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[Off-topic] tw1n5nak35:
How's it going film club? It's been awhile since my last post. I thought I update my film list as of recent. I was finally able to watch Rush, this was a fantastic film. It's not jut for gear heads, racing fans or car fans or formula1 fans. This film is more than that. I knew that Ron Howard would not disappoint. The style of the film the colors and audio is ridiculous. It's too bad he didn't base if off the 1980's decade rivalry between Aryton Senna and Alain Pros, that would have been fantastic as well. Who knows, he'll do that rivalry for the sequel maybe?

A co worker also recommended this formula 1 documentary. I just heard of it only a few days ago and it was released back in October, 2013. I've been searching for it on neftlix and my private sites but no luck. My brother found it on amazon prime streaming, but have to purchase it. It's called "1" :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHlK2HCh12U

Rush

42 Jackie Robinson Story (currently watching}
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Here's a very hot tip for those who don't know about it yet. True Detective is a new TV show from HBO, and it's a good one! 9.4 on IMDb and going up every week. There's been three episodes so far and they've been awesome.

You couldn't want for better casting. The main roles are played by Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson, whose characters couldn't be more different but yet so complimentary. It's a brilliantly written, well realised affair and shouldn't be missed!
[Off-topic] vj_dustin:
The cast does seem interesting, will check it out!
[Off-topic] marduc812:
I wanted something to watch between American Horror Story.

Thanks a lot seems great!
[Off-topic] vj_dustin:
Took a day off and I am so glad to say, I couldn't have utilized it better.

Star Trek Into Darkness - The story was IMO better than the first one and I honestly didn't know that Cumberbatch was in it. So when I did see him and the role he played in the movie, I was more than contended.

As expected, the sci-fi stuff was at par and so were the graphics.

Khan was a weird name though. (Not being racist or anything, but it really was a weird name)

I was though expecting some scenes where they'd show mass utilization of Khan's blood to heal everyone, or maybe just show an immortal world.

Then I finally bolted myself to the seat to watch a movie I've been passing on just because it features Nicholas Cage.

It's Face Off.

And I guess Cage wasn't the sucking and crazy Ghost Rider 2 all his life.

Both the characters of Troy & Archer were made so perfectly that Cage & Travolta never seemed "not meant for this role". I was totally satisfied with both playing both. It did show some impossible surgery, lol, but yeah it was understandable and considering it's a 1997 movie, it was actually genius.

The story line was nothing short of perfect nor was the acting.

The ending was kinda okayish because

I thought that Troy knew he was dead so what I expected was, he'd badly ruin Archer's face, to such a level that it would be non-transplantable and Archer would have to either get a totally new face or he'd accept that ruined face with stitches and burns (like Niki Lauda's face in Rush after his accident) over Troy's face.

But well, a happy ending wasn't bad either.

Next up was the real treat of the day.

It's Seven Psychopaths

An amazing star cast to begin with and an even better starting to the movie got me really interested.

The characters were all given enough amount of screen time as they deserved.

The plot was very well handled considering it had so much story and so many characters.

I never felt something was missing.

I cannot elaborate on the story because you HAVE TO see it to know it.

It's just one of those movies. I can just tell you, you won't regret it.

The ending made perfect sense to me and so did the entire movie, but I did read a few IMDb reviews where people are not, I guess satisfied or maybe the trailer showed it as a spoof movie, which it is so not.

This is a genuinely well thought out crime movie with dark humor.

For me though it was a perfect 10.

BTW, also saw True Detective.

I got the first 3 episodes but I deleted them all after watching just the first one and going 10 minutes into the 2nd one.

It was so damn gloomy, dark and saddening.

I was ready for drama when I got it, not suicidal depressing drama.

I guess it's just not my taste.

Seven Psychopaths was suicidal too, but it was so in a more upbeat and acceptable way.

I know this makes no sense, I probably cannot explain this either if someone asks, but this is it.
[Off-topic] Deadpool:
Hey guys just came here to know your thoughts about HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON.

Hey wait wait. wait.. wait... wait....

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[Off-topic] nss357:
My all-time favourite: Fight Club
[Off-topic] vj_dustin:
It's one of the best animated movies.

