brkl Posted February 27, 2013 I couldn't watch that movie with a straight face. It's like some producer decided it wouldn't sell and decided to add dinosaurs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Max Ernst Posted February 27, 2013 I couldn't disagree more! The dinosaurs were extremely important and had a very deliberate place in the story. Any more posts like that, and I am going to have to go down to the store and buy some ink for my WRONG stamp. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThunderPeel2001 Posted February 27, 2013 I totally agree, Max. That film was brilliant, and the proto-dinosaur creature thing was massively important. Incredibly moving and profound. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twig Posted February 27, 2013 I can't tell if you guys are being sarcastic or what. Also I've never heard of this movie. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThunderPeel2001 Posted February 27, 2013 I'm not being sarcastic, but it's a film that could easily be mocked... if you really wanted to. I thought it was exactly as Max described. If this poster, placed in a UK art house cinema, doesn't make you want to see this film, then we're are very much opposites Speaking of good movies, I just saw SEARCHING FOR SUGARMAN. Check this movie out! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luftmensch Posted February 27, 2013 Maybe someone mentioned it before, but Jiro Dreams of Sushi is a terrific doc on perhaps Japan's most renowned Sushi chef. The Japanese work ethic is something incredible. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gormongous Posted February 27, 2013 Yeah, if you want to watch a movie about someone who loves what they do so much that it's all that they do, you going to want to watch Jiro Dreams of Sushi. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
melmer Posted February 27, 2013 I watched a bit of the original judge dredd last night, man that film is amazing! I've only probably watched it twice in my life, both a very long time ago, but somehow i have managed to internalise the entire script. I love how after screaming 'I don't break the law, I am the law'. Stallone spends the rest of the movie murdering policemen, he just guns them down without a blink of the eye. Even tosses around some wise cracks, like 'this is where you get off' before throwing a policeman to his death. I also love the bit where Chief Justice and dredd meet in the badlands , they look lovingly at each other and with a smile and a nod, say 'together again'... Instantly stabbed through the heart magical! And remember, all asian woman are scientists and baddies (and know Kung fu) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThunderPeel2001 Posted February 27, 2013 Lol. Have you seen DREDD? I really enjoyed that movie. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
melmer Posted February 27, 2013 Yeah I watched it at the cinema. I liked it. Fantastic little self contained movie. I think more super hero flicks should get this treatment. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
melmer Posted February 27, 2013 People should checkout 'the skin I live in' on Netflix. I watched it last year it's really good, the less you know about it the better. I was worried that it was going to be some torture porn horror film and I was a little scarred to watch it. But it wasn't at all. So if you're a wuss like me you can be save in the knowledge that its not horror. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Max Ernst Posted February 27, 2013 I'm not being sarcastic, but it's a film that could easily be mocked... if you really wanted to. I thought it was exactly as Max described. If this poster, placed in a UK art house cinema, doesn't make you want to see this film, then we're are very much opposites Speaking of good movies, I just saw SEARCHING FOR SUGARMAN. Check this movie out! Whenever someone describes a film as 'challenging', I am all over that shit. Related: Someone described Begotten as difficult, so I was super curious to see it. They were not wrong, it is a completely unique viewing experience. But holy hell, it's incredible in its own way. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lu Posted February 27, 2013 I saw the Master yesterday. Joaquin Phoenix's perfomance was damn intense! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThunderPeel2001 Posted February 28, 2013 Loved THE MASTER! I actually found that both Hoffman's and Phoenix's characters stuck with me for a few days afterwards. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gormongous Posted February 28, 2013 Yeah, it was good enough that I found it really weird to have all the half-joked rumors of Scientology conspiracies borne out when it was shut out of the Oscars. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThunderPeel2001 Posted February 28, 2013 Hmm. I don't know, it did get three nominations :-/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twig Posted February 28, 2013 I was interested [in The Tree of Life] already but that poster just ugh. Don't be so apologetic. It's gross. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Max Ernst Posted February 28, 2013 I don't think you should fault a film because of it's marketing department. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Patrick R Posted February 28, 2013 We had to put similar warnings up in Blockbuster telling customers that Pan's Labyrinth was in Spanish. A lot of people are violently opposed to thinking while watching movies, even to the extent of reading subtitles. And The Master was too oblique to ever gain awards show steam. Similar to Tree of Life, actually. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twig Posted February 28, 2013 I don't think you should fault a film because of it's marketing department. I wasn't. I was faulting the poster. Or whoever decided to put it up, I guess. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brannigan Posted February 28, 2013 We had to put similar warnings up in Blockbuster telling customers that Pan's Labyrinth was in Spanish. A lot of people are violently opposed to thinking while watching movies, even to the extent of reading subtitles. And The Master was too oblique to ever gain awards show steam. Similar to Tree of Life, actually. ugh, yea. I remember seeing Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in the theater and saw/heard people get pissed and leave because of the subtitles. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brkl Posted February 28, 2013 I wanted to like Tree of Life-- I've seen most of Malick's films and really liked every one. This one pushed me away. With dinosaurs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ben X Posted February 28, 2013 I wasn't. I was faulting the poster. Or whoever decided to put it up, I guess. iirc the cinema had to put that up after local morons were complaining because they got an art film instead of a Brad Pitt film. I wouldn't call the poster apologetic at all, it's just warning other morons off. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThunderPeel2001 Posted February 28, 2013 Agreed. I don't understand how you can call that notice "apologetic", or how it would generate negative feelings towards the artistic achievements of the film...? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Patrick R Posted February 28, 2013 If you have a strong stomach for offensive humor and gross-out gags (AKA, Troma films), Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead is kind of a masterpiece. Funnier, better paced, more satirically pointed and with better gore effects than any other Troma movie I've ever seen. Think of it as Dead Alive, but mixed with a Truly Tasteless Jokes joke-book. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites