Movies you've recently watched

[The Larch]

Way better than the heavily overrated Gomorrah.  Mostly because you can tell these gangbangers apart and they aren't Dr. Doom level evol to a man.

Why do you think that Gomorrah was overrated?

[BuddhaRhubarb]

Way better than the heavily overrated Gomorrah.  Mostly because you can tell these gangbangers apart and they aren't Dr. Doom level evol to a man.

Why do you think that Gomorrah was overrated?

The confusing on purpose narrative, the fact that every single character was deserving of whatever horrible fate awaited them. Nothing in the movie "grabbed me" ... I had no empathy (and thus suspension of disbelief) for anyone in the fim. It was trying way too hard to be artsy in a gritty "City of God" kinda way, and for me failing.

Sometimes you like a movie, sometimes not.I'm not saying it wasn't well shot, or even acted, or even a bad movie, but I found it flat and cold. Thus to me it's over rated.

[The Larch]

Way better than the heavily overrated Gomorrah.  Mostly because you can tell these gangbangers apart and they aren't Dr. Doom level evol to a man.

Why do you think that Gomorrah was overrated?

The confusing on purpose narrative, the fact that every single character was deserving of whatever horrible fate awaited them. Nothing in the movie "grabbed me" ... I had no empathy (and thus suspension of disbelief) for anyone in the fim. It was trying way too hard to be artsy in a gritty "City of God" kinda way, and for me failing.

Sometimes you like a movie, sometimes not.I'm not saying it wasn't well shot, or even acted, or even a bad movie, but I found it flat and cold. Thus to me it's over rated.

I don't see it that way. You had the tailor, who only wanted to provide better for his family; the young kid wanting to join the gang but torn about it; the underling to the fraudulent waste manager, who only wanted a decent job; the not-so-hotheaded thug, who wanted to restrain his more hotheaded comrade. And I don't think it was confusing, every story was different and had a different setting. There were the sweatshops for the tailor, the council homes for the young kid, the quarries, the farms and the countryside for the waste guys and the run-down suburbia for the two thugs.

[BuddhaRhubarb]

Way better than the heavily overrated Gomorrah.  Mostly because you can tell these gangbangers apart and they aren't Dr. Doom level evol to a man.

Why do you think that Gomorrah was overrated?

The confusing on purpose narrative, the fact that every single character was deserving of whatever horrible fate awaited them. Nothing in the movie "grabbed me" ... I had no empathy (and thus suspension of disbelief) for anyone in the fim. It was trying way too hard to be artsy in a gritty "City of God" kinda way, and for me failing.

Sometimes you like a movie, sometimes not.I'm not saying it wasn't well shot, or even acted, or even a bad movie, but I found it flat and cold. Thus to me it's over rated.

I don't see it that way. You had the tailor, who only wanted to provide better for his family; the young kid wanting to join the gang but torn about it; the underling to the fraudulent waste manager, who only wanted a decent job; the not-so-hotheaded thug, who wanted to restrain his more hotheaded comrade. And I don't think it was confusing, every story was different and had a different setting. There were the sweatshops for the tailor, the council homes for the young kid, the quarries, the farms and the countryside for the waste guys and the run-down suburbia for the two thugs.

:shrug: I didn't say it was confusing, (I am a film major ((and a professional reviewer ret.)) after all) but it tried too hard to be. It didn't even make enough of an impression on me that I remember all those characters. It's all opinion though, movies. If you dig it, you dig it. I dunno, like I said it wasn't poorly done, but it didn't engage ME. Many others disagree with me. It doesn't change my viewing of the film. No one's opinion can do that, only me watching the film again, which I likely will now that I have a blu ray.

[BuddhaRhubarb]

Patti Smith: Dream of Life. Solid if occasionally slow moving doc about La Grande Dame de Rock & Roll. Too cool to be a Punk, she is also their Mistress whether they( or she) like(s) it or not. A very humanizing look at this icon, her good times and bad times, her Mom-ness is kinda dorky in a cute way. Her parents are funny. Overall a solid look at patti. I've had the song "Horses" running through my head for 3 days now.

8.5 white chicks who are allowed to say Nigger all they want outta 10

[Admiral Yi]

Saw Part IV of The Pacific last night.  Still waitng for the good stuff to happen. 

[BuddhaRhubarb]

Saw Part IV of The Pacific last night.  Still waitng for the good stuff to happen. 

really? damn, I've been saving this one til I have all the parts recorded. It's no Band Of Brothers then?

[Admiral Yi]

really? damn, I've been saving this one til I have all the parts recorded. It's no Band Of Brothers then?

[Grey Fox]

Saw Part IV of The Pacific last night.  Still waitng for the good stuff to happen. 

really? damn, I've been saving this one til I have all the parts recorded. It's no Band Of Brothers then?

I haven't watched part IV yet but it sure as hell isn't BoB. You feel no connection to the Marines. I liked Part III tho, don't know much about War-time Australia.

[jimmy olsen]

In what way?

The zipperhead kids couldn't act.  The white male banter was contrived.  Clint's family was cardboard cutouts.  The priest's lines were sophomoric.

I only agree with #2

[DisturbedPervert]

Saw Part IV of The Pacific last night.  Still waitng for the good stuff to happen. 

Next episode is Peleliu so shit is going to go down

[The Brain]

Saw Part IV

Saw series sucks.

[Josquius]

I read Saw first too. Heh.

I think I'm going to wait on The Pacific until the whole lot is done too. Breaking Bad also I think I'll wait as eagerly as I want to see it.

[Capetan Mihali]

Patti Smith: Dream of Life. Solid if occasionally slow moving doc about La Grande Dame de Rock & Roll. Too cool to be a Punk, she is also their Mistress whether they( or she) like(s) it or not. A very humanizing look at this icon, her good times and bad times, her Mom-ness is kinda dorky in a cute way. Her parents are funny. Overall a solid look at patti. I've had the song "Horses" running through my head for 3 days now.

8.5 white chicks who are allowed to say Nigger all they want outta 10

I love Patti Smith, and I'd like to see the film, but really, Jackson Pollock was definitively not a nigger...

[Eddie Teach]

So why'd they have Ed Harris play him in the film?