Oh I'm sorry, Did I Break Your Conversation........Well Allow Me A Movie Thread by S&T

[mronegative]

Originally Posted by Noskey

Originally Posted by MrONegative

I woulda recommended The Artist, but I'm pretty sure it's still in theaters and Ska was looking for DVDs.

Once you get over the kinda douchey style and thinking it's overrated, it sneaks up on you and you get why people love it, beyond being a silent film. Not a nostalgia movie, but more a timeless Hollywood story? And it's kinda surprisingly dark and really bittersweet too.

And Berenice Bejo...

Yea...I mean she gettin in line behind Melanie and Marion...and even Julie, but

 

[jpzx]

Originally Posted by DubA169

so how did you like taxi driver?

I can definitely tell why it's considered a classic... compelling storyline, top-notch acting, certainly the best performance I've seen from De Niro to date.

It's so tantalizing how his character suddenly goes from a normal schmo just trying to make his due in the world, to a stone-cold crazed killer on the verge of assassinating a political figure. Felt like he had a bit of split personalities too: trying to help get the @%#%%! and lead her back to a better life, but then attempting to assassinate a presidential candidate.

I'm assuming no one has a definite answer, but can I get some clarification on the ending? Yeah, I could just go to Google, but the folks in this thread dissect films down to a point as well as anybody, so I'll just take it here. When he's driving away from Betsy he looks in his rear view mirror and suddenly the soundtrack speeds up or seems like it's playing backwards or something and then the credits hit? Is that sort of a way of saying Travis survived the @+*** house debacle but could get back to his crazed self at any instant, if not still in that frame of mind? That's what I took from it... I can't think that the alteration in the sound wasn't done intentionally.

Speaking of Betsy

.... she was beautiful. And her sarcasm was on point when she would babble with her co-worker in the campaign office. Cybill Sheppard plays her, who's obviously old as hell now but at the time she was 26 and stunning.

at Jodie Foster wanting to get it in with De Niro. One of her first roles I'm assuming. Harvey Keitel as "Sport the Pimp" was smooth, he was a good cast for sure.

As a whole the film is nearly a masterpiece; probably my favorite of De Niro's in terms of a SOLO performance. You can't really see his range in this type of scope in films like Goodfellas, Casino, Heat, etc.

This scene was legendary for me personally. Seeing Travis' brand new cut, and watching him listening to Palantine and seeing his facial expressions... just tremendous.

9/10

 

[noskey]

Originally Posted by MrONegative

Originally Posted by Noskey

Originally Posted by MrONegative

I woulda recommended The Artist, but I'm pretty sure it's still in theaters and Ska was looking for DVDs.

Once you get over the kinda douchey style and thinking it's overrated, it sneaks up on you and you get why people love it, beyond being a silent film. Not a nostalgia movie, but more a timeless Hollywood story? And it's kinda surprisingly dark and really bittersweet too.

And Berenice Bejo...

Yea...I mean she gettin in line behind Melanie and Marion...and even Julie, but

Agreed... except who's Julie?

 

[mronegative]

Delpy ... Before Sunset

Just finished watching Walking Dead.

One good trolling deserves another.
Carl is the Meg of this here.
The show just did some chemo with this move.

How disappointing was that scene in the house when they were voting?
And you looked around realized...+!%%...this is everyone, huh?

 

[noskey]

AWG. Melanie>Marion>Berenice>>>>>elpy.


TWD finished this episode strong. I was worried Dale was about to cause another story pause for like 13231 episodes... then BOOM he gets his %$@! ripped open

The scene was still sort of sad though

Decent episode overall. They need to murk this kid and get on with it though; dragging another storyline out like they did w/ Sophia will turn a lot of people off.

 

[mronegative]

You got more of a soft spot for them than me.

Just think...if Dale was alive...he'd probably stare Carl down and say...
"You know what..I bet that zombie followed you back here...I bet you were throwing rocks at it."

Man, this show really gets how to use their unlikeable characters now.
Lori trollin Rick after Shane
Andrea vs. Lori
Andrea trollin suicide girl
Carl trollin Sophia's mom
Carl trollin the execution
Carl trollin Dale harder

They made a concerted effort to not try and change your opinion on these people anymore and it's working for me.

And I'll give you right now, but try and watch Before Sunrise and Before Sunset and tell me Berenice > that Julie.

