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Post by Alan Fuckin' Alda on Jan 12, 2006 13:59:10 GMT -5
Has anyone seen Mysterious Skin? Thats a fucked up movie.
I recently saw Primer, which is a $7000 time travel movie. I've seen it three times and still can't get all the plot threads straight. Its really neat to see a science fiction film that doesn't rely on CGI effects.
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Post by Sucosa on Jan 14, 2006 21:54:39 GMT -5
Lord Sessho and I got a chance to see a couple of movies friday night- Lemony Snickets Series of Unfortunate Events and Kung Fu Hustle. I must say that I think Kung Fu Hustle was the better of the two- it was funny to see how the subtitles in english did not match up with the english dubbing. It was well worth watching though. The Lemony Snicket Movie was kinda disappointing - the preveiws made it look a bit different than the movie acually was- which I should have known better because I have never read the book, but it was still entertaining. Jim carey put in a nice preformance. We plan on going to see Underworld evolution next friday- hopefully it is good as the first movie.
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Post by UncleJager on Jan 17, 2006 10:21:24 GMT -5
I own Kung Fu Hustle but have not watched it yet, I saw Shaulin Soccer which was by the same director and that was highly entertaining. The reason why subtitles and english-over don't always match is because they try to match the english-over to lip movement and other dynamics, while subtitles are usually a more accurate translation of the original dialog, because there you just have to worry about having it on long enough to be read confortably. the only real time when subtitles are reworded is when a character is speaking fast and saying a lot, then the text is shortened for reading confort.
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Post by Sucosa on Feb 4, 2006 13:29:50 GMT -5
Lord Sesshomaru and I got to see Underworld Evolution a couple of weeks ago- sorry the post about it is so late but has been a weird couple of weeks. I can say that the sequel in this case is as good or even better than the orginal. The plot in this movie explains a lot of things left out in the orginal movie- and for the Kate Beckinsdale lovers- there is a bit of nudity. There is a A LOT of blood and LOTs of action packed battle scenes. A few new characters added to the mix which made things really interesting. I would highly recomend seeing this movie, But not without seeing the orginal first( I know duh) but it is really something you have to see the first movie to understand. Also another good thing I noticed by watching the preveiws- There is now a Silent Hill Movie about to be released this spring, which looks like it is going to be very interesting.
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Post by T. Miller on Feb 10, 2006 16:58:19 GMT -5
Lord Sesshomaru and I got to see Underworld Evolution a couple of weeks ago- sorry the post about it is so late but has been a weird couple of weeks. I can say that the sequel in this case is as good or even better than the orginal. The plot in this movie explains a lot of things left out in the orginal movie- and for the Kate Beckinsdale lovers- there is a bit of nudity. There is a A LOT of blood and LOTs of action packed battle scenes. A few new characters added to the mix which made things really interesting. I would highly recomend seeing this movie, But not without seeing the orginal first( I know duh) but it is really something you have to see the first movie to understand. Also another good thing I noticed by watching the preveiws- There is now a Silent Hill Movie about to be released this spring, which looks like it is going to be very interesting. Do the werewolves still look like boiled sausages? Love the rainbow Sucosa!
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Post by UncleJager on Feb 13, 2006 15:22:47 GMT -5
We watched Kingdom of Heaven over the weekend, finally. It was an interesting enough film, but I think the hidden messages and implications of the story were not that hidden. I was hopping for more battle scenes. Let me put it this way my favorite character was the German Goth who got killed about 10 minutes into the film. I think the helplesness of the Marshal of the City to stop the crowning of the new king was a little underdeveloped, and so was the fanaticism of the new king it was hinted but I wanted to know more why he wanted war with the Arabs and how he hopped he was going to beat them. And also, in the scene where the Arabs blew up the wall and attacked through the breach shouldn't they have sent a flanking unit around the corner while the Christians were so focused on defending the hole. It seemed like they didn't really want to take the fortress. I did like the Ridley touch of starting the movie with corpse wrapped in cloth.
