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Post by flapjackriley on Aug 18, 2014 1:40:59 GMT -5
The Disney channels have been playing Aladdin this weekend so I spent my morning watching that and nearly lost it when Genie is freed at the end. I forgot that Jafar only referred to Aladdin's prince name as Prince A-boo-boo, which is hilarious. Thinking about how a lot of movies recently have really generic bad guys *cough*Guardians*cough*, I liked how Jafar had a great sense of humor to him.
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Post by dboonsghost on Aug 20, 2014 21:25:26 GMT -5
We're working on the new director's cut Blu-ray for Nightbreed at my job. Holy shit, this movie fucking rules! It's like my new favorite movie! It's basically The Labyrinth Goes to Hell, with costume and set designs halfway between Jim Henson and Paul Verhoeven. How could you dislike a concept like that?
Oh yeah, did I mention that David Cronenberg plays a social psychologist with a penchant for murdering people? Because this movie has that too. IT HAS EVERYTHING!
I'm normally not a Clive Barker fan, but this movie is totally awesome. I'd really recommend it when it's released, I guess this director cut blows the original away. Big thumbs up. I've gone and pre-ordered a copy for myself.
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Post by Great Boo's Up on Aug 20, 2014 22:00:56 GMT -5
The Disney channels have been playing Aladdin this weekend so I spent my morning watching that and nearly lost it when Genie is freed at the end. I forgot that Jafar only referred to Aladdin's prince name as Prince A-boo-boo, which is hilarious. Thinking about how a lot of movies recently have really generic bad guys *cough*Guardians*cough*, I liked how Jafar had a great sense of humor to him. That's nice at least that Disney's been playing Aladdin on TV. By coincidence, just days before Robin Williams' death I had been poking around trying to find a copy of the movie to watch with my son, and I could not find it--video stores didn't have it to rent, retail shops didn't have it to buy, library copies were checked out or in repair, streaming services don't have it available. I don't have cable either, so I guess I am essentially fucked on the Aladdin front until Disney takes it out of "the vault." |
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Post by Generic Poster on Aug 24, 2014 21:24:58 GMT -5
I finally finished the Hollow Crown with Henry V. I enjoyed it, and learned for the first time that Henry V died from the shits.
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Post by Douay-Rheims-Challoner on Aug 25, 2014 15:36:20 GMT -5
Just saw Lucy. Ridiculous and extremely fun; of Scarlett Johansson's three recent sci-fi pics probably the one I enjoyed the most.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2014 13:39:54 GMT -5
We're working on the new director's cut Blu-ray for Nightbreed at my job. Holy shit, this movie fucking rules! It's like my new favorite movie! It's basically The Labyrinth Goes to Hell, with costume and set designs halfway between Jim Henson and Paul Verhoeven. How could you dislike a concept like that? Oh yeah, did I mention that David Cronenberg plays a social psychologist with a penchant for murdering people? Because this movie has that too. IT HAS EVERYTHING! I'm normally not a Clive Barker fan, but this movie is totally awesome. I'd really recommend it when it's released, I guess this director cut blows the original away. Big thumbs up. I've gone and pre-ordered a copy for myself. You're meat ...... for the BEAST! |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2014 22:36:58 GMT -5
Sweet Home Alabama - Reese Witherspoon is a successful fashion designer who is engaged to Patrick Dempsey As The Bland Handsome Guy in Romantic Comedies, but she has to go back to small town Alabama to divorce her husband. She catches up with friends and her husband, who doesn't seem that great but GUYS HE DOES GLASS BLOWING. She stays with her husband and gives up her dreams, hopes and careers because it's a romantic comedy.
