Movies, Movies, and More Movies [Archive]

imaguitargod

10-06-2006, 08:24 PM

Let's talk movies. I used to be called "Jon 'The Movie Man' " when I did work for Ainti it cool news and Dark Horizons and submitted almost all the up coming movie gossup. Now, I still keep up on the upcoming movie stuff but generally stick to Sci-Fi. Let's get this thread rolling with all talks of Drama, Sci-Fi, Comedy, and others.

P.S. The Big Libowski rocks!

DEFCON Creator

10-06-2006, 08:34 PM

Clockwork Orange...........Nothing more needs to be said when it comes to perfection...

imaguitargod

10-06-2006, 08:47 PM

Clockwork Orange...........Nothing more needs to be said when it comes to perfection...
I prefer Agent Orange........ :scared:

thehotpepper.com

10-06-2006, 08:53 PM

I made this movie:
...To Skin a Cat (http://www.toskinacat.com)

chuk hell

10-06-2006, 10:18 PM

I made this movie:
...To Skin a Cat (http://www.toskinacat.com)

Wow. That's really cool Dan. Is there a trailer or a clip on the net we can watch?

chuk hell

10-06-2006, 10:20 PM

I am a total movie geek. I am ready to atalk all kinds of movie jive!

Bring it on.

My Favorite director is Alejandro Jodorowsky..so chew on that.

DEFCON Creator

10-07-2006, 04:57 AM

What goes into 13 twice?

Roman Polanski.

POTAWIE

10-07-2006, 07:57 AM

I don't know if you guys get the tv show Trailer Park Boys, but the movie is out now and looks awesome. Good Canadian humour.

ross

10-07-2006, 11:18 AM

I don't know if you guys get the tv show Trailer Park Boys, but the movie is out now and looks awesome. Good Canadian humour.

have all the seasons they have released on dvd.

one night a few years back my friend showed me the show, oh man that is so funny.

my favorite was when cyrus has that pistol, and he says, i carry my 9mm, saftey.....always off.

there is so many good funny things in that show. especially all of the stuff bubbles does.

i would def second this that you should watch that show, very good stuff!

bubbaschili

10-07-2006, 01:09 PM

getting redy to go and see the new superman movie at the 2 dollar theater. i hate to say it but i realy love the boom of super hero movies. spidey...batman...superman...ect.

darthcarl

10-07-2006, 02:14 PM

Top 5 movies I've seen in the last 6 months

The Machinist
The Matador
Walk the Line
V for Vendetta

and nothing jumps as #5...oh well...top 4 I guess.

thehotpepper.com

10-07-2006, 02:18 PM

Wow. That's really cool Dan. Is there a trailer or a clip on the net we can watch?
Unfortunately not for free: http://www.greencine.com/webCatalog?id=193601&element=to+skin+a+cat

It'd be hard for me to pick a favorite film or director, but directors that rank up there are Billy Wilder and Jim Jarmusch, to name just two.

Cap'n Bones

10-07-2006, 02:31 PM

I made this movie:
...To Skin a Cat (http://www.toskinacat.com)

Cool!!! I'd like to see it...Any chance you'd sign one for me?

chuk hell

10-07-2006, 07:07 PM

Top 5 movies I've seen in the last 6 months

The Machinist
The Matador
Walk the Line
V for Vendetta

and nothing jumps as #5...oh well...top 4 I guess.

The Machinist had a tour de force performance by Christian Bale; starving himself down to a walking skeleon. Good movie. Creepy and claustraphobic.

Walk the Line was better than I expected it to be ( I'm a huge Cash fan) and I was impressed by the vocal performances of the two leads.

V for Vendetta was OK. I have not read all of the comics but the movie seemed just a little too talky. I did enjoy the scenes where the 1812 Overture was playing....;)

haven't seen The Matador yet.

chuk hell

10-07-2006, 07:18 PM

It'd be hard for me to pick a favorite film or director, but directors that rank up there are Billy Wilder and Jim Jarmusch, to name just two.

