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Started by Eddie Teach, March 06, 2011, 09:29:27 AM

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CountDeMoney

#9120
April 21, 2013, 08:07:58 PM
Quote from: mongers on April 21, 2013, 08:06:40 PM
Would like to see a decent film tonight, don't seem to be able to find one.   :hmm:

Find one, and we will pass judgement.

Viking

#9121
April 21, 2013, 08:08:56 PM
Quote from: mongers on April 21, 2013, 08:06:40 PM
Would like to see a decent film tonight, don't seem to be able to find one.   :hmm:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119361/

or

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049096/
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

11B4V

#9122
April 21, 2013, 08:11:18 PM
"there's a long tradition of insulting people we disagree with here, and I'll be damned if I listen to your entreaties otherwise."-OVB

"Obviously not a Berkut-commanded armored column.  They're not all brewing."- CdM

"We've reached one of our phase lines after the firefight and it smells bad—meaning it's a little bit suspicious... Could be an amb—".

Eddie Teach

#9123
April 21, 2013, 08:14:33 PM Last Edit: April 21, 2013, 09:22:49 PM by Peter Wiggin
Quote from: mongers on April 21, 2013, 08:06:40 PM
Would like to see a decent film tonight, don't seem to be able to find one.   :hmm:



Sure, it's decent.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

CountDeMoney

#9124
April 21, 2013, 08:17:14 PM
Quote from: mongers on April 21, 2013, 08:06:40 PM
Would like to see a decent film tonight, don't seem to be able to find one.   :hmm:

You ever see Margin Call?  Nifty, nifty movie with a great cast.

Viking

#9125
April 21, 2013, 08:24:23 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on April 21, 2013, 08:14:33 PM
Quote from: mongers on April 21, 2013, 08:06:40 PM
Would like to see a decent film tonight, don't seem to be able to find one.   :hmm:



Sure, it's decent.

I tried googling "No hotlinking please" as well as looking for it on imdb.. no hit.. plz tell me more
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

Viking

#9126
April 21, 2013, 08:30:42 PM
BTW, Orphan Black is actually quite good.
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

11B4V

#9127
April 21, 2013, 08:32:34 PM
Quote from: mongers on April 21, 2013, 08:06:40 PM
Would like to see a decent film tonight, don't seem to be able to find one.   :hmm:

Breaker Morant
"there's a long tradition of insulting people we disagree with here, and I'll be damned if I listen to your entreaties otherwise."-OVB

"Obviously not a Berkut-commanded armored column.  They're not all brewing."- CdM

"We've reached one of our phase lines after the firefight and it smells bad—meaning it's a little bit suspicious... Could be an amb—".

Ed Anger

#9128
April 21, 2013, 08:37:56 PM
Lion of the Desert. Italian Armored Car action.
Stay Alive...Let the Man Drive

HVC

#9129
April 21, 2013, 08:49:16 PM
Saw 42 today. not bad, but not as good as i expected.
Being lazy is bad; unless you still get what you want, then it's called "patience".
Hubris must be punished. Severely.

Eddie Teach

#9130
April 21, 2013, 09:00:08 PM
Quote from: Viking on April 21, 2013, 08:24:23 PM
I tried googling "No hotlinking please" as well as looking for it on imdb.. no hit.. plz tell me more

Poster for Gilda. Shows up fine for me. /shrug
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

garbon

#9131
April 21, 2013, 09:02:24 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on April 21, 2013, 09:00:08 PM
Quote from: Viking on April 21, 2013, 08:24:23 PM
I tried googling "No hotlinking please" as well as looking for it on imdb.. no hit.. plz tell me more

Poster for Gilda. Shows up fine for me. /shrug

Probably because you've been to the site and have it in your cache. Nothing new that.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Eddie Teach

#9132
April 21, 2013, 09:23:49 PM
Right, right. I've changed the link.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

CountDeMoney

#9133
April 21, 2013, 09:25:25 PM
I can only watch old black and white films in the morning or the afternoon.  They put me to sleep at night.  I think it's an old man thing.

Ideologue

#9134
April 21, 2013, 09:50:04 PM Last Edit: April 21, 2013, 09:52:25 PM by Ideologue
Oblivion (2013).  If it weren't based on the true events of Tom Cruise's life, I'd call it the most derivative good movie I think I've ever seen.

Indeed, almost nothing is not either an homage or lift from another science fiction film--to the extent I half expected Morgan Freeman, when he showed up, to possess psychic powers and worship the bomb.  There's also a direct and almost actionable theft from a very recent movie, but I won't name it because to do so would be to spoil Oblivion.

And as I said, Oblivion is a good movie.  It's throwback science fiction with modern special effects, and a reasonably affecting emotional arc to it that I found moving.

As for problems stemming from the film itself, Olga Kurlyenko is almost but not quite wasted.  I think she gets to act in two scenes.  It's a Goddamned shame, because the last time I saw her, as the not-Bond Girl in what might be my favorite Bond film, the devastatingly underappreciated Quantum of Solace, she was a bit of a revelation.  She does not have much to do here.  What she does have to do--make you believe she loves Tom Cruise--she does well, and occasionally extremely well.  She made me believe I wish she loved me, that's for sure.  Andrea Riseborough is not wasted, though, I'll give them that.  And there is one unbelievably sexy and well-made scene featuring her.

Nonetheless, Kleves may be a closeted homosexual.

On a minor note, I almost let it get to me when they uncorked their first scientific blooper about thirty seconds in, as Cruise explains via narration how his job is to oversee the fusion plants that draw hydrogen from Earth's oceans to transport fusion energy to... Titan.  OK.  I also question why [spoiler]pseudo-Galactus at the end there needed to steal Earth's hydrogen, when Jupiter and Saturn have about ten thousand times more hydrogen, more easily extracted, between them, and when she had to begin with the energy required to GRAVITATIONALLY UNBIND THE FUCKING MOON.[/spoiler]

Anyway, it's a beautiful film, and though many of the twists are obvious if you're a genre fan, they remain well-executed and occasionally quite affecting.  Seeing Oblivion for the first time is much like seeing a great movie for the second time.

B+
Kinemalogue
Current reviews: The 'Burbs (9/10); Gremlins 2: The New Batch (9/10); John Wick: Chapter 2 (9/10); A Cure For Wellness (4/10)
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