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I don't care to view movies that are titled with a phrase that starts with "American". Am I missing too much? American Beauty was a good movie though. And American Psycho starring Christian Bale was funny at the end.
What's The Last Movie You’ve Seen?
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I just finished Another Happy Day. I thought it was pretty good tbh, especially Ellen Barkin.
I stumbled across a movie with a terrible title - The Thing On The Doorstep. Boy, that sounds like a must-see, right?
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Watched that Scientology doc last night. Pretty interesting although it was obviously very slanted so its tough to say what was accurate and what wasn't. A few things though.
1. Is John Travolta mentally handicapped? He seems slow, and looking back he's always seemed slow
2. Tom Cruise is a crazy mother ****er. Guarantee they will find a hidden room in his house with hundreds of dead bodies or something crazy like that
3. L Ron Hubbard was not a good person. Tough to support a religion that was started by a legitimately bad guy
4. Their teaching are not really any crazier than any other religion
Pretty interesting though.
1. Is John Travolta mentally handicapped? He seems slow, and looking back he's always seemed slow
2. Tom Cruise is a crazy mother ****er. Guarantee they will find a hidden room in his house with hundreds of dead bodies or something crazy like that
3. L Ron Hubbard was not a good person. Tough to support a religion that was started by a legitimately bad guy
4. Their teaching are not really any crazier than any other religion
Pretty interesting though.
Re: Nightcrawler
It's def on my list and I have it, I just have not given it a watch yet.
About a week ago, I saw Martin Scorcese's After Hours (1985). A film in the absurdist camp of movie making. It has some great camera work by Mr. Michael Ballhaus. I believe this was his first movie for Mr. Scorcese and ending up doing many more. It also has some scenes with the sexy Linda Fiorentino. Oh, Linda.
I also learned or maybe this is urban film myth that the scenes in the street were shot in guerrilla style and no film permits were pulled.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frpzZbdwyps
90% on RT.
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Y tu mama también, si. E sua mãe também, haha.
Yeah, awesome.. I loved it.
I had heard of the movie long time ago, but I think it is not so famous here because is from Mexico. But the movie definitely deserves.
Watched this movie not really expecting anything. Korean movies are often great, but I don't count on them for pure action films. Was blown away by how good an action movie The Man from Nowhere actually is. Best short description is that it's like a Korean version of Taken. It's like they took everything that was cool about American action movies and jettisoned all the stuff that sucked.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJYqMTtcAhI
Yeah this is also on Netflix if anyone's interested.
I mean, the action was good, but the story's pretty thin. I guess if you're not into thinking too much this is the movie to help you pass the time. There are better Korean thrillers out there though.
Haha... simple story. Makes you want to move out into the country.
Don't have too high an expectation when watching Nightcrawler... I personally think it sorely lacked a good leading actress.
I also don't think it's on the same level as DRIVE.
Yeah, I remember when you said that a movie would be better with a few hotties thrown in or something to that affect. I have no expectations for Nightcrawler.
Haha.. well you'll see what I mean when you watch it. She's old enough to be his grandmother. Was kinda cringe worthy.
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Early may. Not sure exact date.
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Foxcatcher was EXTREMELY boring. Like really really boring. Its to bad because after reading more into the backstory it could have been pretty good. They just chose to take out everything interesting that happened. Which is the opposite of what hollywood generally does.
That's very true. Generally a movie throws out something vague like "based on true events" and them embellishes like crazy.
The last movie I watched was Gravity. I liked it but overall it seems way way way overrated.
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The real story is much crazier. Not sure why they took all the life and drama out of it.
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You had to watch that one on IMAX
It was awesome seen in that way
When Animals Dream
I was walking down the İstiklal Street, Taksim, looking frantically for a birthday present for my girlfriend which I should have bought earlier. I ended up buying her a sleeveless botton-up shirt, very hipstery i must say. I was going home, imagining how comfortable my bed would be when I saw the poster for When Animals Dream and I somehow found myself buying a ticket the same way I bought that shirt. I am glad I did. It was a Scandinaviam film and it was very gripping. I think the film is comparable to A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night. I liked this one better. %89 on RT. I conclude the day thinking from my not so comfortable as I imagined bed that this was a "good decision" day.
I was walking down the İstiklal Street, Taksim, looking frantically for a birthday present for my girlfriend which I should have bought earlier. I ended up buying her a sleeveless botton-up shirt, very hipstery i must say. I was going home, imagining how comfortable my bed would be when I saw the poster for When Animals Dream and I somehow found myself buying a ticket the same way I bought that shirt. I am glad I did. It was a Scandinaviam film and it was very gripping. I think the film is comparable to A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night. I liked this one better. %89 on RT. I conclude the day thinking from my not so comfortable as I imagined bed that this was a "good decision" day.
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I thought that was part of the game. She's old enough to be desperate to stick somewhere as she's running out of potential stops. He's weird enough to not even perceive the age issue.
I caught up on some watching recently and saw:
August: Osage County (2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Hd_uO72h1s
I'm a huge Streep fan so it doesn't take much for me to watch one of her projects. I enjoyed the movie with it's themes of family dysfunction, addiction and death. Some of the critics complained that there was too much acting going on. I don't know.
It got a surprising 64% on RT. I thought it should have rated a little bit higher.
August: Osage County (2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Hd_uO72h1s
I'm a huge Streep fan so it doesn't take much for me to watch one of her projects. I enjoyed the movie with it's themes of family dysfunction, addiction and death. Some of the critics complained that there was too much acting going on. I don't know.
It got a surprising 64% on RT. I thought it should have rated a little bit higher.