Yeah, I like Wilder too although i've only seen 5 or 6 of his films. I just saw DOUBLE INDEMNITY for the first time recently after getting the new dvd release and yes, I would say it deserves it's reputation for being one of the all-time great noirs. My favorite Wilder film remains SUNSET BLVD. I've heard ACE IN THE HOLE is amazing as well. Of course his 2 movies with Marilyn Monroe are delightful.

Jarmusch I enjoy as well. I really, REALLY liked DEAD MAN...great cast and great B&W photography. I thought GHOSTDOG was pretty good too. ( can't wait to see ForresT Whitaker as Idi Amin in LAST KING OF SCOTLAND !!) I think my fav. Jarmusch flick is DOWN BY LAW with that great cast of Waits, Lurie and Beningi.

Sickmont

10-09-2006, 07:21 AM

Well, my friends still think i'm nuts because of my taste for campy "B" horror flicks and my lust for anything David Lynch does.

Shooty*

10-10-2006, 04:15 PM

I'm in the Sci-fi/ superhero camp as well. Big fan of the Michael Keaton Batman, not so much the Kilmer, and certainly not the Clooney. However, Batman Begins is, IMHO, a masterpiece. Spot on.

Spidey 3 eagerly awaited. Haven't seen Superman remake yet. Strikes me as being a cross between Chris Reeves and Smallville, know what I mean?

Also a wee bit of "character horror": The Crow, Interview With The Vampire. Bit of comedy: Mystery Men, Gross Point Blanc. And art house stuff like Amelie and Lost In Translation. LOVED those films, esp LIT.

Yeah, OK, I'm a film nerd really. Who else noticed that Keifer Sutherland was going up, up, up, from lost boys to flat liners to young guns to young guns 2, and then... *POW!* dumps julia roberts, and no one hears from him till 24 begins.

Odd, innit? Conspiracy, right there. See it?

chuk hell

10-10-2006, 06:01 PM

Yeah, OK, I'm a film nerd really. Who else noticed that Keifer Sutherland was going up, up, up, from lost boys to flat liners to young guns to young guns 2, and then... *POW!* dumps julia roberts, and no one hears from him till 24 begins.

Odd, innit? Conspiracy, right there. See it?

What about Dark City and Freeway? He was great in those.

thehotpepper.com

10-10-2006, 06:18 PM

Yeah, I like Wilder too although i've only seen 5 or 6 of his films. I just saw DOUBLE INDEMNITY for the first time recently after getting the new dvd release and yes, I would say it deserves it's reputation for being one of the all-time great noirs. My favorite Wilder film remains SUNSET BLVD. I've heard ACE IN THE HOLE is amazing as well. Of course his 2 movies with Marilyn Monroe are delightful.

Jarmusch I enjoy as well. I really, REALLY liked DEAD MAN...great cast and great B&W photography. I thought GHOSTDOG was pretty good too. ( can't wait to see ForresT Whitaker as Idi Amin in LAST KING OF SCOTLAND !!) I think my fav. Jarmusch flick is DOWN BY LAW with that great cast of Waits, Lurie and Beningi.

Yeah, Sunset is awesome! See The Lost Weekend, I think you'll like it. Awesome Wilder flick.

Shooty*

10-11-2006, 05:44 AM

Hmmmmph. Yep, OK, so he was in a COUPLE of stuff after stiffing Julia. But it wasn't a major upwards trend in his career, who what I mean?

And can I also just voice my appreciation of Team America: World Police as extremely funny, if not a little prophetic.

"Do you have any idea how f**king busy I am?"

COME ON! How come mention of Team America kills the thread?

Cap'n Bones

10-21-2006, 04:13 PM

I made this movie:
...To Skin a Cat (http://www.toskinacat.com)

Watched this today! Great work Admin! :clap:

thehotpepper.com

10-21-2006, 04:18 PM

Thanks!

Cap'n Bones

10-21-2006, 04:25 PM

Thanks!

