What was the last movie you watched?

[thebridge15]

can we just skip the takes about the all female ocean's 8 movie and just post the ones from ghostbusters again?

[rconverse]

Originally Posted by thebridge15

can we just skip the takes about the all female ocean's 8 movie and just post the ones from ghostbusters again?

No! I want slightly newer ones.

[zajDmB1]

I think having largely female cast movies are a fantastic idea, but the fact that they are all remakes kinda takes the wind out of the sails I feel like. It defeats the point.

[thebridge15]

right. that's almost exactly my take. if you want to feature women prominently in your movie, make a new movie. if you want a black james bond, write another action movie for a black action star to be in

problem is those movies can't get financed

you'd think eventually execs would realize that people want to see a good movie more than they want to member ocean's 11. but that may take decades

[AlpineValley804]

It seems silly that executives still have that mentality. There are plenty of non-franchise stories geared toward women that were huge hits - The Help was one, Orange is the New Black is another on the TV side of the spectrum.

[zajDmB1]

Also just the simple fact that pretty much 100% of people agree TV is, on average, better than movies at this point. Not sure why they don't give more original scripts a chance. Not like they have to spend $100M on each one.

[thebridge15]

there's evidence that people are still interested in quality. yet they're still out of touch

[DMBstandUP1984]

Nocturnal Animals

Is there anyone better than Jake Gyllenhaal?

Also the trailers did the movie zero justice.

[BotheLaneFan]

Originally Posted by DMBstandUP1984

Nocturnal Animals

Is there anyone better than Jake Gyllenhaal?

Also the trailers did the movie zero justice.

Bruce Campbell.

[clayj41]

Originally Posted by DMBstandUP1984

Nocturnal Animals

Is there anyone better than Jake Gyllenhaal?

Also the trailers did the movie zero justice.

It deserved zero justice.


And Michael Shannon and Aaron Taylor-Johnson were both better than Gyllenhaal.

[DMBstandUP1984]

Originally Posted by clayj41

It deserved zero justice.





And Michael Shannon and Aaron Taylor-Johnson were both better than Gyllenhaal.

Pish posh!

[DMBstandUP1984]

Jake had to play like 4 different characters in Nocturnal Animals and played them all well

[OK_Ant]

Dog Eat Dog

dir. Paul Schrader

stars: Nicolas Cage, Willem Dafoe

Gritty. Madness.

Don't Miss It!

****

[DMBstandUP1984]

anyone ever watch the movie Zardoz?

[thebridge15]

the end of the tour - thought segal was excellent. definitely worth a watch if you enjoy DFW's work

annie hall - fantastic. still has some very funny, relevant moments for being 40 years old

blue ruin - quality indie barebones thriller. decent clip of violence as well

99 homes - strong performance by michael shannon with some rough lines to deal with

[ExistenceNow]

Originally Posted by thebridge15

right. that's almost exactly my take. if you want to feature women prominently in your movie, make a new movie. if you want a black james bond, write another action movie for a black action star to be in

problem is those movies can't get financed

you'd think eventually execs would realize that people want to see a good movie more than they want to member ocean's 11. but that may take decades

Eh, don't really agree with Bond. That's a recurring character, played by several different actors already, with new episodes (if you will) each time, so not really a remake as such. Elba would be a good Bond.

And they pretty much did make him his own film so he could kinda play Bond. It's called Bastille Day. It's pretty good but few will see it, which does illustrate the problem you mention.

[Ascf33]

Equity - 3/5
A poor (wo)man's Margin Call.

[AlpineValley804]

Le Samourai

Awesome movie. I started this super late last night, and when I do that with a movie that is both foreign and old, I usually end up thinking it's a bad decision on my part and call it a night by the 20 minute mark. This one kept me all the way. I loved the story, the direction, the performances, the whole atmosphere of this film. Jean-Pierre Melville is three for three with me. He has a way of pulling me into a state of suspense with near silence. No ominous music or flashy editing - just the pure ability to make me feel like I'm in the scene, afraid of hearing a pin drop or a character walking in at the wrong time to make me freeze in fright. I've seen people tag this several times (not on Ants) as "style over substance". I really disagree with that. There's substance to being able to effortlessly pull your audience into your world when they started your film after 1 am. And there's plenty of substance and analysis to discuss on the ending, which I will of course, not give away. I feel this movie had a major influence on Drive (I think I probably even read that at some point or several before), but I liked this one far more. This movie is high art, and I highly recommend.

