CS Film Club - Page 336

sshuttari · 07-12-2012, 11:46 PM

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Originally Posted by PG Cooper

My bad, here's a new list:

Rashomon
The Devil's Backbone
The Descent
Akira

Devils Backbone

PG Cooper

The Royal Tenenbaums
Adaptation
Hurt Locker
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
The Adjustment Bureau

PG Cooper · 07-13-2012, 05:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sshuttari

Devils Backbone

PG Cooper

The Royal Tenenbaums
Adaptation
Hurt Locker
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
The Adjustment Bureau

Tenenbaums! I've wanted to see it for a while now.

Dhamon22 · 07-13-2012, 11:07 AM

JBond:

Jeff, Who Lives At Home

We Need To Talk About Kevin

Shame

Martha Marcy May Marlene

**JBond** · 07-13-2012, 02:27 PM

Dhamon22

Contact (1997)
Perfect Blue (1997)
Black Dynamite (2009)
Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010)

Dhamon22 · 07-13-2012, 02:31 PM

I liked BD and ETtGS alot.

I'll go with Contact.

**JBond** · 07-13-2012, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Dhamon22

JBond:

Jeff, Who Lives At Home

We Need To Talk About Kevin

Shame

Martha Marcy May Marlene

Strange, I've seen one of these and two are in my short Netflix queue.

I'll go with "Jeff, Who Lives At Home."

PG Cooper · 07-13-2012, 04:43 PM

F*** IT! I had an almost full review written, then my computer crashed so now it's gone, so I'll keep this short and sweet.

The Royal Tenenbaums

I loved loved LOVED this movie. It was hilarious in parts, heartbreaking in others. Performances were great from everyone, even Ben Stiller, who I usually don't like. I would have liked more Bill Murray, but there was enough of him to leave me satisfied. Great movie that I look forward to revisiting since I feel like I'd get a lot out of subsequent viewings. Easily my favourite film watched for the club.

Rating: A+

And as always, I'm in for next round.

**JBond** · 07-13-2012, 04:53 PM

One of my favorites.

Don't you hate when everything you've typed is erased? It would take a will of steel to type those things up again.

sshuttari · 07-13-2012, 04:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PG Cooper

F*** IT! I had an almost full review written, then my computer crashed so now it's gone, so I'll keep this short and sweet.

The Royal Tenenbaums

I loved loved LOVED this movie. It was hilarious in parts, heartbreaking in others. Performances were great from everyone, even Ben Stiller, who I usually don't like. I would have liked more Bill Murray, but there was enough of him to leave me satisfied. Great movie that I look forward to revisiting since I feel like I'd get a lot out of subsequent viewings. Easily my favourite film watched for the club.

Rating: A+

And as always, I'm in for next round.

I kind of want to read your whole review now... darn... But yeah great movie one of my favs as well my favorite Wes Anderson film.

PG Cooper · 07-13-2012, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by JBond

Don't you hate when everything you've typed is erased? It would take a will of steel to type those things up again.

Quote:

Originally Posted by sshuttari

I kind of want to read your whole review now... darn...

Unfortunately I'm a lazy a**hole.

Dracula · 07-13-2012, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by JBond

One of my favorites.

Don't you hate when everything you've typed is erased? It would take a will of steel to type those things up again.

Yeah, I've come to the point where I just save ever couple minutes.

MovieBuff801 · 07-13-2012, 08:02 PM

I just type my stuff up in Word, then copy and paste.

BTW, iv3rdawg, your list IS coming...I just need to think up four that you wouldn't have seen.

iv3rdawG · 07-14-2012, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by moviebuff801

BTW, iv3rdawg, your list IS coming...I just need to think up four that you wouldn't have seen.

Doomsday · 07-15-2012, 12:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PG Cooper

F*** IT! I had an almost full review written, then my computer crashed so now it's gone, so I'll keep this short and sweet.

The Royal Tenenbaums

I loved loved LOVED this movie. It was hilarious in parts, heartbreaking in others. Performances were great from everyone, even Ben Stiller, who I usually don't like. I would have liked more Bill Murray, but there was enough of him to leave me satisfied. Great movie that I look forward to revisiting since I feel like I'd get a lot out of subsequent viewings. Easily my favourite film watched for the club.

Rating: A+

And as always, I'm in for next round.

Awesome. I love when other people love the movies that you love too.

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Originally Posted by moviebuff801

I just type my stuff up in Word, then copy and paste.

That's exactly what I do, autosave ftw!

