away rather unimpressed. Still a solid flick on the merits of an awesome cast, pretty good storytelling from multiple sources and some good action.

6.5 or 7ish / 10

 

[jdoggydogg]

Inside Llewyn Davis 5.5/10. It was okay and liked some of the music but the story was not all that compelling nor the characters. It was pretty meh.

I am a total Cohen brothers fanboy. But this movie and A Serious Man could be their two worst movies.

 

[IC FBGCav]

Inside Llewyn Davis 5.5/10. It was okay and liked some of the music but the story was not all that compelling nor the characters. It was pretty meh.

I am a total Cohen brothers fanboy. But this movie and A Serious Man could be their two worst movies.

But neither sucked they were just average.

 

[El Floppo]

Safe:
Julianne Moore becomes allergic to the environment and slowly sinks farther and farther into isolation. A tad slow, but it was worth a watch. Like most great movies, it can be read different ways: allegory for AIDS, a critique of the self-help culture, and a critique on religion among other things. 7/10

this is such a tremendous film. it was moore's breakthrough role, i think, and rightly so. it's incredibly thought-provoking in its way.

Couldn't quite put my finger on it, but there was something about the pacing that I didn't like or wasn't quite in the mood for that night. Would recommend for most in here though.

I don't usually mind slow burns... but all I remember about this was being completely annoyed with her character and the pacing. I expected to like it, but came away meh.

 

[El Floppo]

Inside Llewyn Davis 5.5/10. It was okay and liked some of the music but the story was not all that compelling nor the characters. It was pretty meh.

I am a total Cohen brothers fanboy. But this movie and A Serious Man could be their two worst movies.

I started watching this recently- not from the beginning, and I don't think I made it to the end... but I got really pulled in more than I thought I would.

 

[El Floppo]

Days of Heaven:

Have seen it before, but the bluray confirmed that it just might be the most gorgeous movie I have seen. Just beautifully shot.

Agreed. Badlands and Thin Red Line also Malick movies in the Criterion collection.

Thin Red Line will be in a couple weeks when the 8yo goes back to school. Will be able to tackle some longer movies during the day.

This was on HBO or Showtime recently so I DVR'ed it and watched it this past weekend. I was hoping to be completely blown away but came away rather unimpressed. Still a solid flick on the merits of an awesome cast, pretty good storytelling from multiple sources and some good action.

6.5 or 7ish / 10

one of my favorites, just for the cinematography.

there's a fantastic doc about cinematography- Visions of Light- that goes in depth about how they only filmed at "magic" hours (dusk and dawn) to get the incredible quality of light. oh- also remembered first hearing about the Conformist in that doc... and it turns out an acquaintance of mine is working the same cinematographist, whihc I thought was amazing.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Inside Llewyn Davis 5.5/10. It was okay and liked some of the music but the story was not all that compelling nor the characters. It was pretty meh.

I am a total Cohen brothers fanboy. But this movie and A Serious Man could be their two worst movies.

But neither sucked they were just average.

I would agree that most Cohen movies (even the lesser efforts) are still more interesting than most movies.

 

[El Floppo]

Inside Llewyn Davis 5.5/10. It was okay and liked some of the music but the story was not all that compelling nor the characters. It was pretty meh.

I am a total Cohen brothers fanboy. But this movie and A Serious Man could be their two worst movies.

But neither sucked they were just average.

I would agree that most Cohen movies (even the lesser efforts) are still more interesting than most movies.

agree... except for the one with Brad Pitt one recently, which was awful.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Inside Llewyn Davis 5.5/10. It was okay and liked some of the music but the story was not all that compelling nor the characters. It was pretty meh.

I am a total Cohen brothers fanboy. But this movie and A Serious Man could be their two worst movies.

But neither sucked they were just average.

I would agree that most Cohen movies (even the lesser efforts) are still more interesting than most movies.

agree... except for the one with Brad Pitt one recently, which was awful.

Burn After Reading?

 

[El Floppo]

Inside Llewyn Davis 5.5/10. It was okay and liked some of the music but the story was not all that compelling nor the characters. It was pretty meh.

I am a total Cohen brothers fanboy. But this movie and A Serious Man could be their two worst movies.

But neither sucked they were just average.

I would agree that most Cohen movies (even the lesser efforts) are still more interesting than most movies.

agree... except for the one with Brad Pitt one recently, which was awful.

Burn After Reading?

that's the one.

 

[rockaction]

Burn After Reading?

that's the one.

It did have one of the funniest closing segments I can remember, though. It had everybody I was in the room with bursting out laughing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlA9hmrC8DU

 

[El Floppo]

Burn After Reading?

that's the one.

It did have one of the funniest closing segments I can remember, though. It had everybody I was in the room with bursting out laughing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlA9hmrC8DU

that is pretty funny.

