I'd post some sort of response, but I have honestly forgotten what I was arguing about, so whatever
I get you are trying to come off like you are above the argument, or what have you, but I'd reconsider that word choice. It doesn't look good on your part if you can't follow along with an argument consisting of a whopping 4 posts all on one page. Even if it has "slipped your mind" in a few hours, you have the text right in front of you, all it takes is some reading :v
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Currently watching 120 Days of Sodom, and my viewpoints of it are akin to that of A Serbian Film. While it is grotesque in nature, the statements it makes is incredibly poignant, and all with the helpful guide of the abusive imagery the audience is forced to forgo.
^ pang, I'm not interest in your laborious comparisons between whatever and whatever. At the same time however, I'm not denying that there is a difference. I didn't start this thing and my four "whopping" posts consisted primarily of info about my latest movies, the rest were the responses that one would expect from aggravation you offered. Honestly you aggravate me even before I read your posts because 90% of the time I know exactly what they are going to say when I see that you were the last one to post.
Rewatched Frank last night, amazing Indie film with one of the better OST's of late. One of the best ways I can describe it would be "odd"; the movie is bizarre and knows it, but not in an "in your face" or exaggerated sort of way, more of a "their normal" sort of way.
The thing that saddens me about this movie is that from a certain angle, it can be really hard to get into. You really need to appreciate music, creation of music, popular vs underground, and/or blunt originality to let the movie take you in, otherwise you will just find yourself lost at how odd the music and style of it all is.
Raising Arizona. An excellent oddball comedy from the Cohen brothers about former criminal Hi (Nicholas Cage) who marries police officer Ed (Holly Hunter). After discovering Ed is infertile, they hatch a plan to abduct one of a local furniture store owner's quintuplets to raise as their own.
"We thought it was unfair some should have so many, while others should have so few. With the benefit of hindsight, maybe it wasn't such a hot idea."
We watched Aladdin 3 times in a row over the weekend because our Netflix was acting up and it's the only kids DVD movie we own... but listening to Genie never gets old!
Welcome to my world.
I start watching a show or a movie then I get a 25% countdown that stay there for 10 seconds then it starts to play again for 10 minutes then the 25% appears again and again and again until I get fed up and quit.
It's been happening a lot lately. I suspect it could be my ISP.
Those thieves charge me a fortune for their Internet service but they offer a lousy product.
I want to complain to the FCC but I can't find the option related to thievery.
I just saw Black Mass with a friend and it was okay. It wasn't that great, but it was still pretty good. I think Johnny Depp's performance as Whitey Bulger was very good, but he's supposed to be one of the most violent gangsters in U.S. history. He kills 3 people. That's pathetic and I think the movie would have been better if he killed more people! So, Black Mass was a good film, but unless you really want to see it, I'd save your money for the plethora of good-looking movies coming out in the rest of 2015 (Macbeth, Steve Jobs, Sicario, etc.) Black Mass: B-
I just saw Black Mass with a friend and it was okay. It wasn't that great,
It's Oscar-bait, what do you expect?
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(going to do my review a bit different this time)
Say Green Inferno last night, what a trip. I have really mixed feelings about it, but ultimately I really enjoyed it. First and foremost, if you aren't familiar with Eli Roth then you need to keep in mind that this movie is more horror/thriller-comedy than just a true horror. Not only does he tend to make a lot of jokes, whether through a character's actions (a certain propeller scene comes to mind) or statements, but also the concept and deaths are part of the joke.
What I disliked
-The acting was...weird. It started off just...bad. About the level of your average ABC family drama bad. The weird thing is..it gets better as the movie and actions progresses. I'm not entirely sure if this was intentional (maybe reflecting the movie?) or if the actors were just more in their element when it came to the nitty-gritty part.
- Eli Roth is not known for his cinematography and this movie is by no means an exception
- This movie foreshadows. A lot. Like..a WHOLE lot. Honestly, everything you can imagine they foreshadow. It defeats the purpose of foreshadowing when you do it for every little detail possible.
- The story ultimately didn't really matter..there are many, many other random stories one just as easily could have placed in to get the characters from point A (safety) to point B (gore).
- It left more to be desired with the action. This isn't to say the action was bad (it isn't), but that it felt like there could have been much more, espeically with how "in your face" the movie is about it all.
- Post credit scene. I don't even know
What I liked
- The action is at the top of the game. Not only is it, as I said, very "in your face", but it also draws you in. It knows when to hit you hard, showing you everything it can offer, but also when to give you a nice love tap, and just skip to an end result and allowing your imagination to fill in the gaps.
- Although I wasn't a fan of how ultimately unnecessary the story is, the story itself was actually surprisingly deep (albeit taking the page from Cannibal Holocaust's book. But this IS a "spiritual successor"
- SJW's getting BTFO
- Despite what a lot of people proclaim, the movie actually does a really good job at portraying the tribes-people as human. Throughout their cannibalistic "murders", we see them being just people - singing, humming, banter, idle conversation, etc.
It's about Yi Sun-sin. a Korean admiral who fought the Japanese invaders from 1592-1598.
This movie describes the battle he fought with only 13 warships (panokseon) against 333 Japanese ships (133 Atakebune and 200 supply and smaller supporting vessels).
I really enjoyed it since my favorite period of History revolves around this time (Medieval trading, Age of Exploration, etc.).
I already knew about atakebunes, they were pretty cool ships and also the bigger version called Tekkōsens which were reinforce with iron plating.
The panokseon was a slower ship but it was highly maneuverable and could carry many cannons on each sides, front and back, making it very impressive and deadly. The Korean cannons also had a longer range and were more powerful than their Japanese counter part.
Anyway, If you're into naval warfare, I recommend watching this movie.
It's good from beginning to end.
Source Code. A rather clever little thriller from Duncan Jones. Jake Gyellenhaal plays a US army captain being repeatedly made to relive the eight minutes before a bomb explodes on a commuter train so he can find the bomber's identity. No up to the standard of Jones' first film, Moon, but good fun nonetheless.
Sicaro was rather average. Whilst it was interesting seeing the grey area in the war against the Mexican cartels it was also a little hard to follow. However, I will admit that the characters was rather good. I rate this film around 7/10.
John Wick, on the other hand, was brilliant. Just brilliant. It follows a retired hitman and his quest for vengeance against a gang because they killed his puppy which was a gift from his now deceased wife. As silly as it sounds, the action was pretty brilliant and the music was quite good too. It also has a nice sense of dark humour. I rate this movie a solid 10/10.
