J.H. Posted January 24, 2014 Posted January 24, 2014 Sonny Chiba is Duke Togo aka Golgo 13 in... The Kowloon Assignment! James
Lawful Metal Posted January 24, 2014 Posted January 24, 2014 Knowing is so batshit insane it works. Them kids got saved like Noah's Ark. But what if it's nonfiction?
Antacular Posted January 24, 2014 Posted January 24, 2014 If Nicholas Cage is our only salvation, then we're better off with the fire and brimstone. 2
J.T. Posted January 24, 2014 Posted January 24, 2014 There is not nearly enough love for Shogun's Ninja in the Sonny Chiba birthday sidebar. Sonny Chiba as a villain = Fucking Tremendous. And then there is always: I HAVE TRAINED THESE NINJA TO ACT LIKE SPIDERS~!
Craig H Posted January 24, 2014 Posted January 24, 2014 Knowing is so batshit insane it works. Them kids got saved like Noah's Ark. But what if it's nonfiction? I know you're joking, but I asked a friend of mine about the solar flare thing since he's an astrophysicist at Notre Dame. He said it would be impossible given Earth's distance from the Sun, along with the atmospheric and magnetic shielding Earth has. He said if the Sun kicks out a solar flare like that, then we would already be dead from the Sun going through late life cycle shit.
Fat Spanish Waiter Posted January 24, 2014 Posted January 24, 2014 If Nicholas Cage is our only salvation, then we're better off with the fire and brimstone. It depends on if you're ready...
Antacular Posted January 24, 2014 Posted January 24, 2014 Thank god, for a second I thought I had walked myself into a Ghost Rider clip.
Tabe Posted January 24, 2014 Posted January 24, 2014 Knowing is so batshit insane it works. Them kids got saved like Noah's Ark. But what if it's nonfiction? I know you're joking, but I asked a friend of mine about the solar flare thing since he's an astrophysicist at Notre Dame. He said it would be impossible given Earth's distance from the Sun, along with the atmospheric and magnetic shielding Earth has. He said if the Sun kicks out a solar flare like that, then we would already be dead from the Sun going through late life cycle shit. You're a wet blanket. I refuse to believe Knowing was anything other than a documentary.
caley Posted January 25, 2014 Posted January 25, 2014 Speaking of Moon Landing FAKERY~! Did you guys knew about the theory about theory about Kubrick being the director of said footage? I watched http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2085910/ Room 237, which deals with interpretations of sub-texts in The Shining and one of them was about Kubrick dealing with filming the moon landing and "apologizing" for it, it's interesting but super dumb imo. Watched this movie tonight and there's one part where it shows the room key in the open room and that the key says "ROOM No. 237" and he said it was proof that the film was about the moon landing because the capital letters on the key can only be arranged to spell out two words "MOON" AND "ROOM" and I said "Well, those two and MORON!" and then I danced around the room laughing at my own joke and declared it the finest thing I had come up with in all my life: the summation of my life's work. The movie is somehow fascinating and dumb, because some of the theories are so out there and the flimsiest little thing is used as evidence to support their theory. Like the woman who said Jack is a minotaur because there is a poster of a skier in the background, but since there's no skiing there, it's actually a minotaur and says "It appears that he's holding a ski pole, but he's not" when the skier is clearly holding a ski pole. 2
Reed Posted January 25, 2014 Posted January 25, 2014 I'm conflicted: I do truly echo Roger Ebert's sentiments that once a director has finished his film, it's not his anymore. It's been given to the audience and they can interpret it how they want. On the other hand, anyone thinking Kubrick decided to use this film to (very) cryptically hint he faked the moon landings is clearly nuts. I kind of thought Room 237 was mainly about how this film about a man who goes mad had, in fact, attracted a bunch of mad people to it. It's not about the movie; it's about them.
piranesi Posted January 25, 2014 Posted January 25, 2014 I think there's a distinction between what Ebert was saying, which is that after an artwork is done, we are free to read whatever we want into it, and people who insist on attributing their ideas to the author/director because they crave some sort of official authority. It always annoys me when people have an idea about a book or movie and they feel they have to justify it by foisting it on the author, "This is what he really meant." Just own it and say "This is what I get out of it." Lit. critics do that all the time and it annoys the shit out of me, like they do a great reading and find some cool ideas and then have to claim the authority from somewhere other than themselves, so they're like "This is what T.S. Eliot was really trying to say..." Just own your own ideas and leave him out of it. If an interpretation is compelling and well-written, it doesn't need the author's stamp of approval. I could give half a fuck about what the director was really trying to say if someone comes along and says something more interesting about their movie. 1
Reed Posted January 25, 2014 Posted January 25, 2014 OK, so say you're Stanley Kubrick and you somehow got roped into faking the moon landing. If you really wanted to get the truth out there, wouldn't a death bed confession or one of those "Only Open When I'm Dead" letters be a better way rather than subliminally inserting it into a movie in a way in which only 0.0001% of people are going to get?
