Recommend a Movie thread - Page 12

a-tech · 19th January 2010, 10:51

"Plagues & Pleasures on the Salton Sea"

Awesome, awesome doco that I watched in weekend. Truely american!

Trailer -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhB2ZvHVFls

Trigger · 19th January 2010, 11:14

yup, that doco is fucken epic

Asriel · 23rd January 2010, 17:40

The Fantastic Mr Fox was great! Typical Wes Anderson things for sure, but pulled off so well! Bandit hats, 40% off!

deh · 24th January 2010, 05:42

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Originally Posted by ?>Superman

Fuckin' keen to see Harry Brown! Heard good things about it.

fuck harry brown off and watch both mesrine films, vincent cassel in fine form. would rate those films in top 3 of the year.

watched funny games (us version), pretty damn good. some unique shots and good acting + john zorn/naked city is an added bonus.

Pepsi · 24th January 2010, 09:45

I thought Law Abiding Citizen was pretty good. I hadn't read anything about it in advance so had no idea what it was about.

Also, I much prefer watching GB with a fake american accent than his actual one

Lightspeed · 25th January 2010, 11:19

I saw Whatever Works in the weekend. Very good film, a great combination of Woody Allen and Larry David. Also, the insight in the movie is pretty on the money too.

crocos · 25th January 2010, 13:35

For service in the supplying of one-liners: Good Advice.

Early 90's movie with Charlie Sheen as the lead. Get messed up with mates and prepare to laugh your arse off for all the wrong reasons, even if it's a rom-com.

Ajax · 25th January 2010, 15:48

I recently watched the remake of The Wicker Man. The scene where Nicholas Cage runs around punching women while wearing a bear suit may be the highlight of his career.

^BITES^ · 26th January 2010, 08:59

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Originally Posted by Ajax

I recently watched the remake of The Wicker Man. The scene where Nicholas Cage runs around punching women while wearing a bear suit may be the highlight of his career.

Such a terrible remake.

Lightspeed · 28th January 2010, 13:14

New war movies with good ratings oils my gears:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1029235/

Saladin · 28th January 2010, 13:20

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Originally Posted by Ajax

The scene where Nicholas Cage runs around punching women while wearing a bear suit may be the highlight of his career.

Youtube the deleted "Oh no, not the bees!" scene, it's even better!

Cynos · 28th January 2010, 13:57

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Originally Posted by Saladin

Youtube the deleted "Oh no, not the bees!" scene, it's even better!

I found a techno remix:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X4d3...eature=related

Deadmeat · 28th January 2010, 14:01

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Originally Posted by Lightspeed

New war movies with good ratings oils my gears:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1029235/

Hurt Locker.

Pepsi · 28th January 2010, 14:14

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Originally Posted by Deadmeat

Hurt Locker.

Lightspeed · 28th January 2010, 15:13

Yeah, seen it, it's awesome. Like, you're watching it and you think it's awesome, then you watch the last 15 minutes and realise it's really awesome.

Juju · 28th January 2010, 15:27

Lakeview Terrace is awesome plus plus++++

Lightspeed · 30th January 2010, 18:18

Mars Attacks is a decent Tim Burton film. Maybe not a classic, but still good watching.

Warrick · 5th February 2010, 14:53

Just got home from seeing Edge of Darkness. Overall a solid movie but the pace was a little slow for my liking. Some truly impressive frags in this movie; extremely vivid MDK's.

7/10

Cynos · 5th February 2010, 14:57

The Road's well done. One of the few movies that's genuinely scary.

xin · 5th February 2010, 20:32

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Originally Posted by Asriel

The Fantastic Mr Fox was great! Typical Wes Anderson things for sure, but pulled off so well! Bandit hats, 40% off!

Yeah, I enjoyed every minute of it. So :3

Ab · 5th February 2010, 20:39

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Originally Posted by Warrick

Just got home from seeing Edge of Darkness. Overall a solid movie but the pace was a little slow for my liking. Some truly impressive frags in this movie; extremely vivid MDK's.

7/10

I refuse to see it. It can't even begin to approach the original.

Warrick · 5th February 2010, 20:49

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Originally Posted by Ab

I refuse to see it. It can't even begin to approach the original.

