AxB Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 That film is called Bad Neighbours over here, to avoid confusion with an Australian Soap Opera that was popular in the late 1980s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcosLoura Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 AxB I love that you hate Refn. Keep sending the films on the mail though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 So, yeah, me and the guys went to the movies last night: John Wick - Do you want to see 90 minutes of Keanu Reeves half-growling his lines and busting out headshots on a whole bunch of fools? Yes, yes, you do. This movie does nothing original - except perhaps not having Reeves bang the hot female assassin trying to kill him - but it does everything really well. It's slick, it's fast-paced, it has some humor and Reeves is fantastic in this. The bad guys are a bunch of cliches (Russian bad guys who smoke with the youngish son who's a totally entitled douchebag listening to obnoxious rap music) mixed with the "Mayhem" guy from car insurance commercials but you don't care. They mess with Keanu's dog and he makes them pay. And it all just...works. So ignore the flaws, dream of a world where John Wick kidnaps Liam Neeson's daughter or something, and enjoy this movie. It's a lot of fun. 9/10. Um...where was Keanu's dog when he was doing 100mph donuts and slamming on the brakes? One second it's there, one second it's not. WTF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 AxB I love that you hate Refn. Keep sending the films on the mail though. I din't buy this one, it was on the telly. And I'm not sending you my Tivo box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 You know I bet when they wrote Neighbors they thought "oh yeah, these are the kind of parents any kid would want!" Nope. Not really. "Lame" parents are the best ones. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Fact: 75% of movies now are aging action stars swearing revenge on foreign bad guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 So in order to balance that we need more movies about young immigrants coming to America, getting screwed over by senior guys, and forgiving them? Without the forgiveness part, that's a bit like the plot of GTA 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 So in order to balance that we need more movies about young immigrants coming to America, getting screwed over by senior guys, and forgiving them? Without the forgiveness part, that's a bit like the plot of GTA 4. With less bowling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mco543 Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 And less shitty, meaningless dates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcosLoura Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 AxB I love that you hate Refn. Keep sending the films on the mail though. I din't buy this one, it was on the telly. And I'm not sending you my Tivo box. Rude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Since we need to lay the October Horrordays thread to rest I'll put this here. Puppet Master III is pretty good after all these years. It was acclaimed as the best of the PM films and I agree. It's a period film set in 1941 Nazi Germany where Andre Toulon (Guy Rolfe), the original puppet master, is caught doing subversive marionette skits (and bringing his puppets to life with his secret serum) by an undercover Nazi. This brings him to the attention of a doctor trying to bring the dead back to life to use as human shields on the Russian front and the local Gestapo head played by a typically vicious Richard Lynch, who promptly murders Toulon's wife. Toulon escapes and plots his revenge. I don't know how Charlie Band swung the money but they actually shot this at Universal Studios in Hollywood and it looks pretty good. Some good gore, decent puppet effects, and more than anything Guy Rolfe's performance really carries it as he goes from gentle old man to bitter and vengeful but still with a good heart. Cool to know the puppets are inhabited by the souls of people killed by the Nazis, too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/my-miserable-night-at-jordan-737331 Interesting and somewhat depressing take on Jordan Belfort and his current seminar tour. It's amazing how the movie portrayed him as this huge, charismatic big shot (and maybe he was back then) but it's rather clear at this point he's just a two-bit con artist...and not even a very good one. Most there were asking for a refund. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Magnificent 7 Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/my-miserable-night-at-jordan-737331 Interesting and somewhat depressing take on Jordan Belfort and his current seminar tour. It's amazing how the movie portrayed him as this huge, charismatic big shot (and maybe he was back then) but it's rather clear at this point he's just a two-bit con artist...and not even a very good one. Most there were asking for a refund. Funny that people pay to go to a known scam artist and then complain about being scammed. Entertaining movie, but if you thought to yourself at any point of the film that "I'd like to meet / know this guy in real life" you probably need help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Honestly, I don't think the guy is even that smart. No clue how he managed to make all that money so young, even if it was by dishonest means, unless everyone around him was just as stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caley Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 So, I was watching 'Her' for the...jeez...fifth time earlier tonight and noticed a part that I never spotted before that made me laugh. When Samantha has Theodore walking around with his eyes closed and telling him to spin around and sneeze and stuff, just before she says "Everybody thinks you're really drunk" and he orders the pizza, you can see a girl in the background catch her heel and stumble as the guy beside her tries to kind of keep her going. I just like to imagine her going "I'm gonna be in a movie! I'm gonna be a movie! All I have to is walk and..shit! Nobody saw it, you're still good, you're still good." Also, I think the best line in the movie is when Theodore and Samantha are out on the double date with Chris Pratt's girlfriend and his character and Samantha goes on this spiel about how she was sad she didn't have a body but she realized it doesn't matter and how everyone else's body will rot and decay and they all go silent and Chris Pratt just goes "Yikes" and it's so perfect. So, to sum it up, I really love that movie. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoy2j Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Just got back from NIGHTCRAWLER. It's not for anyone without patience since it takes it's sweet time building to the big event seen in the trailers. The ending will definitely turn some people off, but Jake G. carries the movie on his back and is so awesome at playing the skeeviest, sleaziest sociopath possible that I still give it a solid two thumbs up. More thoughts may be forthcoming tomorrow. Just saw it last night and thought it was pretty awesome as well. However, I don't see why the ending would turn some people off. Honestly, once I got into the story that's how I expected it to end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.K.o.S. Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 I guess I'm going to have to see Birdman since everyone in the world is talking about how great it is. I saw John Wick this week... still gotta see Birdman, Nightcrawler, Whiplash, Interstellar and Big Hero 6. Also wouldn't mind seeing The Skeleton Twins, St. Vincent and Force Majeure. And that's just what's in theaters right now, never mind the stuff from earlier in the year I have to catch up on. Might do a multiplex weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 I like how the producers of Nightcrawler and Birdman are hoping people buy tickets thinking they are about to see a comic book movie but then just stay because they realize the movie is very, very good. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Austin Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Just wait til you see Berendal. More of a story but just as good fight scenes. I especially love the final fight with the Assassin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.K.o.S. Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 I saw John Wick this week... still gotta see Birdman, Nightcrawler, Whiplash, Interstellar and Big Hero 6. Also wouldn't mind seeing The Skeleton Twins, St. Vincent and Force Majeure. And that's just what's in theaters right now, never mind the stuff from earlier in the year I have to catch up on. Might do a multiplex weekend. So I only managed to cross two of those off my list, probably the two lowest profile ones. Force Majeure: This is a front-runner for Best Foreign Film Oscar, about a family on a ski trip. They're eating lunch on a mountainside patio when an avalanche begins; it looks like it's going to hit the patio, everyone panics, and the dad takes off running, abandoning his family. The avalanche doesn't make it to the patio and the dad comes back, but now the mom is pissed at him and we get 90 minutes of tension. As far as foreign film contenders, I thought Haemoo was much better than this, but it's not bad. Good examination of relationship dynamics and the male psyche. There is some symbolism (the grimy hotel worker guy pretty clearly represents relationship problems), and it's the final scene, on a bus, that I'm thinking about the most. It seems to send an anti-relationship message, but not sure if I'm interpreting it correctly. They did a really good job shooting that part, though, making a normal bus ride seem as frightening as possible. Glad I saw it in a theatre just for that. The Skeleton Twins: Again, not bad, not great. After Adult Beginners and this, I may have to stop completely trusting that I'll love anything the Duplass brothers produce. Not an SNL guy (only seen Hader in The To-Do List, I think) so I have no strong feelings about the stars... I'd say it was forgettable, except that I've had Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now stuck in my head for about 24 hours now. The way they frame shots to get across the siblings' relationship really stuck out to me. Like the two of them will be having a conversation, the camera flips back and forth between them as they're speaking, and one will be alllll the way on the left of the screen and the other will be allll the way on the right, because they're emotionally far apart. And that changes as the movie progresses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assfax Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Just ordered Dolph Lundgren Punisher Blu Ray from amazon UK. This is a test run and if shit is good I'll be on a slippery slope. Didn't want to splurge on Thunderbolt & Lightfoot 'til I confirm the kill. Other imports that sound good are Flight of the Navigator and Buckaroo Banzai. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caley Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Just watched Like Father, Like Son and knew it would be good, but wasn't really prepared, for some reason, for how straight-up emotional it is. It's a Hirokazu Koreeda film (And, man, I'm not sure there's a more consistent director working on the planet right now: Maborosi, After Life, Nobody Knows, Still Walking, I Wish all excellent films) and it's just devastating. A well-to-do architect and his wife discover that their son was switched at birth with another boy who has been raised by a lower-class family who runs a repair shop and have to decide whether or not to switch back to their biological sons. The architect, who always found his son to be a little soft and unambitious, thrills at the thought of raising a child more like him, even though he never spares any time with his son anyways. In his arrogance, he also has a pipe dream about raising both boys. The families do a sort of 'son exchange' with each son going to live, unknowingly, with their biological parents for weekends over a series of months. Now I'm not a parent, myself, but when the parents start to realize that they might have made a mistake (I won't tell you which option they chose), it's just an absolute gut-punch of a scene with a wonderful performance by Masaharu Fukuyama that conveys so much without words. I think I'm starting to ramble here, but it's really good and by our DVDVR rules it's eligible for the 'Best of 2014' list so you should watch it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Big Hero 6 was a blast! So much fun. The short with the dog called "Feast" was unbelievable. Excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Just got back from seeing... Interstellar - LOL. Seriously, that's my reaction. There's some nice ideas and themes in this movie but...man. There are so many plot holes, mistakes, and leaps in logic it's like somebody took a machine gun to the script. Good grief. Even technically it disappoints. It was apparently shot on film- film left out in one of the dirt storms from the movie, that is. It's grainy, dull, and flat. The special effects are unimpressive, with some looking like they were ripped straight out of a medium-budget sci-film. From 1984. Anne Hathaway's dialogue and deliver range from pretty good to laughably terrible. And, well, it's an Anne Hathaway movie so, of course she cries. Maybe she's crying over the way her skin changes shades for no apparent reason, from pale to almost ghostly white and back again. Matthew Mconahayhayhayhayhay spends the entire movie acting like he simply doesn't have the energy to enunciate or even fully speak his lines. The little girl who play's the daughter is very good in her limited screen time. Jessica Chastain looks good but is pretty unremarkable in a part that doesn't ask much of her. Having said all that, like I mentioned, there's some nice themes here. The overarching "survival instinct" theme.is well-done. The pull of love and family are well-done. The last 5-10 minutes of the movie is really good. And, despite being 3 hours long, the movie doesn't feel particularly long. In the end, though, this movie is simply not good. 4/10. Maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 The last fifteen minutes of the movie are terrible, man. We were talking about it in the Nolan thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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