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Why don't we have this already?
but yeah, if you've seen a movie that recently came out/went under the radar and feel that it's worth a watch give a description about it OR if you're looking for a recommendation then ask away.
I was sort of trying to build a list of movies to watch, and I've got Citizen Kain (OMGBESTMOVIEEVAR), Jin Roh, the Hurt Locker, Guyver: Dark Hero, Old Boy, and probably a few others I just can't remember.
So? Any thoughts on these?
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I tried watching Oldboy recently, and I couldn't get further than about half-way through. Granted, I was watching the dubbed version and this was probably a fatal mistake (The voice acting was retardedly over the top, along with hammy dialogue), but it was just really weird, for seemingly no reason. I hear it gets pretty awesome as it goes on but I just couldn't drag myself to get through it, and this is coming from a guy whose favorite director is David Lynch.
On that note, you guys should check out some of his movies, if you haven't seen them. Blue Velvet is probably the most approachable, it won an Oscar the year it came out and made Dennis Hopper pretty goddamn infamous for a long time, and is just pretty damn good. Mulholland Drive is good too, that movie is an incredible shitstorm of mindfuck and brainrape. And if you want make yourself feel incredibly uncomfortable, watch Eraserhead.
On the slightly less surreal side, I really liked Sunshine, which was a scifi that came out a few years ago by Danny Boyle, the guy who directed 28 Days Later and Slumdog Millionaire (although I never did see that...). It's pretty badass, the Sun's all explodin' and shit, and it's all "HOLY SHIT SPACE" with a really cool soundtrack. Also, Unforgiven is probably the best western I've ever seen, and that's counting The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. So you should check that shit out, if you're willing to put up with like like two hours of buildup to the most intense finale ever.
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Sunshine was pretty interesting, but it's unfortunate that you haven't seen Slumdog Millionaire cause it's quite an exceptional movie.
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Yeah, I heard Erasure head is good, I also hear that a LOT of people were disappointed by the ending of Sunshine.
Also what is Slumdog actually about? All I know is that it's about some guy on Who wants to be a Millionaire and there's a girl.
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Must watch movies (in no order)
1) Requiem for a Dream (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Requiem for a Dream)
2) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)
3) The Machinist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The Machinist)
4) Fight Club (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fight Club)
5) Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas)
6) A Clockwork Orange (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A Clockwork Orange)
Awesome lesser known movies.
Ichi The Killer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichi The Killer) or anything by Takashi Miike (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takashi Miike) really.
Oldboy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldboy)/The Vengeance Trilogy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The Vengeance Trilogy)
Sukiyaki Western Django (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukiyaki Western Django)
Moon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_(movie))
Visioneers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visioneers)
I'm sure I'll think of more.
I tried watching Oldboy recently, and I couldn't get further than about half-way through. Granted, I was watching the dubbed version and this was probably a fatal mistake (The voice acting was retardedly over the top, along with hammy dialogue), but it was just really weird, for seemingly no reason. I hear it gets pretty awesome as it goes on but I just couldn't drag myself to get through it, and this is coming from a guy whose favorite director is David Lynch.
A) NEVER watch Asian movies dubbed. As much as you might not like reading, a LOT gets lost when the script has to be rewritten to fit English (since you can have longer subtitles than the English script would allow people to actually talk during the scene), and the voice acting is ALWAYS going to be bad.
B) The movie is weird. Period. But since you like David Lynch, that shouldn't be a problem. There are moments where it seems like you have no idea what is supposed to be going on, but later on the movie gets so much better, and the parts you didn't understand before, you begin to understand. And the awesome action begins as well. Where exactly did you stop, anyway?
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Well, I've seen half of Requiem for a Dream, Fight Club, Fear and Loathing and I'd agree.
Also I've had a clockwork orange on my PC for like years and have yet to watch it. Makes me feel bad.
Oh yeah, and I figured an Old Boy dub would be fairly bad.
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Also, that movie Visioneers has Zack Galafinackis in a serious role (well, sorta). It is a dark comedy/drama. And completely awesome.
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Yeah, I heard Erasure head is good, I also hear that a LOT of people were disappointed by the ending of Sunshine.
Also what is Slumdog actually about? All I know is that it's about some guy on Who wants to be a Millionaire and there's a girl.
I was a little disappointed by the ending of Sunshine, to be honest. It would have been okay if it matched the rest of the movie, but it felt like the whole essence of the movie shifted near the end and it was weird.
