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[Stormy2213]

Yeah, second on the visually stunning part of this movie. It really is beautiful and unique. Washed out at times with single items brightly contrasting. Good acting across the board. The more I think about it the more I like it.

And yeah, she is.

Of all the actors I thought Antonio de la Torre, the "funny" clown (Sergio) was absolutely brilliant. The dude delivered in spades.

 

[lagwagon0]

Getting caught up...

The Social Network

I cant believe I haven't seen this before. A must see movie, even for someone like me that isn't even on Facebook.

Super

Wasted opportunity, felt it had potential but didn't like the ending at all. Contrived

Super 8

Felt like the Goonies of this generation. Really enjoyed it.

Hobo With a Shotgun

Whole lotta fun and brutally violent

Paul

Disappointed, didnt find myself laughing very often

 

[jerseydevil]

Full agreement on Super...felt a little undercooked, germ of a good idea just not developed enough. Haven't yet see Hobo/Social, but disagree on Super 8. Felt the movie was too busy being a tribute to Spielberg to ever develop it's own identity. And I still think the 'staring up into the sky while holding hands' ending was ridiculous as hell. As far as Paul...your expectations were probably too high. It's cute more than funny. Can't expect another SOTD/Hot Fuzz. It's full of nerd refs and is basically a love letter to Frost/Peggs friendship. Give it another try with lowered expectations and you may be more forgiving.

 

[BigBrown]

Not until I put this list together right here did I realize I watched three movies last week centered around African Americans

One of those 90's movies about nothing (in a good way), quite funny.

A classic I had not watched since it was new. It left a bigger impact now that I'm older, definitely disturbing.

Unpleasant to think this took place in the 60's, it felt like it belonged in the 1800's. Though not terribly engaging or exciting, it was a charming movie. I'm sure many will hail it as the movie of the year. It was good but I wouldn't necessarily agree with the 8+ score on IMDB.

 

[lagwagon0]

Full agreement on Super...felt a little undercooked, germ of a good idea just not developed enough. Haven't yet see Hobo/Social, but disagree on Super 8. Felt the movie was too busy being a tribute to Spielberg to ever develop it's own identity. And I still think the 'staring up into the sky while holding hands' ending was ridiculous as hell. As far as Paul...your expectations were probably too high. It's cute more than funny. Can't expect another SOTD/Hot Fuzz. It's full of nerd refs and is basically a love letter to Frost/Peggs friendship. Give it another try with lowered expectations and you may be more forgiving.

i don't really disagree with your view on Super 8 because that was actually my thought while watching it (Spielberg star gazing) but I still thought it was well done and very enjoyable.

 

[jerseydevil]

Haven't seen a movie this delightfully bad since Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. Starts strong with the 50's monster flick take off based on a growing killer sperm. Ray Wise shows just how aware he is in situations like this, the Chiodo Brothers(Killer Klowns) make you believe in a giant killer sperm and, this is just the best of the bunch as far as succeeding with what they set out to do. Eric Roberts as General Bukkake, well...you can't write stuff that great. Then I was a teenage werebear happens. What a drag. Great concept(kid coming out couched in a 50's teenage werewolf flick) but it just goes on too long and is also a send up of 50's surf musicals...but with painfully bad musical numbers. Heard that showings minus this segment were a lot better, and I gotta figure that's spot on. Then Diary of Anne Frankenstein...return to form, Joel David Moore is awesome as Hitler, first really trying to speak German than descending into ridiculous faux German(I swear I heard oshkoshbigosh), also, probably overstays it's welcome...but still fun. Then the finale which is also the wraparound for the anthology. Good/bad acting and lots of cheesy fx help sell this. Overall, if you aren't a fan of TROMA flicks or defiantly bad flicks this ain't yer cup o'java, but if you can appreciate cringe worthy stuff...it's worth a rent.

 

[notbob]

Has anyone seen this? It looks like a low budget fantasy thriller with mediocre acting and iffy special effects but it sounds like a fun movie. Is it worth moving up on my Netflix queue?

 

[jerseydevil]

Has anyone seen this? It looks like a low budget fantasy thriller with mediocre acting and iffy special effects but it sounds like a fun movie. Is it worth moving up on my Netflix queue?

Fading of the Cries – Review | KillerFilm

Writer/director Brian A. Metcalf’s largely ambitious horror-fantasy Fading of the Cries is almost too much of everything, and not enough of something, creating a hog bosh that somehow is interesting despite these criticisms.

The film starts off as a typical horror movie, one of those home invasion/DIY zombie movies, and then swirls the viewer into a fantasy world much like a low-budget, darker Chronicles of Narnia. Zombies, swords, bats, Wormtongue, um, I mean Mathias, played to slimy satisfaction by Brad Dourif, Fading of the Cries is a wonderful case of “almost”, where ambition arm-wrestles its flaws in a tug-of-war

Pretty much sums up everything that I read about it. Budget gets the best of it in the end.

 

[jerseydevil]

Wasn't sure where else to put this, but check it out 'cause it's pretty cool.

Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Rooney Mara and More Portray Famous Movie Villains

Well here?s one of the coolest stories you?ll see all week. A number of fantastic actors have gotten together to recreate some of the greatest villains in the history of cinema. Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Rooney Mara, Ryan Gosling, Gary Oldman, Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, and many more are all part of director Alex Prager?s ?Touch of Evil? project. The video gallery features each performer uniquely taking on the persona of an iconic villain.

