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cool, will definitely see that once it finally hits cinemas in Aus. Wasnt a big fan of Bronson either but really liked Valhalla Rising.
saw Rabbit Hole last night. Very very goold film with top shelf acting and some nice dark humour to offset the otherwise bleak (but well handled) material. first anime film I've seen in years.
Very basic story and stock characters but the action scenes are worth it alone. Brilliantly drawn and choreographed and with a nice matching score. The Killing (1956)
Randomly picked this when deciding on a movie to watch so I had no idea what to expect. I found it quite bad. Acting was good from some, bad from others. The timeline is presented rather confusingly. The action scenes are awful. Sure, this was 50 years ago but even then they could have at least put some effort in masking the charade. For example when Nick(? the rifle guy) was shot... I don't get what is supposed to be so great about this movie. The overall idea of the story was great but presentation not so. Airplane! (1980) Super silly shallow dumb fun. Laughed a lot. Nice! Ivan's Childhood (1962)
Pretty good idea for a movie, which i've been looking forward to: "12-year old Ivan works as a spy at the eastern front. The small Ivan can cross the German lines unnoticed to collect information. Three Soviet officers try to take care of this boy-child." But instead of being a war masterpiece it was really just a bunch of talking in a bunker and sweet fuck all happening. Finally the movie goes somewhere 3/4 of the way through when Ivan goes back across the river, which is really atmospheric and the highlight of the movie (which isn't saying much tbh). [SPOILER] then we suddenly discover his fate and it's the end of the movie. Why was he even going across the river? WTF was he scouting? Great acting from the boy though. I would hope some of Andrey Tarkovskiys later movies are a bit more interesting. After.Life (2009) Christina Ricci completely nude with tits out numerous times throughout the movie means i'm going to watch it just for that, but actually the entire plot was very refreshing and different, especially the ending. It's got numerous plot holes and you've just got to assume the characters are mostly complete idiots, but the unique plot and unexpected ending make it a pretty damn good horror movie. The Short Films of David Lynch Wow, these are the biggest piece of shit short stories i've ever seen, and i've been to a few student short film showings. I'd be embarrassed to have released these to public. I love David Lynch's movies, but this just shows that not everything he touches is good. The Cowboy and the Frenchman actually for the first half was pretty good - It was making me wonder if Lynch could pull off a comedy like Kubrick's Dr Strangelove. But alas, it turned into a gay as fuck musical. The Grandma was terrible and I just wanted it to end. The Alphabet and 6 fuckwits getting sick repeated over and over again made me want to kill myself. I skipped over The Amputee after 5min as it was boring me silly. The commentary by David was far more interesting than his short films. I dont think you will like Tarkovsky's movies. Most of them do not have a traditional narrative and going by your reviews, I think thats one aspect you prefer to have present in a film.
As for Ivan's Childhood, I didnt think it was a masterpiece, but I did like it and it has one of my favorite moments of cinematography in any film (the forest sequence between Pasha and the officer with the camera following them around and ending with the camera pulling down into the ditch). Call of Cthulhu
Mandatory watch for deluded Quake people. A short movie from 2005 that closely follows Lovecraft's original story. All shot like an early-20th century silent movie, complete with cheaply-made contemporary effects and ear-cutting score. R'lyeh looks cool. I enjoyed it as a quick oldschool fix, especially since I listened to the audiobook not long ago. (Tip: Lovecraft audiobooks + mapping = win) The White Ribbon Somewhat odd and awkward movie set in pre-WW1 Germany. I constantly thought WTF is this and why is it so critically acclaimed, but it somehow unfolded on me afterwards. I wouldn't recommended it to anyone except nitin. MegaspiritwalkR: Any of you seen Hell yet? How is it? yeah but so is Solaris.
negka, haha, already seen it mate :) Loved it of course. drew, 27 October release date in Aus so not yet. Oh yes I totally forgot about Solaris! I have seen that and liked it. The original was the better version over the George Clooney remake, but both were good. The remake will be more suited to todays audiences though since it moves at a faster pace and has more of a focus (on the relationship/romance).
Barefoot Gen (1983)
Similar to Grave of the Fireflies in that it's an anime based in Japan near the end of WWII from a child's perspective. GOTF was very very sad, but Barefoot Gen feels slightly more realistic and shocking. Loosely based on real life events as well. The animation is a little older looking, and some of the characters and voice acting can be quite irritating, but it's an incredible anime, just like GOTF. Perfect Blue (1997) Another older anime - more of a psychological drama/thriller about a pop idol turned struggling actor. It's very Lynchesque and by the end of the film quite open to interpretation as to what happened. Darren Aronofsky owns the big screen rights, which says a lot. Another incredible film, I'd love to see a live action movie of this. It does take a while to get up to speed, but the last 1/3 is crazy. Check out Satoshi Kon's other movies, they are all good (some of them a bit more light-hearted but still nice).
His death was one of the biggest losses in jap animation in the last few years, I really hope they still finish the last movie he was working on. :( Oh sweet. I've got Paprika but haven't watched it yet, so I better get his other ones. What's his TV series Paranoia Agent like?
I watched Paprika with no sub titles in native Japanese because a friend pirated it. Had only a very basic idea of what was happening. Fucking awesome movie though.
Also Tekkonkinkreet, though I didn't fancy the story quite as much. Boardwalk Empire - exactly what you'd expect from Scorcese and co, but not necessarily bad. 7 or 8/10. Some of the historical details were cool. Blatantly realistic portrayal of alcohol prohibition is very timely, given the war on drugs.
Breaking Bad - The concept is good but the writing is really inconsistent, going from brilliant to ridiculous (involving unbelievable events even given the premise), but strong acting generally pulls it through, 8/10. lots of cool moments. Black Death - Worth watching once while not sober and wanting to see some medieval hack n slash, and a bit surprising in places, but not good. 5 or 6/10 Valhalla Rising - almost no dialogue, and quite slow and confusing, but BEAUTIFULLY SHOT viking stuff, and the few violent parts are great, 8/10. Game of Thrones - Hmm hard to argue with this, the few weaknesses that bothered me (handling of battles, Lena Headey, and some of the stuff that was in the books) can't take anything away from how awesome it was to see something like this on HBO, 9.5/10 Didn't really get Burn After Reading (5/10 mostly because Clooney's "who do you work for" parts were so awesome), or A Serious Man (6/10) either, though the Cy Ableman parts of Serious Man were damned hilarious. I tend to see the Coen brothers as hit and miss. Is his weakest film really, it's fun but that's about it.
His other movies are more interesting really. Paranoia Agent is nice, a bit hard to follow at times, kinda weird. Game of Thrones - Hmm hard to argue with this, the few weaknesses that bothered me (handling of battles, Lena Headey, and some of the stuff that was in the books) can't take anything away from how awesome it was to see something like this on HBO, 9.5/10
Handling of battles meaning not showing them you mean? I thought that was a tad disappointing, given they had such a huge budget. I'm agreed with you though, solid 9.5/10, and I was really sad that the 10 episode run was over. I'm starting on the books though, which, so far, are just as good! Coen Bros are hit or miss. A Serious Man sucked I thought, then throw in a completely random, unrelated wtf ending. Score was good though - coincidentally I'm actually listening to A Serious Man score now. And True Grit score.
I really liked Burn After Reading - all the actors were great in it. Score rocked as well.
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