[clayj41]

Originally Posted by AlpineValley804

Le Samourai

Awesome movie. I started this super late last night, and when I do that with a movie that is both foreign and old, I usually end up thinking it's a bad decision on my part and call it a night by the 20 minute mark. This one kept me all the way. I loved the story, the direction, the performances, the whole atmosphere of this film. Jean-Pierre Melville is three for three with me. He has a way of pulling me into a state of suspense with near silence. No ominous music or flashy editing - just the pure ability to make me feel like I'm in the scene, afraid of hearing a pin drop or a character walking in at the wrong time to make me freeze in fright. I've seen people tag this several times (not on Ants) as "style over substance". I really disagree with that. There's substance to being able to effortlessly pull your audience into your world when they started your film after 1 am. And there's plenty of substance and analysis to discuss on the ending, which I will of course, not give away. I feel this movie had a major influence on Drive (I think I probably even read that at some point or several before), but I liked this one far more. This movie is high art, and I highly recommend.

Fantastic film.

[AlpineValley804]

Originally Posted by clayj41

Fantastic film.

Clay, have you signed up for FilmStruck?

[clayj41]

Originally Posted by AlpineValley804

Clay, have you signed up for FilmStruck?

Not yet. Oddly enough, I first heard about it this past weekend.

[AlpineValley804]

Originally Posted by clayj41

Not yet. Oddly enough, I first heard about it this past weekend.

I kept seeing ads for it, and I investigated further. I was instantly sold.

Definitely worth checking out.

[Jake]

2 movies watched yesterday whilst sick.


Quiz Show

Still a great film but there are parts that feel very rushed.


London has Fallen


It's hard to screw up a brainless action flick but they did. Simply dreadful

[Jake]

Originally Posted by AlpineValley804

Le Samourai

Awesome movie. I started this super late last night, and when I do that with a movie that is both foreign and old, I usually end up thinking it's a bad decision on my part and call it a night by the 20 minute mark. This one kept me all the way. I loved the story, the direction, the performances, the whole atmosphere of this film. Jean-Pierre Melville is three for three with me. He has a way of pulling me into a state of suspense with near silence. No ominous music or flashy editing - just the pure ability to make me feel like I'm in the scene, afraid of hearing a pin drop or a character walking in at the wrong time to make me freeze in fright. I've seen people tag this several times (not on Ants) as "style over substance". I really disagree with that. There's substance to being able to effortlessly pull your audience into your world when they started your film after 1 am. And there's plenty of substance and analysis to discuss on the ending, which I will of course, not give away. I feel this movie had a major influence on Drive (I think I probably even read that at some point or several before), but I liked this one far more. This movie is high art, and I highly recommend.

Originally Posted by clayj41

Fantastic film.

One of the best ever

[clayj41]

Originally Posted by AlpineValley804

I kept seeing ads for it, and I investigated further. I was instantly sold.

Definitely worth checking out.

My issue is that in addition to the streaming service, I still pay for physical discs with my Netflix subscription. I do that for the very purpose of tracking down harder to find movies. I've only come across a few that I couldn't find thus far.

[OK_Ant]

Originally Posted by DMBstandUP1984

anyone ever watch the movie Zardoz?

It commits the worst crime a movie can. It's boring.

[DMBstandUP1984]

Zardoz freaked me out

[junior94]

the Honest Trailers guys finally covered Suicide Squad, and this one might have the funniest overall "starring" jokes they've ever come up with for one of these

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdiFhv3gsyo

[zajDmB1]

Originally Posted by Jake

2 movies watched yesterday whilst sick.


Quiz Show

Still a great film but there are parts that feel very rushed.


London has Fallen


It's hard to screw up a brainless action flick but they did. Simply dreadful

What was your realistic expectation going in to that one....

[AlpineValley804]

Originally Posted by clayj41

My issue is that in addition to the streaming service, I still pay for physical discs with my Netflix subscription. I do that for the very purpose of tracking down harder to find movies. I've only come across a few that I couldn't find thus far.

I also still have the physical discs but I have such a terrible habit of keeping them for months on end beffort I get around to watching them.