Tre Mac Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 23 minutes ago, Monty said: Remember seeing the preview. Zero interest in watching the female equivalent of a Zach Galifianakis film. Just like his films, her's are awful. Haha, speaking of good ol' Zack I saw some show called Baskets, holy eff is that suppose to be funny? Just like a depressing mocumentary of white trash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 On 1/13/2017 at 0:52 AM, The Bookie said: Hunt for the Wilder People 9/10 Well, that was just delightful. As if I need more motivation to sell all my possessions and move to New Zealand. On 1/13/2017 at 7:48 AM, Monty said: Hunt for the Wilderpeople is easily the best film I watched last year, followed closely by Eye in the Sky. "No, I'm The Terminator, I said it first. You're more like Sarah Connor. But in the first film, before she could do chin ups." Died laughing. Keep trying to get the wife to watch it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 56 minutes ago, J.R. said: Keep trying to get the wife to watch it.... My wife was howling during it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beluga Whale Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 (edited) Rectify: 8.5/10 Just finished this series. Would highly recommend to anyone who doesn't mind a slow moving drama that heavily focuses on characters instead of story. Pretty heart-wrenching show. Had to hold back the tears quite a few times tbh. Edited January 17, 2017 by Beluga Whale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 25 minutes ago, Beluga Whale said: Rectify: 8.5/10 Just finished this series. Would highly recommend to anyone who doesn't mind a slow moving drama that heavily focuses on characters instead of story. Pretty heart-wrenching show. Had to hold back the tears quite a few times tbh. Watched the first episode. Really liked it, but too heavy for me right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Arrival Really enjoyed it. Wife bawled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 @Monty and @The Bookie, wife wasn't thrilled with the boar scene (it was hard to watch ) and I think that may have knocked it down a few pegs for her. Otherwise though, fantastic little movie. Mandatory viewing IMO. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down by the River Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 1 hour ago, J.R. said: @Monty and @The Bookie, wife wasn't thrilled with the boar scene (it was hard to watch ) and I think that may have knocked it down a few pegs for her. Otherwise though, fantastic little movie. Mandatory viewing IMO. About that scene: 'Man that loves his dog and has his dog die' is just about the most over-used, cliche trope that Hollywood as to tug at heartstrings, but it will work on me every single time from here until eternity. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 8 minutes ago, Down by the River said: About that scene: Reveal hidden contents 'Man that loves his dog and has his dog die' is just about the most over-used, cliche trope that Hollywood as to tug at heartstrings, but it will work on me every single time from here until eternity. Not as overused as the "man and woman fall in love, break up over misunderstanding, get back together because mother/father of person who got upset initially told them to get them back before it's too late." This also known as " @D-Money's favourite type of film". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 25 minutes ago, Down by the River said: About that scene: Hide contents 'Man that loves his dog and has his dog die' is just about the most over-used, cliche trope that Hollywood as to tug at heartstrings, but it will work on me every single time from here until eternity. True dat hombre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASSJAW Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 tickled: 6/10. Vice-tier documentary about a weird tickle fetish underground that has a fabulously wealthy man taking advantage of poor young men. Don't find it particularly informative beyond the acknowledgment that this subculture exists. As far as it being a documentary goes, I don't find it satisfying or serving much purpose except to put light on someone who takes advantage of others. In that sense: good work! In the sense of it being an enjoyable movie: not so good work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASSJAW Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 planet earth 2: 10/10 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down by the River Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 2 hours ago, GLASSJAW said: planet earth 2: 10/10 We basically had it running on mute and on repeat over the entire Christmas break. The Hallers: eh/10 Too much of that indie-movie strategy of having characters do things that nobody would actually do in real life to further some plot-line along. Re-used half a dozen jokes from The Office (I think John Krazysnski directed). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugor Hill Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 On January 9, 2017 at 6:35 AM, GLASSJAW said: Little Sister: 9/10 Little Sister is another of those "indie comedy-drama" movies, but instead of it relying on flavour-of-the-week references (like Me, Earl, and the Dying Girl), or relying on paint-by-numbers suburban lameness (like The Way, Way Back), or relying on the overwrought familiarity of hipster uniqueness (like everything Miranda July has ever touched), it wonderfully combines ALL of these things into one great little movie. It's somehow about family, mental health, politics, war, sex, religion, and yet it's never preachy. Similarly, the movie isn't excessive or too cool for school despite its assload of film or music references. It isn't super cinematic or a total spectacle or anything, but I just didn't have any complaints about it at all. Just thoroughly enjoyed it. Dang mate, I was a bit disappointed. I'll watch anything with Addison Timlin in it, especially since you rated it so high. But, to me this movie is only about a girl trying to reconnect with her family... her older brother is a more interesting character than Colleen. All that other stuff: metal music, pot, booze, mental health, Biden/Obama, religion and sex, have nothing to do with the plot (ok maybe the pot does). Their preferences could've been the opposite (rap, no drugs, Bush, buddhism, sexually liberated, etc) and the morale