Lawful Metal Posted January 25, 2014 Posted January 25, 2014 V/H/S/2 "Safe Haven" by Gareth Evans is the best horror short I have ever seen. Wow. Didn't care for the "eye" one that much, and the "alien abduction" one was ok. The "Bike Ride Zombie" one was very good and even a bit moving -- it's the one I watched twice -- but it pales to the sheer madness and creepiness of "Safe Haven." And, sheesh, someone call whoever doesn't win on SyFy's "Face/Off" and get them to work on some of the costumes used in movies like this. "Eye" and "Alien Abduction" really suffered for it (and "Safe Haven" too, but that might have been somewhat intentional). 1
Tabe Posted January 25, 2014 Posted January 25, 2014 Drinking Buddies - Olivia Wilde is Kate. She works at a brewery with Luke. They are best friends and drinking buddies and are dating other people but seem to want to date each other. This is a nothing-happening little indie movie that thinks it's funny but isn't. It also thinks stilted improv - or badly scripted - dialogue is awesome. It's not. There's really nothing here other than Wilde being hot and even that isn't done right. She goes topless but for like two seconds. In bad light. Whoopdeedoo. This movie was a waste of time. 3/10. 2
BNosanchuk Posted January 25, 2014 Posted January 25, 2014 Drinking Buddies - Olivia Wilde is Kate. She works at a brewery with Luke. They are best friends and drinking buddies and are dating other people but seem to want to date each other. This is a nothing-happening little indie movie that thinks it's funny but isn't. It also thinks stilted improv - or badly scripted - dialogue is awesome. It's not. There's really nothing here other than Wilde being hot and even that isn't done right. She goes topless but for like two seconds. In bad light. Whoopdeedoo. This movie was a waste of time. 3/10. Thanks! I'd downloaded this but have not watched yet. Its that bad, even for an indie? it appears the Dir, Joe Swanberg has been steadily multi-tasking movie making for the past couple years and is starting to work with some name talent.
Curt McGirt Posted January 25, 2014 Posted January 25, 2014 "Safe Haven" was a trip, and may be the best "found footage" horror I've ever seen. (no, I have never seen Cloverfield or Blair Witch. and I am not interested, either) I'm still disappointed that I never got to finish the film when I was watching it with my friends a couple months ago.
Fat Spanish Waiter Posted January 25, 2014 Posted January 25, 2014 Watching The Butler and how the fuck did the US become a superpower with such a shithouse population? Watching these fucking twats drag black people out of a restaurant because they dared sit in a the "white" section - 50 years ago! My parents were alive when this shit was happening, unbelievable. 1
nate Posted January 25, 2014 Posted January 25, 2014 Watching The Butler and how the fuck did the US become a superpower with such a shithouse population? Watching these fucking twats drag black people out of a restaurant because they dared sit in a the "white" section - 50 years ago! My parents were alive when this shit was happening, unbelievable. And they did nothing to stop it?!??! 3
Fat Spanish Waiter Posted January 25, 2014 Posted January 25, 2014 At that point I assume not pissing the bed was their main priority. 1
S.K.o.S. Posted January 25, 2014 Posted January 25, 2014 Drinking Buddies - Olivia Wilde is Kate. She works at a brewery with Luke. They are best friends and drinking buddies and are dating other people but seem to want to date each other. This is a nothing-happening little indie movie that thinks it's funny but isn't. It also thinks stilted improv - or badly scripted - dialogue is awesome. It's not. There's really nothing here other than Wilde being hot and even that isn't done right. She goes topless but for like two seconds. In bad light. Whoopdeedoo. This movie was a waste of time. 3/10. I can't argue with your criticisms. What I liked about it was first, you get to see Joe Swanberg and Ti West in scenes with more famous people. If you're not real familiar with those guys, it's not going to mean anything to you. Second, yes the dialogue is improvised, and yes there are quite a few awkward moments because of it. Swanberg was clearly not afraid to throw all these famous actors to the wolves, and that's what made it interesting for me. Some of them can handle it better than others. Some of them seem to start off bad but then improve over the course of the movie (assuming that the scenes were shot in order).
Craig H Posted January 25, 2014 Posted January 25, 2014 I really liked Drinking Buddies, but I will say that Ron Livingston, and, to a lesser extent, Anna Kendrick are fucking awful at improvisation. Everything with Olivia Wilde and Jake Johnson felt very much like real life. I've been through a similar situation myself. Hell, I'm kind of in that situation now. I know others who have been in that position before. It also almost rarely works out. That said, I'm happy the movie stayed going in that direction and didn't go for something cliched and obvious. It isn't the best movie, but it worked for me.
piranesi Posted January 25, 2014 Posted January 25, 2014 Watching The Butler and how the fuck did the US become a superpower with such a shithouse population? Watching these fucking twats drag black people out of a restaurant because they dared sit in a the "white" section - 50 years ago! My parents were alive when this shit was happening, unbelievable. The answer is in your question. It's gross, but oppressing or enslaving entire populations is actually a pretty well-trod first step toward becoming a superpower. It's always been the worst thing.
cwoy2j Posted January 25, 2014 Posted January 25, 2014 Watching The Butler and how the fuck did the US become a superpower with such a shithouse population? Watching these fucking twats drag black people out of a restaurant because they dared sit in a the "white" section - 50 years ago! My parents were alive when this shit was happening, unbelievable. How did Germany become a super power when they were actually exterminating people?
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