Looking forward to part 2 actually!
[Off-topic] Dirk:
I watched Saving Private Ryan again. It's been years since i last saw it and my first viewing on Blu-Ray. The sounds and visuals are amazing and as impactful today as they were on release. The Omaha beach scene particularly is incredible and still one of the best scenes in the history of Cinema. If you haven't seen it, or haven't seen it for a while, it's well worth revisiting.
[Off-topic] nss357:
will definitely watch it again :good:
[Off-topic] :
Yeah it's great ? it stuck pretty closely to the book.

Except for missing out the whole thing with Demosthenes and Locke, and renaming the aliens for obvious reasons :p

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[Off-topic] Dirk:
Thor: The Dark World - Good fun, lots of action and visually impressive. 7/10

Enders Game - Meh. Cool visual effects at times but otherwise unsatisfying. 6/10

The Counselor - Written by Cormac McCarthy, (No Country For Old Men and The Road), Directed by Ridley Scott and with a cast that includes Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt, Penelope Cruz and Cameron Diaz. I'd been looking forward to this for a while now but came away feeling a little disappointed. The story is simple enough but it's conveyed in an almost incoherent way. At times it feels like everyone is speaking in riddles and peoples relationships, motivations and roles in the plot aren't always well explained. You get the gist of what's going on but some of the interactions between people are simply dull and pointless. On the other hand there are some good scenes, mostly sordid or brutal, but it's only the visual elements and not the dialogue that makes them interesting. 6/10
[Off-topic] LordManhattan:
As you (probably) know by now, Jesse Eisenberg will play Lex Luthor in the Superman Vs Batman movie.

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[Off-topic] the_helix:
This doesn't sound good. He looks too soft.
[Off-topic] LordManhattan:
Yeah, it'll be... interesting :p

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[Off-topic] Dirk:
I guarantee that there will be nothing about that movie that is even remotely interesting!
[Off-topic] vj_dustin:
Superheroes, Jesse eisenberg as an ass hole, I'm in.

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[Off-topic] Dirk:
Barton Fink - Excellent Coen brothers Drama from 1991, starring John Turturro as a writer transplanted from New York to write a screenplay for a Hollywood movie. 8/10

O Brother, Where Art Thou? - Clooney, Turturro and Holly Hunter, among others, star in this Coen brothers Comedy from 2000. Three convicts on the run in the 1930's deep south enjoy an adventure whilst trying to evade capture. 8/10

The Man Who Wasn't There - 2001 Noir Crime Drama from the Coens. Starring Billy Bob Thornton as a man whose plan to raise some investment capital has unforeseen consequences. 7/10

Burn After Reading - Coen brothers again in this comedy of errors from 2008. Brad Pitt and George Clooney lead the cast, but it's not the best movie from the Coen stable. 7/10
[Off-topic] vj_dustin:
Thor was awesome IMO.

Specially the warping in the end!

Anyhow, I today finally fulfilled my life's purpose!

Saw The Matrix trilogy.

Matrix 1 = All Matrix

Matrix 2 = Some Matrix, little bit Terminator

Matrix 3 = Terminator, some Superman, little Matrix.

But overall, I loved the idea the trilogy is based on and I loved the actors. And though people say 1 is great, 2 is ok, 3 is god awful, I thought all 3 were just fine!

3 had to be mainly about real world, so basically more machines and less matrix.

Though 3 had a bit unsatisfying ending.

If someone has seen and remembers it, please answer this.

SPOILER

1)In the 3rd movie, in the end, how does Smith die? Does Deux Machine inject some sort of virus across him through Neo which replicates to all others and they all explode?

2) Why didn't the Architect kill the Oracle already?

3) At the end of the movie, what is supposed to happen? I mean the virtual world is shown to exist, so what's happening in the real world?
[Off-topic] LordManhattan:
I do understand why you find some things a little confusing, so I recommend you to Google "the Matrix trilogy explained" or going to its IMDb FAQ page.

I don't really want to explain a movie while I'm on my old and crappy Desire HD (my Z Ultra is getting its screen fixed), and it's simpler to just redirect you to an already existing explanation :p

I also agree with you that the second and third movie doesn't suck. They aren't as good as the first one, but they aren't bad. Epic Movie and Movie 43 are bad.

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[Off-topic] vj_dustin:
Lol thanks will visit imdb.