I'm still annoyed after watching that movie.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2014 23:24:05 GMT -5
Sweet Home Alabama - Reese Witherspoon is a successful fashion designer who is engaged to Patrick Dempsey As The Bland Handsome Guy in Romantic Comedies, but she has to go back to small town Alabama to divorce her husband. She catches up with friends and her husband, who doesn't seem that great but GUYS HE DOES GLASS BLOWING. She stays with her husband and gives up her dreams, hopes and careers because it's a romantic comedy. I'm still annoyed after watching that movie. How many babies did she have at the neighborhood BBQ with her new friends and black lab during the super fun credits sequence? |
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Post by Jean-Luc Lemur on Aug 27, 2014 5:16:05 GMT -5
Owning Mahowny as part of my very belated PSH memorial marathon. There’s a lot to like about the film—Hoffman’s great at making a passive, ribs-without-sauce eating, dead-eyed gambling addict compelling to watch, and I really liked the look of the film—washed out by fluorescent lighting, lots of not-that-handsome people made to look worse by their early eighties clothes and hair. That said, the film doesn’t really get moving and I found my attention drifting after the first half-hour.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2014 19:49:07 GMT -5
Sweet Home Alabama - Reese Witherspoon is a successful fashion designer who is engaged to Patrick Dempsey As The Bland Handsome Guy in Romantic Comedies, but she has to go back to small town Alabama to divorce her husband. She catches up with friends and her husband, who doesn't seem that great but GUYS HE DOES GLASS BLOWING. She stays with her husband and gives up her dreams, hopes and careers because it's a romantic comedy. I'm still annoyed after watching that movie. How many babies did she have at the neighborhood BBQ with her new friends and black lab during the super fun credits sequence? I missed that picture, but she only had one in the part where Bobby Ray takes a picture of them outside of the glass shop*. *Note for those who haven't seen the movie: I am not talking about a place to buy marijuana stuff. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2014 20:43:26 GMT -5
How many babies did she have at the neighborhood BBQ with her new friends and black lab during the super fun credits sequence? I missed that picture, but she only had one in the part where Bobby Ray takes a picture of them outside of the glass shop*. *Note for those who haven't seen the movie: I am not talking about a place to buy marijuana stuff. Oh geeze. I haven't seen the movie either. I just assumed based on the genre and premise of the movie. |
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Post by Jean-Luc Lemur on Aug 28, 2014 5:28:22 GMT -5
In the Loop—biting, funny, sad and excellent. One of the best satires I’m ever seen and I’m glad I gave it a chance (for whatever reason I didn’t care for The Thick of It that much).
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2014 11:05:56 GMT -5
Watched Clueless Friday night for the first time, at MrsLangdonAlger's behest. It was very cute, and I understand why it was so popular. A tad dated, but still a lot of fun. Rubber was the choice Saturday night. Holy crap is that movie insane. Wonderfully batshit, but wholly entertaining. |
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Post by MrsLangdonAlger on Aug 31, 2014 11:23:53 GMT -5
Watched Clueless Friday night for the first time, at MrsLangdonAlger's behest. It was very cute, and I understand why it was so popular. A tad dated, but still a lot of fun. Rubber was the choice Saturday night. Holy crap is that movie insane. Wonderfully batshit, but wholly entertaining. I'm so glad you liked them both! I have the best taste in movies, don't I? Also boyfriends. |
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Post by Douay-Rheims-Challoner on Aug 31, 2014 15:56:58 GMT -5
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. New restoration and score; excellent presentation, and always a treat to watch.
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Post by dboonsghost on Aug 31, 2014 19:02:48 GMT -5
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. New restoration and score; excellent presentation, and always a treat to watch. Say whaaaaaaat! When did this come out? You're not talking about that shitty, shitty green screen remake, are you? Because that was real shitty. This morning I watched half of a documentary about basketball player Lenny Cooke (conveniently titled Lenny Cooke) before getting distracted by a video client over something that was really important (read: not at all important), so I had to rush to my editing bay (read: bedroom) and waste my whole afternoon making really small, inconsequential changes to a video just to appease somebody else's mania (read: FUCK). So now I'm gonna go watch the second half of that documentary, which is wicked good. Lenny Cooke is directed by the bro that made The Pleasure of Being Robbed, which I rewatched last night and is a dope movie that I would recommend to everybody here. It's about a really shitty girl from New York City who steals things from people and in the end she learns nothing, and there's no character development or moral value whatsoever. It's awesomely indifferent and callous in an era where American indie movies are often blindingly dull and too eager to please. I like it quite a bit. |
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Post by The Narrator Returns on Aug 31, 2014 22:56:15 GMT -5
Anything Else, or the Woody Allen movie starring the guy who fucked a pie. Shockingly good, in that I'd give it three and a half stars instead of two. Then again, I also like Scoop and Cassandra's Dream.
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Post by Post-Lupin on Sept 1, 2014 6:09:28 GMT -5
Watched Clueless Friday night for the first time, at MrsLangdonAlger's behest. It was very cute, and I understand why it was so popular. A tad dated, but still a lot of fun. Rubber was the choice Saturday night. Holy crap is that movie insane. Wonderfully batshit, but wholly entertaining. is just brilliant. I think that's why I hate Wrong so much - substituted all that clever & funny inventiveness for tedious whimsy. |
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Post by Jean-Luc Lemur on Sept 1, 2014 6:14:19 GMT -5
Watched Magnolia on a drizzly afternoon yesterday. Definitely lots of structural and thematic parallels (not to mention shared repertory) with Boogie Nights (which I watched the previous night) but took everything to the next level. I wasn’t aware there was a next level. ETA: From now on, I’ll always imagine The Narrator Returns like this:  |
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Post by Dr. Rumak on Sept 1, 2014 6:42:34 GMT -5
Watched The Tree of Life last night. On the one hand, I think there's a lot there I missed and could pick up on a second viewing. On the other hand, it was an emotionally draining movie, and I don't know if I can put myself thought it again.
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Post by MrsLangdonAlger on Sept 1, 2014 9:44:34 GMT -5
Watched Clueless Friday night for the first time, at MrsLangdonAlger's behest. It was very cute, and I understand why it was so popular. A tad dated, but still a lot of fun. Rubber was the choice Saturday night. Holy crap is that movie insane. Wonderfully batshit, but wholly entertaining. is just brilliant. I think that's why I hate Wrong so much - substituted all that clever & funny inventiveness for tedious whimsy. Re-watched Wrong and I agree. It's too bad, though I still look forward to seeing that the director does next. I love Rubber though for being one I can recommend by saying "well, it's a movie about a killer tire...but that's not the craziest part!". |
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Post by Generic Poster on Sept 1, 2014 11:54:57 GMT -5
Over the weekend, I went to go see X-Men:DoFP at the dollar theater. I also watched Little Shop of Horrors. I had forgotten how fun that movie is.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2014 19:49:44 GMT -5
Mama starring Jamie Lannister. Good for a fair bit, could have been better, lost my interest by the end. Lotta style, light on substance. The kids were surprisingly good actors. Nicolaj Coster-Waldau is a handsome man and I would like for him to subscribe to my newsletter if you know what I mean.
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Post by Nudeviking on Sept 1, 2014 20:19:55 GMT -5
Sherlock Holmes. The Tony Stark is in Victorian England version from a few years back. Robert Downey Jr. being a self-centered, sarcastic dude and bumbling through some kind of misadventure is never not enjoyable to me.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2014 23:33:22 GMT -5
I haven't watched it yet, but hopefully will be in the future. All of Loki's marvel movie scenes edited together into one movie.
Watch before it gets pulled down.
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Post by Arthur Dent on Sept 2, 2014 0:32:21 GMT -5
I watched Mulan and The Prince of Egypt back to back with my freshmen friends on Friday night. Mulan was pretty enjoyable with some issues. I'd put it at second tier Disney, along with pretty much all the good ones from the last few years. That one wordless sequence of Mulan going off on the night her father receives the summons is so good.
Prince of Egypt is fantastic and immediately shot up to one of my favorite animated films and possibly favorite films period.
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Post by Post-Lupin on Sept 2, 2014 5:21:19 GMT -5
Finally got to see Godzilla '14. Mostly loved it; and I think the HALO drop scene is one of the most beautiful pieces of pure cinema I've ever seen, to the point where I truly regret not having seen this at the cinema.
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Post by MrsLangdonAlger on Sept 2, 2014 6:14:17 GMT -5
Finally got to see Godzilla '14. Mostly loved it; and I think the HALO drop scene is one of the most beautiful pieces of pure cinema I've ever seen, to the point where I truly regret not having seen this at the cinema. I remember actually gasping when I saw that bit. I wish I could see it for the first time again! |
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Post by Post-Lupin on Sept 2, 2014 6:19:17 GMT -5
Finally got to see Godzilla '14. Mostly loved it; and I think the HALO drop scene is one of the most beautiful pieces of pure cinema I've ever seen, to the point where I truly regret not having seen this at the cinema. I remember actually gasping when I saw that bit. I wish I could see it for the first time again! Literally the only thought in my head watching it other than WOW was "..that's Ligetti, isn't it?" (It was.) |
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Post by repulsionist on Sept 3, 2014 10:10:08 GMT -5
Elmo's Alphabet Challenge - This is approximately the 10th time I've watched this offering from Joey Mazzarino, whom I currently believe to be the voice of A.B. Seymour. Lotsa fun. Especially enjoyed the MarioWorld emulation and the RockStar emulation. Also, I continue to hope that Telly Monster becomes bolder in his willingness to meet the alphabet challenge, but it's pointless.
Jodorowsky's Dune - <IN JOKE> I deflowered this movie, but with love.*</IN JOKE> Brontis really had some reservations recounting his time with the French Martial Arts expert. Alejandro was engaging as always, and I especially enjoyed Dan O'Bannon's recollection of their first meeting. The visuals were astounding.
* Deflower is the more polite, perhaps archaic, form of Jodorowsky's maxim about how he adapted Herbert's source novel. |
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