Slumdog Millionaire is about this teenage Indian orphan/runaway (I forget) who grew up dirt poor in the slums with no education and no extraordinary talents to be known who somehow gets onto the WWTBAM show. It switches back and forth from present time (on the show) and his childhood. As the show goes on he's getting every answer correct, and with no formal education or anything, the higher-ups start to question whether or not he's legit and take him in for questioning. BUT the reason he knows the answers is explained by his flashbacks. Almost every time it flashes back to a significant event in his life (following a storyline of course) it shows you how he knows the answer to the question. And there is, of course, a romantic aspect. It actually is very crucial to the whole point of the story, but it's not distracting and overwhelmingly cheesy like they sometimes are.
It's very well done and the soundtrack is pretty awesome too. I just saw DJ Suketu (the creator of the soundtrack) at a show last week, actually.
P.S. Bobbias: I'm glad someone else likes that movie XD I thought it was awkwardly brilliant. I felt like I was living inside of Zach Galifianakis's mind while watching it.
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Moon and Dark City are both really good, I thought. If it counts, Perfect Blue as well.
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I really enjoyed Slumdog.
P.S. Bobbias: I'm glad someone else likes that movie XD I thought it was awkwardly brilliant. I felt like I was living inside of Zach Galifianakis's mind while watching it.
Yeah. I'd chalk the awkwardness of the movie up to that feeling you get from anything that's set in a dystopian world (though they manage to keep it from feeling like something like 1984).
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clerks
running man
enter the dragon
coming to america
the kickboxer
bloodsport
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The last two oscar winners were piss poor movies. Except, Hurt Locker was a lot better than Slumdog, but that's not saying much.
Alice in Wonderland was also piss poor. What can you expect.
also, coming to america is a genius movie.
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Yeah, I agree about the ending of Sunshine, it taking a turn towards slasher flick was kind of a letdown, but I still enjyoed the movie, it didn't really kill it for me. I still thought the bad guy was pretty badass, though. Also, the only reason I saw a dub of Oldboy was because I pulled it up on Netflix, and they only have dubs I guess.
Also, my dad rented this movie that came out a couple years back called Outlander, it's some space-viking madness with the guy from Passion of the Christ playing the main actor. Sounds like it would be bad, right? WRONG. That shit was hilariously awesome, it was like watching Predator and Lord of the Rings at the same time. I'd recommend it.
Also also: Tetsuo the Iron Man is madness. I sat there in horror thinking "what in God's name am I watching here D:" the entire time, and it was fucking sweet.
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A strange man known only as the "metal fetishist", who seems to have an insane compulsion to stick scrap metal into his body...
wut.
Oh yeah, and if you haven't seen it, the movie Heavy Metal will make you a man.
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Oh god, that movie is indescribably awesome. Like... Oh god, space cocaine.
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So I just watched the movie "The Mist" and it was shockingly mediocre. I understood the whole point being that the scariest part of a crisis isn't the monsters, but how people react to them and you during them, but this movie took it to a whole new fucking level.
SPOILERS
Some guy runs out of the mist all bloody saying something took his friend and another guy is seen being covered by it and then you hear a scream and he never comes back, yet EVERYONE is like "It's just mist, don't be a pussy" and they become amazingly violent. So, a person goes out into it and he gets mauled and fucked over by giant tentacles and he manages to cut a part of it off. So they try telling everyone that there's monsters in the mist, and this black guy goes crazy and says they're full of shit. When they offer to show him part if it he yells at them more and tells them to fuck off. A little bit later he gathers basically ALL of the black people in the store and marches them right into the mist and they all get fucked by giant spiders (black people dying in a horror movie, REALLY?).
That's just half of it, but I really don't feel like going into detail tho. The ending is also amazingly depressing. The main character (which is the definition of Mary Sue) basically has to run away because the religious nuts at the store want to sacrifice his son (she has a bible the whole time too, so this part confused me endlessly) so they get a few people to run to a car and they start driving. They drive to the MC's house and see that his wife is dead, then they keep driving until they run out of gas and are still in the mist. So, he take the handgun they have and he puts a bullet in the head of his 10 year old son, his new love interest, and two other people that escaped with him. He's then alone with no more bullets and he goes out in the mist to die from a monster, while he does this a tank drives up behind him and the military is evacuating people to safety with tanks and APCs. It ends with the MC screaming at the sky before cutting to black.
TL;DR, not really recommendable.
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Have you read the short story? The ending is different. Basically, he take the escapees, and drives off into the mist. No explanation of what happens next, just leaving you hoping that he did get out. Completely a cliffhanger, but I felt it was exactly the right way to end it.
I also thought that it would make a fucking terrible movie, and responded with something like "oh fucking hell, this is gonna suck" when I saw previews for it.
