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Film Thread.
I thought a trio of themed threads about other entertainment media might be good. If you're not interested, please just ignore the thread and pick some threads that interest you from here: http://celephais.net/board/view_all_threads.php

Anyway, discuss films...
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Meh 
I prefered Triangle and Timecrimes to either Looper and Source Code, have to watch Adjustment Bureau.
Still Primer beats all of these when it comes to pure time travel stuff. 
Oblivion 
First 30mins are ok, then it turns into a complete turdfest. Second half is so disjointed it felt like they just randomly cut scenes from it. Also has massive plot holes even if you suspend your disbelief as much as necessary for a flick like this. 
SleepwalkR 
I suggest you shift your attention to wild life documentaries. 
The Drones Are Cool Though, No? 
I mean comon. It's got Tom Cruise on the lead role. What did you expect? Not a cheese-fest? 
This: 
Tom Cruise 
is actually not a bad actor and he was in some good movies. But yeah, I guess you're right. 
But Seriously 
It was bad even for a Tom Cruise movie. 
I Thought 
Cruise was good in Valkyrie. 
Drones & More 
Ricky, the drones, the architecture and the ship design are nothing new. We've seen this many times already. Odyssey 2001? Portal? Yeah, they were nice, but simply not realistic. Nothing that relies on some form of propulsion would fly like this. Is there no inertia anymore on earth after the war?

IMO the visual style of the computers was, as usual, idiotic because they were basically unusable. They did look good though.

One thing that stood out positively though was the sound design. I really dug the sounds the drones were making. 
Oblivion. 
Is it worth it as a shallow, pointless, cheesy but stylish sci-fi spectacle?? 
No 
It really isn't. It falls flat even in that category. Also, the music is highly annoying. 
It Just Aggravates You ;-) 
 
Huh 
music's by m83, was hoping it would thus = qualiry 
Maybe 
The music might actually have been nice, but I wouldn't know because it's blasting at deafening volumes. What I don know is that it's overdone for this movie. It distracts from the scene rather than support it. 
Its By The Tron Legacy Guy Right? 
sounds like it has the same issues. 
Soem Recent Viewings 
Justfied Season 2 - step down from season 1, but still pretty good.

Breaking Bad Season 4 - best season I have seen to date. Last 4 episodes are killer.

Luther Season 2 - Even better than Season 1, Idris Elba totally carries this show.

True Blood Season 4 - Worst season of tv I have seen.

Game of Thrones Season 1 - One of the best seasons of tv I have seen.

Parks and Recreation Season 2 - One of the most consistently funny season of tv I have seen.

Louie Season 2 - Hilariously wrong but in a genius kind of way.

Dexter Season 6 - the worst season fo Dexter I have seen to date.

Chuck Season 3 - Still fun, although formula is starting to wear out. 
Few Comments 
Justified S2 - really? I thought it was even better than 1, and possibly the best season so far.

Breaking Bad S4 - totally, keeps ramping it up, wouldn't have thought it could be better than S3, but it was.

Luther S2 - I love the outlandish crime scenarios, like the one that starts at the gas station with the guy acting weird, props to the writers for creativity and, of course, Idris Elba rules.

GoT S1 - it's hard to compare seasons since every season is based on one giant overarcing story that's already in books, and the episode numbers reflect that (ie s2e1 is called "episode 11") - but overall Game of Thrones is probably my favourite show right now and I can't see anything challenging it. Shit just keeps getting better.

Haven't seen the others but may get into Dexter one day. 
Tronyn 
Justified s2, what was really noticeable to me was how disjointed the main story was from week to week stuff. In s1, it seemed to be interwoven much better with the week to week stuff. In s2, sometimes when they did the week to week stuff and then went back to the main story, no time seemed to have passed (at least in the context of the main story), when obviously it actually had.

Also, check out Louie, it should be right up your alley. 
Also Some Rceent Movie Watching 
Life of Pi - definitely see in 3D. Story/Plot not entirely convincing (althoough I imagine I would have the same issue with the book) but everything at sea is astonishing storytelling.

Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1936) - very fun old school action adventure. Warning, politically incorrect. 
Life Of Pi 
Is it really good? Several people have suggested it to me, but I tried to read the book a couple years back and had to put it down within the first 50 pages due to complete boredom. Somehow I didn't get into it. 
Sleepy 
depends how much you value story/plot because I had some major issues with that aspect which I *think* might stem from the book.

But as an exercise in storytelling, particularly visual storytelling, its pretty amazing for the 2/3 of it set in the sea. And like Hugo, probably not as exciting visually in 2D so watch in 3D if you can. 
I Can Enjoy A Movie 
that has an emphasis on things like atmosphere, visuals or whatever as long as the plot isn't stupid. But I have to say that overly abstract movies don't always work for me. "Inland Empire" was the only movie I ever walked out of (even though I enjoyed other Lynch movies).

I'm not sure if its comparable, but "The Thin Red Line" has always worked on many levels for me which did not have anything to do with the plot. The plot is fine, but really not that interesting. It's the ideas being presented together coherently with visuals and music that completely support them that make the movie interesting and enjoyable. Can't say that about Malick's later movies though. "The New World" was crap, and "The Tree of Life" was interesting and well made, but left me unmoved. 
Well Inland Empire 
is the only movie I have really hated in the last 5 years :)

Plot isnt stupid, but its one of those may or may not work for you plots overall. It didnt really work for me overall.

And I wouldnt really compare it to a Malick movie, although I guess if it is comparable it might be to Tree of Life in the sense that it has a very long well made section that is very interesting (or so I found) but is bookended at each end by sequences that make the plot/story of the whole movie more problematic. But if plot/story isnt paramount to you, then you can still enjoy the movie because of the main section. 
 
Personally, I really enjoyed Life of Pi. 
Wasn't Trying To Compare Lynch To Malick 
It was just an example of a movie where the ideas and the atmosphere are more important than the actual plot. 
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