Hollywood · 07-15-2012, 12:56 PM

I should be gettin office word 2010 soon so ill probably be doing that too

Dhamon22 · 07-16-2012, 05:42 PM

The Adventures of Tin Tin

This was a movie that I had around the 30's in my Netflix queue and just seemed to get lower and lower. I'm not a huge fan of the desert action/adventure movies like Indiana Jones and I didn't hear anything about Tin Tin to make me want to see it. But I'm glad I did. It was a fun movie. The character models weren't perfect (they seemed short, or their heads were too big, I can't put my finger on it) but I liked the look of everything anyway. I thought the opening credits were pretty great and I loved the creativity Speilberg used with the camera. I was never really that interested in the plot and alot of jokes didn't work for me but I'm glad I saw it.

7.5/10

I guarantee my next review will be on time..

MovieBuff801 · 07-16-2012, 07:42 PM

iv3rdawg

Sorry this is so late. Let me know if you need more.

The Grey
Man on the Moon
Panic Room
The People vs. George Lucas

And I'll do Carlos. Instant Netflix has it split into 3 parts, so I'll watch it that way, I think, rather than all at once.

iv3rdawG · 07-16-2012, 07:43 PM

Awesome. Hope you like it. I watched it in three parts too. I'll go with The Grey.

MovieBuff801 · 07-16-2012, 07:46 PM

The Grey wound up being better than I thought it would be. Hope you like it, too.

**JBond** · 07-18-2012, 07:42 PM

Jeff, Who Lives at Home (2011)

Dispatched from his basement room on an errand for his mother, slacker Jeff might discover his destiny (finally) when he spends the day with his brother as he tracks his possibly adulterous wife.

I didn't like this movie. It lost me after 10 seconds where we learn Jeff loves the movie Signs and the message the ending had. That's not to say I'm petty against a movie praising M. Night Shyamalan (though it doesn't help; Signs sucks), but the thing is, I hate movies where everythign comes together at the end in a neat, coincedental package. Not only is this the easiest script to write (as writing a script is already about having things and characters be where you want WITHOUT making it seem like destiny or coincedence), but the real world isn't run by destiny. I don't care how much you want everything to matter and everything to have a reason, it just doesn't.

So when a guy is spending the whole movie following the word "Kevin" and more than once coincidentally getting back into the story, it's no shock when all of the characters magically meet up at the end revolving around someone named Kevin. The big finish had a surprise factor of 0 and I felt insulted watching it.

Bad and cliched themes aside, the story itself was pretty uninteresting. One of them removed around Jeff's brother (Ed Helms) following around his wife because he thinks she's cheating on him. The other story is about his mother and her secret admirer who turns out to be a woman, and she magically becomes a lesbian. The movie is also suppose to be a comedy, though with occasional laughs, most of it is pretty humorless and stale.

Bottom line, nothing in this movie rang true for me. I hate when people put down movies for "trying to be indie," but with a movie like this, I can kind of see what they mean.

*.5/****

Hollywood · 07-18-2012, 08:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JBond

Jeff, Who Lives at Home (2011)

Dispatched from his basement room on an errand for his mother, slacker Jeff might discover his destiny (finally) when he spends the day with his brother as he tracks his possibly adulterous wife.

I didn't like this movie. It lost me after 10 seconds where we learn Jeff loves the movie Signs and the message the ending had. That's not to say I'm petty against a movie praising M. Night Shyamalan (though it doesn't help; Signs sucks), but the thing is, I hate movies where everythign comes together at the end in a neat, coincedental package. Not only is this the easiest script to write (as writing a script is already about having things and characters be where you want WITHOUT making it seem like destiny or coincedence), but the real world isn't run by destiny. I don't care how much you want everything to matter and everything to have a reason, it just doesn't.

So when a guy is spending the whole movie following the word "Kevin" and more than once coincidentally getting back into the story, it's no shock when all of the characters magically meet up at the end revolving around someone named Kevin. The big finish had a surprise factor of 0 and I felt insulted watching it.

Bad and cliched themes aside, the story itself was pretty uninteresting. One of them removed around Jeff's brother (Ed Helms) following around his wife because he thinks she's cheating on him. The other story is about his mother and her secret admirer who turns out to be a woman, and she magically becomes a lesbian. The movie is also suppose to be a comedy, though with occasional laughs, most of it is pretty humorless and stale.

Bottom line, nothing in this movie rang true for me. I hate when people put down movies for "trying to be indie," but with a movie like this, I can kind of see what they mean.

*.5/****

I agree, i saw this also couple weeks ago and just wasnt that impressive. */5 for me. Was very stale and sorry to say but whole movie was little lame.

Dhamon22 · 07-19-2012, 12:33 PM

Sorry J.