And I don't plan on watching Epic movie but movie 43 has my love Emma stone so I might waste my time anyways XD

Most probably ctrl + ->

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[Off-topic] Dirk:
Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman dies

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-26009575

I never did see Capote so i'm going to watch it now. A sad loss.

R.I.P
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I agree, the sequels were good. People hate on them too much imo.

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[Off-topic] the_helix:
1st is an epic, definitely one of the all time great flicks! 2nd is good but 3rd is a bit of disappointment. However, this is because the 1st one set the bar so high, the expectations from the 2nd and 3rd were too much. The 2nd was somewhat close to those expectations but 3rd one failed. If 2nd & 3rd were independent movies, they would have been considered good.

The situation is same as the Godfather triology. 3rd is not a bad movie, but is way below the standards set by part 1 & 2. High expectations turned into disappointments... I guess that's when people hate the sequels. At least the final installment should be as good as the previous movies if not better, otherwise it leaves an empty feeling inside.

There are few which fit this criterion: LOTR "original" triology and Bourne "Matt Damon" triology. Although, I feel LOTR 3 stands a bit below 1 and 2, it still is a great movie. Bourne Ultimatum came and bettered 1 and 2.

I have just watched Star Wars episode 4, waiting for 5 and 6, so can't comment on that yet. Do you guys know of any other movie series of 3 or more movies where all the movies are good and the final doesn't spoil the benchmark set by the previous movies?

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Oh f*ck! RIP :crying:
[Off-topic] Dirk:
The original movie is still one of my top ten favourites. It's so fun and at the time so groundbreaking. I don't pretend to know all the ins and outs of the plot but the sequels were a little harder to grasp everything that was going on. I think they have their moments but they pale in comparison to the first film. For me, i enjoy everything that happens in the 'Matrix' world. All the best moments of the movies happen there. I HATE with a passion almost everything that happens in the 'real world', below ground. That's what spoils the sequels for me. I also think the original movie didn't try to exceed it's grasp with the technology. The sequels were often more ambitious with the set-pieces than the technology could convincingly pull off.

Cornetto trilogy, Dollars trilogy, Three Colours trilogy, Before trilogy, Nolan Batman trilogy, Vengeance trilogy, Mission Impossible trilogy, Millenium trilogy, Blade trilogy. :)

Awards news:

London Critics’ Circle Film Awards

Film – 12 Years a Slave

Foreign-language Film – Blue Is the Warmest Colour

Documentary – The Act of Killing

British Film – The Selfish Giant

Director – Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity

Screenwriter – Ethan Coen & Joel Coen, Inside Llewyn Davis

Actor – Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave

Actress – Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine

Supporting Actor – Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips

Supporting Actress – Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave

British Actor – James McAvoy
[Off-topic] Dirk:
I agree. Only 46... :(

Along with Capote, i'm going to watch The Ides Of March again. It's a good movie and he features quite a lot iirc.
[Off-topic] nishanty13:
You missed "The Exorcist".

Real Horror.

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[Off-topic] Dirk:
That's a good 'un. "Here's johnny..." |:D|

That film just makes me laugh! I'm sure it was shocking in its day though.
[Off-topic] xaccers:
Especially with where she stuck that crucifix! I was shocked and appalled and so was my wife ;)
[Off-topic] LordManhattan:
Check again :p
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Cabin Fever

Wrong Turn

An American Werewolf In London (How do you not have this?? It's the best of it's Genre!)

'Salem's Lot

Hostel (Another glaring omission!)

Arachnophobia (Pretty bad if you hate spiders!)

I'll add more as i think of them. :)
[Off-topic] Archer:
I've just discovered that 2 of the people I work with have never seen 12 Monkeys!!!
[Off-topic] Dirk:
That's a bloody travesty! Brad Pitt's performance when he was in loopy mode was fantastic and Madeleine Stowe is both classy and hot! I trust you educated both of them sufficiently?
[Off-topic] Archer:
I'm bringing it in tomorrow and they WILL watch it over the weekend!

@LordManhattan

People will probably call my a ***** for this, but I don't care. There was something about "The Grudge" that really got me and scared me proper. I can normally watch anything and not be bothered, but I did literally lose sleep over it. Incidentally, (again this will probably bring scorn) I much prefered the US version with Sarah Michelle Gellar. The original Japanese one, Ju-on, was good but for once the storyline in the remake is just more sensible and enjoyable.
[Off-topic] roofrider:
also Kalifornia.

regarding horror,

as Archer said..Grudge, The Ring (ok ring was already included..sry.)

drag me to hell? lol
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Do you know what? I've never met a Brad Pitt movie that i didn't like! Clearly he has a good agent and chooses his roles wisely, although i suppose it helps being in a position to be able to be selective, but still! Fight Club, Meet Joe Black, Snatch, Interview With The Vampire, Se7en, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Spy Game, True Romance... all good movies!

The man's a legend!
[Off-topic] Archer:
I've got 4 words for you...

Mr & Mrs Smith.
[Off-topic] xaccers:
One missed call
[Off-topic] roofrider:
true..almost all his movies are great.

but when it comes to acting...

i dont know, i feel there are many better than him..

Ralph Fiennes, Depp, DiCaprio, Crowe, Mel Gibson, just to name a few.
[Off-topic] Archer:
Lol did you see the footage on youtube where some guy changed his kid brother's ringtone to the one in the film and then rang him when he'd gone to bed?
[Off-topic] xaccers:
Nope, will have to hunt it down, and set the ringtone on Danielle's phone mwhahahaha :D
[Off-topic] Dirk:
But i would never have watched that in the first place thereby avoiding being in a position of having seen a 'bad' movie with him in.

I pre-vet my movie choices! :p
[Off-topic] Archer:
I just watched 1/2 of it.

With the sound down.

:p
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Angelina Jolie, right? I don't hold that against you at all. ;)

Speaking of which, here's a movie with her in that i really, really liked. Pushing Tin. One of the rare times i disagree with the almighty IMDb rating. And through one degree of seperation that reminds me of another Billy-Bob Thornton movie that i love too. U Turn.
[Off-topic] Archer:
Not seen U Turn, but I did love Pushing Tin - that was great. I also liked it when Frank Skinner suggested that C3PO would express his need to take a dump by saying he was "Pushing Tin".
[Off-topic] xaccers:
Am I the only one who has thought of wetting her lips and sticking her to the window of a passing bus, just to see how far she'd get before falling off?
[Off-topic] roofrider:
His death comes as a shock. A huge loss to the acting community.

Maybe you could add The Master to that list too if you haven't seen it. I'm yet to see it too, actually.

Watched About Time and Blackfish (8/10) last weekend, both were great.

The Cove is on my list too, but it'll be some time before i get around to it.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
I liked the acting performances in The Master but the movie itself didn't grab me. The Cove was right up my street though, but it had me in tears as often happens whenever i see a portrayal of animal cruelty. The mass slaughter of Dolphins captured in the video footage is really hard to watch.

Speaking of lists, mine is growing again as i discover more gems that have a 2014 release date. It shrank a lot recently as i watched all the year end movies. Currently it looks like this:

Labor Day 2013

300: Rise Of An Empire

The Summit

Snowpiercer

Kill Your Darlings

Dear Mr Watterson

The Monuments Men

The Raid 2

The Abyss (Blu-ray release)

Out of the Furnace

Deep Web: The Untold Story of Bitcoin and Silk Road

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Inherent Vice

Midnight Special

Gone Girl

Interstellar

Whiplash

I haven't seen Charlie Wilson's War. But i will!
[Off-topic] roofrider:
Don't forget Blue Is the Warmest Color and Jupiter Ascending. But the latter doesn't exactly sound very interesting to me right now, will have to see how it turns out. Didn't know about Inherent Vice, it'll no doubt be good.

Also, watch Blackfish. It covers the sad story of intelligent Killer Whales living in pools instead of the wide oceans just so they can entertain us.

Just watched Chasing Ice - 7.8/10

It has some awe-inspiring imagery and time-lapses that capture our dying earth beautifully.
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Catching Fire
[Off-topic] the_helix:
Interstellar is on top of my list this year.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
I do have Blue Is The Warmest Colour on my list but I'm afraid people here may misunderstand my interest in the movie! To be clear I'm only interested in the lesbian sex. :D

I looked into Blackfish but I know it will make me really angry if I watch it. I definitely will see it if you tell me that I get to see said Orca eating the three people. Then all the other people responsible for keeping it in captivity, and then all the people who paid to see it, and then all the people who think keeping cetaceans in captivity is a good thing. I'd pay good money to see that! Have you seen The Last Ocean? Its another conservation themed Documentary film about fishing off of Antarctica. Very good stuff.

