caley Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 I feel like the girlfriend relationship is really important. When the movie starts, he's going to movies with his dad and flirting with girls at the movie theater, just like a regular teenager. When he gets in with the band, he uses his newfound confidence to ask her out. As he becomes bolder and more believing in his own hype, he casts the girl aside, casually, because, as she puts it "I'm just a silly girl who doesn't know what she's doing and you're going to be a famous drummer." The callous, again casual way he discards something that just weeks/months earlier was his be-all/end-all is a window into how all-consuming his goal to be a famous drummer has become and acts as a prelude to what happens when he ultimately snaps and attacks Fletcher The relationship with the girlfriend is crucial as a signpost along the way as to just how far he's gone off the deep end, really. It's like a reminder of what's going on in the real world, and just how far divorced from that world Andrew has become. The dinner's another example. I mean, sure they were lauding the sports accomplishments, but no one put his accomplishments down until he acted like a dick about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 In one of the funnier instances of padding a shitty movie I've ever seen, try sitting through the final credits of LEPRECHAUN: ORIGINS some time. I didn't see the movie, and I didn't see all the credits. But when I entered the room the t.v. was on and they were already at "Boom operator"...so pretty deep in, and I listened to the music a little and noticed they were happening very deliberately slowly, like two or three names and then cut away to some scenery and then a couple more names and then some more scenery. I left the room and made a sandwich and when I came back in they were still going. So I rewound to see how long they had been running since "Boom Operator" and it was 9 1/2 minutes. Now you figure at that rate, it took them at least 3 minutes maybe to get to boom operator? So, we're looking at maybe 12-13 minutes of credits...for LEPRECHAUN: ORIGINS They cycled through the annoying soundtrack like five times. SUPERMAN: THE MOTION PICTURE was considered infamously absurd at 8 minutes. So running time: 87 minutes. Movie part: 74 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.K.o.S. Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Some of those comic book movies where I'm sitting in the theatre waiting for the post-credits scene sure feel like at least 8 minutes of credits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 I was just reading this interview with Gemma Arterton in yesterday's paper. She said that Under the Skin was originally put together to have her be the star, but they couldn't get funding with her attached, and needed someone more famous. But that's OK, because she decided she doesn't want to be famous any more. After doing Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters she phoned her agent and said "Stop putting me in these shit movies". Paraphrasing, obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Great, now I'm thinking about Gemma Arterton walking around nude in that damn movie instead of ScarJo. Might be preferable, actually (though I still haven't seen the film and therefore Scarlet's goods. Yes, I know there is Google for that, but I'd rather just watch the movie). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 The look of utter despair and horror in the eyes of Jeremy Renner in Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters is probably the only notable thing about that movie. Now there is a man who wonders if getting to pay off his mortgage is worth such an indignity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caley Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Had a pretty great run of rewatching awesome movies on TV this lazy week. Neighbors: This is good, silly fun. Jerrod Carmichael would steal the entire movie, but then everything Ike Berinholtz does is just the best. Hot Rod One of the great unheralded things about this movie is the fact they have a score. Not just like random songs thrown together (Though there are a bunch of those) but this great sweeping score that they use to over-dramatize moments and make stuff that is just silly over-the-top hilarious. Like Rod getting to his feet after being knocked unconscious (And witnessing a taco/grilled cheese fistfight and coming to uttering the word "Hoobastank") to watch the money pour in via donation, and there's this grand sweeping orchestral score as Chris Parnell talks about them hitting Rod's stepfather's "conveniently-priced surgery" and it just goes from silly to incredibly funny. I also give this movie credit for coaxing Danny McBride back into acting (He was only planning on directing/writing) because he's just the best. Mud: Man, 'Mud' is good. I've probably watched large swathes of this movie over 10 times, while I've watched it in its entirety at least 5-6 times. The only problem is if my brother or I watch it, we're gonna be talking like Arkansans for the rest of the day. My brother called my mother "Snakewoman" after watching this, then when someone asked him something he said "I could give a good goddamn if you curl up next to her". Also, one time at a party, a propos of nothing, my brother said "Put this beside your bed, snake won't cross a braided rope" and, of course, no one else had seen 'Mud' so it just made the two of us laugh. But it was worth it. Great score in this one, and a terrific cast: Matthew McConaughey (his favourite movie!), Reese Witherspoon, Michael Shannon, Joe Don Baker, Sam Shepherd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(BP) Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 You know, if they had taken the tangential connections to the first one out and called it something else, Grease 2 would be much more fondly remembered. I'll see myself out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 I watched Shame. It was one of those films that had lots of long shots that, although they were beautifully composed, ultimately they told a story of a moment in which nothing happened and nobody said anything. And it had a false ending that would have worked as an ending, before actually ending on a scene that said 'nothing has been resolved or even slightly changed about any of these people'. The moral of the story appears to be that you shouldn't go off and shag loads of gay lads and hookers, because if you do your emotionally vulnerable sister might attempt suicide and you'd feel slightly guilty for a bit. Although that means those of us who don't have sisters (or have sisters who aren't emotionally vulnerable) can shag as many gay lads and hookers as we want. Also it tricked us into thinking she'd jumped in front of his train when actually she'd moderately sliced her wrists. So that was a surprise. They should have had a scene where he kept putting ice packs on his nutsack, because otherwise it's unrealistic how he was able to shoot his load so frequently... unless Michael F. Assbender was miscast and the character was supposed to be 16 years old or something. Also, why was everyone in Hollywood freaking out over his nob size? Haven't they been to Europe? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Anyone seen 71, the movie about the British soldier in belfast in 1971? Playing in the 'local' art house this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.K.o.S. Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 No, but it's at 98% on RT and I loved Starred Up so I'd say check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critts Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Anyone seen 71, the movie about the British soldier in belfast in 1971? Playing in the 'local' art house this week. I actually saw this earlier today and thought it was great. There was a few parts where I wished it had some English subtitles since there are some very thick accents. Jack O'Connell was great and hopefully this movie finds an audience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawful Metal Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Watched 13 Assassins again last night. I think I can watch that battle scene a hundred times and pick up something new from it. So satisfying. Still not 100% on what's going on with the forest demon, but it adds, not detracts. Hirayama must have taken out 50 dudes by himself. That dude needs to be in more movies because he just projects bad ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 ^ 1963 or 2010? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawful Metal Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 I watched Shame. It was one of those films that had lots of long shots that, although they were beautifully composed, ultimately they told a story of a moment in which nothing happened and nobody said anything. And it had a false ending that would have worked as an ending, before actually ending on a scene that said 'nothing has been resolved or even slightly changed about any of these people'. The moral of the story appears to be that you shouldn't go off and shag loads of gay lads and hookers, because if you do your emotionally vulnerable sister might attempt suicide and you'd feel slightly guilty for a bit. Although that means those of us who don't have sisters (or have sisters who aren't emotionally vulnerable) can shag as many gay lads and hookers as we want. Also it tricked us into thinking she'd jumped in front of his train when actually she'd moderately sliced her wrists. So that was a surprise. They should have had a scene where he kept putting ice packs on his nutsack, because otherwise it's unrealistic how he was able to shoot his load so frequently... unless Michael F. Assbender was miscast and the character was supposed to be 16 years old or something. Also, why was everyone in Hollywood freaking out over his nob size? Haven't they been to Europe? This is one of the best breakdowns of Shame that I've seen. Nice work. I thought it was fucked up, but when you put it in that light, I guess it's not THAT fucked up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 The problem was, it was set in New York, and the hero had one of those office jobs that the writer didn't understand, so his working life seemed to consist of wandering around the office and not saying things in meetings... but it's unclear what he actually does. So it came across like American Psycho-lite, only with a psychopath who doesn't actually kill people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Just watched this at the theater. It's somewhere between Four Rooms, Pulp Fiction, and Tales From The Crypt (the Amicus version). If you don't watch it you're seriously missing out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 That does look pretty good. Gonna keep an eye out for where I can see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Z Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 In preparation for Wrestlemania I just watched this instant classic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ur6XdaGNlTY Truly a must-see for every wrestling fan. One of the dog's wrestling moves is pissing his opponent in the face and then choking him until he passes out. I've never seen that one before, I think. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(BP) Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 My favorite part is that it was clearly supposed to be called Russelmania, but they couldn't negotiate the obvious proprietary hurdles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Was it PWG that had to change the name of "Kurtrussellmania" to "Kurtrussellreunion?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomAct Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 I finally got around to watching Edge of Tomorrow last night. Not much to say other than it was a fun ass movie. EDIT: Watched Divergent today and it was just dreadful. Everything felt so weightless and boring. Kate Winslet is too good for this series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Killer Joe (Friedkin, 2011). This film is fucking nasty, man. McConaughey bringing the sleazy bastard, but with real charisma... the movie is cast and acted to make his character seem vastly more important and significant than anyone else, and everyone defers to him. So it's like he becomes the hero of the movie, even though his character is a dirty cop, contract killer, perverted probable rapist. So basically it's a movie with a black hole where the moral centre should be, which it more or less gives away itselfin the first three minutes. With a close up shot of Gina Gershon's naked bush, as she opens the door to her step-son minus panties. And when he says she shouldn't do that, she says she didn't know who he was, as if that's a reasonable explanation. Also, it's violent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Yep. You'll never look at a piece of Kentucky Fried Chicken the same way again, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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