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So I just watched the movie "The Mist" and it was shockingly mediocre. I understood the whole point being that the scariest part of a crisis isn't the monsters, but how people react to them and you during them, but this movie took it to a whole new fucking level.
I actually really liked this movie a lot. I think mostly because of the idea of a (SPOILER):window to another dimension going awry. Stuff like that always peeks my interests. Also the CG was quite good, and the creatures were well-designed and sufficiently scary-looking. It was great to see a decent child actor, too. The son of the MC was very convincing. The acting in general was good; I think they played off how people could react in such a situation pretty well.
I haven't read the short story, but I imagine if I had read it first, I wouldn't have enjoyed the movie as much. But I don't quite understand what was so off-putting about it that would make people dislike it completely :/ It seems this is either a hit or miss movie.
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peeks my interests
Spelling/Grammar Nazi points out that it's actually spelled "piques" in this case.
Well, the story really is more about how everyone deals with such a sudden and bizarre change. The whole story is basically about "shit hits the fan, how do you survive?" It's more of a movie about the psychology of the individual characters than it is a monster story. It just happens that a great way to put ordinary people in an extraordinary position, is by introducing a monster, and the creepy ass mist. That's why the ending doesn't really matter, you know the MC is just going to keep going until either he has nothing left, or he somehow survives.
The twist ending that you spoilered definitely created a serious flaw in the meaning of the story.
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I dunno, maybe the book was more about the experience of the characters, but I think the movie was definitely more focused on the creatures. I'm not negating the intense psychological aspect of it, I just think that since they had the use of visual effects, they wanted you to see them.
And also thanks for pointing out the "piqued" thing. I didn't know that word existed :O Now I'm smarter!
However, what I typed (if I had spelled it right XD) could still be grammatically correct and also be interpreted the same way, no? The phrase: "it peaks my interests" translates to me as: "it has reached the peak of the scale of things I'm interested in". But this isn't a linguistics thread so I'm done.
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Yeah, I thought The Mist was one of the better horror movies I've ever seen. I thought the ending was pretty ballsy, I can't really think of too many other movies with endings that are that much of a buzzkill.
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I really did like the ending, just because MOST movies try to avoid the whole "BAD END" and when movies have the whole "in the hands of fate" thing going it it almost ALWAYS turns out good, but in this case it's basically the WORST possible thing that happens.
I just feel that the whole psychological aspect of the movie was handled horribly and felt like it every character rushed to some sort of mental extreme over the course of a few vocal exchanges. Really, the chances of someone using threat of violence when you exchange a few, non threatening sentences with them is incredibly fucking low, yet TWO people do it at the start of the movie. The religion part seems a BIT more logical, what with her being right about the predictions and what with shit really is getting real.
Still, some people just seemed like straight slack jawed retards while others were super amazing people that were always picking the most logical decision. Generally everyone seemed fairly 1D.
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It may have been like that in the story too, lol. I can't remember because it's been quite a while, and although I think the ending may have kinda detracted from the original idea of the story, I do agree that it's ballsy as shit to try something like that.
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Bump, but the guy I work with was talking about some Italian made movie about the mob, I think it began with a G or something? I know it was a single word and is decently known.
Also I suppose I should watch Good Fellas and the Godfather.
Oh yeah, and Hurt Locker is an okay movie. It only had like 4 characters that really stood out during it, and I can't even name them now, but it was still entertaining, and I thought it carried and overall good theme with it.
Also also, anyone see the STALKER movie (one based on the games)?
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The STALKER movie is what the games were based around, not the other way around. It's by the same guy who did Solaris, it's supposed to be a very good film.
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oh wait, yeah that's what I meant.
Also movie i was forced to watch.
Hitch: fairly boring. No where near as bad as I thought it would be, but still a very cliche romantic comedy.
Terminal: okay, but a bit corny. Amazingly well filmed, and I actually liked the ending.
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I thought terminal was a very good movie, actually. Tom Hanks did a great job in int. His accent was great, and I thought they did a great job with it. I can say I really did enjoy watching it, and didn't have any problems with it.
And I watched Hitch with my GF a while back and had a couple laughs. It was a straight forward romantic comedy, but at least it was funny enough to not want to kill yourself while watching.
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I thought terminal was a very good movie, actually. Tom Hanks did a great job in int. His accent was great, and I thought they did a great job with it. I can say I really did enjoy watching it, and didn't have any problems with it.
Not sure why, but I laughed at how this was worded.
Also, District 9, The book of Eli, and Inception, worth seeing?
