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Discuss recent films you have seen and liked or disliked in this thread.

Control (Corbijn, 2007) - A biopic of Ian Curtis, the late vocalist of British post-punk band Joy Division. Without making too many Walk the Line comparisions, Sam Riley outdoes Jaoquin Phoenix in just about every way when portraying tragic new wave figure Curtis. The entire cast is terrific, especially Craig Parkinson (who portrays Tony Wilson, head of Factory Records and host of Grenada Reports). It's also interesting to note that all of the actors who played members of New Order actually played their instruments and recorded cover versions of the songs for the movie. It's also one of the most beautifully shot films I've seen in recent years - the decision to film in black and white was very appropriate. Aside from the technical aspects, the story is touching and quite tragic even if you're not into Joy Division or have no idea who Ian Curtis was. Terrific film.

The Machine Girl (Iguchi, 2008) - A hilariously awesome splatter-packed Japanese flick commissioned by Tokyo Shock (North American distributor of cult Japanese films like Ichi the Killer and Dead or Alive). It's comparable to Rodriguez's Planet Terror segment of last year's Grindhouse, but a bit more over-the-top and insane. The plot is pretty simple - a Japanese schoolgirl's brother is murdered by the son of a Yakuza boss and her arm is hacked off. She goes on a quest for revenge after being fitted with a MINIGUN where her forearm should be. Revenge against Yakuza and their NINJA henchmen. Everything about this movie was awesome in a lighthearted Toxic Avenger sort of way. It doesn't get bogged down in horrendous/out-of-left-field plot and silly twists like most Japanese gore/Yakuza movies (I'm looking at you, Takashi Miike) so it's an easy watch.



Edit - fuck, I just saw the "movies that don't suck" thread, which I guess is the same thing as this. My bad.
 
last I saw was Anamorph. it's interesting, kinda like Se7en, I guess, but you get less drawn into the story and the detective feels alien to you regardless of the insight you get into his personal life.

the crime setup however is pretty great and for that alone you should see it.
 
Jusr saw The Machine Girl, .... holy deity what a blood bath. Hell even Jhon Rambo has nothing on this film, but the award goes to the steel bra the yakuza bosses wife wears. I was laughing so hard when hearing the dialog in that scene. It was good, like Evil Dead 1-2 were good.
 
Malky said:
Discuss recent films you have seen and liked or disliked in this thread.

Control (Corbijn, 2007) - A biopic of Ian Curtis, the late vocalist of British post-punk band Joy Division. Without making too many Walk the Line comparisions, Sam Riley outdoes Jaoquin Phoenix in just about every way when portraying tragic new wave figure Curtis. The entire cast is terrific, especially Craig Parkinson (who portrays Tony Wilson, head of Factory Records and host of Grenada Reports). It's also interesting to note that all of the actors who played members of New Order actually played their instruments and recorded cover versions of the songs for the movie. It's also one of the most beautifully shot films I've seen in recent years - the decision to film in black and white was very appropriate. Aside from the technical aspects, the story is touching and quite tragic even if you're not into Joy Division or have no idea who Ian Curtis was. Terrific film.
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I liked it OK, I guess, but I got beef with the movie, aslo.

1) Guy playing Ian Curtis had a pretty suck voice, and apparently did not realize that Ian Curtis ever sang with a deeper voice than eunuch's.
2) Guy playing Ian Curtis also didn't look too much like him. (For both of the above, Corbijn ought to have seen Oliver Stone's The Doors)
3) The movie felt a bit indecent, especially during the latter bit of the movie where HOLY FUCKING SHIT SPOILER Ian has seizures and eventually kills himself.
4) I don't dig Deborah Curtis one bit after reading her biography of Ian, and this movie didn't really help, though I'll say it was a bit more fair.
5) Included on the DVD were "LOOK AMAZING FOOTAGE OF JOY DIVISIONS LOK AT THEM!!!!", but really was just the old BBC footage of Transmission and She's Lost Control, which everyone has seen. Also, a bit egotistical to include only the music video that Corbijn shot, neh?
6) ????
7) PROFIT!!!

I will say this, though, I loved the way it was shot. The colors (lol) were very vibrant, the blacks got very deep and dark, and the color was a bit stylized.
Aslo, I went into this movie with pretty high expectations, being a very big Joy Division fan.
So, whatever, if you're some huge fag who doesn't like Joy Division, go watch a pretty movie which has been done before. If you are, you're probably going to go see it anyway, just be warned that the covers are only half decent, and don't live up to the originals the way Val Kilmer's performances did.
 
f you want to see an impersonator of a "known figure", dont watch a movie. i do like the music of joy division very much, but didnt give a "gently caress" about ian curtis. my expectation when i went to watch the movie was primarily to enjoy the music. the movie met my expectation and exceeded it by plausibly showing how a band like joy division could form itself in this gray england of that time. unbelievable it is.

otoh, this is just another band. the story behind curtis' suicide might be sad as it is, and i liked the actors in that part - this marriage is not a relationship, more like one parasite attaching itself to its host - curtis recharging his "emotional" batteries in exploiting his marriage etc etc. nothing quite new, but very well played. quite typical for depressed people in relationships. anyway, good movie, perhaps not as "canonical" as some people might have expected (but honestly, i wouldnt give a rodent's behind).
 