I guess I was so over the movie by the time that came along, it didn't work as well at first watch. (the line- what a cluster-####- resonated more than the humor)

 

[Mr. Mojo]

Inside Llewyn Davis 5.5/10. It was okay and liked some of the music but the story was not all that compelling nor the characters. It was pretty meh.

I am a total Cohen brothers fanboy. But this movie and A Serious Man could be their two worst movies.

I didn't see Inside Llewyn Davis, but A Serious Man is one of the worst movies I've seen in recent years.

And I also usually like the Cohen Brothers.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Ex Machina - 7.5/10

It didn't say as much as it thought it was saying, IMO, but it was really well done and looked great - and by that I mean more than just Alicia Vikander.

 

[JoeSteeler]

I like Burn after Reading and (to a lesser extent) A Serious Man.

 

[saintfool]

Days of Heaven:

Have seen it before, but the bluray confirmed that it just might be the most gorgeous movie I have seen. Just beautifully shot.

It was very good.

And fortunately, Malick didn't drag it out for an unneeded additional hour like many of his subsequent films.

i love this film. in my top 5, maybe? it is gorgeous to look at and does a fantastic job of storytelling with a pretty spare script.

 

[saintfool]

Days of Heaven:

Have seen it before, but the bluray confirmed that it just might be the most gorgeous movie I have seen. Just beautifully shot.

Agreed. Badlands and Thin Red Line also Malick movies in the Criterion collection.

Thin Red Line will be in a couple weeks when the 8yo goes back to school. Will be able to tackle some longer movies during the day.

this is a good but unsatisfying film in a lot of ways. it's a mess of storytelling for the most part. it also bears the burden of being the first Malick film after his hiatus. there may come a time when his "directors" cut makes it to the market and it may be better. there were character arcs and scenes just cut out of the thing. i think the running time he showed the studio was like 7 hours. also, i don't remember the book being set up much like the movie at all.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Inside Llewyn Davis 5.5/10. It was okay and liked some of the music but the story was not all that compelling nor the characters. It was pretty meh.

I am a total Cohen brothers fanboy. But this movie and A Serious Man could be their two worst movies.

But neither sucked they were just average.

I would agree that most Cohen movies (even the lesser efforts) are still more interesting than most movies.

agree... except for the one with Brad Pitt one recently, which was awful.

Really? I thought Burn After Reading was hilarious.

 

[nirad3]

Days of Heaven:

Have seen it before, but the bluray confirmed that it just might be the most gorgeous movie I have seen. Just beautifully shot.

Agreed. Badlands and Thin Red Line also Malick movies in the Criterion collection.

Thin Red Line will be in a couple weeks when the 8yo goes back to school. Will be able to tackle some longer movies during the day.

this is a good but unsatisfying film in a lot of ways. it's a mess of storytelling for the most part. it also bears the burden of being the first Malick film after his hiatus. there may come a time when his "directors" cut makes it to the market and it may be better. there were character arcs and scenes just cut out of the thing. i think the running time he showed the studio was like 7 hours. also, i don't remember the book being set up much like the movie at all.

Agree with this...

 

[El Floppo]

Days of Heaven:

Have seen it before, but the bluray confirmed that it just might be the most gorgeous movie I have seen. Just beautifully shot.

Agreed. Badlands and Thin Red Line also Malick movies in the Criterion collection.

Thin Red Line will be in a couple weeks when the 8yo goes back to school. Will be able to tackle some longer movies during the day.

this is a good but unsatisfying film in a lot of ways. it's a mess of storytelling for the most part. it also bears the burden of being the first Malick film after his hiatus. there may come a time when his "directors" cut makes it to the market and it may be better. there were character arcs and scenes just cut out of the thing. i think the running time he showed the studio was like 7 hours. also, i don't remember the book being set up much like the movie at all.

Agree with this...

me too- and I loved the movie... but yeah, it's a mess... and awfully pretentious (everybody's inner voice narrative is a poet laureate?)

 

[nirad3]

Days of Heaven:

Have seen it before, but the bluray confirmed that it just might be the most gorgeous movie I have seen. Just beautifully shot.

Agreed. Badlands and Thin Red Line also Malick movies in the Criterion collection.

Thin Red Line will be in a couple weeks when the 8yo goes back to school. Will be able to tackle some longer movies during the day.

this is a good but unsatisfying film in a lot of ways. it's a mess of storytelling for the most part. it also bears the burden of being the first Malick film after his hiatus. there may come a time when his "directors" cut makes it to the market and it may be better. there were character arcs and scenes just cut out of the thing. i think the running time he showed the studio was like 7 hours. also, i don't remember the book being set up much like the movie at all.

Agree with this...

me too- and I loved the movie... but yeah, it's a mess... and awfully pretentious (everybody's inner voice narrative is a poet laureate?)

I've found myself using closed captioning (maybe time for a hearing check? ) more often than not these days, especially with movies. I've found that the music and sound effects are SO much louder than the dialogue.

In any case, definitely needed it for this flick. The soliloquies were next to impossible to understand, at least for me.

