sexton said:

namepeace said:

Under The Skin (2013)

I'd love to be able to say it was an insightful critique of standards of beauty. Or something. But it fell apart despite ScarJo's valiant effort to carry it.

1/2

That theme may have been prominent in the book, but for me, the movie was all about turning the tables between predator and prey. (For those who have not yet seen it, I'm going to throw out some spoilers here.) In the beginning, the alien has no empathy toward humans, seeing them only as food--she showed more interest in an ant that the crying woman from whom she was stealing her first set of clothes. When she later tries to learn what it's like to be human, it works out all too well as she in turn becomes prey and suffers the same fate as the humans she hunted earlier. One of my favorite films of 2014, I've already watched it multiple times. 5/5

It's interesting - this film seems to come up on the org in waves. And it seems to be polarizing?

I haven't seen it, but I have seen some clips from the making-of. And the technical, logistical, and legal aspects of the process they used interest me.

Ace said:

sexton said:

That theme may have been prominent in the book, but for me, the movie was all about turning the tables between predator and prey. (For those who have not yet seen it, I'm going to throw out some spoilers here.) In the beginning, the alien has no empathy toward humans, seeing them only as food--she showed more interest in an ant that the crying woman from whom she was stealing her first set of clothes. When she later tries to learn what it's like to be human, it works out all too well as she in turn becomes prey and suffers the same fate as the humans she hunted earlier. One of my favorite films of 2014, I've already watched it multiple times. 5/5

It's interesting - this film seems to come up on the org in waves. And it seems to be polarizing?

I haven't seen it, but I have seen some clips from the making-of. And the technical, logistical, and legal aspects of the process they used interest me.

It certainly is polarising. I loved it.

sexton said:

namepeace said:

Under The Skin (2013)

I'd love to be able to say it was an insightful critique of standards of beauty. Or something. But it fell apart despite ScarJo's valiant effort to carry it.

1/2

That theme may have been prominent in the book, but for me, the movie was all about turning the tables between predator and prey. (For those who have not yet seen it, I'm going to throw out some spoilers here.) In the beginning, the alien has no empathy toward humans, seeing them only as food--she showed more interest in an ant that the crying woman from whom she was stealing her first set of clothes. When she later tries to learn what it's like to be human, it works out all too well as she in turn becomes prey and suffers the same fate as the humans she hunted earlier. One of my favorite films of 2014, I've already watched it multiple times. 5/5

I read the film as an allegory for the objectification of women. (--SPOILERS--) She also seemed to bond with the one man who became her caretaker. In some ways, her "prey" thought themselves "predators" until they fell into the abyss. I graded this one low (maybe a little lower than it deserved), but I thought ScarJo's performance was really good.

namepeace said:

sexton said:

That theme may have been prominent in the book, but for me, the movie was all about turning the tables between predator and prey. (For those who have not yet seen it, I'm going to throw out some spoilers here.) In the beginning, the alien has no empathy toward humans, seeing them only as food--she showed more interest in an ant that the crying woman from whom she was stealing her first set of clothes. When she later tries to learn what it's like to be human, it works out all too well as she in turn becomes prey and suffers the same fate as the humans she hunted earlier. One of my favorite films of 2014, I've already watched it multiple times. 5/5

I read the film as an allegory for the objectification of women.

If I interpreted the movie solely that way, I wouldn't have found it nearly as compelling either.

The Walk (2015) - In 1974, high-wire artist Philippe Petit recruits a team of people to help him realize his dream: to walk the immense void between the World Trade Center towers.

The 3D effects are very good. I actually flinched at one point. I can't recall the last time that ever happened while watching a 3D movie. And I didn't realize until the end what a tribute this film was to the old World Trade Center. Acknowledging what happened later was subtle and very well done. 4/5

sexton said:

namepeace said:

I read the film as an allegory for the objectification of women.

If I interpreted the movie solely that way, I wouldn't have found it nearly as compelling either.

There of course are several different ways to read it.

Predators - 8/10

Predator - 10/10

Pretty good movie - the two dogs that played Hagen, they deserve dog Oscars. Actually, the dog training is amazing. No CGI in this movie.

JustErin said:

Pretty good movie - the two dogs that played Hagen, they deserve dog Oscars. Actually, the dog training is amazing. No CGI in this movie.

Erin!

Eye-catching poster!

thekidsgirl said:

sexton said:

Assassin was showing at the same cinema. I've read that it is slow and boring so it sounds like my kind of movie.

It was slow,quiet, and kind of anticlimactic, but too pleasing to the eye to be boring. You'd like.

I agree.

Assassin (2015)

What tkg said.

Spectre (2015)

Utterly predictable plotlines, still very entertaining. Roger Craig will be missed.

Love (2015) - Murphy is an American living in Paris who enters a highly sexually and emotionally charged relationship with the unstable Electra. Unaware of the effect it will have on their relationship, they invite their pretty neighbor into their bed.