 

[kevin cleveland]

Just think...if Dale was alive...he'd probably stare Carl down and say...
"You know what..I bet that zombie followed you back here...I bet you were throwing rocks at it."

I bet he and his LOL psychology are an Internet meme somewhere.

I wish they would kill him all over again every episode.

 

[japanair21]

Originally Posted by Nowitness41Dirk

Gotta see Hugo.. Not sure it's your thing ska, but I'd love to see what you thought. I know a couple other people in here loved it, and it was my favorite movie of last year without question. Like Kev, I still haven't seen The Artist so that may still change my opinion..

 

[big j 33]

I watched The Debt tonight.

I already liked Jessica Chastain.. but seeing her kick #%@ as a Mossad agent? Well, that just sealed the deal.

 

[japanair21]

Anybody know when Xfinity updates their shows? Away from home but want to catch tonight's episode of TWD.

 

[CP1708]

So I'm in Best Buy, pricing the Sopranos and Wire. 45$ for Sopranos, 40$ for Wire.

Go across the street to Target, wander by eve section, on sale Sopranos $17 per, Wire $20.

You daaaaaaaaaamn right I dropped that $221, even added season 4 of Mad Men for $22. I now have them all, Wire, Sopranos, Breaking Bad, Dexter, Mad Men. I FINALLY get to sit down and go thru The Wire. Later on down the line I'll get to MM.

 

[japanair21]

http://www.amazon.com/The...F8&qid=1330930862&sr=8-1

Go get your money back. It's been priced as low as 110 bucks.

 

[CP1708]

Originally Posted by JapanAir21


Go get your money back. It's been priced as low as 110 bucks.

221 for Sopranos AND The Wire dude, not just one.  Pay attention. 

Watching The Birds, and I have a new contended for sexiest Hitchcock actress 40 seconds in.
I remember early in this thread I peeped that and I made the argument that this was the movie they should have named Pyscho for her randomly showing up, walkin in his front door by herself and some other stuff that amused me. 

 

JPZ, you damn straight about Cybill man, she was ahead of her time.  I remember her being on some show, Letterman or Leno or somebody, and she gave one of the funniest interviews I ever seen, she went on a date with Elvis or somethin, and dude asked her what she found out about Elvis, anything she noticed etc, she said so calmly, "well, fried pickle sandwiches aren't the only thing he likes to eat......." 

 

So yeah, Cybill in her heyday =

Margin Call...wow.
Yup.  Totally took me by surprise that I would like something like that.  Ska should def give that a look, not sure he'll like it tho.  I bet he hasn't seen Drive yet, everyone loved it, we should send that his way also.  Kev already told him to check Descendants (agree) and we all know he'll love Hugo.  I still need to get to that Midnight in Paris, Ska might get down with that as well?

 

 

[duba169]

hope the wire wasnt too hyped up for you CP

 

[duba169]

eastbound and down best episode of the season

 

[illmaticsoulchild]

Been busy, but am off this week so hoping to catch up on some Criterion films. Still have Yojimbo, The Great Dictator and Solaris (1972) on tap.
I did rewatch Kubrick's The Killing again though. A very good heist film and has good replay value. Only thing I found annoying was  the voice over narration. I'm assuming they were put in the film because some portions are non-linear, but I think I would have been able to figure it out sans the narration. If you're a fan of Tarantino's, Reservoir Dogs, this film is a must see, as many of the elements of Reservoir are clearly inspired by The Killing.

 

[kevin cleveland]

Psycho was on late last night, too. Awesome. Hitchcock in a nutshell. He made better films overall, but this captured the essence of his suspenseful, eerie, as revolutionary as possible for the 1940s-1960s filmmaking better than any I've seen so far.

Leigh herself was so affected by the scene when she saw it, that she no longer took showers unless she absolutely had to; she would lock all the doors and windows and would leave the bathroom and shower door open.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho_(film)#cite_note-80
And dat score...

The singular contribution of Herrmann's score may be inferred from the film's credit roll, where the composer's name precedes only the director's own, a distinction unprecedented in the annals of commercial cinematic music.

Dude composed the scores for like half of the AFI Top 100.

 

[japanair21]

My bad CP, but you still could wait around, and get better bargains on the complete series, The Wire has been as low as 82 bucks, and the Sopranos 110, and I believe the complete series sets have a lot more extras, not sure if that's your kind of thing or not.