Chasing Ice is amazing. That calving event the size of Manhattan was incredible. The amount of work that went into capturing and compiling all that video footage for the documentary was remarkable and a lot of it is simply stunning. The important thing is what it accomplished. As you alluded to, its an effective visual representation of the damage that's being done to our planet. Something that people can now see for themselves.
[Off-topic] roofrider:
The Orcas didn't get their revenge yet. The money-minded inhumane higher-ups who need to be crucified always walk away. Unfortunately, the deaths are of innocent and sometimes naive trainers who love just love these creatures and want to take care of it.

Adding The Last Ocean to the list. Thanks!

Yeah, that calving was incredible and equally scary, i couldn't believe my eyes!

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I caught Brothers again on TV just some time back, it's a good watch. I'd say 7/10.

Jake G, Tobey Maguire and Natalie Portman all give good performances.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
I'll have to give Brothers a watch. Anything with Jake G and Miss Portman is fine by me! Thanks.
[Off-topic] 0rigin:
If boredom came in a form, it would surely come in the form of the movie "Gravity". Lacks any depth or meaning, is boring, predictable, slow, suitable for people who's brains hurt when they try to think. Did I mention boring?

0/10
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Did you enjoy the visual or technical aspects at least? I though Sandra Bullock's legs looked nice.
[Off-topic] vj_dustin:
Gravity was about the breath taking visuals, how can anyone rate it a 0.

Probably because you watched it at home.

I don't think I'll watch gravity at home ever, because it sure is slow.

So on the other hand I'm really glad I didn't miss it on the big screen.

also, am I the only one who didn't see it coming when George Clooney was actually just a figment of Sandra's imagination.

I honestly thought he had made it

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[Off-topic] Dirk:
You may have been the only one. :D

I was just looking at your sig. My SGS2 is now my backup phone, but i dusted it off today to bring it right up to date. Wasn't expecting to see official CM11 support, so now that it's happened i couldn't resist!

Tucker & Dale vs. Evil - When a group of college kids run into a couple of rednecks on holiday, their prejudices and assumptions lead them to a series of fatal misunderstandings. The movie is pretty good and has fun playing with all manner of movie conventions. 7/10
[Off-topic] jRi0T68:
Here's an interesting question for you lot...

Do any of you have lists of actors/actresses/directors that you will automatically either want to see the movie due to infallible trust, or almost refuse to see due to inevitable fail?

In other words, would you base your decision to see/not see a movie based solely on who is involved with some people?

My lists (off the top of my head, knowing I'll omit some names by mistake)-

Infallible trust (almost guaranteed to be at least worth seeing once):

DiCaprio

Scorsese

Morgan Freeman

Denzel Washington

Kevin Spacey

Edward Norton

Inevitable failure (almost guaranteed to be utter crap):

Rob Schneider

Any rapper/pop icon

Heavy scrutiny (almost refuse to see):

Adam Sandler

Stallone

Schwarzenegger

I know I'll add a ton of names later.

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[Off-topic] Dirk:
Here's a few i find i can't go wrong with:

Daniel Day-Lewis

Michael Fassbender

Christian Bale

Di Caprio

Martin Scorsese

Christopher Nolan

Quentin Tarantino

There's a lot of people that put me off seeing a film if they're in it. For example, Will Ferrell does nothing for me.

I know i could add to this list endlessly if i thought about it more!

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[Off-topic] jRi0T68:
I don't pay enough attention to who the director is, to be honest. I'm sure Nolan should be on my list, though.

I can't think of a time Christian Bale or Daniel Day-Lewis have disappointed me either.

I'm not familiar enough with Fassbender, which I should fix.

I half agree on Will Ferrell, but I find Stepbrothers to be hilarious.

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[Off-topic] LordManhattan:
One of my all time favorite and i can't wait for the Blu-ray version, but it has been scheduled for release for several years now, and I won't believe it until I see it.

Get your **** together, Cameron.

How dare you! How can you not like this magnificent man? Fine, he's not exactly the greatest actor out there, but there's something about him that tickles me in the right spot. It might be his face. Yes, it's his face.

And sorry for any typos. I'm writing this on a smartphone that was clearly made for ants.

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