I liked it... I agree the mom's plot wasn't good but I liked the rest. As a "mumble core" film I wasn't expecting the ending. I thought it gave the movie a climax and a reason to tell the story. I didn't like Signs but I gave Jeff, Who Lives At Home an 8/10.

**JBond** · 07-19-2012, 03:03 PM

That's alright, it was in my queue, I was going to watch it anyway.

IanTheCool · 07-19-2012, 03:47 PM

I agree with you Jibs. That was a brutal movie. For a movie about destiny and everything fitting together, nothing in that movie had anything to do with each other. Susan Sarandon's storyline wins the award for most useless subplot in recent history.

IanTheCool · 07-19-2012, 03:47 PM

Hey, can you throw me in this time? I may as well get a round or two in before school starts up again.

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07-13-2012, 11:07 AM	#8378
Dhamon22 High Flying Bird Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Parkville, MD Posts: 7,029	JBond: Jeff, Who Lives At Home We Need To Talk About Kevin Shame Martha Marcy May Marlene __________________ @theoriolereport The Redbox Report Podcast - http://theredboxreport.podbean.com @theredboxreport

07-13-2012, 02:27 PM	#8379
JBond Feed me Join Date: May 2000 Location: SR388 Posts: 67,516	Dhamon22 Contact (1997) Perfect Blue (1997) Black Dynamite (2009) Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010) __________________ The due date for Round 135 of the CS Film Club is Monday, May 20th, 2013. 59 out of 64 Hugo Award winners completed. "Die Hard 5 makes Die Hard 4 look like Die Hard 1" - Doomsday

07-13-2012, 02:31 PM	#8380
Dhamon22 High Flying Bird Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Parkville, MD Posts: 7,029	I liked BD and ETtGS alot. I'll go with Contact. __________________ @theoriolereport The Redbox Report Podcast - http://theredboxreport.podbean.com @theredboxreport

07-13-2012, 04:43 PM	#8382
PG Cooper Raging Bull Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 6,142	F* IT! I had an almost full review written, then my computer crashed so now it's gone, so I'll keep this short and sweet. The Royal Tenenbaums I loved loved LOVED this movie. It was hilarious in parts, heartbreaking in others. Performances were great from everyone, even Ben Stiller, who I usually don't like. I would have liked more Bill Murray, but there was enough of him to leave me satisfied. Great movie that I look forward to revisiting since I feel like I'd get a lot out of subsequent viewings. Easily my favourite film watched for the club. Rating: A+** And as always, I'm in for next round. __________________ PG Cooper's Movie Reviews Our Youtube Channel CS! Recod Holder: Quickest Review in the Film Club (2 hours 19 minutes). April 18th, 2013, 9:24 PM-???? "Terminator 2's a pretty awesome movie."- Paul Thomas Anderson

07-13-2012, 04:53 PM	#8383
JBond Feed me Join Date: May 2000 Location: SR388 Posts: 67,516	One of my favorites. Don't you hate when everything you've typed is erased? It would take a will of steel to type those things up again. __________________ The due date for Round 135 of the CS Film Club is Monday, May 20th, 2013. 59 out of 64 Hugo Award winners completed. "Die Hard 5 makes Die Hard 4 look like Die Hard 1" - Doomsday

07-13-2012, 08:02 PM	#8387
MovieBuff801 Fringe Division Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Walter's Lab Posts: 10,889	I just type my stuff up in Word, then copy and paste. BTW, iv3rdawg, your list IS coming...I just need to think up four that you wouldn't have seen. __________________ AFI Top 100 Movies (1998) Seen: 67 out of 100

07-15-2012, 12:56 PM	#8390
Hollywood Executive Producer Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,491	I should be gettin office word 2010 soon so ill probably be doing that too __________________ Best CS Film Recommendations To Me Schindlers List, Trust, Full Metal Jacket, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, Unforgiven, Heat, No Country For Old Men, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

07-16-2012, 05:42 PM	#8391
Dhamon22 High Flying Bird Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Parkville, MD Posts: 7,029	The Adventures of Tin Tin This was a movie that I had around the 30's in my Netflix queue and just seemed to get lower and lower. I'm not a huge fan of the desert action/adventure movies like Indiana Jones and I didn't hear anything about Tin Tin to make me want to see it. But I'm glad I did. It was a fun movie. The character models weren't perfect (they seemed short, or their heads were too big, I can't put my finger on it) but I liked the look of everything anyway. I thought the opening credits were pretty great and I loved the creativity Speilberg used with the camera. I was never really that interested in the plot and alot of jokes didn't work for me but I'm glad I saw it. 7.5/10 I guarantee my next review will be on time.. __________________ @theoriolereport The Redbox Report Podcast - http://theredboxreport.podbean.com @theredboxreport