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Just saw Inception last night. I enjoyed it, but I think it's one of those movies you need to see at least twice to fully grasp everything that's going on. Even being completely stoned I could basically follow all the craziness, but I wanna see it sober to be sure. Even though it's kinda long, it keeps your brain working most of the time so it goes by pretty quick. The subject of the movie was already something I'm very interested in so that made it easier to get into as well.
Also The Book of Eli was pretty good. I'm a fan of post-apocalyptic movies anyhow but the added "book" aspect made it pretty unique. It's got some nice twists in it as well.
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Random Reply: Lord of the Rings Trilogy is one of a kind and it rules any movie with a Middle Ages/Sorcerer taste.
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Just saw Inception last night. I enjoyed it, but I think it's one of those movies you need to see at least twice to fully grasp everything that's going on. Even being completely stoned I could basically follow all the craziness, but I wanna see it sober to be sure. Even though it's kinda long, it keeps your brain working most of the time so it goes by pretty quick. The subject of the movie was already something I'm very interested in so that made it easier to get into as well.
Also The Book of Eli was pretty good. I'm a fan of post-apocalyptic movies anyhow but the added "book" aspect made it pretty unique. It's got some nice twists in it as well.
I REALLY want to see I Inception :/ Also, I've been wondering how The Book of Eli was. I've been mildly interested.
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I liked Inception as well. I don't see where people are confused by this movie though, I'm pretty sure I understood all there is to grasp there the first time through. I went into it expecting some David Lynch-scale mindfuck and a plot that wouldn't even make sense the first time, and was sorely disappointed. For a movie with such a convoluted premise and plot, it's done in a fashion that I felt like it could've been a lot more ambitious, but perhaps my expectations for a summer blockbuster are too high. As long as you are attentive it's easy to catch everything you're supposed to, and Ellen Page's character essentially narrates anything you might have not caught. But, for such a big-budget Hollywood production, I was impressed. I liked this movie a good bit more than the Dark Knight.
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I REALLY want to see I Inception :/ Also, I've been wondering how The Book of Eli was. I've been mildly interested.
I hear the Book of Eli was alright, but the twist sounds sort of retarded.
Also I just saw Mulholland Dr, and I'm mad. It was long as hell, and literally made NO sense. I mean, it was really well filmed, but there no real meaning to about half of the goddamn film.
Fuck.
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Get Him to the Greek is pretty good.
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I hear the Book of Eli was alright, but the twist sounds sort of retarded.
Also I just saw Mulholland Dr, and I'm mad. It was long as hell, and literally made NO sense. I mean, it was really well filmed, but there no real meaning to about half of the goddamn film.
Fuck.
You gotta watch that movie like 3 times to figure out what the fuck is going on, at like the halfway point of the movie, all the characters totally shuffle actors and shit gets 300% more confusing. There's some pretty solid interpretations of the movie out there though, I'm p sure the wiki page explains the movie pretty throughly.
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I watched the original Psycho last night. I have to say, even though the violent scenes look pretty dated, the movie is pretty damn unnerving.
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You gotta watch that movie like 3 times to figure out what the fuck is going on, at like the halfway point of the movie, all the characters totally shuffle actors and shit gets 300% more confusing. There's some pretty solid interpretations of the movie out there though, I'm p sure the wiki page explains the movie pretty throughly.
It's all bullshit, it literally didn't have a coherent plot so trying to make sense of it is pointless.
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In a mindfucky mood? Check out Stay (2005). Fantastic performances from everyone involved, and I thoroughly was hooked till the very last 10 minutes, where you go "OHHHHH I FUCKING GET IT" because it leads you on for a good 3/4s of the movie and keeps you guessing.
Also, Moon (2009). This came out last year at some point, but I can't recall ever seeing ads for it, or it being in the theatre for that long if at all. But, it is in the same flavor as the movie above. You think you understand whats going on, then the movie reveals what actually is happening about a little past half way through. Even though it does this, you're still hooked because of the amazing job being done by Sam Rockwell, and the story in general. Think 2001: A space odyssey but shorter and a tiny less gloomy. Future-Sci-Fi Psychological Thriller, I loved it.
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In a mindfucky mood? Check out Stay (2005). Fantastic performances from everyone involved, and I thoroughly was hooked till the very last 10 minutes, where you go "OHHHHH I FUCKING GET IT" because it leads you on for a good 3/4s of the movie and keeps you guessing.
Also, Moon (2009). This came out last year at some point, but I can't recall ever seeing ads for it, or it being in the theatre for that long if at all. But, it is in the same flavor as the movie above. You think you understand whats going on, then the movie reveals what actually is happening about a little past half way through. Even though it does this, you're still hooked because of the amazing job being done by Sam Rockwell, and the story in general. Think 2001: A space odyssey but shorter and a tiny less gloomy. Future-Sci-Fi Psychological Thriller, I loved it.
