D'Angelo Russell Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 La La Land: 8.5/10 Acting was good, especially Emma Stone. She's quite a decent singer as well. A bit of a slow start, but overall plot is simple to follow (not a bad thing imo, but still its weaker point). Ryan isn't the best singer but hey, not as bad as Russell Crowe in Les Miserables. Overall a pretty good tribute to old-school style Hollywood musicals. Music is good, tunes are simple but effective. Music is memorable for me. Not sure if it deserves all 14 oscar nominations but I wouldn't be surprised if it took half of those, including best picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down by the River Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Passengers: 2/10 Maybe Jennifer Lawrence is a good actress, but this certainly isn't evidence of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 5 minutes ago, Down by the River said: Passengers: 2/10 Maybe Jennifer Lawrence is a good actress, but this certainly isn't evidence of it. She is not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bookie Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Passengers 2/10 So much wrong here I don't even know where to start, so let's go with the funniest - Andy Garcia has 4th billing, and he's literally only in it for like 3 seconds. One point just for being real purdy, the other for one legitimately cool creative scene, the rest is a hunk of junk. Midnight Special 6/10 Nothing special. Individually a lot of the scenes were interesting and hooked me, yet overall the movie wasn't able to do the same. Missing that je ne sais quoi. I Am Not a Serial Killer 8/10 Now this I liked. There's been a bunch of these throwback to the 70s-80s horror films recently (throwback in style, not the smirky snarky self-referential stuff that Scream started) and this is one of the better ones imo. Not as good as It Follows, but better than The Conjuring, House of the Dead, or Stranger Things. A review compared it to Romero's vampire movie Martin and it felt similar, doing that thing where you're not sure if you're following the hero or the villain (or both). Slightly grainy film quality was bang on - just so subtle without overdoing it - couldn't shake the feeling I was watching a well preserved VHS even as the characters play around with smartphones. Not a perfect movie, but after Passengers, man, give it some awards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASSJAW Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 (edited) the handmaiden: 8/10 highly recommend you guys watch this with your parents or significant other had to watch it in two sittings because i just wasn't all that into it the first half - but by the end i was into it. the erotic scenes are sorta made me chuckle though - no idea what response i was supposed to have to that sort of thing? Edited February 14, 2017 by GLASSJAW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down by the River Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Gold: 4/10. Throw it onto the pile of movies you see below... except this would be the worst of them. Should have just taken 10 minutes to read the story. On 2/13/2017 at 0:55 AM, GLASSJAW said: i'm personally quite sick of these Wikipedia-type movies. you know, the true stories that are made into movies for Oscar buzz but lack a that intangible "artistry" that makes a movie really stand out? I'm talking Argo, Dallas Buyers Club, The Imitation Game, Hidden Figures, Spotlight, etc. Now don't get me wrong - I enjoyed all of these to some extent, but you would have to pay me to re-watch most of them. In fact, after seeing Argo a second time I was straight up baffled by what I liked about it the first time: remove the tension of two or three scenes and there's very little left. Imitation Game? amazing story. decent movie. repeat. Was there a vision and voice in Spotlight? Can you even make a movie about that type of thing into "art" without detracting from the story? I just don't know. But I do know by the end of it I'd rather just watch a thoroughly researched documentary without the dramatic tinkering here and there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down by the River Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Has anyone tuned into the Twin Peaks reboot? Taboo? Sneaky Pete? Snowfall? Been awhile since I've discovered a new TV show that I like... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 6 minutes ago, Down by the River said: Has anyone tuned into the Twin Peaks reboot? Taboo? Sneaky Pete? Snowfall? Been awhile since I've discovered a new TV show that I like... Twin Peaks season 3 not out till May. But I'm waiting. Tried Taboo. Slept through the first episode. Never watched Sneaky Pete or Snowfall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASSJAW Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 2 hours ago, Down by the River said: Has anyone tuned into the Twin Peaks reboot? Taboo? Sneaky Pete? Snowfall? Been awhile since I've discovered a new TV show that I like... tried The Young Pope? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down by the River Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 32 minutes ago, GLASSJAW said: tried The Young Pope? Are there supposed to be subtitles in this show? I started watching it, and enjoyed it, but there were no subtitles when people were speaking Italian. I turned it off to wait until I could find a subtitle version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASSJAW Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 7 minutes ago, Down by the River said: Are there supposed to be subtitles in this show? I started watching it, and enjoyed it, but there were no subtitles when people were speaking Italian. I turned it off to wait until I could find a subtitle version. yea. subs are available online, just need to know which version or pirate or group's rip of the show you downloaded and the srt can be found pretty easily 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g_bassi13 Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 John Wick 2 - 8/10 Had most of what made the most movie great, but it lacked a bit of that sparkle. Probably because the newness to the world of the movie wasn't there this time. It's a lot like The Empire Strikes Back to the original movie's New Hope. Both in terms of style, storytelling, tone, and my just not liking it as much as its predecessor, lol. But, there's a lot to like. It's more intense, and the action is of a more "non-stop" variety. At the very least it sets up for what will be a very different third movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bookie Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Incendies 9/10 I guess this was Denis Villeneuve's breakout movie from 2010, found it kicking about on my hard drive. Twins from Quebec are sent on a journey to their ancestral homeland (Lebanon?) after their mother's death. Slow and takes a looooong time to get where it's going but when it does, my dog!, one of the bigger wtf twist moments. And along the way it's still absolutely beautiful to look at, terrific powerful acting, with Radiohead's Amnesiac as a soundtrack. Easy to see his early potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugor Hill Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 On February 14, 2017 at 4:06 AM, GLASSJAW said: the handmaiden: 8/10 highly recommend you guys watch this with your parents or significant other had to watch it in two sittings because i just wasn't all that into it the first half - but by the end i was into it. the erotic scenes are sorta made me chuckle though - no idea what response i was supposed to have to that sort of thing? HAHAHAA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugor Hill Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 The Arrival - Rust-Cohle/10 To me it is way too Terence Malick. I'm more of an ordinary folk who prefers smart, but ordinarily told stories. But it does run on a powerful theme. I'm sure all the nationalists / anti-globalists have had a field day with this movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down by the River Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Sneaky Pete Season 1: 4/10 Created by David Shore (House) and Bryan Cranston. Focuses on Giovani Ribisi as a con man just released from prison. Bryan Cranston plays the crime boss. It might have the worst dialogue of any show I've seen in years. Its as if a 16-year old thought they were smarter than everyone else and so they felt the need to constantly explain everything to everyone at all times. FWIW, Rotten Tomatoes has it at 100%... I guess I'm the outlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 1 minute ago, Down by the River said: Sneaky Pete Season 1: 4/10 Created by David Shore (House) and Bryan Cranston. Focuses on Giovani Ribisi as a con man just released from prison. Bryan Cranston plays the crime boss. It might have the worst dialogue of any show I've seen in years. Its as if a 16-year old thought they were smarter than everyone else and so they felt the need to constantly explain everything to everyone at all times. FWIW, Rotten Tomatoes has it at 100%... I guess I'm the outlier. I just finished downloading it. This has me worried. Halfway through Alien. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down by the River Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 7 minutes ago, Monty said: I just finished downloading it. This has me worried. Halfway through Alien. My favorite part is when, five minutes into the show, the main character clarifies that con man is short for confidence man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 4 minutes ago, Down by the River said: five minutes into the show, the main character clarifies that con man is short for confidence man Well that's just silly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bookie Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Murder Party 8/10 I know, with a name like that, why even watch it, it's obv a masterpiece. But this was ridiculously fun, in all kinds of wrong ways. The first movie from Jeremy Saulnier (Blue Ruin, Green Room). Ultra low budget with kind of a Reservoir Dogs feel to it, a handful of characters in a warehouse setting, just, more casually demented than RD. It's like a post-modern hipster horror with more than a tinge of psychotic comedy. I definitely guilty-cringe-chuckled more than once. Gore a plenty, and a lot of pop culture references to other horror/sci-fi/cult movies. Actually I'm surprised this hasn't developed a bit of a cult following as it's got all the elements, but it seems to be almost completely unknown. Tried to find it after seeing Blue Ruin a few years ago but all the torrents were dead; I guess now with Green Room raising his profile it's been re-seeded and is circulating again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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