07-16-2012, 07:42 PM	#8392
MovieBuff801 Fringe Division Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Walter's Lab Posts: 10,889	iv3rdawg Sorry this is so late. Let me know if you need more. The Grey Man on the Moon Panic Room The People vs. George Lucas And I'll do Carlos. Instant Netflix has it split into 3 parts, so I'll watch it that way, I think, rather than all at once. __________________ AFI Top 100 Movies (1998) Seen: 67 out of 100

07-16-2012, 07:43 PM	#8393
iv3rdawG Oh My Glob! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Land of Ooo Posts: 15,460	Awesome. Hope you like it. I watched it in three parts too. I'll go with The Grey. __________________ Marina: "How had hate come to take the place of love?" - Olga Kurylenko in To the Wonder Tumblr \| Twitter \| Letterboxd

07-16-2012, 07:46 PM	#8394
MovieBuff801 Fringe Division Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Walter's Lab Posts: 10,889	The Grey wound up being better than I thought it would be. Hope you like it, too. __________________ AFI Top 100 Movies (1998) Seen: 67 out of 100

07-18-2012, 07:42 PM	#8395
JBond Feed me Join Date: May 2000 Location: SR388 Posts: 67,516	Jeff, Who Lives at Home (2011) Dispatched from his basement room on an errand for his mother, slacker Jeff might discover his destiny (finally) when he spends the day with his brother as he tracks his possibly adulterous wife. I didn't like this movie. It lost me after 10 seconds where we learn Jeff loves the movie Signs and the message the ending had. That's not to say I'm petty against a movie praising M. Night Shyamalan (though it doesn't help; Signs sucks), but the thing is, I hate movies where everythign comes together at the end in a neat, coincedental package. Not only is this the easiest script to write (as writing a script is already about having things and characters be where you want WITHOUT making it seem like destiny or coincedence), but the real world isn't run by destiny. I don't care how much you want everything to matter and everything to have a reason, it just doesn't. So when a guy is spending the whole movie following the word "Kevin" and more than once coincidentally getting back into the story, it's no shock when all of the characters magically meet up at the end revolving around someone named Kevin. The big finish had a surprise factor of 0 and I felt insulted watching it. Bad and cliched themes aside, the story itself was pretty uninteresting. One of them removed around Jeff's brother (Ed Helms) following around his wife because he thinks she's cheating on him. The other story is about his mother and her secret admirer who turns out to be a woman, and she magically becomes a lesbian. The movie is also suppose to be a comedy, though with occasional laughs, most of it is pretty humorless and stale. Bottom line, nothing in this movie rang true for me. I hate when people put down movies for "trying to be indie," but with a movie like this, I can kind of see what they mean. *.5/** __________________ The due date for Round 135 of the CS Film Club is Monday, May 20th, 2013.** 59 out of 64 Hugo Award winners completed. "Die Hard 5 makes Die Hard 4 look like Die Hard 1" - Doomsday Last edited by JBond; 07-18-2012 at 07:44 PM.

07-19-2012, 12:33 PM	#8397
Dhamon22 High Flying Bird Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Parkville, MD Posts: 7,029	Sorry J. I liked it... I agree the mom's plot wasn't good but I liked the rest. As a "mumble core" film I wasn't expecting the ending. I thought it gave the movie a climax and a reason to tell the story. I didn't like Signs but I gave Jeff, Who Lives At Home an 8/10. __________________ @theoriolereport The Redbox Report Podcast - http://theredboxreport.podbean.com @theredboxreport

07-19-2012, 03:03 PM	#8398
JBond Feed me Join Date: May 2000 Location: SR388 Posts: 67,516	That's alright, it was in my queue, I was going to watch it anyway. __________________ The due date for Round 135 of the CS Film Club is Monday, May 20th, 2013. 59 out of 64 Hugo Award winners completed. "Die Hard 5 makes Die Hard 4 look like Die Hard 1" - Doomsday

07-19-2012, 03:47 PM	#8399
IanTheCool Executive Lego Producer Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 13,405	I agree with you Jibs. That was a brutal movie. For a movie about destiny and everything fitting together, nothing in that movie had anything to do with each other. Susan Sarandon's storyline wins the award for most useless subplot in recent history.

07-19-2012, 03:47 PM	#8400
IanTheCool Executive Lego Producer Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 13,405	Hey, can you throw me in this time? I may as well get a round or two in before school starts up again.