I've already mentioned Moon a couple times. I fucking LOVED that movie. It didn't get much mention anywhere because it's a low budget indie film. But you'd never know it was low budget, with the quality of the sets and such. And yeah, Sam Rockwell does an awesome job.
I'll have to check out Stay, never heard of it before.
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Yeah, I saw Moon a few weeks back, and was really impressed. A bunch of my friends saw it in theaters when it came out, but I had shit going that night and had to miss it, and am glad I bothered to go back and give it a viewing. Even if you don't care for scifi, it's worth seeing, it's a very good premise.
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What was moon about again? I saw it on a recommended movies page (I really should have linked it here, goddamn) and it looked fairly interesting in a sort of depressing way.
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What was moon about again? I saw it on a recommended movies page (I really should have linked it here, goddamn) and it looked fairly interesting in a sort of depressing way.
SPOILARZ KIND OF
Well in the future we have energy problems (go figure), so we somehow figure out we can mine helium (iirc) on the Moon by harvesting the surface using huge Star-wars resembling machines (the sand things), and shoot huge very compressed canisters back to Earth for consumption. With technology at the level it is at, apparently this entire Mining station is very automated and basically requires only 1 person to run the whole thing. The sole attendant typically has a 4 year (or some low number) employment "contract" that tells them when they're headed back home from the mining job.
Sam Rockwell's character thinks he's about 3 months away from going home, as the communication from HQ back on earth seems to reflect that. But the fun starts when he crashes one of his rovers while going out to check on a miner. Presumed to be dead/dying condition, something happens and he finds himself waking up in the infirmary bay of the ship, but he sees another 'him' in the adjacent workout room jumping rope, perfectly healthy.
I'll just leave it at that, as the rest of the movie is kind of the point of watching it in the first place. But yea, it is a depressing outlook on certain aspects of our future, and something I can totally see our country doing to someone/thing for monetary profits or to save money where they don't really NEED to spend it (in the governments always ethical eyes.)
Niggers.
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It's Helium-3 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helium-3) for nuclear fusion. It's much more abundant on the moon than it is on earth (supposedly, I don't think anyone has actually physically proven that yet).
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I don't think anyone has actually physically proven that yet).
1. Physically prove that ^
2. Kangaroo
3. ? ? ?
4. Profit!
Better get started on that guise.
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Jackass 3d is a must see, unless you dont like seeing a dick every 15 seconds, or poo for that matter.... or midgets... YEAH!
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It's Helium-3 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helium-3) for nuclear fusion. It's much more abundant on the moon than it is on earth (supposedly, I don't think anyone has actually physically proven that yet).
It's the same shit they dig up in Planetes, so it could be.
Also I saw the first Evil Dead movie, thought it was fairly mediocre.
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Helium-3 is a byproduct of the sun's nuclear fusion. Our atmosphere keeps a lot of it off of Earth, but the moon has no such atmosphere.
As for movies, I tried watching "The Last Airbender" tonight (I liked the show, but never saw the movie in theaters). I heard it was bad, but damn, I expected "Alan Smithee" to be credited for it. I don't see how anyone could release this with anything but shame. The waterbending effects sometimes look ok, and the soundtrack is passable, but other than that there's nothing salvageable. The entire movie felt like Shyamalan just took the script from the first season of the show and edited it down until it was an hour and 40 minutes, rather than actually writing a screenplay. The pacing is awful, the acting is awful, the camerawork is awful, the dialogue is inexcusably bad... Wow. I don't think I've ever seen a movie fail on so many levels. "The Sixth Sense" was a great movie, Shyamalan! What the hell happened?!
On a more positive note, check out Fritz Lang's "M". It's in German, and really old (1931), but it's been remastered, and it's on Netflix instant watch. And it's a great movie. So watch it nao.
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Jackass 3d is a must see, unless you dont like seeing a dick every 15 seconds, or poo for that matter.... or midgets... YEAH!
Dicks, poo, and midgets are pretty much a staple of Jackass!
I do want to see that. I don't know why, but I love the Jackass movies.
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Shamalamadingdong has fallen hard Annon, I think most people would agree with that. Also the Jackass movies have always been funny to someone who has s sense of humor.
Oh yeah, and I've been meaning to mention this, but I really liked Jar head. It wasn't a typical war movie, and I think I enjoyed it more because of that.
I just saw The Wild Hunt. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1493886/
Most depressing movie about LARPing I've ever seen, also shockingly violent.