 

[mr fancypants]

Inside Llewyn Davis 5.5/10. It was okay and liked some of the music but the story was not all that compelling nor the characters. It was pretty meh.

I am a total Cohen brothers fanboy. But this movie and A Serious Man could be their two worst movies.

I'd personally add Intolerable Cruelty to that list.

 

[saintfool]

me too- and I loved the movie... but yeah, it's a mess... and awfully pretentious (everybody's inner voice narrative is a poet laureate?)

inner voice? maybe just for him

 

[Mr. Mojo]

Days of Heaven:

Have seen it before, but the bluray confirmed that it just might be the most gorgeous movie I have seen. Just beautifully shot.

Agreed. Badlands and Thin Red Line also Malick movies in the Criterion collection.

Thin Red Line will be in a couple weeks when the 8yo goes back to school. Will be able to tackle some longer movies during the day.

this is a good but unsatisfying film in a lot of ways. it's a mess of storytelling for the most part. it also bears the burden of being the first Malick film after his hiatus. there may come a time when his "directors" cut makes it to the market and it may be better. there were character arcs and scenes just cut out of the thing. i think the running time he showed the studio was like 7 hours. also, i don't remember the book being set up much like the movie at all.

I agree with you.

I got so sick of the voiceovers in Thin Red Line, I found myself saying "shut up" to my TV. Not a good sign.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Kingsman - 7.5/10

What a riot. Worth it just for the scene in the church.

I subtracted a point for the casting of SLJ as the villain but added a half for the inclusion of Mark Hamill (who I didn't realize played the tie until the credits) and for the villain getting sick at the sight of his own blood.

Matthew Vaughn has racked up an impressive resume.

 

[cstu]

Kingsman - 7.5/10

What a riot. Worth it just for the scene in the church.

I subtracted a point for the casting of SLJ as the villain but added a half for the inclusion of Mark Hamill (who I didn't realize played the tie until the credits) and for the villain getting sick at the sight of his own blood.

Matthew Vaughn has racked up an impressive resume.

It's supposed to be taking the piss out of James Bond and SLJ as that character was a brilliant piece of casting.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

I know. I would say that SLJ is mis-cast in almost every movie. I think he's terrible, period.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Kingsman - 7.5/10

What a riot. Worth it just for the scene in the church.

I subtracted a point for the casting of SLJ as the villain but added a half for the inclusion of Mark Hamill (who I didn't realize played the tie until the credits) and for the villain getting sick at the sight of his own blood.

Matthew Vaughn has racked up an impressive resume.

Samuel L Jackson was terrible, but I sure loved this movie.

 

[jdoggydogg]

I know. I would say that SLJ is mis-cast in almost every movie. I think he's terrible, period.

He's awesome in Jackie Brown, but clearly he has limited range.

 

[saintfool]

I know. I would say that SLJ is mis-cast in almost every movie. I think he's terrible, period.

He's awesome in Jackie Brown, but clearly he has limited range.

i thought he was superb in one of his earliest films, Fresh, but then I really like that film.

 

[El Floppo]

I know. I would say that SLJ is mis-cast in almost every movie. I think he's terrible, period.

He's awesome in Jackie Brown, but clearly he has limited range.

i thought he was superb in one of his earliest films, Fresh, but then I really like that film.

underrated, fantastic film.

 

[saintfool]

I know. I would say that SLJ is mis-cast in almost every movie. I think he's terrible, period.

He's awesome in Jackie Brown, but clearly he has limited range.

i thought he was superb in one of his earliest films, Fresh, but then I really like that film.

underrated, fantastic film.

i still do a bit from that film from time to time.

"put them on the clock and i'll chew their asses up..."

 

[Cold Dead Hands]

Kingsman - 7.5/10

What a riot. Worth it just for the scene in the church.

I subtracted a point for the casting of SLJ as the villain but added a half for the inclusion of Mark Hamill (who I didn't realize played the tie until the credits) and for the villain getting sick at the sight of his own blood.

Matthew Vaughn has racked up an impressive resume.

Samuel L Jackson was terrible, but I sure loved this movie.

I found SLJ to be just fine in Coming to America.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Fresh is a very good movie.

I think Winter's Bone is like "Fresh in the Ozarks".

 

[El Floppo]

Fresh is a very good movie.

I think Winter's Bone is like "Fresh in the Ozarks".

would never have put the two together, but I like it.

 

[jdoggydogg]

This is the "Mad Max: Fury Road" legend that George Miller wrote on flight from LA to Australia in 1997

 

[jdoggydogg]

You people should have watched Mr. Robot. Brilliant.

 

[James Daulton]

I know. I would say that SLJ is mis-cast in almost every movie. I think he's terrible, period.

He's awesome in Jackie Brown, but clearly he has limited range.

i thought he was superb in one of his earliest films, Fresh, but then I really like that film.

underrated, fantastic film.

Who was the chick in that movie? She was sooo sexy in a trashy kinda way.