I saw this because I really liked Gaspar Noé's last two movies, Irreversible and Enter The Void. One good thing I can say about Love is that it's filmed very nicely. The framing of many scenes is quite beautiful. There is also the novelty of a money shot in 3D. Everything else though I found substandard. 2/5

Ant-Man

What I really liked bout this was it was stream lined no bloat 2 hours and done movie. The Disingration scene made me lol.

Inside/Out

It was alright not as emotional impacting as other's had said it was for them.

Schindler's List good but way too overrated

absolutely disturbing movie called 'Soaked in Bleach' which addresses the large amount of evidence that Kurt Cobain was murdered by Courtney Love. five stars

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in addition to filing a missing persons report using cobain's mother's name, love hired a private investigator to *find* cobain while deliberately providing the investigator with lies and misleading information during the period of time it is alleged she knew he lay dead.

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this investigator turned against love and is featured in the movie, along with the evidence he accumulated during his investigation, in the form of recorded phone calls with courtney love.

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JustErin said:

Pretty good movie - the two dogs that played Hagen, they deserve dog Oscars. Actually, the dog training is amazing. No CGI in this movie.

What's this movie about?

214 said:

JustErin said:

Pretty good movie - the two dogs that played Hagen, they deserve dog Oscars. Actually, the dog training is amazing. No CGI in this movie.

What's this movie about?

"Thirteen-year-old Lili is devastated when her father abandons Hagen on the streets after refusing to pay a harsh "mongrel" fine imposed by the government. Still innocently believing love can conquer any difficulty, Lili sets out to find her dog and save him.

Failing in his efforts to find his beloved owner, Hagen soon attracts a pack of 250 half-breed followers who start an organised uprising against their human oppressors."

"Frustrated with her mundane life, a Tokyo office worker becomes obsessed with a fictional movie (Fargo) that she mistakes for a documentary. Fixating on the scene where stolen cash is buried in North Dakota, she travels to America to find it."

I guess it's actually based on some urban legend about a real woman.

It's pretty offbeat but I rather enjoyed it.

It was Family Night at the Movies last night. We voted on what to go see. I voted for "Creed', naturally. I got outvoted. We saw "SPECTRE". I should have pulled a George W. Bush and protested the ballot, appealed to the Family Supreme Court, and had the results of a valid election overturned.

But I didn't. At least I didn't invade the wrong country!

I will admit that I was anticipating this movie. More than a few Orgers and reviewers have said this is a great movie, very exciting, incredible opening scene, etc.

You were all wrong!

That first scene was a snooze fest! Bond popped off a few shots, landed on a couch, and followed some guy with a bad Man Bun. They rolled around in a helicopter, and Bond finally wins. I guess we were supposed to be wowed by a helicopter doing barrel rolls and a loop. Saw that already, back in the 80's, in "Blue Thunder".

To top it off, Bond didn't even go back to the girl he had waiting!

I told myself, "Self, you are in trouble. All those Orgers said the first scene was the most exciting scene in the movie, but then it gets kind of boring. If the scene I just yawned through is the MOST exciting scene, you're going to need to go to the bar - a lot. Of snap! We're at a regular theater, not the one with a bar! Arrrrrrrrgggggggghhhhhho f*** the next two hours!"

Sure enough, the next scene was the opening song. Oh man does that song SUCK. I guess I am not a fan of Sam Smith. All I know about the guy is that he ripped off Tom Petty, and he sang the worst, most boring James Bond song ever. I needed booze, stat!!!!!!

I didn't get any.

OK, it's not like this was the worst movie ever made. It was boring, the acting was wooden and laconic (although Ben Affleck was nowhere to be found), the gadgets were non-existent, the villian(s)were laughable, their plot to take over the whatever was infantile, and the locations were third-rate. But it was shot well.

The problem with this movie is that it is a James Bond movie.

Daniel Craig is not a bad actor. But he is a bad James Bond.

This movie was not a bad spy movie. But it is a pathetic James Bond movie.

Bond is the gold standard. You can NOT bring Bond down to the level of a mere mortal. Every single thing Bond does is bigger than life. The most beautiful girls in the world throw themselves at him, and he willingly accepts. He goes to only the most exotic and coolest places on Earth. He drives only the coolest car on the planet. He has the neatest gadgets. He wins every fight, and he NEVER needs a girl to save him by shooting the bad guy.

"SPECTRE" fails in all those metrics.

I see now what I have to do.

I have to write a James Bond movie, and I must have complete control over casting.

Since "SPECTRE" holds itself out as a James Bond movie, it must be rated as a James Bond movie. I can only give "SPECTRE" five of Jaws' metal teeth out of thirty-two possible Jaws' metal teeth.

I also recently watched two Kristen Wiig movies.