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agreed, jarhead was a fantastic movie, if you like jarhead check out "we were soldiers", great 90's war movie.
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I might, but I rarely seek out movies to watch on my own. I usually just find a stream or watch something with a friend.
Oh, and I saw the Scott Pilgrim movie. Overall it was an alright movie. Some parts were really fucking terrible (the "I NEED TO GET A LIFE" and grabbing a 1up, the "bifurious" and the whole constant "LOOK HOW NON TRADITIONAL I AM") but I really liked the ending and it seemed to even itself out. Plus, the fight scenes looked goddamn great.
Oh yeah, and they say the word Hipster 10 times in that movie, and hipster is generally an empty word, so it easily got called a hipster movie.
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Well, there's that, and the fact that Michael Cera's movies almost always end up being labeled as Hipster movies...
(mind you, I don't consider myself a hipster and I've seen Youth in Revolt, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, Scott Pilgrim, and Juno... Of course, part of the reason for that is that my girlfriend is slightly obsessed with him, lol. But I've liked every one of those movies.)
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I thought Juno wasn't bad at all. It had some annoying parts, but overall they were really minor.
Also I never thought of it that way, but goddamn that makes a lot of sense.
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My brother seems to basically hate Michael Cera on principle alone, lol. He hates a lot of stuff that is considered hipster, pretty much just because it's considered hipster.
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This movie is bad as fuck
Basically good in a so bad and 80s it's good. Also lots of nudity and graphic violence.
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I watched Waxwork a few days ago -- a pretty fun movie if you want to see a horror movie that plays clich
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Saw Due Date, and thought it was a damn good film. Really well shot, really funny without being overly stupid (one part is, but it's still funny in low doses) really well shot emotional scenes. It was still a comedy with one wacky guy and one semi normal guy, but they avoid a lot of the cliche bullshit that those movies generally portray.
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Saw Due Date, and thought it was a damn good film. Really well shot, really funny without being overly stupid (one part is, but it's still funny in low doses) really well shot emotional scenes. It was still a comedy with one wacky guy and one semi normal guy, but they avoid a lot of the cliche bullshit that those movies generally portray.
Yeah, I saw that last night. I liked it. :o
It's kind of like a wackier yet more dramatic version of Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, only it doesn't involve trains (though they do have a shot of one!).
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This movie looks grand. I still haven't seen anything posted in this thread, and I really want to now.
Anyone know of a decent quality streaming site for these films? I have like no motivation to watch them.
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This movie looks grand. I still haven't seen anything posted in this thread, and I really want to now.
Anyone know of a decent quality streaming site for these films? I have like no motivation to watch them.
http://aznv.tv/?p=m300
If you can get it to work properly, their streaming is usually pretty high quality. That does look very interesting, and I think I'm gonna have top watch it myself.
I think you need an account to see anything on that site, but it's free, so signing up isn't much of an issue anyway. But yeah, for streaming, that's probably the best option, but it's not just flash streaming or anything, it's streaming to VLC or whatever you want to use.
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Who here watched Tron? I haven't seen it but I'm kinda worried it'd be an Avatar for me. Personally, I didn't like Avatar at all. It's basically the first three Star Wars episodes (as in phantom menace, etc.) jam packed into one movie with an even more ultra shitty storyline but even greater special effects.
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I watched it. I quite enjoyed it, actually. I was not sure going in whether they'd go over the top or not, but they managed to stay well within their premise, and the 3D was actually tastefully done. There are a number of scenes without any 3D at all, and it's all used to project things farther away, rather than make shit pop out at you. That alone does an amazing job of not making the movie too over the top.
All in all, I really liked it, and don't have any real complaints.
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Are you talking about Tron?
Also downloaded and watched Moon, and I really enjoyed it. spoilers, do not read unless you've seen it because goddamn. It started out real slow, but then I started getting into it. Then the twist hits and I was goddamn addicted to it. It had great pacing and it was surprisingly sad. I knew the older clone was dying fairly quickly, and every scene leading up to it was so goddamn sad. but yeah, really good flick.
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Are you talking about Tron?
Yeah.
Also, I loved Moon too.
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This movie looks grand. I still haven't seen anything posted in this thread, and I really want to now.
Watched this movie, really enjoyed it. Much more of an action flick then I was expecting (not a whole lot of action, but what was there was really well done) and there was a lot of dark humor, but the plot and that acting was top notch. I mean, it was a fairly simple plot, but it was well made and the way it was filmed was great.
Also I really loved how painful they made getting shot looked. I know it's an odd thing to say, but most movies make it look fairly painless, and in this movie they really don't go for that.