No..Thank You! The wife liked it as well. She was in a bad mood all day until she watched the flick. :)

xgrafcorex

11-05-2006, 12:09 PM

i carry my 9mm, saftey.....always off.

possibly my favorite cyrus line ever! :lol: i can't wait for the movie to come out on dvd or for some canadian to finally film it and get it onto the internet heh.

just saw borat last night! it was hilarious! some of the sights may have scarred me for life though..i was pretty surprised to see all of the people that were in there watching it. i think it was because of all the controversy that was in the news a bit.

imaguitargod

11-05-2006, 12:46 PM

I am going to see Borat either today or tomarrow...I can't wait!

xgrafcorex

11-09-2006, 11:45 AM

imaguitargod

11-09-2006, 11:58 AM

Is that on DVD?

xgrafcorex

11-09-2006, 01:36 PM

yep, i've never seen it on sale though..then again i haven't looked. i rented it through netflix.

chuk hell

11-09-2006, 03:29 PM

yep, i've never seen it on sale though..then again i haven't looked. i rented it through netflix.

WooT!

Adding to my que!

pileiton

11-13-2006, 08:55 PM

just watched "american beer" its about 5 guys who jump in a minivan and visit 38 breweries in 40 days. its not fiction. the biggest company they visit is yuengling, but other than that there were smaller companies like left hand brewing, north coast, rogue, etc. it was pretty good and was quite entertaining. I saw a book at the library, The Great Beer Trek, by Stephen Morris. He did the same thing. I think there is an updated book. The original might be of interest but the info is old. I think the date was 1984.

DevilDuck

11-21-2006, 12:20 AM

I liked Momento. What a twisted way to do a movie.

GreenHot

11-21-2006, 04:49 AM

I liked Momento. What a twisted way to do a movie.

Great film, Irreversible is done in the same style but is a whole lot darker and more unpleasant.

chuk hell

11-21-2006, 04:23 PM

Great film, Irreversible is done in the same style but is a whole lot darker and more unpleasant.

That was unpleasant. Very.

DevilDuck

11-24-2006, 10:48 PM

I'll hve to find that one. Unplesant is the way I like movies. I'm tired of the "happy ever after" stuff...

imaguitargod

11-25-2006, 11:24 AM

I'll hve to find that one. Unplesant is the way I like movies. I'm tired of the "happy ever after" stuff...
Then you probably liked Night of the Living Dead (1968)....no happy ending there.

DEFCON Creator

11-26-2006, 05:40 AM

Then you probably liked Night of the Living Dead (1968)....no happy ending there.

Happy endings are WAY over-rated, and usually not reality based. Anyone ever see U-Turn? Happy ending not needed.

Shooty*

11-28-2006, 02:57 AM

Shaun Hutson novels are fairly unique in that they don't alweays have happy endings either. The world ends fairly horribly in one, if I recall correctly.

But then, no one over the age of 16 should really be reading Hutson. Or Dean R Koontz, in my opinion, though I am told that he's improved significantly over the last 10 years. Just always remember that the ones of his I read used the same metaphors over and over again, as if he thought you'd forget about them from one page to the next.

imaguitargod

02-16-2007, 12:28 PM

I FINALLY just saw Brazil...........oh my god that's the world's greatest film EVER!!!!!!! Hilarious, creepy, and meaningful! It's like Monty Python's version of 1984! Holy crap was that awwwwwwwwesome!

xgrafcorex

02-16-2007, 02:37 PM

haha that movie kicks ass...any movie with a renegade repair man has to be pretty good. :lol: i loved the main characters mothers and her friends that were always wearing bandages from constant cosmetic surgery.

imaguitargod

02-16-2007, 02:42 PM

her friends that were always wearing bandages from constant cosmetic surgery.
And at the end her casket get's knocked over, spilling her bones and melted flesh everwhere because of the acid treatment.....blaaghhh!

chuk hell

02-17-2007, 03:49 PM

And at the end her casket get's knocked over, spilling her bones and melted flesh everwhere because of the acid treatment.....blaaghhh!

Thank's for the spoiler, nOOb. :snooty:

Brazil is in my top ten favorite films of all time. Great movie.

The best movie I've seen this year is Pan's Labyrinth. It's just amazing on several levels. I was a big fan of Del Toro's work but this puts him in a whole new category.

THE DEPARTED just arrived in my mailbox today via netflix. I'm pretty excited about seeing it since I missed it at the theatre. I love Scorsese.