"When Alice Klieg wins the Mega-Millions lottery, she immediately quits her psychiatric meds and buys her own talk show."

"Following many years of estrangement, twins Milo and Maggie have an unexpected reunion after a set of near-tragedies."

I like Wiig and enjoyed both movies. The Skeleton Twins was better than Welcome to Me, though.

RodeoSchro said:

It was Family Night at the Movies last night. We voted on what to go see. I voted for "Creed', naturally. I got outvoted. We saw "SPECTRE". I should have pulled a George W. Bush and protested the ballot, appealed to the Family Supreme Court, and had the results of a valid election overturned.

But I didn't. At least I didn't invade the wrong country!

I will admit that I was anticipating this movie. More than a few Orgers and reviewers have said this is a great movie, very exciting, incredible opening scene, etc.

You were all wrong!

That first scene was a snooze fest! Bond popped off a few shots, landed on a couch, and followed some guy with a bad Man Bun. They rolled around in a helicopter, and Bond finally wins. I guess we were supposed to be wowed by a helicopter doing barrel rolls and a loop. Saw that already, back in the 80's, in "Blue Thunder".

To top it off, Bond didn't even go back to the girl he had waiting!

I told myself, "Self, you are in trouble. All those Orgers said the first scene was the most exciting scene in the movie, but then it gets kind of boring. If the scene I just yawned through is the MOST exciting scene, you're going to need to go to the bar - a lot. Of snap! We're at a regular theater, not the one with a bar! Arrrrrrrrgggggggghhhhhho f*** the next two hours!"

Sure enough, the next scene was the opening song. Oh man does that song SUCK. I guess I am not a fan of Sam Smith. All I know about the guy is that he ripped off Tom Petty, and he sang the worst, most boring James Bond song ever. I needed booze, stat!!!!!!

I didn't get any.

OK, it's not like this was the worst movie ever made. It was boring, the acting was wooden and laconic (although Ben Affleck was nowhere to be found), the gadgets were non-existent, the villian(s)were laughable, their plot to take over the whatever was infantile, and the locations were third-rate. But it was shot well.

The problem with this movie is that it is a James Bond movie.

Daniel Craig is not a bad actor. But he is a bad James Bond.

This movie was not a bad spy movie. But it is a pathetic James Bond movie.

Bond is the gold standard. You can NOT bring Bond down to the level of a mere mortal. Every single thing Bond does is bigger than life. The most beautiful girls in the world throw themselves at him, and he willingly accepts. He goes to only the most exotic and coolest places on Earth. He drives only the coolest car on the planet. He has the neatest gadgets. He wins every fight, and he NEVER needs a girl to save him by shooting the bad guy.

"SPECTRE" fails in all those metrics.

I see now what I have to do.

I have to write a James Bond movie, and I must have complete control over casting.

Since "SPECTRE" holds itself out as a James Bond movie, it must be rated as a James Bond movie. I can only give "SPECTRE" five of Jaws' metal teeth out of thirty-two possible Jaws' metal teeth.

The reason why the first scene in Spectre is notable is because it is one continuous shot; not be-
cause of its action sequence. The helicopter scene was very difficult to shoot and I appreciate
the direction and filming involved; I never saw anything like that in Blue Thunder, which is a de-
cent film. But why does the audience need to see Bond go back and shag that chick? He said
he would; chances are, being the horndog that he is, Bond did, in fact, go back to the hotel room
to fuck her. I don't know why that's a point of contention with you or why the film would be better
if we do see him go back to fuck her; otherwise, why bring this up?

The film was shot in Mexico City during its Day of the Dead festival; they filmed scenes in Lon-
don, Austria (even on a glacier!), along the Tiber River in Italy, and in Morocco. What's "third
rate" about those locations?

I don't think Daniel Craig is a bad "James Bond" at all. I think he's fantastic: he's terse, icy,
and he doesn't play the character with a tongue-in-cheek approach. He's serious, which means
the film have a certain gravitas about them that the other cheeky Bond films do not. He's a
bit of a sociopath while the other Bonds, because they were playing the character with a smirk
underneath, only killed because they had to. Craig's Bond kills because he has to and he fucking
likes it. That makes him more interesting (it's kinda like how Bale plays his Batman, who is
definitely a sociopath).

I like this Bond reboot because he is a mortal. Those other catoony Bond flicks are for kiddies.
This means, then, that the gadgets are minimal; and the villains aren't so overblown (even though
Bardem's character in Skyfall was a bit much). So, I'm fine with him getting his ass kicked and
needing to be saved from his imminent death by a chick (that we later see him fuck, since you
personally need to see that in your James Bond films).