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Dubl pst because I want some Coen Brother's movies that would be enjoyable, I'm thinking of sitting down and re-watching the Big Lebowski.
Oh, and I should probably watch the God Father and Apocalypse Now.
A few films, I just want to know if anyone would recommend them.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1273235/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067866/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095327/
Also memento was on TV recently, but I didn't catch it because I couldn't give it my full attention.
Oh yeah, and I almost forgot about this movie, and I really want to see it.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0419677/
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Dubl pst because I want some Coen Brother's movies that would be enjoyable, I'm thinking of sitting down and re-watching the Big Lebowski.
That movie really ties my movie collection together, man.
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I honestly don't see all the hype behind the movie, but I enjoy it.
I was going to watch Jin Roh and I was really excited to, but then I realized that my copy was completely untranslated with no dubs or subtitles, so I switched to the Machinist. My god, that movie was intense. The whole time I felt fairly uneasy about the whole ordeal (I felt connected to the main character, because I'm skinny and white trash) and I honestly didn't enjoy the flick until it started getting near the end and it finally tied everything together. A few questions, spoilers:
So who was Ivan? I'm assuming he's a completely made up character, but what the hell is he supposed to represent?
Oh, and I accidentally acquired a whole fuckton of movies, a decent part of which seems good. I'll probably start with a Fist full of Dollars and move onto 5 Centimeters per Second then probably Dr. Strangelove and somewhere in there I'll fit in Good fellas and the Godfather.
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God, it's been too long since I last watched the machinist. I love that really uneasy feeling you get throughout the whole thing. The whole movie comes together so well that you really get a feeling like things just aren't right with what your seeing...
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That movie did give me a fuck ton of respect for Christian Bale. Also just finished Jin Roh, and my god I was not expecting that ending. It really did seem like a sort of GitS type movie, what with the political dickery in the background, which is why I was interested in the first place. but hell, I wasn't expecting that ending at all.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0436971/
Not sure if documentaries fit here, but I was wondering if anyone had seen this.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1337057/
I also heard this movie wasn't half bad, but it was made by Uwe Bowl SOOOOOO.
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Who here has seen The King's Speech and thought it was a good movie? I wanna watch it but unfortunately I'm at uni which doesn't allow torrenting. Would definitely like someones opinion on it though.
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0906665/
Just saw this movie, and it was rather odd. It was stupidly hard to follow due to how the actors talk (Quintin Tarintino was also in it, and I could barely understand him) and the plot was ALL over the place. That, and it was really violent at times while being really goofy at other times.
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0906665/
Just saw this movie, and it was rather odd. It was stupidly hard to follow due to how the actors talk (Quintin Tarintino was also in it, and I could barely understand him) and the plot was ALL over the place. That, and it was really violent at times while being really goofy at other times.
I loved that movie, lol. Tarintino's lines were awesome, and the whole thing was just bizarre enough. Trust me, as far as japanese B movies go, it's easier to follow than many of them.
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I'll need to rewatch it then. I was rather stoned and people were talking while the movie was going.
I also really watch to watch a Bittersweet Life, that movie was just stupidly good.
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I'll need to rewatch it then. I was rather stoned and people were talking while the movie was going.
I also really watch to watch a Bittersweet Life, that movie was just stupidly good.
Haha, yeah, not the best way to watch that one. It definitely is a pretty weird movie though.
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Who here has seen The King's Speech and thought it was a good movie? I wanna watch it but unfortunately I'm at uni which doesn't allow torrenting. Would definitely like someones opinion on it though.
I saw it yesterday with my roommates, it was really good, the acting was excellent and the incidental music was good. It has some funny parts and a good deal of interesting history. I would definitly recommend it.
As for your Torrenting issue which I also have at my school, all you need to do is have a friend or two who lives off campus in a all inclusive apartment and download there, I'm sure your friends won't mind and hey they'd probably enjoy the movie too.
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I've been reminded of two movies, that look good, that my sister tried to get me to watch that I never got into. Falling Down and Princess Monoko.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106856/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119698/
I've also not been watching anything, and I've been wanting to start watching Breaking Bad and the Wire. There has to be a means of making time when you have no job but I'm terrible at it.
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I never watched Princess Monoko, but I did enjoy Falling Down. It reminds me of Postal 2 (except that Falling Down is actually worth a damn).
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That's what I was told.
Also JUST SAW THOR. Basically, unless you enjoy seeing comic book movies, or seeing movies with a lot of nice visual effects. It wasn't terrible, just rather mediocre. If the middle of the film wasn't a mess it would have been fine.
also I saw the first episode of Firefly, and I was told it was the opening movie. I was really interested in it and will probably watch that whenever I get the chance.
