The Natural Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Mark Kemode is my favourite film critic. I met Mark two years ago, he's great. A site has put together a list of Mark's ten most famous rants: http://whatculture.com/film/10-hilarious-mark-kermode-rants.php Well worth it. I'd especially recommend #4-1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Mark Kermode is fantastic. His rants are pure comedy gold. An under-rated one is his "review" of The Hangover part III. It was so soul-suckingly vapid and empty, he couldn't even work up any anger. It was just...there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antacular Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 I'm glad it wasn't just me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrag Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Just getting back from NOAH. Yeah, we're probably going to need a thread for this one. I'll wait for a few other people to see it, but needless to say Aronofsky is something else.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Is it as insane as the initial screenings made it out to be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 It looks like the best D&D movie ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrag Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 I sort of loved it. The changes to the bible story are evident right away. When Noah is telling the creation story to his children, the audience is seeing large passages of time between "days." There are ROCK MONSTERS building the arc etc... But even then it sort of stays light for the first two acts as the arc is being built and the creator (the word God is never used) is granting miracles, but holy shit is the third act pure Aronofsky. It's pretty much a horror film from there on out and I have no idea how it managed a PG 13 rating. You leave the theater thinking more about the destruction of humanity than the rainbow at the end of the storm. Russell Crowe was great. His best work in a decade at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antacular Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 "The ark in the Bible was 400 cubits but the one here is only 300. This movie is gay." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Watching the Wolf of Wall Street and this is the most amazing movie ever. It's like it was made from my craziest dreams. I'm also only an hour in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Speaking of Mark Kermode, I was reading one of his books recently and he mentioned that Waterworld actually made a very decent profit when all was said and done. Mainly due to overseas ticket sales and video sales. Cleoparta is widely regarded as a massive flop, too, but TV rights money actually allowed it to break even in the 70s. There's the idea that even if a movie cost a fortune and is a notorious flop, people still want to see it (unless it just looks absolutely miserable like Heaven's Gate.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Two hours in and Coach Taylor is my hero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Jon Bernthal, also awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Coach. Fucking. Taylor. I will watch every movie this guy is in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Coach. Fucking. Taylor. I will watch every movie this guy is in. Have you seen the Spectacular Now where he plays a very Un-Coach Taylory role? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Two hours in and Coach Taylor is my hero. Jonah. Hill. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Everyone is awesome. Even the rich white trash girl who played a poor white trash girl in Ted. The end of that movie takes such a turn though, and I don't want to spoil any of it, but it pretty much defines the feeling of, "woah...shit got real." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Strange personal trivia: my 6th grade social studies teacher showed us Cleopatra. He was an odd duck, that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antacular Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 I convinced a film studies teacher in 10th or 11th grade to play Scarface. The 1981 version. Completely uncensored. I think he was fired at the end of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mco543 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 We watched Slap Shot in school when I was in 8th grade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Spanish Waiter Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 A friend of mine pointed out that David Mamet is awesome, so I've begun a mini marathon. Watched Spartan tonight. It was ace. Big Val is great, and the rest of the cast all had run-ins on The Unit which was great. Unfortunately Veronica Mars appears to ham up and ruin stuff, but luckily Big Val manages to keep her in check. Great movie. Also so cool to hear Big Val use "how about that" as often as Jonas Blaine did. Next is Glengarry Glen Ross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 A friend of mine pointed out that David Mamet is awesome, so I've begun a mini marathon. Watched Spartan tonight. It was ace. Big Val is great, and the rest of the cast all had run-ins on The Unit which was great. Unfortunately Veronica Mars appears to ham up and ruin stuff, but luckily Big Val manages to keep her in check. Great movie. Also so cool to hear Big Val use "how about that" as often as Jonas Blaine did. Next is Glengarry Glen Ross. I'm pretty sure you're gonna love it, it's fucking great. Then watch House of Games, it'll blow your mind. The only bad thing about it is that you really can only watch it once. But that one time is a fucking blast. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sublime Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Some how we got to watch Natural Born Killers in 8th grade and it was in my advanced math class. The teacher was not back the following year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Waterworld doesn't get enough credit. Not because it's secretly a classic or anything like that, but it was the first ever Global Warming movie. But somehow Al Gore ended up with Kevin's oscar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrag Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 The NOAH backlash is so great. SOOO GREAT!! Banned in some countries, the Fox News types hate it etc etc. Search on Twitter if you're interested in the wide range of crazy. Critics and Aronofsky fans both seem to be split. It's a polarizing movie to be sure, reminds me of The Fountain in that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Wait...NOAH isn't about the Japanese wrestling group?? So much for me going to see it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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