Some of the characters are deep cuts, with Pitt as Henry Spencer from Eraserhead, Clooney as Captain Bligh in Mutiny on the Bounty, Mara as Alex from A Clockwork Orange, and Oldman genuinely unrecognizable as the ventriloquist dummy from Magic. Other highlights include Viola Davis channeling Nurse Ratched from One Flew Over the Cuckoo?s Nest and Michael Shannon as Wall Street?s Gordon Gecko. It appears that the actors chose the characters themselves, which makes this all the more fantastic. Hit the jump to check out the images.

Here are some images from the project courtesy of The New York Times. In order to check out the full video gallery (which is spectacular) click here. Touch of Evil: Cinematic Villainy From the Year?s Best Performers - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com

A key to some of the more obscure references can be found here. A Rogues? Gallery - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com

 

[Big Red]

Full agreement on Super...felt a little undercooked, germ of a good idea just not developed enough. Haven't yet see Hobo/Social, but disagree on Super 8. Felt the movie was too busy being a tribute to Spielberg to ever develop it's own identity. And I still think the 'staring up into the sky while holding hands' ending was ridiculous as hell. As far as Paul...your expectations were probably too high. It's cute more than funny. Can't expect another SOTD/Hot Fuzz. It's full of nerd refs and is basically a love letter to Frost/Peggs friendship. Give it another try with lowered expectations and you may be more forgiving.

Super 8 was amazing. JD just doesn't have a heart!

 

[jerseydevil]

Super 8 was amazing. JD just doesn't have a heart!

 

[orpheus]

Say it ain't so JD! Say it ain't so JD!! ssst:

 

[jerseydevil]

Say it ain't so JD! Say it ain't so JD!! ssst:

I cry at the drop of a hat...so I have to disagree. But I guess it could be worse...

How come none of these schmancy reboots of Oz properties ever made the logical jump and made the scarecrow a zombie...after all, he did want a brain.

 

[orpheus]

How come none of these schmancy reboots of Oz properties ever made the logical jump and made the scarecrow a zombie...after all, he did want a brain.

I don't have an answer to that question. Are you trying to make a monkey out of me?

Did I tell you peeps that I went to watch the Wizard of Oz anniversary thing a couple years ago. It was all sorts of awesome watching said movie on the big screen.

 

[Stormy2213]

Very understated movie. It's available on Netflix instant play. Definitely worth checking out.

 

[OTTo VoN BLoTTo]

It was on TV and I was bored so.....

WOW. Over written/over directed/over dramatized/overacted/over cliched/over scored.... did I miss anything? Oh yeah--it was LONG. Yet somehow I made it through til the end just to see him whack the bad guys.

 

[jerseydevil]

While I don't disagree with you on ANY of your critiques, I still kinda liked that movie. It's like a real long bloated 'MACHETE' without the Mexican agenda, or the sense of humor.

 

[OTTo VoN BLoTTo]

I like Werner Herzog and am fascinated with prehistoric art and the origins of humankind so hoped and expected to be blown to bits by this documentary. The cave and drawings were beyond extraordinary, but in spite of this and his and the scientist's holy reverence towards the subject, the production seemed noticeably flat. Werner's personal musings and hypotheses got a little out there at times which both added and subtracted to and from the whole, but I thought the biggest mistake was the score. While the composer may have been reaching for "primitive" by going abstract, it had no flow or feeling and fought with the visuals the whole way through--especially given that the drawings were barely primitive and not abstract at all! A hauntingly beautiful aria (which could've been nice) may have no historical connection to 35,000 year-old cave drawings, but neither does wild free-form violins and cellos.

Didn't hate it, just disappointed. For such big ratings it left a much smaller emotional impression than some Discovery or History channel docs that I dreamt of for days or even weeks. Sorry Werner, but I may watch it again with the sound down and something else playing behind it. The soundtrack to "Aria" maybe?

 

[orpheus]

Val Lewton's Isle of Death.

I still don't know what to make of it and couldn't get into it. I am a bit sad too because I only have one more Val Lewton Horror movie left and there won't be any new ones for me to watch.

 

[BigBrown]

The life of two brothers, their families and their struggles as they compete in an MMA (mixed martial arts) tournament. I thought it was pretty good and you don't really have to be an MMA fan to enjoy it since the movie is about family and forgiveness. Don't get me wrong, there is quite a lot of fighting going on in the movie though the MMA in Warrior is about as realistic as the boxing is in Rocky, but it's entertaining and absurdly violent. 7/10

A Thailand made horror movie, not for the faint of heart. A couple are being haunted by the ghost of a girl, revealing herself in photographs. If you enjoy Asian horror movies like The Ring or The Grudge this is in the same vein and probably just as good. I personally don't really like scary horror movies and only sat through it because of a girl but it was decent enough. 6/10

We get to follow a pair of crew members waking up from hyper sleep on a spaceship, not knowing their mission or whereabouts. And, of course, there are some monsters on board. It's your standard space monster movie but despite being nothing special it kept me interested enough, and the ending had sort of a little twist. I probably wouldn't recommend watching it with more than moderate expectations though. Check it out if you're a sci-fi fan. 6.5/10

I also watched Donnie Brasco. I've seen it probably a dozen times already but it's great. One of my favorite gangster movies.