Got to TWD yesterday. I fricking love Daryl man. I'm actually starting to like Shane too. Before I never really cared for him, but the way they write him to show so much concern for the little dweeb Carl makes it work for me. I know that Shane obsesses over Lori's fallopian tubes, but he spends just as much time worrying about Carl, and that's what makes it work for me. I know I'm the only person on this damn board that likes Dale, but it was a fitting way for him to go out. Some of his stuff was spotty, but it was a great way to go out. I wouldn't be shocked if his death so early in the series had to do with the fact that he was pretty close with Darabont. Darabont raved about him on the commentary for The Mist, another one I loved. But back to Carl, the kid is such a got damn nerdy, useless little punk. I heard in the comic he's actually pretty badass, but geez man. Duane from the pilot was infinitely more likeable, because he knew his damn place in the world as a child. I know Carl wants to try and be grown up, but man come on..

Going to ask a question here, probably spoilers, but..

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Is all of this going to lead to The Governor? Is he going to be apart of the prisoners group?

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At least it looks like they're going to end this season off right it seems like. That's one thing I always disliked about certain shows. True Blood teased you that there'd be epic showdowns, but it never comes to fruition. Like the showdown between Weres/Vamps, or the fight between the Fellowship/Vamps, or Witches/Vamps. They were all very lackluster and they just end their shows on a cliffhanger. First few were cool, fine, but now? Meh. Come on. Spruce it up. I honestly can't even remember how this last season ended because that's how neutral I was about it, other than Russell coming back, which should be great.


As for Psycho, I'd say it's probably Hitch's best genre film. I haven't sat down and watched all of his classics, but if we're talking straight thriller, it's amazing. I'm biased though,

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The giallo genre with Dario Argento borrowed a lot from him, and you can really tell in some of the scenes like seeing Leigh's dead body, or the man falling down the staircase. Hitch was as you put it, so damn revolutionary to cinema during that time.

Psycho's score is easily my favorite too. It's iconic. Not just the screeching, but the scene of Leigh in the rain driving, gotta love it.

 

[japanair21]

Forgot to mention, I'm late as hell, and I know some people love/hate him, but I'm just now getting into Kevin Smith's stuff. I started watching Comic Book Men as a casual comic book fan, and figured I should do myself the favor of watching some of his stuff.

I watched Clerks a while back, I found it quite refreshing and witty. I ended up watching Mallrats last night, and it isn't the greatest film I've ever seen, but I thought it was still enjoyable. Not something I'd watch relatively often, but it was fair.

I don't have Chasing Amy but I hear that's one of his best, and I also have Dogma too. Those two are up next. I'm in no rush to see Jay and Silent Bob or Clerks 2, but I'll get to em eventually. I have no interest in seeing Jersey Girl, and I had no idea he directed Zach and Miri.

 

[duba169]

Im a huge kevin smith fan. His writing.

even bought the clerks comics back in the day

jersey girl was good. very underrated. and i hate aflack

 

[CP1708]

Chasing Amy is easily my favorite of his films.  The dialogue in that film is as close to real life as you'll get, since the "Amy" is a girl that Kevin did in fact let get away, and then the speech that is given torwards the end of the film.  Loved this movie.  And Jason Lee was even better in this than Malrats. 

Dogma is alright, Jay and Silent Bob aren't bad, and Clerks 2 is better than you would think. 

I like a lot of Kevin's stuff, but honestly I have not re-watched much of his work, outside of Amy.  That's the only one I have seen multiple times. 

 

[japanair21]

Yeah Jason Lee was best part of Mallrats easily.

I feel that way about Mallrats though. I've seen it, I enjoyed it, but I don't know if it's something I'd come back to.

Clerks, sure, maybe in a few years, but not something I'd want to re-watch next week or next month.

I'll try and get my hands on Chasing Amy asap.

 

[mronegative]

the beginning scene of Chasing Amy > *

BLACK RAGE!

 

[kevin cleveland]

Comedies are generally the one kind of movie that has significant replay value to me. I've seen Clerks, Dogma and Mallrats probably at least a full 10 times each, and Clerks 2 a handful of times, as well. Never seen all of Chasing Amy, and Strike Back was pretty terrible.

 

[duba169]

word ive seen those movies over and over again