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Post by T. Miller on Feb 14, 2006 21:35:19 GMT -5
We watched Kingdom of Heaven over the weekend, finally. It was an interesting enough film, but I think the hidden messages and implications of the story were not that hidden. . Hmm.. Maybe I'm slow since I took the film at face value. What hidden messages?
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Post by UncleJager on Feb 15, 2006 15:18:43 GMT -5
Hmm.. Maybe I'm slow since I took the film at face value. What hidden messages? maybe I was reading too much into it, but given the current situations with the west once again meddling in the middle east I was feeling that the movie also reminding us what happened in such a situation in the past. Showing that there are fanatics on both sides and the Arabs are not the only aggitators in that area. I was also seing the attack launched by the Templers as a parrallel to Operation Iraq "Whatever they call it now" Now there was relative peace till the Templers attacked.
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Post by T. Miller on Feb 15, 2006 21:05:53 GMT -5
maybe I was reading too much into it, but given the current situations with the west once again meddling in the middle east I was feeling that the movie also reminding us what happened in such a situation in the past. Showing that there are fanatics on both sides and the Arabs are not the only aggitators in that area. I was also seing the attack launched by the Templers as a parrallel to Operation Iraq "Whatever they call it now" Now there was relative peace till the Templers attacked. I think it was a good parallel that you made - I just didn't read into it beyond face value. The trailers lead one to believe there are more fight scenes than there actually were.
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Post by UncleJager on Feb 16, 2006 9:47:15 GMT -5
That is true to a lot of films. There is quite an art form to making trailers, and people who are good at it are paid highly. Anywho basics to it are that when making a thriller/action flick you want to squeeze in as much action as possible. Plus since the trailer is 30sec to a minute it feels much more action packed compared to the actual film, since trailers don't really have to worry about plot progression just attraction. Also trailers also often feature scenes cut from the final version of the film, cause the production company has spent the money filming it and cleaning it up, so they want to get there moneys worth out of those scenes too. Lastly trailers often may feature more intense music then the film itself, or even that same scene in the film, because a trailer has to be eye and ear catching. That is pretty much true for advertising across the board, cause they are all trying to sell us things that we truely don't really need.
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Post by Alan Fuckin' Alda on Feb 17, 2006 15:18:20 GMT -5
We watched Kingdom of Heaven over the weekend, finally. Hm, I saw it not that long ago and forgot most of it. From what I've heard, Ridley Scott wanted it to be marketed as a political film, and the studio decided to market it as an action/war film.
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Post by UncleJager on Feb 18, 2006 12:22:39 GMT -5
I think Ridley's political aspects still come through quite well, but I think the film needed more development. i guess that's where the whole time/cost and studio vs. director comes into play. As an action/war film it needs more action and war, braveheart did a good mix of chop and plot. But I guess once again time/cost was an issue.
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Post by UncleJager on May 17, 2006 0:04:55 GMT -5
I know this film is old news, I just watched the Machinist. Interesting film, a little unnerving. I still do not fully get who the fat bald guy was. Was that Trever as he used to be? I also finaly saw Sin City. I didn't like it as much as I thought I would. I couldn't get fully in to it. I didn't realise how violent those novels were, the whole ripping the guys nuts (or Shnuts to T) was .. eh 'interesting'. They did make me want to read the books to see what the story really is like. So go films, next up The Great Raid. Or I might go see Over the Hedge or Davinci sometime.
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Post by Alan Fuckin' Alda on May 17, 2006 8:31:17 GMT -5
I loved the Machinist. I think the bald guy was the extreme of who Trever used to be. Its how he now views his old self. Seeing Christian Bale that thin was very unsettling.
The Great Raid is good. Its pacing is way off, but the acting is great, and the final battle makes up for its sluggishness.
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Post by T. Miller on May 18, 2006 7:40:07 GMT -5
I do enjoy the Machinist.
Rewatched Drugstore Cowboy. Still a good film, and still miss William S Burroughs tremendously.
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