Movies You've Seen Lately

duckyboy · **Posted:** Mon Mar 09, 2009 11:17 pm

FT Wrote:

Kingfish Wrote:

Cap'n Squirrgle Wrote:

Kingfish Wrote:

My only complaint is Charlton Heston. Not so much because of overracting but moreso because his features are absolutely non-mexican. It kept bringing me out of the movie because it was almost humorous.

back when white dudes played mexicans, and mexicans played native americans.

And Natalie Wood played "half-breeds"

half-breeds or not, there isn't a font size large enough for...

FUH

rent First Love, Last Rites if you haven't seen it yet. not natalie but as close as you are going to get

The Dreaded Marco · **Posted:** Mon Mar 09, 2009 11:19 pm

FT Wrote:

Kingfish Wrote:

Snowy Rhodes Wrote:

Burn After Reading

fell asleep.

Terrible movie.

Agreed. Man, there is absolutely no middle ground with Coen Bro flicks whatsoever. They are either among the absolute greatest films ever made (O Brother Where Art Thou, The Big Lebowski, Raising Arizona) or the worst (Barton Fink, Burn After Reading).

C'mon Bob. Barton Fink? You're kidding? If you had suggested The Ladykillers or Intolerable Cruelty, I'd completely agree. Barton Fink is a classic CB's film.

FT · **Posted:** Mon Mar 09, 2009 11:33 pm

The Dreaded Marco Wrote:

FT Wrote:

Kingfish Wrote:

Snowy Rhodes Wrote:

Burn After Reading

fell asleep.

Terrible movie.

Agreed. Man, there is absolutely no middle ground with Coen Bro flicks whatsoever. They are either among the absolute greatest films ever made (O Brother Where Art Thou, The Big Lebowski, Raising Arizona) or the worst (Barton Fink, Burn After Reading).

C'mon Bob. Barton Fink? You're kidding? If you had suggested The Ladykillers or Intolerable Cruelty, I'd completely agree. Barton Fink is a classic CB's film.

It's been years since I've seen it, so a re-viewing may be in order. But I just remember how terrible and just pointless it seemed at the time.

two guns holla · **Posted:** Mon Mar 09, 2009 11:36 pm

Also, O Brother isn't all that

FT · **Posted:** Mon Mar 09, 2009 11:36 pm

two guns holla Wrote:

Also, O Brother isn't all that

wrong

two guns holla · **Posted:** Mon Mar 09, 2009 11:48 pm

It's good, but not "among the absolute greatest films ever made"

duckyboy · **Posted:** Tue Mar 10, 2009 12:00 am

two guns holla Wrote:

Also, O Brother isn't all that

agreed. kinda sucks, actually

The Dreaded Marco · **Posted:** Tue Mar 10, 2009 12:15 am

Sorry Bob, didn't mean to instigate a pile on.

I agree with you on Oh Brother being amongst their better films, but not top 4.

Kingfish · **Posted:** Tue Mar 10, 2009 2:21 am

Double Indemnity

Really good. The only other Billy Wilder I've seen is Sunset Boulevard (great movie). Geez, Wilder is pretty dark or at least very cynical. I guess this one had a happier ending, but it's probably darker overall. Wilder is amazing in portraying morally bankrupt protagonists in a sympathetic light. By the end, you're kind of hoping he gets away with it. Barbara Stanwyck was really great. Something has struck me about these movies - They cast short people in regular roles, and let them look short on film, which would never happen anymore.

The more Noirs I'm watching the less I think of Chinatown.

duckyboy · **Posted:** Tue Mar 10, 2009 3:22 am

Kingfish Wrote:

Double Indemnity

Really good. The only other Billy Wilder I've seen is Sunset Boulevard (great movie). Geez, Wilder is pretty dark or at least very cynical. I guess this one had a happier ending, but it's probably darker overall. Wilder is amazing in portraying morally bankrupt protagonists in a sympathetic light. By the end, you're kind of hoping he gets away with it. Barbara Stanwyck was really great. Something has struck me about these movies - They cast short people in regular roles, and let them look short on film, which would never happen anymore.

The more Noirs I'm watching the less I think of Chinatown.

check out Ace in the Hole by Wilder, recently released by Criterion. super cynical. he's one of my favorite directors and I went through a phase and watched most his stuff about ten years ago. he's done some crap but a lot of great stuff as well.

not to be pedantic, and people disagree as to the definition of film noir, but traditionally it's considered a movement in American cinema that started during WWII but really took off after it and lasted into the 50s. Some people pick Touch of Evil as the last of the "real" noirs. Everything that comes later, like Chinatown, Body Heat, Last Seduction, etc, is pastiche, blah blah.

south pacific · **Posted:** Tue Mar 10, 2009 3:28 am

I saw this tonight and it was good, recommended

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Joaquin Phoenix gives another brillant acting performance as a a depressed young man who is still living with his parents, forced to choose between the girl he should marry and the one that owns his heart.

