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KeithTalent

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Black Swan - 9.5/10: Sorry zin, this was fucking awesome. :awe: We both let out audible "wow"s right after it ended. Granted, our viewing experience was much, much better than yours (we went to an old school theatre with a balcony and sat right in the middle of the balcony, with only about 10 other people in there). I think Portman's issues were fascinating in how they manifested themselves,
I mean it pretty much turned into a horror movie, which was great for me; I was actually reminded of Cronenberg's The Fly a lot (pulling at fingernails, funny hair-like things on her back).
I really connected with her right from the very beginning and rooted for her along the way and I was actually so involved in it I wanted her to succeed, no matter the cost, much like the character herself. Anyway, kind of rambling because I just got back from the theatre, but yeah, easily in my top 10 for the year. Loved Cassel and Hershey (Ryder was good in her brief appearances too) but I agree with Kunis, though she was insanely freaking hot in that one scene (you know which one I mean :sneaky: ). Now to get that damn Swan Lake song out of my head...

Red Cliff - 7/10: John Woo's epic, 4.5 hour period piece set in 220-280 A.D. China. Follows a warlord attempting to take over various clans and the clans joining forces to stop him. I loved the fighting in this, loved it; epic sword and spear fighting on the ground and horseback and eventually massive boat fights, these were all fantastic. Unfortunately, the story was so derivative and the dialogue and plot was eye-rollingly obvious. I was never bored (I watched part 1&2 back-to-back) because there is a good amount of fighting, but this could have been so amazingly epic if there had been better writing. Still a 6.5 though because it looked amazing and was pretty fun overall, it's just not a great film.

Enter The Void - 9/10
: Gaspar Noe's most recent aurally explosive film/art piece about a young guy in Tokyo that, presumably, dies and comes back to look over his sister; shot pretty much entirely in the first person as the kid, in fact you only see his face once or twice when he's looking in a mirror and another couple of times that are spoilerific. Now, I know most people here will not see this film and probably shouldn't to be honest (I do have eclectic taste) but I thought this was a beautiful film about love, loss, betrayal, and the bonds of family. There are many graphic scenes in this film, but also so many beautiful ones; I was quite transfixed for the entire runtime; it was frantic and deafeningly loud but also subtle and quiet all at the same time. Pretty amazing.

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Black Swan - 9.5/10: Sorry zin, this was fucking awesome. :awe: We both let out audible "wow"s right after it ended. Granted, our viewing experience was much, much better than yours (we went to an old school theatre with a balcony and sat right in the middle of the balcony, with only about 10 other people in there). I think Portman's issues were fascinating in how they manifested themselves,
I mean it pretty much turned into a horror movie, which was great for me; I was actually reminded of Cronenberg's The Fly a lot (pulling at fingernails, funny hair-like things on her back).
I really connected with her right from the very beginning and rooted for her along the way and I was actually so involved in it I wanted her to succeed, no matter the cost, much like the character herself. Anyway, kind of rambling because I just got back from the theatre, but yeah, easily in my top 10 for the year. Loved Cassel and Hershey (Ryder was good in her brief appearances too) but I agree with Kunis, though she was insanely freaking hot in that one scene (you know which one I mean :sneaky: ). Now to get that damn Swan Lake song out of my head...

it was actually at one of our better theaters, but the crappiest screen for our showing. :(

Had we been in the main auditorium, the front row is a good 30+ feet from the screen. :(

we also brought in a few beers, and since we were on the lower level, 2nd row of a stadium room (fuck I hate stadium seating!!!), we were way too exposed to be consuming contraband. :( that also aggravated me. :D
 

KeithTalent

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it was actually at one of our better theaters, but the crappiest screen for our showing. :(

Had we been in the main auditorium, the front row is a good 30+ feet from the screen. :(

we also brought in a few beers, and since we were on the lower level, 2nd row of a stadium room (fuck I hate stadium seating!!!), we were way too exposed to be consuming contraband. :( that also aggravated me. :D

Haha, yeah, that would be annoying. Stadium generally does suck; honestly, watching it in the theatre we did almost made it feel like we were watching a live performance. I freaking love that theatre. :awe:

Hopefully you'll get a chance to re-visit the film at a later date in more favourable conditions. I assume you saw it with your gf; what did she think?

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The Godfather 9.5/10

Such an awesome movie. It's great from beginning to end. I haven't seen this movie in at least 10 years so it's been a while and saw it on Blu-ray which made it better than I remembered. Everything about this movie is practically perfection. Definitely worth all the hype it gets.

