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Originally posted by GoSpeedGo! ...

I seriously respect your opinion on film so I've naturally come around to seeing it more your way. The one point to clarify - when I said it was a Swedish movie filmed in English I meant that everything about the movie was Swedish except for the language and some of the actors.

Moving on to stuff I've seen recently:

I regret having seen John Carter in theaters this weekend. The movie played so fast and loose with the audience's emotions that almost nothing worked on me: none of the punchy one-line jokes elicited a single laugh from me (or even from anyone else in the theater at times), none of the sad scenes made me feel anything, etc. I really didn't like how the people of mars were at times portrayed as being so very different from humans, and yet they observed our same traditions as well.

Also, last night I caught this flick from New Zealand: Boy. It's been well received thus far but it didn't do much of anything for me either. It reminded me of Son of Rambow in quite a few ways, but I liked that one more. After the film was shown, the director/lead actor and some of the producers got up to field questions about it. I thought to myself "oh this will be insightful" but the guy, Taiki Waititi, was a complete imbecile with nothing meaningful to say. Many people in the audience seemed to be film buffs or even involved in the industry so they were asking some questions of a technical nature--how he directed the children for instance. All he could muster up was some joke about keeping them in cages. Eventually the audience tired of him and the session ended abruptly. I had a few questions in mind but didn't bother asking after I heard him speak.

When the motorcyclist Johnny Blaze finds that his father Barton Blaze has a terminal cancer, he accepts a pact with the Mephistopheles, giving his soul for the health of his beloved father. But the devil deceives him, and Barton dies in a motorcycle accident during an exhibition. Johnny leaves the carnival, his town, his friends and his girlfriend Roxanne. Years later Johnny Blaze becomes a famous motorcyclist, who risks his life in his shows, and he meets Roxanne again, now a TV reporter. However, Mephistopheles proposes Johnny to release his contract if he become the "Ghost Rider" and defeat his evil son Blackheart, who wants to possess one thousand evil souls and transform hell on earth.

The Raid

I'm not going to post a trailer, but a clip from the movie.



Saw this the other day. This instantly gets my vote for "Badass Movie of 2012". I don't care about any badass action movies that come out later this year.

^^ Looks pretty good.

Watched J Edgar last night and was surprised by how good it was. I mean, it's Eastwood so I shouldn't be, but the mostly bad reviews made me think he's on some kind of a decline. Instead, this was his best film since Changeling.

His movies are filmed in such an old-fashioned manner, but the way he uses these classical elements is still masterful. I'm quite convinced the high-contrast lighting was deliberately used to strengthen the controversial aspect of Hoover (light vs dark), and also to allude to the style of film noir which was concerned with 'gray morality' as well.

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Originally posted by LeopoldStotch The Raid I'm not going to post a trailer, but a clip from the movie. Saw this the other day. This instantly gets my vote for "Badass Movie of 2012". I don't care about any badass action movies that come out later this year.

Fuck that looks soo good

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Originally posted by Julz Fuck that looks soo good

Reminds me of an Asian movie I saw a trailer for not too long ago: some people trying to kill a drug lord by working their way through a project he rules over or something like that. Anybody remember what that was called? Has it been released yet? I really wanna see it...

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Originally posted by BTG the "God bless America" gave me a boner. oh man, i feel ashamed that this is one of my fantasies.

Looks fucking awesome!

^ lol, it's fucking Freddy Rumsen.

he also plays ultra-religious dad with a SMOOOOOOKKKING hot and nasty daughter in "Shameless"

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Originally posted by LAdazeNYnights Reminds me of an Asian movie I saw a trailer for not too long ago: some people trying to kill a drug lord by working their way through a project he rules over or something like that. Anybody remember what that was called? Has it been released yet? I really wanna see it...

it should be out sometime late next week (3/23 weekend).

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Originally posted by LeopoldStotch it should be out sometime late next week (3/23 weekend).

what's it called though?

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Originally posted by LAdazeNYnights what's it called though?

The Raid: Redemption

Note the word 'Redemption' at the end. It was originally called The Raid, but XYZ Films executives want to remake this into an American movie set for 2014.

oh i'm an idiot
he posted the movie i was thinking of. i just didn't realize they were the same. lol

I watched The Hunger Games yesterday. What a piece of crap. Battle Royale tears it to shreds. The main character is a boring hull for adolescent fans to slip into. The first hour is boring and just the movie begging the audience to care for the hero. I actually started to root against her. The other characters don't even feel like real people.
Then the actual Hunger Games are just not exciting and interesting at all. I don't blame the novel / movie for being similar to Battle Royale or its dystopian predecessors. I blame it for failing at being anything but a greasy ball off teen schmaltz that is not held together by any logical progression.


Last week I also saw Letter never sent, which is an excellent Soviet film. Like Hunger Games it features survival in nature and a forest fire. What a contrast! Take the forest fire, the Russian's cinematography owns that of Hunger Games in it's teen-angsty CGI anus.

The Hunger Games 3/10
Letter Never Sent 7.5/10
and just to remind everyone:
Battle Royale 9/10

I also saw Hunger Games, and I gotta say it was garbage.

Gonna watch those two movies you posted, thx for the recommends

Definitely watch Battle Royale. It's Hunger Games in awesome.

After seeing The Hunger Games, I too was disappointed. Battle Royale is a grown ass man's movie on the same subject while THG was more of a Twilight-generation cop-out IMO.

Also, recently watched Survive Style 5+ and thought it was a really enjoyable movie -- had me laughing for quite a while.

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Originally posted by Meat187 teen schmaltz

Too much of this can fuck up the most awesome movie. I simply hate it.

Just watched The Divide.

Phenominal. Funny, fucked up, real. The ending really got to me, made me realize how much we're all savages.

A must see!!

There's a ton of violence, so if you're a pussy, best skip this one.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1535616/

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Originally posted by Chris Crossland Just watched The Divide. Phenominal. Funny, fucked up, real. The ending really got to me, made me realize how much we're all savages. A must see!! Dunno why this movie wasn't bigger. Probably cause it's totally fucked! Hahahahahahaha http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1535616/

20% on Rotten Tomatoes, no thanks: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_divide_2012/

RT isn't always right, but under 50% is an automatic "give it a miss" for me.

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Originally posted by Vector A 20% on Rotten Tomatoes, no thanks: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_divide_2012/ RT isn't always right, but under 50% is an automatic "give it a miss" for me.

Oh piss off. Why not use your own fucking judgement for once. Oh a couple ******s didn't like this movie, best not watch it...

Fucking sheep...

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Originally posted by Chris Crossland Oh piss off. Why not use your own fucking judgement for once. Oh a couple ******s didn't like this movie, best not watch it... Fucking sheep...

lol

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Originally posted by Vector A lol

Just the response I was expecting from someone who lets other people make decisions for them.

Hey, 50% is not a high bar to clear. A great many movies make it past that, so it isn't as though I have a lack of variety to choose from. Life is too short to spend on probable duds.

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