For some reason it's not getting a wide release despite having two major stars....so it might be hard to find in the theatres.

Kingfish · **Posted:** Tue Mar 10, 2009 8:40 am

duckyboy Wrote:

Kingfish Wrote:

Double Indemnity

Really good. The only other Billy Wilder I've seen is Sunset Boulevard (great movie). Geez, Wilder is pretty dark or at least very cynical. I guess this one had a happier ending, but it's probably darker overall. Wilder is amazing in portraying morally bankrupt protagonists in a sympathetic light. By the end, you're kind of hoping he gets away with it. Barbara Stanwyck was really great. Something has struck me about these movies - They cast short people in regular roles, and let them look short on film, which would never happen anymore.

The more Noirs I'm watching the less I think of Chinatown.

check out Ace in the Hole by Wilder, recently released by Criterion. super cynical. he's one of my favorite directors and I went through a phase and watched most his stuff about ten years ago. he's done some crap but a lot of great stuff as well.

not to be pedantic, and people disagree as to the definition of film noir, but traditionally it's considered a movement in American cinema that started during WWII but really took off after it and lasted into the 50s. Some people pick Touch of Evil as the last of the "real" noirs. Everything that comes later, like Chinatown, Body Heat, Last Seduction, etc, is pastiche, blah blah.

I added Ace in the Hole to the queue. Thanks.

DumpJack · **Posted:** Tue Mar 10, 2009 8:55 am

I enjoyed Burn After Reading more than most of the 2008 movies I saw. More than the Dark Knight actually.

Z · **Joined:** Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:38 pm **Posts:** 7979

my first impressions of billy wilder were through his comedies like the apartment and some like it hot. but once i stormed through his filmography, i was really blown away. he's also responsible for maybe my favorite courtroom movie in witness for the prosecution and writing a couple '39 films i never hear anyone talk about in midnight and ninotchka, among many others i always watch when they're on tv.

Flying Rabbit · **Posted:** Tue Mar 10, 2009 12:22 pm

Kingfish Wrote:

I added Ace in the Hole to the queue. Thanks.

Hey, you can see it before the remake!

just saw: [img][312:500]http://www.impawards.com/1983/posters/tender_mercies.jpg[/img]

Another fantastic pairing of Duvall and Horton Foote. Rightfully, Duvall won the Oscar for Best Actor, something which has alluded him since. Everything about this film is great, and while much is in the understated, the raw emotion and feeling of the landscape surrounding the harsh Texas landscape is so vibrantly portrayed. Interestingly, directed by an Australian, who managed to find the beauty in the landscape drawing parallels between his native outback and a proposed West Texas town.

duckyboy · **Posted:** Tue Mar 10, 2009 3:17 pm

Z Wrote:

my first impressions of billy wilder were through his comedies like the apartment and some like it hot. but once i stormed through his filmography, i was really blown away. he's also responsible for maybe my favorite courtroom movie in witness for the prosecution and writing a couple '39 films i never hear anyone talk about in midnight and ninotchka, among many others i always watch when they're on tv.

another good one he wrote is Hold Back the Dawn. Have you seen The Major and the Minor? That movie is awesome--can't be believe he got away with that back then.

amandasantics · **Posted:** Wed Mar 11, 2009 2:32 am

recently just saw milk and religulous.

if you haven't seen religulous (bill maher), i would definitely recommend it.

TheTheory · **Posted:** Wed Mar 11, 2009 2:42 am

Saw The Watchmen and I enjoyed it. I think I might have even liked it quite a bit. Keeping in mind that I haven't read the graphic novel, nor was I particularly interested by the previews. It is much more character driven, which I really like. With some great action scenes as well. Also, kudos for the most awkwardly realistic sex scene I've seen in a movie. ("Ok, uh, give me a few minutes")

paper · **Posted:** Wed Mar 11, 2009 9:55 am

Infernal Affairs lll - It was cool, but not as cool as the first one.

shiv · **Posted:** Wed Mar 11, 2009 3:25 pm

IA III was definitely better than the 2nd one though.

paper · **Posted:** Wed Mar 11, 2009 3:28 pm

yeah, I'll agree with that.

shiv · **Posted:** Thu Mar 12, 2009 2:46 am

i watched martyrs tonight. i think i need a couple showers.

paper · **Posted:** Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:20 am

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i watched martyrs tonight. i think i need a couple showers.

sounds pretty fucked up,...is it good enough to check out?

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:34 am

Saw Synecdoche, New York last night. Quality film.

Lrr · **Posted:** Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:55 am

I watched Meatballs over the weekend: didn't hold up so good.

Just saw King of Kong: dug it.

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