What movie did you watch last night? (7 Viewers)

[ratmonkey]

KWAIDAN. Four ghost type stories. Especially liked the third segment that's half narrated in song. Really nice painted backdrops.

This is pretty much someone after reading From Hell decided to transpose it to a future where London is underwater and replaces Jack the Ripper with an alien. Also sounds like it used leftover soundtrack from Blade Runner. Sublime ridiculousness. Every film should have Rutger Hauer in it.

I have no idea why it's called Split Second.

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[ernesto]

it was alright. sarah silverman is a fucking ride in it though

i meant to post the pic:

 

[Cormcolash]

The Guard. It's great. Even besides the humour, it's actually very well written, pretty clever film.

 

[Ferox13]

The Guard. It's great. Even besides the humour, it's actually very well written, pretty clever film.

I'm glad I wasn't the only on..

 

[Anthony]

Potter and the Prisoner Of Askaban in the cinema.
Have seen it many times on our small TV but first Potter big screen experience. Great stuff, my fav Potter film so far.

 

[mark]

"SHUT IT, LOVE ACTUALLY!"

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[evil bandit]

Was it you, the baby from Eraserhead? ...Then it must have been you, the woman from The Crying Game.... Come on Baldermort I need a word

 

[ratmonkey]

aka 1960s Running Man, except more about the stylings than any action.

A Seijun Suzuki film, not to be confused with FAST & FURIOUS: TOKYO DRIFT. No Sonny Chiba or car racing in this. A yakuza tries to get out of the game, with highly stylised consequences.

 

[Anthony]

HP & the deathly hallows Pt 1.
It's potter mania in this house at the moment.

 

[jonah]

A little bit late, but this was so wonderful.

 

[Cormcolash]

A little bit late, but this was so wonderful.

Haha yeah, amazing, grim, cringeworthy, hilarious, all in one, great film!

 

[xsteox]

Tango & Cash. So cheesy and ridiculous. Awesome.

 

[Hector Grey]

A little bit late, but this was so wonderful.

oh my gawd i really, really fucking hated this film. p

lease tell me what you thougth was wonderful, maybe i'm missing something?

i've come to teh conclusion that mike leigh is a charlatan. i can't sit through anything he's done now, and i used to like him.

 

[ernesto]

was made sit through 3 hours of Michael Bay's Transformers 3 the other night. sweet fucking jesus it was painful. only saving grace was yer wan in it. super hot, Rosie Huntington-WHiteley. to the horn thread!

 

[Anthony]

Just saw HP & The Deathly Hallows Part 2. Great atmosphere in the cinema. Everyone quiet but also clapping and cheering. So cute.

 

[Mormon Nailer]

Tango & Cash. So cheesy and ridiculous. Awesome.

Staring Kurt Russell and John Turrturo

 

[David Kronenbourg]

Bad Teacher. mediocre

 

[HMD]

Watched Source Code. Wasn't as bent as the trailer led me to believe. decent enough

 

[Jerry Twig]

Hairy Porter and the End of the Line.

It was good

 

[washingcattle]

Tree of Life

Terrence Malik wants to show us the begining of the world the end of the dinosaurs and a heartfelt coming of age drama all at the same time while discussing god. It's ambitious i'll give you that. It begins with a family drama, drifts off into the most spectacular special effects sequence you will ever see then goes utterly bonkers for what feels like eternity and then finally returns to earth with sulky Sean Penn wandering around New York remembering his childhood. Yes 25 minutes into this film people filed out wondering what the fuck is going on. But they missed one of the best most lyrical, dark and ultimately rewarding depictions of childhood and innocents coming to an end ever filmed. The middle section in between the madness and god bothering start and end are as beautiful a thing as Malik has ever created, and that is saying something. Brad Pitt is the father ("our fathers are models for god" kind of father) a constant looming, brooding unpredictable presence, tyranical moody and emotionally fitful. Jessica Chastain is the angelic Mother. Both are brilliant. Pitt turns in probably the best performance he ever will and is a huge presence here (think of his Jesse James being your dad). The star of the show though is young Hunter McCracken who caries the film on his shoulders as the eldest of three brothers growing up in suburban texas. He's excellent in every scene and he's virtuallly every scene. That's it really, all the pangs of boyhood are here, sibling rivalry and dedication, defiance of the father, moralising and every other topic covered in any coming of age/childhood remembered story (and yes there is a story in here) but this is Maliks film so it's all delivered with a poise and a nuanced approach that elivates it. The splintered approach to editing and the detail of what he actually shows us mirrors the way you remember childhood, where the size of next doors dog becomes more vivid than anything factual. It washes over you and seems almost dreamlike, though it is not a comfortable dream.

There is a major problem with this film in that Malik tries to cram too much in. While the 2001 style beginning of the world stuff at the start is mind blowing there is a logical end to the story which Malik simply ignores and instead goes off into a 15 minute British Airways advert accompanied by choirs and religious string sections. There's a lot here that falls flat, Why is Sean Penn even in this ? and a lot that works. But that's Malik for you. Remember when he made a war film, and the first 40 minutes didn't have any fucking war and when the war finally arrived all the charachters wandered around talking in their own heads about love and loss? Well if you like that sort of thing you might (i mean might) love this. If you like your films concise, unbloated and not snail paced you will hate this. If you're looking for the profound experience that certain loonies are saying is in here you will be disappointed

I loved it, then hated it then loved it again. Which is a good sign I think.

Or you could watch a movie about fucking wizards.