The Godfather Part II 7/10

Sure it's a decent sequel but since it has the Godfather name it has to live up to the name and it doesn't. It's an ok movie but the difference in the quality of this movie and the first is HUGE. I also haven't seen this movie in about 10yrs and saw it in Blu-ray but it's definitely a disappointment compared to the first one. I did really enjoy the flashback scenes though.

I have Part III next on my queue so I'm sure I'll be even more disappointed as I have never seen Part III.
 

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The Godfather 9.5/10

Such an awesome movie. It's great from beginning to end. I haven't seen this movie in at least 10 years so it's been a while and saw it on Blu-ray which made it better than I remembered. Everything about this movie is practically perfection. Definitely worth all the hype it gets.

The Godfather Part II 7/10

Sure it's a decent sequel but since it has the Godfather name it has to live up to the name and it doesn't. It's an ok movie but the difference in the quality of this movie and the first is HUGE. I also haven't seen this movie in about 10yrs and saw it in Blu-ray but it's definitely a disappointment compared to the first one. I did really enjoy the flashback scenes though.

I have Part III next on my queue so I'm sure I'll be even more disappointed as I have never seen Part III.

Interesting. I love both I and II but I would rate I at 8.0 and II at 9.5. There are so many amazing roles in II. One that really stands out is Fredo, John Cazale was a genius! I've yet to see III myself. I understand it's horrible compared to the first II though.
 

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Grown Ups - 6/10 - was ok. not as funny as it looked in commercials

Prince of Persia: Sands of Time - 6/10 - nothing really wow or memorable happened. was ok.
 

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Interesting. I love both I and II but I would rate I at 8.0 and II at 9.5. There are so many amazing roles in II. One that really stands out is Fredo, John Cazale was a genius! I've yet to see III myself. I understand it's horrible compared to the first II though.

Yep, I'm the same. I rate GF1 around an 8.5 or 9, but I'd rate GF2 pretty damn close to a 10. Been a few years since I last watched them, but I keep meaning to since I bought the Copolla Restoration Blu-rays. Maybe over the Xmas holidays.

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I've yet to see III myself. I understand it's horrible compared to the first II though.

GF III as a standalone movie is actually a decent one, but it pales in comparison with the first two.

I watched the three movies back-to-back and it was truly a great experience. Maybe I'll do it again for Toy Story series this Christmas.
 

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Heist - 7/10: David Mamet's 2001 movie with Gene Hackmen as a grifter/thief doing a final job with his crew for Danny DeVito and ends up aving to take DeVito's cousing with him (played by Sam Rockwell). I enjoyed this for the most part, but it is kind of clunky in several parts. I always like Hackman and Rockwell, plus some of the double-crosses were pretty fun, but it could have been much better. I'm always a sucker for a heist movie though.

Welcome To Collinwood - 5/10: Pretty weak comedy heist film about a bunch of dumb criminals in Cleveland trying to pull of a big job and a bunch of stuff gets in the way. I really liked Sam Rockwell in this one too, but the comedy fell pretty flat most of the time and the heist, while kind of fun, was not really very exciting. Clooney was decenty in his small role too, but again, a movie like this should be much funnier than it turned out and this one was barely amusing.

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Black Swan - 9.5/10: Sorry zin, this was fucking awesome. :awe: We both let out audible "wow"s right after it ended. Granted, our viewing experience was much, much better than yours (we went to an old school theatre with a balcony and sat right in the middle of the balcony, with only about 10 other people in there). I think Portman's issues were fascinating in how they manifested themselves,
I mean it pretty much turned into a horror movie, which was great for me; I was actually reminded of Cronenberg's The Fly a lot (pulling at fingernails, funny hair-like things on her back).
I really connected with her right from the very beginning and rooted for her along the way and I was actually so involved in it I wanted her to succeed, no matter the cost, much like the character herself. Anyway, kind of rambling because I just got back from the theatre, but yeah, easily in my top 10 for the year. Loved Cassel and Hershey (Ryder was good in her brief appearances too) but I agree with Kunis, though she was insanely freaking hot in that one scene (you know which one I mean :sneaky: ). Now to get that damn Swan Lake song out of my head...


Interesting to see the diversity in opinion between you and Zin. I still haven't seen this yet, but I LOVE Aranofsky's work (RFAD is one of my very very very favorites, and I loved the way Pi was shot.) I'm planning to try to wait for Bluray so I can watch it at home in my dedicated little HT room, but, I may have to spring for some tickets just to see it sooner....
 

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Taken 5/10 What a retarded compilation of action scenes,probably the montage guys are worth more than the director.
 