I just saw Commando the other day, for the first time in at least 10 years. It still rocks, and Bennett is still the gayest bad guy in movie history.
 
Flop said:
I just saw Commando the other day, for the first time in at least 10 years. It still rocks, and Bennett is still the gayest bad guy in movie history.
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That mustache and chain-mail vest haunt me to this day.

Die Hard was originally supposed to be Commando 2.
 
Just saw Rodriguez's Grindhouse Planet Terror, how could I have missed that. :clap: Next I think ill go through all the Freddy Kruger Films and end it with Phantasm series. :twisted:
 
I just saw kungfu panda, and I can say it is probably the best animated movie this year. Better than any other computer animated movie I have seen so far. The story is kinda predictable, but the fights is funny, actionfilled and really draw you in. There is laughs and there is action, delivered in a fun manner. It is not shakespere, but if you want some good entertainment that do not require to much thinking I will recomend it.

Also saw hulk, it was better than the first. Seems they are creating a premise for a avenger movie.
 
Man, a Danish film channel just showed the entire Back to the Future triology. I had completely forgotten how awesome those movies were.
Sometimes I'm astounded by how much awesome stuff was made before I was born.
Best. Hangover. Ever.


'Tis a shame about Michael J. Fox though...
 
Wanted (Timur Bekmambetov, 2008) - Let me preface this by saying I absolutely hated Night and Day Watch, although I can definitely appreciate Bekmambetov's flair for what-the-fuckery and with the right script and right budget he can do some awesome shit. Wanted delivers on this (well, the budget part, at least), and Timur has flipped my brain upside down. Loosely (very loosely) based upon Mark Millar's comic book series of the same name, Wanted is about a young loser stuck in a dead end life. Wesley's job sucks, his best friend is fucking his girlfriend, and he's too much of a pussy to do anything about it except pop anxiety pills like they're children's tylenol. Along comes Fox (played by the surprisingly adorable Angelina Jolie), who explains to Wesley that his father was a master assassin, a member of a guild (Fraternity) of assassins, and he must carry on the mantle and assassinate his father's assassin (phew). Without giving away too much of the (somewhat contrived) plot, fate is somehow magically involved via a textiles plant, Morgan Freeman is a wise black man, and curving bullets is involved. The plot ain't so hot, but the film thankfully never gets bogged down in the details and keeps to a rapid fire pace throwing incredible action sequence after incredible action sequence at your eyeballs and eardrums. The dialog is pretty clever at times, and Morgan Freeman delivers what is probably the best line he's ever had. This movie is like a popcorn version of Fight Club and The Matrix meshed together - and it is completely self aware of this fact. The flick never tries to be smarter than it is, and that is one of its biggest merits.

8/10

Can't wait for the Blu-Ray.
 
Uhhh...

Malky, the movie should have been called Unwanted.

I will now state my three main contentions with the movie.

1) Jolie looked like Rich Uncle Skeleton.

2) McAvoy's American accent is terrible.

3) No supervillains, no costumes, just a league of killers who kill people based on binary translations of thread placement created by a loom of fate.

I was both baffled and angered by this movie. Baffgered and Angled I tells ya!
 
generalissimofurioso said:
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As cool as the premise of Millar's comic is - the actually book itself sucks ass. It's a juvenile, pointless piece of pop trash. I mean, the main character is modeled on Eminem for chrissakes. It has some fun bits, but it's pretty horrible.

Angelina Jolie is a fucking goddess, you are absurd and need to immediately take that back.

The loom of fate thing was ridiculous and the plot absolutely sucked, but like I said, the action and some of the funny dialog definitely made up for it. I'm not saying that it's an Oscar winner or anything, I'm just saying that it was a really fun adrenaline rush of an action movie. I mean seriously, you have to set your expectations to a certain level when you go see a movie like this. It's not Schindler's List, after all.
 
As much as I don't like childish movies I thought the premise was unique and a friend told me it was great. I might see it.

Sincerely,
The Vault Dweller
 
Killzig said:
have any of you caught Wall*E yet? Opening sequence will play well with this crowd. :)
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Oh, it definitely does. Very good movie, Pixar's best in a while.
 
definitely better than Cars. Thought the second half kind of lost it's steam but probably hard to keep up the level they started out at. Couldn't help but be reminded of Idiocracy, which led me to the interpretation of this being one of the angriest kid's films I've ever seen.
 
last 3 movies i saw :

1.In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale :
Sucked donkey balls...seriously, i want those 2 hours of my life back !!!


2.The Departed :
Interesting story, Di Caprio however didn't really fit in the movie


3.Gangs Of New York
Very nice movie,Daniel Day-Lewis's role was awesome !
 
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