Ah~ I was born in '84, what original ;p ?

lektronimo · 5th February 2010, 21:18

A fairly decent sci-fi romp is Knowing with Nicholas Cage. Watch it if you liked The Day the Earth Stood Still [2008] with Keanu Reeves.

I also liked Sweeny Todd, which I avoided before because it was a musical. Musical part didn't bother me as it turned out, and it was quite an enjoyable movie. Damn Johnny Depp, makes anything so watchable...

If you want something a little more exotic, watch Sauna (Finland, 2008). It's a very interesting and visually stunning film. Watch it if you love Japanese horror, or American remakes like the Ring.

Another two films which blew me away were State of Play with Russel Crowe, and Ben Affleck. Russel flexes some serious acting chops in that one, as does Ben. And last film I liked was The International with Clive Owen and Naomi Watts. It's a high pace espionage thriller, like James Bond but without all the bullshit and weight of being a Bond film. Also, watch the last one on BR - transfer is incredible (actually, they all are but last one stood out imo)

Ashley · 6th February 2010, 12:05

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Originally Posted by Pepsi

Hurtlocker

Good movie, but its full of shit.

doppelgänger of someone · 6th February 2010, 12:15

Another vote for Up. It was an ultra sad adult movie disguised as a zany adventure for kids.

crocos · 6th February 2010, 18:37

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Originally Posted by Ashley

Good movie, but its full of shit.

American war movie. I find it so surprising that you think it's full of shit - all American war movies are basically documentaries, including Three Kings. That shit fo' real, yo.

Warrick · 18th February 2010, 17:31

Just got back from seeing Shutter Island. A+

chubby · 18th February 2010, 18:45

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Originally Posted by doppelgänger of someone

Another vote for Up. It was an ultra sad adult movie disguised as a zany adventure for kids.

fo sho'

fixed_truth · 18th February 2010, 19:45

500 days of summer - overrated crap.

Juice · 18th February 2010, 19:55

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Originally Posted by Ab

I refuse to see it. It can't even begin to approach the original.

Ditto. Was mid teens when it was on TV and can remember it being pretty intense.

On a brighter note. The rumor regarding Scorsese and De Niro remaking Taxi Driver from earlier this week has been shot down by Scorsese himself. Yay.

Rince · 18th February 2010, 20:02

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Originally Posted by Juice

Was mid teens when it was on TV .

*cough*

did they even have TV in your mid teens

Juice · 18th February 2010, 21:38

It was a bit new fangled but needed something to plug the 64 into...

And yes, I've got a lot of 40th's on the calendar this year.

Mojo · 18th February 2010, 21:51

I thought I would check out the IMDB entry for Hurt Locker, so I did and read this interesting piece of trivia:

"The crew members were American, Jordanian, Lebanese, English, Irish, German, Moroccan, Danish, Tunisian, South African, Icelandic, Iraqi, Libyan, Circassian, Palestinian, Armenian, Swedish, Australian, and New Zealish."

I hadn't seen the term before but it has an urban dictionary entry.

crocos · 18th February 2010, 21:58

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Originally Posted by Mojo

New Zealish

What the LOL? http://www.urbandictionary.com/defin...=New%20Zealish

Lightspeed · 20th February 2010, 11:13

I never thought I'd ever hear of a chairlift thriller.

Pepsi · 20th February 2010, 22:26

Legion sucked arse.

cryocore · 21st February 2010, 01:34

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Originally Posted by Lightspeed

I never thought I'd ever hear of a chairlift thriller.

Frozen is awesome. Once it finally gets to NZ I recommend everyone to see it.

Another not yet in NZ film people should really see is Pontypool. It's touted as a zombie film which while technically correct really missrepresents the film. Recently bought the Blu-Ray from the UK, and its even better than I remember it.
Most of the zombie action is 2nd hand reports from people talking to the main character a radio DJ. Exceptionally well done film.

Much like Right at your Door it takes a well known genre and presents it in a totally different manner. Pontypool is the superior of the two films, but RAYD is an intelligent film that is well worth the time investment.

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Originally Posted by Warrick

Ah~ I was born in '84, what original ;p ?

It was an 80's TV show/mini series. It was very good but the movie is better imho.

Ab · 21st February 2010, 02:30

Finally watched Terminator Salvation. Brief thoughts.

The movie can be summed up in two words: Sam fucking Worthington. There was some other guy with a lisp in a couple of scenes I think.

Some parts were cool, some parts were lame, but overall.... average.

The other-movie references were so fucking clumsy it was like all of a sudden a big flashing subtitle was popping up saying "THIS BIT SHOULD REMIND YOU OF THAT SCENE IN T2" and "THIS BIT LOOKS LIKE ALIENS" and "DOESN'T THIS REMIND YOU OF WAR OF THE WORLDS" and "THIS BIT IS LIKE INDEPENDENCE DAY" and "ISN'T THIS JUST LIKE THAT BIT IN THE MATRIX". It was shite.

The ending was fucking laughable. Pathetic. Wikipedia says the original ending had John Connor die and then the remaining leaders of the resistance have his face secretly grafted onto Marcus Wright to keep up appearances. That would have been cool.

The CG Arnie-face on the T800 body was really really well done. It really looked like a young Schwarzenegger.

Overall, I give it 5 out of 10. I didn't hate it, but meh.

?>Superman · 21st February 2010, 03:23

I haven't been able to bring myself to watch it yet, T3 sucked balls and I wasn't expecting this one to be much better.

I miss oldschool action-movies.

[BT]Monza · 21st February 2010, 05:49

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Originally Posted by ?>Superman

I miss oldschool action-movies.

With ya on that call, missus gave me Robocop on Bluray for Xmas, so so good.

On a slightly different note, watched In The Loop last night, great movie.

19th January 2010, 11:14	#442
Trigger Laserman	yup, that doco is fucken epic __________________ Are you slow? The alleged lie that you might have heard, me saying, allagedly moments ago... That's a parasite that lives in my neck.

19th January 2010, 10:51	#441
a-tech	"Plagues & Pleasures on the Salton Sea" Awesome, awesome doco that I watched in weekend. Truely american! Trailer -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhB2ZvHVFls __________________ NZ Breakbeat Culture - Bassdrop.co.nz

23rd January 2010, 17:40	#443
Asriel	The Fantastic Mr Fox was great! Typical Wes Anderson things for sure, but pulled off so well! Bandit hats, 40% off!

24th January 2010, 09:45	#445
Pepsi Konnichiwa, bitches	I thought Law Abiding Citizen was pretty good. I hadn't read anything about it in advance so had no idea what it was about. Also, I much prefer watching GB with a fake american accent than his actual one

25th January 2010, 11:19	#446
Lightspeed	I saw Whatever Works in the weekend. Very good film, a great combination of Woody Allen and Larry David. Also, the insight in the movie is pretty on the money too. __________________ Stay shook. No sook.

25th January 2010, 13:35	#447
crocos	For service in the supplying of one-liners: Good Advice. Early 90's movie with Charlie Sheen as the lead. Get messed up with mates and prepare to laugh your arse off for all the wrong reasons, even if it's a rom-com. __________________ Ξ √ Ω L U T ↑ ☼ N وكل يوم كنت تعيش في العبودية

25th January 2010, 15:48	#448
Ajax Architeuthis	I recently watched the remake of The Wicker Man. The scene where Nicholas Cage runs around punching women while wearing a bear suit may be the highlight of his career.

28th January 2010, 13:14	#450
Lightspeed	New war movies with good ratings oils my gears: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1029235/ __________________ Stay shook. No sook.

28th January 2010, 15:13	#455
Lightspeed	Yeah, seen it, it's awesome. Like, you're watching it and you think it's awesome, then you watch the last 15 minutes and realise it's really awesome. __________________ Stay shook. No sook.

28th January 2010, 15:27	#456
Juju get to da choppa	Lakeview Terrace is awesome plus plus++++

30th January 2010, 18:18	#457
Lightspeed	Mars Attacks is a decent Tim Burton film. Maybe not a classic, but still good watching. __________________ Stay shook. No sook.