KeithTalent

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Interesting to see the diversity in opinion between you and Zin. I still haven't seen this yet, but I LOVE Aranofsky's work (RFAD is one of my very very very favorites, and I loved the way Pi was shot.) I'm planning to try to wait for Bluray so I can watch it at home in my dedicated little HT room, but, I may have to spring for some tickets just to see it sooner....

It's not a perfect film and thinking back I would probably rate it a 9 instead of a 9.5 (I had just watched it and that probably skewed my rating a little higher). However, I absolutely loved the tone of the film and Aranofsky's direction is absolutely amazing, as is Portman. I'll be seeing it again soon so I'll know for sure how much I really like it. Fantastic looking film if nothing else, but I think there is something else there.

KT
 

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Casablanca - 8/10
Classic film shot during WW2. Underneath all the melodramatic acting which was standard at the time, there was a complicated interwoven story. The building tension was well put together and the characters were memorable. Well ahead of its time.
 

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Brothers - 5/10 Meh. The commercials summarized the movie in full. Disappointing ending

Flash of Genius - 6/10 Sigh. I know there was a lot of ground to cover, but they really glossed over a lot of the detail information only to show boring bull shit type stuff.

Better Off Ted Season 1 - 7/10 Not bad. Really blew their wad episodes 1-3. The rest were meh at best.

Better Off Ted Season 2 - 5/10. I see why this got canned. Same episode over and over and over and over...

Cocaine Cowboys 7/10 - A fun documentary about how cool it is to sell, smuggle, and do cocaine.

The King of Kong 6/10 - What a bunch of Dorks. Really? People aren't still like this are they? Wow. Surprised any of them had a place to park their meat let alone children.

GI Joe 5/10 - I guess the action was fun? Other than that dialogue and casting was abismal.
 
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I find I like the same movies as my Grandfather. Around this time when I was a little Possessed I would go up to see him and he would throw in the following films:

God's Must be Crazy 9/10: Probably my favorite comedy of all time. I can't explain why it is, but it just clicks.

Zulu 9/10: When I watched this at my grandparents' house as a child I was bored out of my mind. Now I find it to be my favorite war movie.

Return of the Pink Panther 9/10: My grandpa would say, which is the one with the parrot? Now truth be told there were multiple Pink Panther movies with parrots, but I knew he meant the one with the vacuum cleaner and the swine bird.

I did not go up to Chicago this year but I thought it appropriate to toss these films in the player.
 

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i/m about 70% through The A-Team and will be watching the rest of it on the way home from work.

and i gotta say, so far this mvie is MUCH better than i expected. i heard it was pretty bad. i was thinking it would be on "GI Joe" bad levels, but not even close. it is just over the top action, kind of like transformers flicks, which i enjoy.
 

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Legion - 6 / 10

the first 15 minutes to half hour showed so much promise. unfortunately, the rest of the movie didn't deliver. a couple of most likely predictable surprises and mediocre action weren't enough to save the quite bad script/story. the only thing keeping this rating from receiving a 5 / 10 is that i'm a sucker for biblical, apocalyptic movies and i liked all the actors in this one. oh, so much promise, gone to waste by poor implementation.
 

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Tangled - 8 / 10

leave it to disney to come through with a compelling rework of an age old story. ok, i don't know the details of the original story, but this was still a fun movie. it was almost entirely predictable but then i don't bring my daughters to see movies with the intention of provoking intellectual discourse afterwards. though perhaps not worthy of standing among classics like the little mermaid and cinderella, it's still definitely one of the best of the next lower designation.
 

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i/m about 70% through The A-Team and will be watching the rest of it on the way home from work.

and i gotta say, so far this mvie is MUCH better than i expected. i heard it was pretty bad. i was thinking it would be on "GI Joe" bad levels, but not even close. it is just over the top action, kind of like transformers flicks, which i enjoy.

I hate Transformers, but I actually really enjoyed the A-Team; I thought most of the characters were pretty awesome, particularly the relationship between Face and Murdock, and the action was fun. People seemed to dislike it for whatever reason, but I thought it was great for what it was.

KT
 

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Dot the I - 6.5 - Netflix instant watch. I won't give away too much because there are a lot of twists and turns and it keeps you guessing until the end. Reasonably well acted and interesting set up for a movie. Nothing really stands out other than the "subterfuge"(great word!) but I am glad I watched it. lead actress is nice looking and there is a pretty hot sex scene :)
 

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Predators: 7/10

The original still stands out as one of the best action movies ever made and still seems "fresh" even all these years later. Of course you can't top Arnold in his prime and the cast of the first one. But this reboot/update is the best one to date for the Predator franchise. The Predators looked excellent, and using the original musical score from the first really helped set the mood for the movie. I enjoyed the movie quite a bit.
 
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