message of the movie would've still been the same. The story would've (or at least could've) been the same. Love the screen still of the trailer here though. I love it when the break the convention movie making rules and let loose a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASSJAW Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 4 hours ago, Hugor Hill said: Dang mate, I was a bit disappointed. I'll watch anything with Addison Timlin in it, especially since you rated it so high. But, to me this movie is only about a girl trying to reconnect with her family... her older brother is a more interesting character than Colleen. All that other stuff: metal music, pot, booze, mental health, Biden/Obama, religion and sex, have nothing to do with the plot (ok maybe the pot does). Their preferences could've been the opposite (rap, no drugs, Bush, buddhism, sexually liberated, etc) and the morale message of the movie would've still been the same. The story would've (or at least could've) been the same. Love the screen still of the trailer here though. I love it when the break the convention movie making rules and let loose a little. i'm not sure i understand what you're saying. the religious/political/sexual issues are very literally character-defining and the major contributing factors about why the family is broken in the first place. they are the themes that drive the conflicts and make the plot believable or relatable or sympathetic or whatever. if you were to change whether or not the mom used drugs to cope with her depression, or were to change the fact that her family is liberal and politicizing their son's injuries... that would change the entire tone or implication of the movie. if the woman were "sexually liberated" rather than an asexual nun, her relationships with people would be completely different, too, since its her choice of religion that creates the boundaries between her and others that she more or less tries to overcome. while i do understand what you're saying, i just don't agree: the themes feed the plot and create meaning for the signified images. changing those things does change the movie, even if they don't change the plot at its most reduced Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Hacksaw Ridge Loved it. So terrific. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugor Hill Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 (edited) 5 hours ago, GLASSJAW said: i'm not sure i understand what you're saying. the religious/political/sexual issues are very literally character-defining and the major contributing factors about why the family is broken in the first place. they are the themes that drive the conflicts and make the plot believable or relatable or sympathetic or whatever. if you were to change whether or not the mom used drugs to cope with her depression, or were to change the fact that her family is liberal and politicizing their son's injuries... that would change the entire tone or implication of the movie. if the woman were "sexually liberated" rather than an asexual nun, her relationships with people would be completely different, too, since its her choice of religion that creates the boundaries between her and others that she more or less tries to overcome. while i do understand what you're saying, i just don't agree: the themes feed the plot and create meaning for the signified images. changing those things does change the movie, even if they don't change the plot at its most reduced Yeah I think that is exactly what I'm saying. It feels like, let's make Colleen really different from her family so conflicts would naturally arise as a result... On top of being arbitrary, a bigger problem is that these conflicts *seem* (to me) to be very shallow. Beer vs no beer. Pot vs no pot. Like, do we define ourselves based on these things? She is a mixture of some really incompatible traits. In my life experience, religious metal chicks are conservative BUT they party as hard as everyone else and would never want to give up sex and go be a nun. Trust me. I know Edited January 19, 2017 by Hugor Hill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASSJAW Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 10 minutes ago, Hugor Hill said: Yeah I think that is exactly what I'm saying. It feels like, let's make Colleen really different from her family so conflicts would naturally arise as a result... On top of being arbitrary, a bigger problem is that these conflicts *seem* (to me) to be very shallow. Beer vs no beer. Pot vs no pot. Like, do we define ourselves based on these things? She is a mixture of some really incompatible traits. In my life experience, religious metal chicks are conservative BUT they party as hard as everyone else and would never want to give up sex and go be a nun. Trust me. I know I would say so, yes, in this case. Especially since the mother uses pot as a coping mechanism after her recent suicide attempt. Her depression is a very defining characteristic -- as is her ability to relate to her daughter's faith. But to each their own, I know not many people will like that movie as I do, just as I think similar movies like THE WAY WAY BACK, and ME, EARL, AND THE DYING GIRL are complete dogsh*t. everyone has their fav indie dramedy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASSJAW Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 (edited) speaking of religion... Silence: 7.5ish/10 Scorsese does it again! By "it" I mean make an extraordinarily long movie that left me confused about whether or not I even enjoyed it. Too often "Christian movies" fumble into absurd self-righteousness, but this one gives a fair position to all (or most) involved. For me, it was difficult to relate to the made-comedic absurdity of some Christian rituals just as it's easy to relate to Japanese men who view Christians as imperialists worth torturing. Frankly, I think the whole "god's silence" thing has been done better many, many times before, but in a time where comic book movies and pandering ideological fluff dominate the box office, I guess this is rewarding for its subtlety even when its brash and graphic Edited January 19, 2017 by GLASSJAW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Monahan Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 7 hours ago, Monty said: Hacksaw Ridge Loved it. So terrific. Sarcasm? I hated it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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