5th February 2010, 14:53	#458
Warrick Awesome Ring Master	Just got home from seeing Edge of Darkness. Overall a solid movie but the pace was a little slow for my liking. Some truly impressive frags in this movie; extremely vivid MDK's. 7/10

5th February 2010, 14:57	#459
Cynos	The Road's well done. One of the few movies that's genuinely scary. __________________ So the perkbuster Hide abusing perks, crimbuster Garrett actually a crim - what's next? Roger Douglas is secretly poor? --Saladin

5th February 2010, 21:18	#463
lektronimo	A fairly decent sci-fi romp is Knowing with Nicholas Cage. Watch it if you liked The Day the Earth Stood Still [2008] with Keanu Reeves. I also liked Sweeny Todd, which I avoided before because it was a musical. Musical part didn't bother me as it turned out, and it was quite an enjoyable movie. Damn Johnny Depp, makes anything so watchable... If you want something a little more exotic, watch Sauna (Finland, 2008). It's a very interesting and visually stunning film. Watch it if you love Japanese horror, or American remakes like the Ring. Another two films which blew me away were State of Play with Russel Crowe, and Ben Affleck. Russel flexes some serious acting chops in that one, as does Ben. And last film I liked was The International with Clive Owen and Naomi Watts. It's a high pace espionage thriller, like James Bond but without all the bullshit and weight of being a Bond film. Also, watch the last one on BR - transfer is incredible (actually, they all are but last one stood out imo) __________________ Minimalism = White people trying to be Japanese => My Minimalist Flickr Account <= Last edited by lektronimo : 5th February 2010 at 21:19.

6th February 2010, 12:15	#465
doppelgänger of someone	Another vote for Up. It was an ultra sad adult movie disguised as a zany adventure for kids.

18th February 2010, 17:31	#467
Warrick Awesome Ring Master	Just got back from seeing Shutter Island. A+

18th February 2010, 19:45	#469
fixed_truth	500 days of summer - overrated crap. __________________ Protecting your peace is way more important than proving your point. Some people aren't open to cultivating their views. Just let them be wrong.

18th February 2010, 21:38	#472
Juice	It was a bit new fangled but needed something to plug the 64 into... And yes, I've got a lot of 40th's on the calendar this year.

18th February 2010, 21:51	#473
Mojo	I thought I would check out the IMDB entry for Hurt Locker, so I did and read this interesting piece of trivia: "The crew members were American, Jordanian, Lebanese, English, Irish, German, Moroccan, Danish, Tunisian, South African, Icelandic, Iraqi, Libyan, Circassian, Palestinian, Armenian, Swedish, Australian, and New Zealish." I hadn't seen the term before but it has an urban dictionary entry.

20th February 2010, 11:13	#475
Lightspeed	I never thought I'd ever hear of a chairlift thriller. __________________ Stay shook. No sook.

20th February 2010, 22:26	#476
Pepsi Konnichiwa, bitches	Legion sucked arse.

21st February 2010, 02:30	#478
Ab A mariachi ogre snorkel	Finally watched Terminator Salvation. Brief thoughts. The movie can be summed up in two words: Sam fucking Worthington. There was some other guy with a lisp in a couple of scenes I think. Some parts were cool, some parts were lame, but overall.... average. The other-movie references were so fucking clumsy it was like all of a sudden a big flashing subtitle was popping up saying "THIS BIT SHOULD REMIND YOU OF THAT SCENE IN T2" and "THIS BIT LOOKS LIKE ALIENS" and "DOESN'T THIS REMIND YOU OF WAR OF THE WORLDS" and "THIS BIT IS LIKE INDEPENDENCE DAY" and "ISN'T THIS JUST LIKE THAT BIT IN THE MATRIX". It was shite. The ending was fucking laughable. Pathetic. Wikipedia says the original ending had John Connor die and then the remaining leaders of the resistance have his face secretly grafted onto Marcus Wright to keep up appearances. That would have been cool. The CG Arnie-face on the T800 body was really really well done. It really looked like a young Schwarzenegger. Overall, I give it 5 out of 10. I didn't hate it, but meh.

21st February 2010, 03:23	#479
?>Superman	I haven't been able to bring myself to watch it yet, T3 sucked balls and I wasn't expecting this one to be much better. I miss oldschool action-movies.