The problem with Spectre is that it is too long and it is bathetic. After Skyfall, the next Bond in-
stallment was sure to be anticlimatic. Spectre gets weighted down by an underwhelming per-
formance by Christoph Waltz and to be honest with you, I wouldn't argue too much with you if
you said that the flick sucked because Craig mailed this one in. He's even articulated as much
as he's openly indicated that he's tired of playing the role. It's not a bad film, and it's not a bad
James Bond film in this particular canon. It's just a boring film that is a bit too formulaic; being
a spy film notwithstanding. Where I do agree with you is in your sentiments regarding the theme
song (it sucked) and the cinematography (it's beautiful).

The man from Uncle. It was okay plot wise and action wise but MY GOD could Henry and Armie Hammer be any hotter.

lazycrockett said:

The man from Uncle. It was okay plot wise and action wise but MY GOD could Henry and Armie Hammer be any hotter.

Hnery, no way that would be a crime, he is... look at that ass and that face.

214 said:

lazycrockett said:

The man from Uncle. It was okay plot wise and action wise but MY GOD could Henry and Armie Hammer be any hotter.

Hnery, no way that would be a crime, he is... look at that ass and that face.

please, let's not demean the man, that's a little insensitive

XxAxX said:

214 said:

Hnery, no way that would be a crime, he is... look at that ass and that face.

please, let's not demean the man, that's a little insensitive

Why, he got a great big ass and that face and that body.

214 said:

XxAxX said:

please, let's not demean the man, that's a little insensitive

Why, he got a great big ass and that face and that body.

good one

RodeoSchro said:

It was Family Night at the Movies last night. We voted on what to go see. I voted for "Creed', naturally. I got outvoted. We saw "SPECTRE". I should have pulled a George W. Bush and protested the ballot, appealed to the Family Supreme Court, and had the results of a valid election overturned.

But I didn't. At least I didn't invade the wrong country!

I will admit that I was anticipating this movie. More than a few Orgers and reviewers have said this is a great movie, very exciting, incredible opening scene, etc.

You were all wrong!

That first scene was a snooze fest! Bond popped off a few shots, landed on a couch, and followed some guy with a bad Man Bun. They rolled around in a helicopter, and Bond finally wins. I guess we were supposed to be wowed by a helicopter doing barrel rolls and a loop. Saw that already, back in the 80's, in "Blue Thunder".

To top it off, Bond didn't even go back to the girl he had waiting!

I told myself, "Self, you are in trouble. All those Orgers said the first scene was the most exciting scene in the movie, but then it gets kind of boring. If the scene I just yawned through is the MOST exciting scene, you're going to need to go to the bar - a lot. Of snap! We're at a regular theater, not the one with a bar! Arrrrrrrrgggggggghhhhhho f*** the next two hours!"

Sure enough, the next scene was the opening song. Oh man does that song SUCK. I guess I am not a fan of Sam Smith. All I know about the guy is that he ripped off Tom Petty, and he sang the worst, most boring James Bond song ever. I needed booze, stat!!!!!!

I didn't get any.

OK, it's not like this was the worst movie ever made. It was boring, the acting was wooden and laconic (although Ben Affleck was nowhere to be found), the gadgets were non-existent, the villian(s)were laughable, their plot to take over the whatever was infantile, and the locations were third-rate. But it was shot well.

The problem with this movie is that it is a James Bond movie.

Daniel Craig is not a bad actor. But he is a bad James Bond.

This movie was not a bad spy movie. But it is a pathetic James Bond movie.

Bond is the gold standard. You can NOT bring Bond down to the level of a mere mortal. Every single thing Bond does is bigger than life. The most beautiful girls in the world throw themselves at him, and he willingly accepts. He goes to only the most exotic and coolest places on Earth. He drives only the coolest car on the planet. He has the neatest gadgets. He wins every fight, and he NEVER needs a girl to save him by shooting the bad guy.

"SPECTRE" fails in all those metrics.

I see now what I have to do.

I have to write a James Bond movie, and I must have complete control over casting.

Since "SPECTRE" holds itself out as a James Bond movie, it must be rated as a James Bond movie. I can only give "SPECTRE" five of Jaws' metal teeth out of thirty-two possible Jaws' metal teeth.

JustErin said:

I also recently watched two Kristen Wiig movies.

"When Alice Klieg wins the Mega-Millions lottery, she immediately quits her psychiatric meds and buys her own talk show."

"Following many years of estrangement, twins Milo and Maggie have an unexpected reunion after a set of near-tragedies."

I like Wiig and enjoyed both movies. The Skeleton Twins was better than Welcome to Me, though.

I saw a bit of the latter (on HBO?). The "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" scene and a little bit on both sides of that. I always find Hader likeable.

lazycrockett said:

The man from Uncle. It was okay plot wise and action wise but MY GOD could Henry and Armie Hammer be any hotter.

Henry Cavill, right? He was in this highly underrated flick (don't know why he's not listed above the title - his role is as big as Begley's, Clarkson's, Hill's or McKean's):