Originally posted by Meat187
Nah, I found it rather lame and formulaic. I don't want to say it outright bad, but it really makes nothing out of its ideas. Kinda like Inception. Different enough from the dumbed-down mainstream, but just not memorable or gripping at all, imo.
I agree, except inception was really good.
Source code is kind've like a cross between a rip off of twelve monkeys and a rip off of inception.
12 years late but I just watched "The Sixth Sense". I recommend it. The creepy ghost scenes make it worth it.
Jun-01-2011 11:23
The17sss
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Registered: May 2008
Location: Charlotte, NC
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Originally posted by Darkarbiter
Is The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus any good?
The first hour or so is.... but it collapses towards the end and devolves into something stupid.
Jun-01-2011 14:23
EgosXII
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Registered: Apr 2007
Location: Melbourne
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Originally posted by Darkarbiter
Is The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus any good?
one of his worse ones really... There are some really cool 'bits', but the film as a whole isn't that great
his best (most interesting) are his trippy early ones- Brazil & timebandits... all of the US ones are brilliant, but more 'normal', as they're american-- The Fisher King (don't know if anyone's seen this, but it is one of his best: fucking superb, and has Jeff Bridges & robin williams), 12 monkeys, and Fear & loathing in las vegas... films since then havn't been as good imo
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Originally posted by The17sss
The first hour or so is.... but it collapses towards the end and devolves into something stupid.
I kinda thought the opposite
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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
techno is like edm, just with all the good bits taken out.
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Location: Maximum Security twilight home for cats
Stake Land, looks good and well filmed, ok effects. Fairly tertiary character development and a mediocre ending... which probably means a terrible sequel at some point.
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Location: The Night's Plutonian Shore
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Originally posted by EgosXII
The Fisher King (don't know if anyone's seen this, but it is one of his best: fucking superb
Agreed.
I highly recommend Miike's 13 Assassins. Yes, it's cliche-loaded, a Seven Samurai homage and I think even a remake. Sounds like a recipe for disaster but the movie actually is really good.
^ I just watched 13 Assassins for the second time last night. First time was in theaters. I liked it even more this time around. What a great movie - my favorite of the year so far.
Jun-02-2011 23:37
LeopoldStotch
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Registered: Jan 2005
Location: Yawbs,Giaks,and Automobiles
i do agree best movie of 2011 for me so far. 13 assassins. i do plan to see tree of life this weekend, so i am anticipating that will supplant 13 assassins for the #1 spot.
my top 10 of 2011 so far:
1. 13 assassins
2. martha marcy may marlene (great news about this movie. it received an earlier boost from october 2011 to july 2011. look out for this movie)
3. meek's cutoff
4. how to die in oregon
5. attack the block
6. i saw the devil
7. hanna
8. biutiful
9. source code
10. Hobo with a shotgun
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Jun-03-2011 03:19
LeopoldStotch
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Location: Yawbs,Giaks,and Automobiles
the tree of life
just saw the movie. if you plan to see it, do not download a crappy video quality version of this please. that is basically a slap to malick's face, and takes away the intentions of this film. find some kind of source for high quality definition or pay for it at the theater (it's worth it). this is not a movie. this is a 2 1/2 hour mesmerizing mental euphoric experience. that is all.
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Jun-04-2011 07:28
chimera66
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Registered: Jun 2006
Location: Left Coast
^what is it about exactly?
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Originally posted by Ygrene
I once saw Swamper peel off 4 or 5 $100 bills from a fat roll and say this to Donald Trump: "Go clean yourself up; you look like a bum.". And then he threw the bills right in Trump's face/hair! Then Swamper and his entourage of 30, who were all wearing TA monogramed Rolexes, left the room and flew to Hawaii for a few hours because Del wanted fresh coconut.
To his defense, Trump didn't even really look like a bum.