Hell, can't we just turn this into a recommended TV shows thread?
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That's what I was told.
Also JUST SAW THOR. Basically, unless you enjoy seeing comic book movies, or seeing movies with a lot of nice visual effects. It wasn't terrible, just rather mediocre. If the middle of the film wasn't a mess it would have been fine.
also I saw the first episode of Firefly, and I was told it was the opening movie. I was really interested in it and will probably watch that whenever I get the chance.
Hell, can't we just turn this into a recommended TV shows thread?
Firefly is awesome. Seriously, that show kicks untold amounts of ass. I avoided watching it for a long time because I'm automatically wary about anything with such rabid fandom, but it really is awesome.
Also, Game of Thrones is amazing. Watch it.
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Yeah I've been keeping up with Game of Thrones, that shit is surprisingly good so far. Seems like shit's going to hit the fan in the most melodramatic way possible, I'm stoked :U
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I've read the book, and I was stoked the moment I heard HBO was gonna make it into a TV show. Last time someone tried to make a TV show (Sword of Truth series) it turned out horrible. But HBO is awesome, so I figured if anyone could pull it off, it'd be them, and they have not disappointed me (and I had some pretty high standards).
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Funny you mention it, but the people that recommended Firefly also recommended that. Suppose I'll start watching both.
Oh, and Archer. I've probably raged about it enough here, but I goddamn love the show. The second season is stupidly good, and they're basically fleshing out every character while making every episode awesome.
I do not see why Inception was supposed to be the most complicated movie around. It was honestly fairly easy to keep track of, and I only noticed a few "pot holes" when they were pointed out.
Then again, after I remember hearing people being unable to follow the Matrix I lost faith in the average movie goer.
JUST finished watching Oldboy. Oh god what the fuck.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460791/
This has piqued my interests.
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-Inception was grand
-Oldboy rules
-Found the Vengeance Trilogy on blu-ray, fuck yeah.
I think Mort and Spec mean "Princess Mononoke." Great film, but its by Studio Ghibli and they haven't made a bad film. They have some mediocre ones, but nothing bad. And they are of such good quality that I would actually watch them dubbed. Thats right, dubbed. Off the top of my head - Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, Howl's Moving Castle, and Ponyo I have re-watched with the English dub, and loved all of them.
Anyone interested in animated features should check out Paprika - VERY good movie.
Recently re-watched Gattaca, The Fifth Element, and Pulp Fiction - excellent movies all around.
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-Inception was grand
-Oldboy rules
-Found the Vengeance Trilogy on blu-ray, fuck yeah.
I think Mort and Spec mean "Princess Mononoke." Great film, but its by Studio Ghibli and they haven't made a bad film. They have some mediocre ones, but nothing bad. And they are of such good quality that I would actually watch them dubbed. Thats right, dubbed. Off the top of my head - Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, Howl's Moving Castle, and Ponyo I have re-watched with the English dub, and loved all of them.
Anyone interested in animated features should check out Paprika - VERY good movie.
Recently re-watched Gattaca, The Fifth Element, and Pulp Fiction - excellent movies all around.
I agree with everything you've said... Well, other than about The Fifth Element and Gattaca... Never seen either of those (or if I did, I don't remember).
The reason the Ghibli dubs are actually watchable is because they get Disney to pay ridiculous amounts of money for actors who actually know how to voice act.
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Tucker and Dale vs. Evil. Holy shit that movie was hilarious. Seriously. Watch nao.
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Not exactly a movie, but Game of Thrones is a beautiful thing ;-; especially Peter Dinklage's character
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YES. I practically shat myself when I heard HBO was going to be producing it, and they have not let me down. I've been watching it religiously since it began.
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Tucker and Dale vs. Evil. Holy shit that movie was hilarious. Seriously. Watch nao.
Definitely looks interesting.
Also I really want to get into game of thrones, I'm tempted to get a netflix account fast.
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Okay I finally got around to watching Scott Pilgrim, I liked it a lot. Good job Edgar Wright & co!!!!!!!!!
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Just watched In Time friday night. That movie was awesome. Andrew Niccol makes awesome movies. I highly suggest you guys see it.
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Has anyone here seen the Stalker movie? ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079944/ ). I've been thinking about getting it myself, but I can't ever seem to find the motivation to watch ANY movies latley. I did watch another episode of Firefly, I hope to finish that and get back to Breaking Bad and hopefully Monster. Also I can't not think of Trigun every time I watch Firefly. It's like, the same setting.